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Signed Cheque
London: Coutts & Company, 1860. A signed cheque, presented by Charles Dickens, pay to "House" for £5.10.0 drawn against Coutts & Co. Dicken's signature is clear, and has his usual flourish. The cheque is slightly darkened, but in very good condition, and embossed with a "one penny" device over the word "Bearer" The cheque is mounted behind glass, with a gilt border of 22cm x 11.5cm This in turn is within a much larger frame of 41cm x 35.5cm which also holds an attractive engraved portrait of Dickens, and a brass plaque, bearing the title "Charles Dickens 1812-1870." The background is a dark brown felt / baize. To the rear of the frame is a paper label for the Heritage Collectors' Society of Pennsylvania.
Book ID: 4022More details Price: £1,800.00 -
Tales of Mean Streets. Lizerunt, Squire Napper, Without Visible Means, Three Rounds, and Others.
London: Methuen & Co, 1895. Second edition. 301 pages followed by 32 pages of publisher's advertisements dated January 1895. From the library of the author Maarten Maartens. He has written his real name inside on the FFEP. Boards are bumped and rubbed, and there is sun fading to the spine. Page edges are spotted, but inside not so much. 190 x 135 mm (7½ x 5¼ inches).
Book ID: 2858More details Price: £30.00 -
The Improvisatrice and Other Poems
Book ID: 3893More details Price: £200.00
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The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
Illustrated with thirty-seven curious engravings from the Baron's own designs, and five woodcuts by G. Cruikshank.
Book ID: 4325More details Price: £40.00
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The Vicar of Wakefield.
A Miniature Book.
London: Jones & Co, 1831. A leather bound miniature copy of this classic. Red leather binding. Gilt decoration to the spine and a working brass clasp. Good, slightly rubbed condition, with a little black marking to the rear panel. Owner's gift inscription to the front end paper. Frontis illustration of Goldsmith and an engraved title page with vignette. 252 pages. 90 x 60 mm (3½ x 2¼ inches).
Book ID: 2221More details Price: £40.00 -
Ulysse.
Traduction française intégrale de Auguste Morel, assisté par Stuart Gilbert entièrement revue par Valery Larbaud e l'Auteur.
Paris: Gallimard. Softback covers. Third edition printed in October 1930. 3,000 copies - unnumbered. Text in French. Covers and pages age toned, but all in a very good condition. Some pages uncut at top edge. 870 pages. 210 x 145 mm (8¼ x 5¾ inches). Couvertures souples. Troisième édition imprimée en octobre 1930. 3000 exemplaires - non numérotés. Texte en français. Couvertures et pages vieillies, mais le tout en très bon état. Certaines pages non coupées en haut. 870 pages. 210 x 145 mm
Book ID: 2644More details Price: £120.00