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London: Adam & Charles Black. Very Good. 1897. Victoria Edition. Hardcover. Top gilt edges are faded, edges are roughcut and browned. Wear to the spines and boards, spine ends and corners are bumped. Foxing on the endpapers; the text blocks are generally clean, some damage to page edges where the pages have been separated after production and one old tape repair on Anne of Geierstein. ; Quarter leather binding by Relfe Brothers Limited awarded as a prize to A Farquharson by the Commercial Travellers' School in July 1906 (certificate on pastedown of Waverley) . Spines have been rebacked with gilt text and decoration: Waverley has a gilt decoration on the front board. Pink boards and green marbled endpapers. The 13 books are: 1. Waverley & Guy Mannering 2. The Antiquary & Rob Roy 3. Old Mortality & Black Dwarf 4. Ivanhoe & The Monastery 5. The Abbot & Kenilworth 6. The Pirate & Fortunes of Nigel 7. Peveril Of The Peak & Quentin Durward 8. St. Ronan's… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. The book is in very good condition, appears to be unread. The dust jacket is complete with only minor shelf wear, unclipped showing £18. Internally, the book is clean, free of markings and foxing. ; From the library of David Lodge. David John Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. ; 352 pages; Signed by Author .

San Francisco: City Light Books. Very Good. Card Covers. The covers are faded/sunned: creasing on left corners. The page edges are browned. ; Originally published in Dissent 1957. .

The story is sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with protagonist Walter Hartright employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives. The use of multiple narrators (including nearly all the principal characters) draws on Collins's legal training. The novel was listed at number 77 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. The book is firmly bound, page edges are foxed. The dust jacket is worn to the extremities, the spine is faded. Light toning to the endpapers, the text block is generally in very good condition.

London: Odhams Press Ltd.. Very Good. c1930. Hardcover. The book is firmly bound, page edges are foxed. The dust jacket is worn to the extremities, the spine is faded. Light toning to the endpapers, the text block is generally in very good condition. [ref: 82785 ] ; The story is sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with protagonist Walter Hartright employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives. The use of multiple narrators (including nearly all the principal characters) draws on Collins's legal training. The novel was listed at number 77 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. .

London: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. The book appears to be unread and is in very good condition. The dust jacket Is complete with only minor shelf wear; unclipped. ; Colour illustrations; 424 pages .

London: Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very Good. 1874. Hardcover. The spine is 5 ringed with gilt text and illustrations; re-backed. The books are in very good condition, tightly bound. Sporadic foxing throughout the books but generally clean and free of markings. ; 2 volumes in fine tree calf bindings. Gilt decorations around the edges of the front and rear boards. Illustrated by an extensive series of portraits and authentic views with a complete life of the poet. An essay on his genius and character by professor Wilson. Numerous notes, annotations, and appendices. Decorative page edges and end papers. 83 engraved plates by various artists, including a frontispiece and vignette title page to each volume, and a facsimile example of Burns' handwriting. Text printed in two columns. .

London: Galley Beggar Press. Very Good. 2016. First Edition. Paperback. The book Is tightly bound. Internally clean, free of markings and foxing. ; From the library of David Lodge. David Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. Inscribed to Lodge on the title page. ; 204 pages; Signed by Author .