Victorian Fiction
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Lavender and Old Lace
by Myrtle Reed
Lavender and Old Lace is a Victorian romance novel written by Myrtle Reed and published Sep. , 1902. It tells the story of some remarkable women, each of whom have a unique experience with love. The book follows in Reed’s long history of inciting laughter and tears in her readers through provocative prose. She was often witty in dialogue and dispensing in advice, while gingerly skirting the moral issues.
The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
RUDYARD KIPLING was born in Bombay in India in 1865 to British parents, and brought by a Portuguese 'ayah' (nanny) and an Indian servant, who would entertain him with fabulous stories and Indian nursery rhymes. He was sent back to England when he was seven years old, and lived in a boarding house with a couple who were cruelly strict. Fortunately he returned to India aged 16, to work as the assistant editor of a newspaper in Lahore. He began publishing stories and poems and eventually had great success...
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Some Chinese Ghosts
by Lafcadio Hearn
"This Dover edition, first published in 2008, is an unabridged republication of the work published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, in 1906. The first edition of this book was published in 1887"--T.p. verso.
The Battle Of Life the "Pears" Centenary Edition Of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books
by Charles Dickens
The Poems and Stories Of Fitz-James O'Brien Collected and Edited, With a Sketch Of the Author, By William Winter
by Fitz-James O'Brien
The King In Yellow and Other Horror Stories Selected, With an Introduction, By E F Bleiler
by Robert W Chambers
Victorian Fiction Books & Ephemera
Orley Farm
by Trollope, Anthony
When Joseph Mason of Groby Park, Yorkshire, died, he left his estate to his family. A codicil to his will, however, left Orley Farm (near London) to his much younger second wife and infant son. The will and the codicil were in her handwriting, and there were three witnesses, one of whom was no longer alive. A bitterly fought court case confirmed the codicil.
Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives at Orley farm with her adult son, Lucius. Samuel Dockwrath, a tenant, is asked to leave by Lucius, who wants to... Read more about this item
Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives at Orley farm with her adult son, Lucius. Samuel Dockwrath, a tenant, is asked to leave by Lucius, who wants to... Read more about this item
Sonnets From the Portuguese
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets to
the Portuguese are widely considered among the greatest cycle of
sonnets in the English language. This collection of love poems was
written between 1845-46 to fellow poet and her soon-to-be husband,
Robert Browning.
Originally, Browning had no intention
of publishing the poetry owing to its deeply personal subject matter,
but her husband convinced her to publish them in the 1850 edition of
her Poems. Originally, however, she was reportedly to have called the... Read more about this item
the Portuguese are widely considered among the greatest cycle of
sonnets in the English language. This collection of love poems was
written between 1845-46 to fellow poet and her soon-to-be husband,
Robert Browning.
Originally, Browning had no intention
of publishing the poetry owing to its deeply personal subject matter,
but her husband convinced her to publish them in the 1850 edition of
her Poems. Originally, however, she was reportedly to have called the... Read more about this item
Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, and Other Essays.
by Masson, David
London: Macmillan and Co., 1875 New edition. With prefatory note by author, and two-page author's catalogue and four-page publisher's catalogue at rear. Finely bound to match British Novelists by Riviere and Son in full brown morocco, boards ruled and spines stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Near fine, with only a few very light spots to leather, light spotting to endpapers, pages clean and fresh otherwise. David Masson was a Scottish author and professor of literature, who...
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NZ$255.33
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854-1855. Two volumes. Illustrated with wood and steel engravings by Richard Doyle. First editions, first printings. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, decorated in blind, pale yellow endpapers. An attractive set with light rubbing, corners bumped, former owner signature to front pastedowns; vol I with some wear to the upper spine and light toning to spine. Overall, a very good set, free of any repairs or restoration. Shepherd 121. Set in England in the decades...
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NZ$680.88
HEARTS and SWEETHEARTS
by Albanesi, Madame ( Aka - Effie Adelaide Maria Rowlands)
London: Hutchinson & Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1916. Unknown (Probably a reprint). Hardcover. Very good, blind-stamped, decorated paper-covered boards with clear black titling and decoration to the spine. An impressed Frys Breakfast Cocoa logo on the rear cover. In the original most attractive illustrated period dust jacket, with a delightful illustration by H. C. Marsh Lambert for Frys Cocoa on the rear cover of the d/j. The d/j spine has a 2/- sticker near the foot of the spine...
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NZ$74.53
CAMEOS FROM MRS. BROWNING.
by MINIATURE BOOK]. BROWNING, Mrs. [Elizabeth Barrett Browning]
London & Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press., No Date [circa 1915]. Full Leather. Very Good. 16mo, small upright oblong format, 40 mm wide x 106 mm tall x 4 mm thick. Bound in the publisher's original limp suede with an inlaid border in blind, gilt titles on spine, all edges gilt. 60 pp, double-page colour frontispiece. Text block pulled very slightly from binding, endpapers cracking & slightly chipped, but overall a very good and completely intact copy. Bound in a very strange reverse oblong format...
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NZ$127.66
The Complete Works of Oliver Goldsmith comprising his Essays, Plays, and Poetical Works - and The Vicar of Wakefield - with a Memoir by ..
by Goldsmith, Oliver ; Spalding, William (memoirist)
James Blackwood & Co., London, 1872. New Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 403 pages (complete). A much owned and carelessly stored copy. Nonetheless, it is resolute and competent. The green boards are battered, worn, scuffed and marked all about. They are steady. Within, the contents are gently aged. The opp.-title page has a previous owner signature (Emily Moorshead 1876). The rear board and end paper are stained by damp. Otherwise, the contents are tanned, foxed, earnestly produced,...
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NZ$11.92
Kohana San
by Bostwick, F. M. (Lieutenant - U. S. Navy)
Tokyo, Japan (10 Hiyoshicho): T. Hasegawa. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1892. First Edition. Soft. An original Japanese crepe paper book, printed in 1892 - Meiji era. Condition: Generally Good plus to Very good minus, with some light foxing (light yellowy/brown spots here and there) and some creasing (as usual with crepe paper). This is a Hasegawa crepe paper book with music and text/lyrics depicting Kohan-san - a Geisha of Kobe. With Lovely Colour Woodblock Illustrations throughout. 24 pp - including...
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NZ$532.38
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT: "After Sunset"
by SWINBURNE, Algernon
n.p., n.d. Manuscript. Some edgewear to the paper with a small piece, containing part of the title, detached but present. Paper somewhat fragile but still Very Good. HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT Poem in Swinburne's hand of 25 lines titled "After Sunset" on two sides of a 5-3/8" x 11-3/4" sheet of plain paper. The poem is identical to the version published in Swinburne's collection TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE AND OTHER POEMS, but for one word which is crossed out with the published version above it and the omission...
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NZ$3,191.62
Besom Ben Stories
by Waugh, Edwin; Edited by George Milner
Manchester: John Heywood Ltd.. No Date. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Very mild rubbing to spine edae and corners. Black & white frontispiece and vignette to title page. Gift inscription & previous owner's name to half-title page. 354 pages. Edwin Waugh wsa a 19th century poet and author, noted for his work set in Lancanshire and often, using local dialects. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.
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NZ$22.25
The Spendthrift A Tale
by Ainsworth, W. Harrison
London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited. No Date circa late 19th century. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good condition. No dustjacket. Some light marking to red boards and spine is age-toned. Blinding a little loose but still all holding together. 'The Original Illustrated edition' blindstamped to front cover. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece and 7 black & white plates by Hablot K. Browne (all present). 332 pages. Originally published in book form in 1857. Robust,...
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A PAIR OF BLUE EYES
by HARDY, Thomas
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1873. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fraying to spine tips. The light-colored cloth is foxed and soiled. The first sentence of most of the chapters have a pencil notation that seems to be the reader's response to the chapter titles. Very Good and quite uncommon. Issued in the Leisure Hour Series. Publisher's decorated cloth with the ads dated 4 October 1873. Hardy's third novel and the first published under his own name.
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NZ$2,127.75
Hardy and the Sister Arts
by Grundy, Joan
London: Macmillan,. Hardback. 204pp. Considers the influence of Thomas Hardy on other art forms: cinema, theatre, art, Â music and dance. Black boards with gilt titles to spine are very neat. Dust wrapper is slightly rubbed. Near fine copy in very good dw . Hardcover. 1979.
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NZ$26.62
THE TABLE-TALK OF JOHN SELDEN. Queen Victoria's Half-Sister's Copy.
by SELDEN, John
London: John Russell Smith, Soho Square, 1860.. Third Edition. Octavo, original textured brown cloth decorated in blind on front & rear panels, spine panel ruled and lettered in gold. 270 pp + 16 page catalogue of 'Valuable and Interesting Books, Published or Sold by John Russell Smith, 36 Soho Square, London. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Selden with tissue guard; head- and tail-pieces & attractive initial letters throughout. Small, contemporary clipping affixed to recto of rear free endpaper with...
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NZ$425.55
THE NORSEMEN IN THE WEST; Or, America Before Columbus. A Tale. With Illustrations.
by BALLANTYNE, R.M
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 Henderson imprint is a cancel (tipped in on a stub). The spine panel bears the imprint of A.G. Watson. 406 pp + 8 pp publisher's catalogue of "Works by R,M,...
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NZ$212.78
Dear Brutus A Comedy in Three Acts (The Plays of J. M. Barrie)
by Barrie, J. M
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1927. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm] . Very Good condition. Dark blue leather with gilt decorations. Spine lightly rubbed, especially at the ends, mild rubbing to front cover. Gilt to top edge. Previous owner's details to half-title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 140 pages. The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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NZ$20.03
NINETEENTH-CENTURY FICTION. A Bibliographical Catalogue Based on the Collection Formed by Robert Lee Wolff
by WOLFF, Robert Lee
(Mansfield): Maurizio Martino, [1993]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Five volumes bound in two green buckram volumes, as issued. Limited to 325 copies, this facsimile reprint in a smaller format contains the full catalogue of one of the great collections of Victorian fiction. Over 1400 pages of valuable information illustrated with facsimiles and plates.
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NZ$266.05
Vanity Fair or, A Novel Without A Hero
by Thackeray, W. M
Great Britain: Gordon Classic Library. No Date. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Very Good condition. Leatherette binding with gilt to top edge. Nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 951 pages. First publised in the late 1840s. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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NZ$20.03
A SONG OF ITALY
by SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles
London: John Camden Hotten, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, bright copy, entirely unopened. In chemise and attractive slipcase. In the remainder binding of blue cloth with the date at the heel of the spine; 8 pages of ads bound at the front between the endpaper and the half-title page and 16 pages at the rear. Housed in a cloth chemise and gilt-lettered and decorated quarter blue morocco slipcase.
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NZ$319.16
Beauchamp's Career
by Meredith, George
London: Constable,. Hardback. 631pp. Novel by the Victorian writer. Green boards with gilt titles to spine. Small marks and areas of colour loss to front. Bumped. Pages uncut to two sides but with gilt to top edge. Good copy. . Hardcover. 1914.
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NZ$12.78
Elia: Essays Which Have Appeared Under That Signature in the London Magazine
by Lamb, Charles
London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1823 First edition, first issue, published without the half-title, with the publisher's single-line Fleet Street address to the tile page, lacking publisher's terminal advertisements. Finely bound in full navy morocco, with five raised bands to the spine, decorative gilt stamping to the spine bands and compartments, spine lettered in gilt, boards ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, elaborate gilt turn-ins, maroon coated endpapers. Very good or better, with some...
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NZ$2,553.30
The Goblin's Moonlight Walk
by Gulston, Josepha Heath (Talbot Gwynne)
Derwen Mansion, Llandeilo, South West Wales: Privately Printed,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1844. First Edition. Paperback. Original Pictorial Card Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition 1844. Privately Printed 1844. 4to, 9 pp + (1) pp, plus 6 plates printed on tinted paper, drawn and lithographed by the author, pagination of the illustrations corresponds to the relevant page in the text. Title-page printed in red and black on glazed paper, original black printed, lithographed, pictorial...
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NZ$276.84
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman & Hall, 1839 Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). First edition, mixed state with "sister" and "letter" in the corrected state, many other points first state and uncorrected. Bound in contemporary three-quarter green calf, with five raised bands ruled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, marbled paper-covered boards, and red sprinkled edges. Very good, with light marks to calf, some wear to paper-covered edges, bookseller's sticker to front...
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NZ$1,446.87
Whirligig Pictures . (A Book of Transformation Pictures)
by Bingham Clifton (with Verses by)
London: Ernest Nister. Good with no dust jacket. c.1890s. Presumed First UK Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth backed spine and pictorial paper covered boards, with a lovely chromolithograph illustration of three (dressed) Kittens skipping with skipping ropes, to the upper cover and with a plain back. . No Date given but this is an Original late Victorian Transformation title - so c.1890s. The edges of the boards are scuffed, in places through to the cardboard. The rear board had some markings and is a...
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NZ$521.73
Orley Farm
by Trollope, Anthony
London: Chapman and Hall, 1862 With Illustrations by J. E. Millais. First edition. Two volumes. Original publisher's maroon cloth. Both volumes were published almost 10 months apart, which further adds to this title's complex and rather questionable (Sadleir) issue points. Volume I is the horizontal grain pattern cloth and the text appears to be mostly fourth issue; volume II is the vertical grain pattern cloth and appears to correspond to Sadleir's earlier issue. A very good set; some wear...
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NZ$2,127.75
Suffragettes International: The World-Wide Campaign for Women's Rights
by Lloyd, Trevor
London: Macdonald. Good with no dust jacket. 1971. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 0356037231 . In the original publisher's glossy pictorial card covers. No dustjacket as issued. Some 'shelfwear' to the edges/head and tail of the spine = rubbing/tinting to the corners/edges, and a little of the laminate lifting and 'dusty' to the top edge o/w No Inscriptions or Marks. 127 pp. Illustrations throughout in colour and b/w. Internally some pale foxing (lemon spotting) and light...
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NZ$10.65
Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures: Mrs Bib's Baby
by Jerrold, Douglas
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co.. n.d. Late 19th Century. Octavo Size. Good condition. Green boards have slightly rubbed decoration and titles. Light rubbing to spine edges and corners. Previous owner's details and Bookseller stamp to front free end paper. Black & white illustrations. lxxi, 192pp. Includes an Introductory Memoir of Douglas Jerrold by his son, Blanchard Jerrold. Contains all of Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures (36) as well as the shortish story Mrs Bib's Baby. Robust,...
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NZ$22.25
