The Cloister and The Hearth a Tale Of the Middle Ages

First Edition thus. Very scarce. Fine in beautiful brown leather with elaborate gilt designs and lettering on the cover and spine. Gilt top stain. An immaculate copy of this nearly 100-year old edition that presents one the finest historical novels of the Middle Ages. Originally published by Charles Reade in 1861, the story is set in of the latter part… Read more about this item

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. Mild sunning to the spines. Fine in Very Good dustwrappers and a lightly soiled, Very Good slipcase. Lynd Ward. Two octavo (6-1/4" x 9-3/4") volumes bound in full brown duck cloth printed in brown and orange from a design by Lynd Ward. Introduction by Hendrik Willem van Loon. Wash drawings by… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition in Four Volumes. Frontispiece in each volume. Original red buckram, lettered in gilt on spines, top edges gilt. Spines lightly sunned, signature (1907) on front free endpapers, otherwise very good. Reade's epic romp through the Middle Ages, in an issue reproducing the 4 volume format of the first edition. Heavy… Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, c1900. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A copy of 'The Cloister of the Hearth; A Tale of the Middle Ages' by Charles Reade (June 1814 – April 1884) was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. A New Edition. In a cloth binding with cloth… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition in Four Volumes. Frontispiece in each volume. Original red buckram, lettered in gilt on spines, top edges gilt. Light scuffing, a few faint marks, a good, bright, unfaded set. Reade's epic romp through the Middle Ages, in an issue reproducing the 4 volume format of the first edition. Heavy 4… Read more about this item

London : John Long, 1903. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". Maurice Lalau . A lovely leather bound copy of Charles Reade's The Cloister and the Hearth, with illustrations. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages is Charles Reade's most known novel. The novel is historical and relates the travels of a… Read more about this item

New York: Heritage Press. 1932. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase. .

London : W. and R. Chambers, Limited, c1915. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 7.5". Gordon Browne. An illustrated copy of this work by Charles Reade Illustrated by Gordon Browne. With twenty coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations. The Cloister and the Hearth (1861) is an historical novel by the English… Read more about this item

New York: Heritage Press. 1932. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ slipcase. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. Light bumping on top slipcase edge. .

London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. Book. Illus. by Charles Keene. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition, Piccadilly Novels. Original red cloth blocked in black, gilt lettering on spine; green-and-white patterned endpapers. Spine very faintly darkened, a little faint foxing, very good. Publisher's catalogue dated December 1894 bound in at end. A fast-paced historical romp which sweeps the hero through a tumultuous… Read more about this item

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. 2 volume set. Tall octavo. Limited to 1500 numbered copies. Volume 2 is signed by the illustrator, Lynd Ward. Illustrated in photogravure. Introduction by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Gilt-lettered orange and dark brown printed light brown cloth. Extremely light wear to corners, else a fine set in slipcase. Slipcase is split at the… Read more about this item

London & Edinburgh, W & R Chambers Limited, Not Dated. Illustrations by Gordon Browne, Original dark blue boards with gilt lettering to front and spine, pasted-on coloured picture to the front board, some wear, corners bowed, edges rubbed, green endpapers, no inscriptions, coloured frontispiece, 738 pages. Lovely illustrations in colour and black & white. 8.00 x… Read more about this item

Boston: Estes and Lauriat. N.D.. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. .

(Subject: Other Topics - Diverse Subjects…) A reprint of the 1922 edition. Blue impressed boards with gilt spine titles and decoration. Light wear on cover. (Published: 1935) (Publisher: Harrap & Co Ltd) (Pagination: 707pp 16 col illustrations.) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Poor with no dust jacket. 1915. Hardcover. Spine has faded. Spine is cracked at page after front endpaper. Corners are bumped. Outer edge has a moderately sized dampstain that affects the first 20 pages. Spine has a few missing pages, and bottom 2/3 is loose. ; Ownership sign… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent & Son's. Good. 1907. Hardcover. 3rd Printing 1907. Everyman's Library. Red cloth hardcove would be VG except spine flap is loose on one side, otherwise cover has minor edge/corner wear & bumping and light soiling. Light fading to spine. Foxing to outside edge of pages. Interior pages are clean & tight … Read more about this item

NYC: The Heritage Press, 1932 745 pp with B&W illustrations throughout. A handsome edition with a large, easily-readable typeface.. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Boards are clean and bright,, undamaged. Case is intact with light rubbing.. Cased Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Ward, Lynd.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. 1886. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. .

London England: Daily Express. Hardback. Blackboards with gilt lettering. Author's Preface - A small portion of this tale appeared in Once a Week, July-Septemebr 1859, under the title of 'A Good Fight'. After writing it, I took wider views of the subject, and also felt uneasy at having deviated unnescessarily from the historial outline of a true story.… Read more about this item

Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1915. Hardcover. Good. 1915. No Edition Remarks. 774 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and… Read more about this item