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The Fortunes of Nigel (1822)

By: Scott, Sir Walter

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Leipzig, Tauchnitz: 1884

Seller ID: 03637

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Late C19th binding in dark green leather over maroon marbled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine; grey-green patterned endpapers. One small scrape to paper on rear board, light rub to paper on leading edges of boards, light foxing, very good. Todd [109d]. Fourth issue, series half-title bound in. Dated 1846 on title page, but actually issued around 1884.
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The Waverley Novels. Large Type Border Edition: Kenilworth

By: Scott, Sir Walter. Introduction and Notes by Andrew Lang

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1923

Seller ID: VN2809

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated. Original green cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. A little light scuffing, inscription and armorial bookplate on front endpapers, otherwise clean, bright, tight, very good.
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The Marchioness of Brinvilliers, the Poisoner of the Seventeenth Century. A Tale of Old Paris (1846)

By: Smith, Albert

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Richard Bentley & Son: 1886

Seller ID: 04147

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

[Reprint]. 15 plates by John Leech. Original dark blue cloth, blocked with duelling women in gilt on front board, lettered in gilt on spine; blue and gilt marbled endpapers. Corners scuffed, otherwise clean, bright, tight copy: very good. A heavy item which will require additional postage.
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Tales of the Early Ages (1832)

By: Smith, Horace

Price: £120.00

Publisher: London, Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley: 1832

Seller ID: 93160

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Three volumes in mid-C19th tan leather over pink-and-grey marbled boards, dark brown title labels and gilt decorations on spines. Free corners lightly rubbed, small chip near headd of lower hinge on volume II, lightfoxing, small slip removed from top of title page in volume I: otherwise a clean, tight set: very good. Sadleir [3108] in boards. Comprises five short novels progressing from the first to the fifth centuries: The Involuntary Prophet: A Tale of the First Century; Theodore and Tilphosa; or, The Olympic Games. A Tale of the Second Century; Olof and Brynhhilda; or The Bridal Banquet. A ...
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Fortune (1910)

By: Snaith, J. C. [John Collis Snaith]

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson & Sons: 1910

Seller ID: VN0132

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Colour frontispiece. Original green cloth; title in gilt within white box on spine; illustrated endpapers. White in title box quite worn, trace of removed label on front board, stamps (Walter G Denby) on prelims, signature (1925) on front endpapers, private library stamp on half-title. Still a tight copy: good.
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Fortune (1910)

By: Snaith, J. C. [John Collis Snaith]

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson & Sons: 1910

Seller ID: VN1458

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Colour frontispiece. Original green cloth; title in gilt within white box on spine; illustrated endpapers. White in title box quite worn, otherwise tight copy: good.
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Ashes of Vengeance, A Romance of Old France (1913)

By: Somerville, H. B. [ie Ina Violet MacComas]

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Co: 1920

Seller ID: 02764

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated reprint, c1920. Original red cloth, lettered in black. Spine lightly sunned, poor quality post-war paper lightly browned throughout, good. Set in France in the 1570s, and filled with th tensions between Protestant (Huguenot) and Cathloics that led to the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
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St Ives Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England

By: Stevenson, Robert Louis [completed by A. T. Quiller-Couch]

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, William Heinemann: 1898

Seller ID: VN0530

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Second Edition. Binding as for first: grey cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Light scuffing, light foxing, undated signature on front free endpaper, good.
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Priscilla of the Good Intent (1909)

By: Sutcliffe, Haliwell

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Smith, Elder & Co.: 1909

Seller ID: 04117

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Title page printed in red and black. Original blue cloth, lettered in black (gilt on spine). Corners scuffed, a few light marks on cloth, trace of small label on front board, signature in pencil (1917) on front free endpaper, good.
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The Gay Hazard (1916)

By: Sutcliffe, Halliwell

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1919

Seller ID: VN0148

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

[Reprint]. Frontispiece. original red cloth, lettered in black. Light tanning of paper on page edges, otherwise a clean, tight copy: very good.
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Lonesome Heights (1917)

By: Sutcliffe, Halliwell

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1918

Seller ID: VN0149

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

[Reprint]. Frontispiece. original crimson cloth, lettered in black. Light tanning of paper on page edges, otherwise a clean, tight copy: very good.
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Battling Keep (1930)

By: Sutcliffe, Halliwell

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, John Long: 1930

Seller ID: 03221

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Second Impression. Undated (c1930). Original red boards, ruled and lettered in black. Spine and board edges, lightly sunned, otherwise good copy of scarce later title. Sutcliffe specialised in tales of Yorkshire and family feuds.
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Tales of the Open Hazard (1912)

By: Sutcliffe, Halliwell

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Mills & Boon: 1912

Seller ID: 03790

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original maroon cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine faintly sunned, inscription (1921) and small notes in red on front endpapers, light foxing, very good. A short novel -- The Three Who Met -- and 4 short stories: The Night Surprise, The Jolly Smugglers, The Angel Tavern & The Duellist.
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The Open Road. A Romance of High Adventure (1913)

By: Sutcliffe, Halliwell

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1913

Seller ID: 04431

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated. Original dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Minimal scuffing, signature (1913) on front free endpaper, light foxing: a bright copy, very good.
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Ill-Gotten Gold. A Story of a Great Wrong and a Great Revenge (1897)

By: Tarbet, W. G.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Cassell & Co.: 1897

Seller ID: 95095

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in orange. Damaged along lower edge of rear board, inscription (1920), fair. A historical novel of C17th Scotland, dealing with opposition between the government and the Covenanters, and culminating in the Battle of Drumclog (1679).
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The Virginians A Tale of the Last Century (1858 - 59)

By: Thackeray, W. M. [William Makepeace Thackeray]

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Leipzig, Tauchnitz: 1859

Seller ID: 04088

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Four volumes bound as two in mid-C19th brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spines. A little foxing, inner joint paper lightly cracking. otherwise a good set. Todd [425b/ 441a/470A/477]. Second and first issues/settings. Series half-titles bound in.
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Philippi the Guardsman (1898)

By: Threlfall, T. R.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1898

Seller ID: 02945

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated first edition [1898]. Illustrated. Original fine-ribbed crimson cloth, lettered in gilt. Light mark on spine, corners scuffed, endpapers browned, otherwise good. "The story of Napoleon's Russian Campaign has seldom been treated with more grim actuality" (review in The Times)
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Heart's Delight (1906)

By: Tracy, Louis

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1906

Seller ID: 94122

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Illustrated. Original black cloth, with blindstamped ruling, lettering in gilt and with illustration on glazed paper on front board, lettered in gilt on spine. Extremities lightly scuffed, a little light foxing, good. Historical novel following "the Indian adventures of Roger Mowbray...[and] the love story of Nur Mahal".
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Lady Bell. A Story of the Last Century (1873)

By: Tytler, Sarah [ie Henrietta Keddie]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Daldy, Isbister & Co.: 1874

Seller ID: 87106

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

[One-Volume Edition. Illustrated. Original green cloth blocked in black and lettered in gilt. A few marks on spine and rear board, later endpapers, light foxing, otherwise good. One of Tytler's adult titles, originally published as a three-decker in 1873.
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The Diamond Rose. A Life of Love and Duty (1867)

By: Tytler, Sarah [ie Henrietta Keddie]

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Alexander Strahan: 1867

Seller ID: 93138

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original navy blue cloth on bevelled boards, framed and decorated in gilt, lettered in gilt on spines; brown endpapers; all edges gilt. Corners lightly rubbed, tiny chip at head of spine, two small tears to half-title, undated inscription of front free endpaper, good. Wolff [6901]. Historical novel set largely in Edinburgh in the first two decades of the eighteenth century.
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