Search Results: PRE 1940 BOOKS from TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS

GEORGE NEWNES LIMITED.. This book was first published in 1916. This copy is undated but vintage. Red boards. Cloth binding. Embossed(faux) hinges and central decorative stamp on boards, black scroll work design on board spine. Publisher details page states 'This edition of 'Lady Connie' has been slightly condensed by kind permission of the Authoress.' Condition: Small split on pastedown on reverse of front cover, revealing a small area of spine binding. Prior owner inscriptions on front endpaper(blank page) in red ink and pencil. Some of the first few pages have small tears at the bottom, in one case slightly affecting text(can still be read). These same pages have extra trim on bottom of page edges. Slight wear on board turning points. Slight 'Give(movement)' to spine. Secure binding. All pages secure and clean. Location: XB2 . Good. Hardcover.

LONDON: WARD, LOCK & CO LIMITED. Collected works of Longfellow. Preface by William Michael Rossetti. The book is undated but is circa 1890s. Exterior covers are missing. Cloth bound. Green endpapers, with a gold plant leaf pattern on them(which have small areas of tearing/pieces missing on corners). Illustration of Longfellow at forty, opposite title page(separated by an integral sheet of tracing paper, which has some foxing marks). Exterior spine binding appears to be leather, but is severely surface worn and cracked. Small areas on the top and bottom retain their original red colour, the rest of the spine looks white. An area of printed text appears on the bottom third of the spine(it appears to be a extract from the book). The book is gilt edged on top, bottom and sides of pages. Binding is strong. Pages are clean with only very light foxing. Small black and white illustrations at beginning and end of poems. . Poor. Hardcover.