Search Results: Authors starting with V from Richard Beaton

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1908. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Undated pocket edition, c1908. Frontispiece and decorated title page. Original red cloth, illustrated endpapers. Signature (1908) on dedication leaf, otherwise very good.

London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1895. Book. Illus. by G. Michelet. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original grey cloth with fantastical illustration of sportsmen and spectators, lettered in blue; publisher's own monogrammed endpapers. Small neatly-closed tears to hinge ends, free corners bumped, a few light marks, good. "I wouldn't mind betting you . that for six weeks I could live in France earning my livelihood simply from sport .".

London: Grant Richards, 1908. Book. Illus. by Thomas Fogarty. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Impression. Original light blue cloth, illustrated and lettered in black, white and red. Spine a trifle dulled, otherwise very good. The adventures of a San Franciscan in Edwardian London..

London: Household Words Office, 1851. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Opens with number for 5 October 1851 (ie first number is not present). Short stories include: The Well of Pen-Morfa & The Heart of John Middleton by Elizabeth Gaskell, The Death of a Goblin by Henry Morley, A Metaphysical Mystery by James Hannay, A Guild Clerk's Story by W. Moy Thomas, My Mahogany Friend by Mary Louisa Boyle & Charles Dickens. Mid-C19th green-black leather over green mottled boards; raised bands, gilt framing and lettering on spine. Leather scraped and starting to split on lower end of upper hinge, corners rubbed, good. Spine title reads: "C. Dickens. Household Words, 1850, 2". Anonymous contributions identified in Lohrli. A heavy volume which will require additional delivery costs outside the UK..

London: Richard Bentley, 1883. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: Belinda by Rhoda Broughton. Conclusion of serialisation. Ione Stewart by E. Lynn Linton. Conclusion of serialisation. Rebound in black leather over grey cloth covered boards. Chipped at head of spine, boards sunned, otherwise good. A heavy volume which will require additional postage outside the UK..

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1902. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: The Gold Wolf: The Story of a Man and His Money by Max PEMBERTON. Complete serialisation. Illustrated. Ranson's Folly by Richard Harding DAVIS. Novelette in 3 instalments. Short stories include: Tea-Table Talk, The Marriage Question, What Becomes of It?, What is Woman Made Of? & The End of It All by Jerome K. JEROME, The Cat That Walked by Himself by Rudyard KIPLING, The Squaring of the Gods by Flora Annie STEEL, If Not the Rose by Ethel TURNER, Mr and Mrs Ranger With Misfortune Intervening by W. Pett RIDGE, A Question of Money by Robert BARR, The Dormer Window & The Shebeeners by Fred M. WHITE. Articles include: The Making of Pirates in the Convict Days by Louis BECKE & Walter JEFFERY. Original green cloth on bevelled board, lettered in red, with view of Windsor Castle in red on front board; brown-and-white patterned endpapers. Lightly rubbed on extremities, prize plate on front pastedown, good. A heavy… Read More

London: Central Publishing Company, 1906. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Short stories include: A Military Matchmaker, My Little Husband, Rien Ne Va Plus, Killing No Murder, The Biter Bit & The Clerical Element by F. C. PHILIPS, The Dream of William Elgood by Ernest BRAMAH, Kissed by Beatrice HERON-MAXWELL. Original light green cloth, elaborately decorated and lettered in darker green and gilt. Heavily soiled/darkened on front board, front inner joint cracked (held by cords), fair only. A heavy item which will require additional postage outside the UK..

London: Thacker & Co, 1901. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 1st Edition.. Short stories include: Old Man of Four Corners by G. B. BURGIN, On the Island of Shadows by Ernest FAVENC, The Basilisk of the Grange by Emeric HULME-BEAMAN. Original illustrated card wrapper. Part of backstrip missing, rear cover and adverts missing: a reading/working copy..

London: Household Words, 1883. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: False and Fair; or, The Advocate's Wife by B. L. FARJEON. Complete serialisation. Published in book form as The House of White Shadows. Dame Durden by RITA. Concluding chapters of serialisation. Numerous anonymous stories including a number which may be crime and/or supernatural. Late C19th black leather over marbled boards. Extremities rubbed, some chipping to paper on board edges, good. Bound without the first 4 issues of Volume IV, with the complete Volume V, and with the first 4 issues of Volume VI. This is the version of Household Words revived by Charles Dickens the Younger. A very large, heavy volume which will require additional postage/delivery costs..

London: Richard Bentley, 1886. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: Lady Valeria by Alfred Moberley. First half of ongoing serialisation. Short stories include: The Phantom of the Lake* by Edmund Mitchell. Late C19th dark green leather over marbled boards, leather rubbed on extremities, paper rubbed on board edges, some foxing, good. A heavy volume which will require additional postage outside the UK. * Supernatural.

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: Thompson's Progress. Second Series by Cutcliffe HYNE. omplete serialisation. Unto the Third and Fourth Generation by Hall CCAINE. Novelette in two instalments. In the Fog by Richard Harding DAVIS. Novelette in 3 instalments. Short stories include: A Sahib's War & The Elephant's Child by Rudyard KIPLING, In the Days of Long Ago by Ian MACLAREN, The Theft of the Hanging Judge by Halliwell SUTCLIFFE, The Black Narcissus & One of the Old Guard by Fred M. WHITE, The Ghost of Old John Hill & The Tragedy of a Night by E. Phillips OPPENHEIM, Merely Strangers & Unexceptionable References by E. NESBIT, The Family Honour by Guy BOOTHBY, A Man A Famine and a Heathen Boy by Gilbert PARKER, A Matter of Motives & A Deputation to the King by Robert BARR, My Aunt's Excursion & La Haute Finance by Richard MARSH, Sophie--Dramatic Agent by Mrs Coulson KERNAHAN, For Owd Times' Sake by R.… Read More

London: Richard Bentley, 1877. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Contains: Gabriel's Appointment by Anna H. Drury. Complete serialisation Illustrated. Johnny Ludlow stories by Mrs Henry Wood include: Katarina Orsini, The Mystery at Number Seven, Owen the Milkman, Helen Whitney's Wedding, Helen's Curate, A Day in Briar Wood & Leo the Letter-man. Other short stories include: A World Between by Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks, Clement's Love by Julia Kavanagh, A Mysterious Visitor by Mrs Henry Wood. Two volumes bound as one in late C19th deep purple leather over marbled boards. Extremities scuffed, small chip to paper on front board, inner jointpapers cracked (but joints tight), good. A heavy item which will require additional postage outside UK..

London: Richard Bentley, 1885. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: The Mystery of Allan Grale by Isabella Fyvie Mayo. First half of serialisation. Caramel Cottage by Johnny Ludlow [ie Mrs Henry Wood. Serial is three episodes. Short stories include: The Fabric of a Vision by Fabian Bland [ie E. Nesbit and Hubert Bland]. Late C19th green leather over marbled boards; red leather title label on spine. A little scuffed and bumped, good+. A heavy item which may require additional postage outside UK..

London: Pall Mall Magazine, 1901. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Short stories include: Rosanna & Rooks and Gulls by Charles Marriott, A Sympathetic Nature by Archibald Marshall, The Laird's Luck by Q, Cross Ways by Eden Phillpotts, Articles include: The British Officer by Winston Churchill, M. P., Hooliganism by Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Sullivan A Personal Reminiscence by George Grossmith. All 4 issues of volume 23, together with the first 2 issues of volume 24, to make a half-yearly volume. Early C20th crimson leather over read marbled boards. Some edgewear, otherwise good. A very heavy volume which will require additional postage/delivery by courier..

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: Rainbow Gold by David Christie Murray. First half of ongoing serialisation. The Talk of the Town by James Payn. Conclusion of serialisation. Court Royal by S. Baring-Gould. Start of serialisation. Short stories include: The Two Carnegies Grant Allen, Miss Wilmington's Garden Party by Stanley J. Weyman. Original blindstamped red cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine darkened with small splits at top, good. A heavy item which will require additional postage outside the UK..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: The King of Schnorrers by Israel ZANGWILL. Complete serialisation. Memoirs of a Female Nihilist by Sophie WASSILIEFF. Non-fiction. Last three installments. My First Book. Contributions by Morley ROBERTS, David Christie MURRAY, Marie CORELLI, John Strange WINTER, Jerome K. JEROME, Bret HARTE. Short stories include: The Burrawaar Brand by E. W. HORNUNG, Bellamy by James PAYN, The Case of Lady Sannox by A. Conan DOYLE, A Dream in the Night by Coulson KERNAHAN, Story of a Deccan Filly by Hume NISBET, Exchange is Robbery by Richard MARSH, The Greenstone God and the Stockbroker by Fergus HUME, The Man-Eater by Morley ROBERTS, The Phantom Death by W. Clark RUSSELL. Late C19th red leather over red cloth covered boards; raised bands and dark green leather title label on spine. Rubbed at foot of spine, some scrapes to leather on corner pieces, light foxing, otherwise good. A heavy volume which will require additional postage… Read More

London: Richard Bentley, 1892. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: A Guilty Silence. Anonymous. Second half of serialisation. Short stories by Lilian Street, F. M. F. Skene, Rosa Mackenzie Kettle. Late C19th dark green leather over marbled boards. Leather rubbed on spine ends, paper rubbed on board edges, some foxing, paper damaged on boards, fair/good. A heavy volume which will require additional postage outside the UK..

London: Richard Bentley, 1878. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: Pomeroy Abbey by Mrs Henry Wood. Second and concluding half of serialisation. Illustrated. Short stories include: Perpetue & The Story of a Letter by Julia Kavanagh, Shadowed Forth by T. W. Speight. Late C19th brown leather over marbled boards; dark brown leather title label on spine; green endpapers. Lightly scuffed, a little scraping to leather on corners, otherwise very good. A heavy volume which will require additional postage outside the UK..

London: W. Isbister & Co., 1873. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: The Prescotts of Pamphillon by Mrs Louisa Parr. Complete serialisation. Lady Bell by Sarah Tyler [ie Henrietta Keddie]. Complete serialisation. Short stories, essays, articles etc include: Bees in the Past and the Present & Our Ancestors by Lady Verney [Frances Parthenope Nightingale, sister of Florence], Characters in Soho & Lost Lambs by Eliza Lynn Linton, The Deaf and Dumb Asylum by William Gilbert, Fighting in the Dark by Mrs Craik, The Science of Health by Charles Kingsley, Winter in the Rocky Mountains by Rose Georgina Kingsley, edited by Charles Kingsley [her father]. Late C19th fawn cloth withblack leather title label on spines. Spine and board edges darkened, otherwise good/very good. A heavy volume which will require additional postage outside the UK..

London: Richard Bentley, 1877. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: Gabriel's Appointment by Anna H. Drury. First half of serialisation. Short stories include Helen's Curate, Helen Whitney's Wedding, The Mystery at Number Seven & Owen the Milkman by Mrs Henry Wood (as Johnny Ludlow), A World Between by Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks. Original green cloth on bevelled boards, framed in black and gilt, lettered in gilt. Lightly scuffed, light staining on boards, lacks frontispiece and front free endpaper. A working copy: fair. A heavy item which may require additional postage outside UK..