Search Results: Titles starting with B from Richard Beaton

London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1884. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Second Edition in Three Volumes. Three volumes uniformly rebound in brown cloth with red leather spines. Spines gummed to text blocks with consequent longitudinal creasing. Corners rubbed, some marks on boards (removed labels). Small loss to leather and small split at head of spine on volume I only. This volume also lacks a front free endpaper. Condition: fair to good..

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Original navy-blue cloth, lettered in gilt; yellow endpapers. Lightly rubbed on spine ends, signature (1896) on front free endpaper, otherwise very good. "Matilda Wilmot.still walked, rode, danced and skated with the best--was the star of the neighbourhood, the theme of every busy tongue, the envy of every jealous heart; and one abominable fact undid it all--Lady Matilda was, O heavens! a grandmother".

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Original navy-blue cloth, lettered in gilt; yellow endpapers. Lightly rubbed on spine ends, signature (1896) on front free endpaper, otherwise very good. "Matilda Wilmot.still walked, rode, danced and skated with the best--was the star of the neighbourhood, the theme of every busy tongue, the envy of every jealous heart; and one abominable fact undid it all--Lady Matilda was, O heavens! a grandmother".

London: Methuen & Co., 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Original blue cloth. Light scuffing, pencilled inscription (1927) on front free endpaper; otherwise bright, very good..

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Second Impression/Edition. Frontispiece. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. A little scuffed, inner joint papers lightly cracked (but joints tight), some foxing, good..

London: Henry & Co., 1891. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Illustrated. Original grey-blue cloth, lettered and decorated in dark brown on front board, lettered in gilt on spine; black endpaper. Front cover grazed to lower portion, otherwise a clean tight copy, otherwise very good. Sadleir [3371]..

London.: William Heinemann, 1922. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original pale grey cloth, framed in black on boards and lettered in black on spine; bound without separate endpapers (ie first and last page of first and last gathering have become pastedowns). Spine a little darkened, otherwise good. Collection of thirteen short stories. The slightly odd binding up of this book suggests it may be a remainder issue..

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1870. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Undated edition, c1870. Contemporary brown leather over dark lilac cloth-covered boards, marbled endpapers. Faintly sunned on top edges of boards, light rubbing on lower corner pieces, a little foxing on prelims, armorial bookplate on front pastedown, very good..

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1896. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Original red cloth, lettered in black. Spine and board edges sunned. 3cm split to cloth at head of lower hinge, front free endpaper removed, a good reading copy.

Ayton Publishing, 2014. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Vol 12 of The Galloway Collection (2014) edited by Cally Phillips. Original uniform blue card wrappers. A minor scuff of two, otherwise clearly unread: very good..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1893. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Two volumes bound as one in late C19th brown cloth over brown marbled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. Board edges lightly rubbed, foxing spots, otherwise good.Todd [2950/51a]. First issues: series half-titles bound in..

London: Methuen & Co., 1909. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Original crimson cloth, decoratively blocked in gilt on spine. Faintly sunned on spine, otherwise very good. First published by Harpers in New York in 1907. The English edition probably appeared in late 1908, postdated to 1909 for the Christmas market, a common practice at the time. Publisher's catalogue for October 1908 bound in at end..

London: George Newnes, 1910. Book. Illus. by A. S. Hartrick. Good. Soft cover. Newnes Sixpenny Novels. Illustrated. Undated paperback (c1910) in original card wrappers. Nicks and small chips to card edges, some loss on spine ends, page edges tanned, stationer's stamp on title page, fair/good. A light item for which postage will be reduced..

London: John Murray, 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Thin Paper Edition. Works of Henry Seton Merriman, Volume XII. Original blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. A little foxing, very good..

London: Chapman & Hall, 1877. Book. Illus. by Fred Barnard. Very Good. Hardcover. Household Edition. Undated, c1877. Printed in double columns. Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in black and gilt; yellow endpapers. Light scuffing, some foxing spots, very good..

London: John Long, 1906. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt. Binding worn with rubbing on lower edges of boards, splits to cloth on upper ends of hinges, small area chipped at head of spine, small piece torn from title page. A reading copy only.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1891. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original red cloth ruled in black and gilt on front board, in blind on rear board, lettered in gilt on spine. Circular impressed stamp ("Presentation Copy") on title page. A few light marks on cloth, corners scuffed, light foxing on prelims, very good. Sixteen short stories reflecting Forbes's experiences as a war correspondent..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1862. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Utilitarian late C19th binding: marbled boards trimmed flush with text blocks, plain untrimmed/unhemmed blue cloth spine with simple modern printed papers label. Cloth a little frayed on spine ends, small mark on spine, undated signature on front free endpapers, a light tanning on prelims: good. Todd [621a]. First issue. Series half-title bound in. .

London: Cassell & Co., 1892. Book. Illus. by M. Ellen Edwards. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original two-tone cloth. Spine in green, front board in grey, patterned with flowers; patterned endpapers. A few light marks, corner rubbed, a little foxing, good..

Edinburgh: Edmonton & Douglas, 1865. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Illustrated. Original lilac cloth, with blindstamped framing on front board, lettered in gilt on spine, yellow endpapers. Spine sunned, corners rubbed, short split to cloth at foot of lower hinge, undated signature on front free endpaper, otherwise good. A romance, set largely in the Western Highlands, and issued by a Scottish publisher. The unknown author produced at least two further novels: Love and Duty (1866) and Arthur Clifford (1869)..