Popular Tales

London: Printed for R. Hunter, 1817. In three volumes. [4], 330, [2]; [2], 330; [2], 343pp, [1]. With a final leaf of advertisements to Vol. I. Contemporary black half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Extremities rubbed, corners bumped. Marbled endpapers, bookplates of Coker Court to FEPs, some loss to text of leaves I10-K1 of Vol. III - with partial loss of sense,… Read more about this item

London, England: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; Whittaker and Co.; E. Hodgson; H. Washburne; H.G. Bohn; Smith, Elder, and Co.; Orr and Co.; Houlston and Stoneman; J. Bain; H. Renshaw; R. Mackie; W. Tegg and Co.; Routledges and Co.; and Mrs. Templeman; and G. and J. Robinson, Liverpool, 1851. New Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. 12mo., 6.9 in. x 4.25… Read more about this item

Ward Lock and Tyler, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 568 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions and sticker to pastedowns and rear of frontispiece. Front free endpaper cut out. Minor dog-eared… Read more about this item

(George Routledge, new edition, no date but late Victorian). Light foxing. With 30 illustrations and 4 coloured plates by F. A. Fraser. (Sadly one of the illustrations is loose). Hardback. Red boards attractively decorated in gilt, green & black. Light wear to cloth, espec. at spine/edges, some splitting to hinges. Else a good copy, all edges gilt. ix… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1895. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Fade to spine wear to extremities. tanning to feps. Foxing, mainly to endpapers.

Macmillan, 1903. Hardback. First illustrated pocket edition, 1903. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. VG condition; boards lightly marked, slightly sunned to spine, slight edge and shelf wear, endpapers lightly tanned, pages clean and tightly bound, half tissue paper missing page before title page. No dust jacket. Published: Macmillan, 1903

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Etc, 1857. original embossed blue cloth a bit warped, this is vol. 2 of a collected works edition, extra engraved title page and frontispiece, text block is clean and sound, free of foxing. Stories include: Lame Jervas, The Will, The Limerick Gloves, Out of Debt Out of Danger, The Lottery, Rosanna, Murad the Unlucky, The Manufacturers, The… Read more about this item

UK: Macmillan, 1903. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Chris Hammond. 1st Edition 1903. First Illustrated Classic Edition. Illustrated by Chris Hammond. Very nice cloth binding with decorative gold blocking. Book is very good++ and bright and clean. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16270… Read more about this item

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Etc, 1854. Book. Fair. Hardcover. New Edition, Complete in One Volume, With Three Plates. Frontispiece, vignette title and one plate in text. Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, yellow endpapers. Corners bumped, some foxing, spine lightly sunned, split/repaired along lower hinge, fair. Contains: Lame Jervas, The Will, The Limerick Gloves, Out of Debt Out of… Read more about this item

This book is in good conditionThis book is in good condition, minor wear to edges of covers, spine cracked, some pages loose, but all intact. No markings inner pages. Hardcover green cloth with gilt and black decoration, gilt page edges. Black and white illustrations "Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish gentry-woman, born in Oxfordshire and later resettling in County Longford. She… Read more about this item

London: Routledge, Warnes, & Routledge, 1859. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus. Originally published in three volumes (1803), this is "A New Edition, with Illustrations." The Preface, by husband Richard Lovell Edgeworth, promotes Maria's progressive ideas on popular education. An attractive mid-Victorian small octavo, with marbled covers and endpapers, leather tips, and a highly decorative… Read more about this item

London: Ward Lock and Co. Decorated boards edgeworn at corners and spine ends, rear board lightly stained and rubbed, gilt closed edges, foxing to endpapers, colour plate frontispiece, 3 colour plates, pp clean and text clear to read, binding sound.. Decorated Boards. Good/No Jacket. 12mo.

London: Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1865. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Rouledge, Warne & Routledge,1865. Hard Cover. Embossed blue boards with gilt decoration. Moderate shelfwear with rubbed spine ends and corners. Hinges are cracked, some webbing exposed. Pages are clean and unmarked, mild foxing throughout. Good reading copy. Includes 'The Grateful Negro'. Illustrated, tissues over engravings intact.

Philadelphia, PA: Duffield Ashmead, 1867. Hardcover. Good. Original Designs by Croome. Handsome series binding. Sm. 8vo. Blue cloth with gild decorated spine, and original designs by "Croome". Frontispiece of "The Grateful Negro". Hinges cracked but sound. Light foxing only at edges of pages. A handsome copy, signed "Julia Hamilton" on fep.

Duffield Ashmead. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No date stated, ca. 1850. (Fiction, Literature Collections) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs,… Read more about this item

London: Simpkin Marshall & Co, 1857. Head and tail of faded spine worn with small loss; binding and contents sound; 485p.. First Thus. Hard Cover. G+/No Jacket (as issued). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Halifax: Milner & Sowerby. 1860 Milner & Sowerby hardback, "a new edition, complete in one volume, with nine engravings", no dj; acceptable condition reading copy, gift inscription dated 1863, maroon embossed boards have some wear, clean inside; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Acceptable. Hardcover. 1860.

George Routledge and Sons, Limit, 1000-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. First edition without jacket on red illustrated pictorial cloth end paper removed will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable

Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1865. Hardcover. Good. . Green cloth cover shows minor wear and tear, rubbing, gilt decoration on the spine designed by master engraver John Feely. Name label of former owner on the front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned with minor scattered foxing.

London: Ward Lock Nice early copy in the rainbow series front end paper missing. Circa 1890. Early Edition. Decorated Cloth.. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.