FICTION / VICTORIAN from Chilton Books

London: Religious Tract Society, nd. (c.1883).. Victorian moral story of the evils of alcohol and importance of temperance. Pp.160/16(publisher's catalogue with several illustrations), black & white frontispiece plus other plates and vignette illustrations, presentation bookplate to front free endpaper has some foxing. Grey illustrated boards, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

London: T.Nelson & Sons, 1881.. Victorian moral tale extolling the virtues of domestic work and lessons from nature.Pp.182/10(publisher's catalogue), prize bookplate of "The Subscribers of the Wesleyn Sunday School, Hetheringham" to front free endpaper, endpapers browned. Red cloth with gilt title and illustrated blind-stamped cloth. G+.

London: The Sunday School Union, nd.(c.1900).. 5th edition. Victorian christian morals story. Pp.252/4(publisher's catalogue), brown floral endpapers, presentation message to reverse of front free endpaper, occasional minor light spotting. Red decorated and illustrated cloth. G+.

Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, nd. (c.1870).. Contents: The Cascade in the Woods; Clara Falkland: A Tale of 1665; Victor; Emma: A Tale of the French Revolution of 1793; Gaston de Foix; Birds; Adelaide: Or, the Judge's Daughter; The Deser Island; The Pastor's Story; Nellie. 17.5cms x 11.5cms x 1.5cms. All edges gilt. Pp.256, engraved title page, frontispiece and… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge & Co., 1856.. Ellen Montgomery's Bookshelf series. Casper was a miserable boy because his mother and brother all passed away. One day on a dusty country road, he met a lady who took him to visit Mrs. Cheerful, a blind lady but a happy Christian. To get acquainted with Mrs. Cheerful changed Casper's life. 15cms x… Read more about this item

London: Darton and Clark, nd. (c.1890).. Small children's Victorian fiction book. 14.5cms x 9.5cms. All edges gilt. Pp.213, engraved frontispiece + engraved vignettes to chapter headings, old dampstain to frontispiece, toning to pages. Red blind-stamped cloth with gilt title to spine and worn gilt illustration to front board. G+.

London: James Nisbet & Co Limited, nd. (c.1892).. Victorian stories of a lighthouse and sea rescue. Pp.377/2 publisher's listing of The Pilgrim series of books, black & white frontispiece illustration + 2 further illustrations by C.A.Bobbett, toning to pages. Red blind-stamped tulip-patterned cloth, gilt title to front and spine. G+.

London: Gardner, Darton & Co., nd. (c.1897).. By the author of 'Mademoiselle Mori', 'Atelier Du Lys', 'The Secret of Madame De Monlac', etc. Ex convent library. Pp.10, minor spotting mainly affecting preliminary pages and closed page edges,endpapers browned, armorial bookplate of Convent of the Immaculate Conception OSF Bocking Essex to inside front board. Dark gree cloth with light green… Read more about this item

London: Marcus Ward & Co, 1877.. 1st edition. By the author of "Little Ada's Jewels". Pp.256, colour title page and colour chromolithograph frontispiece + 4 black & white illustrated plates, owner's names to front free endpaper and reverse of frontispiece, spotting to endpapers and plain (second) title page occasional light spotting mainly affecting preliminaries and closed page edges,… Read more about this item

London: Grifith, Farran & Co, nd.(c.1888).. A moral tale founded on historical fact. 17cms x 1.5cms. Pp.128/16(ads for other publications), engraved frontispiece, gift message to front free endpaper, endpapers browned, cracking to front inner hinge but holding. Blue decorated cloth with gilt outlined title to front and spine, minor wear to top and tail of spine.Scarce. G+. … Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd, nd.(c.1900s).. By the author of "Laddie", "Tip-Cat", "Our Little Ann", "Pen", "Dear". Pp.92, line drawing frontispiece by Edith Ellison, browning to endpapers and spotting to closed page edges. Dark blue/green cloth with 'art nouveau' blind-stamped and gilt decorated title to front and spine, edges rubbed. G+. ** Evelyn Whitaker (1844 -… Read more about this item

London: SPCK, nd.(c.1895).. Victorian moral tale by the author of "The Oiled Feather". Ex-parish library. Pp.125, engraved frontispiece + 7 further plates, engraved head and tail pieces + historated capitals, inkstamp "NCRMANBY Parsh Library, 1895" to front free endpaper and pp.9/23/47/124/125 and to edge of illustration on p.110. Dark red leather spine, pink faded boards with faint blind-stamped… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co., nd.(c.1891).. All edges gilt. Pp.338/6(publisher's ads), engraved frontispiece with very minor spotting, spotting to tissue guard and preliminary pages, front free endpaper absent, endpapers browned. Red 'art-nouveau' style floral decoration in pink and green to front and spine, wear to spine/rear edge. Scarce. G+. **Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London - 23 April 1932,… Read more about this item

London:Charles H. Kelly, 1896.. A year in the life of a sickly Victorian schoolboy sent to his uncle's farm in the countryside for his health. Pp.64, occasional engraved illustrations throughout. Red cloth with white, yellow and orange flowers to front, boards a little rubbed. G+.

London: James Nisbet, 1883.. Victorian Fiction. Pp.249/8(ads), black & white frontispiece illustration + 2 further b/w illustrations, small advertisement pamphlet/bookmark for Nisbet publications loosely enclosed, mark to front free endpaper. Blue cloth decorated in black, gilt title to front and spine. VG.**Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London - 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English… Read more about this item

London: James Nisbet, 1875.. Victorian children's short stories written anonomously by Lady Augusta Noel ,wife of Ernest Noel and daughter of General George Thomas Keppel. Stories include: The Swallow's Story; The Peacock's Story; The Sparrow's Story; and The Seagull's Story. Pp.192, head and tailpiece illustrations by W.Harry Rogers, some spotting to closed page edges not affecting pages… Read more about this item