Bordeaux and its Wines, classed by order of merit. by Édouard Féret, author of the Statistique Générale de la Gironde, Laureate of the Academy and of Agricultural and Geographical Societies. Illustrated by Eug. Vergez. -
Charles Cocks, Édouard Féret
1899 - Féret & Fils, Bordeaux - Third English Edition Improved
‘The classic reference work on Bordeaux wines’ - Jancis Robinson, The Oxford Companion to Wine.
A comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated third English edition of ‘The Bordeaux Bible’, with eleven colour maps (nine of which are folding), and 374 in-text engravings of the Châteaux. Also included are numerous tables, lists, and comprehensive indices of principal proprietors, villages and communes, and principal growths.
A presentation copy from the great Bordeaux wine merchants Nath. Johnston & Fils.
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1899 - Féret & Fils, Bordeaux - Third English Edition Improved
‘The classic reference work on Bordeaux wines’ - Jancis Robinson, The Oxford Companion to Wine.A comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated third English edition of ‘The Bordeaux Bible’, with eleven colour maps (nine of which are folding), and 374 in-text engravings of the Châteaux. Also included are numerous tables, lists, and comprehensive indices of principal proprietors, villages and communes, and principal growths.
A presentation copy from the great Bordeaux wine merchants Nath. Johnston & Fils.
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The Works of Joseph Conrad -
Joseph Conrad
1924 - Doubleday, Garden City
This finely bound set of Conrad's complete works runs to 26 volumes comprising: Lord Jim, Youth (which includes Heart of Darkness), The Secret Agent, Typhoon, Almayer’s Folly, The Arrow of Gold, The Nigger of the “Narcissus”, Victory, Nostromo, The Rover, Under Western Eyes, ‘Twixt Land and Sea, A Set of Six, A Personal Record, The Rescue, Within the Tides, Tales of Unrest, Suspense, An Outcast of The Islands, Tales of Hearsay, The Shadow Line, The Mirror of The Sea, The Inheritors, Chance, Notes on Life and Letters, and Romance.
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1924 - Doubleday, Garden City
This finely bound set of Conrad's complete works runs to 26 volumes comprising: Lord Jim, Youth (which includes Heart of Darkness), The Secret Agent, Typhoon, Almayer’s Folly, The Arrow of Gold, The Nigger of the “Narcissus”, Victory, Nostromo, The Rover, Under Western Eyes, ‘Twixt Land and Sea, A Set of Six, A Personal Record, The Rescue, Within the Tides, Tales of Unrest, Suspense, An Outcast of The Islands, Tales of Hearsay, The Shadow Line, The Mirror of The Sea, The Inheritors, Chance, Notes on Life and Letters, and Romance.
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The Deerslayer - or - The First Warpath -
James Fenimore Cooper, N. C. Wyeth (illustrator)
1929 - Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York - First Edition, Second Issue illustrated by Wyeth
A finely bound first instalment of Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales, with illustrated colour title page and nine full page colour plates by N. C. Wyeth, one of America’s great illustrators.
The Deerslayer is set during the years 1740-1745, describing Natty Bumppo’s youth. Inspired by romance, justice, and revenge Natty Bumppo together with his close friend Chingachgook, risks his life to free his friends love, and exact revenge for past atrocities.
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1929 - Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York - First Edition, Second Issue illustrated by Wyeth
A finely bound first instalment of Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales, with illustrated colour title page and nine full page colour plates by N. C. Wyeth, one of America’s great illustrators.The Deerslayer is set during the years 1740-1745, describing Natty Bumppo’s youth. Inspired by romance, justice, and revenge Natty Bumppo together with his close friend Chingachgook, risks his life to free his friends love, and exact revenge for past atrocities.
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The Pathfinder -
James Fenimore Cooper, Richard M. Powers (illustrator)
1965 - The Limited Editions Club, New York - First Edition illustrated by Powers, Number 199 of 1, 500.
A finely bound limited edition signed by the illustrator. With an introduction by Robert E. Spiller and illustrated throughout from paintings by Richard M. Powers.
The third in the series of Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales. Cooper takes his main character, here called the Pathfinder (Natty Bumppo) and examines his role as an explorer for British Colonial forces in the forests and islands around the Great Lakes.
The story is a classic historical adventure romance and Bumppo falls in love, for the first and only time in the five novels, only to see his choice fall in love with another man - a younger man and good friend of Natty's. Probably the best of the five novels. [Whiting].
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1965 - The Limited Editions Club, New York - First Edition illustrated by Powers, Number 199 of 1, 500.
A finely bound limited edition signed by the illustrator. With an introduction by Robert E. Spiller and illustrated throughout from paintings by Richard M. Powers. The third in the series of Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales. Cooper takes his main character, here called the Pathfinder (Natty Bumppo) and examines his role as an explorer for British Colonial forces in the forests and islands around the Great Lakes.
The story is a classic historical adventure romance and Bumppo falls in love, for the first and only time in the five novels, only to see his choice fall in love with another man - a younger man and good friend of Natty's. Probably the best of the five novels. [Whiting].
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Two Years Before The Mast -
Richard Henry Dana Jr., Hans Alexander Mueller (illustrator)
1947 - The Limited Editions Club, New York - Number 350 of 1, 500 illustrated by Mueller
A finely bound limited edition, signed and numbered by the illustrator. With an introduction by William McFee. Illustrated throughout with colour wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller.
‘Dana had to withdraw from Harvard when measles weakened his eyesight; in order to regain his health; he shipped to California as a sailor in 1834. His book has become a classic account of the life and adventures of an ordinary seaman in the American merchant service, as well as the best account of the hide and tallow trade in California.’ Together with its clear picture of California in the years prior to the influx of American settlers in the 1840’s, Two Years Before The Mast is considered invaluable for its descriptions of San Diego, Santa Barbara and Monterey. ‘Dana later became U.S. attorney for the district of Massachusetts, was nominated to the Court of Saint James, and legally represented any negroes arrested in Boston pro-bono.’
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1947 - The Limited Editions Club, New York - Number 350 of 1, 500 illustrated by Mueller
A finely bound limited edition, signed and numbered by the illustrator. With an introduction by William McFee. Illustrated throughout with colour wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller.‘Dana had to withdraw from Harvard when measles weakened his eyesight; in order to regain his health; he shipped to California as a sailor in 1834. His book has become a classic account of the life and adventures of an ordinary seaman in the American merchant service, as well as the best account of the hide and tallow trade in California.’ Together with its clear picture of California in the years prior to the influx of American settlers in the 1840’s, Two Years Before The Mast is considered invaluable for its descriptions of San Diego, Santa Barbara and Monterey. ‘Dana later became U.S. attorney for the district of Massachusetts, was nominated to the Court of Saint James, and legally represented any negroes arrested in Boston pro-bono.’
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The Works -
Charles Dickens
1903 - Chapman and Hall, London - The Biographical Edition
A sumptuously bound set, complete in nineteen volumes, thoroughly illustrated throughout with 574 full-page illustrations, 143 in-text, and eight illustrated title pages.
Illustrations by ‘Phiz’ (Hablot Knight Browne), George Cruikshank, Marcus Stone, George Cattermole, F. Walker, H. K. Browne, Seymour, Dalziel, J. G. Pinwell, Luke Fildes, Charles Green, Mahony, Cattermole, Landseer, Maclise, Stanfield, Leech, Doyle, etc.
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1903 - Chapman and Hall, London - The Biographical Edition
A sumptuously bound set, complete in nineteen volumes, thoroughly illustrated throughout with 574 full-page illustrations, 143 in-text, and eight illustrated title pages.Illustrations by ‘Phiz’ (Hablot Knight Browne), George Cruikshank, Marcus Stone, George Cattermole, F. Walker, H. K. Browne, Seymour, Dalziel, J. G. Pinwell, Luke Fildes, Charles Green, Mahony, Cattermole, Landseer, Maclise, Stanfield, Leech, Doyle, etc.
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The Personal History of David Copperfield -
Charles Dickens
1900 Circa - Chapman and Hall Ltd., London - Universal Edition of Works
‘Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.’
Finely bound early edition with the illustrated title pages and the 40 original illustrations by ‘Phiz’.
‘In this book of David Copperfield, [Dickens] has created creatures who cling to us and tyrannise over us, creatures whom we would not forget if we could, creatures whom we could not forget if we would, creatures who are more actual than the man who made them.’ – G. K. Chesterton
The story of a boy making his way in the world, and finding himself as a man and as a writer. In the first half, before Dickens's irrepressible storytelling kicks in and the motor of the novel starts to hum with incident, we find him almost meditating on his literary beginnings. The second half displays Dickens at his magnificent, and often uneven, best. There are the characteristic prose arpeggios, the virtuoso similes and metaphors, and the parade of timeless characters: Mr Micawber, Mrs Gummidge, Betsey Trotwood, Barkis, Uriah Heep, Steerforth, Mr Spenlow (of Spenlow and Jorkins) and Miss Mowcher.
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1900 Circa - Chapman and Hall Ltd., London - Universal Edition of Works
‘Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.’Finely bound early edition with the illustrated title pages and the 40 original illustrations by ‘Phiz’.
‘In this book of David Copperfield, [Dickens] has created creatures who cling to us and tyrannise over us, creatures whom we would not forget if we could, creatures whom we could not forget if we would, creatures who are more actual than the man who made them.’ – G. K. Chesterton
The story of a boy making his way in the world, and finding himself as a man and as a writer. In the first half, before Dickens's irrepressible storytelling kicks in and the motor of the novel starts to hum with incident, we find him almost meditating on his literary beginnings. The second half displays Dickens at his magnificent, and often uneven, best. There are the characteristic prose arpeggios, the virtuoso similes and metaphors, and the parade of timeless characters: Mr Micawber, Mrs Gummidge, Betsey Trotwood, Barkis, Uriah Heep, Steerforth, Mr Spenlow (of Spenlow and Jorkins) and Miss Mowcher.
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Fifty-Seven Illustrations by “Phiz” -
Charles Dickens
1874 - Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly - First Household Edition
‘Before [Dickens] wrote a single real story, he had a kind of vision . . . a map full of fantastic towns, thundering coaches, clamorous market-places, uproarious inns, strange and swaggering figures. That vision was Pickwick.’ – G.K. Chesteron
A handsomely bound early edition of Dickens’ first novel, with all the original illustrations by “Phiz”, printed with text in double-column format.
The Pickwick Papers recounts the rollicking adventures of Mr Pickwick, his companion Sam Weller, the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, and the sportsman Winkle, as they travel about England, from the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club, to the Eastanswill election and the Fleet debtor’s prison.
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1874 - Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly - First Household Edition
‘Before [Dickens] wrote a single real story, he had a kind of vision . . . a map full of fantastic towns, thundering coaches, clamorous market-places, uproarious inns, strange and swaggering figures. That vision was Pickwick.’ – G.K. ChesteronA handsomely bound early edition of Dickens’ first novel, with all the original illustrations by “Phiz”, printed with text in double-column format.
The Pickwick Papers recounts the rollicking adventures of Mr Pickwick, his companion Sam Weller, the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, and the sportsman Winkle, as they travel about England, from the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club, to the Eastanswill election and the Fleet debtor’s prison.
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