Austen (Jane) 'Pride and Prejudice',Austen (Jane) 'Pride and Prejudice', George Allen, London 1894. A good copy in the well known 'Peacock' binding. Lightly rubbed and worn, small repair to spine head. WITH a 5 vol. set of Austen's 'Works', pub. Macmillan, 1963, in dust jackets and slipcase and one other Austen related vol (7)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson
A six-volume set of The Works ofA six-volume set of The Works of Jane Austen, c/o Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park and Emma (Charles C. Bigelow & Co., New York, n.d. but c. 1910). Many pages uncut. A tear to the title page of Pride and Prejudice. Volume 5 hinge broken to front, some damage to leather at bindings on bottom
GROUP THIRTEEN VOLUMES JANE AUSTENpublishedGROUP THIRTEEN VOLUMES JANE AUSTENpublished by Frank S Holby with colored illustrations by CE and HM Brock, circa 1906, comprising: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion. A small leather bound copy of Pride & Prejudice. Lot also includes Miguel Cervantes The Adventures of Don Quixote De la Mancha and The Life of Benvenuto Cellini from Heron Books
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THACKERAY AND OTHERS, HEADS OFTHACKERAY AND OTHERS, HEADS OF THE PEOPLEillustrated by Kenny Meadows, London, Robert Tyas, 1841,8vo. Together with a 2 volume 1878 edition and a 2 volume 1914 edition of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The largest 9 1/2" high, 6 1/2" wide. Some staining and foxing to the 1841edition. Provenance: Property of a Roxbury, CT Collection.
Six identically bound volumes inSix identically bound volumes in half-leather by and about Jane Austen, c/o Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Emma (all pub. by Richard Bentley, London, 1870) and A Memoir of Jane Austen by her nephew J. E. Austen Leigh, second edition, to which is added Lady Susan and fragments of two other unfinished tales by Miss Austen (Richard Bentley, London, 1871).
TEN VOLUMES, JANE AUSTEN'S NOVELSincludingTEN VOLUMES, JANE AUSTEN'S NOVELSincluding Sense and Sensibility , Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and others, by Jane Austen, Edinburgh: John Grant, 1905, the Winchester Edition, ten volumes, bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, five raised bands, teg
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bottom three quarters of spines sunned, minor scuffs to leather, light wear to extremities
Regency School/The Pride of theRegency School/The Pride of the Village/English Peasants/two watercolours, 11cm x 13.5cm and 11.5cm x 17cm
A SELECTION OF CLASSIC LITERATURE,A SELECTION OF CLASSIC LITERATURE, (9) VOLS. Includes: 1) Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice. Library of Classics, Collins Clear-Type Press, no date, illustrated; 2) Dickens. The Battle of Life. Bradbury & Evans, 1846, illustrated; 3) Daphne du Maurier. Rebecca. Doubleday, Doran, 1939; 4) Kipling. Kim. Doubleday, Page, 1901, illustrated; 5) The Golden Asse of Lucius Apuleius. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923, color & b&w illus., #1945/3000; 6) Rostand. Cyrano de Bergerac. Limited Editions Club, 1954, presentation copy marked "G.J.L." signed by Pierre Brissaud; 7), 8), 9) Proust. Remembrance of Things Past. 3 vols., Random House, 1981, 2nd ptg, in slipcase; 6"h x 4"w (smallest), 10.5"h x 7/25"w (largest)
Mitford (M R) Our Village, 1893Mitford (M R) Our Village, 1893 . Illus. Hugh Thomson--- Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice, 1894. Illus. H. Thomson--- Hood (T) Humourous Poems, 1893. Illus. C. E. Brock. Large Paper, Limited Editions, 8vo.,full green morocco gilt by Hatchards, a.e.g. (3)/see illustration
EASTON PRESS BOOKS (5) LEATHERIncludesEASTON PRESS BOOKS (5) LEATHERIncludes Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Pride & Prejudice, and two Dickens novels. Three are still shrink-wrapped. shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
THE NOVELS AND LETTERS OF JANETHE NOVELS AND LETTERS OF JANE AUSTEN, EDITED BY R. BRIMLEY JOHNSON, WINCHESTER EDITIONNumbered 698/1250.
Ten Volumes. Including:
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Mansfield Park
The Letters of Jane Austen
8 1/2 in. x 6 in. x 1 1/2 in.
Condition
General overall wear to the interiors, with losses, staining, and scuffing to the exteriors, especially the spines.
LOT OF 4 EASTON PRESS LITERARYLOT OF 4 EASTON PRESS LITERARY CLASSICSLot of 4 Easton Press Literary Classics. Fully bound in genuine leather. 22k gold deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine. Printed on acid-neutral paper. Sewn Pages. Gilded Page Ends. Satin Ribbon Page Marker. Lot includes: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Aesop Fables, Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, She Stoops To Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
Collection of Vintage books. 3pcCollection of Vintage books. 3pc "World's Literary Masterpieces": Austen, "Pride and Prejudice": Hugo, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"; Whitman "Leaves of Grass". Leatherbound "Stoddard's Lectures".
Dimensions: H: 9 inches: W: 6 inches: D: 1 inches ---
Condition: Wear. Losses to some bindings on spines.
Austen, Jane, novels, complete,Austen, Jane, novels, complete, leather bound.
Condition: Worn.
Thackeray (William Makepeace) VanityThackeray (William Makepeace) Vanity Fair, illustrated by Lewis Baumer Hodder & Stoughton, 1915
A five-volume set of the novelsA five-volume set of the novels of Jane Austen, together with another volume of Austen's letters (Oxford, 1932-1933).
JANE AUSTEN FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONJANE AUSTEN FIRST AND SECOND EDITION COLLECTIONJane Austen First and Second Edition Collection . incl. Emma, London, Printed for John Murray, 1816, first edition, in three vols., 12mo, 1815 watermark, advertisement verso of last page in vol. III; with Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion, London, John Murray, 1818, first edition, in four volumes, 12mo, with Biographical Notice of the Author; and with Mansfield Park, London, printed for J. Murray, 1816, second edition, in three volumes, 12mo, facsimile title pages of first edition, all uniformly bound by Birdsall, Northampton & London, full leather, gilt ruled covers, spine gilt lettered in six compartments, with raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, 10 vols., see condition report online re: half-titles and title pages Provenance: Collection of Brooke and Maria Fox, Metairie, LA
PR OF 19TH C. AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRLPR OF 19TH C. AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL SENTIMENTAL DRAWINGS Kate Greenaway influenced, both on chamfered hardboard with inked figures on paper glued to black with white ink surround and captions "I don't care what a daisy says, I'm sure to get married one of these days" & "Gin a body Kiss a body, Need a body cry?", unsigned, 7 1/4" x 3 3/4" each. Scuffed, corners bumped.
''Priscilla - The Courtship of''Priscilla - The Courtship of Miles Standish'' 24'' H x 20'' W
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.RA. (UK,SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.RA. (UK, 1769-1830) "Mrs. Bannister", graphite and white chalk on paper, unsigned, a study of the head of Regency Actress Elizabeth Bannister nee Miss Harper (1757-1849), denzien of the Haymarket Theatre, playing Polly in "The Beggar's Opera" in 1778. She garnered one-thousand pound contracts when 100 pounds was a gentleman's annual income, and became the principle soloist singer at the Haymarket until she retired in 1792 to raise the four daughters she had with actor John Bannister, who she had married in 1783. Housed in a gold molded frame under glass and a french-ruled mat captioned with name of artist and subject. OS: 29" x 20 1/2", SS: 19" x 12". Edge toned.
A Victorian needlework pictureA Victorian needlework picture of Romeo and Juliet, 26cm x 28cm
THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN THE CLAWTONTHE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN THE CLAWTON EDITION Ten volumes numbered two of ten copies J.F. Taylor & Company publisher New York 1901. Provenance: Property from a Private Collector.
Austen, Jane works, London, 6 vols,Austen, Jane works, London, 6 vols, complete, 3/4 calf gilt.
7.5" x 5.25"
PRINCE WILLIAM'S PARISH AND PLANTATIONSbyPRINCE WILLIAM'S PARISH AND PLANTATIONSby John R. Todd and Francis M. Hutson, Richmond, Virginia: Garrett and Massie, 1935, 37 of 1000 numbered copies, signed by Todd, Hutson and A. S. Salley, who wrote the Introduction, with a color frontispiece and many black and white illustrations, marbled boards backed in black with gold lettering on the spine
Condition:
chipping and losses to spine, some staining and toning to marbled boards, hinges tender, wear to extremities
19th Century Novels, A collection19th Century Novels, A collection to include Thackeray's Works, London Bradbury & Evans 1850, 10 volumes, etc.
PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY (BRITISH, 1788-1867)PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY (BRITISH, 1788-1867) Uncolored engraving titled "Common Buzzard, Female" Plate 6 from Illustrations of Ornithology, artist stamped lower right, mounted in frame; 33"H 27"W overall
An Historical Account of marriage,An Historical Account of marriage, and the Evil Consequences of Adultery, to Monarchies as well as to Private Families. By Thomas Pollen, A.M. London: printed for B. Law, bookseller, Ave maria-lane, and J. Robson, New Bond-street, 1779. 8 vo size. Second edition with additions, with advertisement and introduction, nice large typeset. 287 numbered pages. Deckled edges, marbled paper boards with leather binding.
1 piece. Color Lithographic Double-Page1 piece. Color Lithographic Double-Page Tear Sheet. Puck. "Prudery Run Mad if Our New Literary Censors Supress Tolstoi's Works,..." (New York), 1892. Folio sheet; small areas of separation along center fold. With caricatures of John Wanamaker & A. Comstock.
25 VOLUMES OF LEATHERBOUND BOOKSEaston25 VOLUMES OF LEATHERBOUND BOOKSEaston Press 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition", including Animal Farm, Brave New World, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Paradise Lost, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, The Red Badge of Courage, The Scarlet Letter, Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Prince, The Legend of Sleepy hollow and Other Stories, Huckleberry Finn, Great Expectations, The Count of Monte Cristo, A Farewell to Arms, The Devil's Dictionary, The Brothers Karamazov, Don Quixote, The History of the Indians of The United States, The Talisman, Dracula, The Three Musketeers, Faust, Moby Dick, Treasure Island, The Analects of Confucius; together with Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary", London: The Folio Society, 2003; various sizes Condition:
Maid In Waiting, by John Galsworthy,Maid In Waiting, by John Galsworthy, Signed Limited Edition London: William heinemann LTD, 1931. Limited edition of 500 signed copies, this being numbered 456. Deckled edges, 349 numbered pages. Ivory & green paper boards with embossed & gilt decoration, with protective plastic wrap., green ribbon marker.
JANE AUSTEN'S WORKS, ILLUSTRATEDJANE AUSTEN'S WORKS, ILLUSTRATED CABINET EDITION, DANA ESTES & CO., BOSTON, 1906, 10 VOLUMESJane Austen's Works, Illustrated Cabinet Edition, Dana Estes & Co., Boston, 1906, 10 Volumes
Austen (Jane) The Novels of JaneAusten (Jane) The Novels of Jane Austen - Winchester Edition, Edinburgh: 1911-1912, 8vo, Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles, 12 volumes deckled edges, top edge gilt
"The Works of Shakespeare", volumes"The Works of Shakespeare", volumes 1 and 2, imperial edition edited by Charles Knight, London: Virtue & Co.; steel plate engravings, gilt edges. Good condition with minor wear to boards and spine, also title page has been stabilized in volume 2.
(DRAMA) A collection of six eighteenth-century(DRAMA) A collection of six eighteenth-century plays bound together in original paper wraps. Including The Beaux Stratagem: A Comedy. London: Printed for J. Rivington et al. 1763. The Provok'd Husband; or A Journey to London. A Comedy. By John Vanbrugh and Mr. Cibber. London: Printed for T. Lowndes 1765. Every Man in his Humour. A Comedy. By Ben Johnson. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson 1761. She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not. Or the Kind Impostor. A Comedy... London: Printed for J. Woodward et al. 1748. The Provok'd Wife. A Comedy. By Sir John Vanbrugh. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson 1765. A Bold Stroke for a Wife. A Comedy. By Mrs. Susanna Cent-Livre. London: Printed for S. Crowder 1763. 8vo original blue paper wraps title in pen to spine frontispieces. Soiling and chipping to wraps with some loss; scattered light foxing; darkening to some leaves; corners bumped.
PR FINE INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTINGSPR FINE INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTINGS India,Late 19th-Early 20th CenturyIncludes an opposing pair of scholars, one in a feathered hat writing and one with an open book.
(INDIAN MINIATURES) A pair of Indian(INDIAN MINIATURES) A pair of Indian miniatures in the Mughal style gouache depicting a princess and her attendants in one and a group of men in another. Framed and matted. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches each.