The Workman Collection

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a><ul><li>Sold as a set of 23.</li></ul> Frederick Sadleir Brereton (English).With Roberts to Candahar.London: Blackie &amp; Son Limited, 1907.Octavo.Frontispiece with 6 black and white illustrations by William Rainey R.I.16 pages with publisher’s ads at rear.First edition.Bound in original pictorial green cloth over bevel-edged boards stamped in tan, orange and black with gilt titles on upper and spine, gray endpapers and green stained edges. John Buchan (Scottish).Some Eighteenth Century Byways.Edinburgh and London: Williams Blackwood &amp; Sons, 1908.Octavo.32 pages with publisher’s ads at rear dated 6/08, indicating this is a first state.First edition, first state.Bound in dark blue-green buckram with blind stamped ornamental stamp to upper with gilt titles, gilt titles with decorative motif on spine, dark greenendpapers. John Buchan (Scottish).John Prester.London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1910.Octavo.Includes Frontispiece map.First edition, secondary binding.Bound in publisher’s blue cloth decorated “navy flowers” upper with titles stamped in gilt (a variant issue has upper titles in blue), lavishly decorated gilt titles on spine. John Buchan (Scottish).The King’s Grace 1910-1935.London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1935.Large octavo.Includes full color photographic frontispiece, 73 black and white photographic plates at the rear.Limited edition of 500, this being copy 79 signed and numbered by the author on colophon.Bound with white boards with gilt titles and crown motif stamped on upper, gilt titles on spine, blue endpapers with gilt-stamped crown motif on pastedowns and endpapers. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (English).Manalive.London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1912.Octavo.Includes full color frontispiece by Dudley Tennant.First edition.Bound in original blue cloth with pictorial stamped upper, spine lettered in gilt with design in blind, illustrated endpapers. G.A. Henty (English).St. Bartholomew’s Eve. A Tale of the Huguenot Wars.London: Blackie &amp; Son, 1894.Octavo.32 pages with ads at rear.Includes frontispiece, with 12 black and white illustrations by H.J. Draper, and full-color map of France at face.First edition.Bound in original green cloth over bevel-edged boards, pictorial titles stamped on upper and spine in black, silver and gilt, green stained edges, plum endpapers. G.A. Henty (English).When London Burned. A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire.London: Blackie &amp; Son, 1895.Octavo.32 pages with ads at rear.Includes frontispiece, with 12 black and white illustrations by J. Finnemore.First edition.Bound in original pictorial blue-green cloth over bevel-edged boards, stamped in black, orange and gilt, with orange titles, pictorial gilt and black titles on spine, green stained edges, gray endpapers. G.A. Henty (English).With Moore at Corunna.London: Blackie &amp; Son, 1898.Octavo.32 pages with ads at rear.Includes frontispiece, with 12 black and white illustrations by Wal Paget.First edition.Bound in original pictorial green cloth over bevel-edged boards in red, black, and white with gilt titles on upper and spine, with gray endpapers and green stained edges; early ownership on front endpapers, else a near fine copy. G.A. Henty (English).With Buller in Natal. Or, a Born Leader.London: Blackie &amp; Son, 1901.Octavo.32 pages with ads at rear and with with publisher’s new books prospectus laid in.Includes frontispiece, with 10 black and white illustrations by W. Rainey, R.I.First edition.Bound in original publisher’s pictorial blue cloth over bevel-edged boards with blue tan, and brown illustrations with gilt titles on upper and spine, tan endpapers and green stained edges. Anthony Hope (English).The Prisoner of Zenda. Being the History of Three Months in the Life of a Gentleman.Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1894.Octavo.First edition, first issue, including 2 publisher’s ads at the rear, with final edition of the Arrowsmith’s 3/6 series listed being XVIII.Bound in original publisher’s brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on upper, gilt titles and publisher’s signet on spine. E.W. Hornung (English).Mr. Justice Raffles.London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1909.Octavo.4 pages with ads at the rear.First edition.Bound in pictorial charcoal cloth with black and orange illustration and titles on upper, titles in gilt on spine with black illustrated motif. Charles Reade (English).The Cloister and the Hearth. A Tale of the Middle Ages.London: Trübner &amp; Co., 1861.4 volumes.Octavo.First edition.Bound in original textural green cloth over bevel-edged boards, ruled in blind, with titles in gilt along spine, yellow endpapers.Housed in collector’s brown morocco backed green cloth clamshell, titles in gilt on green morocco compartments with gilt ruling, four raised bands, and gilt ornamental motifs in compartments.W. Clark Russell (English). The Yarn of Old Harbour Town.London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905.Octavo.Includes frontispiece photographic plate, titles in red and black.First edition.Bound in original mottled green cloth with red, black, and white pictorial upper ruled in black, with black titles, black and red pictorial spine with gilt titles and black ruling. W. Gilmore Simms, Esq. (English).Eutaw. A Sequel to the Forayers, Or the Raid of the Dog-Days. A Tale of the Revolution.New York: Redfield, 1856.Octavo.4 pages. publisher’s advertisements at back.Includes frontispiece and full title plate by Carr Darley.First edition.Bound in olive green cloth with double, blind stamped ruling on boards, and pictorial gilt titles on spine, green endpapers.Housed in green cloth slipcase. Bernard Shaw (Irish).The Irrational Knot.New York: Brentano’s, 1905.Octavo.First American edition.Bound in original publisher’s navy boards ruled in blind, with titles and floret motif stamped on upper, and gilt titles on spine. Bernard Shaw (Irish).Androcles and the Lion; Overruled; Pygmalion.London: Constable and Company, 1916.Octavo.First U.K. edition, published May 25, 1916 following the German publication.Bound in original ribbed olive cloth with gilt titles on spine, and with 2 pages of publisher’s ads tipped in sideways at the back. Bram Stoker (Irish).The Lair of the White Worm.London: William Rider and Son, Limited, 1911.Octavo.Includes frontispiece and 6 full-color plates by Pamela Coleman-Smith and with publisher’s ads at the rear.Bound in original textural red cloth with blind stamped “snake” framing device with gilt titles on upper and spine, early ownership on front endpapers.Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. Samuel Warren (American).Ten Thousand A-Year.Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1841.3 volumes.Octavo.First edition, first impression.E. Hubert Litchfield’s copy, with his bookplate on upper pastedown of each volume.1 publisher’s ad at the rear of vol. III.Early bookseller’s description laid in vol. I.Bound in original publisher’s brown cloth, all boards double-ruled in blind and decorative motif stamped on uppers, yellow endpapers.Housed in a brown morocco-backed gilt ruled clamshell with four gilt-ruled raised bands on spine with titles in gilt.

Collection of First Editions of British Literature, Including When London Burned and The Yarn of Old Harbour Town

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a><ul><li>Sold as a set of 10.</li></ul> Horatio Alger Jr. (American).Do and Dare. Or, A Brave Boy’s Fight for Fortune.Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1884.Duodecimo.Presumed first edition, first state with deluxe cloth and no ads in back.Bound in original mustard cloth with pictorial black stamped titles on upper and spine, with decorative gilt and gilt compartments on spine, pictorial endpapers. Matthew Arnold (English).Merope. A Tragedy.London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, &amp; Roberts, 1858.Octavo.Presentation copy Half title, 32 pages with ads at rear.First edition.Bound in original dark green cloth stamped in blind, titles in gilt on spine, orange endpapers; inscription from the publisher on half title, a near fine copy. John Davidson (Scottish).New Ballads.London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1897.Duodecimo.12 pages with publisher’s ads at rear.First edition.Bound in original black cloth with pictorial gilt stamped titles and birds on upper, gilt titles on spine. John Davidson (Scottish).The Last Ballad.London and New York: John Lane, 1899.Duodecimo.First edition.Bound in original black cloth with pictorial gilt stamped titles and birds on upper, gilt titles on spine. Henry Longfellow (American).The Song of Hiawatha.Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855.Octavo.12 pages with ads at the rear, dated November 1855.First edition, first issue."Dove” on p. 96 rather than”dive” and missing the letter “n” on p.279 in the word “one.”Bound in original decoratively blocked brown cloth ruled in blind, with gilt titles on spine, yellow endpapers, early bookplate on front endpaper.Housed in a custom terra-cotta clamshell case with gilt titles on spine. John Masefield (English).Salt Water Ballads.London: Grant Richards, 1902.Octavo.First edition, first issue of Masefield’s maritime-themed classic.Bound in original dark blue buckram, top edge gilt.Housed in a collector’s clamshell case with gilt titles on spine. George Meredith (English).Modern Love. And Poems of the English Roadside with Poems and Ballads.London: Chapman &amp; Hall, 1862.Octavo.First edition, first issue.Bound in original green cloth ruled and stamped in blind with decorative textural boards (John Carter's "A" binding), titles in gilt on spine, yellow endpapers.Housed in a collector’s chemise case. Algernon Charles Swinburne (English).Locrine. A Tragedy.London: Chatto &amp; Windus, 1887.Octavo.32 pages with publisher’s ads at the back.First edition.Bound in original green cloth with gilt ruled upper, titles and publisher’s motif in gilt on spine; foxing at front and back, else a near fine copy. Walt Whitman (American).November Boughs.Philadelphia: David McKay, 1888 (1891).Large octavo.First edition, third printing made for distribution among Whitman’s friends and colleagues, with issue points, "melee" on p. 6, and "in the least," on p. 11 [Myerson].Printed as a large paper edition of possibly 400, likely from the sheets that were, of Whitman’s original intention, meant to include the poem "Good-Bye My Fancy" but didn’t due to his failing health.Bound in forest green cloth on bevel-edged boards with titles stamped in gilt on upper and spine, toe edge gilt, 1 p. advertisement at back. William Butler Yeats (Irish).The Secret Rose.London: Lawrence &amp; Bullen, Limited, 1897.Octavo.Half titles, frontispiece, with 6 illustrated plates by J.B. Yeats, titles in red and black.Bound in original blue cloth with extra pictorial gilt boards and spine, lavishly decorated by Althea Gyles.

Collection of American Poetry Works including The Song of Hiawatha and November Boughs

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> First issue, first edition book printing of Dickens' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.<ul><li>Charles Dickens (English).</li><li>Illustrations by Phiz [Hablot K. Browne] (English).</li><li>Frontispiece portrait by Daniel Maclise (Irish).</li><li>London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>39 illustrated plates of earlier issue and Chapman and Hall imprint present for first four illustrations.</li><li>Bound in original dark olive green fine-diaper cloth with blind-stamped border to covers, spine with gilt letters and yellow endpapers.</li><li>Housed in a custom clamshell case.</li></ul>

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a><ul><li>Sold as a set of 7.</li></ul> Walter Ramal De la Mare (English).&nbsp;Songs of Childhood.&nbsp;London: Longman’s, Green and Co., 1902.&nbsp;Octavo.Half-title, frontispiece by Richard Doyle.&nbsp;Bound in original parchment-backed boards with gilt device, spine gilt-lettered, top edge gilt.Housed in a custom clamshell case.&nbsp; W.H. Hudson (Argentine).A Little Lost Boy.&nbsp;London: Duckworth &amp; Co., 1905.&nbsp;Octavo.Titles in red and black, frontispiece illustrated by A.D. McCormick with vignettes and plates throughout.2 pages publisher’s ads at rear.Bound in original tan cloth, upper cover pictorially stamped in black and gilt, lettered in green, spine gilt-lettered. Elijah Kellogg (American).John Godsoe’s Legacy.&nbsp;Boston: Lee &amp; Shepard, 1873.&nbsp;Octavo.Black and white plates throughout.&nbsp;Bound in original blue-purple cloth, spine decorativley gilt, yellow endpapers printed with publisher's advertisements.&nbsp;&nbsp; Edith Nesbit (English).The Railway Children.London: Wells Gardner Darton, &amp; Co. 1906.Octavo.Half title, frontispiece and 20 black and white illustrated plates by C.E. Brock.10 pages uncut publisher’s ads at rear.&nbsp;Bound in publisher’s burgundy cloth, gilt-lettered and pictorially stamped in gilt and brown on upper cover and spine.Housed in custom clamshell case. Beatrix Potter (English).The Roly-Poly Pudding.&nbsp;London: Frederick Warne &amp; Co. Ltd., 1918.Quarto.Half-title, 18 color plates and numerous in-text illustrations, these and text printed in brown.Bound in original boards, upper cover pictorially printed, spine lettered in brown, endleaves pictorially printed.Later issue, The Bradley Martin - Mildred Greenhill copy. Frank R. Stockton (American).Illustrated title and illustrated throughout by E.B. Bensell (American).Ting A Ling.New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1882.&nbsp;Octavo.Bound in original red cloth upper cover and spine gilt-lettered and pictorially stamped in black.Frank R. Stockton (American).Frontispiece and 21 black and white plates by Reginald B. Birch (American). The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander.&nbsp;New York: The Century Co., 1899.Provenance: Charles Willcox (bookplate to front pastedown).&nbsp;&nbsp;Bound in original green cloth, upper cover and spine gilt-lettered, cover pictorially stamped in black and orange.

Collection of Children's Books Including The Roly-Poly Pudding and A Little Boy Lost

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First edition</a> of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=thomas%20hardy&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hardy</a>'s collection of short stories, Wessex Tales.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2.</li><li>Thomas Hardy (English).</li><li>Wessex Tales. Strange, Lively, and Commonplace.</li><li>London: Macmillan and Co., 1888.</li><li>Half-titles and 4 pages of publisher's advertisements to volume 2.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Limited to 634 bound copies.</li><li>Bound in original green cloth, ruled in light green with gilt-letters to spines.</li><li>Housed in a custom green morocco and cloth-covered board clamshell.</li></ul>

Wessex Tales

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> A New History of Blue Beard and Gammer Gutron's Garland of Nursery Songs.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2.</li></ul> A new history of Blue Beard, written by Gaffer Black Beard [pseud.], for the amusement of Little Lack Beard and his pretty sisters.Gaffer Black Beard (American).Charles Perrault (French).Adorned with cuts.Philadelphia: printed by John Adams, 1804.&nbsp;Sextodecimo.&nbsp;Woodcut frontispiece, woodcut illustrations.&nbsp;Bound in original brown wrappers.&nbsp;Housed in a custom clamshell case.&nbsp;The story of Bluebeard, which belongs to the common stock of folklore, came to England in this form, and thence to America, from the famous French fairy story of Charles Perrault (162 703). Compiled by Peter Puzzlecap (English).Gammer Gurton's Garland of Nursery Songs, and Toby Tickle's Collection of Riddles.&nbsp;Glasgow: Lumsden and Son, [c. 1820].&nbsp;Triecesimo-secondo&nbsp;Includes 26 wood-engraved illustrations.&nbsp;Bound in original blue printed wrappers with two illustrations.&nbsp;Housed in a custom clamshell case.

A New History of Blue Beard and Gammer Gutron's Garland of Nursery Songs

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> First edition of Rinehart's first book The Circular Staircase.<ul><li>Mary Robert Rinehart (American).</li><li>Illustrations after Lester Ralph (American).</li><li>Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1908.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>6 full-page illustrations.</li><li>Bound in original green ribbed cloth, pictorially stamped in black and orange.</li></ul>

The Circular Staircase

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> First edition of The Man in Lower Ten with two letters from the author to her editor Bob Davis.<ul><li>Mary Roberts Rinehart (American).</li><li>Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy (American).</li><li>Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1909].</li><li>Typed letter signed "Mary" to "Bob" dated 7 May 1938.</li><li>Autographed undated letter signed "Mary" to "Bob."</li><li>Bound in original green ribbed cloth lettered in white.</li><li>Housed in custom slipcase and folding chemise.</li></ul>

The Man in Lower Ten

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> First edition of Thomas' Twenty-Five Poems.<ul><li>Dylan Thomas (Welsh).</li><li>London: J.M. Dent &amp; Sons Ltd., 1936.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Bound in original gray boards, spine lettered in blue in original jacket.</li></ul>

Twenty-Five Poems

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys with original publisher's advertisements.<ul><li>Nathaniel Hawthorne (American).</li><li>Illustrated by Hammatt Billings (American).</li><li>Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1853.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Bound in publisher's brown cloth ruled and stamped in blind with gilt decorations and pale yellow endpapers.</li><li>Housed in a custom claret morocco backed clamshell case with marbled boards.</li></ul>

Tanglewood Tales, For Girls and Boys

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> First edition of Thomas' Deaths and Entrances.<ul><li>Dylan Thomas (Welsh).</li><li>London: J.M. Dent &amp; Sons Ltd., 1946.</li><li>Duodecimo.</li><li>Bound in original orange cloth with spine gilt-lettered and first two leaves just trimmed as a part of the binding process and in original dust jacket.</li><li>Housed in red and black morocco clamshell case.</li></ul>

Deaths and Entrances

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> A collection of novels by Charles Dickens.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 10.</li><li>Charles Dickens (English).</li></ul> Sunday Under Three Heads As It Is; As Sabbath Bills Would Make It; As It Might be Made.Timothy Sparks [Charles Dickens] (English).Illustrations after Phiz [Hablot K. Browne] (English).London: Chapman And Hall, 1836.Octavo.First edition.Bound in original gray wrappers with advertisement for "Pickwick and the Library of Fiction on lower wrapper.Housed in a custom slipcase and folding chemise. The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman.Illustrated by George Cruikshank (English).London: Charles Tilt, 1839.Sextodecimo.11 etched plates and 1 engraved plate of music.First edition.First issue with "wine" for "vine" on page 13.Bound in original green pictorial cloth with gilt illustration.Housed in green clamshell. Sketches of Young Couples.Illustrated by Phiz [Hablot K. Browne] (English).London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.5 engraved plates and frontispiece.First edition.Bound in original pictorial blue-green paper boards with yellow coated endpapers. Evenings of a Working Man. Being the Occupation of his Scanty Leisure.London: T.C. Newby, 1844.Octavo.First edition.Bound in publisher's original light brown cloth with floral design in blind, gilt letters, all edges gilt and pale yellow endpapers in stiff green cloth wrappers. The Story of Little Dombey.London: Bradbury &amp; Evans, 1858.Sextodecimo.First edition, one of the Reading Editions.Bound in original green wrappers with black pictorial decorations. Hunted Down. With Some Account of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, The Poisoner; [bound with] A Wonderful Ghost Story. Being Mr. H’s Own Narrative.London: John Camden Hotten, 1870.London: Griffith &amp; Farran, 1882.Duodecimo.Illustrated title page with woodcut of "The Fatal House, No. 12, Conduit Street".First English Edition.Volume includes three letters of correspondence between Thomas Heaphy and Charles Dickens.Bound in green half calf backed textural morocco with gilt stamping along spine, marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Is She His Wife? Or, Something Singular. A Comic Burletta in One Act.Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877.Sextodecimo.First edition of the first American reprint.Bound in original green cloth with black and gilt decoration. The Mudfog Papers, etc...Now First Collected.London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1880.Octavo.First collected edition.Bound in original red cloth with black and gilt decoration and black endpapers. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi.2 volumes.Edited by "Boz" (English).Illustrated by George Cruikshank (English).London: Richard Bentley, 1838.Bound in the publisher's original pink floral patterned cloth.

Collection of Fiction including The Story of Little Dombey and The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> First edition, first issue of Jacobs' The Lady of the Barge with text on copyright page.<ul><li>W. W. Jacobs (English).</li><li>New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1902.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Frontispiece and title with woodcut boat device.</li><li>Bound in original pictorial tan cloth with dust jacket.</li></ul>

The Lady of the Barge

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> Set of four first-edition books by J.M. Barrie.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 7.</li><li>J.M. Barrie (Scottish).</li></ul> When a Man's Single: A Tale of Literary Life.London: Hoddern and Stoughton, 1888.First edition.Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with top edge gilt and dark green endpapers. The Little Minister.3 volumes.London: Cassell &amp; Company, Limited, 1891.Octavo.First edition.Unopened.The Bradley Martin - Mildred Green copy.Bound in publisher's light brown cloth with gilt lettered spines and pictorial endpapers.Housed in a custom clamshell case. Better Dead.London: Swan Sonnenschein &amp; Co., 1891.Color frontispiece.First hardcover edition.Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt letters to spine and dark blue coated endpapers. The Little White Bird.London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1902.First edition.Marks the first appearance of Peter Pan character.Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt letters to spine and top edge gilt. The Admiral Crichton.Illustrated by Hugh Thomson (Irish).London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914.Small folio.Tipped in color plates.Bound in original red cloth boards with decorated gilt ornamental design.

Collection of Fiction including When a Man's Single: A Tale of Literary Life and The Little Minister

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a><ul><li>Sold as a set of 4.</li><li>Joseph Conrad (English).</li></ul> Almayer’s Folly. A Story of an Eastern River.&nbsp;London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895.&nbsp;Octavo.Titles in red and black.First edition, first issue.&nbsp;Bound in publisher’s green cloth, spine gilt-lettered, top edge gilt.&nbsp;Housed in custom clamshell case. Typhoon. And Other Stories.&nbsp;London: William Heinemann, 1903.&nbsp;Octavo.32 pages, publisher’s catalog at end.&nbsp;Bound in original gray smooth cloth lettered and with design in gilt on upper cover and spine. Nostromo. A Tale of The Seaboard.&nbsp;London and New York: Harper &amp; Brothers, 1904.&nbsp;Octavo.&nbsp;Bound in original blue smooth cloth, lettered in light blue on upper cover, spine gilt-lettered.&nbsp;Housed in cloth slipcase.&nbsp; Chance. A Tale in Two Parts.&nbsp;London: Methuen &amp; Co., 1914.Octavo.Half-title, publisher’s catalog at end for “Methuen’s Popular Novels.”Bound in original green linen finish cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on spine.

Collection of Conradiana including Almayer’s Folly and Typhoon

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a>Group of nine first editions.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 9.</li></ul> Ambrose Bierce (American).&nbsp;The Cynic’s Word Book.&nbsp;New York: Doubleday, Page &amp; Company, 1906.&nbsp;Octavo.Half-title, frontispiece.&nbsp;Bound in original green ribbed cloth, upper cover and spine decoratively stamped in orange and black. Frederic S. Cozzens (American).The Sparrowgrass Papers; Or, Living in the Country.&nbsp;New York: Derby &amp; Jackson, 1856.&nbsp;Duodecimo.Illustrated frontispiece and vignette title, 8 pages of ads at rear.&nbsp;Bound in original purple cloth, covers stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered, yellow endpapers. Harold Frederic (American).The Damnation of Theron Ware.&nbsp;Chicago: Stone and Kimball, 1896.Octavo.&nbsp;Half-title.Bound in original green cloth, covers and spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt.Housed in custom slipcase and folding chemise.&nbsp; O. Henry (American).&nbsp;The Voice of the City. Further Stories of the Four Million.&nbsp;New York: The McClure Company, 1908.&nbsp;Octavo.Half-title, 1 page ad at the rear.&nbsp;Bound in original red cloth, upper cover ruled in blind, cover and spine gilt-lettered, gilt sphinx to cover. Oliver Wendell Holmes (American).The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.&nbsp;Boston: Phillips Sampson, 1858.Octavo.Half-title, etched frontispiece, 8 etched plates, with index at end.Bound in original embossed brown cloth, covers decoratively bordered in blind, spine gilt-lettered with gilt ornamental motifs, endpaperswith publisher's advertisements.Housed in custom slipcase and folding chemise. W[illiam] D[ean] Howells (American).A Boy’s Town. Described for Harper’s Young People.&nbsp;New York: Harper &amp; Brothers, 1890.&nbsp;Octavo.Frontispiece, with 23 black and white plates including 2 intertextual vignettes.&nbsp;Bound in original blue-green cloth with elaborate border in upper cover and spine stamped in silver, Howell's facsimile signature and titles stamped in gilt on upper cover, spine gilt-lettered. Edgar Allen Poe (American).The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present.&nbsp;Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1843.&nbsp;Quarto.8 engraved plates.Scarce large paper edition.Bound in full brown calf, covers and spine elaborately gilt, edges gilt, yellow endpapers.Housed in custom clamshell case. Lew Wallace (American).2 volumes.The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell.&nbsp;New York: Harper &amp; Brothers, 1893.&nbsp;Octavo.Title to each volume.Bound in original blue cloth, upper covers pictorially blocked in red and silver, covers and spines gilt-lettered. Edith Wharton (American).&nbsp;Tales of Men and Ghosts.&nbsp;New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1910.&nbsp;Octavo.Titles in black and red with 4 pages of publisher’s ads at rear.&nbsp;Bound in original red cloth, cover and spine gilt-lettered, top edge gilt.

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Various Authors, John Buchan, Bram Stoker, G.A. Henty

Walt Whitman, Various Authors, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Charles Dickens

Beatrix Potter, Various Authors, Frank R. Stockton

Thomas Hardy

Charles Perrault, Gaffer Black Beard, Peter Puzzlecap

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Dylan Thomas

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Dylan Thomas

Charles Dickens

W. W. Jacobs

J.M. Barrie

Joseph Conrad

Edgar Allan Poe, Various Authors, Edith Wharton