DICKENS, CHARLES & PALMER, SAMUEL (Vignette/Illus)

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, pg5 & 270 unnumbered, 'The Cricket on Hearth' advertised twentieth edition at 5s [price] 'Christmas Carol' tenth edition, octavo, green/blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, vignette/illus to title page, unpaginated prelims + 270pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing/chipping to spine extrems, moderate to heavy bruising & scuffing to board corners, minor soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, minor soiling to eps, minor cracking to front & rear gutters, moderate creasing to gutters, sl soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Bradbury & Evans 1846

KEYWORDS: first editions original bindings CHarles Dickens travel writing literature Italy

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt coat of arms to front board, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 182pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling to spine, minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & moderate staining/soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name to ffep & half title page, moderate cracking to gutter of half title page, light foxing throughout, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, moderate staining to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: Seeley & Co 1890

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Scotland Edinburgh Robert Louis Stevenson

MARDRUS, Dr J C & MATHERS, POWYS (Trans)

4 VOL SET, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained blue, mixed pagination, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to spine & Board extrems, light tanning & rubbing to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm labels to front pastedowns, occasional cracking to some gutters & sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1951

KEYWORDS: literature English translations Powys Mathers Dr J C Mardrus