[LITERATURE]. A group of 18 works from the 19th and early 20th century, most finely bound, comprising:

1) BULWER-LYTTON, Edward. The Last Days of Pompeii. London: Richard Bentley, 1834. 3 volumes. Contemporary half calf. FIRST EDITION.

2) CARLYLE, Thomas. Translations from the German. London: Chapman & Hall, 1871. 3 volumes. Later half morocco by Riviere & Son, top edges gilt, others uncut.

3) DU MAURIER, George. Peter Ibbetson. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, & Co., 1892. 2 volumes. Later half morocco by Birdsall. FIRST EDITION.

4) FRANCE, Anatole. At the Sign of the Queen Pedauque. Chicago: Printed for Members of the Limited Editions Club by the Lakeside Press, 1933. Original cloth; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 304 of 1,500 copies. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR SYLVAIN SAUVAGE.

5) GALSWORTHY, John. A Modern Comedy. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. Original vellum binding; folding case. LIMITED EDITION, number 697 of 1,030 copies. SIGNED BY GALSWORTHY.

6) HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. Over the Teacups. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1891. Later full morocco by Zaehnsdorf.

7) HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. The Professor at the Breakfast Table. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1891. Later full morocco by Zaehnsdorf. 

8) HUDSON, William Henry. Green Mansions. London: Duckworth, 1931. Contemporary full morocco.

9) JACOBS, Joseph, editor. The Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox. London: Macmillan & Co., 1895. Original cloth.

10) KIPLING, Rudyard. Plain Tales from the Hills. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, & Co., 1888. Later full morocco gilt by Root & Son, all edges gilt; slipcase. FIRST EDITION.

11) KIPLING. Soldier Tales. London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1896. Original cloth; slipcase. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY (blind-stamped on title).

12) KIPLING. Thy Servant a Dog. London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1930. Contemporary half morocco by Zaehnsdorf. FIRST EDITION.

13) SAINT-PIERRE, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de (1737-1814). Paul and Virginia. London: W.S. Orr & Co., 1839. Later full calf by Morrell. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION.

14) STEPHENS, James. The Crock of Gold. London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1912. Original cloth; folding case. FIRST EDITION.

15) STEVENSON, Robert Louis. An Inland Voyage. - Travels with a Donkey. - Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes. London: William Heinemann, 1922. Original cloth. LIMITED EDITION, number 730 of 1,060 copies of the Valima Edition, comprising first volume only.

16) STEVENSON, Robert Louis. The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Vol. I. London: William Heinemann, 1922. Original cloth. LIMITED EDITION, number 730 of 1,060 copies of the Valima Edition, comprising vol. 20 only.

17) THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. London: Elder, Smith, & Co., 1852. 3 volumes. Later half calf. FIRST EDITION.

18) THACKERAY. The Newcomes. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1869. 2 volumes. Contemporary half calf.

Together, 18 works in 26 volumes, 8vo and 4to, condition generally fine.