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COLLECTION of 36 FIRST Editions

by BALLANTYNE, R.M. (Robert Michael)

Price: £6,500.00 ($ 12,922.00)

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London.: T.Nelson. Nisbet & Others, 1848-1893 40 RARE BOOKS by The father of BOYS ADVENTURE STORIES. inc 36 FIRST EDITIONS, most rare and almost unprocurable anywhere in any format. 4 not firsts, but technically amongst the earliest copies probably being offered on any internet book site. WORKS being offered in this unique package are as follows: HUDSON'S BAY: or, Everyday life in the Wilds, 1st trade edition. 1848. (The first edition published in Edinburgh in 1848 was privately printed for the author and his close friends and family) this the first to be printed in London same year, (also AUTHORS FIRST BOOK) + SIX MONTHS at the CAPE 1879 (Travel book, non-fiction VERY RARE), THE WALRUS HUNTERS 1893, THE GIANT of the NORTH 1882, SNOWFLAKES and SUNBEAMS; or, THE YOUNG FUR TRADERS 1856,(VERY RARE), ERLING the BOLD 1869, The HOT SWAMP 1892, THE YOUNG TRAWLER 1882, THE BATTERY and the BOILER 1883, BLOWN to BITS 1889, The BIG OTTER 1887, BLACK IVORY 1873, MARTIN RATTLER (1858) 1859 on title, IN The TRACK of the TROOPS 1878, FLOATING LIGHT of the GOODWIN SANDS 1870, UNGAVA 1858, The ROVER of the ANDES 1885, DUSTY DIAMONDS 1884, BATTLES with the SEA 1883, PHILOSOPHER JACK 1880, BLUE LIGHTS or, HOT WORK in the SUDAN 1888, RIVERS of ICE 1875, The BUFFALO RUNNERS 1891, The SETTLER and the SAVAGE 1877, RED ROONEY 1886, CHARLIE to the RESCUE 1890 THE ISLAND QUEEN 1885, POST HASTE 1880, THE IRON HORSE 1871, THE GORILLA HUNTERS 1861 (first fictional story featuring the Gorilla, anywhere in Western Literature), THE PIRATE CITY 1874, The WILD MAN of the WEST 1863, PERSONAL REMINISCENCES (biography) 1891, The COXWAINS BRIDE 1891, The PRAIRIE CHIEF, 1886, HUNTED and HARRIED 1890, The KITTEN PILGRIMS 1879, ALSO to include Another copy of HUDSONS BAY 1876 + The CORAL ISLAND 1861, 3rd edition,The DOG CRUSOE and HIS MASTER 1869, 3rd edition. IMPORTANT TO NOTE: A NUMBER of these titles have been in the possession of Mr ERIC Quayle the famous Ballantyne biographer, advocate and collector. THE GIANT of the NORTH has his bookplate to inner front board and a SIGNASTURE of BALLANTYNE on piece tipped into the front enpaper of the book. The ROVER of the ANDES, RED ROONEY, THE ISLAND QUEEN also have the authors "Ballantyne's" signatures tipped in on piece from letters. ALL BOOK titles have been checked for completeness and are sold as collated. They are all in their ORIGINAL cloth. Condition varies from FINE to FAIR, MOST being VERY GOOD+, just the odd title rubbed and/or worn, full and precise details will be provided upon request. Some foxing to some titles. No modern inscriptions occur and contemporary inscriptions ignored for the purposes of this advert, but details can be provided. (NONE noticed to be a detraction). ALL are octavo,(approx 7 x 5 inches or larger) to collect these titles today would take years, even with the advent of the NEW web sites offering everything in multiples. I can honestly say many of these titles seen at present, on current web sites ARE NOT firsts and the wording is misleading or just erroneous, most are listed as firsts out of ignorance and lack of dates present with the books (mostly an indication of a later printing) and also NOT checking binding states. I GUARANTEE this COLLECTION with my experience of 30 years of selling books, coupled with this web site and my personal integrity. I would not wish to sell something not as advetised. The importance of this collection cannot be stressed. This writer personally changed the reading habits of under 18 year old boys in the 19th century. His pioneering work in offering tales for boys of a certain age. Publishers for the first time started to produce books aimed at BOYS only, and with his diligent researching of the the backgrounds for nearly all his stories, all combined to made him a legendary figure in his lifetime. His story CORAL ISLAND influenced Robert L Stevenson to write TREASURE ISLAND.A Good investment. One of the few areas on the major web sites where copies of these books either appear in small numbers, less than a handful of copies or not at all. Copies of the earlier part 19th century seem to NOT appear or are re-bound, or are so worn that as a collector, you can find it easy to ignore. THESE ARE IN A SUPERIOR condition in the main. BOUGHT as a a collection from a retired teacher. Collected lovingly over 40 years.**** NOTE*****xxxxx BONUSxxxxx:::: with this order THE THREE KITTENS 1859 and LIFE of a SHIP 1861, both "first editions in original cloth" will be included FREE with this collection + 4 "Ballantynes Miscellany SERIES" books also included FREE. ALSO NOTE** The GORILLA HUNTERS in GREEN CLOTH is a VARIANT not in SADLEIR, NOTE: COPY sold in London for over £560, 2-3 years ago. And Six Months at the Cape recently sold for £340+ premium at a March 2006 Sale of the last of the Eric Quayle books in a BONHAMS Oxford book auction. This copy offered here in this collection is in really FINE condition. 36 First Editions. Illus. by Author and Others.