Search Results: Authors starting with H from Richard Beaton

London: S. P. C. K. [Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge]/Frederick Warne, 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. The Story of Yves. A Breton Legend (1887). First Edition: S. P. C. K., Undated [1887]. Bound (second in volume) with: HABBERTON, John: Helen's Babies; With Some Account of Their Ways, Innocent, Crafty, Angelic, Impish [,] Witching and Repulsive, Also a Partial Record of Their Actions During Ten Days of Their Existence by Their Latest Victim (1876). Frederick Warne & Co., nd. With illustrations by H. Tuck, engraved by Dalziel Brothers. Two volumes bound as one in late C19th maroon leather over light red cloth covered boards; green endpapers. Cloth sunned on boards, name (in red) on first blank leaf, a little faint foxing, very good..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1877. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Authorized Edition. Dated 1877, but later (probably c 1890). Second issue: Todd [1689b]. Series half-title bound in. Late C19th black leather over marbled boards; marbled endpapers. Edges lightly rubbed, a little tanning on prelims, small stamp on corner of half-title, very good.

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1896. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Two volumes bound as one in late C19th brown leather over brown marbled paper-covered boards. Paper chipped on corners and edges of rewar board, title and decorations uneven on spine (see photos), good. Todd [3143a/44]. First issues: series half-titles bound in..

London: Cassell & Co., 1919. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original undecorated brown cloth, lettered blind on front boards, in gilt on spine. Spine and spine edge of front board sunned, a little speckling on front board, signature (1919) on front free endpaper, good. A fantasy adventure..

London: Cassell & Co., 1911. Book. Good. Hardcover. Original green cloth, lettered in black. Spine ends a little rubbed, paper tanned throughout, otherwise good..

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition.. Original red cloth, lettered in black (front board) and gilt (spine); patterned endpapers. Spine lightly sunned with two tiny chips at head, otherwise very good. Binding is the same as for the first edition..

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907. Book. Illus. by J. R. Skelton. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine and top edge of front board sunned, a number of small marks on boards, tiny nicks on spine ends, a little foxing, good. Publisher's catalogue for Autumn 1907 at end of volume. Unusually the illustrations are double-sided (ie on plate paper, but one on each side, rather than only on one side, as is the normal practice)..

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907. Book. Illus. by J. R. Skelton. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Illustrated. Privately rebound in black buckram with "Ship's Library" blindstamped in centre of front board. Lightly scuffed, moderate foxing, undated signature on front free endpaper, good..

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1895. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 20 illustrations by F. S. Wilson. Original black cloth on bevelled boards, lettered in gilt; black endpapers. Boards faintly sunned, tiny nicks/chips on spine ends, bubble to cloth on rear board, some foxing, ripple to page edges in second half of book light stain on last few pages and catalogue: fair/good. Publisher's catalogue dated July 1895 at end..

London: Richard Bentley, 1852. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Original blindstamped green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers with publisher's booklists. Tiny nick at head of spine, a little light foxing, very good. Haliburton was a Nova Scotian writer (although he emigrated to England in 1856). The three collections of stories satirising Americans and Canadians that make up The Clockmaker originally appeared in separate "series" in 1837, 1838, & 1840. This edition contains all three series..

London: Richard Bentley, 1853. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition, The Parlour Book-Case. Original green cloth with blindstamped decorations on boards, elaborately lettered and decorated in gilt on spine; yellow endpapers. Spine faintly sunned, corners bumped, a few light marks, undated signatures on front pastedown, rear inner joint paper lightly cracked, good. The three series are separately paginated. This was the first volume in a relatively short-lived series which ended a year later. Undated publisher's catalogue bound in at end listing 17 titles in the Parlour Bookcase series and 122 titles in the Standard Novels series..

London: Macmillan & Co., 1909. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition.. Original light blue cloth with blindstamped design on front board and gilt decoration on spine. Minor scuffing, otherwise very good..

London: W. & R. Chambers, 1869. Book. Good. Hardcover. Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spines, blindstamped borders on boards, yellow endpapers. Frontispiece. Lateral tear (without loss) to frontispiece, otherwise clean, bright copy.

London: W. & R. Chambers, 1869. Book. Good. Hardcover. Original blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spines, blindstamped borders on boards, yellow endpapers. Frontispiece. A number of pale spots on boards and spine, fair.

London: Thomas Nelson, 1866. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Unspecified but probably second issue. Illustrated. Original dark green cloth, with blindstamped framing and gilt decorations on front board, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine, cream endpapers. Gift inscription (1866) on front free endpaper, minimal foxing, near fine. A collection of ten short stories, which had originally appeared in periodicals: The Mountain Daisy, The Fisherman, The Rose of Fennock Dale, The For Saleier's Wife, The Story of Elwin, Annie Leslie, We'll See About It, The Anxious Wife, Alice Stanley & Seven and Seventeen.The title was apparently originally used for a miscellaneous collection of stories by various authors, and then issued again in 1865 in the present format. In 1868 Nelson reissued the book (reducing the number of stories to nine by omitting Annie Leslie); changing the order and renaming the book Alice Stanley and Other Stories (under which title it is -- somewhat misleadingly -- listed as a… Read More

London: W. & R. Chambers, 1869. Book. Good. Hardcover. Original blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spines, blindstamped borders on boards, yellow endpapers. Frontispiece. Boards lightly speckled, otherwise good..

London: Thomas Nelson, 1868. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. "With Fine Steel Engravings". Original lilac cloth on bevelled boards with blindstamped framing, lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers. Spine sunned with ancient repair to tips, inner joint papers cracked (but joints tight), gift inscription (1869) on front free endpaper, good. Nine stories: Alice Stanley, The Fisherman, The For Saleier's Wife, Seven and Seventeen, The Rose of Fennock Dale, The Anxious Wife, We'll See About It, The Story of Edwin the Exile of Deira..

London: Macmillan & Co., 1869. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Mid C19th rebinding in blue leather over maroon cloth; raised bands and gilt ruling on spine; marbled endpapers. Light foxing in text, otherwise clean and tight; chip to leather at head of spine, and lacking title label, thus only fair. A Victorian argument for ecumenism: the novel sets out the case for the general union of Christian churches, and an end to bigotry and disputes caused by doctrinal disagreements. Scarce..

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1902. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Illustrated. Original blindstamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Light scuffing, light foxing, trace of removed bookplate on front pastedown, good. Historical novel dealing with the youth and kingship of Henry V (covering some of the same ground as Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts I & II and Henry V) and attempting to delineate the true character of "Falstaff"..

London: William Heinemann, 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original green cloth, framed and decorated in black and light green, lettered in gilt on spine. Light scuffing, undated inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise very good..