Miss Jane Porter (163 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No Date, Clean And Solid, Age Toning All Page Edges, Binding Weak, Black Decorative Incising To Brown Cloth Cover, Black Decorative And Gilt Title To Spine, Edge Wear And Rubs To Boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Green hardback with embossed decoration on front, spine and back. Green print on gold background on spine and front. Gold print also on spine. Wear to boards including fraying to edges and corners. Pages are tight but book will lay open (pages detached from boards along spine). PO name's on inside front cover and ffep and backside of ffep. Unsure of print date though date of 1844 is on inside of front cover and 1831 stated on "The Author to Her Friendly Readers." Given the age of the book, the condition is probably closer to Very Good or better. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover; no date given; fading, scuffing, and shelf wear to exterior; bin ding reinforced; former owner's bookplate inside front board; fading to pag es; otherwise in fair condition with clean text. a.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. New and Revised Edition. Significant age wear; a reading copy only. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. N.D., circa 1900. Bound in original maroon publisher's cloth. Cover shows faint edge wear. Clean pages throughout. Binding is secure.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket visible. Alta Edition. The hardcover binding of "The Scottish Chiefs" shows signs of wear, particularly along the spine and edges. The intricate floral design on the cover remains clear and visually appealing. The pages exhibit age-related discoloration, and there is some separation visible in the binding. No dust jacket is present, and the book is free from inscriptions or library markings. F. O. C. Darley (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Seaward's shipwreck and discovery of certain islands in the Caribbean Many interesting and extraordinary events in his life between 1733 and 1749. Part I of 2 parts.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover, Volume 1, revised and corrected with a new retrospective introdu ction and notes by the author; gold, green, and red plaid front cover and s pine with gilt titles and decorations; fading and edge wear to exterior; mo isture spotting to back cover; former owner's name written on inside front board; moisture spotting to bottom corner of pages, but text is not affecte d; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding. a.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Undated. The pages have owners name in pencil on the ffep, otherwise no other marks or tears seen. The embossed boards with gilt lettering on the spine has minor edge wear. A very nice copy TK.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This is a very old copy of Scottish Chiefs. Though it's not stated it could be very early 1900s or earlier. The pages are delicate and yellowing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover. No DJ.Re-bound by library with newer covers. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Dampness has seeped into more than just the cover. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Binding is so loose that the book will stay open to any given page. Some pages are falling out. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hardcover. Rubbing & edgewear; scuffs/scratchs/smudges; bumped corners; cracked hinges; yellowing; free endpage and title page pulling out; gift inscription; rest of text otherwise overall clean & sund. 459 pages.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fair. In full leather covered hard boards with gilt lettering and designs on spine. Square, intact binding .Previous owner's name of ffep. Foxing throughout. Edges of covers are scuffed. Missing piece on back free endpaper. Photos upon request. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Revised Edition. VG/none, used, 1/3 maroon cloth along spine, maroon cloth corners, illustrated end papers, 459pp. Interior clean, pages lightly toning, binding tight. Slight rubbing to corners and edges of the binding, cloth rubbed at head and tail of the spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Thus. In yellow cloth with pictorial upper cover, 8vo, 371 + 323pp. Two volumes in a single book. (light shelfwear to extremities, inner hinges tender, light toning to edges, inscription to endpaper dated 1917). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Color and b/w Illustrations (illustrator). Book.…

Full Cloth. Condition: Good. REVISED EDITION with addition of new notes by the author. Not dated ca 1880. Lovely blue cloth black stamped Victorian binding with gilt lettering on the spine and the front cover. Spine darkened from handling. Decorative endpapers. Gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Overall in GOOD condition. Jane Porter was a Scottish novelist. Her novel Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) is one of the earliest examples of the historical novel, and it went through a dozen editions. Based on eye-witness accounts from Polish refugees of the doomed independence struggle of the 1790s, the book was praised by the great Polish patriot Kosciusko. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 445 p., clean and unmarked within on strong mildly age-toned paper--only mark is rather puzzling:"Treasure Island" on front paste down; binding tight; sewn signatures; green boards with Art Nouveau ornamentation is clean and unfaded but bumped at corners and rubbed at crown and foot of spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover, no jacket, in Good condition, no stamps or writing, paper is tanning with age, some wear but in good shape for its age. F, O. C. Darley (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket present. This hardcover edition of "The Scottish Chiefs" shows signs of age, with wear visible on the spine and cover edges. The binding is intact but shows some separation at the front, indicating its vintage nature. There is no dust jacket, and the pages exhibit typical yellowing and minor foxing. Overall, the book remains in fair condition, suitable for collectors interested in historical fiction.…

HARDCOVER. Reprint. 671pp, smaller octavo in burgundy cloth, embossed illustration to spine and front. light soiling and cover wear, tight binding, two pages misbound from publisher's error, clean throughout, Good +.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Scarce J&J Harper U.S. edition dated 1831. Brown cloth covers. There is foxing/staining and rippling of pages throughout the book and the text is readable. There are chips on p. ix. Name of previous owners on successive pages starting with from first free endpaper. The author was a brother of English author Jane Porter. This is a romance novel.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This copy marked as the complete edition. This is a tight clean copy with the end papers tanning and the top of the spine cover having wear and tear. 507pp. A digital photo can be made available.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Good. Complete edition. 507 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.…