Search Results: Authors starting with M from Richard Beaton

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1891. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Two volumes bound as one in late C19th beaded blue binder's cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Corners rubbed, chip to cloth top and bottom spine, otherwise good. Todd [2713a/14]. First issues, series half-titles bound in..

London: Macmillan & Co., 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original crimson cloth, with art-nouveau flower design blindstamped on front board, lettered in gilt. Spine sunned, stain affecting edges of rear endpapers and bottom corner of rear board, good..

London: William Heinemann, 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original green cloth with blindstamped framing, lettered in gilt. Minimal scuffing, light foxing, very good. A collection of twelve of Maartens's sardonic stories: The Duchess Eleanor, Mrs Russell, Princesse!, Mme de Parfondrieu, Little Mary, John, Madame de Liancourt, Our Cousin Sonia, Diane de Bragade, Madame de Mersy, "Mees", Annette de Virofly. Dedicated by the author to "the women without a history, these histories of women"..

London: Richard Bentley, 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition, Favourite Novels. Original blindstamped black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine, publisher's own monogrammed endpapers. Corners rubbed, extremities scuffed, rear inner joint paper has small chips, otherwise good. Two pages of press reviews (from the British and American press) at the end, all praising the originality, subtlety and artistry of Maartens's novel..

London: Constable & Co., 1914. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. The Works of Maarten Maartens, Volume 1. Original fine-ribbed emerald green cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine ends bumped, a few faint marks on boards, bookplate on front free endpaper, otherwise a very bright, clean copy: very good+.

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1895. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Two volumes bound as one in green cloth; red leather title label on spine. A few light marks on cloth, top edge of spine and of label a little rubbed, light foxing, signature (1895) on front free endpaper, good. Todd [3066/67]. First/only issues; series half-titles bound in..

London: Richard Bentley, 1894. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. New [ie First One-Volume] Edition, Favourite Novels. Original blindstamped black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine, publisher's own monogrammed endpapers. Lightly scuffed, a clean, tight copy, very good. First published in 3 volumes in the same year (1894).

London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1893. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Two-tone cloth; maroon spine, lettered in gilt, with beige boards lettered in maroon; grey-and-white patterned endpapers. Front free endpaper removed, otherwise clean and bright: good+.

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1891. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Standard Library Edition. Undated, c1891. Engraved frontispiece. Original black cloth, ruled (head and foot of front board) and lettered in gilt; blue-grey endpapers. Lightly scuffed on spine ends, a few foxing spots, gift inscription (1891) on half-title, very good..

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New & Cheaper Edition. Undated, c1899. Original royal blue cloth, with Macdonald's sigature blindstamped on front board, lettered in gilt on spine. Lightly scuffed, spine faintly sunned, a little foxing, inscription (1899) on verso of front free endpaper, otherwise very good..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Thus. Eight illustrations. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt. Page edges uncut/untrimmed. A few light marks, some foxing/tanning on early pages good. In the Kailyard tradition: stories of modest country life in Scotland.

London: Constable & Co., 1901. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 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..

Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original blue cloth with blindstamped decorative panel on front board, lettered in gilt. Lightly scuffed, a little faint foxing, very good. Short stories and sketches of Scottish life..

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, white and red. Chips to cloth on both spine ends, endpapers browned, a little dulled and worn, good only. Dedicated to E. W. Hornung..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1895. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Original red-brown cloth on bevelled boards. Corners scuffed, foxing and signature on endpapers, good. Collection of interrelated tales of the Scottish town of Drumtochty. Rather sentimental in tone: "kailyard" fiction..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Original pinky-brown cloth on bevelled boards. A few faint foxing spots in text, pencilled inscription on front free endpaper, very good..

London: T. Nelson & Co., 1900. Book. Good. Hardcover. Pocket edition. Frontispiece. Original red cloth. Lightly faded, a couple of light marks, good..

London: Cassell & Co., 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original red-brown cloth, lettered in darker brown on front board, in gilt on spine. Spine a little darkened, otherwise very good.Stories (mostly humorous) on elementary schools, teachers and pupils in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. an uncommon book..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. Book. Illus. by Thomas B. MacQuoid. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Original deep turquoise cloth with illustrations in pale brown and black, lettered in gilt on spine. Minimal scuffing, undated signature on front free endpaper and bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise a clean, tight, bright copy, very good. Katharine MacQuoid was a novelist, but this books is a travelogue, with illustrations by the author's husband. A heavy volume which will require additional postage outside the UK..

London: S. P. C. K., 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Undated first edition [1887. Illustrated. Original illustrated grey-blue cloth, lettered in black and gilt; grey-and-white leaf-patterned endpapers. Light scuffing, a little faint foxing, very good. Wolff [4362]. Six historical novelettes, with French and German settings: Mère Suzanne, A Night of Terror, The Manor-House of Kersuel, Felicie's Niece, The Old White House The Mill by the Molignée. Undated but with advertisements for the first three titles in the Penny Library of Fiction series (1886 -7) at end..