Resultados de búsqueda: Literature from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

London: John Westhouse, 1947 Book. Illus. by Brian Robb. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tan cloth on boards. DJ lightly worn head and foot of spine. No writing. Covers slightly warped. 221 pp..

Oxford: Voltaire Foundation; Taylor Institution, 1986 Book. Illus. by Plates of Various Pages. Very Good. Card Covers. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White (blank) softcover. Part of the Complete Works. French and English. 542 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage..

London: Henry Frowde/U. Of Oxford, 1909 Book. Illus. by Maps. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. The Spanish Military Nun, Revolt of the Tartars, De Quincey's Postscript to The Spanish Military Nun, De Quincey's Notes, Editor's Notes, and two maps, The Wanderings of the Spanish Military Nun and The Flight of the Tartars. 164 pp..

London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited Book. Illus. by Phiz. Very Good. Hardcover. First (No. 32 of 500 copies). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth on boards, with paper spine labels. Limited edition. One of the sought-after military novels of this author. First written in 1844, it is the story of an Irishman who seeks glory serving under the colours of France. On graduating from a military academy, he enters the ranks of the 8th Hussars. By accident he becomes involved in political intrigue, which with further military action occupies the balance of his active life. He resigns briefly, then returns to the fray long enough to see Napoleon exiled. Offered a general's rank, he refuses to fight for the Bourbons and retires. 498 and 493 pp. respectively, in the two volumes. Heavy books will need extra postage. No writing, and only normal hand soil to these volumes from a medical doctor's library. Others listed separately..

London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited Book. Illus. by Phiz. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth on boards with paper spine label. Lever began this project a few years after gaining a position as a country doctor and marrying his first wife. Apparently he wrote late at night, with little thought of organization. Lorrequer is said to be a string of Irish stories, good, bad, and indifferent. The success of his writing surprised him. He followed this with several more which we have listed separately, all in matching covers. Volume I of a 2-volume set has 280 pp..

London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited Book. Illus. by George Cruikshank. Very Good. Hardcover. Deluxe Edition No. 32 of 500. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. Limited edition. First written in 1845. A friend and competitor of Sir Walter Scott, he opted out of the "rat race" and went on vacation soon after. This book has 499 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage..

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1823 Book. Very Good. 3/4 Leather on Marbled Board. First Edition (No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue 3/4 calf on marbled boards. Believed rebound. Marbled endpapers. Untrimmed edges. No writing or damage to this lovely set. Galt is credited with other related works on the subject, dubbed by one blogger as "the divine right of resistance." 308, 324, and 323 pp., respectively, in the three volumes..

New York: Hurst & Company Book. Illus. by Portrait Frontispiece. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth on boards with pastedown female portrait. Possibly the best known of the author's works. Previous owner's name, but no other writing or damage. Orphan, David, sets off to deliver a letter to his uncle, who is paranoid and anti-social. David discovers that his father was older than his uncle, which allows for David to receive an inheritance. Uncle Ebenezer arranges with a ship's captain to kidnap David and sell him into slavery. David escapes, but becomes entangled in political battles and serious illness. Eventually, he is able to return home and claim his inheritance. Careful readers will gain some popular history of Scotland. 262 pp..

London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1925 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Brown paper boards backed in grey cloth. A calendar of pithy thoughts gleaned from experience and guided by the influence of others, from great literature and elsewhere. Unnamed author admits to four wasted years at Oxford as well as a similar number in the trenches of WW I. No writing. Two strained gutters glued for safety. 309 pp..

New York: The Century Co., 1899 Book. Illus. by John Lockwood Kipling. Very Good. Hardcover. Authorized Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Green cloth on boards, initialed RK front and back. No writing or damage. Title shows Kipling's trademark left-facing swastika. Sixteen timeless stories of animals in their habitats. Sequel to The Jungle Book. Normal wear, clean and sound. 324 pp..

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1930 Book. Illus. by Various Artists. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth on boards. No writing or damage. Early References in Italy, Dante and the Arthurian Legend, Italian Romances of Merlin, Later Treatment. Appendix. Indexes. 349 pp..

New York: G.P. Putnam & Son, 1868 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Author's Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth on boards. Also called Knickerbocker Edition. Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman, Buckthorne and His Friends, The Italian Banditti, and The Money-Diggers. 530 pp..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893 Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original tan cloth decorated in red and silver on boards. Previous owner's bookplate. First free endpaper removed. Front hinge cracked. 406 pp. plus catalog..

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1924 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. The author taught 40 years at Dalhousie University, and was largely responsible for increasing the popularity of Herman Melville as a result of his essay on Moby Dick, which he called "the best sea story ever written." - internet. Although he died in 1933, there might be something to gain by applying some of his comments to modern Canadian literature. Nearly every name in the book is underlined in pencil. Previous owner's name. 247 pp..

Toronto: Fleming H. Revell, 1895 Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. Another by the tremendously popular author of Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush. Text in heavy dialect. Cocked. Cover soil. 366 pp..

London: Collins' Clear-Type Press Book. Illus. by Paul Hardy. Good Plus to Very Good. Full Leather on Flexible Board. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original deep maroon pigskin on flexible boards. Previous owner's name on dark endpaper. This novel pointed up the issue of "ship-knackers", owners who purchased only worn-out ships and profited by them until their inevitable failure, usually with significant loss of human life. Top edges gilt. 400 pp..

Boston: D. Lothrop Company Book. Illus. by H.E.. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth on boards. No writing or damage. Text block tanned. Minor abrasion to head and foot of spine. Miscellaneous Pieces are: No Thoroughfare, Master Humphrey's Clock, The Mudfog Association, Holiday Romance, George Silverman's Explanation, The Wreck of the Golden Mary, Perils of Certain English Prisoners, and The Haunted House. 825 pp..

Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2005 Book. Illus. by Lionel Grimshaw Fawkes. As New. Mass Market Paperback. Reprint. Original photo cover trade paperback. Bought new from university bookstore. A reprint of the 1875 work. 408 pp..

Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company, Limited, 1903 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. First 38 leaves show bug damage on extreme lower corner tip. Essays and anecdotes with heavy Scottish flavour. 341 pp..

Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1934 Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Portrait By Evan Mcdonald. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original grey clolth on boards. A "McAree miscellany" gleaned from his columns in The Mail and Empire newspaper, predecessor of the Globe and Mail. Previous owner's name. 332 pp..