Search Results: Historical Novels from Richard Beaton

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1904. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Two volumes uniformly bound in early C20th black leather over lilac beaded cloth; raised bands and brown leather title labels on spines; orange-and-white patterned endpapers. Light scuffing to leather, small chip to edge of title label on Volume 1, otherwise very good. Todd [3772a/73]. First issue with contents pages in Volume 1 incorrectly numbered. Series half-title bound in. Setting: France in the reign of Henri IV (1595).

London: Routledge & Co., 1890. Book. Good. Hardcover. Undated reprint (c1890). Late C19th rebinding in dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Light scuffing, foxing, good. Historical novel: set in 1806, during the war with France..

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original green cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt: dark green endpapers. Lightly scuffed, light foxing, Note ("First Edition") on verso of front free endpaper, very good..

London: Richard Bentley, 1854. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Standard Novels. Engraved frontispiece. Mid C19th green leather over blue marbled boards; raised bands and gilt decorations on spine; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Lightly scuffed, a little foxing, very good. Series half-title not present..

London: Simms & McIntyre, 1852. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Agincourt (1844). Parlour Library: Simms & McIntyre, 1852. Bound with Sir Theodore Broughton; or, Laurel Water (1848). Parlour Library: Simms & McIntyre, 1853. Two volumes bound as one in mid C19th crimson leather over maroon marbled board; black leather title label on spine. Spine lightly sunned, minimal foxing, owner's signatures (1854 etc) on prelims and first page of text, very good..

London: Burnes & Oates, 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. "New Edition Two Volumes in One": undated [1896/7]. The first edition in two (separate) volumes, bound together. The volumes are separately paginated; the title page to the first volume is a cancel, the title page to the second has been removed leaving a stub. Original pale green cloth, lettered and decorated in darker green. Corners rubbed, light soiling, endpapers replaced, good. A remaindered re-issue of the first edition. A novel of religion and religious history: the story opens in Constantinople in 858 AD. Dennehy was Archdeacon of Cloyne in County Cork..

London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1855. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition in Three Volumes. Three volumes uniformly bound in mid-century maroon leather over marbled boards, cloth corner pieces. Titles on the spines read simply "A Tale of Jerusalem". Leatherwork tight, but chipped on spine ends of Volume II (see photograph); marbled paper on boards generally rubbed along edges -- and missing on front of Volume I. Contents tight and in good order, with undated signatures on front pastedowns, and a small stamp ("Cancelled") on front free endpapers and title pages, rear free endpaper missing in Volume III. A fair copy of a very scarce title. Collates: I - [iv, including advertisement leaf] + 290pp; II - [iv including a different advertisement leaf] + 280pp; III - [iv, including a different advertisement leaf] + 262 pp + advertisement leaf + 8pp undated publisher's catalogue. Not in Wolff or Sadleir. Historical novel. The author was the father of novelist Julia Kavanagh.

London: Simms & McIntyre, 1852. Book. Good. Hardcover. The Parlour Library, Volume CXIV. Original green cloth, with blindstamped decorations and framing to front board (incorporating the series title); decorated and lettered ("G. P. R. James's Works", the title, and the price) in gilt on spine; deep yellow endpapers. Small chip at foot of spine, a few light marks, foxing spots on prelims, small nameplate on front pastedown, otherwise good. Setting: England, 1642. Four page list of titles in the Parlour Library, and other publications by Simms precedes half-title..

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1920. Book. Good. Hardcover. 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..

London: Judd & Glass, 1857. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Young Englands' Illustrated Library. Illustrated. Original blindstamped purple cloth, lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers. Spine and board edges sunned, undated signature in red on front free endpaper, foxing/spotting: good. A juvenile story of settlers in early America: Augustin is a European "pale-face"; Wenonda the son of the chief of the Delaware tribe..

London: John Long, 1920. Book. Good. Hardcover. Undated reprint, c1920. Original pinky red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Cloth patchily sunned, undated signature on front pastedown, some foxing, good..

London: John Long, 1930. Book. Good. Hardcover. 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..

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original illustrated green cloth, lettered in red, black and gilt. Corners lightly scuffed, foxing spots on early pages, tear to edge of blank prelim, otherwise very good. Tales of the Kentish coast during the Napoleonic Wars..

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1900. Book. Good. Hardcover. Undated reprint, c1900. Original red cloth with raised pattern of flowers on front board: gilt vignette of Windsor Castle and title in box in centre of front board. Spine lightly sunned, foxing, good. Ainsworth's penultimate novel, a story of duels, beauty spots, beaux and periwigs..

London: Thomas Hodgson, 1855. Book. Fair. Hardcover. The Parlour Library, Volume CVII. Undated, c1855. Original green cloth, with blindstamped decorations and framing to front board (incorporating the series title); decorated and lettered ("G. P. R. James's Works", the title, and the price) in gilt on spine; deep yellow endpapers.Cloth splitting on hinges, inner joint papers cracked, signature (1854), fair. .

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Authorized Edition.. Two volumes bound as one in late C19th blue-black leather over blue marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt on spine, brown endpapers. Lightly scuffed, light foxing on prelims, very good. Todd [2501a/02a]. First issues. Series half title in Volume 1 only. One of the biggest selling American novels of the era..

London: Routledge & Co., 1857. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Mid C19th rebinding in green beaded cloth and mottled, paper-covered boards; lilac endpapers. Paper worn on board edges, endpapers faded, good..

London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1910. Book. Illus. by Malcolm Patterson. Good. Hardcover. Undated pocket edition (c1910) in original maroon cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; maroon endpapers. Frontispiece and decorated title page. Spine tips scuffed, edge of front board lightly sunned, inscription (1926) on half-title, otherwise good+. .

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1871. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Undated reprint (c1871). Contemporary rebinding in dark turquoise leather over blue-grey boards. Light trace of removed label on front board, leather on spine sunned to brown, very good..

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Illustrated. Original red cloth, gilt vignette of For Saleier and black border on front board, dark green endpapers. Cloth rubbed head/foot of spine, boards a little darkened on edges, inscription (1888) on verso of front free endpaper, good..