London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1888. First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial blue cloth designed with an image of a sea monster holding the cylinder in its jaws in black, green and copper on the front panel, front panel lettered in copper, spine panel lettered in gold and with..... More
New York: United States Book Company. [1891]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original salmon cloth titled & blocked with an image of a horse's head in brown. 298 pp. Lacks front free endpaper. Hinges a bit loose, mild dust-soiling to the cloth, a very good copy. ΒΆ..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt, embossed and titled in darker green on front panel. 176 pp + [8] pp publisher's catalogue at rear. The author's first book. According to the author, Webster sold..... More
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia: H.H. Henderson & Co., Booksellers and Stationers. No Date (circa 1890). Canadian Edition, rare variant imprint. Octavo, original brown cloth titled and decorated in black and colours, gilt titles on spine, yellow coated endpapers. Engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page, the printed title leaf with the..... More
![Item #310674 LIEUTENANT BARNABAS. [Yellowback edition]. Frank BARRETT](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/310674.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1539364984)
London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly. 1893. Reprint. Octavo, original colour pictorial boards (a Victorian 'yellowback']. 292 pp. + [2] pp ads + 32 pp catalogue "A List of Books Published by Chatto & Windus", dated Sept, 1894, bound in at rear, ads on endpapers. Boards worn at edges, a very..... More
London: John MacQueen. 1899. First British Edition. Hardcover. First British edition. Octavo, original blue pictorial cloth stamped in white and tan, tan titles to spine. 332 pp + 32 pp publisher's catalogue at rear dated February 1899 and listing this title as 'Forthcoming'. Minor foxing to endpapers and a small..... More
Kansas City, MO: Illustrated and Published by the Author. 1895. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine, titled in blind on front cover, gray floral endpapers. 430 pp. Frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrations. A very good clean copy. ΒΆ Spiritual..... More
[Boston]: The Edinburgh Review, 1831. First American Edition. Rebound in modern half calf over marbled paper boards, the spine with five raised bands, gilt decorations and rules within the compartments, contrasting leather title label lettered in gold. pp [4 pp ads], [1], 2-3, [4-6] [all ads] [i]-ii, [1], 2-259, [16..... More
![Item #312431 THE RECENT 'WITCH-BURNING' AT CLONMEL [in] THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A Monthly Review...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/312431.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1648624577)
London: Sampson Low, Marston, & Company, Limited. 1895. First Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers. Single Issue magazine. i-xxviii + [889] - 1076, many period advertisements. Covers a bit soiled & stained but intact, lightly worn at extremities. Small chip from corner of final advert leaf. Very uncommon. ΒΆ Benson's article..... More
London, New York, and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. No Date [1897]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial blue bevel-edged cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, pictorial paper inlay on front panel. 293 pp + 16 page publisher's catalogue at rear. Frontispiece plus seven additional..... More
Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co. / London: George Bell and Sons. 1884. Reprint. Hardcover. Ninth edition. 12mo, green cloth, spine gilt. 214 pp + [2] pp ads. Presentation copy from George Augustus Sala to Charlotte Bouverie "C.B. from G.A.S. Jan 85" at head of title, and from Charlotte Bouverie to..... More
![Item #312659 SYLVIE AND BRUNO [along with] SYLVIE AND BRUNO CONCLUDED. First Editions, in Two...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/312659.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1669087582)
London: Macmillan And Co., 1889 & 1893. First Editions. Two Volumes. Octavo, original red cloth with triple borders of gilt and small vignettes on front panels, spine panels lettered, ruled and with a small decoration in gilt, gilt vignettes on rear panels, all edges gilt, coated black endpapers. 400 +..... More
![Item #312864 THE LITTLE BLACK GHOST [in] LONDON SOCIETY, Christmas Number, 1892. May CROMMELIN](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/312864.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1682824221)
London: F. V. White, 1892. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, bound in contemporary pebbled green cloth, spine panel lettered and ruled in gilt "London / Society/ 1892 / 2", all edges speckled red. Bound together with the August, September and November 1892 issues, continuously paginated [113] - 592, the..... More
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1878. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Two volumes, large thick octavo, Firmly bound in the publisher's original terra-cotta cloth, front panels stamped in blind and gold, spine panels lettered and decorated in gold, rear panels stamped in blind, dark green coated endpapers. Pp [i-v], vi-cxxviii;..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. First American Edition, Second Impression. Hardcover. First American Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, original maroon buckram titled and decorated in silver and gilt, light brown coated endpapers. 336 + [8] pp ads at rear. the first American edition was issued by Appleton in March..... More
London: Methuen & Co. 1895. 1895. Hardcover. Third edition. Octavo, original red cloth stamped in gilt. 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, dated January, 1895. Includes two fantasy tales, 'Lot No. 249' and 'The Los Amigos Fiasco'. Name in pencil on front endpaper, dated 1895, plus a later name stamp;..... More
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., Warwick House, Dorset Buildings, Salisbury Square, E.C., n.d., [circa 1878]. Early Reprint of the First English Edition. Small octavo, original decorated brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, rear panel stamped in blind, "M" in "Man" on front cover printed in..... More
Sheffield: Leader and Sons, Printers, "Independent" Office. 1876. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original grey fine-diaper cloth, front panel bordered and lettered in blind, pale yellow endpapers. 208 pp. Previous owner's ink name & address stamp on front free endpaper, hairline crack to inner rear hinge. Small worn spot..... More
![Item #310675 RAYMOND'S RIDE. [Yellowback edition]. Nat GOULD](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/310675.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1683532563)
London: R.A. Everett & Co., Ltd., No Date [1880's?]. Reprint. Octavo, original colour pictorial boards (a Victorian 'yellowback']. 255 pp., ads on endpapers, Front inner hinges repaired, with a small tear; light wear to edges of the boards; a very good copy. More
London: Elliot Sock, 62 Paternoster Row, E.C., No Date [Circa 1885]. First Printing of this Edition. Octavo, bound in full vellum, front & rear panels decorated in green, front panel lettered in gold, light brown floral endpapers. 31 unnumbered leaves, each text leaf delicately illustrated by Fenn; with a facsimile..... More
New York: Frank F. Lovell & Company, 150 Worth Street. 1891. Early American Edition. Original Wraps. Early American Edition. Octavo, original decorated wrappers. 290 pp. Period ad for Walter Baker & Co's Breakfast Cocoa on rear wrapper. Issued as Vol. 490 in Lovell's Household Library, December 1, 1891. Stamp on..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate. 1868. A New Edition. Small octavo, original brownish-red cloth stamped in gold on spine and front panel, front & rear panels bordered in blindcoated yellow endpapers. pp. [i] - vi, 1-213 [214 printer's imprint]. Frontispiece with tissue guard plus 3 additional full-page..... More
London: A. Reader. 1882. Third Edition, Revised and Augmented. 12mo, original blindstamped purple cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 122 pp. Ink name dated 1890 on title page, slight foxing, the spine panel faded to brown, overall a tight, clean, very good copy. More
New York: Lovell, Gestefeld & Company. [1892]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American (and the first one-volume) edition. 453 pp. Brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover designed and lettered in black and light brown. The British edition was published by Griffith, Farran in three volumes in 1892. Ink..... More
London: Richard Bentley. 1855. Tenth Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes. Octavo, original green pebble-grained cloth decorated in blind on front & rear covers, titles and decorations in gilt on spines. [339] + 288 + 364 pp. Engraved ornamental titlepages (that of Vol. three printed in red & black), 18 plates by..... More