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  2. Felix Holt, the radical
    George ELIOT

    Felix Holt, the radical

    William Blackwood & Sons|Edinburgh [Édimbourg [Edinburgh]] • London [Londres [London]] 1866|12.5 x 20 cm (In-8)|3 volumes reliés

    First edition. The third volume includes the four-page William Blackwood catalogue of recent publications and twenty pages of the general Blackwood catalogue. This extensive catalogue is seldom found at the end of the volume; however, the presence of the four-page catalogue is a known indicator of the first issue. Brick-red cloth covers and spine preserved and mounted at the end of the volume. The edition was issued in five different bindings; this copy is in the very first state, A, with 'Wm. Blackwood' printed at the foot of the spines.

    Late 19th-century English binding in brown half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with raised bands in Jansenist style. Gilt lettering...

    €1,200
  3. Lord Jim
    Joseph CONRAD

    Lord Jim

    William Blackwood & Sons|Edinburgh • & London 1900|13 x 19.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Second impression of the first edition.
    Publisher's binding in full almond green cloth, smooth spine, gilt publisher's marks and publication details at foot of spine, spine and front cover decorated with black interlacing designs.
    One hinge split, foxing, Bavarian bookseller's label pasted at foot of front pastedown.


    €350
  4. "Si tu es libre de me joindre... faites moi signed"
    Lawrence DURRELL

    "Si tu es libre de me joindre... faites moi signed"Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell from Edinburgh to Jani Brun

    Edimbourg [Edinburgh] 4 octobre 1980|10 x 14.50 cm|une carte postale + une enveloppe
    Suggestive autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun, written in violet felt-tip pen, on the verso of a reproduction of a sculpture representing a satyr, envelope attached.
    "Buttons dear. J'arrive mardi pour deux nuits à Paris - au Royale. Si tu es libre de me joindre... faites moi signed. Suis fatigué après Athens, Londres, Edinburgh! Love. Larry Durrell." ["Buttons dear. I arrive Tuesday for two nights in Paris - at the Royale. If you are free to join me... let me know. Am tired after Athens, London, Edinburgh! Love. Larry Durrell."]
    After many years spent in Greece, Egypt and Rhodes, the traveling writer Lawrence...
    €150
  5. prix de ses sculptures de généraux des guerres napoléoniennes à la Cathédrale Saint-Paul de Londres
    Francis Leggatt CHANTREY

    prix de ses sculptures de généraux des guerres napoléoniennes à la Cathédrale Saint-Paul de LondresSigned autograph letter

    Edinburgh 1812 (June 2nd)|18.30 x 23 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Signed autograph letter by the British sculptor sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey, to the Saint-Paul Cathedral's committee, about his four monuments to military heroes from the Napoleonic wars commissioned by the government.
    Sir Chantrey, leading portrait sculptor in Regency era Britain, carved the portraits of Major-General Daniel Hoghton, Major-General Bowes, and Colonel Henry Cadogan, and (in a single monument) Major-Generals Gore and Skerrett.
    He gives in this letter an estimate for five marble statues of generals from the British army, four of which have ultimately not been selected by the committee and replaced by other names.
    "Edinburgh, June 2nd 1812...
    €500
  6. Twenty Years of Bell’s Poets in a Single Library
    Bell's Edition. The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill
    Geoffrey CHAUCER, John DONNE

    Bell's Edition. The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill

    At the Apollo Press, by the Martins|Edinburgh 1782|8.50 x 13.50 cm|99 tomes en 34 volumes reliés

    Bell's Edition. The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Edinburgh, Apollo Press, by the Martins, and London, Apollo Press, by George Cawthorn, 1782-1804, 18mo (8.5 x 13.5 cm).

     

    An important gathering of volumes from John Bell’s celebrated series, uniformly bound at the time: 34 physical volumes, numbered 1 to 35 with volume 8 lacking, that volume having contained parts 5 and 6 of Edmund Spenser’s poetical works. The present set therefore comprises 97 parts actually present out of the 99 that this particular gathering would contain if complete.

    €2,000
  7. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott
    Walter SCOTT

    The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott

    Adam and Charles Black|Edinburgh 1857|18 x 25 cm|relié
    New edition, illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title and 18 plates, all on steel, and very numerous wood engravings (headpieces, tailpieces, vignettes) after Turner, Birket Foster & John Gilbert. Several facsimiles. Edition with notes, additions and remarks by J. G. Lockhart. Fine careful printing in 2 columns. Each work contains a half-title, an appendix. Clear and well-structured edition, perfectly illustrated with Scottish landscapes and historical scenes.
    Publisher's binding in full beveled ultramarine gilt cloth. Smooth spine decorated with a large ornamental composition evoking medieval illuminated books. Large decorative blue and gold plate, very rich, with central...
    €550
  8. The lady of the lake. A poem
    Walter SCOTT

    The lady of the lake. A poem

    Printed for John Ballantyne and co.|Edinburgh 1810|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    Statement of eighth edition, the first edition having appeared on the same date. Several printings had to be made due to the success of this title, as 25,000 copies were sold in 8 months and no fewer than 12 editions were made that year. A second title page dated 1812: The works of Walter Scott, volume the seven, containing The lady of the lake. Edinburgh. 1812. (The first 16 pages of Canto I were bound by error before the title page).
    Contemporary half blonde calf binding. Smooth spine ornamented with long tools. Gilt title. Paper pasted at bottom of board, covering the leather. 2 corners slightly bumped. Fresh throughout. Light rubbing but handsome copy.
    The Lady of the Lake...
    €350
  9. An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India, and the progress of trade with that country prior to the dicovery of the passage to it by the cape of good hope
    William ROBERTSON

    An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India, and the progress of trade with that country prior to the dicovery of the passage to it by the cape of good hope

    T. Cadell Jun and W. Davis Strand • E. Balfour|London • edinburgh 1802|14.80 x 9.50 cm|relié
    Fourth edition after the first edition published in 1791.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Smooth spine richly decorated, a repeated tool in 4 compartments featuring arms, a shield and a helmet. Double fillet border on the boards. One black and one red title label.
    This is the last historical work by the celebrated Scottish historian William Robertson, pastor of the Presbyterian church and dean of Edinburgh University. The author examines closely Indian civilization and its current functioning as well as its entry into the colonial empire. There is an interesting chapter on silk production and trade.
    2 corners slightly bumped.
    €350
  14. Lays of the scottish cavaliers and other poems
    William Edmondstoune AYTOUN, Joseph Noel & Waller H. PATON

    Lays of the scottish cavaliers and other poems

    William Blackwood & Sons|Edinburgh • & London 1870|18.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    Lays of the Scottish cavaliers and other poems
    With illustrations by Joseph Noel and Waller H. Paton.
    Superb contemporary long-grained red morocco by Ramage, spine in six compartments with undulating gilt fillets, tridents and gilt friezes, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, blue morocco listel frame to covers with floral friezes and gilt decorative motifs, gilt tridents to corners as well as gilt dots, the gilt arms of Scotland crowned to centre of upper cover, undulating gilt fillets to edges of covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle frame to pastedowns, all edges gilt, two corners lightly bumped.
    A fine copy in a perfectly suited English full morocco...
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  16. The poetical works
    John DONNE

    The poetical works

    At the Apollo Press • by the Martins|Edinburg [Edinburgh] 1779|8 x 13 cm|reliés
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  19. Le lai de l'ombre
    (to Jules SUPERVIELLE) Jean RENART

    Le lai de l'ombre

    The university press|Edinburgh 1948|13.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    New edition enriched with an original introduction by John Orr.
    Publisher's boards, retaining the dust jacket.
    Autograph inscription from J. Orr to Jules Supervielle.
    €80
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