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Half-Way. An Anglo-French Romance (1886)

By: Betham-Edwards, M [Matilda Betham Edwards]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington: 1886

Seller ID: 04112

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Two volumes bound as one in late C19th black leather over red marbled boards. Rubbed on spine ends, with short split to leather at head of upper hinge: contents clean and tight, fair/good. Not in Wolff. Bound without half-titles. A heavy double volume which may require additional postage
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The League of the Leopard (1904)

By: Bindloss, Harold

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, John Long: 1904

Seller ID: 04251

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original fine-ribbed red cloth, lettered in gilt. Foxing on endpapers and fore-edges, small bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise a tight copy, very good. An adventure story set largely in West Africa.
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The Pioneer (1912)

By: Bindloss, Harold

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1912

Seller ID: 92083

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Coloured frontispiece. Original grey-blue cloth, decoratively framed in black, illustration on glazed paper in set in centre of front board. Light scuffing, faint foxing, near fine. Bindloss was born in Liverpool but spent parts of his life in Canada where much of his fiction -- including The Pioneer -- is set. A settlement in Alberta is named after him. This novel was reprinted several times, but the first edition is scarce.
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Sunrise: A Story of These Times (1881)

By: Black, William

Price: £90.00

Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington: 1881

Seller ID: 94080

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Three volumes uniformly rebound in brown leather over brown and orange marbled boards; black leather title labels on spines; green endpapers. Lightly scuffing, a few light marks, bound without half-titles; a very good set. Wolff [511] in cloth, noting that the uncommon large 8vo format gives the book a striking appearance. It is also unlike any other novel Black wrote -- being the story of a secret society which is dedicated to destroying tyranny across Europe, and the machinations of one of its leaders.
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Tales for the Marines

By: Blatchford, Robert

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, The Clarion Newspaper Co.: 1901

Seller ID: 01456

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original pale green cloth, with dramatic cover illustration by Chesworth of a frightened man sitting up in bed. Spine lettering dulled, otherwise a good copy. A collection of tall stories, as might be told after dark in the barracks.
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Stunts

By: Blatchford, Robert

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, The Clarion Press: 1922

Seller ID: 01462

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated [1922]. Original tan cloth. Light scuffing, a little foxing on endpapers, very good. Stories, essays and journalism
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Personal Recollections of Peter Stonnor, Esq (1884)

By: Blatherwick, Charles

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, Chapman & Hall: 1884

Seller ID: 88026

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated. Original deep turquoise cloth, lettered and decorated in black and gilt; brown endpapers. Light scuffing, a few faint marks on rear board, otherwise a tight, bright copy: very good. Not in Wolff, who held one other novel by this author. A comic novel of the life of a country gentleman and his famil; involving burglaries and seances, courtship and bazaars, grand dinners and small children. Scarce.
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A Gentleman of the Road (1911)

By: Bleackley, Horace

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, John Lane, The Bodley Head: 1911

Seller ID: 88027

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original green cloth, framed and illustrated in black, lettered in gilt. Lightly scuffed, a few light marks, light foxing, very good. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: With kind regards from the Author. Eighteenth century historical romance: the hero, Dick Maynard, is unjustly accused of being a highwayman.
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Confessions of an Elderly Gentleman (1836)

By: Blessington, Countess [Marguerite of]

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Leipzig, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman: 1836

Seller ID: MC275

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Six plates ("My First Love", "My Second Love" etc). Original pinky-red cloth, with blindstamped framing and gilt ornament on front board, elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt on spine, yellow endpapers. Spine sunned with short splits to cloth at head of hinges, light foxing, armorial bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise a clean tight copy, good.
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The Tale of a Horse (1884)

By: Blinkhoolie [ie William Allison]

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons: 1884

Seller ID: 02960

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition: George Routledge & Sons. Frontispiece (see note below). Late C19th brown leather over brown cloth, raised bands on spine. Light scuffing, some browning on endpapers, very good. Note: once a yellowback -- the pictorial paper from the original front board has been mounted to make the frontispiece for this rebound volume.
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The Most Famous Loba. A Romance (1901)

By: Blissett, Nellie K.

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London., William Blackwood & Sons: 1901

Seller ID: VN2103

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Frontispiece. Original blue cloth, with illustrations of medieval castle and lettering in black and white, lettered in gilt on spine. Lightly scuffed, a few light marks, a little foxing, very good. Scarce. A medieval romance of knight and courtly ladies, set in and around Carcassonne in South-west France.
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Across the Salt Seas. A Romance of War and Adventure (1898)

By: Bloundelle-Burton, John

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co.: 1898

Seller ID: 00314

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Original fine-ribbed red cloth. Spine sunned/darkened, evidence of removed bookplate at head of front board, speckled on rear board, a little foxing in text, undated signature on half-title. Otherwise a tight copy fair/good.
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A Dead Reckoning (1904)

By: Bloundelle-Burton, John

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, F. V. White & Co.: 1904

Seller ID: 88028

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original sage-green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly marked on boards, light scuffing, faint foxing, very good. One of Bloundelle-Burton's "Novels of To-day": a story of secret marriages, bigamy and blackmail.
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Beset by Spies. A Story of Some Incidents During the Russo-Japanese War (1913)

By: Blyth, James

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, F. V. White & Co.: 1913

Seller ID: 95106

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original fine-ribbed red cloth, lettered in gilt. A few light marks on boards, gilt lettering dulled/oxidised, trace of removed label on front pastedown, otherwise good.
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Plain Living A Bush Idyll (1898)

By: Boldrewood, Rolf [ie Thomas Alexander Browne]

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1898

Seller ID: 82016

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Publisher's presentation copy with circular impressed stamp on title page. Original fine-ribbed blue cloth with impressed design of trees and gilt lettering on front board. Spine a trifle dulled, light foxing and faint tanning to page edges, signatures (1898 & 1948) on front pastedown, very good. Wolff [585]. Publisher's catalogue dated 50.1.98 (sic) bound in at end.
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A Romance of Canvas Town and Other Stories (1898)

By: Boldrewood, Rolf [ie Thomas Browne]

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1898

Seller ID: 90102

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original blue cloth with blindstamped decoration of surf-topped wave, lettered in gilt; top edge gilt. Lightly scuffed on spine ends, undated signature on front free endpaper, light foxing, very good. Wolff [587]. A collection of five stories.
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The Last Chance A Tale of the Golden West (1905)

By: Boldrewood, Rolf [ie Thomas Browne]

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1905

Seller ID: 90134

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original blue cloth with blindstamped decoration of tropical trees, lettered in gilt; top edge gilt. Spine a trifle darkened, undated signature on front free endpaper, light foxing, otherwise a clean, bright copy: very good. Wolff [579].
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The League of Twelve (1903)

By: Boothby, Guy

Price: £14.00

Publisher: London, F. V. White & Co.: 1903

Seller ID: VN2511

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Frontispiece. Original blue cloth on bevelled boards, lettered in gilt. Spine and board edges sunned, cloth chipped on spine ends, bookplate on front pastedown, fair to good binding: contents lightly foxed but otherwise tight. A crime novel featuring love at first sight, and innocent girl held captive, a mysterious disappearance, and attempted political assassination.
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A Crime of the Under-Seas (1905)

By: Boothby, Guy

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1905

Seller ID: 94055

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original navy-blue cloth on bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt and pale green. Corners rubbed, a few light marks, endpapers replaced, good. Collection of eleven short stories.
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Divorce. A Domestic Tragedy of Modern France (1904). Translated from the French by E. L. Charwood. [Un Divorce, 1904]

By: Bourget, Paul

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, David Nutt: 1904

Seller ID: VN2792

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

The Phoenix Library Vol III. Original crimson cloth, lettered in black on front board, in gilt on spine. Small closed tear to top edge of lower hinge, some speckling and marking on board edges, good.
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