Published by Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1900
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated green cloth cover with gilt lettering shows minor wear and rubbing. Name of former owner and name label on the front endpaper. Pages are tanned and clean.
Published by Federal Book Co, 1000
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated edition from late 1800s or early 1900s.
Published by Worthington Co, New York, 1890
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Thus. Classic historical novel of the French & Indian War. Although showing its years, this is a clean and still handsome illustrated copy of turn-of-the-century edition. 5-1/4 x 7-1/2, 378 pp, decorative endpapers, full-pg b/w illus. Fair-Good, front board rubbed, light wear to spine ends & corners, binding shaken but intact. Hardcover in green-red pictorial cloth boards, pictorial gilt spine, beveled edges, no jacket.
Published by Blackie and Son, Limited
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. No edition remarks. 384 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing, heavy to endpapers. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Missing front free endpaper. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and half title page. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Moderate water stains to front board.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905
Seller: Jeffrey Blake, Willow Grove, PA, U.S.A.
Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. B&W Illustrations (illustrator). Later Printing. Corners slightly bumped else very good condition. Wreath and swords design on front.Previous owner's gift Inscription.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890
Seller: Jeffrey Blake, Willow Grove, PA, U.S.A.
Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. B&W Illustrations (illustrator). Light wear to extremities else very good condition. Previous owner's name. Cover slightly rubbed.
Published by Blackie, London
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Gordon Browne (illustrator). H/b; no vg; grey & blue illustrated cover with black lettering; undated copy; gift inscription on fep (not author) dated 1932-33; b/w frontis & 3 further b/w plates; nice clean copy; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages.
Condition: Fair. Reprint. Worn condition. Previous owner inscription dated 1919 to fep. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). viii, 738pp. Colour plates + b/w illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Blue hardback cloth cover with illustration pasted to front board.
Published by Blackie & Son, London, 1910
Seller: Lochinvar's Library, Chadds Ford, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Condition: Fair. Olive cloth covered boards with orange and tan embossed cover art and gilt lettering. Wear to tail, endcap and corners. Cloth around bottom corner of front board is slightly rippled (moisture exposure?). Scratching evident on cover art. B&W frontispiece and 7 additional plates by Gordon Browne. The plate at page 135 is loose. Foxing evident on title sheet, but otherwise pages are substantially clean. 368 pages.
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company no date., New York
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
With Introduction by Charlotte M. Yonge. xix, 279 pp. Drawings by Gordon Browne. 8vo, publisher's pale blue cloth stamped in gold and black; a.e.g. Some scattered extremely light foxing; a few ages roughly opened; about 20% of the front cover cloth discolored (whitish); tight and sound.
Published by Blackie, London, 1910
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Gordon Browne (illustrator). H/b; illus boards; attractive bottle green background with brown/yellow; illustration of a bull chasing a schoolgirl; seagulls & cliffs on spine; g+; 8vo; 255pp; fep removed; colour frontis - detached; foxing to page edges; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Blackie, London
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Gordon Browne (illustrator). H/b; illus boards; vg-; 8vo; 4 attractive b/w plates; 191pp; art nouveau style cover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by London : Wells, Gardner, Darton and Co, 1931
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Fourth Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii, 353 p. : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; Children's stories, English. Adventure stories, Juvenile. Voyages and travels Fiction. Discovery and exploration Fiction. Renier Collection. 3 Kg.
Published by A L Burt ND N.D., New York
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; R Marriottt Watson; L L Weedon Et Al (illustrator). Hbk no d. W, G+, 8vo, name inside cover (not author) ; paste on illustration to cover has been partially removed - see picture on our own site; index of first lines; colour frontis; book has some nicks, grubby marks and a couple of closed tears - repaired, to pages, but in the main is generally clean & sound; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Language: English
Published by Wills, Gardner, Darton & Co., 1901
Seller: Allsop Antiquarian Booksellers PBFA, Warwick, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illus. with b.w. drawings, incl. frontis. 8vo. dec. cl. no d/w. Spine a little discoloured edges slightly rubbed, occasional foxing, inscrs., v.g.
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1887
Seller: Bird's Books, Edinburgh, SCOTL, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Gordon Browne (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. Small 4to. Illustrated paper covered boards. Some edge wear. 58pp illustrated in black and white by Gordon Browne. Undated circa 1887. A Christmas story and at the rear, the Christmas Mumming Play that inspired the story.
Language: English
Published by Longmans, Green & Co, NY, 1899
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 45 Illus ( Gordon Browne, J. B. Greene, R. Wheelwright and Launcelot Speed, Etc.) (illustrator). tan pictorial c. w/gilt decorations/titles; moderte ewar at extremities; 370 clean, unmarked pages. 10 short stories by late 19th-century authors, including G.A. Henty, George Manville Fenn, Harry Collingwood and W. C. Whistler,
Published by A.L. Burt Company no date., New York
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
xix, 286 pp. With 240 Illustrations by Gordon Browne, R. Marriott Watson, L.L. Weedon and others and five original colored plates. Large 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth. Child's (neat) hand-coloring to a few of the text illustrations; slight use to cloth; tight and sound.
Published by Blackie & Son N/D (c.1900s?), 1900
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Octavo, blue buckram boards, blue & gilt lettering & decoration/illus to spine & front board, al lpage edges stained green, frontipsiece, 352pp + 32pp to rear, illus, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, adhesive residue to front pastedown, moderate to heavy cracking to gutter of title page- frontispiece partially detached, prev. owner's details in ink to verso of preface page, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing throughout, light cracking to some gutters).
Published by Oxford Univ. Press, 1944
Seller: Nanny's Web, Caulfield South, VIC, Australia
Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Gordon Browne (illustrator). 191pp, col frontispiece + 3 b/w plates, a little foxing and a gift inscription on fep.
Published by London: Collins, nd
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardback. Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Gordon Browne (illustrator). Red cloth with black trim and lettering; c 1930's; colour frontis - Arch Webb (despite the book being credited as illustrator Gordon Browne) ; clean sound copy with just a little foxing to blocked page foredges; one of the Play up series of books where the author created a fictional public school world which was perhaps far removed from reality, but which had its roots in the idealised picture of public school life which dominated school fiction at that time. ; Play Up Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by London : Blackie & Son., 1880
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Early Edition. Very good copy in the original decorated, gilt- and title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical description; 352 pages. Notes; Publisher advertisements at rear of text. School prize stamp to prelims dated 1888. Subjects; Ashanti War, 1873-1874. 3 Kg.
Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Published by London : Wells, Gardner, Darton and Co, 1931
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Fourth Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii, 353 p. : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; Children's stories, English. Adventure stories, Juvenile. Voyages and travels Fiction. Discovery and exploration Fiction. Renier Collection. 1 Kg.
Language: English
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd, United Kingdom, 1910
Seller: Occultique, Northampton, NORTH, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: NO Dustwrapper. A Tale of the Spanish Main. A romantic adventure story. New Edition. Blackie & Son Ltd 1910. illus 368 + 32pp adverts hb NO Dust-wrapper, illustrated red cloth, spine shaken & frayed top & bottom, covers rubbed & bumped, pages browned, end pages spotted, school presentation copy, lacks frontis, pencil scribble on rear of Contents page & rep, end pages spotted, fair.
hardcover. Condition: Fair. Small hardback, pictorial covers. Wear and marks to covers. Previous owners name and address. No damage to text. Good - condition.
Published by W & R Chambers: London nd
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 20 full page color plates; "Pen and Ink" drawings, 10.5 x 7.5", 1/2 green leather; marbled boards, 738pp, covers quite rubbed, extremities a bit worn, spine browned and dry, contents good. Handsome decorative leather binding.
Published by London : Blackie & Son., 1880
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Early Edition. Very good copy in the original decorated, gilt- and title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical description; 352 pages. Notes; Publisher advertisements at rear of text. School prize stamp to prelims dated 1888. Subjects; Ashanti War, 1873-1874. 1 Kg.
Published by London ; Edinburgh : W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1912
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Light foxing. Previous owner's inscription. Remains well-preserved overall. Date is suggested. Physical description; viii, 738 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Notes; Tale of the Middle Ages set in the Netherlands. Subjects; Reade, Charles. 1814-1884. Middle Ages. Fiction. Historical fiction. Netherlands. History. To 1384. Fiction. English fiction. 19th century. 3 Kg.
8vo, xxx + 334pp. 10C. Original olive buckram blocked with late 19th century black, with and gilt illustration on boards and spine. Slight wear to corner and lower edge. Numerous b/w in-text illustrations by Browne. Gift inscription on ffe dated Chistmas 1927. A charming copy in near-fine condition.