Search Results: Titles starting with K from AJ Scruffles

London: Collins, 1920. Hardcover. Good. Nice illustrated edition of Scott's novel. Gilt and blind-stamping to covers. No date but c. 1920. Light Bumping to edges of spine. Contents clean and binding sound. Good.

London: Oxford University Press, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice edition of Scott's 1821 historical novel. In publisher's green leather binding with gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. With 47 b/w illustrations. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd. , 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice, limp leather edition of Scott's 1821 historical novel. Top edge gilt. With b/w illustrations. Rubbing and bumping to spine. Contents clean and tight. Very good overall.

London : Reader's Digest, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. Cheeky, special Reader's digest edition of Stevenson's classic adventure story. With b/w illustrations by Frank Godwin. Colour frontispiece. Quarter faux leather. Very faint spotting to top edge. Contents crisp and clean. Very good+

London : Reader's Digest, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Cheeky, special Reader's digest edition of Stevenson's classic adventure story. With b/w illustrations by Frank Godwin. Colour frontispiece. Quarter faux leather. Very faint spotting to top edge. Bump to top of spine. Contents clean and sound. Good

London: Cassell and Company, 1888. Hardcover. Good. Pleasant early illustrated of Stevenson's historical adventure. With 16 excellent b/w illustrations by W. B. Hole and fold out map. Bound in half leather marbled boards. Top edge gilt. 12mo. [vi] 311pp. With advert of Treasure Island to rear. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Map has small portion missing of insert, main map unaffected. Rubbing to leather with nicks to spine. Foxing to endpapers but contents otherwise clean and binding tight. Good.

London: Heron, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Pleasant Heron edition of Stevenson's great adventure novel . Bound in brown faux-leather with elaborate gilt decoration. With decorated endpapers. No date but c.1970. Introduction by Rae Jeffs and illustrations by Michael Heslop. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities. Tanning to page edge but contents clean and prim. Good+

London: Macmillan & Co., 1917. Hardcover. Good. Handsome red leather pocket edition of Kipling's Kim. Considered his masterpiece, Kim transcends its classification as Children's literature with its subtle and nuanced portrayal of India and its place in the Great Game. Top edge gilt. With Illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling. Some rubbing and bumping to extremities. Mild sunning to spine with fraying to top. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: William Collins, Sons & Co., 1900. Hardcover. Good. From the Stage Shakespeare series. Red cloth with gilt decoration to spine. With 8 b/w images of actors in the various roles. Plus three tipped in postcards of Lewis Waller as Henry. Top edge gilt. Toning to spine. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: William Collins, Sons & Co., 1900. Hardcover. Good. From the Stage Shakespeare series. Red cloth with gilt decoration to spine. With 6 b/w images of actors in the various roles. Top edge gilt. No date but c. 1900. Toning to spine. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1892. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Handsome full leather tree calf prize binding of Lytton's epic poem. Only published after his death, Lytton had worked on King Poppy for a number of years, re-writing it more than once. A melange of fable and fairy-tale, Lytton supplied marginal notes which are printed here in red. With Wellington college crest to cover. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. With unassigned prize bookplate to front pastedown. Some light foxing to front matter and sporadically throughout. Rubbing to extremities. Contents crisp and clean. Binding sound. Very good.

London: Collins, 1977. Hardcover. Good. Handsome Collins edition of Haggard's massively popular adventure. Bound in blue leather-like cloth with gilt decoration. With b/w illustrations by Will Nickless. Some mild shelf-wear, a couple of faint scratches to cover. Contents clean and tight. Good+

Glasgow: Blackie and Son Limited, 1933. Hardcover. Good. Adventure story for younger readers on a military theme. With four b/w illustrations by Comerford Watson. No date but first published in 1933. Some rubbing to edges. Light marking to spine. Foxing to page edges but contents clean and tight. Good.

London: Collins, 1922. Hardcover. Good. From the Collins collection of British and American Authors, copyright edition. No. 219. Neatly rebound in blue cloth with leather label to spine. 12mo. We have many more similarly bound Tauchnitz editions. Some light wear to covers. Contents tanned. Good condition.

London: Methuen & Co. , 1938. Hardcover. Good/Fair. A history of the british infantry, told from the perspective of the common soldier. How they are recruited, trained and treated. Dj has tearing to edges with some loss. Plus spotting and toning. Mild foxing to top edge, Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Account of the role of King's Secretary, and how it grew from a simple administrative role to one of lasting political importance in the 15th century. With 3 b/w plates. DJ has toning and rubbing to edges. Foxing to top edge. Content otherwise clean and tight. Very good overall.

London: Methuen & Co. , 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. Charming collection of Kiping's verse. Arranged by theme. Contains If, Gunga Din etc. Limp red leather with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's name to ffep. Mild sunning to spine. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, Very good.

U.S.A.: Rivergate Books, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine. Fascinating volume on Washington Irving's fictional narrator of his satirical guide to New York, how this character came about, evolved and the myths associated with the City. Very light shelfwear to dust-jacket. Else immaculate. Near Fine condition.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1941. Hardcover. Good. Neat Dent edition of Beaumont and Fletcher's pioneering play, a satire, perhaps the first, of chivalric romances and culture. First performed in 1607. Rubbing to edges. Extremely light foxing to top edge. A couple of instances of light pencil underlinding within. Otherwise clean and tight. Good.

London: Harper and Brothers, 1898. Hardcover. Good. Fascinating collection of 15 long essays that tries to reveal the essence of Japan's culture and people. Top edge gilt. 8vo. Red cloth boards have marking to cover, small tear to top of spine. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good condition.