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1 Besant, Walter A Fountain Sealed (1897)
London Chatto & Windus 1899 Hard Cover 
New Edition. Frontispiece. Late Piccadilly novels style binding: blindstamped royal blue cloth, lettered in gilt. A little light foxing, otherwise a crisp, bright copy of one of Besant's less common titles. A historical romance of the love of an English prince for a Quaker girl. 
Price: 16.00 GBP
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2 Besant, Walter All in a Garden Fair. The Simple Story of Three Boys and a Girl (1883)
London Chatto & Windus 1892 Hard Cover Harry Furniss 
New Edition, Piccadilly Novels. Original blue-grey cloth, blocked in black and lettered in gilt: grey-and-white flower-patterned endpapers. Light scuffing, spine a trifle dulled, very good. 
Price: 18.00 GBP
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3 Besant, Walter All Sorts and Conditions of Men
London Chatto & Windus 1891 Hard Cover 
New Edition, Piccadilly Novels. Illustrated by Fred Barnard. Original blue-grey cloth, blocked in black (gilt on spine); grey and white flower patterned endpapers. Corners scuffed, pinhole on upper hinge, endpapers browned, fore-edges spotted, Sunday School plate on front pastedown: otherwise a bright, tight copy. The story of a heiress who uses her inheritance to better the lot of the poor in East London. 
Price: 15.00 GBP
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4 Various Authors including Walter Besant All the Year Round, New Series, Volume XXXIX (39), Including The Holy Rose by Walter Besant
London 26 Wellington Street 1887 First Edition Hard Cover 
Contains: The Holy Rose by Walter Besant. Extra Christmas Number for 1886. All the Year Round, An Unconventional Almanac for 1887: In Beauty's Cause, The Count's Story, The Soldier's Story (all anonymous). A Dateless Bargain by C. L. Purkiss. Chapters I - LII. Lost in the Valley. Anonymous. Complete serialisation. Late C19th tan leather over lilac cloth; raised bands and title labels on spine. Cloth lightly sunned, good. The Unconventional Almanac is an extra Christmas "extra number", containing stories (and a calendar, obituaries etc). A heavy volume which will require additional postage. 
Price: 25.00 GBP
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5 Various Authors: Walter Besant, James Rice, M. E. Braddon, Mrs Cashel Hoey, R. E. Francillon, Rosa Mulholland Etc All the Year Round, Summer & Christmas Numbers 1872 - 1882
London 26 Wellington Street 1878 First Edition Hard Cover 
ALL THE YEAR ROUND Extra Numbers: Christmas 1872: Doom's Day Camp (Anon); Christmas 1873: The Blue Chamber (Anon); Christmas 1874: The Opal Ring (Anon); Christmas 1875: Davy's Locker (Anon); Christmas 1876: When the Ship Comes In by Walter BESANT & James RICE; Christmas 1877: Shepherds All and Maidens Fair by Walter BESANT & James RICE; Christmas 1878: 'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay by Walter BESANT & James RICE; Summer 1878: Dr Carrick by M. E. BRADDON, Our Sensation at Unter-Bädeli by Frances Eleanor TROLLOPE, Old Sir Pierce by Dutton COOK, Tina by Rosa MULHOLLAND, A Midsummer Night's Reality by C. Warren ADAMS, Proctor's Case by Mrs Cashel HOEY, Whitehoof by R. E. FRANCILLON; Summer 1879: The Shadow in the Corner by M. E. BRADDON, A Queen of Trumps by R. E. FRANCILLON, Contraband in the Pyrenees by Frank VIZETELLY, The Curse of the Crows by Mrs Cashel HOEY, That American Girl by Theo GIFT, Professor Wolff by Dutton COOK, The Mystery of Ora by Rosa MULHOLLAND; Christmas 1881: The Captains' Room by Walter BESANT & James RICE; Christmas 1882: Let Nothing You Dismay by Walter BESANT & James RICE. 11 extra numbers bound together (without original wrappers) in C19th green binders' cloth. Cloth chipped/nicked on spine tips, some pages have wear to edges, fair/good. The two Summer Numbers are particularly uncommon, as they were rarely included in the yearly bound volumes. A heavy item which will require additional some postage. 
Price: 100.00 GBP
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6 Besant, Walter Armorel of Lyonesse. A Romance of To-day (1891)
London Chatto & Windus 1907 Hard Cover 
New Impression. Original brown cloth on limp boards, blocked in black, title on gilt block on spine. Corners lightly scuffed, some marks on rear board, very good. Issued in the smaller format originally known as the "Popular Two Shilling Novels". 
Price: 14.00 GBP
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7 Besant, Walter Armorel of Lyonesse. A Romance of To-Day (1894)
London Chatto & Windus 1894 Hard Cover 
New Edition, Piccadilly Novels. 12 illustrations by Fred Barnard. Original blue grey cloth, blocked in black on front board and spine, lettered in gilt on spine; green-and-white patterned endpapers. Light scuffing to extremities, undated signature in pencil on front pastedown, very good. Publisher's catalogue dated March 1895 bound in at end. A novel about the artistic community (and one particular artistic charlatan), set partly in London, partly in the Scilly Isles. 
Price: 18.00 GBP
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8 Besant, Walter Beyond the Dreams of Avarice
New York Harper & Brothers 1895 First American Edition Hard Cover 
Illustrated. Original light green cloth, blocked in darker green and gilt. Corners bumped, a little scuffing, light foxing, good+ 
Price: 7.00 GBP
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9 Besant, Walter Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1895)
London Chatto & Windus 1895 First Edition Hard Cover 
Original pale brown cloth, decorated in gilt with shower of coins in gilt; brown-and-white patterned endpapers. A few light marks on cloth, some browning on endpapers, otherwise very good. Sadleir [181]. Publisher's catalogue dated December 1894 bound in at end. 
Price: 18.00 GBP
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10 Besant, Walter Children of Gibeon
London Chatto & Windus 1888 Hard Cover 
New Edition. Late C19th blue leather over maroon marbled boards; brown endpapers. Edges rubbed, bookplate of Pantia Ralli on front pastedown, good 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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11 Besant, Walter Dorothy Forster (1884)
London Chatto & Windus 1928 Hard Cover 
[Reprint]. Original grey-blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Lightly scuffed on spine tips, gilt lettering a little dulled, light foxing, small bookseller's label at foot of front pastedown, very good. Besant's most popular historical romance: a story of Jacobites in Northumberland. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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12 Besant, Walter Fifty Years Ago
London Chatto & Windus 1899 Hard Cover 
New Edition with 144 illustrations (by various artists). Later "Piccadilly Novels" style binding in royal blue cloth, with intricately patterned blindstamping on boards. Spine a trifle dulled, otherwise very good. A survey of England at the start of Victoria's reign, originally published in 1888. Non-fiction. 
Price: 7.50 GBP
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13 Besant, Walter Fifty Years Ago (1888)
London Chatto & Windus 1888 First Edition Hard Cover 
Original crimson cloth, ruled, blocked and lettered in black and gilt; black endpapers. 137 plates and woodcuts. Lightly marked on cloth, small chip to top corner of spine, a little foxing, good ++. Heavy item which will require some additional postage. A survey of life and society at the start of Queen Victoria's reign, amply illustrated. 
Price: 24.00 GBP
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14 Besant, Walter For Faith and Freedom (1889)
London Chatto & Windus 1889 Hard Cover A. Forestier & F Waddy 
New (ie First One-Volume) Edition. Original blue-grey cloth, blocked in black, green-and-white patterned endpapers. Spine considerably dulled, with nicks head & foot: otherwise good. 
Price: 8.00 GBP
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15 Besant, Walter Her Paulus. His Rise, His Greatness & His Fall (1888)
London Chatto & Windus 1890 Hard Cover 
New Edition. Late C19th blue leather over maroon marbled boards. Corners lightly rubbed, otherwise very good. The story of the progress and eventual unmasking of a fraudulent medium. 
Price: 15.00 GBP
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16 Besant, Walter & James Rice Ready-Money Mortiboy
London Chatto & Windus 1902 Hard Cover 
New Edition. Frontispiece portrait of James Rice. Later Piccadilly novels style: original blindstamped blue cloth. Corners scuffed, foxing, good. The story of a long-lost scoundrel son who comes back to defraud his father, a country banker. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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17 Besant, Walter St Katherine's By the Tower
London Chatto & Windus 1910 Hard Cover Charles Green 
New Impression. Illustrated. Original blue cloth. Corners lightly rubbed, owner's name stamp on front free endpaper, otherwise very good. A romance of east London in the last decade of the C18th. 
Price: 12.00 GBP
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18 Besant, Walter The Art of Fiction
London Chatto & Windus 1902 Hard Cover 
New Edition. Original white cloth, lettered and decorated in black and red. Corners scuffed, inscription (1909) on front free endpaper, dulled on spine, good. A lecture on the art of novel writing by a successful author. Uncommon. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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19 Besant, Walter The Bell of St Paul's (1889)
London Chatto & Windus 1890 Hard Cover 
New Edition, Piccadilly Novels. Original grey blue cloth, decoratively blocked in black; brown-and-white leaf-patterned endpapers. Corners scuffed, name in pencil on title page, very good. 
Price: 16.00 GBP
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20 Besant, Walter & James Rice The Chaplain of the Fleet
London Chatto & Windus 1904 Hard Cover 
New Edition. Later Piccadilly novels style: original blindstamped blue cloth. Corners scuffed, foxing spots throughout, very good. Historical novel set in eighteenth century London. The Fleet of the title is not the navy, but the infamous London prison. 
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