Philadelphia: Oswald Train: Publisher. 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles on spine. 238 pp. About a fine copy in dust jacket. ¶ Old-fashioned adventure tale, set in Kent during the Edwardian era and featuring a ruined chapel, a decaying manor house, and... More
Chicago, Akron & New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company. [1907] [i.e., likely later]. Octavo, original paper covered boards blocked pictorially in orange, black and blue. 249 pp + [3] pp ads at rear; frontispiece. Issued as a volume in the "Boy's Indian Series".Paper a bit toned but a nice solid... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Ltd., 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth decorated and titled in black and yellow. 251 pp. Small letter "P" on top page edges (?), a very good clean copy in the original colour pictorial dust jacket which is... More
Toronto: The Copp Clark Company, Limited. 1911. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine & front panel. Frontispiece and seven additional black & white plates inserted throughout the text. Some minor stains to the cloth, but a solid, very good copy. More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co. No Date [circa 1920]. Octavo, original pictorial brown cloth stamped (with a design of a boy on a galloping horse) in black and brown. 256 pp., frontispiece. Foxing to page edges, small tear to margin of frontispiece else a fine copy in the original... More
New York, London & Montreal: The Abbey Press, 1901. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial dark grey cloth blocked in silver and gilt, gilt titles on spine. 232 pp. One plate. Bookplate removed from front free endpaper, small repaired tear to a rear blank leaf, a.... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine, titles in blind on upper cover. 288 pp, map endpapers. A near fine copy in a bright, near fine dust jacket. ¶ Historical novel, the voyages of Eudoxos... More
New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., No Date [1903]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in black, gold and light green. 297 pp + [12] pp publisher's list of "Recent Publications" at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard and 15 additional full-page plates by Wooten... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. Second Edition. Hardcover. "Second Edition", so stated on the title page. Original blue cloth over bevelled boards, gilt titles. 421 pp + [2] + 16 pp publishers catalogue, dated January 1889, bound in at rear, endpapers decorated with the publisher's device. The first Edition... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company. 1928 [i.e., slightly later]. Reprint. Hardcover. Early reprint, perhaps the first, of the 1st edition issued by the Macy-Masius Company of New York in 1928. Octavo, original red cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine and front panel. 310 pp + [2] pp ads... More
New York: William S. Gottsberger, Publisher, 11 Murray Street, 1886. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Small octavo, original decorated red boards titled and designed in black. 112 pp. Light rubbing to cloth, a very good clean copy. ¶ Historical novel with fantasy elements; the main character is Olbasanus, a sorceror... More
New York & London: The Century Co. [1926]. First edition. 269 pp. Pictorial blue cloth designed in black and yellow on spine and front panel. Frontispiece and three additional black & white plates. Tiny scratches to cloth on rear cover otherwise a bright, fine copy. Uncommon. ¶ Adventure novel, castaways... More
London: The Harvill Press. 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine panel. [200] pp. A fine copy in dust jacket (very slightly rubbed). ¶ Historical fiction loosely based on the life of William Buckley, a Cheshire labourer is transported to... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial sage-green cloth titled in gilt on spine, titled in black and decorated in black, red and gilt on front panel, top edges gilt. 314 pp + [3] pp ads at rear. Publisher's promotional pamphlet advertising 8 other contemporary... More
London: Alfred A Knopf. 1926. First British Edition. Hardcover. First British edition. Octavo, original patterned batik-style paper covered boards with white cloth spine, green titles to spine. 351 pp. Foxing to page edges, a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket, slightly chipped at spine head, light overall... More
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company, Eldridge Court. 1901. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth titled and decorated in white on front panel, titled in white on spine, publisher's device in white on rear panel. BAL 13501, Binding "A", Intermediate printing (between first and second, which, logically... More
London: J.C. Nimmo and Bain. 1881. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Octavo, two volumes bound in brown cloth over bevelled boards, spines titled in gilt, floral endpapers. The first translation into English of this two picaresque Spanish novels, the Aleman is translated from the French edition of le Sage. With... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., No Date [1933]. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, later issue. Octavo, original orange cloth titled in black. [288] pp, 64 page publisher's catalogue bound in at rear, dated Autumn, 1934. The first issue bears an Autumn, 1933 catalogue. Spine panel faded to tan, and some mild... More
London: F.V. White & Co., 1896. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original pictorial green cloth stamped in black on front cover, titled in gilt on spine. 296 pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard & title page vignette by Nisbet. Early ink inscription on verso of half-title leaf "Ian... More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. [1962]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original boards. 338 pp, illustrated, appendixes, notes and bibliography, index. Historical account of the execution by Firing Squad of Admiral the Hon John Byng on March 14th, 1757. A fine copy in a fine price-clipped dust wrapper... More
London: Secker & Warburg. [1986]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original boards. The third Ned Yorke novel set in the Carribean sea of the 17th Century, sequel to BUCCANEER and ADMIRAL. Tiny remainder spot on lower page edges, otherwise fine in dust wrapper. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. The correct first printing with code (1) at end of text. Octavo, original orange cloth titled in black. Decorated endpapers. Mild spotting to top page edges and a bit of dust-soiling to cloth, otherwise a near fine copy... More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company. 1923. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine and front panel, front panel inlaid with a colour pictorial paper label reproducing a painting by Schoonover. 316 pp, colour frontispiece and five additional full-page black & white... More
Chicago: Rhodes & McClure Publishing Company, [1898]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original decorated green cloth elaborately stamped in silver on spine & front panel, patterned endpapers. 343 pp + [11] pp ads at rear, including 6 pages of ads for "The Audiophone", a device which will enable deaf... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1904. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth decorated in brown, green and white, pictorial paper label affixed to front panel, titles in gilt. Dark blue coated endpapers. 316 pp + [4] pp publisher's ads at rear. Colour frontispiece and... More