Lot: Typee; A Sentimental Journey; The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard; Mademoiselle de Maupin; Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; A Tale of Two Cities

1) Herman Melville - Typee - Introduction by Robert Gibbings - Folio Society 1950. Typee by Herman Melville. Introduction by Robert Gibbings. Nine leaves of pencil drawings by Jacques Boullaire. Bound in full yellow cloth with a repeat pattern in green by John Buckland-Wright. White dust-jacket printed in green and black. 278pp. 22.8x14.9cm. 

2) Laurence Sterne - A Sentimental Journey - Nigel Lambourne - Folio Society 1949. A lovely, old first edition thus of Laurence Sterne's Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, published by The Folio Society in 1949. Introduced by Oliver Warner, 16 leaves of colour plates by Nigel Lambourne. Bound in full white cloth with a design in blue, pink and black by Barbara Ward Lambourne, endleaves with a design in blue by B.W. Lambourne, white dust-jacket printed in blue, pink and black.164pp. 20.8x14.7cm.

3) Anatole France - The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard - Hope-Read - Folio Society 1948. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France. Translated and introduced by Lafcadio Hearn. 14 lithographic plates by Hope-Read. Bound in white cloth blocked with a brown and pink pattern. White dust-jacket printed in brown and pink. 182pp. 22.2x14.5cm.

4) Théophile Gautier - Mademoiselle de Maupin - Folio Society 1948. Mademoiselle de Maupin by Théophile Gautier. Translated by R. and E. Powys Mathers. 8 illustrations by Mark Severin. Bound in cream cloth blocked with a blue and gold pattern. Cream dust-jacket printed in red and black. 288pp. 22.7x17.4cm.

5) R. L. Stevenson - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Folio Press & J. M. Dent 1974. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. A photolithographic reprint of the 1948 edition. Bound in black cloth with the figure of Hyde in gold. Yellow endleaves. Transparent plastic dust-jacket. Folio Press and J.M. Dent.

6) Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities - Folio Press & J. M. Dent 1973. A photolithographic reprint of the 1952 edition. Bound in red cloth decorated in gold. Pink endleaves. Transparent plastic dust-jacket. 329pp. 22.7x15cm. Folio Press and J.M. Dent

Condition 

All books are good+ condition, displaying the normal signs associated with their age. These are read books that may show signs of foxing, the odd bumped corner, some rubbing to extremities and the occasional mark. Pages are tightly bound on all volumes and internally, they are all immaculate with no previous owner's inscriptions. All are the original dust jackets (with the exception of Dr Jekyll that has a replacement to the original Folio Society plastic wrapper), and they often have chipping to head and base or small losses, as pictured. Where previously torn, the wrappers have been professionally repaired with strong, acid-free non-yellowing, transparent document repair tape, then placed in a 50-micron sleeve of archival quality to protect them for the future. These sleeves can be easily removed if required.