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Liverpool University Press. New. 2017. paperback. New.

J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 297 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour 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. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1964. Reprinted. 303 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and pastedown. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Mild rubbing and marking to surfaces, with scuffing to edges. Light tanning to spine and edges.

J. M. Dent & Sons, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1969. Reprinted. 103 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth and gilt lettering. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing.

J. M. Dent & Sons ltd, 1937. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1937. Reprinted. 299 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.

J. M. Dent & Sons, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1949. Reprinted. 301 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrative jacket over red cloth. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Minor marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

dent dutton, #915, 1940's?, ,, . near fine, appears unused, blue cover jacket only, NO BOOK

Dent. London. 1943 (Reprint).. 24mo, 303pp. Hardcover, no d/w, red cloth, spine slightly faded, text in good cond. Includes introduction by "A JH", No 915 in "Everyman's Library"; this copy was part of Dorothea Mackellar's library, her bookplate is on the front pastedown.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Wheels of Chance; a Bicycling Idyll.

London / New York: J.M. Dent & Co. / The Macmillan Co, 1901. 4th edition. Cloth. Good+. J. Ayton Symington. 4th edition, 1901. A Good+ copy. 8vo., 313 pp., bound in publishers red decorated cloth, top edge gilt. Spine is sunned, covers have some sunning to edges. Tips rubbed. Text edges dusty. Light, scattered foxing throughout. Binding tight.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Wheels of Chance; a Bicycling Idyll.

London: J.M. Dent and Co. , 1896. First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 8" by 6" . J. Ayton Symington . A first edition copy of this comedic novel, written by prolific British author H.G. Wells, illustrated throughout. The Wheels of Chance is a comedic novel telling the story of a poorly paid draper's assistant, Mr. Hoopdriver, who takes a cycling holiday in the summer of 1895. It is a fascinating representation of cycling culture that was pervasive in England during this time period.The first edition, first impression of this work, with the publisher's imprint to page 314 and ten pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Written by the prolific British author H.G. Wells. Wells is most well-known for his science fiction works, such as War of the Worlds (1898), The Invisible Man (1897), and The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature four times during the course of his life. This work includes forty illustrations by J. Ayton Symington, collated and… Read More