Resultados de búsqueda: Collectable Fiction from Washburn Books

London: J M Dent & Co, 1908 Book. Good. Red Leather Boards. Third Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Third edition of the novel first published in 1853. Red textured leather boards, gilt art nouveau design and lettering to spine, top edges gilt, patterned endpapers. Boards somewhat bowed, slight rubbing to spine and corners, creasing to some corners and suning to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

Frederick Warne & Co Book. Very Good. Decorated Red Boards. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Undated volume, circa 1887, published in several different coloured decorative boards with gilt drawing. Novel by the Cornish author and Methodist minister. Gilt lettering to spine, black floral design to rear board, all edges gilt. 238pp illustrated with black and white drawings. Some bumping to spine and corners, spine slightly dulled and gift inscription to endpaper, otherwise very good copy..

London & Wakefield: W Nicholson & Sons Ltd Book. Good. Maroon Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Christian-based novel first published in the USA in 1894 by the American Congregationalist minister, author of 'In His Steps - What Would Jesus Do?' Undated UK edition, circa 1898. Gilt lettering and blind stamped pattern to front board and spine. 294pp illusttrated with black and white drawing to first page. Bumping to spine and corners, 1/2" tear to top of backstrip and marking to page edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Oxford University Press, 1934 Book. Very Good. Green Leatherette Boards. First Thus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Novel by the author of 'The Lonely Plough', first published in 1913. World's Classics Series No. 419. 270pp.Gilt lettering to spine, edges tinted, corners rounded. Slight lean to spine and minor rubbing to base of spine, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1968 Book. Very Good. Grey Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Novel set against the background of Fleet Street in the 1960s. The title is taken from the song by Geoff Stephens. 286pp. Black lettering to spine. Slight forward lean and minor bumping to spine and slightly darkened panels to endpapers, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has some edgewear, otherwise good..

London: The Religious Tract Society Book. Fair. Blue Decorated Boards. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Unattributed evangelical novel, undated edition but gift inscription to front endpaper dated 1862. 89pp, illustrated with black and white drawings. Gilt design and lettering to front board and spine. Bumping and rubbing to spine and corners, spine slanted, split to front edge of backstrip and some foxing to edges and margins, otherwise fair reading copy..

London: Michael Joseph, 1950 Book. Good. Red Cloth Boards. First Cheap Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A 'Mrs Bradley' detective novel first published in 1947. 263pp. Faded lettering and crease to spine, some marking to edges, slight foxing to edges and endpapers and back board slightly bowed, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Gibbings and Company Ltd, 1896 Book. Poor. Burgundy Buckram. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 341pp, illustrated with black and white plates. Gilt lettering and design to front board, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Hinges open, several pages detached and title page missing. Former owner's name to endpaper. Fair/poor copy..

London: Smith Elder & Co, 1872 Book. Poor. Half Bound in Blue Leather. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Collection of stories by the author of 'John Halifax, Gentleman', Blue leather spine and corners over marbled boards, marbled endpapers and page edges. Five raised bands to spine with gilt design. Gilt title on red labels to segments 2 & 3. 382pp. Boards detached. Rubbing to spine, edges and corners. Text block good, uninscribed copy, but binding poor..

London & New York: The Walter Scott Publishing Co Ltd Book. Good. Blue Decorated Boards. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Undated edition of the best-selling Victorian novel by the English writer Ellen Wood (1814-1887), originally serialised in 1860-61 and first published in three volumes in 1861. 520pp illustrated with black and white plates. Blue boards decorated with orange, green and black floral design. All edges gilt, black endpapers. Spine faded, front endpaper has been removed with pinking shears, minor bumping to spine and corners and slight foxing present to edges and margins, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Secker & Warburg, 1963 Book. Very Good. Turquoise Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Novel set in an exclusive finishing school on the French Riviera. 127pp. Silver lettering to spine. Minimal bumping to spine and small stain to top edges and endpaper, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ very good in clear protective wrapper..

London: W Nicholson & Sons Book. Fair. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated novel by the American writer Laura Jean Libbey (1862-1924). 266pp. Gilt title to top board and spine. Forward lean to spine, bumping to spine and corners, hinges open, endpapers darkened and edges soiled, otherwise scarce reading copy of this book. .

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1935 Book. Good. Black Leather Binding. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Single volume, comprising The Man of Property, In Chancery and To Let. 1104pp with fold out Forsyte family tree. Gilt lettering and JG emblem to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Top edges gilt, navy ribbon marker (detached). Spine rubbed and faded, rubbing to corners, 2" tear and crease to fold-out page and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise good copy with clean text block..

London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, 1898 Book. Illus. by W H C Groome. Good. Blue Decorated Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Family story, author unattributed, in the Chatterbox Library series, in Victorian binding of blue boards decorated with a red, yellow and black drawing and gilt lettering to top board and spine. 148pp illustrated with 4 black and white drawings by the prolific illustrator and watercolourist William Henry Charles Groome (1884-1917). Forward lean to spine, some bumping and fraying to spine and corners, marking to edges and Sunday School prize certificate dated 1899 to pastedown, otherwise good..

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1912 Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Novel in the Nelson Library of Copyright Fiction by the Scottish author Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864-1916), who volunteered for the Red Cross at the outbreak of the First World War and wrote extensively about the plight of refugees from the Armenian genocide, before contracting a fatal illness abroad. 314pp illustrated with colour drawing to frontis. Blind stamped design to top board and spine, gilt lettering to spine, green illustration to endpapers. Slight bumping to spine, corners and edges, marking to page edges, rough creasing to some top corners and white marking to top board and spine, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is unclipped, with some edge and surface wear and hole to rear panel, otherwise fair in clear protective cover..

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1952 Book. Good. Red Cloth Boards. 16th Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. One of the author's Cornish novels, set in a fishing village. 206pp. Bumping and rubbing to spine and corners, spine faded, page edges browned and fading cup rings to front board, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1932 Book. Good. Beige Linen Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Florin Books edition of the romantic novel first published in 1917. 288pp. Forward lean to spine, some bumping to spine and corners and top edges dusty, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. .

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1896 Book. Illus. by F H Townsend. Good. Burgundy Buckram. Presumed First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Seventh and final novel by the English novelist and poet Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866), first published in 1861 after being serialised in 1860. 291pp illustrated with 40 black and white drawings. Introduction by George Saintsbury. Gilt lettering to top board and spine. Top edges dusty, rest untrimmed. Some bumping and rubbing to spine and corners, some foxing and darkened panels to endpaper and markings present of the Bernard Gilpin Society, otherwise good copy..

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons Book. Illus. by George Morrow. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Fantasy satire first published in 1726. Undated edition in the Nelson Classics series, illustrated with 16 black and white drawings by George Morrow. Bright gilt lettering to spine. Some bumping to spine, corners and edges and a few turned corners, otherwise good clean copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has two 1" tears to top edges repaired with tape, several other smaller nicks and rubbing to edges..

Wakefield: William Nicholson and Sons Book. Fair. Decorated Brown Boards. Presumed First English Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Novel by the prolific termperance movement writer, first published in the USA in 1858. Undated UK edition, possibly circa 1860 in the Uniform Edition with decorated boards, with wreath design and coloured decal glued in. All edges gilt. 316pp illustrated with colour drawing to frontis. Rubbing to spine, edges and corners, fraying at top of backstrip, hinges showing and slight slant to spine, otherwise fair copy for age..