Boston: Little, Brown, 1951. Twelfth edition; 1955 printing. Edited by Christopher Morley. Bound for Lauriat’s in 3/4 red morocco; top edge, decorations and lettering in gilt; back cover a little faded; close to fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. More

[Book #1217]

London: John Murray, 1855-1856. Six volumes. Handsomely bound in 19th century red, pebble-grained, full morocco. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers; the front and back boards are uniformly decorated with three ornate gilt-stamped borders; the spines are decorated with compartments separated by raised bands with gilt-stamped decorations; the set’s title is..... More

[Book #1206]

London: Heinemann, 1907. Later printing. Bound for Asprey in 3/4 green morocco; all edges gilt; raised bands; gilt rules; fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. More

[Book #1213]

London: Routledge, 1861. Bound by Riviere in full brown tree calf with gilt decoration; all edges gilt. Aside from an owner’s inscription, small bookplate and minor wear, am excellent copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. More

[Book #1226]

London: Chapman & Hall, 1862. First Edition. Bound by Root in full black morocco; boards decorated in gilt; raised bands and gilt-decorated spine; all edges gilt; library bookplate and blind stamps, else fine. Extra-illustrated with 43 plates, mostly portraits of her contemporaries. All books described as first editions are first..... More

[Book #1229]

London: Wm. MacKenzie, n.d. [c. 1880s]. Six volumes; quarto; publisher’s full red morocco; thick beveled boards decorated in gilt and blind; all edges gilt; some scuffing; scattered foxing throughout, but overall in very good or better condition. Illustrated with 240 lithographs. A seventh volume was issued comprising facsimiles of autographs..... More

[Book #1207]

Paris: E. Houdaille, 1839. With an introduction (”...un Essai Historique”) by Mme. Guizot. Illustrated by J. Gigoux. Two volumes; publisher’s quarter-leather; decorated and titled in gilt; foxed; very good. Illustrated with many black and white engravings and a facsimile of a manuscript page in color. All books described as first..... More

[Book #1200]

Lyon: Imprimerie Typographique des Deux-Collines, 1919. First Edition (presumably as have not located an earlier edition) of this erotic, but relatively tastefully illustrated piece. Bound with both the front and back wrappers in an unusual binding, stamped on the verso of an endpaper, “Vtesse G. De Mentque.” Bound in white..... More

[Book #1228]

Paris: Armand Magnier, 1899. First or Early Illustrated Edition; publisher’s printed wrappers bound in; quarter-red morocco and marbled boards; gilt decorated spine; top edge gilt; an excellent copy. As common with French publications, this volume was available in various issues: this is one of 400 numbered copies (with some illustrations..... More

[Book #1202]

London: Longman,Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847. “Second Edition” of this illustrated edition. Bound in 1850 in full greenmorocco; all edges gilt; spine and boards gilt-decorated; light wear and foxing; an attractive example with the 1869 inscription of Edward Coleridge (nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge) noting that this copy was to..... More

[Book #1221]

London: Routledge, 1866. Bound by Riviere in full brown tree calf with gilt decoration; all edges gilt. Aside from an owner’s inscription, small bookplate and minor wear, an excellent copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. More

[Book #1227]