Search Results: Authors starting with G from Richard Beaton

London: Archibald Constable, 1901. Book. Illus. by Gordon Browne. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Contemporary rebinding in plain red cloth. Boards slightly bowed: some marks and scuffing on cloth, good. A Christmas story in the Dickens manner. An uncommon title, but here in a rather uninspiring secondary binding..

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1906. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in pale green and gilt. A few light marks on cloth, otherwise binding clean and tight. Endpapers replaced, perforated library stamps on prelims and first pages of text, accession stamps on verso of title page. Ex-library otherwise but a clean and tidy copy: good..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Original crimson cloth, decorated in black and lettered in gilt on spine, publisher's device blindstamped on front board. Rear free endpaper removed, otherwise good. Todd [4665b]. Second issue: series half-title bound in..

London: Grant Richards, 1908. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Original crimson cloth, Mudie's Select Library plate on front pastedown and top edge of front board, one edge bumped, otherwise a good, clean bright copy of this early collection of short stories..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1913. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Original red cloth, decorated in black and lettered in gilt on spine, publisher's device blindstamped on front board. Bound without series half-title. Paper lightly browned, spine sunned, otherwise good..

London: George Newnes, 1918. Book. Poor. Hardcover. Newnes 1/6 series. Undated, but British Library indicates 1918 for this edition. Original light green cloth. Cloth sunned, pages roughly cut/trimmed, library stamps on first last page and verso of title page. A reading copy only..

London: Skeffington & Co., 1920. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Undated first edition [1920]. Original red cloth, lettered in black. Dint on edge of front board, some discolouration on edges of front board, otherwise good. A collection of twelve short stories. Uncommon..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Leading article on Charles Garvice. Original card wrappers. Condition: good.

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. With 8 illustrations. Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in black on front board, in black and gilt on spine. Corners scuffed, tiny nicks at head of spine, a couple of page corners creased, very good..

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. Original green cloth. Some speckling on boards, inner joint papers lightly cracked (joints tight), good..

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1908. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Original undecorated green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Frontispiece. Lightly scuffed, light foxing, very good..

London: Thomas Nelson & Co., 1960. Book. Good. Hardcover. Undated: mid C20th. Original cream coloured boards, with purple rectangle with gilt tiling on spine. Lightly sunned on edges, good..

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1903. Book. Good. Hardcover. Frontispiece. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly scuffed, foxing, good+.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1907. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Original grey cloth, lettered in dark brown. Spine a little darkened and rubbed on tips, foxing on prelims and fore-edges, otherwise good. Thirteen short stories: T'Cock-Foight, A Wife's Confession, A Ray of Light, The Last Hope, T' Play-Actress, Little Mr Great-Heart, T' Redemption of a Soul, A Friend in Disguise, The Singer of a Summer's Night, T' Wife Bazaar, A Wayside Sacrament, T' Bond o' Hell, T' Woman's Devotion..

London: Bell & Daldy, 1858. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Mid C19t pinky-tan leather, elaborately blocked in gilt on spine (with black title label); marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. An attractive binding in good condition -- but the original illustrations by Phiz are missing. It seems as if they were removed before the book was rebound, as there is no indication that they have been removed since. Thus only a reading copy..

London: Bell & Daldy, 1866. Book. Illus. by Clara S. Lane. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. Original blindstamped green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers. Corners lightly scuffed, signature (1898) on front free endpaper, very good. The other stories are My Childhood in Art & The Dull Watering Place ("Not to Hastings, dear Aunt Margaret, anywhere but there"). Scarce..

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1914. Book. Good. Hardcover. Third Impression. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Perforated library stamp on title page, and accession stamp on verso. Front free endpaper removed (half-a-century ago) and traces of library labels on front pastedown and half title, including trace of sticky tape along joints. No library marks on binding, which remains clean and bright. A good reading copy of an uncommon book..

London: Constable & Co., 1912. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Impression. Original grey-blue cloth. with French tricolour bands across boards, lettered in black and gilt. Library accession date stamp on verso of title page, undated signature on front free endpaper. No library markings on bindings. Corners lightly bumped, a little faint foxing, good+.

London: Mills & Boon, 1915. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine and board edges lightly sunned, some foxing spots, good. The title piece is a short novel of love and betrayal involving expatriate Russians and an American visitor, set in Switzerland. This is followed by twenty-eight short stories, some of which George wrote in collaboration with his wife. George was a successful novelist, with noted liberal/left-wing sympathies; praised by George Orwell in his essay Good Bad Books (1945).

London: Constable & Co., 1914. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Impression. Original grey-green cloth, lettered in gilt. Perforated library stamp on title page; accession and cancellation stamps on verso, hand written note ("J. F. R. 856") in green on front pastedown. No library marks on binding. Corners bumped, a little scuffing, good.