Published by George Routledge and Sons, 1869
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition NAP. George Routledge and Sons 1869 First Edition NAP Fair/ Original Printing. Embossed decorative brown cloth, black and gold decorations on spine, Exterior is Good with light wear through on corners and spine edgesminor tearing started on gutters, front board is detached from page block, front end paper, frontispiece with celophane cover and title page are detached as one unit and laid inside. Back hinges is cracked but holding. Page block from Author's Preface to end is solid but a few places have been overextended in the past. This shows some thread pulling but all pages are still firmly attached. 531 pages. In plastic bag to keep it all together. Size: 7 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches.
Published by George Routledge & Sons, U.K.
Seller: Harry Righton, Evesham, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No date, Blue bds with black title and decoration to front, blindstamped title and decoration to back and black/gilt title and decoration to spine. Patchy soiling/scuffing to bds. Bump/fraying to spine ends and corners. Bindings splitting to endpaper hinges. Pages 353 - 368 present but detached. B/W plates to text. Text Good +. No inscriptions.
Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1928
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition fourth printing as Oxford World's Classics Octavo hardback. 1240 pp. in two volumes Very Good condition Original owner's initials and date on front free end papesr.
Published by J. & B. Williams, Exeter, 1828
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Leather. Condition: Fair. Reprint. The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha - in Four Volumes - VOLUME 2 ONLY. Translated from the original Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, by Charles Jarvis. Includes extra-illustrated title page, plus frontispiece (with large closed tear). Oddly, extra-illustrated title page is dated 1827, whereas title page is dated 1828. Small volume. Bound in contemporary brown calf leather, faded gilt lettering & gilt design to spine. NOTE: A FAIR COPY ONLY. Front & rear boards both detached (but present), much handling wear, binding lightly cracked in middle, mild foxing & faint staining, former owner's ink name to title page & fore-edge of book block, frontispiece torn, otherwise a clean solid leatherbound copy. 264pp. SB-93.
Published by Henry Frowde at Oxford University Press, London
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. VOLUME II ONLY. No dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to green cloth boards, with some fading to the gilt decoration at the spine. A mild tan to the page edges, and a previous owner's name on the front pastedown. Contents otherwise clear and firmly bound within. A lovely copy.
Published by George Routledge and Sons., London., 1890
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United Kingdom
Hard. Condition: Good. Illustrated. (illustrator). Good. Hinges cracked. Lower board starting to detach with spine from text block.
Published by Washington Sqaure Press, Inc., New York, 1967
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. 446 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Clean text. Creased and slanted spine. Front cover detached from first few front-end pages, but attached to spine. Some front-end pages lightly warped.
Published by WARNE,UK
Seller: S.Carter, NEWPORT, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING THUS.NO DATE BUT NO LATER PRINTING DETAILS.CIRCA 1950? VG HARDBACK IN GOOD DUSTWRAPPER-NOT PRICECLIPPED 6/- PUBLISHERS PRICE.A HEAVY BOOK REQUIRING EXTRA POSTAGE FOR NON UK ADDRESS.
Published by Sands & Company, 1902
Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. W H Robinson (illustrator). Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine a little bumped and worn, spine a little faded, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but browning, award plaque to a previous owners on front end paper.
Published by Henry G.Bohn, London, 1842
Seller: Creaking Shelves Books, Spean Bridge, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Original Gilt Binding. Condition: Fair. Tony Johannot (illustrator). 1st Edition (as such). 2 Vols.706p; & 772p. in original gilt decorated boards and spine. Vol 1: Gilt on front board bright but less so on spine. Vol 2 gilt on front board bright but backstrip badly deficient.Both bindings have been crudely glued at some point with extra leaves inserted (and glued) between endpapers. Illustrations nice - working or reference copies. See scans.
Published by Cowans & Gray Glasgow 1901, 1901
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st ed. thus hardbacks in original cloth Nice copies small octavo xxxvi + 184, viii + 245, ix + 243, viii + 231pp., appendix, Comprising volumes III, IV, V & VI in the author's collected works. This work being complete in 4 volumes. A very nice set in bright blue boards with bright gilt titles at spine.
Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1912
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Reprint. LONDON : 1912, 1924. [ World's Classics Nos. 130. 131. ]. First published in this edition, 1907. 2 Volumes Complete. Hardback. Translated by Charles Jervas. Edited with Introduction by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly. Matching dark-red leather; gilt lettered spines. Gilt crest to covers. Top-edges gilt. Bright, attractive matching vols. Bright; internally crisp and clean. Neat prize inscription dated 1928. No internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. (xxxi), 551, (xi), 582 pages. Two 8pp catalogues to rear. Translated from the Spanish. 12mo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. World's Classics Nos. 130. 131. SCARCE.
Published by S.A and H. Oddy, London, 1809
Seller: Windsor Rare Books, Windsor, BERKS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good two volume set in original bindings. Illustrated with engraved plates (fold out map is missing). Three-quarter calf binding with gilt lettering to spine and marbled boards. Joints cracked and some loss to spines and ends bumped but overall bindings holding together very nicely. Engraved Title Page and full Title Page present in both volumes. Contents in generally very good condition with a few pages stained/ foxed. Original bookseller label to endpaper 'J. Moodie Miller, Bookseller, 2 Lindsay Place, Edinburgh.' .
Published by Henry G. Bohn, London 1842, 1842
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. Illustrated edition. edition. Hardback. 2 vols. Large octavos. Original full brown cloth with gilt spine titles, gilt illustrations to spines and front boards, blind decorated boards. Slightly used and worn set. Covers with some wear, rubbing and fading, vol. 2 with inner front hinge reinforced, rear hinge starting, one gathering very slightly loose, otherwise very good. Ink name to endpaper and title page. Revised and corrected edition.
Published by London. S.A. and H. Oddy, 1809
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2 volume set in 19th century bindings. Three quarters leather with marbled paper over boards. Front cover of the first volume is nearly detached. 572 pages. Engraved title page and portrait of Cervantes. Folding map present and in good condition opposite page xxiv. 6 additional plates. Volume 2 has been rebacked with the original leather laid down over the repair. Book opens very stiffly now. It clearly hasn't been read (or even much opened) since the repair was done. 623 pages. Engraved title page and 8 additional plages. Text blocks good and tight. Page edges good a square. Some foxing to the plates and a few of the pages. This is considered to be the first good translation of the work. Previous owner's name and address (California, 1917) on blank page added at the front when this binding was put on. Please email with questions or to request photos.
Published by William Miller, London, 1801
Illustrated edition of 'Don Quixote' translated by the Irish author and translator, Charles Jervas. The translator's name was famously misprinted as 'Jarvis', meaning his translation of the classic story, which was still being printed over 200 years after the initial publication, is still referred to as the 'Jarvis edition'. Twenty illustrations including portrait frontispiece and a folding map. Missing one leaf in Volume I which contained the direction to the printer for the placement of the prints, missing one illustration; cxlvi, 372; x, 412; xvi, 392; xi, 440 [viii], 7 page publisher's catalogue at the rear. Bound in half red leather with marbled-papered-covered boards, marbled-paper endpapers. Octavo. Wear to leather particularly at hinges, slight splitting at top, corners bumped, wear to boards, occasional tears to some margins, not affecting text, lightly foxed, former owner's signature in neat blue ink to ffeps, a couple of marks to pages but generally clean and bright with clear text, bindings firm and square.
Published by Published By Printed for J and R Tonson and S Draper in the Strand and R Dodsley in Pall-Mall, London, 1749
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ***SALE - The current price of this item reflects a 25% discount off our regular price. Sale ends September 30, 2024.***; The Second Edition. Complete 2 volume set. Brown calf leather covers with 5 raised bands and red leather spine labels have extrensive wear and fraying at the extremities. The 2 covers are almost identical for slight color diffierence and height difference in raised bands. The front board of volume 1 is detached (present) and the boards on volume two are cracked at hinges but held well currently by the heavy threads. Spine are straight. Binding of contents is solid. Former owner's name in antiquated ink at top of title page of volume 1. Pages are toned with modest foxing and one page with marginal notes but in very good condition and quite suitable for rebinding. 12 engraved plates in each volume for a total of 24. Engraved headpieces, tailpieces, and illuminated (b&w) letters.
Published by Willoughby & Co, London, 1852
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Tony Johannot (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. nd. circa 1852. Original red cloth, decoration to center of front board in gilt and to spine. Gilt to all text block edges/ Internally clean, tightly bound, rubbing to base of spine, damage to crown of spine. Strengenting to spine. Edition in two volumes (bound in 1 tome) after previous editions in 3 vols. by same printer/editor (London: J. J. Dubochet; Willoughby & Co., 1837; or London: Joseph Thomas; Willoughby & Co., 1840). Same illustrations by Tony Johannot published in Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37; includes some new ornamental tailpieces.
Published by London. S.A. and H. Oddy, 1809
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 volume set (complete) in slipcase. Both volumes in matching three quarters leather bindings (green leather with green cloth) by Riviere & Sons. Housed in a green boards slipcase. Books are in very good condition. Spines are faded two tones towards brown (from original green) from exposure to light. First signs of wear to the hinges showing now, but boards are all firmly attached. Top edge gilt. Bindings signed on verso of marbled endpapers. Pages clean and square, binding tight. Wide margins. Both volume have early 20th century bookplates tucked inside the front covers & rectangular smudges on the inside front covers where the paste has dried up and the bookplates have popped off. 572 pages and 623 pages. There are 7 plates in the first volume and 10 in the second (including frontis). A very attractive set of this early translation. The slipcase is the same green as the leather, but it is lightweight cardstock. Please email with questions or to request photos.
Published by London: Jones and Co., 1828
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Second edition with these illustrations by Issac Robert Cruikshank (misspelt Cruickshank on the engraved title pages). Two volumes. Publisher's original red-brown cloth with printed paper title labels to the spines. Page edges uncut. Complete with the half titles present in each volume. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one, additional engraved title pages to each volume and 25 full-page woodcut plates by Cruikshank. A very good set, the bindings square and firm with bumping to the corners and a couple of minor splits to the heads of the spines. The contents with a little cracking to the rear hinge of volume two, the engraved portrait frontispiece with a diagonal crease, a little raggedness to the edges and some spotting, light scattered foxing to the preliminary pages, and a neat contemporary previous owner's inscription to the title pages ("J: Waites - St: Johns Coll:-") are otherwise in very good order. A charming, unsophisticated set, uncommon thus. A nicely illustrated edition of Cervantes' classic work, often labelled as the first modern novel, first issued in this form in 1824 by Knight and Lacy of London. Like his father and more famous brother George (to which the present work is often misattributed), Issac Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856) was a pioneer in the history of comic illustration. The present work forms one of his most notable series of illustrations. Most appealing in the original cloth. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by J. J. Dubochet & Co., 1837
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3 volume set in 3/4 black leather and embossed decorated boards. marblized edges. Leather shows wear but bindings are tight small bookplate volume 1 ownership pencil all three vols. 1837-1840. 800 illustrations by Tony Johannot. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.
Published by Printed for J. and R. Tonson and R. Dodsley, London, 1742
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Condition: Near Fine. First edition of the Jarvis translation. Complete two volume mottled calf with five raised bands on each with decorated compartments. Very nicely recassed with a supple calf. Gilt ruled inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Complete with a total of 69 copperplate engravings drawn by John Vanderbank and engraved by Gerard van der Gucht, including the two frontispieces to Vol. I. Bound with The life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra by Don Gregorio Mayans and Sisar to Vol. I dated 1738, as well as Advertisment Concerning the Prints by John Oldfield. Minor wear to leather on corners (see image). Unobtrusive previous owner's name neatly to front flys. An attractive clean set with no further defacements. Vol. I; xxxii vi 90 [vi] [vi] 355 Vol. II; [xii] 388 9 x 11.25 in each (23 x 28.5 cm).
Published by J. and R. Tonson and R. Dodsley, 1742
Seller: Berrishill Books, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition of the Jervas translation. Two volume set. Contemporary mottled calf, five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, titles in gilt to the spine. Bound with: 'The life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra. Written by Don Gregorio Mayáns and Sisár' (the first English translation 1738); 'A supplement to the translator's preface' more commonly know as 'A dissertation on the origin of books of chivalry' by William Warburton; 'Advertisment concerning the Prints' by John Oldfield. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 67 copper plates engraved by Gerard van der Gucht from drawings by John Vanderbank and an additional frontispiece engraved by George Virtue after a drawing by G. Kent. Entirely original with no repairs or restoration, hinges fairly strong given the age of these two volumes. Pages and engravings notably clean and bright, very few signs of foxing or handling marks. A Very Good set. More photographs can be supplied on request. We are always interested in buying books by J R R Tolkien, C S Lewis and Lewis Carroll, from individual titles to complete collections.
Published by London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, and R. Dodsley., 1742
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First edition of the Jervas translation. Two volumes. Contemporary mottled calf, five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, titles in gilt to the spine. Bound with: 'The life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra. Written by Don Gregorio Mayáns and Sisár' (the first English translation 1738); 'A supplement to the translator's preface' more commonly know as 'A dissertation on the origin of books of chivalry' by William Warburton; 'Advertisment concerning the Prints' by John Oldfield. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 67 copper plates engraved by Gerard van der Gucht from drawings by John Vanderbank and an additional frontispiece engraved by George Virtue after a drawing by G. Kent. Decorative head and tail pieces and initial letters. The bindings are square and firm with minor surface wear to the boards and corners. The original spines laid down and refurbished at the joints and tips. The contents, with near paper strengthening to the inner hinge of volume I, light browning to the margins and a short closed tear to the fore-edge of one plate, are otherwise in good order throughout. An attractive example of the first edition of this esteemed translation. Jervas (1675-1739), consistently misspelled on editions of his translation as 'Jarvis', was a portrait painter and translator. "Jervas entered the literary circle of Addison, Pope, and Swift, setting up his home and studio in London in Cleveland Court, Westminster. He was hailed by Richard Steele in The Tatler of 16 April 1709 a 'the last great painter Italy has sent to us'. As well as literary friends, Jervas also had an influential patron in the prime minister Sir Robert Walpole. Jervas played an important role in acquiring works of art for Walpole's ever expanding collection, as well as contributing his own portraits. His major literary undertaking was an English translation of Cervantes' Don Quixote. Published posthumously in 1742 and frequently reprinted, it is generally acknowledged as being close in spirit to the original" ODNB. (ESTC T59882; ESTC T98502) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.