The Workman Collection

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> A group of first editions by Wells.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 7.</li><li>H. G. Wells (English).</li></ul> In the Days of the Comet.London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1906.Octavo.Indication of a second issue.Bound in original green cloth decoratively stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered. First &amp; Last Things. A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life.London: Archibald Constable &amp; Co., 1908.Octavo.Bound in original blue cloth, upper cover ruled and lettered in black and spine gilt-lettered. The War in the Air.Illustrated by A.C. Michael (English).London: George Bell and Sons, 1908.Octavo.16 black-and-white illustrated plates.First edition, first issue.Bound in original blue cloth with decorative gilt titles stamped on upper cover, titles in gilt with ornate publisher’s “bell” signet in gilt on spine. The World Set Free. A Story of Mankind.London: Macmillan and Co., 1914.Octavo.Bound in original green cloth upper cover and spine decoratively stamped in blind and lettered in gilt and top edge gilt. Boon, the Mind of the Race, the Wild Asses of the Devil, and the Last Trump.London: T. Fischer Unwin, Ltd., 1915.Octavo.First edition, first impression.Scofield Thayer's copy.Bound in original dark green cloth with pictorial figure stamped in gilt to upper cover, with gilt titles and illustrated motif at foot on spine, top edge gilt. Men Like Gods.London: Cassell and Company, 1923.Octavo.Bound in original green cloth, cover and spine decoratively stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered, Currey's B binding with "Cassell" in blind foot of spine, in original gray dust-jacket lettered in brown. Christina Alberta’s Father.London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1925.Octavo.Bound in original red cloth, upper cover ruled in blind, spine gilt-lettered, in original pictorially printed jacket.

Collection of Fiction including The War in the Air and The World Set Free

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> Group of seven first editions of detective fiction.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 7.</li></ul> Edward Bellamy (American).Looking Backward 2000-1887.Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888.Octavo.Includes publisher’s ad preceding the title with imprint of J.J. Arakelyan on copyright.Bound in original green cloth, titles and publisher’s monogram stamped in black and gilt on upper cover, titles in black with pictorial gilt motif on spine.Housed in a custom slipcase. E.C. Bentley (English).Trent’s Last Case.London: Thomas Nelson and Son, 1913.Octavo.Includes full color frontispiece.Bound in original blue cloth elaborately stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered, pictorial endpapers. Guy Boothby (Australian).Illustrations by Sydney Cowell (English).Dr. Nikola’s Experiment.London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1899.Octavo.Frontispiece and 20 illustrations.Bound in original green cloth, cover and spine pictorially stamped in black, blue, and light green, gilt-lettered. Guy Boothby (Australian).Illustrations by by Harold Piffard (English).&nbsp;My Strangest Case.London: Ward, Lock &amp; Co., 1902.Octavo.Frontispiece and 7 illustrations.4 pages of ads at rear.&nbsp;Bound in original blue cloth, cover and spine elaborately blocked in gilt and green with snake motif. Ellis Parker Butler (American).Illustrations by Rea Irvin (American).Philo Gubb. Correspondence School Detective.Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918.Octavo.Half-title, frontispiece with 20 black and white illustrations throughout.Bound in original yellow cloth, pictorially stamped and lettered in black.Housed in a custom slipcase.&nbsp; Edward Eggleston (South African).Illustrations by Frank Beard (American).The Mystery of Metropolisville.New York: Orange Judd and Company, 1873.Octavo.Frontispiece with 13 illustrations by throughout.4 pages publisher’s advertisements at the rear.Bound in publisher's green ribbed cloth, spine elaborately gilt-lettered, brown coated endpapers;Housed in a custom slipcase.&nbsp;&nbsp; Edward Jenkins M.P. (English).The Devil’s Chain.London: Strahan &amp; Co., 1876.Octavo.Half-title.Bound in original red cloth, cover and spine elaborately blocked in black and gilt, brown coated endpapers.

Collection of Detective Fiction Including The Mystery of Metropolisville and The Devil's Chain

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> A group of first editions by Haggard.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 8.</li><li>H. Rider Haggard (English).</li></ul> The People of the Mist.Illustrated by Arthur Layard (English).London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884.Octavo.Frontispiece and 15 illustrated plates.Bound in original dark green cloth with gilt titles stamped to cover and spine and black coated endpapers. John Haste.Illustrated by F. S. Wilson (English).London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885.Octavo.Frontispiece and 20 illustrations.Bound in original dark green cloth with gilt titles and black endpapers. Cleopatra. Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis, the Royal Egyptian, as Set Forth by his Own Hand.Illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen (English) and R. Caton Woodville (English).London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889.Octavo.Frontispiece and 18 illustrated plates.First edition, second issue.Errata slip of permission to print Woodville's work tipped in.Bound in original dark green cloth with gilt titles and Egyptian motif. She. History of Adventure.London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897.Octavo.First British Edition.Publisher's presentation copy with embossed stamp on title page.Bound in original dark green cloth with gilt titles and illustrated swan and ship endpapers. Dr. Therne.London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898.Octavo.First edition.Bound in original tan buckram, titles in dark brown to cover and gilt titles to spine with dark brown decorative ruling. Swallow. A Tale of the Great Trek.Illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen (English).London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899.Octavo.Frontispiece and 8 illustrated plates.Bound in original dark green cloth with gilt titles stamped to cover and spine with black endpapers. Pearl-Maiden. A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem.Illustrated by Byam Shaw (English).New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903.Octavo.Frontispiece and 16 illustrations throughout.Bound in original blue cloth with gilt titles and black endpapers. Ayesha. The Return of She.Illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen (English).New York: Doubleday, Page &amp; Company, 1905.Octavo.Frontispiece and 8 illustrated plates.First American edition.Bound in original red cloth with gilt titles and ankh motif stamped to cover.

Collection of Fiction including Cleopatra and The People of the Mist

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> A group of first editions of the work of Thomas Hardy.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 7.</li><li>Thomas Hardy (English).</li></ul> Life’s Little Ironies. A Set of Tales with Some Colloquial Sketches Entitled a Few Crusted Characters.London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1894.Octavo.First edition, one of 2,000.Bound in original green cloth, with Art Nouveau floral design by Charles Ricketts on upper cover and spine and spine gilt-lettered. Jude the Obscure.New York: Harper &amp; Brothers, 1896.Octavo.12 illustrations and frontispiece.First American edition.Bound in original dark green-blue cloth, Hardy’s circular monogram motif stamped on upper cover, spine gilt-lettered. The Well-Beloved. A Sketch of Temperament.Illustrations by H. Macbeth-Raeburn (Scottish).London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1897.Octavo.Frontispiece and map at the rear.Bound in original dark green-blue cloth, Hardy’s circular monogram motif stamped, spine gilt-lettered and top edge gilt. Time’s Laughingstocks.London: Macmillan and Co, 1909.Octavo.Bound in original olive cloth, Hardy’s circular monogram motif stamped, spine gilt-lettered.Housed in a custom clamshell case. A Changed Man. The Waiting Supper And Other Tales concluding with The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid.London: Macmillan and Co., 1913.Octavo.Photographic frontispiece and map of Wessex at rear.Bound in original green-blue cloth, Hardy’s circular monogram motif stamped, and spine gilt-lettered inoriginal dust-jacket. A Changed Man. The Waiting Supper And Other Tales concluding with The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid.New York: Harper &amp; Brothers, 1913.Octavo.Illustrated frontispiece and a map of Wessex at the rear.First American edition.Bound in original dark green-blue cloth, Hardy’s circular monogram motif stamped, spine gilt-lettered. Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres.London: Macmillan and Co., 1928.Octavo.Uncut, with publisher’s postcard laid in at half title.Bound in publisher's green cloth, with Hardy’s circular monogram motif stamped, spine gilt-lettered and in original dust jacket.

Collection of Fiction including a Changed Man and Life’s Little Ironies

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> Group of first editions by Robert Louis Stevenson.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 8.</li><li>Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish).</li></ul> New Arabian Nights.2 volumes.London: Chatto &amp; Windus, 1882.Octavo.First UK edition.Bound in original green cloth, upper covers ornately lettered and stamped in black and brown, lower covers with flora device stamped in brown, spines gilt-lettered and ornately stamped in black and brown, floral pattered endpapers.&nbsp;Housed in custom clamshell case. Memories &amp; Portraits.London: Chatto and Windus, 1887.Octavo.First UK edition.Bound in original black cloth, beveled boards, spine gilt-lettered and top edge gilt. The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables.London: Chatto &amp; Windus, 1887.Octavo.First UK edition.Bound in original blue cloth, upper cover and spine decoratively stamped in silver and black, spine gilt-lettered, floral endpapers.House in custom slipcase. The Wrong Box.New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1889.Octavo.First American edition.Bound in original blue cloth with paper labels to upper cover printed in blue and black, spine gilt-lettered. The Wrecker. London: Cassell &amp; Company Limited, 1892.Illustrated by William Hole (Scottish) and W.L. Metcalf (American).Octavo.First UK edition.Bound in original blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered, bookseller's ticket to upper pastedown; some foxing to endpapers. Catriona. A Sequel to “Kidnapped” Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad.London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1893.Octavo.First UK edition.Bound in original navy cloth boards, spine gilt-lettered with floral endpapers.Housed in custom clamshell case. Island Nights’ Entertainments.Illustrations by Gordon Browne (English) and W. Hatherell (English).London: Cassell &amp; Company Limited, 1893.First UK edition, first impression. St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England.London: William Heinemann, 1898.First UK edition.Bound in original black cloth, cover and spine gilt-lettered.

Collection of Fiction including New Arabian Nights and the Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> A group of first editions by Thackeray.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 4.</li><li>William Makepeace Thackeray (English).</li></ul> The History of Pendennis.London: Bradbury &amp; Evans, 1848-1850.&nbsp;Illustrated with steel and wood engraved plates throughout by the author.First edition in original parts, 24 parts in 23.Bound in original illustrated stitch-bound yellow wrappers.Housed in custom drop-back case. The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family.2 volumes.Richard Doyle (American).London: Bradbury and Evans, 1855.First edition, first printing.Early bookseller’s manuscript description laid into vol. 1.Bound in original blue cloth, covers and spines elaborately stamped in blind, spines gilt-lettered, and yellow endpapers.Housed in custom drop-back case. The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century.2 volumes.London: Bradbury &amp; Evans, 1858.&nbsp;Illustrated throughout with wood and steel engravings.Bound in original blue cloth, covers and spines elaborately stamped in blind, spines gilt-lettered and yellow endpapers.Housed in custom drop-back case. The Adventures of Philip On His Way Through the World; Shewing Who Robbed Him, Who Helped Him, and Who Passed Him By.3 volumes.London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1865.&nbsp;Bound original brown pebble-textured cloth, covers elaborately ruled and stamped in blind, spines lettered and ruled with yellow endpapers.&nbsp;Housed in custom drop-back box.

Collection of Fiction including The History of Pendennis and The Newcomes

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> First edition Slater copy of du Maurier's Trilby.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 3.</li><li>George du Maurier (Franco-British).</li><li>London: Osgood, Mcilvaine &amp; Co, 1894.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Publisher's catalogue to the end of volume 3.</li><li>Bound in original natural buff cloth with pictorial blocking and blue lettering.</li><li>House in a custom drop-back box.</li></ul>

Trilby

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> First-edition set of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend in the monthly parts.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 19.</li><li>Charles Dickens (English).</li><li>Illustrations by Marcus Stone (English).</li><li>London: Chapman and Hall, 1864-1865.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>40 wood engravings.</li><li>20 parts in 19.</li><li>Bound in original green printed wrappers.</li><li>Housed in a custom drop-back box.</li></ul>

Our Mutual Friend

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> First edition book printing of Dickens' Hard Times.<ul><li>Charles Dickens (English).</li><li>London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Bound in original green cloth with cover and spine stamped in blind with gilt lettering and cream endpapers.</li><li>Housed in a custom brown morocco backed slipcase and folding chemise.</li></ul>

Hard Times

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> First edition book printing of Dickens' Dombey and Son.<ul><li>Charles Dickens (English).</li><li>Illustrations after Phiz [Hablot K. Browne] (English).</li><li>London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.</li><li>8-line errata leaf with 12-line errata slip tipped-in and 6 pages of advertisements in rear.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>38 illustrated plates.</li><li>Bound in original olive green cloth with gilt designs to covers and yellow endpapers.</li><li>Housed in a custom green morocco and marbled paper boards.</li></ul>

Dombey and Son

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> A group of first editions by T. S. Eliot.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 3.</li><li>T. S. Eliot (English).</li></ul> The Waste Land. [in] The Dial Vol. LXXIII, No. 5.New York: The Dial Publishing Company, 1922.Quarto.First American appearance of The Waste Land on page 473.Bound in brown wrappers with title on upper spine and advertisements to verso.Housed in a custom brown morocco backed clamshell case. Ash Wednesday.London: Faber &amp; Faber, 1930.Octavo.Bound in original terracotta cloth with gilt title to spine and top edge gilt with green dust jacket. The Cocktail Party.London: Faber &amp; Faber, 1950.&nbsp;Octavo.First edition, state with the misprint "here" for "her" page 29.Bound in emerald boards with gilt titles along spine.

The Waste Land, Ash Wednesday, and The Cocktail Party

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> Group of first editions including presentation copies of British literature.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 31.</li></ul> Richard James Barham [Thomas Ingoldsby] (English).The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, Esquire.London: Richard Bentley, 1840-18473 volumes.Octavo.&nbsp;Black and brown pictorial engraved title pages in all three volumes by C. Cook and I.S. Gwilt, 17 plates byGeorge Cruickshank, John Leech and others, 2 portraits, half titles.Volume I with page 236 blank and slip inserted.Volume II with 4 pages of publisher's advertisements end.&nbsp;Bound in publisher's brown ribbed cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gilt, brown cloth boards with blind pictorial floral ovals, gilt titles on upper boards and blind ruled spines.First edition, first state of all volumes.&nbsp;Housed in chemise, in a brown morocco slipcase with blind ruled boards and gilt ruled titles on the spine. Mary Elizabeth Braddon (English).&nbsp;The Christmas Hirelings.&nbsp;London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent &amp; Co., 1894.Duodecimo.Includes frontispiece at title and illustrated throughout text by F. H. Townsend.8 pages publisher’s ads at rear and ornamental endpapers.&nbsp;First edition.Bound with gilt decorated titles on the spine of quarter blue morocco backed light yellow linen boards with pictorial titles in red on front. Mary Elizabeth Braddon (English).&nbsp;London Pride Or When the World Was Younger.&nbsp;London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent &amp; Co., 1896.Octavo.First edition.Bound in black cloth boards with pictorial colored flowers stamped on upper board with gilt titles, and gilt titles on spine, top edge gilt. James White [George Cruikshank] (English).The Adventures of Sir Frizzle Pumpkin; Nights at Mess; and Other Tales.London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1836.Duodecimo.Presentation copy with From the Publisher on half-title.First edition.Bound in publisher's gray-green textured cloth, paper title label to spine.Housed in a custom clamshell case. John Davidson (English).Fleet Street Eclogues.&nbsp;London: Elkin Mathews &amp; John Lane, 1893.&nbsp;Octavo.Half-title, statement of limitation of 300 copies, errata slip tipped in after contents, 2 pages publisher's advertisements at end.Bound in original black cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine. John Galsworthy (English).Swan Song.&nbsp;London: William Heinemann, 1928.Octavo.Inscribed by Galsworthy on front endpaper.&nbsp;First edition.Bound in green cloth boards, stamped and lettered in gilt on upper and spine, in pictorial dust jacket. George Gissing (English).&nbsp;The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories.&nbsp;London: Archibald Constable and Company, Ltd., 1906.&nbsp;Octavo.First edition, first impression.&nbsp;Bound in original navy boards with gilt ruled titles stamped on upper board and gilt titles on spine. Thomas Chandler Haliburton (Canadian).The Clockmaker...London: Richard Bentley, 1838.Octavo.First edition.Bound in original grab boards and paper label to spine. Thomas Chandler Haliburton (Canadian).The Letter Bag of the Great Western...London: Richard Bentley, 1840.First edition.Bound in original brown ribbed cloth, covers stamped in blind, upper cover pictorially gilt and spine gilt-lettered. John Hilton (English).&nbsp;Random Harvest.&nbsp;London: Macmillan &amp; Co., 1941.&nbsp;Octavo.First edition.Bound in original green cloth, spine gilt-lettered, originally pictorially printed jacket. Aldous Huxley (English).&nbsp;Proper Studies.&nbsp;London: Chatto &amp; Windus, 1927.&nbsp;Octavo.First edition.Bound in publisher’s green cloth boards ruled in blind, with gilt titles and ruling on spine, in crisp, cream-colored dust jacket with green ruling and titles on front and spine, and publisher’s advertisements on verso.Housed in a collectors’s green morocco backed, green cloth slipcase with gilt ruling and gilt titles stamped onto a spine with five raised bands.&nbsp; John Hilton (English).Random Harvest.London: Macmillan &amp; Co., 1941.Octavo.First UK edition.Bound in publisher's kelly green buckham boards with titles gilt to spine in pictorial dust jacket. G.P.R. James (English).Forest Days. A Romance of Old Times.&nbsp;London: Saunders and Otley, 1843.&nbsp;Octavo.3 volumes.&nbsp;First edition.&nbsp;Bound in blue cloth backed gray boards with titles pasted on spine.Housed in a navy morocco backed clamshell with gilt ruling and gilt titles with decorative motif on spine.&nbsp; Richard Jeffries (English).Amaryllis at the Fair. A Novel.&nbsp;London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, &amp; Rivington, 1887.&nbsp;Octavo.First edition.&nbsp;Bound with charcoal endpapers, half title, in original pictorial dark green cloth boards with daffodil in black and light green on upper and spine with gilt titles. Jerome K. Jerome (English).Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).&nbsp;New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890.&nbsp;Octavo.Illustrated throughout by Arthur Frederics, with decorated endpapers.&nbsp;Originally published in Bristol in 1889, this is the first American trade edition.&nbsp;Bound with blue pictorial boards with navy illustration, gilt titles stamped on upper and spine.&nbsp;Walter Savage Landor (English). Pericles and Aspasia.&nbsp;London: Saunders and Otley, 1836.&nbsp;2 volumes.Octavo.1 page ad on the back of half title in vol. I, and 4 pages of ads at rear of vol. II.&nbsp;P. 248, final line states “tasking” rather than “taxing” and P. 328, line 5 reads, “talk of” rather than “talk to.”&nbsp;First edition.&nbsp;Bound in original quarter blue morocco backed gray boards with title labels pasted down on spines.&nbsp;Housed in a custom collector’s full red morocco slipcase with individual morocco chemise cases stamped with gilt numbers couched inside, gilt titles stamped on the spine that bears five raised bands.&nbsp; Richard Le Gallienne (English).&nbsp;The Book Bills of Narcissus.&nbsp;London: Privately printed by Frank Murray, 1891.Duodecimo.First edition, limited to 250 copies, of which 240 were sold.&nbsp;Bound in original stiff cream-colored French paper wrappers with black titles on upper, folded over card wrappers. Frederick Marryat (English).Masterman Ready; or, The Wreck of the Pacific. Written for Young People.&nbsp;London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, &amp; Longman’s, 1841.&nbsp;Octavo.&nbsp;Presentation copy, gift inscribed by the author on front endpapers of all three volumes.&nbsp;Includes engraved frontispieces and numerous illustrations throughout.&nbsp;Publisher's advertisements in the rear of each volume (dated October 1842 in vols. I and II, and January 1843 in vol. III).&nbsp;First edition.&nbsp;Bound by Westleys and Clark with their label on lower pastedown in vol. I. In original publisher’s black cloth with blind pictorial motif stamped on recto and verso all, gilt titles on spines.&nbsp;Housed in a navy morocco backed cloth clamshell with gilt ruling, gilt titles with compartments, two with teal morocco, on spine with four raised bands.&nbsp; Dinah Maria Mulock [Mrs. G.L. Craik] (English).&nbsp;John Halifax, Gentleman.&nbsp;London: Hurst and Blackett, 1856.&nbsp;3 volumes.Octavo.Includes publisher’s advertisements at the rear of each.&nbsp;First edition.&nbsp;Bound in publisher’s brown cloth boards ruled in blind and blind stamped with decorative floral motif, decorative gilt titles on spine with circular motif in blind.&nbsp;Housed in a brown morocco backed collector’s clamshell case with gilt ruling, git titles on spine with floral motifs and five raised bands.&nbsp; Michael Scott (English).&nbsp;The Cruise of the Midge.&nbsp;London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1836.&nbsp;2 volumes.Duodecimo.Yellow endpapers with early bookplates from the library of noted book collector, E. Hubert Litchfield, with his bookplate in each volume on upper pastedowns.&nbsp;First edition.&nbsp;Bound in publisher’s black boards ruled in decorative blind and pictorial gilt titles on spine.&nbsp;Housed in a collector’s green morocco backed cloth clamshell with gilt ruling, gilt titles on spine with four raised bands.&nbsp; Michael Scott (English).&nbsp;Tom Cringle’s Log.&nbsp;2 volumes.London: William Blackwood, 1833.&nbsp;Duodecimo.Bound in dark green pebbled boards with gilt titles on spine.&nbsp;Housed in a collector’s green morocco backed cloth clamshell with gilt ruling, gilt titles on spine with four raised bands.&nbsp;

Collection Of British Literature including London Pride and Three Men in a Boat

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/the-workman-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Workman Collection</a> First book edition bound from the weekly parts of Master Humphrey's Clock.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 3.</li><li>Charles Dickens (English).</li><li>Illustrations by George Cattermole (English) and Phiz [Hablot K. Browne] (English).</li><li>London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.</li><li>Large octavos.</li><li>Bound in original publisher's dark brown bold-ribbed cloth with stamped gold clock, gilt spines, marbled endpapers and marbled edges.</li><li>Housed in a custom slipcase.</li></ul>

Master Humphrey's Clock

<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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H.G. Wells

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H. Rider Haggard

Thomas Hardy

Robert Louis Stevenson

William Makepeace Thackeray

George du Maurier

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

T.S. Eliot

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Mary Roberts Rinehart

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Dylan Thomas

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Edgar Allan Poe, Various Authors, Edith Wharton