Literature Before 1900 from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1929. Fifth printing, in the same year as the first. Small octavo (20cm). Green cloth titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xx,[1]-210pp. Tight, straight and clean, free of markings or significant wear; Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, chipped on front and rear panels (not affecting text); Very Good. An… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1936. First edition. First printing, trade issue. Octavo (20cm). Green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; [viii],[1]-157 pp. Spine gilt slightly dulled, else tight, clean and unmarked, Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Signature of Vermont poet Arthur Wentworth Hewitt to front free endpaper.

London: The Folio Society, 1993. Eleventh Printing. Seven octavo volumes (23cm); patterned paper-covered boards and maroon cloth backstrips, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spines; publisher's matching cloth slipcase; illustrated throughout by Joan Hassall. A few tiny spots of soil to rear cover of Emma, otherwise a Fine set. Slipcase lightly shelfworn, else Near Fine. Handsome edition… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, 1940. First Edition Thus. Quarto (28cm); green buckram, with title label mounted to spine; green topstain; publisher's original slipcase; xvi,316,[2]pp. Some of the usual sunning to spine, upper rear board corner gently tapped (though still sharp), else clean internally; Very Good+ or better. Slipcase lightly shelfworn, title label gently sunned, with a… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1886. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. 18cm. Contemporary or near contemporary blue cloth binding titled in gilt to spine. 141pp. [3pp] ads to rear, including recto/verso of original wrap. The binding is tight, clean, and handsome, showing only trifling wear to spine ends and extremities. Internally clean, coated black endpapers, some light soiling to… Read more about this item

[S.l.: s.n.], 1731. Octavo (18cm). Contemporary parchment over boards, manuscript title to spine, all edges stained red and brown; 191,[1]pp; engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette on title page. Front board slightly splayed, general minor wear, including a tiny bit of worming to lower rear corner, occasional foxing: Very Good. Italian translation of La Femme Docteur, first published in… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Francois L'Honoré, 1745. Nouvelle édition." 12mo (15.5cm). Disbound, now in later cream paper wrappers titled in gilt on spine, all edges stained red; [xxiv],340,[20]pp; with 5 folding plates (lacking the sixth), numerous in-text woodcuts, and an engraved portrait of Erasmus cut out and laid down on title page verso. Title page printed in two colors. Occasional minor chips… Read more about this item

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1976. Octavo (25cm). Publisher's black full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 233pp, with color frontispiece and 9 preliminary pages of ilustrations. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Introduced by Carl Van… Read more about this item

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. Octavo (25cm). Publisher's deep chocolate-brown full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 197pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Translation by H. Baker and J. Miller; introduced by Henri Peyre; ilustrated… Read more about this item

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1977. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's navy blue full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 407pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Introduced by Nicholas Monsarratt; illustrated throughout by Lynd Ward.

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's deep aquamarine full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 331pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Ilustrated throughout after lithographs by Barnett Freeman.

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1977. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's black full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 235pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Translated by Constance Garnett; illustrated throughout by Fritz Eichenberg.

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1978. Octavo. 23.5cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's deep brown full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 423pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Inroduced by Walter Allen and illustrated throughout by Edward Ardizzone.… Read more about this item

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1976. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's navy-blue full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 299pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Introduced by J. Cuthbert Hadden and illustrated throughout by Edward A. Wilson. … Read more about this item

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1978. Octavo (25cm). Publisher's chocolate brown full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 134pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Introduced by Sir John Gielgud and illustrated throughout by Lajos Szalay. … Read more about this item

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1976. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's saddle-tan full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 343pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Illustrated throughout after woodcuts by Fritz Eichenberg.

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1977. Limited Edition. 8vo. 23.5cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's chocolate brown full leather binding titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers, integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 472pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Illustrated throughout by Edward A. Wilson.

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1978. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's deep green full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 416pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Ilustrated throughout by Agnes Miller Parker.

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1979. Large octavo (27cm). Publisher's deep red full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 516pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Introduced by R.W. Stallman and illustrated throughout by Colleen Browning. … Read more about this item

Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, (1966). Octavo (22.5cm). Publisher's deep red full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 279pp; illus. A fine, unread copy. Part of the Easton Press "Collector's Library of Famous Editions." Original prospectus ("Notes from the Archives") laid in. Illustrated throughout by Charles… Read more about this item