Internally very good; some minor discolouration to cloth, but really a very good example.
Frontispiece.
Green and Gibson A 25a.
£175
and other stories of War and Sport
London, Smith, Elder, 1900.
First edition. 8vo. Advertisements at end. Original red pictorial cloth lettered in gilt.
A very good first edition of this collection of stories by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
In stock
Internally very good; some minor discolouration to cloth, but really a very good example.
Frontispiece.
Green and Gibson A 25a.
Victorian Literature
Reminiscences of a volunteer
Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood, 1871.
First separate edition. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers.
First separate edition of this landmark in the subgenre of 'invasion literature'.
Victorian Literature
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth.
1895 juvenile novel concerning shipwrecked castaways on the wild west coast of Ireland.
Modern Literature
and other stories
[London], Hurst & Blackett, [1927].
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A very good first edition of these light-hearted, often comical tales. Scarce in jacket.
Victorian Literature
London, Longmans, Green, 1889.
First one vol. edition. Signed & dated by the author. 8vo. Original black cloth with bevelled boards and lettered in gilt.
A narrative which intertwines themes of romance, financial distress and a quest for hidden treasure, exploring the complexities of rural English life in the late 19th century. An attractive early edition, uncommon signed.
Victorian Literature
London, Richard Bentley, 1861.
Second edition. 3 vols. 8vo. 19th century half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt.
Second edition of the best-selling novel of the nineteenth century, going through fifteen editions in the five years following its first publication in 1861. Remembered chiefly for its elaborate and implausible plot centring on infidelity and double identities. There have been numerous stage and film adaptations.