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Rather at Sea (1890)

By: Burnand, F. C. [Francis Cowley Burnand]

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co.: 1890

Seller ID: VN3566

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

With illustrations from Punch. original crimson cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; black endpapers; top edge gilt. Tiny chips on spine ends. light marks on board edges, good. Four comic tales of voyages at sea: On Board the Amarintha, A Short Holiday Cruise, Another Little Cruise & My Health
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Image for A Lady of Quality Being a most curious, hitherto unknown history, as related by Mr Isaac Bickerstaff but not presented to the World of Fashion through the pages of The Tatler, and now for the first time written down... (1896)

A Lady of Quality Being a most curious, hitherto unknown history, as related by Mr Isaac Bickerstaff but not presented to the World of Fashion through the pages of The Tatler, and now for the first time written down... (1896)

By: Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Frederick Warne & Co.: 1896

Seller ID: VN0966

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Frontispiece. Original green cloth with blindstamped scrolling and gilt lettering. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown, a little light foxing, very good. An historical romance of the 1690s.
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In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim (1899)

By: Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Frederick Warne & Co: 1899

Seller ID: VN1966

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated first edition [1899]. Original light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in dark brown and gilt. Extremities scuffed, tiny nicks at foot of spine, endpapers browned, good.
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The Dawn of a To-morrow

By: Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Frederick Warne & Co.: 1907

Seller ID: VN2574

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original maroon cloth, decorated in gilt. A few light foxing spots, otherwise crisp, bright and fine copy.
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Children I Have Known & Giovanni and the Other (1892)

By: Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.: 1892

Seller ID: 94075

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Four plates. Original brown cloth, lettered and illustrated in black on front board, lettered in gilt on spine. Some spots and speckles along spine edge of front board, otherwise good. A collection of ten short stories and one longer piece (Giovanni and the Other).
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Camilla; or, A Picture of Youth (1796)

By: Burney, Frances [aka Fanny Burney, later as Mme D'Ablay]

Price: £250.00

Publisher: Dublin, William Porter for G. Burnet etc: 1796

Seller ID: 98236

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

First Irish Edition in Three Volumes. Three volumes recently rebound in dark brown leather over marbled boards; raised bands, gilt decorations and black leather title labels on spines; original owner's armorial bookplates relaid on front pastedowns, all edges stained green. Several early pages in Volume I have edges repaired, bold signatures on title pages, intermittent foxing; otherwise a good set in a fine binding. Published anonymously as "by the author of Evelina and Cecilia"
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Elizabeth and Other Sketches (1889)

By: Butt, Beatrice May

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, William Blackwood & Sons: 1889

Seller ID: 80031

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Contemporary circulating library binding in blindstamped maroon cloth: brown endpapers. Spine sunned, W. H. Smith label (stamped "sold") on front pastedown, good. 5 short stories and novelettes, which had previously appeared in Blackwood's Magazine. Issued anonymously as "by the author of Miss Molly, Alison, Lesterre Durant etc". Not in Wolff.
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Eugnie (1877)

By: Butt, Beatrice May

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, William Blackwood & Sons: 1877

Seller ID: 80300

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original salmon pink cloth, blocked in black: black endpapers. Light scuffing, inscription on front pastedown, very good. Not in Wolff, who held 3 titles by this author. Issued anonymously as "by the author of Miss Molly". A French girl marries a German Count, shortly before the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.
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Nell--On and Off the Stage (1878)

By: Buxton, B. H. [Bertha Henry Buxton]

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Tinsley Brothers: 1878

Seller ID: 95046

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated first edition in three volumes [1878]. Three volumes bound as one in late C20th blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spines. Foxing, otherwise very good. One of Buxton's novels of theatrical life. Written, according to Sutherland. "to redeem the image of the stage as a career for right-minded women". A very modern binding.
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The Charlatans (1909)

By: Bysshe, Percy Shelley

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Everett & Co.,: 1909

Seller ID: VN3467

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and black. Spine sunned with several tiny chips on spine ends; illustrated bookplate on front pastedown, a little foxing, otherwise fair/good.
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A Double Scoop (1924)

By: Cable, Boyd [ie Ernest Andrew Ewart]

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Co.: 1924

Seller ID: 04116

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated first edition [1924]. Publisher's remainder binding: maroon cloth, with blindstamped borders on boards, and art-nouveau flower designs on spine, lettered in gilt. Lettering on spine oxidised, otherwise very good. Semi-humorous crime novel (listed in Hubin). Chuck Summers pursues clues to the disappearance of William Goodenough, through Australa and the Far East. Cable/Ewart wrote two crime novels and a collection of short stories (his best known works relate his experiences in the trenches during the First World War). Publisher's catalogue for Autumn 1924 bound in at end.
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Strong Hearts (1899)

By: Cable, George W. [George Washington Cable]

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1899

Seller ID: 02870

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original red-brown buckram, lettered in gilt on spine, black endpapers. Lightly sunned, stamp on blank prelim, a little foxing, good. 3 long stories: The Solitary, The Taxidermist & The Entomologist. Cable was a friend of Mark Twain, and wrote extensively of the American South, particularly Louisiana.
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The Bondman Play (1906)

By: Caine, Hall

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, Daily Mail: 1906

Seller ID: VN0485

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Play version of one of Caine's successful novels, illustrated with photos from the original production. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt. Small tear to top edge of front free endpaper, a little foxing, otherwise a clean, bright copy, very good.
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The Prodigal Son (1904)

By: Caine, Hall

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, William Heinemann: 1904

Seller ID: 02890

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original deep red cloth with tripple ruling criss-crossing on front board, with two flowers and gilt lettering. Light scuffing, faint foxing, otherwise very good.
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The Master of Man (1921)

By: Caine, Hall

Price: £14.00

Publisher: London, William Heinemann: 1921

Seller ID: 03123

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original maroon cloth with crossed lines and flowers in black on front board; lettered in black and gilt. Minimal scuffing, a few light marks, very good.
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The White Prophet (1909)

By: Caine, Hall

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, William Heinemann: 1909

Seller ID: 04361

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"Library of Modern Fiction". Illustrated. Two volumes in original red cloth on light boards, lettered and decorated in gilt. Spines faintly sunned, otherwise very good. Wolff [1044].
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Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon, The Last Confession, The Blind Mother (1893)

By: Caine, Hall

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, William Heinemann: 1893

Seller ID: 93058

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original red cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine lightly sunned, corners bumped/scuffed, a few light marks on cloth, corner snipped from half-title, light foxing, good. Sadleir [482].
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The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1913)

By: Caine, Hall

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, William Heinemann: 1913

Seller ID: VN3041

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original crimson cloth, ruled in black, lettered in gilt. Lightly scuffed, very faintly marked on leading edge of rear board, otherwise a very bright, tight copy: very good.
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Etcetera (1916)

By: Calthrop, Dion Clayton

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Mills & Boon: 1916

Seller ID: 92145

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated first edition [1916]. Original blue cloth, lettered in black on spine. Lightly scuffed on extremities, undated signature on front free endpaper, very good. A collection of fantastical short stories, including characters from the commedia dell'arte, talking babies and fairies.
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Breadandbutterflies (1914)

By: Calthrop, Dion Clayton

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Mills & Boon: 1914

Seller ID: VN3176

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original crimson cloth, lettered in black. Light sunning to board edges, sporadic foxing, bookplate on front pastedown, good+.
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