Anon Stories (3 results)

Decorative Boards. Condition: Fair/good. First Edition. Title page + 96 pages. Hard back binding with decorative colour front, in good condition for age,n good spine, some rubbing/ageing to covers. Contents fair, pages due to use of poor paper have aged/browned over the last 100 years, owner inscriptions on 3 separate pages, front/top all relating to members of the Mann family of Suffolk. Seems to be a rare book and different to other books with same title. Size: 19.5 x 24.5cm Approx.…

Original Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 32 pages + viii ( pages of adverts). Paperback binding, Fair, edge nicks, tear, dirt etc. Contents Fair, minor water staining & some edge nick/dirt etc. This is the 1st one, published quarterly, with price of 1 Fr, as one Franc, for sale to troops of the 56th Reg in France. From the net found out is was The Magazine of the 56th (London) Division. Cover designed by E.L. Wratten. No publisher or editor given, Articles include Forward by G.O.C., editorial mentions the 56th Division on 28th March assisted to reulse the German attack north of Sarpe, various others last 29th Aug. by a daring operation the 56th & 57th divisions captured Bullecourt and Hendecourt- Lez- Cagnicourt. Etc., poetry, details/history of Arras, article titled The Artillery, Richochets, Ginger, Imperial Britain, Army Cooking, The Charm of London, Sport, The Gunners' Salute, The port of Zillebeke, The spirit of a Division, songs, Various illustrations/ cartoons throughout, Last text page is titled Why I am a Pelmanist by "Sapper. Including why he took up Pelmanism. From the net, found out they were alsol for sale in the London, but not sure if that was for later editions, or if London editions were priced in UK currency. Very Rare. At time of listing could not find another for sale. 19 x 25cm Approx.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. A Near Fine delicately decorated hardback copy of this rare volume in red cloth, blind and gilt ruled borders with intricate floral design in gilt to upper board. Gilt titles and decoration to spine and all edges gilt. Firm, square binding with no cracking or loose pages. Plain end-papers with neat inscription to verso: "Presented to Herbert by Aunt Catherine January 1867". The First Edition was published in the 1840s by Edward Lacey with fewer pages and possibly different illustrations, this edition was most likely published in the 1860s and not recorded in British Library. Nineteen stories are present, including two by "Miss Leslie of Philadelphia" (i.e. the famous American author Eliza Leslie): The Stolen Girl and the Tin-Man, an American Story, Founded on Fact, along with The Quaker Girl. Eliza Leslie is best known for her 1828 recipe book, her Vision of the Heavenly World and The Behaviour Book a Manual for Ladies (1854) - still in print today. The stolen girl concerns a Philadelphia farming family Micajah and Bulah Warner and their daughters Amy and Orphy. "The tin-man came blowing his horn to the steps of the porch [and] addressed the farmer's wife in the true nasal twang that characterizes the lower class of New Englanders." The Quaker Girl is called Clementine Selbury. Another, anonymous story is called The Young Soldier: a tale of the American War. Fine engraving at frontispiece and other charming full-page engravings. (illustrator).…