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JEFFERIES, Richard (1848-1887). [Works], London: 1874-1888, 31 volumes, the majority first editions, comprising:
The Scarlet Shawl. London: Savill, Edwards and Co. for Tinsley Brothers, 1874. 8° (184 x 120mm). Half-title. Woodcut head- and tailpieces. (Lacking preliminary and final advertisement leaves \Kp\k1 and 20/4.) FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1314.
Restless Human Hearts. London: Robson and Sons for Tinsley Brothers, 1875. 3 volumes, 8° (184 x 119mm). Half-titles. Woodcut head- and tailpieces. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1312.
World's End. London: Savill, Edwards and Co. for Tinsley Brothers, 1877. 3 volumes, 8° (186 x 120mm). Half-titles and final advertisement leaf 16/6 bound in at the end of volume I. Woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1318.
The Gamekeeper at Home. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878. 8° (184 x 122mm). Half-title. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1307.
Wild Life in a Southern County. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1879. 8° (185 x 120mm). Half-title. FIRST EDITION.
The Amateur Poacher. London: Spottiswoode & Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1879. 8° (185 x 123mm). Half-title. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1304.
Greene Ferne Farm. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880. 8° (184 x 118mm). Half-title. 6-pages of publisher's advertisements on leaves U2-4. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1308.
Hodge and his Masters. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880. 2 volumes, 8° (183 x 119mm). Half-titles and 2 final advertisement leaves volume II, Y1-2. (Lacking preliminary blank leaves in both volumes.) FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1309.
Round About a Great Estate. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880. 8° (183 x 120mm). Half-title, preliminary blank leaf, and 2 final advertisement leaves O7-8. Woodcut vignette after Jefferies on title. Provenance: inscription dated 'Aug 5th 1880' (preliminary blank leaf). FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1313.
The Gamekeeper at Home. London: R. & R. Clark for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880. 8° (199 x 137mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece and illustrations after Charles Whymper. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Sadleir 1307a.
Wood Magic. London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1881. 2 volumes, 8° (192 x 118mm). Half-titles. (Lacking publisher's catalogues at the end of both volumes.) Provenance: 'Harold Jefferies , May 21st. 1881' (inscription on verso of half-title in Richard Jefferies hand). FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED WITH THE DEDICATEE'S NAME BY THE AUTHOR. Sadleir 1317 (noting that his copy contained a catalogue dated May 1881).
Bevis the Story of a Boy. London: Gilbert and Rivington, Limited for Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882. 3 volumes, 8° (171 x 114mm). Half-title in volume I and final imprint leaves volume II, U4 and volume III, U4. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY JEFFERIES 'WALTER S. JONES ESQ , FROM THE AUTHOR , JULY 1882'. Sadleir 1305 (noting 'Half-title in Vol. I only').
Nature near London. London: William Clowes and Sons, Limited for Chatto and Windus, 1883. 8° (184 x 119mm). Woodcut publisher's device on title and final leaf R2. (Skilfully repaired tear on B1.) FIRST EDITION.
The Story of My Heart. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1883. 8° (184 x 120mm). Half-title. 12-page publisher's catalogue date 'April 1883' bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1315.
Red Deer. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884. 8° (181 x 112mm). FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1311.
The Dewy Morn. London: Billing and Sons for Richard Bentley and Son, 1884. 2 volumes, 8° (179 x 117mm). Woodcut publisher's device on titles, head- and tailpieces, and initials. (Leaves 13/5-6 and 26/6 slightly marked.) FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1306.
The Life of the Fields. London: William Clowes and Sons, Limited for Chatto and Windus, 1884. 8° (184 x 12mm). Half-title. Woodcut publisher's device on title and final leaf S4. FIRST EDITION.
After London; or, Wild England. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. 8° (191 x 128mm). Half-title, final advertisement leaf CC6, and 8-page catalogue dated '4.85' bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1302.
The Open Air. London: William Clowes and Sons, Limited for Chatto and Windus, 1885. 8° (184 x 122mm). Half-title. Woodcut publisher's device on title and final leaf S8. FIRST EDITION.
Amaryllis at the Fair. London: Chiswick Press for Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887. 8° (192 x 124mm). Half-title and preliminary blank leaf A1. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1303.
Field and Hedgerow being The Last Essays. Edited by J. Jefferies. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. 8° (184 x 120mm). Half-title. FIRST EDITION.
Walter BESANT (1836-1901). The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies. London: Billing and Sons for Chatto and Windus, 1888. 8° (185 x 121mm). Photo-mezzotype portrait frontispiece. FIRST EDITION.
(Some volumes with scattered light spotting or browning). All uniformly bound in polished calf gilt by Tout, the covers with gilt triple fillet borders, the spines gilt in 6 compartments, contrasting gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2, gilt morocco lettering piece at foot of spine, the other compartments with central fleurons and ornate surrounds, turn-ins gilt with dentelles, gilt edges (spines lightly faded, extremities lightly rubbed).
A FINELY-BOUND SET OF JEFFERIES' WORKS IN FIRST EDITION, INCLUDING A PRESENTATION COPY OF BEVIS INSCRIBED BY JEFFERIES AND A COPY OF WOOD MAGIC INSCRIBED WITH THE DEDICATEE'S NAME BY THE AUTHOR. The present set contains all of Jefferies published works, (excepting 4 minor pieces: Reporting, Editing and Authorship (1873), A Memoir of the Goddards of North Wilts (1873), Jack Brass, Emperor of England (1873) and Suez-cide (1876)). (31)
The Scarlet Shawl. London: Savill, Edwards and Co. for Tinsley Brothers, 1874. 8° (184 x 120mm). Half-title. Woodcut head- and tailpieces. (Lacking preliminary and final advertisement leaves \Kp\k1 and 20/4.) FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1314.
Restless Human Hearts. London: Robson and Sons for Tinsley Brothers, 1875. 3 volumes, 8° (184 x 119mm). Half-titles. Woodcut head- and tailpieces. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1312.
World's End. London: Savill, Edwards and Co. for Tinsley Brothers, 1877. 3 volumes, 8° (186 x 120mm). Half-titles and final advertisement leaf 16/6 bound in at the end of volume I. Woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1318.
The Gamekeeper at Home. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878. 8° (184 x 122mm). Half-title. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1307.
Wild Life in a Southern County. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1879. 8° (185 x 120mm). Half-title. FIRST EDITION.
The Amateur Poacher. London: Spottiswoode & Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1879. 8° (185 x 123mm). Half-title. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1304.
Greene Ferne Farm. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880. 8° (184 x 118mm). Half-title. 6-pages of publisher's advertisements on leaves U2-4. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1308.
Hodge and his Masters. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880. 2 volumes, 8° (183 x 119mm). Half-titles and 2 final advertisement leaves volume II, Y1-2. (Lacking preliminary blank leaves in both volumes.) FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1309.
Round About a Great Estate. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880. 8° (183 x 120mm). Half-title, preliminary blank leaf, and 2 final advertisement leaves O7-8. Woodcut vignette after Jefferies on title. Provenance: inscription dated 'Aug 5
The Gamekeeper at Home. London: R. & R. Clark for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880. 8° (199 x 137mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece and illustrations after Charles Whymper. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Sadleir 1307a.
Wood Magic. London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1881. 2 volumes, 8° (192 x 118mm). Half-titles. (Lacking publisher's catalogues at the end of both volumes.) Provenance: 'Harold Jefferies , May 21st. 1881' (inscription on verso of half-title in Richard Jefferies hand). FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED WITH THE DEDICATEE'S NAME BY THE AUTHOR. Sadleir 1317 (noting that his copy contained a catalogue dated May 1881).
Bevis the Story of a Boy. London: Gilbert and Rivington, Limited for Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882. 3 volumes, 8° (171 x 114mm). Half-title in volume I and final imprint leaves volume II, U4 and volume III, U4. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY JEFFERIES 'WALTER S. JONES ESQ , FROM THE AUTHOR , JULY 1882'. Sadleir 1305 (noting 'Half-title in Vol. I only').
Nature near London. London: William Clowes and Sons, Limited for Chatto and Windus, 1883. 8° (184 x 119mm). Woodcut publisher's device on title and final leaf R2. (Skilfully repaired tear on B1.) FIRST EDITION.
The Story of My Heart. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1883. 8° (184 x 120mm). Half-title. 12-page publisher's catalogue date 'April 1883' bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1315.
Red Deer. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884. 8° (181 x 112mm). FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1311.
The Dewy Morn. London: Billing and Sons for Richard Bentley and Son, 1884. 2 volumes, 8° (179 x 117mm). Woodcut publisher's device on titles, head- and tailpieces, and initials. (Leaves 13/5-6 and 26/6 slightly marked.) FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1306.
The Life of the Fields. London: William Clowes and Sons, Limited for Chatto and Windus, 1884. 8° (184 x 12mm). Half-title. Woodcut publisher's device on title and final leaf S4. FIRST EDITION.
After London; or, Wild England. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. 8° (191 x 128mm). Half-title, final advertisement leaf CC6, and 8-page catalogue dated '4.85' bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1302.
The Open Air. London: William Clowes and Sons, Limited for Chatto and Windus, 1885. 8° (184 x 122mm). Half-title. Woodcut publisher's device on title and final leaf S8. FIRST EDITION.
Amaryllis at the Fair. London: Chiswick Press for Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887. 8° (192 x 124mm). Half-title and preliminary blank leaf A1. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 1303.
Field and Hedgerow being The Last Essays. Edited by J. Jefferies. London: Spottiswoode and Co. for Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. 8° (184 x 120mm). Half-title. FIRST EDITION.
Walter BESANT (1836-1901). The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies. London: Billing and Sons for Chatto and Windus, 1888. 8° (185 x 121mm). Photo-mezzotype portrait frontispiece. FIRST EDITION.
(Some volumes with scattered light spotting or browning). All uniformly bound in polished calf gilt by Tout, the covers with gilt triple fillet borders, the spines gilt in 6 compartments, contrasting gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2, gilt morocco lettering piece at foot of spine, the other compartments with central fleurons and ornate surrounds, turn-ins gilt with dentelles, gilt edges (spines lightly faded, extremities lightly rubbed).
A FINELY-BOUND SET OF JEFFERIES' WORKS IN FIRST EDITION, INCLUDING A PRESENTATION COPY OF BEVIS INSCRIBED BY JEFFERIES AND A COPY OF WOOD MAGIC INSCRIBED WITH THE DEDICATEE'S NAME BY THE AUTHOR. The present set contains all of Jefferies published works, (excepting 4 minor pieces: Reporting, Editing and Authorship (1873), A Memoir of the Goddards of North Wilts (1873), Jack Brass, Emperor of England (1873) and Suez-cide (1876)). (31)
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