Language: English
Published by Thomas Whittaker, New York, 1884
Seller: David R. Smith - Bookseller, Ashby, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, 224 pgs., no writing on pages, bound in decorative cloth, more of a Victorian design. Teak cloth, gilded flowers. Some edge wear along top of spine cloth, previous owners signatures and address on first end paper, otherwise a nice copy.
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.Ltd
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. New Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Grey illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Pencil drawing on reverse frontispiece. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
Published by John F Shaw and Co, London, UK
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Undated. viii, 9-224pp, with a colour plate illustration frontispiece. Green cloth-covered boards; black decorations and borders on front and spine, black titles on front and spine. 12mo. Spine sun-faded, some reading creases, ends rubbed and rounded. Corners rubbed and rounded; light shelf wear to boards. Text block edges tanning and foxing, top edge dusty. Slightly cocked. Presentation plate on front free endpaper (dated 1937), tanning on free endpapers. Foxing throughout; worse at prelims. Internally neat, clean and tight. New edition.
Published by John F Shaw & Co, London, 1942
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition, illustrated frontispiece, foxing to fore edge, prize label on end page, black boards, some soiling, corners bumped.
Language: English
Published by John F. Shaw and Co 1910 (Circa), London, 1910
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom
Hardback. Printed pages: 224. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Dust jacket: Rare original jacket. Heavily browned, some loss to head and foot of spine and corners. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Decorated red cloth binding, page edges a little grubby, endpapers browned, pages generally very clean. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper - date has been erased (possibly 1910 or 1918). Overall book condition is Good Plus. Size: 5. x 7.75 inches (13 x 19 cm).
Published by John F. Shaw, London, 1928
Seller: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, New Zealand
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. no dj, red cloth a little rubbed, decorated and lettered in black, a little worn at spine tips and corners, corners slightly bumped, colour frontispiece, presentation plate (dated 1933) on flyleaf, some foxing and a few other marks, vg. thick 8vo, 224pp.
Published by John F. Shaw, London
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No date but suggest 1930s. Colour Frontis, 224 pages. An ageing but firm book.
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United Kingdom
Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 246.
Publication Date: 2025
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1882 edition. 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. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 353 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. 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. Pages: 353.