Canning Wonder by Arthur (30 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good first US edition. No jacket. Publisher's mustard-coloured cloth. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Wear to spine ends and extremities. Wear to label affixed to top of spine. Some pages still untrimmed. Slight soiling to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Large 8vo HB. pp; x, 250. Frontis & 7 additional B&W illustrations. Good in red cloth, lettered gilt to spine. A slight fade around the margins, fading and discolouration to the spine, with some light bumping to the spine-ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good to very good condition. Spine tips are bumped. Spine label is darkened, Light soiling on yellow covers. Name at top of front fly leaf. Some glue stains at bottom corner of front endpaper. 277 pages plus eight illustrations.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket. Frontis loosening. Rear hinge starting. (crime, true crime, mystery, history).

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1926; yellow cloth covered boards with a brown title plate on the spine; wear and discoloration around edges; corners are rounded; 8vo, 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 277 pages.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First British Edition. Ink front endpaper, spine darkened & bumped,; Machen's investigation into the Elizabeth Canning affair. ; 8vo; 250 pages Good+ light 1" stain back board.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 277 pages. Soiling and wear to the yellow covers; pages are tanned; a good solid binding. No jacket. Elizabeth Canning. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 214118.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. One-inch by two-inch chip to bottom of front panel of jacket. Tape repairs to top and bottom of spine and flap folds.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. A VG to NF copy that has some light sun fading and minor soiling but is tight and See my photos. All books are in my possession and are packed securely in cardboard boxes.harp with no interior marks. No DJ. 135.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover is lightly rubbed at the spine ends and corners, the text is clean.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Former Library book. 1st U.S. edition. Owner's name on front free endpage. (trials, perjury, abduction).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. hardback book in good to very good condition,a few pages have foxing,2nd blank page has 1 inch tear,inside near gutter,dust jacket is fair,soiled,missing small chip at base of spine,otherwise complete.

Hardcover. First US Edition. Near Fine+ in Near Fine dj; Light soil/closed tears on dj, 277 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing of the first edition. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket which has some small chips to the top of the spine area and rear cover.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated. 1st ed. NY (Knopf) 1926. Vg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Spotting to page edges, and sporadically throughout, significant soiling to boards, spine lightly cocked; internally clean and unmarred. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards, paper label to spine. 8vo. 277pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First American edition. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with printed label on the spine. Top edge black. Light wear at top extremities, head of spine lightly bumped, othewise fine. A gripping account of the famous eighteenth-century witchhunt of Elizabeth Canning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. #1 of 130 signed, numbered, limited edition copies. Signed by Machen at the limitation page. Cream vellum spine with gilt titling, orange papered boards; very good with light edgewear, finely foxed to spine. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, if issued. Foxing to textblock edges, endsheets and fly leaves, and to the pages that face illustration plates. Interior else clean, text bright and unmarked, with many uncut pages. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st American Edition. Original publisher's yellow cloth binding in a light beige paper dust jacket with blue and white illustration on front panel. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed mylar sleeve. 6 1/2" x 9." 277 pages, complete. Eight black-and-white plates, complete. A few pages unopened. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is intact overall but has age toning throughout, slight wrinkling and tiny closed tears on the edges, and slight bleeding on red publisher's imprints of Borzoi Books. No remainder marks. A Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. Arthur Machen (1863-1947), pen name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, was a Welsh author best-known for his works in the fantasy and supernatural horror genres. Many of his works contain Gothic elements. The Canning Wonder is one of Machen's nonfictional works and is about the sensational criminal case of Elizabeth Canning (1734-1773), an English maidservant who mysteriously disappeared in 1753 and just as mysteriously reappeared almost a month later. Canning had claimed that she had been held captive against her will and was initially not charged with any criminal offenses. However, a reexamination of the case and a retrial resulted in Canning being convicted of perjury. In his book, Machen makes the argument that Canning lied about some or most of her story. The truth behind what had happened to Canning remains a mystery to this day.

1st edition hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo. 249pp., frontis., b/w pls., Story of one of the most remarkable 18th Century Trials. Some use o/w VG clean, tight copy.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 312. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1926 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 312.

Hardcover - Cloth. Condition: NF. 1st American Edition. First American edition. 6" x 9", 250 page hardcover bound in yellow cl oth with a blue paper title label on the spine. A bookplate signed by Machen is affixed to the front fly leaf. Frontis plate illustration of Elizabeth Canning and seven additional black & white plates. A near f ine copy in a good dustjacket. Small rubs to the corners and spine tip s. The black lettering on the paper spine label is a little darkened. Former owner's bookplate affixed to the front endpaper. The front hing e has a small tear at the inner seam but is not cracked or loose. The interior is otherwise fine. The dust jacket is soiled. Frays to the ja cket's corners and along the head and heel of its spine. The front pan el has small tears along its upper edges 1" vertical tear, frays, and creases at its lower edge. The rear panel has small edge tears and cre ases. The dust jacket's verso has been reinforced around its edges and folds with 3/4" wide pieces of brown packing tape.

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-x [xi-xii] 1-249 [250] [251: blank] [252: printer's imprint], eight inserted plates, original orange boards with Japan vellum spine panel, spine panel stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. One of 130 numbered copies signed by Machen, this being number 10. An account of Elizabeth Canning's inexplicable disappearance for thirty days in 1753 and her subsequent trial for perjury of which she was found guilty and ultimately was transported to the American Colonies. Goldstone and Sweetser 33b. Endpapers foxed, recto of first leaf and verso of last leaf tanned from interaction with endpapers, else a very good copy. (#167472).

Hardcover. Orange cloth boards with white leather spine. Gilt lettering on spine. x, [1], 249, [2] pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations. Limited to 130 signed copies. This is number 72. Of this Special Edition of the Canning wonder, there have been printed 130 numbered copies. Very Good. Cover has general wear, discoloration. Bookblock and interior pages have age toning. Some page edge damage.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Hard cover, 8vo, in publisher's red cloth boards, with gold lettering to spine. Includes eight full-page plates. COLLATION: x [2], 249, [2] pp. CONDITION: Very Good. Boards sunned in places. Light bumps to corners. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but heavily chipped at edges, and dust-soiled. Now protected in mylar. ** "The Canning Wonder" is a departure from Machen's usual gothic and literary essay genres, and instead concerns itself with a true crime eighteenth century mystery. Elizabeth Canning, a London maidservant disappeared for a almost a month in 1753, claiming to have been abducted and kept prisoner in an attic. She was found to have fabricated the story, and was tried and convicted for perjury. It was a famous case in its time, with people taking strong positions for, or against, Canning. The novelist Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was also a magistrate at the time of this incident, and became involved in the case. It also inspired the 1948 novel "The Franchise Affair", by the Scottish author, Josephine Tey. ** REFS: Goldstone & Sweetser (1973) 33a, p. 53. Scarce in dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. 1926 Knopf Press yellow cloth hardcover, unmarked text, no jacket, covers have wear and front cover hinge cracked with a loose opening page. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2018, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1920. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 282, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. [Please Note - Images Black] 282.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted by the prestigious organization "Rare Biblio" with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1925. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 290, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 290.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1925. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 290, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 290.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1926. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 312, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 312.