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By: ,
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan: 1911
Edition: first thus
Inscription: Previous owner's name
Seller ID: 6646
Hardback, 215mm x 139mm dark blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, xiii prelims, 546pp. plus advertisments,Colour illustrations. Illustrations by H.G. Theaker. Good/NoWrapper. Previous owner's name. Differential fading to endpapers. Spine and boards bumped and scuffed at ends, pages clean if tanned to edges with block edges dusty. Latter-day illustrated edition of Barham's 1837 collection of legends and ghost stories which he attributed to the fictitious Ingol... View more info
By: Castle, Egerton
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan: 1900
Edition: first edition
Seller ID: 6572
Hardback, 198mm x 132mm maroon cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 356pp. plus advertisments,Good/NoWrapper. Spine and boards bumped and scuffed, spine frayed at ends. Block basically clean if a little darkened and grubby at edges. Fantasy novel by famous Victorian author and swordsman. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Egerton, Marshfield, Meldrum View more info
By: Charlesworth, Maria Louisa
Price: £7.00
Publisher: London, Seeley & Co.:
Seller ID: 4234
Hardback, 8vo blue cloth boards, gilt titles, 72nd thousand state, vi prelims, 434pp. plus advertisments, Black and white illustrations. Less than good/NoWrapper. School prize sticker dated 1907 on inner front board. Spine and boards bumped and scuffed. Differential fading to endpapers. Striking foxing to block edges seeping onto page edges. Classic, morally uplifting Victorian work intended primarily for the instruction of children. Catalogue: Classic Literature. K... View more info
By: Douglas-Hamilton, Mrs. A. ; Dunbat of Mochrum, Lady
Price: £30.00
Publisher: London, John Long: 1906
Edition: first edition
Seller ID: 6619
Hardback, 195mm x 125mm red cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 476pp. Fair/NoWrapper. Spine bumped, has been handled along with boards. Front hinge loose. Block clean apart from foxing to edges and also top pages at beginning and end. Engaging tale of the secretive Catholic order written by a noble Englishwoman and edited by her daughter. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Jesuit, leone, Hamilton, Italy View more info
By: Ertz, Susan
Price: £16.00
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton: 1924
Edition: first edition
Inscription: Inscribed by author
Seller ID: 4258
Hardback, 8vo blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 326pp. plus advertisments,Fair/NoWrapper. Inscribed by author. Spine and boards slightly bumped, spine darkened and lightly creased with staining to edge on rear. Block is clean, if a little darkened, with no markings or foxing. Another novel of the genteel English by Ertz. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Ertz, Nina, England, 1920s View more info
By: Ertz, Susan
Price: £6.50
Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1931
Edition: first edition
Seller ID: 4259
Hardback, 8vo blue cloth boards, light blue titles, first edition, 316pp. Fair/NoWrapper. Block is tight and clean, with no foxing except slightly to base. Spine and boards bumped, with spine creased and boards bowed. Another contemporary novel of the smart set by Ertz. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Ertz, Julian, probert View more info
Price: £6.50
Publisher: London, Dean & Son:
Seller ID: 4251
Hardback, 8vo green cloth boards, black titles, , 249pp. Good/Good +++. Foxing to block edges, differential fading to endpapers, spine a little bumped. Dustwrapper (now protected) has a little shelfwear. Undated, but perhaps c. 1920-1930, this is a romantic tale by the author of "Her Husband's Home." Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Everett-Green, country, Eustace View more info
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Duckworth: 1911
Edition: third edition
Seller ID: 6615
Hardback, 224mm x 163mm olive cloth boards, gilt titles, third edition, ix prelims, 121+pp. Colour illustrations. Illustrations by E.W. Waite. Good/NoWrapper. Spine and boards bumped, just a little grubby in places. Block a little darkened with age, some foxing here and there, notably to opening pages. Differential fading to endpapers, pages otherwise clean, binding good. Eight colour plates with flysheets all clean. Margaret Barber's psudonymous and massively popular... View more info
Price: £8.50
Publisher: London, Duckworth: 1911
Edition: first thus
Inscription: Gift Inscription
Seller ID: 6616
Hardback, 224mm x 163mm oli cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, ix prelims, 121+pp. Colour illustrations. Illustrations by E.W. Waite. Less than good/NoWrapper. Gift Inscription. Boards and spine bumped, also badly faded/discoloured, hinges loose. Block basically clean but egdes grubby, differential fading to endpapers. Margaret Barber's psudonymous and massively popular book of Christian meditations on the road to heaven. First published in 1902, this is the Edit... View more info
Price: £8.50
Publisher: London, Duckworth: 1923
Edition: third edition
Seller ID: 6617
Hardback, 219mm x 159mm green cloth boards, gilt titles, third edition, 6th impression, , ix prelims, 121+pp. Colour illustrations. Illustrations by E.W. Waite. Good/NoWrapper. Spine and boards bumped, spine scuffed along edge. Block is a little darkened with edge, some foxing to grubby edges, foxing also here and there to opening/closing pages. Margaret Barber's psudonymous and massively popular book of Christian meditations on the road to heaven. First published in ... View more info
By: Galt, John ; Crockett, S.R.
Price: £9.00
Publisher: Edinburgh, John Grant: 1936
Edition: first thus
Seller ID: 4268
Hardback, 8vo red cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, xii prelims, 298pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by C.E. Brock. Fair/Good. Tight and solid, with text clean and unmarked. Spines a little bumped. Edges ragged where cut, with some foxing. Dustwrapper has some shelfwear along top, with spine darkened and frayed small loss at ends, but covers basically clean. Volume nine in the ten-volume Works of John Galt set, edited by D S Meldrum and William Ro... View more info
By: Galt, John ; Crockett, S.R.
Price: £16.50
Publisher: Edinburgh, John Grant: 1936
Edition: first thus
Seller ID: 4270
Hardback, 8vo red cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, xxii, x prelims, 374, 394pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by C.E. Brock. Fair/Good. Both volumes tight, clean and solid. Some bumping of spine and corners. Edges ragged where cut, with some foxing. Dustwrappers are basically clean, with a little shelfwear, spines bumped and darkened, 1/2 sq cm of loss to base of spine of v2. Volumes four and five in the ten-volume Works of John Galt set, edited b... View more info
By: Galt, John ; Crockett, S.R.
Price: £9.00
Publisher: Edinburgh, John Grant: 1936
Edition: first thus
Seller ID: 4271
Hardback, 8vo red cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, xxiv prelims, 288pp. plus appendix/appendicies, Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by C.E. Brock. Fair/Good. Tight, clean and solid. Some bumping of spine and corners. Edges ragged where cut, with some foxing. Dustwrapper is basically clean, with a little shelfwear, spine bumped and darkened, with 1cm tear to base of spine. Volume ten in the ten-volume Works of John Galt set, edited by D S Meldrum and... View more info
By: Haggard, H. Rider; Lang, Andrew
Price: £18.00
Publisher: London, Longmans, Green: 1890
Edition: first edition
Seller ID: 6630
Hardback, 194mm x 124mm green cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, viii prelims, 317pp. plus advertisments,Less than good/NoWrapper. Spine and boards bumped, spine damaged at both ends, binding tight. Block edges grubby with foxing throughout. Fantasy version of the Odysseus myth. First edition, Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Haggard, Odysseus, World View more info
By: Hall, Radclyffe
Price: £6.00
Publisher: London, Falcon Press: 1949
Edition: first thus
Seller ID: 4285
Hardback, 8vo light blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, 340pp. Good/NoWrapper. Block and boards feel a little slippy. Binding just a little loose. Spine faded. Pp 77-80 have loss to edges. Early novel, originally publsihed 1924, by a female author whose lesbian-themed works once caused a scandal. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Radclyffe, lamp View more info
By: Hall, Radclyffe
Price: £5.00
Publisher: London, Falcon Press: 1949
Edition: first thus
Seller ID: 6629
Hardback, 222mm x 139mm blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, 491pp. Good/NoWrapper. No d/w. Book has been read, spine and boards bumped and scuffed, spine also grubby with foxing-like marks. Block a little darkened with edges dusty. Orginally published in 1928, this is a novel whose treatment of lesbianism may seem tame to a modern audience but caused a storm in its day on both sides of the Atlantic. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Radclyffe, lesbian, ... View more info
By: Harte, Bret
Price: £6.50
Publisher: London, Readers Library:
Edition: first thus
Seller ID: 6626
Hardback, 173mm x 107mm maroon cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, ix prelims, 243pp. Fair/Good +. Hinges loose, block darkened with age and grubby edges, staining to front board. Pages unmarked. Dustwrapper (now protected) has a little wear, chipped base of spine, basically clean and attractive. Collection of Harte short stories of pioneer America, beginning with his famous tale of a prospecting camp in Gold Rush California first published in 1868. No date but likely... View more info
By: Hatton, Joseph
Price: £12.50
Publisher: London, Hurst & Blackett: 1889
Edition: third edition
Seller ID: 4274
Hardback, 8vo red decorated boards, gilt titles, third edition, xvi prelims, 447pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by Alfred Bryan, W.H. Fair/NoWrapper. Spine and boards solid, but grubby in places, bumped with spine stained. Block is clean, binding a little loose in places, edges darkened and lightly frayed. Memoirs of a Victorian comedian. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Toole, comedian, theatre, America View more info
By: Hocking, Joseph
Price: £8.00
Publisher: London, Ward, Lock:
Seller ID: 6648
Hardback, 196mm x 127mm dark blue cloth boards, gilt titles, , 388pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by J. Barnard Davis. Fair/NoWrapper. Spine and boards are very clean and unmarked, spine just a little bumped. Binding is good. Serious foxing to all edges, also opening/closing pages. Christian novel with an English setting. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Christian, nonconformism, England, Hocking View more info
By: Hollis, Gertrude
Price: £5.00
Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson:
Inscription: Owners inscription
Seller ID: 6661
Hardback, 194mm x 127mm blue decorated boards, blue titles, , vii prelims, 245pp. Good/NoWrapper. Owners inscription. Prize sticker and owner stamp on front endpaper. Spien and boards bumped, block edges grubby from handling, but pages clean and binding good. Historical tale of Christianity in the East. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Pearl, Hollis, Xavier View more info
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1925
Edition: first edition
Inscription: Owners inscription
Seller ID: 6664
Hardback, 196mm x 124mm red cloth boards, green titles, first edition, 160pp. Good/NoWrapper. Owners inscription. Differential fading to endpapers. Some foxing to block edges, dusty on top. Pages otherwise clean. Five tales from between 1895 and 1909 including "The Two Widows of Chadsey." Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Housman, odd, Farvingdon View more info
By: Ingoldsby (Esquire.), Thomas
Price: £5.00
Publisher: London, OUP - Henry Frowde: 1905
Edition: first thus
Seller ID: 6665
Hardback, 190mm x 122mm red cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, xlviii prelims, 527pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by Cruikshank. et al. Fair/NoWrapper. Binding good, and book feels sturdy in hands. Spine and boards faded in places, also bumped and scuffed. Differential fading to endpapers, block edges grubby from handling, pages clean. Latter-day edition of famous 19th century collection of fables and poems, actually written by the Reverend Bar... View more info
By: Jacobs, W.W.
Price: £9.50
Publisher: London, C. Arthur Pearson: 1897
Edition: first edition
Seller ID: 4298
Hardback, 8vo green cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, viii prelims, 195pp. plus advertisments,Fair/NoWrapper. Binding a little loose. Block tanned. Staining to endpapers and inner boards. Spine and boards bumped and lightly stained in places. First Edition of popular late Victorian novel. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Skipper, wooing, Jacobs View more info
By: Kingsley, Henry
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Ward, Lock and Bowden: 1895
Edition: first thus
Inscription: Owners inscription
Seller ID: 4286
Hardback, 8vo maroon cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, 471pp. plus advertisments,Fair/NoWrapper. Owners inscription. Book feels quite sturdy. Spine and boards bumped, spine faded, boards basically clean. Foxing to flysheet, endpapers a little grubby. Block basically clean with ragged edges. Two novels by Henry Kingsley, originally published in 1873 and 1875. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Kingsley, Oakshott, Grange View more info
Price: £35.00
Publisher: London, Edwin Dalton: 1908
Seller ID: 6699
Hardback, 195mm x 130mm maroon decorated boards, gilt titles, , iv prelims, 331pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo, G.H. Fair/NoWrapper. Spine and boards nice and clean with minimal wear. Block has notable foxing to edges, also affecting opening/closing pages. Book printed on thick paper stock, now creased from reading near spine. Small stain on rear board. Originally published in 1868, this is a later edition of Macdonald's novel, illust... View more info
By: Meredith, George
Price: £8.50
Publisher: London, Constable: 1924
Edition: first thus
Seller ID: 4297
Hardback, 177mm x 116mm red , gilt titles, first thus, vii prelims, 499pp. Good +++/Good. Gilt top of block a little dusty. Boards also dusty. Dustwrapper has a little shelfwear with fraying of edges and corners, also two small marks to rear. Mickleham Edition of Meredith's classic 1865 story. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Meredith, Fleming, Mickleham View more info
Price: £6.50
Publisher: London, Smith, Elder: 1896
Edition: seventh edition
Seller ID: 6710
Hardback, 196mm x 128mm blue cloth boards, gilt titles, seventh edition, 378pp. plus advertisments,Less than good/NoWrapper. Book is old and much read, with spine and boards bumped and scuffed, binding loose, block edges grubby, some foxing to opening pages and front has slipped 1cm in advance of rear. Popular Victorian novel with a Russian and Parisian setting. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Sowers, Volga, Moscow, Merriman View more info
Price: £17.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan: 1896
Edition: first thus
Seller ID: 6707
Hardback, 20cm x 13cm maroon cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, xxii prelims, 326pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by F.H. Townsend. Fair/NoWrapper. Book is much read, spine faded, bumped. Boards also bumped but clean. Private library sticker to front endpaper and tiny retailer sticker opposite. Light foxing to opening pages, edges a little grubby and ragged, since book was produced uncut. Curious 1817 novel by a friend of Shelley in which an oran... View more info
Price: £17.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan: 1897
Edition: first thus
Seller ID: 6708
Hardback, 20cm x 13cm maroon cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, xxii prelims, 262pp. plus advertisments, Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by F.H. Townsend. /NoWrapper. Book is much read, spine faded, bumped. Boards also bumped but clean. Private library sticker to front endpaper. Block edges a little grubby and ragged, since book was produced uncut. Originally published in 1829 and 1828, these works of prose and verse are here combined in a later ill... View more info
Price: £8.00
Publisher: Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black: 1891
Edition: first thus
Seller ID: 6738
Hardback, 190mm x 126mm blue and marbled half leather binding, gilt titles, first thus, 445pp. plus index, /NoWrapper. Binding good and tight,spine and boards bumped with some surface fraying. Foxing to block edges, also to opening pages but pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Vol. XVII in Centenary edition of the Waverley Novels contains his only major work of fiction with a 19th century setting. Catalogue: Classic Literature. Keywords: Scott, Waverley, centenary View more info
