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By: N/A
Price: £8.00
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd. London. ca 1955:
Seller ID: 58089
Tall 8vo. With b/w illustration to front and portrait to back. In very good condition. Lateral crease. Ticks in blue ink against some of the titles. Else a clean copy. 4pp. Lists 43 Biggles titles and numbers, with prices and brief plot descriptions of many. View more info
By: N/A
Price: £16.00
Publisher: BCA 1993 Second edition.:
Seller ID: 71550
Size 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In red cloth boards with gilt to maroon faux leather spine and front. In maroon hard card slip case. In near fine condition. A very clean and tight set. 3 volumes. With bi-columnar text throughout. Three volume set, on Quotations, who said what and where and when; Proverbs, origins and earliest examples in print; Word Origins, meanings and derivations. View more info
By: "LADY FRIVOL":
Price: £35.00
Publisher: London, Greening & Co. Ltd. 1903:
Seller ID: 78995
Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Light green cloth with white lettering and design to front, gilt to spine. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners. Spine darkened. Author’s inscription to front “With the author’s compliments and kindest regards, M.D.R.” Some dark foxing spots to pages else a tight copy. 215 + 8pp cat. View more info
Price: £295.00
Publisher: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin. n.d. ca1880.:
Seller ID: 80455
Hardback, 11.5 x 10 inches. In black full morocco leather binding, raised banding, gilt lettering and decorations to spine, gilt paneled and decorated boards, with gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Some handling marks to boards, corners rubbed, some rubbing to edges of spine. Front hinge cracked. Some light foxing to endpapers. Crease to front endpaper and title page. Some mild foxing and handling marks to pages, some page sections... View more info
By: (HENTY)
Price: £75.00
Publisher: Griffith Farran... 1883.:
Seller ID: 78371
Tall 8vo. Red pict.cloth gt. Profusely ill.,incl. 6 very nice col.chromo. plates (one folds out). Many other b/w ills.; 832 pp. In good condition, some minor rubbing on edges, with a few tiny nicks ends of spine. Nice bright front cover. A few small marks on rear board. Lacks front endpaper. Inside some light foxing & a little light browning. 8 pages in one section are tatty on edges, with a number of tears. Else generally clean & tight. View more info
Price: £45.00
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. n.d. 1895 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 75703
Tall 8vo. 8x5 ins. In brown bevelled cloth covers with illustrated design and gilt lettering to spine and front. All edges gilt. In very good condition. Corners bumped and extremeties rubbed. Neat inscription to front endpaper and top of title page. Some gaps between gatherings Else a very clean and tight copy. 450pp; cat.2pp; Numerous illustrations. Authors include: G.A.HENTY, G.Manville Fenn, H.Frith, A.E.Hooper, K.Munroe, D.Kerr, and many others. View more info
Price: £30.00
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. n.d. ca 1924.:
Seller ID: 64928
Tall 8vo. In maroon cloth covers with white lettering and illustration to spine. Illustrated front. In good condition. Spine slightly faded. Handling marks to covers. neat inscription to front endpaper, dated 1924. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 450pp. 2p cat. With b/w plates. Henty story, ‘Escape from Massacre’. Other authors include: G.Manville Fenn, H.Frith, A.E.Hooper, K.Munroe, D.Kerr, and many others. View more info
By: (HENTY,G.A)
Price: £65.00
Publisher: London, Tinsley Brothers, (Jan. - June.) 1876.:
Seller ID: 78697
Leather Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Quarter bound maroon/purple calf leather to spine and corners, green pebbled cloth boards. Black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Panelled numbering. Raised and gilt banding. Marbled page edges and endpapers. In very good condition. Spine faded, edges and corners rubbed, some rubbing to boards and scratches to rear. Some foxing spots to front endpapers/title pg. A couple of very minor spots else inside pages all very clean and tight... View more info
By: (HENTY,G.A)
Price: £125.00
Publisher: Tinsley Brothers (Jan.-Dec.) 1876.:
Seller ID: 63913
2 vols.; In black half calf leather binding with marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Gilt to maroon morocco title labels on gilt decorated spines. Raised bands. In very good condition. Spines slightly rubbed. Boards slightly rubbed. Corners slightly bumped. Very clean and tight inside. 711, 708pp. Bi-columnar text. This story by G.A.Henty resulted from his tour in India. The 2 vols.include also: James Grant: Did She Love Him? (complete), and many other stories by variou... View more info
By: (MACAULAY)
Price: £30.00
Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co. 1885 Popular edition:
Seller ID: 77335
Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Navy blue calf leather with elaborate gilt decoration on spine and board edges, and red morocco label. Marbled edges & endpapers. In very good condition. Corners and ends of spine rubbed, some minor rubbing to edges, a couple of small marks to boards. bookplate to front endpaper “Kate Hind, History Prize 1886.” Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. An excellent copy. - Critical and historical essays contributed to the... View more info
By: (RABELAIS) URQUHART: MOTTEUX: WHIBLEY: HENLEY:
Price: £100.00
Publisher: London, David Nutt, 1900,:
Seller ID: 78712
3 vols. Hardback, 8 x 6 inches. Quarter bound red leather, red cloth covered boards. Gilt lettering, raised banding and decoration to spines. Grey endpapers. Top page edges gilt. In very good conditions. Some minor fading to spines. Slight rubbing to edges. A couple of very light marks to cloth. Binders stamps to endpapers “Katerands, Piccadilly.” Inside pages all very clean and tight. Excellent copies. 337 + 265 + 434pp. With decorative letterpieces. View more info
By: ADAMS, RICHARD:
Price: £5.00
Publisher: Allen Lane. London. 1980 1st edition 2nd issue.:
Seller ID: 64428
Tall 8vo. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (dw; spine slightly faded. Slightly rubbed along top edge. Price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 397pp. A haunting and haunted tale set in the early 1970s of a passionate love affair with supernatural dimensions. View more info
By: ADDISON:
Price: £160.00
Publisher: Printed for T. Cadell & W. Davies 1811 (new ed.).:
Seller ID: 79492
6 volumes. Hardback, Tall 8vo. 9 x 5 inches. In contemporary calf leather bindings with gilt lettering and raised and gilt banding to spines. Dark green endpapers. In very good conditions. Rebound in contemporary leather covers. Some minor tanning and fading to pages, some minor foxing spots to preliminary pages. Some offsetting against plates. Else very clean and tight copies. Lovely bindings. With portrait frontispiece in volume I, and 9 plates of Medals (7 in vol.1. &... View more info
By: AIKEN, JOHN:
Price: £8.00
Publisher: Macmillan. London. 1971 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 55733
Tall 8vo. In red cloth covers with black to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Slightly rubbed to edges. Not price clipped). Owner’s neat inscription on front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 160pp. Modern first edition. Most of the story takes place within the office/laboratory of the British Pharmaceutical Products Research Association, a place which the narrator (who works there) vies with contempt and distrust... View more info
By: AKHMATOVA, ANNA:
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London. Secker & Warburg. 1979 1st edition:
Seller ID: 65209
Tall 8vo. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; slightly rubbed around edges with small creases and chips. Price clipped). Relevant newspaper clipping loose in front. Small mark to fore edge. Else a clean and tight copy. 96pp. Selection of Akhmatova’s poems, not previously available in English. View more info
Price: £50.00
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 1929 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 80372
Hardback, 8.5 x 6 inches. Tall 8vo. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper by Paul Nash. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; darkened, rubbed around edges with chips to corners and small pieces missing from top end of spine. Not price clipped). Some minor rubbing to cloth. Pages clean and tight. Else a clean and tight copy. 440pp. The ‘hero’ is an ordinary middle-class young man. the author tries to show how ordin... View more info
By: ALPHONSE WILLEMS, De Feu M.;
Price: £60.00
Publisher: Paris, Libraire Henri Leclerc, 1914 1st edition:
Seller ID: 77538
Hardback, approx 10 x 6.5 inches. Half bound in grey cloth to spine and corners and marbled paper boards. Leather title label in gilt to spine. Bound with original paper covers. In very good condition, some minor rubbing to edges of boards, some minor darkening to cloth, spine label rubbed with small chips. Bookplate to endpaper “David Worth.” Later hard covers. Original paper covers bound inside (darkened). A couple of small spots and handling marks else pag... View more info
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Sussex. Unknown. n.d. circa 1950:
Seller ID: 76662
Hardback. Size approx 3.5 x 2.5 inches. Half bound in red leather to spine and varnished wooden ‘Mauchline Ware’ boards with illustrated vignette to front of ‘Derwentwater From Castle Hill.’ Decorative gilt detailing to inner edges of boards. Yellow endpapers. Ruled handwritten pages and Alphebetised sections. In very good condition. Boards very good but leather on spine is rubbed and partially split at front hinge. Front endpapers missing. Althou... View more info
By: ANON:
Price: £18.00
Publisher: London. William Rice. 1909.:
Seller ID: 60974
8vo. In green bevelled cloth covers with gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened. Slight browning to endpapers. Some pages uncut/unopened. Else a clean and tight copy. 104pp. A collection of verses and fables. Author unknown, there is a monogram on main title page which might be TPO. View more info
By: ANON:
Price: £80.00
Publisher: London, printed for the author. 1797:
Seller ID: 62845
8vo. In marbled hard card boards with leather spine and black morocco title label. In good condition. Spine slightly rubbed and chipped at ends. Splits to both edges. Front board almost detached. Boards and corners slightly rubbed. Endpapers slightly marked. Owner’s neat inscription to half title page. Occasional foxing spots. 139pp. With b/w engraved plates. Written in imitation of Laurence Sterne. There are eight Fragments; Address to the Shade of Yorick, War, Pr... View more info