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One in a Thousand; or, The Days of Henri Quatre (1835)

By: James, G. P. R. [George Payne Rainsford James]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Simms & McIntyre: 1850

Seller ID: 90067

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Parlour Library, Vol XXXV. Mid C19th binding in green leather over blue and black marbled boards; blue marbled endpapers. Small chip at foot of spine, extremities a little rubbed, signatures (1863) on blank prelim, good.
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Heidelberg (1846)

By: James, G. P. R. [George Payne Rainsford James]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Leipzig, Tauchnitz: 1890

Seller ID: 95079

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Copyright Edition:, c1890. Late C19th black leather over marbled boards; raised bands and red leather title label on spine; pale brown endpapers. Light scuffing, light foxing, faint tanning to page edges, very good. Todd [108Ad]. Fourth issue of the first setting. Series half-title bound in. Dated 1846 but actually from c1890.
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Darnley; or, The Field of the Cloth of Gold (1830)

By: James, G. P. R. [George Payne Rainsford James]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Simms & McIntyre: 1850

Seller ID: 96054

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Parlour Library. Mid-C19th blue-green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; all edges red. A little foxing, signature (1850) on title page, very good. James's second historical novel, dealing with events early in the reign of Henry VIII.
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Morley Ernstein; or, The Tenants of the Heart (1842) & My Aunt Pontypool (1835)

By: James, G. P. R. [George Payne Rainsford James]

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Simms & McIntyre/Thomas Hodgson: 1857

Seller ID: 98255

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Morley Ernstein; or, The Tenants of the Heart (1842). [Parlour Library]: Simms & McIntyre, 1850. Bound with: My Aunt Pontypool (1835). [Parlour Library]: Thomas Hodgson, nd [1857]. Two volumes bound as one in mid-C19th purple leather over marbled boards, elaborately blocked in gilt on spine with black leather title label; marbled endpapers; all edges marbled. Light scuffing, light foxing, bookplate on front pastedown, very good. Sadleir [3755a]
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The Silver Cross. A Romance (1898)

By: Keightley, S. R. [Samuel Robert Keightley]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Co.: 1898

Seller ID: 82046

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated. Original grey-blue cloth, decorated in silver and gilt on front board, lettered in gilt on spine. Endpapers browned, otherwise very good. A historical romance in the manner of Dumas. Set in France during the reign of Louis XIV.
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Mistress Beatrice Cope or Passages in the Life of a Jacobite's Daughter (1889)

By: Le Clerc, M. E.

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Hurst & Blackett: 1890

Seller ID: 04141

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

One-Volume Edition, Standard Library. Undated (c1890). Original green morocco cloth on bevelled boards, with butterfly in gilt in centre of front board; dark green endpapers. Lightly scuffed, a little foxing, very good. A historical romance.
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Orrain (1904)

By: Levett-Yeats, S. [Sidney Levett-Yeats]

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Leipzig, Tauchnitz: 1905

Seller ID: 04368

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Early C20th black leather over orange-and-brown mottled board. Small scrape on spine, label for the lending library of the English Church of the Holy Trinity, Florence on front board, small stamp and signatures on front endpapers, good. Todd [3794]. First/only issue: series half-title bound in. A historical romance set in France during the reign of Henry II, described by Baker in Historical Fiction as "a second Gentleman of France" but also "a breathless rush of adventure, all utterly improbable...".
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To Right the Wrong (1894)

By: Lyall, Edna [ie Ada Bayly]

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Hurst & Blackett: 1894

Seller ID: 02761

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original tan cloth, ruled in black and gilt; lettered in gilt on spine; dark brown endpapers. Minor scuffing otherwise very good. An historical novel of the English Civil War, featuring John Hampden the great parliamentarian.
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Her Majesty's Rebels (1907)

By: Lysaght, S. R. [Sidney Royse Lysaght]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1907

Seller ID: 85120

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original fine-ribbed emerald green cloth, with blindstamped shamrock designs on front board, lettered in gilt. Light scuffing, foxing on early/late pages, inscription on front free endpaper, very good. Inscription reads: Evelyn Hellicar from S. R. Lysaght March 1907. The hero, Desmond, is clearly based on the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell.
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Pausanias the Spartan An Unfinished Historical Romance

By: Lytton, Lord [Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton]

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons: 1877

Seller ID: 03364

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First issue in The Knebworth Edition. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt. Small owner's name label on front pastedown, otherwise near fine.
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The Last Days of Pompeii (1834)

By: Lytton, Lord [Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Chapman & Hall: 1850

Seller ID: 94129

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

[New Edition]. With a new Preface (1850). Text printed in double columns. Mid C19th black leather over marbled boards; raised bands and gilt decorations on spine; blue marbled endpapers. Lightly scuffed, boards darkened, a little foxing, good.
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Sir Hector. The Story of a Scots Gentleman (1901)

By: Machray, Robert

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Constable & Co.: 1901

Seller ID: 04365

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original fine-ribbed olive-green cloth, lettered and decorated in black and gilt. Corners and spine ends rubbed, some light marks on front board, some foxing and occasional soiling on page edges, about good. The son of a Jacobite turns his knowledge to great effect in 1745 -- and makes his fortune.
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In Four Reigns, the Recollections of Althea Allingham 1785 - 1842 (1887)

By: Marshall, Mrs Emma

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Leipzig, Tauchnitz: 1890

Seller ID: VN0331

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dated 1887 on title page, but a later issue. Late C19th dark blue leather over mottled blue boards. Spine tips rubbed, number ("A1114") in gilt at head of spine, light edgewear, small chips to page corners on prelims, good. Todd [2449b]. Second issue: series half-title bound in.
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The Bivouac; or, Stories of the Peninsular War (1837)

By: Maxwell, W. H. [William Hamilton Maxwell]

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Routledge & Co.: 1857

Seller ID: 00851

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Reprint. Mid C19th rebinding in green beaded cloth and mottled, paper-covered boards; lilac endpapers. Paper worn on board edges, endpapers faded, good.
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The Gorgeous Borgia (1908)

By: McCarthy, Justin Huntly

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Hurst & Blackett: 1908

Seller ID: 89066

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth, framed and lettered in black on front board, in gilt on spine. Spine lightly sunned, otherwise very good. Wolff [4268], noting that the binding style is the same as Braddon's The White House (item 48). The novel is an historical romance woven around the figure of Caesar Borgia. McCarthy was the son of novelist Justin McCarthy, and used his middle name to differentiate himself from his father.
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The Son of Porthos (1850)

By: Mehalin, Paul (pretending to be Alexandre Dumas)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, R. E. King: 1900

Seller ID: LH011

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated, c1900. Original red cloth, lettered in black. Paper tanned on page edges throughout, otherwise good+. A "fake" fourth novel in the Musketeer series, widely published as being by Alexandre Dumas, but probably written by one Paul Mehalin, without any authority from Dumas himself.
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The Purple Mask Adapted from the Play Le Chevalier au Masque of MM Paul Armont and Jean Manoussi (1918)

By: Miln, Louise Jordan

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1918

Seller ID: 94123

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated first edition [1918]. Illustrated with photographs. Original red cloth, lettered in black. Board edges lightly sunned, paper faintly tanned, good. Tipped in before title page, a statement from the publisher: "This Novel is based upon Mr Matheson Lang's English adaptation of the French play entitled LE CHEVALIER AU MASQUE by Jean Manoussi and Paul Armont. The illustrations are from photographs of Mr Matheson Lang's production at the Lyric Theatre, London. Supplied by courtesy of Mr Matheson Lang". The story of an apparently foppish aristocrat who is really a heroic fighter against tyran...
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The X Jewel. A Romance of the Days of James VI. (1896)

By: Moncrieff, the Honourable Frederick

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Edinburgh & London, William Black wood & Sons: 1896

Seller ID: 92106

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original green cloth, decoratively blocked in black; brown patterned endpapers. Lightly scuffed, prelims tanned, inner joint papers chipped (but joints tight), otherwise very good.
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The Impudent Comedian and Others (1897)

By: Moore, F. Frankfort [Frank Frankfort Moore]

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, C. Arthur Pearson: 1897

Seller ID: 86119

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated. Original maroon cloth lettered and illustrated in black and gilt. Small chip at head of spine, a little foxing, endpapers browned, very good. Stories of theatrical life centred on real actors and actresses: Nell Gwyn, David Garrick, Peg Woffington, Sarah Siddons etc.
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John Splendid. The Tale of a Poor Gentleman and the Little Wars of Lorn

By: Munro, Neil

Price: £7.50

Publisher: Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood & Sons: 1899

Seller ID: VN0182

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Sixth Edition. Frontispiece map of "Argile" (Argyll). original dark green cloth; green endpapers. Corners scuffed, a few light marks, very good.
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