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Black, William A Daughter of Heth London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1892 Hard Cover New and Revised Edition. Photograph of author as frontispiece. Original uniform edition binding in dark green cloth. Inner joint papers lightly cracked, otherwise tight, very good. Black's most famous novel: the story of a Catholic girl brought to live with a Protestant family in south-west Scotland. When the girl seeks the friendship of a local nobleman, tragedy ensues. Price:
12.00 GBP
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Black, William A Princess of Thule (1873) London Macmillan & Co. 1878 Hard Cover Fifteenth Thousand. Original blue cloth, with decorative bands in black and gilt across front board and spine; black endpapers. Corners and spine tips rubbed, a little light foxing, good. The story of a misalliance between a feckless young English painter and a girl from the Outer Hebrides. Price:
8.00 GBP
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Black, William Donald Ross of Heimra London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1894 Hard Cover New and revised Edition. Uniform green cloth with blindstamped borders. Cancelled bookplate on front endpapers, otherwise very good. The English heroine inherits a remote Scottish estate in northern Scotland. She meets with hostility from her impoverished tenants, complicated by the presence of the disinherited laird, Donald Ross. Price:
12.00 GBP
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Black, William Green Pastures and Piccadilly London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1892 Hard Cover New and Revised Edition. Original uniform edition binding in dark green cloth. Inner joint papers lightly cracked, otherwise tight, very good. Partly the story of an unhappy marriage, partly the story of a party of English travellers in late nineteenth century America (from new York out to Nebraska). Price:
10.00 GBP
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Black, William Highland Cousins (1894) London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Hard Cover New and Revised Edition: no date (c1896). Original uniform edition binding in dark green cloth. A little foxing on prelims, signature (1902): crisp, bright, near fine. The story of a mismatched love affair: the girl from the Hebrides, corrupted by desire fro money and her school-teacher husband. Set in and around a disguised Oban. Price:
15.00 GBP
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Black, William Highland Cousins (1894) London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1894 Hard Cover Fifth Thousand. Original morcco-grained blue cloth, lettered in gilt; blue-and-white patterned endpapers. Corners bumped and scuffed, otherwise very good. The story of a mismatched love affair between a girl from the Hebrides, corrupted by desire for money and material possessions, and her lover (and later husband) the local school-teacher. Set in and around a thinly disguised Oban. Price:
20.00 GBP
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Black, William In Far Lochaber (1888) London Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1889 Hard Cover New [ie First One-Volume Edition]. Original red cloth, blocked with a complex pattern in black and gilt; grey-and-white flower patterned endpapers. Spine lightly sunned, with tiny nicks at foot; front inner joint paper lightly cracked (but joint tight), undated signature on title page, good. Publisher's catalogue dated October 1889 bound in at end. One of the best of Black's later novels: dour religiosity and conniving relatives are outfaced by young love: set in and around Fort William and Glen Nevis. Price:
18.00 GBP
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Black, William In Silk Attire (1869) London Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1879 Hard Cover Seventh Edition. Original scarlet cloth on bevelled boards, ornately blocked in black and gilt; dark grey endpapers. Lightly sunned on spine, light marks at foot of front board, good. Black's third novel. In 1892 he revised it, abridging the text, changing the names and titles of some of the characters etc. This earlier copy preserves the original version. Price:
15.00 GBP
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Black, William Judith Shakespeare London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1893 Hard Cover New and Revised Edition. Uniform green cloth with blindstamped borders. A few light marks, very good. A romance woven around Shakespeare's daughter and the "theft" of the manuscript of The Tempest. Price:
12.00 GBP
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Black, William Kilmeny London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Hard Cover New and Revised Edition. Undated, c1895. Uniform green cloth, with Black's signature blindstamped on front board. Crisp, bright, very good. The story of an artist and his struggles: "Kilmeny" is his greatest painting -- the portrait of the woman he loves. Price:
12.00 GBP
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Black, William Lady Silverdale's Sweetheart and Other Tales (1876, with different contents, as Lady Silverdale's Sweetheart and Other Stories) London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1892 First Thus Hard Cover New and Revised Edition. Original uniform edition binding in dark green cloth. Corners scuffed, a few light marks on cloth, very good. The first edition (1876) contained three long stories Lady Silverdale's Sweetheart, The Marriage of Moira Fergus & The Man Who Was Like Shakespeare; 2 short shorter pieces The Strange Horse of Loch Suainabhal & The Highlands of the City; also a short article as addendum A Glance at the Isle of Lewis. In this "revised" edition The Marriage of Moira Fergus has been replaced by another long story, The Pupil of Aurelius, and the addendum dropped altogether. Uncommon in any edition. Price:
15.00 GBP
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Black, William Macleod of Dare London Macmillan & Co. 1886 Hard Cover Reprint. Illustrated. Original blue cloth, with decorative bands in black and gilt; dark brown endpapers. Corners scuffed, some light foxing, good. The tragic romance of young Scotsman from Mull who falls for a London actress. Price:
12.00 GBP
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Black, William Madcap Violet (1876) London Macmillan & Co. 1880 Hard Cover [Reprint]. Original royal blue cloth, blocked with decorative bands in black and gilt on front board and spine (blindstamped on rear board): brown endpapers. Corners bumped, small nicks head/foot of spine, small bookplate on front pastedown, good. The second of Black's "tragic" novels -- which defy expectation by ending in tears rather than marriage bells. Price:
12.00 GBP
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Black, William Sabina Zembra (1887) London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1893 Hard Cover New and Revised Edition. Original uniform edition binding in dark green cloth. Corners scuffed, a few light marks on cloth, very faint tanning to paper, good. One of Black's less common later novels. Sabina, the daughter of a well-to-do MP, shocks her family and friends by marrying Fred Foster, a down-at-heel sporting man -- and misery ensues. Price:
15.00 GBP
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Black, William Shandon Bells London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1893 Hard Cover New & Revised Edition. Original uniform edition binding in dark green cloth, with Black's signature blindstamped on front board. A few light marks on cloth, lightly scuffed on spine tips, very good. A sad romance of failed love, set in and around Cork and in London. The hero is a struggling journalist. Price:
15.00 GBP
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Black, William Stand Fast, Craig-Royston! (1890) London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Hard Cover New and Revised Edition. Undated, c1894. Original uniform edition binding in dark green cloth. Corners scuffed, a few light marks on cloth, very good. One of Black's less common later novels. The novel questions the Victorians' romantic fascination with Scotland. Is George Bethune -- besotted with his Scottish heritage -- a visionary, a fool, or simply a scoundrel? Price:
15.00 GBP
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Black, William Sunrise. A Story of These Times London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Hard Cover Undated reprint, c1902. Uniform edition binding in brown cloth, lettered in gilt. A little foxing and undated signature on endpapers, very good. Novel of international political intrigue and secret societies. Price:
8.00 GBP
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Black, William The Handsome Humes (1893) London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Hard Cover Half-Crown Edition: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., undated (c1903). Original brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. Tiny nicks to leading edge of rear board, a few light marks, otherwise a very bright copy, very good. The son of a noble family falls in love with the daughter of a prizefighter. One of Black's less common late novels. Price:
20.00 GBP
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