All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren - 1946

Steinbeck, John. The Long Valley. New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Printing of the First US Edition. First Printing. A Near Fine copy with the usual age darkening to the front pastedown in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with gentle wear to the extremities, and a short closed edge tear at the head of the spine. A collectible copy of this collection of classic Steinbeck fiction. This volume of stories collected with the encouragement of his longtime editor Pascal Covici serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. Set in the beautiful Salinas Valley of California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world, these stories reflect Steinbeck's characteristic interests: the tensions between town and country, laborers and owners, past and present. Included here are the O. Henry Prize-winning story "The Murder"; "The Chrysanthemums," perhaps Steinbeck's most challenging story, both personally and artistically;… Read More

London.: Oriental Translation Fund.. 1st thus.. 1829.. 2 volumes. Volume I: black & white frontispiece "Fac-simile of the Title-Page to Haoukewchuen, or the Fortunate Union". A further page with borders decorated and printed in blue announce: Oriental Translation Fund Instituted 1828 under the patronage of His Most Gracious Majesty George the Fourth and states that 'This copy was printed for the Most Noble the Marquess of Anglesey, A subscriber to the Oriental Translation Fund.' Some foxing preliminary leaves, one gathering loosening. xxiv + 258pp and errata. Volume II: Frontispiece map showing "the Route of the Embassy in 1816 from Peking to Tengchang Foo along the Grand Canal", vi + 262pp, appendix and bound together with 31pp 'Report of the Proceedings of the Second General Meeting of the Subscribers to the Oriental Translation Fund with the Prospectus, A list of the Oriental Translation Committee, a Report of the Committee and Regulations and a List of Works in the Press. Generally very clean… Read More

1885 BRONTE Novels Jane Eyre Professor Shirley Feminism Literature Wildfell 5v

"Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste."
― Charlotte Brontë

Famous novels of the Brontë Sisters, including Jane Eyre!
The Brontë Sisters produced some of the most famous and popular novels of the 19th-century including Jane Eyre, by Charlotte. This set of volumes is illustrated throughout and features some of their most popular tales such as 'Shirley' and 'The Professor'.
The novels themselves have been and will continue to be popular amongst English readers.

Item number: #16862
Price: $950
BRONTË, Charlotte
[works]
London, Smith, Elder, ca. 1885.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages – 5 volumes
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'The Professor' – x, 432
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'Shirley' – vi, 543, [1]
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'Life of Charlotte Bronte' – xi, 448
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'Wildfell Hall' – 416
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'Jane Eyre' – ix, 464
· Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in… Read More

1690 Irish Roger Boyle English Restoration Theatre Henry V & Ottoman Mustapha
Early Irish literature!
Roger Boyle, was a 17th-century Irish politician, known for becoming the first Earl of Orrery. His political importance came through his correspondence with both Charles II and Oliver Cromwell, the latter of whom offered Boyle a role in the English conquest of Ireland.
While his political career was more prominent, he also wrote historical novels and plays-in-verse. Two of his plays, 'Henry V' and 'Mustafa', proved to be highly popular both during and after Boyle's life. These two plays were published by Herringman in 1690 – a fine collection of 17th-century Irish literature!
Item number: #24073
Price: $995
BOYLE, Roger Earl of Orrery
The History of Henry the Fifth. And the Tragedy of Mustapha, son of Solyman the Magnificent
London: H[enry] Herringman, and sold by Joseph Knight, 1690.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 works in 1
o Henry the Fifth – [4], 44
o Mustapha – [45]-106,… Read More

1790 Jean-Jacques Rousseau French Literature Emile Confessions Heloise Music 15v

"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-century Enlightenment philosopher whose political theories helped shape aspects of the French Revolution. This rare set includes the most famous of Rousseau's works including Emile, Heloise, Dictionary of Music, and Confessions.

Fifteen volumes of the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau published in 1790 Geneva by Volland.

Item number: #8786
Price: $995

ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques.

Oeuvres complètes de J.J. Rousseau : avec des éclaircissements et des notes historiques

A Geneve, et ; A Paris : Chez Volland ..., 1790

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 15 volumes
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~10in X 8in (25.5cm x 20cm)

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Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1891. Hardcover. Fine condition.. The Tauchnitz Edition published in 27 volumes over a six year period between the years 1885 -1891. This set is beautifully bound in the publisher's uncommon half tan calf with marbled boards and end papers. Condition is excellent. Occupies 21 inches (53 cm) on the shelf. Height of each volume is 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm). Picture available on request.

London: Brandbury & Evans, 1857. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. W. M. Thackeray. 1857-59. The original twenty-four numbered parts in the original yellow wrappers in publisher's crushed morocco solander case. Illustrated yellow paper covers, with the fourty-eight etched plates and woodcut vignettes in the text, all after drawings by the author; the original yellow pictorial wrappers a little soiled and frayed, otherwise very good condition.

London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine, 1891.. Small quarto. Gilt green cloth backed cream cloth over boards, elaborately decorated in gilt and red. Plates, illustrations and decorated endsheets. Binding a bit darkened, with some pale discolorations at edge, 1895 ownership signature on preliminary blank, corners a trifle worn, the plates by Shannon somewhat faded (as usual) but still legible, a few small nicks and a short tear to the edges of the front free endsheet but a good, sound copy, a few leaves unopened. First edition. Design, illustrations and decorations by C. Ricketts and C. Shannon, with plates by the latter. One of one thousand copies printed. Mason/Millard gives an account of the circumstances which led to the faint state of the Shannon plates. Contains four short stories: "The Young King" (which first appeared in THE LADY'S PICTORIAL, Christmas Number, 1888), "The Birthday of the Infanta" (which first appeared in PARIS ILLUSTRÉ, March 30, 1889), "The Fisherman and His Soul," and "The… Read More

Hurst and Blackett. London. 1856 . FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.2 inches). Integral publishers advert leaves at the end of each volume (iii, i, ii) but bound without the publishers catalogue in volume one. Some minor foxing to a few pages but generally a very good clean copy finely re-bound by Bayntun of Bath. Half brown morocco. Spines with raised bands, each with gilt decoration. Compartments double ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Tan cloth on boards Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. A lovely copy in a fine quality, highly attractive leather binding. Loosely inserted is a 4pp hand written letter from the author (" Your affectionate Dinah") to "My Dear Alice" ( her God Daughter, the subject of the poem "My Godchild Alice"), closely written in black ink on four sides of folded leaf, each side measuring 4.5 x 3.5 inches. The letter is undated but circa 1859 and discusses, among other things, the publisher Alexander Macmillan's approval of Clarence Dobell's illustrations for her… Read More

London: A.H.Baily and Co., 83 Cornhill, 1834. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo, three volumes; xx, 288; 311; 308pp. In contemporary half calf over marbled boards (with light wear only), spines divided into five compartments by double gilt fillets, gilt lettered titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively, all page edges marbled, half titles present, small bookselller's and early ownership labels to front pastedowns, very minor loss to front pastedown of volume three probably through label removal, light creasing to first few pages of volume three, unobtrusive spotting to opening and closing leaves of each volume, overall a very good clean copy. Hood's only novel was published the same year as the abolition of slavery and is centered on Walter Tyrell, born in St.Kitts and raised in Georgian society by Sir Mark Tyrell with all the trials and tribulations of racial prejudice this brings. An attractive copy in uncommon first edition of this… Read More