Books published by publisher George Routledge and Sons

Being Observations or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrances As Well Public as Private Whch Happened in London During the Last Great Visitation in 1665. Yellow glazed cloth, gilt spine lettering on green field, green top stain; 264 pp; illustrated dust jacket. A limited edition of 2000 copies. Illustrated with 8 full-page black and white drawings by Leslie Atkinson. Atkinson's illustratons are done in a style appropriate to the period and reflect the horror of the plague in the city. This was a brilliant work by Defoe, who was just a young child in 1665. He drew on contemporary accounts, official documents and plain hearsay, and produced a compellingly vivid account of the horrible year. This was the worst year of the Black Death in England; by July, more than 1,000 deaths a week were reported in London. The Great London Fire of 1666 finally put an end to the epidemic.

Dark blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (sun darkened). Contents: The royal slave - The fair jilt - The nun - Agnes de Castro- The lover"s watch - The case for the watch - The lady"s looking-glass to dress herself by - The lucky mistake - The court of the king of Bantam - The adventure of the black lady. Text paper lightly toned, else a VG clean, bright and tight copy, no owner names.

Shakespeare, William and Charles and Mary Lamb. Tales from Shakespeare. New York: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. [circa 1890]. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. 400 pages. Eighty illustrations. Margins lightly tones. Otherwise pages bright and clean and free of marking, soiling or staining. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with pictorial decoration and gilt title to front cover and spine. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled. Very Good. Original Cloth. A very good illustrated copy. (#1053)