Search Results: Titles starting with M from Richard Beaton

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1869. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Collection of British Authors, Volume 1062. Mid C19th red cloth over red and black mottled boards. Spine dulled, light edgewear, light foxing, good. Todd & Bowden [1062a]. First issue. Half-title bound in..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1878. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Two volumes in utilitarian binding: unhemmed green cloth over marbled boards: printed labels on spines. Signatures (1884) on front free endpapers, otherwise a clean bright set, very good. Todd [1790a/91]. First issues: series half-titles bound in. A tragic novel following the decline of a Scottish laird from romantic hero to obsessive murderer..

London: Anthony Treherne, 1901. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original pale green cloth on bevelled boards, illustrated and lettered in colour on front board. lettered in gilt on spine. Front board grazed/lightly scratched, endpapers tanned, foxing spots on early/late pages, good. Sixteen short stories of a generally horsey and sporty nature. Mason was an artist and illustrator, as well as a writer. The illustration on the front board appears to be by him, but otherwise the book is not illustrated..

Ayton Publishing, 2014. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Vol 30 of The Galloway Collection (2014) edited by Cally Phillips. Original uniform blue card wrappers. A minor scuff of two, otherwise clearly unread: very good..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1927. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Undated [1927]. Original deep yellow cloth, blocked in black: inverted green triangle with author's signature at head of spine. Lightly soiled, spine faintly sunned, a few foxing spots, otherwise good. Uncommon title. A collection of short stories concerning a gang of criminals (the "Virgins") under the leadership of "Madame"..

London: Cassell & Co., 1920. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Undated first edition [1920]. Original blue cloth, lettered in black. Extremities scuffed, front inner joint paper cracked, but joint tight, signature (1921) on front free endpaper, good. The adventures of a lady spy ("I never trouble much about passports or credentials" says she, "though I carry them just as I do my .25 automatic pistol") on Tops Island. Scarce..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Original maroon cloth, lettered in black and gilt, illustrated with figures (For Saleier and woman) on front board; blue-and-white patterned endpapers. Small inkspot on top edge of front board, light marking on leading edge, foxing on prelims, good. A lively melodrama set during the French Revolution. Based on a successful play by Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Cream cloth with green leather title label on spine. A few faint marks on cloth, otherwise clean and tight: very good. Todd [2485]. First/only issue. Half-title bound in. Peard specialised in novels -- such as this one -- with French settings; she also wrote books for children..

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Original pale beige cloth, lettered and illustrated in dark brown and green. Illustrated. A little light foxing, a few light marks, very good..

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1868. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition in Three Volumes. First Edition in Three Volumes. Three volumes uniformly bound in late C19th brown leather over marbled boards; raised bands and gilt titling ("Works of Henry Kingsley", "Mademoiselle Mathilde" "Vol I" etc). Free corners rubbed, chip (1 cm by 0.5 cm) at head of spine on Volume II, a little light foxing, otherwise a good set. Sadleir [1354], in original cloth. This copy does not have a publisher's advertisements in volume III. A heavy three-volume set which will require additional postage outside the UK..

London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1895. Book. Good. Hardcover. Frontispiece. Original fine-ribbed maroon cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, author's initials in gilt on front board. Spine lightly sunned, good+. An unread copy, with pages unopened at top throughout..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1862. Book. Good. Soft cover. The original heavily damaged binding has been removed and replaced with simple card wrappers (see photo). Text block clean and tight. A reading/rebinding copy of a scarce title. Note: this is an original C19th volume, NOT a modern reprint or facsimile reproduction. Todd [616a/617b]. First & second issues. Series half-titles bound in..

London: Greening & Co., 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original blue cloth with illustration of woman's head in beige and black on front board, lettered in gilt. Light scuffing, front free endpaper removed, foxing spots, thus good. Scott is best remembered as an influential conservative theatre critics of the latter half of the nineteenth century; but he also wrote essays, drama, poetry. He also wrote some prose fiction, most notably one chapter of the multi-authored thriller The Fate of Fenella, plus this very scarce collection of ten tales..

London: John & Charles Mozley, 1868. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains several short serials (some whole, some in part), all anonymous: Elsie's Brothers, Philippe D'Entragues, Nelly Dale, The Little Brown Baby, I Was A Stranger, The Three Marguerites, What Friends Are Meant For, The Examination Pic-nic, The Snowman. Mid C19th purple leather over red marbled boards. Spine sunned and heavily worn head/foot, leather rubbed on corners: but contents clean and tight: fair only..

London: Jarrold & Sons, 1909. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Undated first edition [1909]. Illustrated by Louis Gunnis. Original green cloth, lettered and illustrated in red and black. Corners scuffed, spine a little darkened at top and nicked on ends, name stamps on front free endpapers, signature (1909, in pencil) on half-title, some foxing, good. Two linked comic fantasies..

London: Elliot Stock, 1882. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original grey cloth on bevelled boards, decoratively blacked in black and lettered in gilt, Small chip at foot of spine, a few light marks on cloth, a little foxing, small prize plate on front pastedown. A melodramatic romance, set largely in Germany..

London: J. M. Dent, 1892. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Edited by Richard Garnett. First issued in this format in 1891: this copy is a later issue from 1892. Original light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in red and black. Frontispiece. A few faint marks, signature (1897) on front free endpaper, very good..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1905. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Frontispiece. Original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, lettered and illustrated in black, white and pale blue on front board. Small split in cloth at head of spine, foxing on prelims, prize inscription (1909) on front free endpaper, good. A sequel to Crockett's The Black Douglas..

Ayton Publishing, 2014. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Vol 2 of The Galloway Collection (2014) edited by Cally Phillips. Original uniform blue card wrappers. A minor scuff of two, otherwise clearly unread: very good..

London: Macmillan & Co., 1878. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. [Reprint]. Original royal blue cloth, with decorative bands in black and gilt on front board and spine (blindstamped bands on rear board); brown endpapers. Small bump at head of rear board, light foxing on prelims, otherwise near fine. Contains the title piece and 4 linked stories which were omitted from the uniform collected edition of Black's works published by Sampson Low (from 1892): Queen Tita's Wager, A Fight for a Wife, The True Legend of a Billiard-Club & A Sequel to That..