The Heroes

Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1856. 1st Edition . Fine. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Full brown morocco binding by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath (binder's name in gilt to rear turn-in). Spine has five raised bands, gilt ruled panels, gilt lettering, date to foot of spine. Single gilt fillet border to boards. Gilt fillet to board edges… Read more about this item

London: Relfe Brothers, Ltd, 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo. With notes by F. Gorse. Illustrated with a map and halftone plates. Prize binding, signed "Relfe Brothers, Limited, London" in contemporary green morocco with gold tooling on both boards, coat of arms with motto "In Hortis Reginae" stamped in gold on front board, gilt spine divided into six panels… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1902. Leather. Fine. 7" by 5". Charles Kingsley. Kingsley's classic retelling of the Greek stories of Perseus, the Argonauts and Theseus, in a prize binding from Wadham House, Hale. With a bookbinder's label for James Galt and Co, Manchester, to the front pastedown. Featuring a number of illustrations by the author.… Read more about this item

Thomas Nelson & SOns (n/d). Duodecimo faux leather covers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Cambridge: Macmillan, 1856. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Illustrated by the author. Tan cloth decorated in black. Textblock slightly rippled, bookseller's early clipped catalogue description tipped onto front fly with owner's contemporary inscription on verso, small dampstains on rear endpapers, boards moderately soiled with a few small stains, spine toned with several chips and tears, good only. Small bookplate… Read more about this item

The Medici edition was first published in London in 1912. This is the 8th printing. 9 mounted color plates protected with tissue guards and illustrated after the water-color drawings of W. Russell Flint. Light green cloth boards with circular embossed image to front board and title, author, illustrator and publisher in gilt on spine. Cloth discolored by age and slight… Read more about this item

London : Macmillan and Co. and New York, 1895. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Prize binding and label. Physical description; 218, [6], 56 p. ; 8vo. Subject; Children's stories, English.

London and New York : Macmillan, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Hinges starting. Corners sharp with an overall bright and clean impression. Physical description; xviii, 218 pages. Subjects; Mythology, Greek.

J.M. Dent/ E.P. Dutton, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. J.M. Dent/ E.P. Dutton 1970 reprint. Pages clean and bright, bindiung firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket, price clipped.

London: Ward Lock & Co Ltd, 1900. Faint inscription to half-title page and light fingermarks to a very few pages. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Mainly very clean very tight pages with slightly marked boards, clear gilt lettering and embossing to spine and front and rubbing to… Read more about this item

Hamlyn Classics, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 177 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt… Read more about this item

Gordon Martin, 1111. Hardcover. Good. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University, 1918. Reprint. Hardcover. very Good. Gift plate in front dated 1921. Herbert Strang's Library. xxiv, blank page then pages are numbered 27 to 255. Some foxing to page edges, end papers and only one or two spots inside. Red pictorial cloth covers. in grey and black. Spine slightly cocked.

J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1975-06. Hardcover. Good.

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1918 Book. Illus. by T H Robinson. Fair. Blue Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Everyman's Library No.113. Collection of stories of the Greek heroes first published in 1856. 229pp illustrated with 11 black and white drawings. Title page illustrated in black and white, decorated endpapers, top edges tinted.… Read more about this item

JM Dent and Co London . ND, Part of Everyman Childrens Collection. Elegant leather look, russet with everyman decorative logo, gilt lettering spine almost detached from cover top and base. Decorative inner front and rear covers and substantial on frontis. A retelling of the trials of Hercules, Perseus, Jason and Theseus.7x5", 229pp.

London: J.M. Dent, 1963. First thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. Edition of 1963, illustrated with four color plates and line drawings in the text by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Book is crisp and clean, as is dust jacket, with price intact at bottom of front flap. Decorative endpapers are repeated on the cloth boards. Stories about Greek… Read more about this item

Tan leather binding, red title plate. Gilt edging and banding with embossed Glasgow Academy emblem on front board. Illustrations in colour. Superbly illustrated The Heroes, Greek fairy tales (1856) - The Heroes (1856), a children's book about Greek mythology, The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The… Read more about this item

UK: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Limp Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 279pp plus publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Bound in blue rexine, gilt titles and medallion to spine, matching coloured upper text block edge, making for elegant volume. Not dated but likely 1930s. Minimal edge wear to covers;… Read more about this item

The Heroes or Greek fairy tales for my children by Charles Kingsley, including stories of Perseus, The Argonauts and Theseus, published by Blackie & Son Ltd, illustrated, some damage to spine.