The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer - 2010

Published by George C. Leighton, London, 1874. 620 numbered pages, illustrations and advertisements throughout, with 25 of 26 supplements. Content includes 33 double and many more single page engravings. Subject matter includes (along with many others..) The Tichborne Trial, Black Watch Forest Ashanti war, Portrait engravings of Gladstone and Disraeli, Royal Marriage - Duke & Duchess of Edinburgh, Fine Art Supplement 1874.2 copies available:Good to V.Good, spine rubbed but binding intact, pages clean with some light foxing, previously missing pages 123, 619, Nursery Tales (supplement) have been replaced with bound-in copies. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback.Fair, missing pages replaced with digitally reproduced copies bound in place.Note: This volume is heavy (42x32x6cm, approx 6kg). Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.

Two copies available, as follows:
Item 1: A$580
Good to V.Good condition. Pages complete and clean with some light foxing. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Two of four double page colour supplements bound in place. Spine rubbed but binding intact. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Cover scuffed and faded but bound intact. Pages and print good, some foxing, mostly on outer edges with some discolouration.
Item 2: A$250
Fair Condition. Original covers and spine cracked, bumped and marked but attached and bound intact. One-penny postage paid stamped on weekly leading pages. Previously removed (106) pages have been replaced by digitally reproduced pages, existing page condition fair.
Published by George C. Leighton, London, 1864. 684 numbered pages with illustrations and advertisements from 1864.
Some examples of the items contained in this bound volume are:
American Civil War
War in New Zealand
Kerbstone… Read More

Two copies available, as follows:
Item 1: A$580
Good to V.Good condition. Pages complete and clean with some light foxing. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Two of four double page colour supplements bound in place. Spine rubbed but binding intact. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Cover scuffed and faded but bound intact. Pages and print good, some foxing, mostly on outer edges with some discolouration.
Item 2: A$250
Fair Condition. Original covers and spine cracked, bumped and marked but attached and bound intact. One-penny postage paid stamped on weekly leading pages. Previously removed pages have been replaced by digitally reproduced pages, existing page condition fair.
Published by George C. Leighton, London, 1881. 601 numbered pages with illustrations and advertisements from 1864.
Some examples of the items contained in this bound volume are:Transvaal War in South AfricaDakotah Territory, Far west of… Read More

Published by George C. Leighton, London, 1864.
628 numbered pages with illustrations and advertisements from 1864. Two of two colour supplements included in item 1 only. Examples of the features contained in this bound volume are:
American Civil War.
Canada Gold Find.
Floods in Melbourne.
Cricket in Melbourne.
Refer to the index pages in the gallery image for a complete listing of the content.
Two copies available:
1. Good to V.Good, Covers and original spine and binding intact with some marks, bumps and small tears, page areas mostly clean with some foxing and gilt edges. Rubbed half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Contains two original colour supplements. Price AUD580.
2. Fair, Original covers and spine cracked, bumped and marked but attached, Most pages clean, 102 missing original pages replaced with quality-reproduced copies and bound in place. One-penny postage paid stamped on weekly leading pages. Price AUD250.
Note: This volume is heavy (42x32x6cm,… Read More

In three 8vo. volumes.Vol. 1: Three unnumbered title pages + vi-viii, pp.287 + 32 pp. Publisher's catalogues No.1 & 2, dated October, 1842;Vol. 2: 269pp. plus identical 32 pp. catalogues;
Vol. 3: 225pp. and an additional note by author.
With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and publisher's advertisement catalogues to Vols. I and II. Spines lightly sunned. Original publisher's bindings by Westleys & Clark, London. Light yellow FEPs with original owner's neat signatures (Marie Tronchin) on all three volumes. Internally very clean. The first edition of Frederick Marryat's (1792-1848) three volume naval adventure for children, following the Seagrave family and their experiences surviving on an island after shipwreck.
Marryat began writing books for children in 1839 when his own children asked him to write a continuation of their own favourite The Swiss Family Robinson. But when Marryat came to examine Wyss's tale, he considered it so implausible, so… Read More

Published by George C. Leighton, London, 1874. 620 numbered pages, illustrations and advertisements throughout, with 25 of 26 supplements. Content includes 33 double and many more single page engravings. Subject matter includes (along with many others..) The Tichborne Trial, Black Watch Forest Ashanti war, Portrait engravings of Gladstone and Disraeli, Royal Marriage - Duke & Duchess of Edinburgh, Fine Art Supplement 1874.2 copies available:Good to V.Good, spine rubbed but binding intact, pages clean with some light foxing, previously missing pages 123, 619, Nursery Tales (supplement) have been replaced with bound-in copies. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback.Fair, missing pages replaced with digitally reproduced copies bound in place.Note: This volume is heavy (42x32x6cm, approx 6kg). Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.

Two copies available, as follows:
Item 1: A$580
Good to V.Good condition. Pages complete and clean with some light foxing. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Two of four double page colour supplements bound in place. Spine rubbed but binding intact. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Cover scuffed and faded but bound intact. Pages and print good, some foxing, mostly on outer edges with some discolouration.
Item 2: A$250
Fair Condition. Original covers and spine cracked, bumped and marked but attached and bound intact. One-penny postage paid stamped on weekly leading pages. Previously removed (106) pages have been replaced by digitally reproduced pages, existing page condition fair.
Published by George C. Leighton, London, 1864. 684 numbered pages with illustrations and advertisements from 1864.
Some examples of the items contained in this bound volume are:
American Civil War
War in New Zealand
Kerbstone… Read More

Two copies available, as follows:
Item 1: A$580
Good to V.Good condition. Pages complete and clean with some light foxing. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Two of four double page colour supplements bound in place. Spine rubbed but binding intact. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Cover scuffed and faded but bound intact. Pages and print good, some foxing, mostly on outer edges with some discolouration.
Item 2: A$250
Fair Condition. Original covers and spine cracked, bumped and marked but attached and bound intact. One-penny postage paid stamped on weekly leading pages. Previously removed pages have been replaced by digitally reproduced pages, existing page condition fair.
Published by George C. Leighton, London, 1881. 601 numbered pages with illustrations and advertisements from 1864.
Some examples of the items contained in this bound volume are:Transvaal War in South AfricaDakotah Territory, Far west of… Read More

Published by George C. Leighton, London, 1864.
628 numbered pages with illustrations and advertisements from 1864. Two of two colour supplements included in item 1 only. Examples of the features contained in this bound volume are:
American Civil War.
Canada Gold Find.
Floods in Melbourne.
Cricket in Melbourne.
Refer to the index pages in the gallery image for a complete listing of the content.
Two copies available:
1. Good to V.Good, Covers and original spine and binding intact with some marks, bumps and small tears, page areas mostly clean with some foxing and gilt edges. Rubbed half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Contains two original colour supplements. Price AUD580.
2. Fair, Original covers and spine cracked, bumped and marked but attached, Most pages clean, 102 missing original pages replaced with quality-reproduced copies and bound in place. One-penny postage paid stamped on weekly leading pages. Price AUD250.
Note: This volume is heavy (42x32x6cm,… Read More

In three 8vo. volumes.Vol. 1: Three unnumbered title pages + vi-viii, pp.287 + 32 pp. Publisher's catalogues No.1 & 2, dated October, 1842;Vol. 2: 269pp. plus identical 32 pp. catalogues;
Vol. 3: 225pp. and an additional note by author.
With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and publisher's advertisement catalogues to Vols. I and II. Spines lightly sunned. Original publisher's bindings by Westleys & Clark, London. Light yellow FEPs with original owner's neat signatures (Marie Tronchin) on all three volumes. Internally very clean. The first edition of Frederick Marryat's (1792-1848) three volume naval adventure for children, following the Seagrave family and their experiences surviving on an island after shipwreck.
Marryat began writing books for children in 1839 when his own children asked him to write a continuation of their own favourite The Swiss Family Robinson. But when Marryat came to examine Wyss's tale, he considered it so implausible, so… Read More