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By: Besant, Walter
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood & Sons: 1883
Seller ID: 93044
Condition: Good
Sixth Edition. Original scarlet cloth, illustrated in black on both boards, lettered in gilt on spine, black endpapers. A little rubbing at head of spine, front inner joint paper cracking (but joint tight), bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise good. A reactionary satire: in an imagined future, women have gained political and financial control of society. Originally published anonymously. View more info
By: Besant, Walter
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Leipzig, Tauchnitz: 1901
Seller ID: VN1498
Condition: Good
Two volumes bound as one in blue binder's cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. Small split to cloth at head of lower hinge, lightly scuffed, undated signatures, bookplate on front pastedown, good. Todd [2702a/03] First issues; series half-titles bound in. A novel partly set in the Scilly Isles. View more info
By: Besant, Walter & James Rice
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1898
Seller ID: 01583
Condition: Very Good
New Edition. Later Piccadilly novels style: original blindstamped blue cloth. Corners scuffed, inscription (1899) on front free endpaper, very good. The comedy and adventures of a wealthy American in Europe. View more info
By: Besant, Walter & James Rice
Price: £16.00
Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1893
Seller ID: 01916
Condition: Very Good
New Edition, Piccadilly Novels. Original grey-blue cloth, decoratively blocked in black, lettered in gilt on spine; green-and-white flower-patterned endpapers. Lightly scuffed, a few faint marks, inscription (1894) on title page, endpapers faded, otherwise very good. The adventures of a wealthy American in Europe. View more info
By: Besant, Walter & James Rice
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1915
Seller ID: 02016
Condition: Very Good
Khaki Library Edition. Original khaki (brown) cloth, lettered in black. Corners bumped and lightly scuffed, otherwise very good. Produced during the First World War. Besant and Rice's third novel -- "the story of a woman's fidelity, patience and unmerited misfortune". View more info
By: Besant, Walter & James Rice
Price: £16.00
Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1884
Seller ID: 03744
Condition: Near Fine
New Edition. Late C19th maroon leather over crimson cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. A couple of tiny marks on cloth, light foxing on prelims, otherwise very good/near fine. View more info
By: Besant, Walter & James Rice
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1887
Seller ID: VN1443
Condition: Good
"Library Edition". Original blue cloth, decorated in red on front board, lettered in gilt on spine; black endpapers. Extremities scuffed, a little light marking on boards, bookplate on front pastedown, good. "[T]he story of a woman's fidelity, patience, and unmerited misfortune". (Authors' Preface). View more info
By: Besant, Walter & James Rice
Price: £7.50
Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1895
Seller ID: VN1491
Condition: Good
Undated edition, c1895. Rebound yellowback. Dark green beaded binder's cloth. Light scuffing, good. View more info
By: Besant, Walter & James Rice
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1889
Seller ID: VN1859
Condition: Good
New Edition, Piccadilly Novels. Original grey-blue cloth, decoratively blocked in black, lettered in gilt on spine; green-and-white flower-patterned endpapers. Lightly scuffed, corners rubbed, spine lightly sunned, a few faint marks, foxing pots, bookplate on front pastedown, good. The adventures of a wealthy American in Europe. View more info
By: Besant, Walter & James Rice
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1887
Seller ID: 04276
Condition: Near Fine
"Library Edition". Late C19th deep maroon leather over maroon boards; raised bands and gilt titling on spine; marbled endpapers; all edges marbled. Spine just faintly sunned, bookplate on verso of front free endpaper, a few foxing spots, near fine. "[T]he story of a woman's fidelity, patience, and unmerited misfortune". (Authors' Preface). View more info
By: Besant, Walter & James Rice
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1902
Seller ID: VN2117
Condition: Good
New Edition. Frontispiece. Original light brown cloth with shiled in gilt on front board. Faint pink flush to rear board, spine faintly sunned, a few light marks on cloth, foxing spots, gift inscription (1907) on front free endpaper, good. A biography, not a novel. View more info
By: Biddle-Cope, The Marquis [ie James Cyprian Camby Biddle-Cope]
Price: £35.00
Publisher: London, Ward & Downey: 1887
Edition: 2nd Edition
Seller ID: 85095
Condition: Good
Original pale fawn cloth, illustrated with figure of woman in red and black, lettered in red and black; black endpapers. Corners bumped, rubbed at foot of spine, Grosvenor Gallery Library plate on front board, good. Biddle-Cope was Anglo-American; his support for the Catholic Church gained him a marquisate of the Holy See. The novel moves between England and America (with a grim finale in Italy); one of the characters descends into madness. View more info
By: Black, William
Price: £8.00
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co.: 1902
Seller ID: VN0184
Condition: Very Good
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. View more info
By: Black, William
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Leipzig, Tauchnitz: 1890
Seller ID: 00941
Condition: Good
Copyright Edition. Two volumes bound as one in late C19th dark red cloth. Spine a little darkened, some spots and marks on cloth, page edges lightly browned throughout, good. The hero is the star of a The Squire's Daughter "the comedy-opera that had taken all musical London by storm". A theatrical novel, with a Scottish interlude. Todd [2635/36]. First/only issues, series half-titles bound in. View more info
By: Black, William
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co.: 1892
Seller ID: 01586
Condition: Very Good
New and Revised Edition. Original uniform edition binding in dark green cloth. Inner joint papers lightly cracked, otherwise tight, very good. Romance and sailing in the seas around the Inner Hebrides. View more info
By: Black, William
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co.: 1892
Seller ID: 01587
Condition: Very Good
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). View more info
By: Black, William
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co.: 1892
Seller ID: 01590
Condition: Very Good
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. View more info
By: Black, William
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1883
Seller ID: 01596
Condition: Good
Sixteenth Thousand. Original blue cloth, with decorative bands in black and gilt; dark brown endpapers. Corners scuffed, some light foxing, good. A tour by open, horse-drawn carriage, through the towns of Midland and northern England towards the Scottish borders: scenic descriptions, romance and comedy with minimal plotting. View more info
By: Black, William
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co.: 1894
Seller ID: 02116
Condition: Very Good
New & Revised Edition. Uniform series binding in green cloth, with Black's signature blindstamped on front board. Light scuffing to corners, little foxing (especially on endpapers), otherwise very good. The hero is the star of a The Squire's Daughter "the comedy-opera that had taken all musical London by storm". A theatrical novel, with a Scottish interlude. View more info
By: Black, William
Price: £14.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1878
Seller ID: 02250
Condition: Near Fine
[Reprint]. Original royal blue cloth, with decorative bands in black and gilt on front board and spine (blindstamped bands on rear board); brown endpapers. Small bump at head of rear board, light foxing on prelims, otherwise near fine. Contains the title piece and 4 linked stories which were omitted from the uniform collected edition of Black's works published by Sampson Low (from 1892): Queen Tita's Wager, A Fight for a Wife, The True Legend of a Billiard-Club & A Sequel to That. View more info
