71. Collins, Wilkie.

The Works of Wilkie Collins [Includes also his Classics: The Woman in White, The Moonstone, After Dark, The Dead Secret and others].

30 Volumes (complete set). New York, Peter Fenelon Collier, no year [c. 1900]. Octavo. More than 14000 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. A scruffy set with bindings worn but still firm. While not in collectable condition, this is still a very good reading copy of this important set. From the library of Lucille Hubbert from Malcom, Poweshiek, Iowa, with her bookplate to pastedown [International shipping of this heavy set is included in the price / We ship via UPS Courier and this set will be with you within 2 – 4 working days per UPS Express Saver].

72. Graham, Henry Grey.

Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1901. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XII, 441 pages. Includes an illustrated Frontispiece with a reproduction of a mezzotint after Allan Ramsay (protected with a tissue guard). With a further 31 black-and-white illustrations (portraits). Original Hardcover (blue cloth with gilt lettering). Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Some foxing evident with one illustration plate detached. An interesting Exlibris / bookplate with the engraved Motto: ‘Semper Paratus’ from the library of Albert A. Smith on front pastedown.

73. Bain, F.W.

The Descent of the Sun – A Cycle of Birth.

London, James Parker and Co., 1903. 23.2cm x 17.7cm. XIV, 108 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear and some foxing. Tear to endpaper. Rare ! Early illustration of the moon.

74. Balfour, Graham. / [Stevenson, Robert Louis].

The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson.

London, Methuen and Co., 1906. 15 cm x 20 cm. XI, 451 pages. Portrait and Map included. Original hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Page edges worn and stained. Staining and brown spotting on some pages. Wear and slight tearing on spine. Otherwise clean inside. Three paper clippings glued on inside cover of book, dated October 26th 1912

75. Marryat, Frederick.

Olla Podrida.

London ; New York, George Routledge & Sons, [c.] 1910. 12 cm x 19 cm. 334 pages. Original hardcover. Illustrations, including frontispiece, in black and white. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some slight rubbing at the spine. Only some mild signs of foxing. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

76. Doyle, Arthur Conan.

The Last Galley – Impressions and Tales. With Illustrations.

First Edition. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1911. Octavo. Frontispice (in colour), VI, 298, (6) pages. With both illustrations present. Hardcover / Original, illustrated publisher’s red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt illustration to front board. Poor but firm condition with endpapers to front and rear perfectly attached. Some some minor staining to some pages. Wonderful collection of short stories by Doyle.

77. Kipling, Rudyard.

Many Inventions [Signed by Kipling].

Uniform Edition. London, MacMillan and Co., 1913. Octavo. IX, 387, [2] pages. Hardcover / Original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and ornament to front cover. Binding stronger rubbed but firm and holding. Overall very good with some minor foxing. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on titlepage. Private entry regarding the signing of the book by Kipling to the preowner of the book who subsequently gave it to the final owner.

78. Hay, William.

The Escape of the notorious Sir William Heans (And the mystery of Mr.Daunt) – A Romance of Tasmania.

This is the original, first edition – NOT a Reprint ! London, George Allen & Unwin, 1918. 8°. 416 pages including the printed errata slip. Hardcover with front of the original dustjacket pasted to frontcover. First Edition. Original cloth with illustration-montage on frontcover. Hole in the hinge. Slightly rubbed. Rubbed. From the Australiana collection of Colin Roderick with a tipped in dedication slip to the endpaper (Colin Roderick, August 1945 – from M.V.H.).

79. Morgan, Charles.

Collection of 20 publications by Charles Morgan, plus one signed and inscribed Biography on Charles Morgan by Henry Charles Duffin. The collection includes: 1. Charles Morgan (Introduction) – “Life’s A Dream” by Pedro Calderon de la Barca / Music by Scarlatti – Great Play Booklet No.4 – (BBC,1928) [Morgan introduced these Plays during his time as Dramatic Critic for “The Times” / 2. Charles Morgan (Introduction) – “There are Crimes and Crimes” by August Strindberg – Great Play Booklet No.9 – (BBC,1929) / 3.Charles Morgan – My Name is Legion (Second Printing, 1932) / 4. Charles Morgan – Sparkenbroke (First Edition, 1936) / 5. Charles Morgan – The Voyage (First Edition, 1940) / 6. Charles Morgan – The Empty Room (First Edition, 1941) / 7. Charles Morgan – The Judge’s Story (First Edition, 1947) / 8. Charles Morgan – The River Line (First Edition, 1949) / 9. Charles Morgan – Liberties of the Mind (First Edition, 1951) / 10. Charles Morgan – A Breeze of Morning (First Edition, 1951) / 11. Charles Morgan – The Burning Glass – A Play – With a Preface on “Power over Nature” (First Edition, 1953) / 12. Charles Morgan – The Flashing Stream – A Play – With an Essay on Singleness of Mind and a Foreword (First Edition, 1953) / 13. Charles Morgan – Challenge to Venus (First Edition, 1957 – Former Library Copy) / 14. Selected Letters of Charles Morgan – Edited and with a Memoir by Eiluned Lewis (First Edition, 1967) / 15. Charles Morgan – Portrait in a Mirror (First Edition, 1929) / 16. Charles Morgan – Reflections in a Mirror – Second Series (First Edition, 1946) / 17. Charles Morgan – The Gunroom (First Edition, 1919) / 18. Charles Morgan – Epitaph on George Moore (First Edition, 1935) / 19. Henry Charles Duffin – The Novels and Plays of Charles Morgan (Signed & Inscribed First Edition, 1959) / 20. Charles Morgan – The House of MacMillan (1843-1943) – (First Edition, 1943).

London / New York, MacmIllan / Bowes & Bowes, 1919-1967. Octavo. More than 2000 pages. Illustrated occasionally with a photograph of Morgan. Original Hardcover – Volumes, often with the rare illustrated dustjackets. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price includes an upgrade to worldwide free shipping of the collection per DHL Express Courier.

80. [Shakespeare] Home, Gordon.

Stratford-on-Avon. A Sketchbook.

London, Adam & Charles Black, no year(c.1920). 15.8 cm x 22.5 cm. Unpaginated. c. 50 pages. 16 drawn illustrations by author. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with title-label on front board. In protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Crack to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper, cloth exposed. Binding still good and firm. Some browning to edges. Interior bright and clean. Private inscription dated April 1916 on front endpaper. [Beautiful Britain – Series].