1. [Italian-Sehnsucht / The longing for Italy embodied by Byron] – [Byron, Lord George Gordon] Anderson, William.

The Works of Lord Byron – With a Life and Illustrative Notes by William Anderson, Esq.

In Two Volumes with 65 (of 67) Steel-engravings. Edinburgh, A. Fullerton & Co., [c.1840]. Large Octavo. Volume I (with 35 of 36 engravings): Portrait-Frontispiece of a young Byron with a wonderful Facsimile-Inscription to his friend Murray and two facsimile-signatures (as Byron and “Sometimes – Biron”), Engraved Titlepage (″Lausanne”), CCXXIV, 270 pages / Volume II (with 29 of 30 engravings): Frontispiece – Engraving of “Newstrad – Abbey”, Engraved Titlepage (″Villeneuve”), 465 pages. Hardcover / Stunning full leather with gilt lettering and tooling and ornament on boards and spine. English Master-Bindings of the 19th century. Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Some minor paint-staining to bindings.

2. Lambert, J.W. / Ratcliffe, Michael.

The Bodley Head. 1887-1987.

First edition. London, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1987. 22,5 x 14,5 cm. VII, 364 pages. With 16 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket.

3. Melville, Herman.

White Jacket: Or, The World in a Man-of-War. With an Introduction by William Plomer.

New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1956. 13.5 x 20cm. (16), 376 pages. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, spine joint beginning to loosen, otherwise in very good condition. Minor text annotations. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. [Evergreen, No. E43].

4. Østergaard, Vilhelm.

Illustreret dansk Literaturhistorie. Danske digtere i det 19de Aarhundrede. Med en kort Oversigt over ældre dansk Literatur.

København, Gyldendalske Boghandel / Nordisk Forlag, 1907. 18.1 cm x 26.6 cm. 707 pages. Med 302 textillustrationer. Original Hardcover. Gilt titles and ornamental decoration to front cover and spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Marbled and tanned edges. Only very minor holes to lower pages (pp.31-46). Previous owner’s name and date in ink on front endpaper. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

5. Schreiner, Olive [Iron, Ralph].

The Story of an African Farm. A Novel.

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1896. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 346 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Small embossment to front board. Deckled top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor bumps to board corners. Small cutout (of old name) on halftitle. Interior lightly tanned throughout but bright and clean. Binding is strong, firm and square.