London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Company, 1868.
Hardcover. Front hinge poorly repaired, rear hinge started, tone, pencil notes on recto of rear free endpaper, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Inscribed by author on title page. Third book of poetry by this founding member of the Manchester Literary Club and of the..... More
Philadelphia: Drexel Biddle, 1898.
Illustrated by A Burnham Shute frontispiece. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light cock, spine sun, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; English society romance novel by popular novelist E F Benson. Decorative Book Cover with money bags, currency and coins floating down. Published..... More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.
Hardcover. Ink note on rear paste-down, otherwise slight wear. Crisp hardcover. ; "This volume is concerned with the efforts of a number of [Victorian] musicians, both professional and amateur, to write appropriate settings for poems by Tennyson. Strict technical analysis is for others to pursue..... More
Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, 1893.
First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Random foxing, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Attractive half vellum binding with marbled paper boards and green spine label. "It has always been an accepted theory among novelists and novel-readers that "extremes meet" in love making. ....... More
Paisley: J and R Parlane, 1895.
First Edition. Hardcover. "Mr. David Cuthbertson, of the Edinburgh University Library, has in the press a volume entitled, The Auld Kirk Minister, a series of stories illustrating the relations which existed between pastor and people in a rural district in Scotland." - Academy and..... More
New York: De Witt & Davenport, 1854.
First US Edition. Hardcover. 2" spine edge tear at head, spine head and tail chipping, tone with foxing, toning from absent clippings laid in, owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Undated 1850s printing; First Edition was 1854 in London. Novel clearly..... More
London: Horace Cox, 1872.
First Edition. Hardcover. Cocked, light tone, light edgewear, otherwise light wear. 1873 gift inscription, later owner's custom bookplate. Solid hardcover. ; Well-received collection of articles from The Field newspaper. "it is full of practical suggestions about everything of a sporting nature, from the treatment of assistants..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886.
First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, light cock, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; First American Edition of Victorian poet and author Jean Ingelow's hard-to-find final novel, a delightfully wandering tale of John Jerome, with the author including her insights on women's rights..... More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge SPCK, 1887.
Illustrated by J Nash illustrations. Hardcover. Light cloth stains, light cock, foxing and light tone, Sunday School 1887 Christmas gift, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "This is a really good tale narrating the interesting story of Esther Gaunt's wooing, and how..... More
London: No Publisher Listed. 1889.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Professionally re-backed with original spine laid down, replacing a poor repair of an overtight Riviere binding with attendant scraping of the paste-down endpapers near the gutter, light tone, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Full leather Riviere & Son binding with..... More
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1842.
Illustrated by Frontispiece. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Rear flyleaf REMOVED, cocked with spine creasing, foxing, edgeworn, otherwise light wear. Still serviceable and solid hardcover. ; First US Edition of this collection of twenty-one largely humorous sketches of country characters and rural life. ;..... More
New York: AMS Press, 1980.
Hardcover. 1" front hinge tear midway (hinge is solid), gift inscription from "Anne" on front free endpaper, otherwise slight wear; Dust Jacket rubbed, soil, edgewear, spine peel. Crisp copy. ; "Of fundamental importance, the analyses of the Jewish characters detect the different ways in which..... More
New York: Phoenix Publishing, 1892.
Reprint. Hardcover. State hospital library stamp on endpapers and number on title page, both hinges started, toned, light cock, light edgewear, otherwise light wear. Still solid hardcover. ; Early, uncommon novel by English author Jane Ellen Frith Panton, first published in 1886. Katherine, Lady Manners..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1892.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Cocked, spine darkened, light tone, edgewear, wear. Sold hardcover. ; 1886 play that violated Victorian comedy norms by not having a traditional happy ending. ; (xi), 168, 4 ad pages. More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1981.
Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/glue reside on rear free endpaper, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Contents: Frontispiece; General Introduction; Introduction / Norma Jenckes; Arms and the Man: British Library Add. MS. 50601A; British Library Add. MS. 50601B; British Library Add. MS. 50601C; Appendices: I. Description..... More
London: T Fisher Unwin, 1890.
Hardcover. 2" front edge tear at spine tail, 2" rear edge tear at spine head, corners rubbed, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "This volume presents a collection of extracs from the works of prominent novelists, showing the many and various ways in..... More
New York: James Miller, Publisher, 1876.
Hardcover. Fraying to spine head and tail, some random foxing, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; English writer's homage to George Washington, on the occasion of the Centennial (1876). ""This play will be read to the public by the author during his present visit to..... More