Beggars on Horseback by Ross, Martin; Somerville, E. O. E

Lector House, 2021-06-05. Paperback. Used:Good.

Lector House, 2021-06-05. Paperback. Used: Good.

William Blackwood and Sons, 1895. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1895. No edition remarks. 186 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Heavy cracking to gutters and hinges. Missing front endpaper. Mild thumb-marking present. Mild water staining to pages throughout. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild loss to ends. Book has forward lean. Pen to spine.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-02-21. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-02-21. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

William Blackwood And Sons, Edinburgh And London, MDCCXCV [1895]. All Rights reserved.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 'Authors Of An Irish Cousin, Through Connemara, The Real Charlotte, Etc. Etc. With Numerous Illustrations By E. OE. Somerville.' vi, 186, 32 p., illus. incl. plates; rough saxe blue linen covers, pictorial front stamped in black, spine stamped in gold; 19.5 cm.; spine a bit darkened, corners bumped, spine ends slightly worn, covers lightly soiled. Internally clean & good. The last 32 pages are Catalogue of Messrs Blackwood & Sons... Publications. Hudson p. 14-15 says 1575 copies were printed. 'In Irish Memories I have admitted that these amateur-gipsy tours are not altogether as enjoyable as our accounts of them might lead the artless reader to imagine. They demand iron endurance, the temper of Mark Tapley, and the will to survive of Robinson Crusoe. I do not say that we possessed these attributes, but we realized their necessity.' 101328.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Edinburgh, Scotland: William Blackwood and Sons, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus / Near Fine slipcase. E. OE. Sommerville. Small octavo, 7.75 in. x 5.25 in., pp. vi, 186, 1-32 (advertising). Light blue cloth boards with black title and two horse riders to cover; gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities and sunning to spine. Bottom corners nudged; small dent to base of front board. Slight spine lean. Front free endpaper partially detached at hinge. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Recent dark blue cloth-covered slipcase. Edith Anna Œnone Somerville (2 May 1858 - 8 October 1949) was an Irish novelist who habitually signed herself as "E. Œ. Somerville". The eldest of eight children, Somerville grew up in Drishane, Castletownshend, County Cork, She is said to have dominated her sister and brothers in a family where women were encouraged to be bold. She received her primary education at home, and then attended Alexandra College in Dublin. In 1884,… Read More

Edinburgh & London 1895 Blackwood. Sm.8vo., 186pp., illustrated by Edith Somerville, ads, illustrated boards. Owner signed on half title. VG, light soiling. .