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1900ref. 56072New York: R. H. Russell. Very Good. 1900. Hardcover. Red boards white stamping gilt stamping to spine a very good copy. . R. H. Russell hardcover books
1965ref. 82424NY:: Bonanza Books. Very Good. 1965. Hardcover. A reprint edition. Worn at the upper corners age toning else very good in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Bonanza Books, hardcover books
1979ref. 57456London:: Octopus Books Limited. Very Good. 1979. Hardcover. 0706410297 . All pop-ups are intact and in good working order. Second impression thus. Light age toning else very good or better in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Octopus Books Limited, hardcover books
1982ref. 93747NY:: Random House. Very Good. 1982. Paperback. 0394854446 . Second printing paperback. All pieces are intact and well preserved. Very good in tall spiral-bound illustrated wraps. . Random House, paperback books
1973ref. 75146NY:: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0027731006 . Caldecott Medal winner. Twenty-ninth printing 1990s. Fine in a near fine sun faded along the spine dust jacket with the Caldecott Medal emblem on the front panel. . Simon & Schuster, hardcover books
1940ref. 56275NY:: Doubleday Doran & Company. Good. 1940. Hardcover. A later printing. Light crayon scribble on rear board edge worn else good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Doubleday, Doran & Company, hardcover books
ref. 0061928003-8-1Harper Paperbacks. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Harper Paperbacks paperback
ref. 75880London: Anthony Blond 1971. Modern literature FIRST EDITION. Octavo 23 x 15cm pp.159 1. With frequent in-text line drawings. Publisher's pink cloth face motif blocked in blind to upper board. Silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Patrick Procktor priced at £1.75. Internally bright and clean. Gentle toning and rubbing to jacket panels. Mild shelfwear to extremities. Loose postcard inserted. Very good. The posthumous novel written by queer playwright Joe Orton whose prior works include 'Entertaining Mr. Sloane' and 'Loot.' Orton was murdered by his partner at only 34 years old leaving behind this strange dreamlike and almost allegoric novel. London: Anthony Blond, 1971 unknown
ref. 75833London: Longmans Green and Co. 1911. Fantasy novel FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.x; 165 3. With 12 illustrations by W.T. Horton and H.M. Brock. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and black titles and decoration to upper. Offsetting to endpapers with an illustrated bookplate to front pastedown. Gently toned throughout otherwise internally clean. Wear and sunning to spine with some dulling to gilt and a 5cm split to the lower joint. Good. An obscure spiritual fantasy novel published in the autumn of 1911 which sold poorly at the time due to its anti-bloodsport sentiment. Whatmore 'H. Rider Haggard: A Bibliography' London 1987 F38; Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911 unknown
ref. 0060749792-11-1Collins Design. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Collins Design unknown
ref. 75952London: A Longbow Children's Book from W.H. Allen 1978. Children's illustrated FIRST EDITION. Octavo 25 x 16cm pp.8 119 1. With 35 black and white in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by the Grahame Johnstones priced at £3.25 to front flap. Light toning to text otherwise internally clean. Mild shelfwear. Very good. Twins staying with their grandmother in the country realise that a group of mysterious kittens comes to their orchard every midnight. They're determined to find out more. London: A Longbow Children's Book from W.H. Allen, 1978 unknown
ref. 75100London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1900-1901. American Literature FIRST BROCK ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS. Complete in five volumes. Octavo 19 x 13 x 18cm. Each volume contains twenty-five line drawing plates by the brothers Brock. Recently bound in brown half calf with raised bands gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels further gilt decoration to spines and matching cloth over boards. Tope edges gilt and others lightly trimmed. Contents clean and fresh exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. An epic series set in the Iroquois area near New York over the lifetime of Natty "Hawkeye" Bumppo from the mid eighteenth century up to the early nineteenth and one of the first truly American literary creations. London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1900-1901 unknown
1893ref. 1499London: Cassell & Co. Ltd 1893. First Edition. Very good. Gordon Browne and William Hatherell. 8vo 8 x 5 1/2 inches 223 x 140 mm; pp. xi 277 16 publisher's' listing. 28 illustrations including frontispiece and one color map preceding the first story. Bound in blue-green leatherette cloth with gilt title and illustration on front cover gilt title; floral endpapers top edge stained green; edges moderately worn spine and cover edges darkened chips at head and tail of spine; pages toned especially on edges; binding solid. A collection of the last completed works by the author of Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 - 1894 was a Scottish novelist essayist poet and travel writer who travel broadly and settled in Samoa in 1889 where he was prodigiously productive and where he became involved with local politics and culture gathering native stories and infusing some of his writing with these newfound themes. This first edition of the three short stories is accompanied by a set of engaging illustrations by Gordon Browne 1858 - 1932 and William Hatherell 1855-1928 both prolific illustrators who worked with publishers and magazines. Cassell & Co. Ltd unknown
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ref. ANAIS-0060847875Harper Paperbacks. paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Harper Paperbacks paperback
1935ref. B7298London: Associated Newspapers n.d. circa 1935. Frontispiece loose. Spine sunned. . Binding: Full orange pictorial cloth boards. Notes: John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir 1875 – 1940 was a Scottish novelist historian British Army officer and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada the 15th since Canadian Confederation. As a youth Buchan began writing poetry and prose fiction and non-fiction publishing his first novel in 1895 and ultimately writing over a hundred books of which the best known is The Thirty-Nine Steps. Size: 8vo. 200 x 145 mm Illustration: Very good example. Illustrated with colour plates. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Pages: 314 pp. Category: Book Literature; Associated Newspapers, hardcover
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1973ref. GB003TOPX5QI3N00Progress Publishers 1973. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Progress Publishers hardcover
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ref. 75484London: Chapman and Hall Ltd. no date 1894. Literature FINELY BOUND CROWN EDITION. Complete in 17 volumes bound at 16. Octavo 21 x 15 x 60 cm. With illustrations from the original plates by Cruikshank Stone Phiz et al. printed with new type. Contemporary navy half calf with gilt titles and decoration to spines and marbled paper over boards. Top edges gilt others untrimmed and marbled endpapers. Very gently toned throughout otherwise internally clean. Bindings carefully re-coloured with light general wear. Very good. A popular edition first issued between 1890 and 1891: ". on the whole the more convenient and satisfactory edition of the novels." a contemporary review quoted by Spencer. SPENCER Andrew 'Charles Dickens: A Guide to the Collected Editions' Chesney Wold 2021 p.31. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., no date [1894] unknown
ref. 199443Ernest Nister & E.P. Dutton c. 1985. 1st edition. 4to 11¼ x 8¼ ins. Rebound by Bayntun-Riviere in gilt lettered half calf on matching red cloth sides top edge gilt marbled endpapers near Fine. Pp. xvi 269 illus with 30 coloured plates previous owner's neat 1918 gift inscription on front prelim. Ernest Nister [&] E.P. Dutton, c. 1985 unknown
