London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, [n.d.]. Full leather. Octavo, 332pp., 44 coloured plates [48 advertised on the title page but only 44 called for in the List of Illustrations. Of these all 44 are present and in fine condition], illustrated endpapers, fine gilt blocked leather binding, spine..... More
Sydney: Cassell and Co., 1948-1956. First Australian Edition. Half leather. [Fine binding] Octavo, uniformly bound by Karen McGuire in half leather over cloth covered boards. Complete in six volumes. Volume One (1948): The Gathering Storm. Original endpapers, pp xv, (1) blank, 640, all maps and diagrams as called for. Volume Two..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. Full calf. Octavo (20.9 x 13cm), pp. xi, 624, 40 illustrations by Phiz including the vignette title page. Handsomely bound in full tan polished calf with five raised bands to the spine, tooled and gilt blocked panels, title panel in slightly darker tan and author..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition. Full calf. Octavo (20.8 x 13cm), pp. viii, 190, 14 illustrations including portrait frontispiece and vignette title-page, 2pp tipped in front wrapper of the original Part V of Edwin Drood, August 1870. Handsomely bound in full tan polished calf with five raised bands..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First Edition in book form. Full calf. Octavo (21 x 13.5cm), pp. (2) blank, xiv, 625, (2) blank, 40 illustrations by H.K. Browne including the vignette title page and eight dark plates. All internal flaws present as called for by Smith. Handsomely bound in full..... More