Charles J B Marriott (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Thus. 287 pages. No dustjacket. Blue hardback binding has light wear to spine-ends, very light wear to corners, slight surfce-marks. Page-edges a little age-yellowed, pages very clean and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Contains: The Vineyard by John Oliver Hobbes. Continuation and conclusion of serialisation. The Queen's Quair by Maurice Hewlett. Continuation of serialisation. Short stories include: The Lost Notes by Bernard Capes, El Mansor and Haida by J. Maclaren Cobban, The Old Cantonment by B. M. Croker, Desert Air by Robert Hichens, The Windmill by Violet Jacob, The Nineteen Merry Maidens & The Candle by Charles Marriott, Avowals by George Moore, Benjamin's Mess by Eden Phillpotts, The Wilderness by H. B. Marriott Watson. Original brown cloth, lettered in black on front board, in gilt on spine. Spine ends heavily rubbed, some holes rubbed in hinges and splits on hinge ends, inner joint paper cracked, but contents in good order. A fair copy only. A heavy volume which will require additional postage outside the UK. Book. …

Charles Marriott contributes the Rugby Union section while Alcock covers the Association game. This is the very scarce first edition - a second edition was published in 1903 First edition. 8vo. 120pp + adverts. All three plates are present although one is loose. Stains to front cover and a few pages are a little dog-eared. However, this is a good copy of a rare book.…