Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington

    Henry M. Stanley, The Congo..., 2 vol., first edition, 1885

    Travel

    Stanley (Henry M.) The Congo

    £650


    and the founding of the free state: a story of work and exploration
    London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885.

    First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, lettered in red to upper covers and gilt to spines.

    Considered by the author to be his most important work, developing on his belief in the 'gospel of enterprise'. James Edge Partington was a British anthropologist, acknowledged as an authority on Pacific ethnology.

    Jules Verne, The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century, first UK edition, 1880

    Thriller Fiction

    Verne (Jules) The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century

    £195



    London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1880.

    First UK edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt.

    A substantial non-fiction work surveying major voyages of discovery, Cook, Bougainville, La Pérouse and others, combining Verne's narrative flair with detailed geography, maps and illustrations.

    Jules Verne, Scarpante the Spy, first UK edition, 1885

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Verne (Jules) Scarpante the Spy.

    £850


    Kéraban the Inflexible (Part II.)
    London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885.

    First UK edition. 8vo. Publisher's advertisements dated 'October, 1884'. Original pictorial brown cloth.

    Howard Pyle, Otto of the Silver Hand, first UK edition, 1888

    Children's Books

    Pyle (Howard) Otto of the Silver Hand

    London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, [1888].First UK edition. 8vo. Original pictorial teal cloth decorated in black, silver and gold.Set in Germany, Otto of the Silver Hand was one of the first historical novels written for children by an American, influencing many later historical novels for children.

    Bram Stoker, The Snake's Pass, inscribed first edition, [1890]

    Bram Stoker Birthday

    Stoker (Bram) The Snake’s Pass

    £2,750



    London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1891 [but 1890].

    First edition. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original red cloth stamped in gilt and bordered in blind.

    A rare beast, Stoker's first novel, published on the 18th of November 1890, with the title post-dated 1891. Preceding Stoker's most famous work Dracula by 6-7 years, this adventure novel concerning the discovery of lost treasure and the crown of the legendary king of the snakes is set in Western Ireland, and contains some interesting subtle gothic notes foreshadowing the author's later works.

    Inscribed on the half-title, 'G. Biggs from Bram Stoker 20.11.90', under which someone, probably G.Biggs, has helpfully also noted in pencil, '2 days after publication'.