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ROUND THE FIRE, as contained in volumes 15, 16, & 17 of The Strand Magazine, January, 1898, to June 1899.
London: George Newnes Ltd, 1898-9. Three volumes. Original publisher's blue pictorial cloth, gilt. 4o. Three clean, fresh copies, without foxing or inscriptions. Small nick in the front panel of volume 15; small insect mark on one page; some light marking to the rear panel of volume 17; else an excellent set. These volumes are very heavy and will incur extra postage; please contact us directly for a quotation. Round The Fire Stories was not published as a separate volume until 1908.
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RUNAWAYS AND CASTAWAYS. Illustrations by F. D. Bedford.
London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co Ltd, 1908. Hardcover with original pictorial dust-wrapper. xxx, 310 pages., plus [14] ad's. Colour frontispiece and title-page. Black & white illustrations throughout. Original pictorial red cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Endpapers lightly foxed; wrapper edges and corners have some very small chips; wrapper spine has some light fading; else a very good copy in a splendidly bright pictorial gilt binding.
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SKETCHES: Prose and Rhyme.
London.. Strood: Whiting & Co. Sweet & Sons, 1899. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 188 + 4 list of subscribers] pages. original decorative cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Spine just a little faded; binding a little rubbed; name on endpaper; else very good. Scarce title by the author of a History of Strood.
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SLAY-RIDE.
London.Michael Joseph. 1973. First edition. A near fine copy in a like unprice-clipped dust-wrapper.
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SPRIGS OF SHILLELAH. Adventures in Ireland. Reprinted from the "People's Friend."
Dundee and London: John Leng & Co., Ltd, 1907. Softcover. 159, [1 ad'] pages. Original pictorial wrappers. Octavo. First edition in book form. Couple of spots on fore-edge, else an outstandingly fine copy.
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SUGAR FOR THE HORSE. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
London: Michael Joseph, 1957. Hardcover. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Light browning on endpapers along line of wrapper flap; few light spots on endpapers; wrapper very slightly worn on top edge; else a very good copy.
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SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF BAMPFYLDE-MOORE CAREW, King of the Beggars: containing his life, a dictionary of the cant language, and other particulars of that extraordinary man.
Falmouth: John Burton, Merchant, No date [circa 1850/60]. 311 pages, plus 4 leaves of wood-engravings of animals at end. Original drab cloth with black lettering and decoration to the spine. 13 x 8.8 cm. Spine a little faded; else a very good copy of a scarce provincial printing.
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SUSPENSE. With an introduction by Richard Curle.
London; Toronto.J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1925. [iv], ix, [2], 3-303pp + 4pp adverts to rear. Black & White frontispiece. Original cloth gilt with original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Some foxing to fore-edges; a few tiny chips and tears to dust-wrapper; else an excellent copy.
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THE ANNALS OF A BABY. How it was named; how it was nursed; how it was a tyrant; and how its nose got out of joint. Also, a few words about its aunties, its grandfathers, grandmothers, and other important relations. By one of its slaves. A companion to "Helen's Babies."
New York: G. W. Carleton & Co. Hardcover. 226, [6] ad's dated 1877. Original brown cloth with lettering and decoration to the panels in black; lavender endpapers. Octavo. First edition. Bookplate of Mildred Greenhill. Light wear to head & heel of spine; lightly bumped at corners; else a very good copy.
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THE AUTHORESS. A Tale. By the Author of "Rachel."
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1819. vii, [1 blank], 168 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half sheep. 12mo. First edition. Frontispiece and title spotted, with some offsetting; some occasional spotting her & there throughout; binding rubbed and worn; ownership inscriptions on endpapers; else good plus. Quite scarce in first edition.
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THE AVONDALE MYSTERY.
Manchester: Sinclair & Miller, No date [circa 1900]. 48 pages, plus ad's at front and rear and some interspersed throughout. Original printed wrappers. Octavo. Wrapper chipped; staples rusting; else a very good copy of this murder mysery. No copy found in COPAC.
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THE CHURCH THAT WAS AT ANTIOCH.
Short story contained in the London Magazine, for August, 1929. Spine worn, with substantial loss of paper to heel of spine, and a small amount to head; else, a very good copy. Also contains, among others, a short story by Phillips Oppenheim, entitled the £1,000,000 Deposit.
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THE COLLECTOR'S BOOK OF DETECTIVE FICTION. Photographs by Gabriel Monro.
London.Studio Vista. 1972. 143pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and in black & white. Original cloth gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Quarto. Two old diagonal creases in front free endpaper; else a fine copy in a like wrapper.
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THE EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER GERARD, as contained in volumes 9 & 10 of The Strand Magazine, January to December 1895.
London: George Newnes Ltd, 1895. Two volumes. Original publisher's blue pictorial cloth, gilt. 4to. Two clean, fresh copies, without foxing, in clean bright bindings without inscriptions or damage. These volumes are very heavy and will incur extra postage; please contact us directly for a quotation. The first separate publication of this novel wasn't until 1896.
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THE FACES IN THE FIRE; A STORY OF THE SEASON. By Redgap. With Illustrations by T. H. Nicholson.
London: Willoughby and Co, No date. (1849?). x, [2], [1], 2 - 165pp. Illustrated with four hand-coloured plates, including pictorial title; and other engravings. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. a.e.g. 16mo. First edition. Front hinge just cracking; head of spine and corners a little bumped and with some wear; neat ownership inscription for 1852 on half-title; else a very attractive copy with finely coloured plates. Difficult to find with the original cloth binding in this condition.An attempt to imitate the success of the Christmas books of Charles Dickens.
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THE GONDOLIERS or The King of Barataria. With coloured illustrations by W. Russell Flint.
London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1912. With 8 full-page coloured plate by Russell Flint. Original decorative cloth, gilt. Quarto. First edition. Tiny wear hole in spine; and another on lower cover; couple of small damp marks on lower board; else a very copy - internally excellent.
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THE HERMIT: or, the unparalleled sufferings, and surprizing adventures, of Philip Quarll, and Englishman: who was discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island, in the South-Sea; where he lived above fifty years, without any human assistance. Containing I. His Conference with those who found him out; to whom he recites the most material circumstances of his life; as, that he was born in the parish of St. Giles, educated by the charitable contribution of a lady, and put ’prentice to a locksmith. II. How he left his master, and took up with a notorious house-breaker, who was hanged; how, after his escape, he went to sea a cabin-boy, married a famous whore, listed himself a common soldier, turned a singing-master, and married three wives, for which he was tried and condemned, at the Baily. III. How he was pardoned by K. Charles II. turned merchant, and was shipwrecked on a desolate island on the coast of Mexico. With a curious frontispiece. The Fifth Edition.
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THE INCOMPLETE AMORIST A Novel.
LondonArchibald Constable and Co. Ltd, 1906. viii, [1], 2-311pp, [1], [1], [7pp ad's.] First edition. Original red cloth gilt. Octavo. Some spotting and occasional foxing throughout; spine mellowed; bookplate. A good, tight copy.
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THE INNOCENT MOON.
London.Macdonald and Co. 1961. 415pp. Original red cloth, silver gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Head of spine very slightly chipped and with a one centimetre tear; very light dust-soiling to rear panel; else a very good copy - the wrapper unprice-clipped.
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THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER.
London: W.H. Allen, 1959. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. First reprint, same month as first issue. Fore-edges browned; some spotting on half-title; wrapper a little browned; else very good.
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