A Collection of Young Adult Fiction

Published by Wells Gardner, Darton and Co; John F. Shaw and Co; Cassell and Company etc. 1893-1920, London, 1893

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A smart selection of novels for young readers, including 'Ben-Hur', 'The Thirsty Sword' and 'Hans Brinker'. Offering nine novels for young readers, spanning over the late 19th-century to early 20th-century.Mixed editions. Majority of volumes are undated and dated via institutional copies.In the original decorative cloth binding. Comprises the following titles:Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew. Wallace (1890) - With numerous illustrated plates.Beckie"s Mission, or Mr. Bartholomew"s Little Girl by L. Marston (1893) - With a frontispiece and four pages of advertisements to the rear.Captain Geoff by Ismay Thorn (1894) - With numerous illustrated plates and two pages of advertisements to the rear.Half a Dozen Boys. An Every-Day Story by Anna Chapin Ray (1897) - Two pages of advertisements to rear.The Lost Vestal by Emma Marshall (1900) Second edition. With a frontispiece and three plates. Collated, complete. Sixteen pages of advertisements to the rear. The Thirsty Sword: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (1262-1263) by Robert Leighton (1900) - With a frontispiece, five plates and a dual-spread coloured map. Thirty-two pages of advertisements. Collated, complete. The Silver Skates or Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge (Nelson"s Girls" Library) 1910 - With a frontispiece and three plates. Four pages of advertisements. Collated, complete.Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott (Herbert Strang"s Library) 1912 The Lost Trooper: A Story of the Great North-West by F. Haydn Dimmock (1920) - With a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated, complete. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Damp stains to 'Captain Geoff'. Hinges to 'Ben-Hur' and 'Beckie's Mission' are strained. With fading to the spines. Contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedowns of 'Thirsty Sword' and 'Beckie's Mission'. Internally, half title to the 'Thirsty Sword' detached but present and frontispiece to 'Beckie's Mission' detached but present, otherwise generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and scattered spots to the endpapers. The odd spot throughout 'Ben-Hur', 'Silver Skates' and 'Quentin Durward'. Age toning throughout 'Beckie's Mission'. Good.…

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Title
A Collection of Young Adult Fiction
Author
Various
Publisher
Wells Gardner, Darton and Co; John F. Shaw and Co; Cassell and Company etc. 1893-1920, London
Publication year
1893
Condition
Good
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
Numerous Illustrators
Item weight
5 kilograms
Dimensions
7.5" by 5"

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