Recent Arrivals from E C Books

LONDON: William Smith, 1846 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition in a newer half morocco binding with cobbled cloth sides, and small raised bands with gilt decoration and gilt titles in the compartments. With 60 hand coloured plates. The binding is in near fine condition with little wear. All page edges gilted. Marbled endpapers. Contents with… Read more about this item

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1840 A very good copy of the first edition in the original publisher's cloth binding. With volume listing; black and white frontispiece portrait of Huber; hand coloured vignette title page showing bees; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert (which hints at authorship but does not give a name); contents listing; text with black and white illustrations;… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911 A good to very good copy of the 5th edition, published in November 1911, just a month after the first. In original decorative cloth binding with black and white frontispiece, decorative title and 10 further black and white plates by F D Bedford. The front board has gilt decoration which is slightly dulled and there… Read more about this item

London : J M Dent and Company, 1893 A nice early illustrated copy of Pride and Prejudice, complete in 2 volumes, with black and white frontispieces, decorative title pages, and 2 further black and white plates per volume by William Cooke. Part of 'The Novels of Jane Austen' series - a set of 10 volumes published by Dent and edited… Read more about this item

London: Reeve and Benham, 1850 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original decorative cloth binding with hand coloured frontispiece and 15 further hand coloured plates. This work was part of the Popular Natural History Series which was designed to introduce young people to different aspects of natural history. Adam White, a Scottish zoologist, authored 3 of… Read more about this item

London : George Allen, 1899 A very good copy of the first edition of Sense and Sensibility with Chris Hammond illustrations, in the original decorative cloth binding. Chris Hammond was born Christiana Mary Demain Hammond and shortened her name to better compete in what was a male-dominated market for illustrators. This copy has been rebacked preserving the original spine and… Read more about this item

London : George Allen , 1894 A very good copy of the 1st publication of the 'Peacock Edition' of Pride and Prejudice with illustrations by Hugh Thomson. In the original green decorative cloth binding with gilt peacock design to front board and gilt designs to spine. Aeg. With numerous black and white illustrations by Thomson. The binding has been rebacked… Read more about this item

London: The Gresham Publishing Co A near fine copy in decorative quarter morocco binding with design by Talwin Morris. Undated but probably around 1910. With black and white frontispiece and 5 further plates by Chris Hammond. The binding has a very bright spine with light scuffing and wear at the spine ends. The waxed moss cloth sides are very clean… Read more about this item

London and New York : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891 A very good copy of the first edition in the original blue gilt-decorated cloth binding with numerous black and white illustrations by Speed and H J Ford. All page edges gilt. Part of the Fairy Book series, this was the third published. The binding is bright and clean with bright… Read more about this item

London: William Lay, 1858 A good copy in the original decorative cloth binding with hand coloured frontispiece and 7 further hand coloured plates. All page edges gilted. The binding is bright and clean. There is wear and some fraying to corners and spine ends and general rubbing to edges and spine joints. The gilt decoration on the front board and… Read more about this item

london: H F & G Witherby, 1923 A very good copy in the original cloth binding with 3 colour and 4 black and white plates. The binding is very clean with a bright gilt bug to the front board and gilt titles to spine. There is some pulling to spine ends and a small pale spot at the bottom spine… Read more about this item

London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original light green decorative cloth binding with 8 colour plates, 20 full page black and white plates, and 22 in text illustrations. All page edges gilt. The front board is very bright with a tiny spot mark towards the… Read more about this item

London and New York: Longmans, Green & Co, 1892 A very good copy of the 1st edition, 1st impression of the Green Fairy Book in the original green decorative cloth binding with gilt designs and title. With the original endpapers and aeg. With full page and text illustrations by H J Ford. The binding is in very good clean condition… Read more about this item

London : Reeve and Benham, 1850 A very good copy of this scarce work, with 20 hand coloured plates drawn by Henry Sowerby. In the original decorative cloth binding with a gilt crystal design on the front board. This book forms part of Lovell Reeve's Popular Natural History series, designed for young people with aim of giving them an insight… Read more about this item

London : Jacob Tonson, 1697 A good copy of the large paper 1st edition with 103 full page engravings. This is the first illustrated edition of Dryden's famous translations of Virgil's works completed in 1696. The illustrations are spectacular - each dedicated to a subscriber who donated 5 guineas for the privilege. This copy has 2 bookplates on the front… Read more about this item

London: L Reeve & Co.,, 1896 A good copy of the larger illustrated edition of Edwards Hemiptera-Homoptera with 2 black and white and 28 colour plates. In contemporary half leather binding which is in very clean sound condition with small raised bands and gilt titles to spine. There is some scuffing and slight surface loss at the spine ends and… Read more about this item

London : J M Dent and Company, 1892 A very good to near fine copy of the first issue of Dent's illustrated edition of Persuasion. In the original pale green cloth binding with gilt decoration and titles to the front board and spine. Issued as part of the 'Novels of Jane Austen' series with a preface by Brimley Johnson, a… Read more about this item

London: Lovell Reeve, 1857 A very good copy in the original decorative cloth binding with 20 hand coloured plates. One of the scarcer titles in the Popular Natural History Series. The series was designed for young people to provide a good introduction to different aspects of natural history. Agnes Catlow wrote 2 other titles for the series. The binding has… Read more about this item

London: J M Dent and Company, 1893 A very good copy of J M Dent's illustrated edition of Sense and Sensibility (1st published in this form in 1892; this is the 3rd printing from January 1893). It is complete in 2 volumes and was issued originally as part of a 10 volume set, edited by Brimley Johnson, with each having… Read more about this item

London: Reeve and Benham, 1851 A very good copy in the original decorative cloth binding with 22 plates by Fitch and Brooks, 20 of which are hand coloured. This work is part of the Popular History series - produced initially by Reeve, Benham and Reeve for young people beginning to learn about the natural world. They were beautifully produced with… Read more about this item