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Cassell & Co, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. Very good hardcover, no dj. Covers show light edge wear. Foxing, previous owner's nameplate on end paper, pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Cassell & Company, Limited, 1891. Hardcover. Acceptable. [nd], 1891. Green quarter-cloth with black title window at spine, gilt spine titles; marbled paper boards. Heavily worn, with rubbing to cloth, fraying to edges, bumping and soiling to boards. Spine cocked forward slightly. Binding cracked to mull after title page and before RFEP; bottom half of title page split, with top half still holding. Binding else intact. Foxing and pencil remnants to endsheets. Pages toned with occasional foxing. Interior else clean, text unmarked.

Blackie & Son Limited, unknown. Papebround. Good. in x in x in.

New York: Scribner & Welford. Good with no dust jacket. 1883. Hardcover. Front inner hinge is mostly cracked. Covers have light wear to the outer corners and spine ends. Name written on the front endpaper. .

London: Cassell & Co, 1891. Early Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. In blue cloth, 12mo, 192pp. Series: Cassell's national Library. (light shelfwear and dulling to extremities, foxing to endpapers).

London: Cassell & Company, 1887. No back cover. Last few pages detached but included. Backstrip very worn and torn. Pages are clean. This book has soft covers. Ex-library. With almost no library markings, in poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,150grams, ISBN:

Methuen, 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Covers are worn, spine ends are split midly, rear gutter worn through about 1 inch from top, bindingis tight, cover edges are rubbed.

Gardner Darton & Co. Very Good-. 1896. Hardcover. Introduction by Charlotte M. Yonge. 279 pages + 16 pages of ads at rear. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Pictorial blue cloth (knight on horse) ; gilt ttiles; top edge gilt. Endpapers foxed' ownership signature on front endpaper. .

IDB Productions, 2016-01-01. MP3 CD. New. This item is a brand new factory sealed MP3 disc supplied in a DVD case

Cassell and Company Ltd, 1891. Hardcover. Good. 1891. No Edition Remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to hinges and gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering is dulled. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.

MP3 Audio CD. Sintram and His Companions CHAPTER 1 In the high castle of Drontheim many knights sat assembled to hold council for the weal of the realm; and joyously they caroused together till midnight around the huge stone table in the vaulted hall. A rising storm drove the snow wildly against the rattling windows; all the oak doors groaned, the massive locks shook, the castle-clock slowly and heavily struck the hour of one. Then a boy, pale as death, with disordered hair and closed eyes, rushed into the hall, uttering a wild scream of terror. He stopped beside the richly carved seat of the mighty Biorn, clung to the glittering knight with both his hands, and shrieked in a piercing voice, “Knight and father! father and knight! Death and another are closely pursuing me!” An awful stillness lay like ice on the whole assembly, save that the boy screamed ever the fearful words. But one of Biorn’s numerous retainers, an old esquire, known by the name of Rolf the Good, advanced… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Sintram and His Companions CHAPTER 1 In the high castle of Drontheim many knights sat assembled to hold council for the weal of the realm; and joyously they caroused together till midnight around the huge stone table in the vaulted hall. A rising storm drove the snow wildly against the rattling windows; all the oak doors groaned, the massive locks shook, the castle-clock slowly and heavily struck the hour of one. Then a boy, pale as death, with disordered hair and closed eyes, rushed into the hall, uttering a wild scream of terror. He stopped beside the richly carved seat of the mighty Biorn, clung to the glittering knight with both his hands, and shrieked in a piercing voice, “Knight and father! father and knight! Death and another are closely pursuing me!” An awful stillness lay like ice on the whole assembly, save that the boy screamed ever the fearful words. But one of Biorn’s numerous retainers, an old esquire, known by the name of Rolf the Good, advanced… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Written by Baron Fouqué, Friedrich de la Motte, one of the genus, but lesser-known authors of German Romanticism, Sintram and His Companions is a collection of four stories, four powerful narratives, each of them associated to one of the four seasons ? the tale of Sintram is grave and sinister the way only winter can be, Undine is playful, moving and refreshing, like Spring, Two Captains takes the reader to the hottest corners of the world, while Aslauga?s Knight evokes the colors of fall. The stories that make up the book feature motifs and topics typical to Romanticism: the reader encounters knights in shining armor, damsels in distress, evil spells and the eternal struggle between good and evil.Out of the four tales, the story that made Fouqué?s really well-known and popular in his time was the one associated to spring, Undine. First published individually in 1811, the novella is a fairy tale inspired from French folk literature and occultist literature, most notably the works of… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Written by Baron Fouqué, Friedrich de la Motte, one of the genus, but lesser-known authors of German Romanticism, Sintram and His Companions is a collection of four stories, four powerful narratives, each of them associated to one of the four seasons ? the tale of Sintram is grave and sinister the way only winter can be, Undine is playful, moving and refreshing, like Spring, Two Captains takes the reader to the hottest corners of the world, while Aslauga?s Knight evokes the colors of fall. The stories that make up the book feature motifs and topics typical to Romanticism: the reader encounters knights in shining armor, damsels in distress, evil spells and the eternal struggle between good and evil.Out of the four tales, the story that made Fouqué?s really well-known and popular in his time was the one associated to spring, Undine. First published individually in 1811, the novella is a fairy tale inspired from French folk literature and occultist literature, most notably the works of… Read More

GB: Cassell (Cassell's National Library), 1887. 144 x 95 mm; 3d; standard designed cover with floral motifs etc.. 1st Thus. Paperback. Good.

GB: Cassell (Cassell's National Library), 1887. 147 x 100 mm; 6d; Brown standard designed cover with floral motifs etc. List of second year's volumes 53-92 at start. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. but spine darekened (title still legible). Owners stamp, date and address at start of book. . 1st Thus. Hardback. VG/No DW.

London: Cassell & Company LTD, 1887. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pictorial boards, binding rather tight, pages clean, spine slightly cocked. tiny book.

London: Cassell & Co Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine darkened. 1887. First edition thus. Brown hardback leather cover. 160mm x 110mm (6" x 4"). 192pp. .

GB: Cassell (Cassell's National Library), 1887. 144 x 95 mm; 3d; standard designed cover with floral motifs etc.. 1st Thus. Paperback. VG-.

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