Group of Tauchnitz Editions from the Collection of British Authors

(16) volumes; Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, various dates; stated copyright and authorized editions; (mostly) uniformly bound in red quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards (marbling varies on some volumes), spines with gilt lettering and raised bands, with marbled endpapers, ribbon bookmarks, and top edge gilt. Consisting of volumes 227, 281, 346, 631, 1103, 1201, 1263, 1240, 1495, 1698, 1895, 2298, 2490, 2744, 2832, and 3529.

With: (3) volumes by Charles Dickens, to include: Household Words (vol. 11, 1852; vol. 21, 1853; and vol. 34, 1856); (2) volumes by Bret Harte, to include: Prose and Poetry (vol. I, 1872) and The Story of a Mine (1877); (5) volumes by Wilkie Collins, to include: No Name (vol. I, 1863), Man and Wife (vol. I, 1870), Poor Miss Finch (vol. II, 1872), Jezebel's Daughter (vol. I, 1880), and "I Say No" (vol. I, 1884); (2) volumes by Charles Reade, to include The Wandering Heir: A Matter of Fact Romance (1875) and Peg Woffington (1872); (2) volumes by Rosa Nouchette Carey, to include: Not Like Other Girls (vol. I, 1891) and Herb of Grace (vol. I, 1901); F. Marion Crawford's Marzio's Crucifix (1887); and Ernest William Hornung's Under Two Skies: A Collection of Stories (1892).

The group also includes volume 30 from the Collection of German Authors: George Ebers's Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt (vol. I, 1877).

Each 6 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.

A Private High Point, North Carolina Collection

The first volume of the Tauchnitz Collection of British Authors was published in 1842, with thousands of volumes eventually following for both this along with the German publisher's subsequent series. The books were international English-language editions, offering titles from authors such as Dickens, Thackeray, and many others to those outside the United States and the UK.

Some scuffing to boards and wear to extremities, spines with occasional discoloration from age; interiors with toning and foxing/spotting (sometimes heavy), occasional gutter cracking, infrequent small tear, folded corner, or other expected handling wear, and a few leaves trimmed short; one volume with an area of damp staining, one with half-title extended, and one volume with title page and preface loose; the Dickens and Crawford volumes with the bookplate of Ernest Flagg (possibly the American architect who was known for his work on the Scribner Building in Manhattan and the Corcoran Gallery of Arts in D.C.); overall sturdy little volumes with some leaves still partially unopened.