Category: Classic English Literature

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. A New Edition, Embellished with Two Caricature Prints, By Rowlandson

By: "Mister Yorick" [Laurence Sterne]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Thomas Tegg : 1809

Seller ID: 004951

London: Thomas Tegg, 1809. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First Edition Thus. The essay is preceded by "Memoirs of the Life and Family of Laurence Sterne, A.M. Written by Himself." Bound in smooth calf, with decorative gilt on the covers. Clean text; xii, 179 pages, with one page of "New books printed for the proprietor of this work." Although two are claimed, only one of the hand-coloured prints is present. Occasional spotting and lightly tanned. The spine has an old (probably 19th-Century) tape repair.. First Thus. Full-Leather. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" ta...
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The Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; In Three Volumes. With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, By Mr. Tickell

By: Addison, Joseph

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, W. Strahan, J.F. And C. Rivington, Et.al. : 1777

Seller ID: 004399

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good (Minus)

London: W. Strahan, J.F. And C. Rivington, Et.al., 1777. First published by Tonson in 1726; this is a Very Good (Minus) copy of a later edition. Volume One only of the original three. Full leather calf binding, with gilt decorations on the spine. Clean text; xlvi, 285 pages; frontis portrait od Addison. Rubbed at the margins. Boards have split; the rear is holding, but the front is close to detached. Please note the condition issue. Quercus must offer this as a Binding Copy, in need of repair or restoration. The pages are very bright and clear. This would be a good candidate for a nice rebind....
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A Collection of Poems, Consisting of Valuable Pieces, Not Inserted in Mr. Dodsley's Collection, Or Published Since. With Several Originals, By Eminent Writers (Four Volumes)

By: Anonymous ("By Several Hands")

Price: $1,200.00

Publisher: London, G. Pearch : 1775

Seller ID: 001856

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good Plus

London: G. Pearch, 1775. Here is a stunning, exceptional, and rare set of collected poetry in a fine binding from the late 18th Century. This is an expansion of the collection published by Robert Dodsley (1703-1764) in 1758. (Or, perhaps Pearch is just piggy-backing on Dodsley's popularity; he published a two-volume edition in 1768 and expanded it here seven years later.) Quite rare; Quercus has found only the British Library holding copies. These are bound in lovely smooth calf, tooled and banded on the spines, filled with gilt. Red spine label ("Pearch's Collection"). These are ASSOCIATION C...
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Women; Or, Pour et Contre. A Tale. By the Author of "Bertram," &c. (Volume One only)

By: Anonymous (Charles Maturin)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, James Ballantyne and Co. (for Others) : 1818

Seller ID: 004247

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good (Minus)

Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co. (for Others), 1818. This is the fourth novel by the Irish Protestant clergyman Charles Robert Maturin (1782-1824). He was a friend of Byron and Scott, and an active participant in the early 19th-century literary fascination with the Gothic. Most famous for "Melmoth the Wanderer," this is a more conventional romance, set in Dublin.Rare. This is Volume One only of the original three, a Very Good (Minus) copy. Original calf binding with fancy gilt ruling; five raised bands on the spine; endpapers and page ends are marbled. Clean text; v, 275 pages. Front paste-...
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Chronicles of the Canongate. Complete in Two Volumes

By: Anonymous (Sir Walter Scott)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Boston, Samuel H. Parker : 1828

Seller ID: 001752

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Boston: Samuel H. Parker, 1828. A two-volume collection of stories by the Scottish historical novelist (1771-1832); although not credited on the Title Page, Scott identifies himself in his Introduction. Volume I (198 pages) contains "The Highland Widow," "The Two Drovers," and "The Surgeon's Daughter." Volume II (242 pages) has only the novelette "The Antiquary. A Romance." These are Very Good copies of the First Edition Thus (Harper had published the year before), quite scarce in the Trade and with only one institutional holding. Leather bound with stamped gilt letting on the spine; books are...
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Kenilworth; A Romance. By the Author of "Waverley," "Ivanhoe," &c. (Three Volumes)

By: Anonymous (Sir Walter Scott)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Edinburgh & London, Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co. : 1821

Seller ID: 002366

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1821. Scott's Elizabethan romance was published anonymously, although this was rather a polite fiction. These are Very Good copies of the Second Edition (really, the 2nd Printing), bound in contemporary full leather. Smooth calf boards, ruled and chased in gilt; darker leather spines with six raised bands; darkened red labels for title and the date 1821. Clean text; 320 pages, 339 pages, and 348 pages. Unfoxed; bright and readable today, with marbled endpapers and edges. All are rubbed at the ma...
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland; With a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition

By: Anonymous (Sir Walter Scott)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London, Thomas Tegg : 1839

Seller ID: 002448

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

London: Thomas Tegg, 1839. In addition to the famous Waverly novels, Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) also edited collections such as this, an early posthumous volume that was originally published in 1802. (In an irrelevant aside, It seems rather odd that six years after his death, his name was not on the Title Page.) Large octavo; publisher's brown cloth binding, ruled, and blindstamped with a wreath (a memorial?) on the front cover. The spine title is bright gilt. Clean text, very bright an supple still; 559 pages, with Scott's 83-page Introduction. Previous (contemporary) owner signature on the...
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Quentin Durward (Three Volumes)

By: Anonymous (Sir Walter Scott)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Edinburgh & London, Archibald Constable & Hurst, Robinson, and Co. : 1823

Seller ID: 002287

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constable & Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1823. The First Edition of one of Scott's better-known "Waverly" novels, here in a very attractive period Fine Binding. Three volumes, Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Tan calf binding, hatched and ruled. Three raised bands on the spines, all gilt, with black labels. Clean, bright text; 273 pages, 331 pages, and 360 pages. Marbled edges and endpapers. There are two separate bookplates. On the front paste-downsis the armorial plate of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, Bart (1799-1872), the presumed first owner. On the FFEP, that of Charles De ...
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St. Ronan's Well. By the Author of "Waverly, Quentin Durward," &c.

By: Anonymous (Sir Walter Scott)

Price: $135.00

Publisher: Edinburgh & London, Archibald Constable & Hurst, Robinson, and Co. : 1824

Seller ID: 002295

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constable & Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1824. This is a Very Good (minus) set (3 volumes) of the First Edition. Marbled covers and endpapers; black leather tips and spine. The spine is nicely decorated in chestnut, with green and red labels, all filled with gilt. Clean text; 310 pages, 325 pages, and 323 pages with four pages of publisher's ads. The text is still very bright, with only occasional foxing throuout. All volumes are rubbed at the margins, mostly at the foot of the spines; Volume One has a 1" chip at the head. Several gutters are split, but all holding w...
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Waverly Novels. Household Edition. Quentin Durward (2 Volumes)

By: Anonymous (Sir Walter Scott)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Boston & Chicago, Ticknor and Fields & S.C. Griggs and Company : 1858

Seller ID: 004090

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Boston & Chicago: Ticknor and Fields & S.C. Griggs and Company, 1858. This is a beautiful pair (Volumes 31 and 32 of a large set) in a full-leather Fine Binding. Smooth calf , ruled in gilt; five raised bands on the spine, highly decorated in gilt; labels in black and gilt; numbers of the set in gilt on the lower spine. Clean texts; 338 and 348 pages. Marbled edges and endpapers. Some very light rubbing at the margins. There is evidence of bookplates having been removed from the front paste-down. These are ASSOCIATION COPIES, with the discreet stamp on the second free endpaper of "Estate of He...
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Kenilworth; A Romance. By the Author of "Waverly," "Ivanhoe," &c

By: Anonymous (Walter Scott)

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Edinburgh & London, Archibald Constable, John Ballantyne, and Hurst, Robinson : 1821

Seller ID: 002270

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constable, John Ballantyne, and Hurst, Robinson, 1821. Here is a beautiful, Near Fine set (three volumes) of the First Edition. Still published "anonymously," although the author by this time was well-known. In an original fine binding. Marbled paper boards with leather tips and spine. The spines are highly decorated with gilt designs and the date 1821; red title blocks. Clean text, very bright ,supple, and unfoxed. 320 pages, 339 pages, and 348 pages with four pages of publisher's adverts. There are hints of cracking, but all three are holding nicely. Not common ...
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The Expeditian of Humphrey Clinker. By the Author of Roderick Random [Volume II Only]

By: Anonymous [Tobias Smaollett]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, J. Wenman : 1785

Seller ID: 005583

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

London: J. Wenman, 1785. This picaresque novel, filled with scatological humour, is often considered the best work of Tobia George Smollett [1721-1771]. First issued three months prior to his death. This is a Good only copy of an early printing [Volume Two only]. A scarce edition.. Full leather binding. .Frontis engraving, 242 pages of clean text. Interestingly, there is a two-page publisher's advert in the rear for "New, Cheap, and Elegant Editions." Although a standard practice in the next century, this seems to be unusual in the 18th century. Extensive rubbing to the margins; chips to spine...
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Volume the First. Now First Printed from the Manuscript in the Bodleian Library

By: Austen, Jane

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press/Oxford University press/Humphrey Milford : 1933

Seller ID: 004429

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Oxford: Clarendon Press/Oxford University press/Humphrey Milford, 1933. The first of three early notebooks to be published, with Austen's juvenilia dating from 1793 (?). Although far from her mature powers, rather light-hearted and charming. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Trade Edition. Gray/green paper-covered boards with a linen spine with paper label. Clean text; ix, 140 pages. Very light sunning around the margins, with a bit of rub to the spine label (thoughtfully, Oxford included a tipped-in extra label in the rear). . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾...
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Endymion

By: Beaconsfield, The Earl of (Benjamin Disraeli)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company : 1880

Seller ID: 002923

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1880. Here is the last novel, a romance, published by Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), noted as Victoria's favorite Prime Minister but also a popular novelist. He was created Earl in 1876. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition. Decorative red cloth binding with heraldic decorations in black and gilt. Gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 477 pages, with two pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Very bright and unfoxed; easily read. Floral endpapers. There is a faint penciled signature, and the remains of what appears to have been a newsp...
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The Green Hand, The Secret Passion, Villette, The Fate, & Singleton Fontenoy, R.N.

By: Bell, Currer (Charlotte Bronte) and Others

Price: $500.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers & Burgess, Stringer & Co. : 1850

Seller ID: 004126

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Harper & Brothers & Burgess, Stringer & Co., 1850. Here is an exceptional mid-Victorian omnibus containing five novels bound together; all are the First American Editions. Most prominent is the First American Edition of "Villette," by Charlotte Bronte. Large, heavy octavo; marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and tips. The spine is ruled in gilt, and contains the simple title "Novels." The books are (1) "The Green Hand. A 'Short' Yarn," Harper, 1850, 162 pages, followed by six pages of ads. No author, but George Cupples (1822-1891); (2) "The Secret Passion," Burgess, Strin...
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Lorna Doone

By: Blackmore, R.D.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Merrill & Baker : 1900

Seller ID: 002791

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Merrill & Baker, 1900. Blackmore's popular Westcountry tale is here presented in a decorative binding, LIMITED to 450 numbered and 26 lettered copies. Very Good condition; reddish-orange cloth decorative binding, with fancy gilt stamping on the front cover and spine. Clean text; 681 pages; top-edge is gilt, fore is rough-cut. There is no publication date, but Merrill, one of the largest American subscription publishers, was founded in 1893 and moved to Chicago in 1904; Quercus therefore assigns a date of 1900, and will not be far wrong. Light bumping and rubbing to the margins of the...
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Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoor

By: Blackmore, R.D.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, J.W. Meyer and Company : 1895

Seller ID: 002753

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

New York: J.W. Meyer and Company, 1895. This is a Very Good Plus to Near Fine copy of a reprinting, in a Fine Binding, of the Crowell edition of 1895 (that Title Page is present after Meyer's). Quarter-bound with black leather tips and spine, ruled in gilt, with five raised bands. The titles and decorations on the spine are gilt; boards are a maroon cloth. Clean text; 296 pages; frontis illustration with guard; marbled endpapers. Rubbing to upper spine and rear cover, else a Fine copy. An attractive copy of this famous Scottish tale. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reprint.. Half-Leather. Ne...
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Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoor (2 Volumes)

By: Blackmore, R.D.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago, Toronto, The John C. Winston Co. : 1890

Seller ID: 004098

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Philadelphia, Chicago, Toronto: The John C. Winston Co., 1890. Blackmore's romance of the West Country was first published in 1869; it has never been out of print since. This is a beautiful two-volume set in a Fine Binding. Maroon cloth with fancy gilt scrollwork on the front covers and spine. Clean text; 516 pages (24 illustrations including the frontis) and 565 pages (27 illustrations including the frontis). Included are the Prefaces to both the Sixth and the Twentieth Editions. Perhaps a slight darkening to the spines, else Fine copies. No publication date; Quercus presumes 1890 as possible...
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Aurora Leigh, and Other Poems

By: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, James Miller, Publisher : 1875

Seller ID: 005720

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: James Miller, Publisher, 1875. First published in 1856; this is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing (a posthumous edition, for she had died in 1861). "From the Last London Edition, Corrected by the Author" and containing the long title poem and eleven others. There is an interesting statement by Robert Browning, affirming the rights of Miller to publish; there was no copyright protection at this time, and American pirates were rampant. This copy is bound in leather, nicely blindstamped on the covers. Five raised bands on the spine, with titling in gilt. Clean text; 251 pages; with a...
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The Prose Works of Robert Burns; Containing His Letters and Correspondence, Literary and Critical; and Amatory Epistles, Including Letters to Clarinda, &c. &c. Embellished with Nine Beautiful and Highly Finished Engravings

By: Burns, Robert

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Mackenzie and Dent : 1819

Seller ID: 002324

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Mackenzie and Dent, 1819. Robert Burns (1759-1796) wrote romantically in the Scots dialect. Here is a lovely, Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Bound in highly-decorative leather: full calf (marbled); fancy spine with five raised bands and a red label; all filled with gilt. Clean text; 610 pages, with Appendix; marbled endpapers and edges. The text is very bright and supple, with minimal discolorations. Armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. Truly a lovely copy, and surprisingly uncommon (Oxford has it, but the LOC only holds it electronically). Size: 8vo - over 7¾...
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Category: Classic English Literature