Search Results: Authors starting with N from Richard Beaton

London: John Murray, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original red cloth, framed in grey on front board, lettered and decorated in grey and gilt on spines. Lightly scuffed, inscription (1911) on front free endpaper, otherwise very good. "[Napier's] speciality was the moral contamination of innocent young women by their worldly elders" (Edwardian Fiction). The novel has a particularly memorable last line: "And the little puffins, far out at sea, said "Aaaarh!".

London: W. H. Dalton, 1842. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Mid C19th crimson leather over marbled boards; raised bands and black leather title label on spine; marbled endpapers. Extremities scuffed, spine sunned, inscription (1849) on half-title, good. Domestic novel interspersed with religious musings. Published anonymously as "by the author of the Life Book of a Labourer..

London: Henry Lea, 1860. Book. Good. Hardcover. Undated (c1860?). "With embellishments on steel drawn and engraved by Phiz". Mid-C19th dark green leather over marbled boards; raised bands and gilt decorations on spine; marbled endpapers; all edges marbled. Corners rubbed, some small scratches on boards, light foxing, good. Paul Periwinkle is a lively naval adventure novel in the Marryat mould. Issued anonymously as "by the author of Cavendish". The dating of the Lea edition is uncertain (no copies in COPAC)..

London: Duckworth & Co., 1912. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reader's Library. Original blue cloth. A few light marks, faint sunning to spine, a few foxing spots, signature (1941) on front free endpaper; a good, clean copy. Stories and occasional pieces by the author of Neighbours of Ours.

London: John Murray, 1929. Book. Good. Hardcover. Fourth Impression. Original blue cloth. Some insect damage to corners, undated signature on front free endpaper, good. Original blue dustwrapper, lettered in red. Faintly sunned on spine a few light marks, a light crease, good/very good. A mildly fantastical novel in which characters from the past and the (Edwardian) present meet..

London: John Murray, 1929. Book. Good. Hardcover. Fourth Impression. Original blue cloth. Some insect damage to corners, undated signature on front free endpaper, good. Original blue dustwrapper, lettered in red. Faintly sunned on spine a few light marks, a light crease, good/very good. A mildly fantastical novel in which characters from the past and the (Edwardian) present meet..

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1909. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. First Edition, but apparently in secondary binding: plain green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. No publisher's name at foot of spine. Spine lightly sunned, undated signature on front free endpaper, light foxing, good. Historical novel set at the end of the C14th in the reign of Richard II. Written in a clear modern idiom rather than in fake medieval..

London: Jarrold & Sons, 1896. Book. Good. Hardcover. Greenback Series No 30. Original dark green cloth, with title and series blindstamped on front board. Lightly scuffed, a little shaken, front free endpaper tipped in, otherwise good. Originally serialised in Chambers's Journal and then issued as a three-decker by Tinsley in 1878..

London.: Newman Wolsey, 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original navy blue cloth. Spine ends scuffed, with lettering dulled, partial Boot's Booklover's Library sticker on front board, good..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1915. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Leading article on Friedrich Nietzsche. Original card wrappers. Condition: good.

London: Ward & Downey, 1892. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 3rd Edition.. YELLOWBACK. Third edition. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Light general wear, paper lightly browned throughout, but lacks spine/backstrip. Thus only a fair binding, but otherwise a good reading copy of an uncommon title..

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1906. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Impression. Illustrated. Original beaded blue cloth, blindstamped title on front board, lettered in gilt on spine. Lightly marked at foot of spine, light foxing, very good. Noble's maritime fiction -- with its psychological interest in bravery and cowardice -- has been compared to that of Joseph Conrad. Indeed, the two authors corresponded..

London & Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1908. Book. Good. Hardcover. Third Impression. Original blue cloth, lettered in black and gilt. Lightly scuffed, small dent to front board, undated signature on front pastedown, foxing spots, good+. A nautical novel. "It has the very spirit of the sea in every page" (The Observer).

London: Macmillan & Co., 1870. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Frontispiece by Sir Noel Paton. Later pinky-brown cloth, with leather title label on spine. Cloth darkened, chip to title label, faint stamps for Neath Boys Club on prelims, owner's signature (1870) on title page, good. Published anonymously..

London: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 7d Modern Fiction (pocket edition). Undated (c1910). Frontispiece. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Paper lightly browned, otherwise very good..

London: Caxton Publishing Co, 1910. Book. Good. Hardcover. Original dark red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. Extremities scuffed, light marks on boards, oval stamp on front pastedown and at end of Introduction, good. Originally published in two volumes by Ward & Downey in 1891, this is a one-volume re-issue in Caxton's Library of Modern Writers. There is a frontispiece photograph of the author, and an (anonymous) introduction to the author and his works..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1900. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Early C20th binding in black cloth, over mottled black and white glazed paper. Printed paper label to spine. Stamps for a school library in Gottingen on prelims, lightly sunned on board edges, otherwise a crisp, tight, bright copy, good. Todd [3448a]. First issue. Series half-title bound in..

London: Methuen & Co.,, 1900. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original fine-ribbed red cloth, lettered in gilt. Sunned along top edge of front board, and lightly on spine, ink-spot on top edges, names in pencil on half-title, faint trace of removed bookplate on front pastedown, good. Publisher's catalogue dated November 1899 bound in at end. Eight short stories..

London: Methuen & Co., 1891. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. "Methuen's Novel Series", Volume 10. Original royal blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Corners scuffed, a few light marks, very good. Wolff [5154]: "A good collection, the second in particular very striking". Contains: Jack's Father, The Romance of Paulitino, Mysterious Mrs Wilson, The Wingham Case, A Queer Business, Clever Lady Sophia, Poor Harry..

London: William Heinemann, 1896. Book. Good. Hardcover. First One-Volume Edition.. Original fine-ribbed green cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine and board edges lightly sunned, front free endpaper tipped in, undated inscription, good. One of Norris's most successful novels (a sentimental romance), running through three two-volume editions and this one-volume reprint in 1896 alone..