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HAGGARD, Henry Rider (1856-1925). She A History of Adventure. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887. 8° (185 x 118mm). Half title. 2 coloured lithographed plates. Final advertisement leaf X8. Polished blue calf gilt by Bayntun, the covers with double fillet borders, the spine gilt in compartments with red and black morocco lettering-pieces, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges, original gilt blue cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end (spine a little faded). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 'Godness me' on p.269. Sadleir 1092.
H.R. HAGGARD. Allan Quatermain. London:Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887. 8° (185 x 119mm). Woodcut portrait frontispiece and 19 plates by J. Cooper after C.H.M. Kerr, woodcut illustrations. (Lacking half-title.) Polished blue calf gilt by Bayntun, the covers with double gilt fillet borders, the spine gilt in compartments with gilt morocco lettering-pieces, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges, original gilt blue cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end (spine a little faded). FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1079.
H.R. HAGGARD. Jess. London: Spottiswoode & Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1887. 8° (184 x 120mm). Half-title. Polished red calf gilt by Bayntun, double gilt fillet borders on covers, the spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges, original gilt red cloth laid down and bound in at the end.
Benjamin DISRAELI (1804-1881). Tancred. London: T.C. Savill for Henry Colburn, 1847. 3 volumes, 12° (200 x 125mm). Final advertisement leaves volume III, O6-11. (Title of volume II torn at inner margin.) Original green cloth-backed boards, printed paper labels on spines, each volume contained in a green calf-backed book case (sllightly shaken). Provenance: Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, third Viscount Esher (1881-1963, armorial bookplate); Esher sale (Sotheby's, commencing 25 March 1946, lot 564, to); Maggs. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 728.
[Samuel WARREN (1807-1877)]. Ten Thousand A-Year. Edinburgh and London: Ballantyne and Hughes for William Blackwood and Sons, 1841. 3 volumes, 8° (190 x 115mm). Half-titles. Engraved plate. Final advertisement leaf volume III, 2N4. Late 19th-century polished calf gilt by Riviere & Son, the covers with gilt triple fillet borders, the spines gilt in 6 compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces, gilt edges. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Cf. Sadleir 3304 (first edition). (9)
H.R. HAGGARD. Allan Quatermain. London:Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887. 8° (185 x 119mm). Woodcut portrait frontispiece and 19 plates by J. Cooper after C.H.M. Kerr, woodcut illustrations. (Lacking half-title.) Polished blue calf gilt by Bayntun, the covers with double gilt fillet borders, the spine gilt in compartments with gilt morocco lettering-pieces, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges, original gilt blue cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end (spine a little faded). FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1079.
H.R. HAGGARD. Jess. London: Spottiswoode & Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1887. 8° (184 x 120mm). Half-title. Polished red calf gilt by Bayntun, double gilt fillet borders on covers, the spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges, original gilt red cloth laid down and bound in at the end.
Benjamin DISRAELI (1804-1881). Tancred. London: T.C. Savill for Henry Colburn, 1847. 3 volumes, 12° (200 x 125mm). Final advertisement leaves volume III, O6-11. (Title of volume II torn at inner margin.) Original green cloth-backed boards, printed paper labels on spines, each volume contained in a green calf-backed book case (sllightly shaken). Provenance: Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, third Viscount Esher (1881-1963, armorial bookplate); Esher sale (Sotheby's, commencing 25 March 1946, lot 564, to); Maggs. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 728.
[Samuel WARREN (1807-1877)]. Ten Thousand A-Year. Edinburgh and London: Ballantyne and Hughes for William Blackwood and Sons, 1841. 3 volumes, 8° (190 x 115mm). Half-titles. Engraved plate. Final advertisement leaf volume III, 2N4. Late 19th-century polished calf gilt by Riviere & Son, the covers with gilt triple fillet borders, the spines gilt in 6 compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces, gilt edges. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Cf. Sadleir 3304 (first edition). (9)
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