Original green blind decorated cloth, gilt extra to spine. No DW. Frontis. xvi, 496pp. Slight wear to outer edges with some age browning to page margins o/w a nice copy. VG+. View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1988. First edition, thus. Hardback with green slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Olive green printed paper covered boards with green cloth backstrip and gilt and black to spine. A lovely copy. View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1986. First edition, thus. Hardback with green slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Pink printed paper covered boards with green cloth backstrip and gilt and black to spine. Slipcase marked in places, otherwise a lovely copy. View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1982. First edition, thus. Hardback with green slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Grey printed paper covered boards with green cloth backstrip and gilt and black to spine. A lovely copy. View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1987. First edition, thus. Hardback with green slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Green printed paper covered boards with green cloth backstrip and gilt and black to spine. A lovely copy. View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1987. First edition, thus. Hardback with green slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Green printed paper covered boards with green cloth backstrip and gilt and black to spine. A lovely copy. View More...
Chapman and Hall, London. nd. c1885. Bound in half pale-tan calf with marbled boards, raised bands with gilt decorations to compartments and gilt type to contrasting black title-piece to spine. Marbled edges and end-papers. Frontis. vii + 337 pages. Extremities and boards rubbed with marbled paper beginning to peel from fore-edge of upper board; pages sl. browned. View More...
Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books. George Routledge, London. nd (c1890). Bound in half maroon morocco, raised bands with gilt type with gilt decorations to compartments to spine, marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. 533pp. Spine sl. sunned/rubbed; a very nice copy. View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1983. First edition, thus. Hardback with green slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Cream printed paper covered boards with green cloth backstrip and gilt and black to spine. Some marks to slipcase, otherwise a lovely copy. View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1994. Re issue. Hardback with slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Cream illustrated cloth covered boards with gilt to spine. Maroon slipcase slightly shelf worn. Ownership signature to front end paper. A nice clean and fresh copy. View More...
Oxford University Press. 1949. New Oxford Illustrated edition. Hardback in slipcase. Quarter bound in dark blue lambskin, gilt compartments to spine, and contrasting red label, gilt. Illustrated. 801pp. A clean and bright copy in a stained and discoloured slipcase. View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1981. First edition, thus. Hardback with green slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Orange printed paper covered boards with green cloth backstrip and gilt and black to spine. Slipcase slightly faded otherwise a lovely copy. View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1994. Re issue. Hardback with slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Cream illustrated cloth covered boards with gilt to spine. Maroon slipcase slightly shelf worn. Ownership signature to front end paper. A nice clean and fresh copy. View More...
Chapman and Hall, London. nd. c1885. Bound in half pale-tan calf with marbled boards, raised bands with gilt decorations to compartments and gilt type to contrasting black title-piece to spine. Marbled edges and end-papers. Frontis. 497 pages. Extremities and boards a little rubbed with some sl. peeling of marbled paper from fore-edges; pages browned. View More...
Chapman and Hall. London. Reprint. No date (c.1870) Gift inscription is dated 1872. Large 8vo. xiv, [ii], 609 pages. Frontis. with tissue guard, extra vignette title plus numerous plates by "Phiz" and R. Seymour. Original olive green cloth gilt, spine lightly sunned, contents slightly shaken, occasional light foxing otherwise a clean and fresh copy. View More...
Collins, London. 1945. Hardback with DW. Illustrated with colour frontis. + 7 colour plates + numerous black and white illustrations in text. Boards are a little worn. Ownership inscription to bottom margin of front endpaper, some very light and occasional foxing o/w a clean and sound copy in worn, slightly nicked and browned wrapper. Overall a very good copy. View More...
First edition, thus. All Dickens's works together with a "Life of Dickens" by John Forster. Illustrated with 61 very attractive hand-coloured plates, 1 plate missing from Bleak House. Numerous illustrations to text which is in two columns and very readable. Bound in half red textured calf gilt, green silk boards, some volumes spattered to boards. Extremities rubbed, head and tail of spines worn. Endpapers browned and some foxing to prelims o/w a clean sound and attractive set. View More...
Chapman and Hall. London. Circa 1880. Early illustrated edition. 4to. vi, 437 pages. Text in two columns. Illustrations very fresh and bright proving this to be an early impression of this edition that came out after the death of Dickens. Bound in half brown calf gilt, raised bands, contrasting lettering piece, attractive marbled boards, extremities and boards rubbed. Very professionally rebacked with later endpapers. Prelims, rear pages and outer edges foxed but generally a very clean and sound copy. View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1982. First edition, thus. Hardback with slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated. Slipcase and boards slightly bumped. Spine faded. Otherwise a nice copy. View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1984. First edition, thus. Hardback with slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated. Slipcase bumped. Otherwise a lovely copy. View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1983. First edition, thus. Hardback with slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated. Slipcase and spine of book bumped. Edges slightly foxed and pages browned. Otherwise a lovely copy. View More...
Chapman & Hall. 1910. First edition set. In two volumes. Large 4to. Original tan cloth, boards slightly soiled. Prelims and some pages foxed and browned. The gorgeous full colour plates with tissue guards are all present. Generally a very clean and sound set. View More...
Cecil Palmer, London. 1920. First Edition thus. Small paperback. 10 x 15cm with mounted colour illustration to front cover. Vignette to title page, illustrated initial letter to each chaper. Covers are a little worn and soiled, the contents are very slightly foxed o/w a sound copy. View More...
Hamish Hamilton, London. 1970. First Edition UK. Hardback with DW. Few tapemarks to edges of endpapers and flaps of wrapper, booksellers label removed from front pastedown o/w a lovely copy in slightly worn wrapper that is lightly sunned to spine and has a crease to upper panel. View More...
Stanley Paul & Co. London. No DW. First edition. Presentation copy SIGNED by Author to half-title, "To Molly Whitfield - One of the Best. A E Dingle. Andros. January 1st 1930." There are also two columns of bridge scores in similar ink next to the presentation. Original beige cloth, sl. sunned and marked, bookplate of J. J. Whitfield showing a plough and a little church on the bay of a desert island with coconut palms and a sailing ship. Occ. light foxing, very small split to bottom of front inner hinge. Outer edge of pages of adverts at rear creased o/w VG-. Dingle also known as "Sinbad" wa... View More...
Stanley Paul & Co. London. No DW. First edition. Presentation copy SIGNED by Author to half-title, "To Jimmy Whitfield who has honoured me with his friendship in disregard of sharp difference of views of things most vital to himself Sincerely A E Dingle. Brixham 1932." Original beige cloth, very sunned to spine and boards slightly marked, bookplate of J. J. Whitfield showing a plough and a little church on the bay of a desert island with coconut palms and a sailing ship. Occ. light foxing and browning. VG-. Dingle also known as "Sinbad" was an adventurer, a sailor and a writer of pulp adven... View More...
William Heinemann Ltd. . No DW. First edition. Presentation copy SIGNED by Author to half-title, "To Jimmy Whitfield - Friend. Affectionately A E Dingle. Andros 1929-30." Then below is added by the author, "Your Blooming Hurricane done gummed up the cover." Original blue cloth, and, as mentioned by Dingle, very damp stained to edges with spots to the spine. Margins of prelims and rear pages stained pink. Bookplate of J. J. Whitfield showing a plough and a little church on the bay of a desert island with coconut palms and a sailing ship. Occ. light foxing and browning. VG-. Dingle also known... View More...
The Folio Society, London. 1983. First edition thus. Hardback with slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Orange cloth covered boards with black illustration and gilt to spine. Orange slipcase and spine slightly faded. A nice clean and fresh copy. View More...
Neville Spearman, London. 1956. First edition. Hardback with DW. Wrapper rubbed to edges and a little browned. Edges of boards also slightly browned. Overall a nice clean and sound copy. View More...
