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Sonnets From the Portuguese
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets to
the Portuguese are widely considered among the greatest cycle of
sonnets in the English language. This collection of love poems was
written between 1845-46 to fellow poet and her soon-to-be husband,
Robert Browning.
Originally, Browning had no intention
of publishing the poetry owing to its deeply personal subject matter,
but her husband convinced her to publish them in the 1850 edition of
her Poems. Originally, however, she was reportedly to have called the... Read more about this item
the Portuguese are widely considered among the greatest cycle of
sonnets in the English language. This collection of love poems was
written between 1845-46 to fellow poet and her soon-to-be husband,
Robert Browning.
Originally, Browning had no intention
of publishing the poetry owing to its deeply personal subject matter,
but her husband convinced her to publish them in the 1850 edition of
her Poems. Originally, however, she was reportedly to have called the... Read more about this item
Orley Farm
by Anthony Trollope
When Joseph Mason of Groby Park, Yorkshire, died, he left his estate to his family. A codicil to his will, however, left Orley Farm (near London) to his much younger second wife and infant son. The will and the codicil were in her handwriting, and there were three witnesses, one of whom was no longer alive. A bitterly fought court case confirmed the codicil.
Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives at Orley farm with her adult son, Lucius. Samuel Dockwrath, a tenant, is asked to leave by Lucius, who wants to... Read more about this item
Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives at Orley farm with her adult son, Lucius. Samuel Dockwrath, a tenant, is asked to leave by Lucius, who wants to... Read more about this item
Victorian Fiction Books & Ephemera
The People of Our Neighborhood
by Wilkins, Mary E. w/illus. by Alice Barber Stephens
Phila./NY: Curtis/Doubleday & McClure. 1898. 161pp. illus. t.e.g. green decorated cloth 16mo w/gilt titles: Very Good [touch of age browning; else an attractive copy] Vol. III in the Ladies' Home Journal Library of Fiction by the prolific American writer Wilkins (1852-1930).
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A$11.77
The World of Charles Dickens
by Wilson, Angus
London: Martin Secker & Warburg. 301pp. An illustrated guide to the work of the Victorian novelist. Colour frontis and a further full page colour illustrations. Integral black and white illustrations throughout. Green boards with gilt titles to spine are veryneat. Dust wrapper is sunned to spine and rather unevenly to front and back. A little rubbed to dust wrapper edges. Near fine copy in good + dw. . Hardcover. First. 1970.
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A$24.32
The Lady's Realm . An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Volume XXI (21) November 1906 to April 1907
by Various. H Rider Haggard, Frank Richardson; Alice and Claude Askew, Etc, Etc
London: Hutchinson and Co. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1907. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Handsomely bound in the original maroon cloth boards with stamped decoration and bright gilt titling/blocking to the spine (slightly rubbed) and with the Title/other detail picked out on two bright gilt decorated blocks, to front cover. The tips of the corners and the head/tail of the spine and a couple of points on the front edge are also LIGHTLY rubbed and very slightly bumped. There is a 'Swansea...
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A$95.35
The Imagination of Charles Dickens
by Cockshut, A. O. J
London: Collins,. Hardback. 192pp. Blue boards with gilt titles to spine. Very sunned to spine. Clean and sound. Good+, sound copy. . Hardcover. 1961.
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A$12.65
An Essay on Hardy
by Bayley, John
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,. Hardback. 237pp. Covers both Hardy's poetry and novels. Red boards with gilt titles to spine. Some what faded and tanned to spine of dust wrapper. Very good copy in Good dw. . Hardcover. 1978.
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A$23.35
Mrs Brown on the Alabama Claims
by Sketchley, Arthur (Pseudonym For Geroge Rose)
London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd. Fair with no dust jacket. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial paper-coverd boards. No date given , circa early 1870's. Typical cheap 'Yellowback Railway Literature' with the usual chipped with loss, spine, corners and edges. Cover rubbed and worn, spine chipped with backing/webbing showing through. Illustrated front cover, and though the title reads 'Mrs Brown on the Alabama CASE' the title inside reads 'Mrs Brown on the Alabama...
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A$48.65
The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857 London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857-1859. In the original 24 serial parts. First edition, first issue, p. 207 with "actresses" for "ancestresses", and part 12 with chapters XVII-XVIII misnumbered as XVIII-XIX. Publisher's yellow paper wrappers, advertisements present. A very good set with some toning and soiling to wrappers, some wear to edges, particularly to volumes I, X, XV, XVI, XVIII-XX, and XIV, the others being only lightly worn, a few light...
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A$784.40
Matthew Arnold: A Survey of His Poetry and Prose
by Bush, Douglas
London: Macmillan,. Hardback. 202pp. A study of the Victorian poet and critic Mathew Arnold. Brown boards with gilt titles to spine. Pages are tanned. Very good- copy. . Hardcover. 1971.
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A$17.03
Thomas Hardy
by Howe, Irving
New York: Macmillan,. Hardback. 206pp. Critical biography. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn with a little rubbing and very tiny tears. Slightly sunned to spine. Very good copy in very good- dw. . Hardcover. 1967.
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A$20.43
The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848-1850. In the original 24 serial parts (23 & 24 in one volume). First edition. Publisher's yellow paper wrappers with advertisements bound in. A good set with significant toning and wear to extremities, some foxing to text, many spines split, some with remnants of tape repairs. Scarce in the original parts. The History of Pendennis tells the story of the titular character, Arthur Pendennis, who seeks join the ranks of the...
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A$2,353.20
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by SWINBURNE, Algernon
Holmwood, November 14. Letter. Creases from mailing. Near Fine. A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "A. C. Swinburne" on two adjoining 4-1/2" x 7" sheets to composer Theo Marzials. In large part: "I am afraid I did not answer your note yesterday, & today it rises on my sight like an avenging ghost. As a rule I find it necessary to leave such matters as the publishing of my songs with music wholly in the hands of the publishers, who have their own tariff fixed for the license; but of course I reserve my...
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A$1,470.75
THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP ON HIS WAY THROUGH THE WORLD; SHEWING WHO ROBBED HIM, WHO HELPED HIM, AND WHO PASSED HIM BY
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. All hinges are cracked to varying degrees with several covers loose but all attached. Uncommon in original cloth. But for the cracked hinges, this would be a Near Fine set. Three volumes in the Second Issue binding (Sadleir 3186) of brown morocco cloth with more conventional blocking than the first issue. According to Carter (BINDING VARIANTS, pages 158-159), 1520 copies were printed.
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A$1,176.60
Prepare to Shed Them Now The Ballads of George R. Sims
by Sims, George R.; Calder-Marshall, Arthur (Selected andIntroduced by)
London: Hutchinson. 1968. Tall Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with sepia-toned photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 152 pages. A selection of the famous ballads of this journalist, playwright & famous balladist. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$14.00
George Gissing: Ideology and Fiction
by Goode, John
London: Vision Press,. Hardback. 205pp. On the Victorian novelist. Maroon boards with gilt titles to spine. A little rubbed. Hint of sunning to spine. Very good copy. . Hardcover. 1978.
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A$16.54
Poems
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
London: Edward Moxon, 1844 First edition, mixed issue as usual. First impression of Volume I, with "let the flood / of your salt scorn" to page 141. Second impression of Volume II, with the page numbers battered on pages 161 and 163, and with "the end'' to page 175. Publisher's green cloth, spines lettered in gilt and ruled in blind, boards decorated with embossed vine borders. Near fine, with some toning to the spines, a few tiny closed tears to the spine ends, spine head of...
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A$3,137.60
The Poems of Matthew Arnold
by Arnold, Matthew
London: J M Dent / King's Treasures of Literature,. Hardback. 254pp. No. 122 in the King's Treasures of Literature series. Selected, edited and with an introduction by B. L. K. Henderson. Green cloth, gilt titles to spine. Some light pencil annotation. Somewhat rubbed. Good, sound copy. . Hardcover. revised. 1961.
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A$8.76
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT likely from FREDERICK THE GREAT
by CARLYLE, Thomas
[1853]. Manuscript. Light creases from folding; writing dark and clear. About Fine and uncommon. HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT completely in Carlyle's hand but not signed of @250 words on the verso of a letter (8" x 9-7/8") addressed to the writer notifying him of his election to the Atheneum. Mostly in ink with additions in pencil, the notes appear to be historical and biographical research in preparation for the writing of his biography of Frederick the Great. The notes spill over to the bottom of the letter.
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A$2,941.50
Felix Holt, the Radical
by Eliot, George
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1866 Three volumes. First edition, in Carter's "A" binding, with 4 pages of publisher advertisements and no catalog at the rear of Volume III. Publisher's cinnamon cloth, decorative borders stamped in blind to the boards, spines lettered in gilt. Near fine set with some toning to spines, tiny spot of soiling to fore edge of Volume I text block, light spotting to fore edge of Volume II text block, bookseller's stamp to rear pastedowns, and some...
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A$2,745.40
Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson with a Selection of the Best Short Novels
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Neider, Charles (Edited and with anIntroduction by)
Garden City, NY: International Collectors Library. 1969. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Lovely faux-leather boards with gilt titles and decorations. Ribbon bookmark. xxx, 678 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.
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A$40.00
Dickens: A Life
by Mackenzie, Norman and Jeanne Mackenzie
Oxford: Oxford University Press,. Hardback. 434pp. Biography of the Victorian novelist. Over 20 black and white illustrations. Green boards with gilt titles to spine. Bumped to spine ends. Slightly sunned to dust wrapper spine. A little rubbed to dust wrapper. Very good copy in Good dw. . Hardcover. 1979.
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A$20.43
The Fantasy Book An Illustrated History from Dracula to Tolkein
by Rottensteiner, Franz
New York: Collier Books. 1978. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Light wear to edges and corners and faint marking to rear cover. Colour and black & white illustrations. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 160 pages. Presents a spectral march of figures and themes from the edge of reality and beyond. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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A$15.00
All Round the Clock
by Mack, Robert Ellice
London / New York: Ernest Nister / E. P. Dutton and Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1890. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. No date, but circa 1890/1902 ? A Lovely Ernest Nister published childrens book in poetic form, illustrated with both monotone illustrations and beautiful chromolithographs. Lacks rear free endpaper. In Pictorial paper-covered boards, covers a little worn with scratches mainly to the plain rear cover. The corners and edges rubbed, and the head/tail of spine bumped with a little...
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A$68.11
John Halifax Gentleman
by Mulock, Dinah Maria
London: Adam and Charles Black. 1912. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Mild rubbing to spine edges & ends and corners. 20 full page colour plates by Oswald Moser and G. F. Nicholls (All present). Introduction by Gordon Home. 464 pages. Oringinally published in 1856. Copies of this title are often attributed to the author's married name Mrs Craik or Dinah Maria Craik. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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A$30.00
Trewern. A Tale of the Thirties.
by Thomas R. M
London: T. Fisher Unwin. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1901. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Dark sage-green cloth boards with clear white titling and a blind-stamped decoration to the front cover. Blind-stamped titling to the spine - almost unreadable except very close-up - which may have been white originally, as on the front cover, but presumably now faded completely with age. Otherwise the covers have some light rubbing wear, without damage, to the the extremities, but are overall Good...
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A$87.57
What Every Woman Knows (The Plays of J. M. Barrie)
by Barrie, J. M
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1929. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm] . Very Good condition. Dark blue lether with gilt decorations. Spine lightly rubbed, especially at the ends. Gilt to top edge. Previous owner's details to half-title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 160 pages. The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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A$18.00
