Search Results: Titles starting with O from Richard Beaton

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1872. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Simple and utilitarian C19th binding: marbled boards trimmed flush with text block, simple untrimmed/unhemmed green cloth spine with printed papers label. Cloth a little frayed on spine ends, old repair to paper on half-title, good reading copy. Todd [1266]. First/only issue; series half-title bound in. VOLUME 1 ONLY. Issued anonymously as "by the Author of Found Dead".

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1869. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Simple and utilitarian C19th binding: marbled boards trimmed flush with text block, simple untrimmed/unhemmed green cloth spine with printed papers label. Cloth a little frayed on spine ends, undated signature on front free endpaper, prelims lightly tanned, a good reading copy. Todd [1005A]. First setting; series half-title bound in. VOLUME 1 ONLY..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1870. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Simple and utilitarian C19th binding: marbled boards trimmed flush with text block, simple untrimmed/unhemmed green cloth spine with printed papers label. Cloth a little frayed on spine ends, undated signature on front free endpaper, prelims lightly tanned, a good reading copy. Todd [1110]. First/only issue; series half-title bound in. VOLUME 1 ONLY..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1915. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Undated first edition [1915]. Original steel blue cloth, lettered and decorated in black on front board, lettered in gilt on spine. Spine faintly sunned and lettering lightly dulled, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, good..

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1896. Book. Illus. by Launcelot Speed. Very Good. Hardcover. Undated "New Edition", c1896. Frontispiece. Original fine-ribbed maroon cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, author's initials in gilt on front board. Lightly scuffed, attractive bookplate on front pastedown, very good..

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original light blue cloth, lettered in black. Spine ends bumped, a little faint foxing, otherwise clean, bright, tight: very good. Publisher's catalogue for Spring 1924 bound in at end. A collection of fifteen short stories..

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1880. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Undated reprint, c1880. Original red cloth, blocked in blind on rear board and in black on front, lettered and ruled in gilt on spine; patterned endpapers. Spine lightly sunned, a few light specks on cloth, very good..

London: Methuen & Co.,, 1900. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original fine-ribbed red cloth, lettered in gilt. Sunned along top edge of front board, and lightly on spine, ink-spot on top edges, names in pencil on half-title, faint trace of removed bookplate on front pastedown, good. Publisher's catalogue dated November 1899 bound in at end. Eight short stories..

London: Methuen & Co., 1907. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. A few tiny marks on boards, faint ring mark on front board, light foxing, good+. Thirteen stories of varying lengths (hence the title)..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1892. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Originally published in two volumes. This copy is volume 1 (I) only. Volume 2 (II) not present. Cream cloth, lettered in gilt on leather label spine. A little dusty, inscription on front free endpaper, good. Todd [585B]. Second setting. Series half-title bound in. Dated 1862 on title page but actually issued in around 1892. Volume 1 of 2 only..

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1892. Book. Poor. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Originally published in three volumes. This copy is volume 3 (III) ONLY. Volumes 1 (I) & 2 (II) are not present. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt; yellow endpapers. Cloth dampstained and wrinkled, rear inner joint repaired, circulating library bookplate on front pastedown, poor. Volume 1 of 3 only..

London: W. & R. Chambers, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Publisher's Presentation Copy (impressed stamp on title page). Original red cloth, framed in yellow on front board, lettered in yellow on spine. Spine faintly sunned, browning on endpapers: very good. A mixed collection of eight short stories including The White Elephant (about a sinister diamond), Flies (a fisherman interrupts a robbery), Shadows (a revenge story) and Watchers of the Mud "A Smuggling Story".

London: Methuen & Co., 1914. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. Spine faintly sunned, a few light marks on boards, faint trace of undated signature on front free endpaper, very good. Publisher's catalogue dated 27/1/14 bound in at end. Horses, hunting, love-making, horses and Ireland..

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. [Pseudonym Library]. Late C19th green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; yellow endpapers. Lightly scuffed, some foxing, very good. In the tall, slim format of this particular seris, and presumably the paperback issue (with its identifying features) rebound in cloth. Hutchinson wrote widely on various sporting subjects, but also wrote a handful of novels. Scarce..

London: Routldge, Warne & Routledge, 1863. Book. Good. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one in mid-C19th green leather over marbled boards, raised bands and black leather title labels on spine; green endpapers; all edges marbled. Extremities scuffed, small chip to edge of upper title label, boards darkened, good. The upper label on the spine reads: Marryat's Novels. The fact that Marryat edited Howard's first novel, Rattlin the Reefer, seems to have led to a general but erroneous belief that the two authors were one and the same person..

London: John Murray, 1929. Book. Good. Hardcover. Fourth Impression. Original blue cloth. Some insect damage to corners, undated signature on front free endpaper, good. Original blue dustwrapper, lettered in red. Faintly sunned on spine a few light marks, a light crease, good/very good. A mildly fantastical novel in which characters from the past and the (Edwardian) present meet..

London: John Murray, 1929. Book. Good. Hardcover. Fourth Impression. Original blue cloth. Some insect damage to corners, undated signature on front free endpaper, good. Original blue dustwrapper, lettered in red. Faintly sunned on spine a few light marks, a light crease, good/very good. A mildly fantastical novel in which characters from the past and the (Edwardian) present meet..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1894. Book. Very 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 very good. Todd [2975a/76a]. First issues; series half-titles bound in. "Faction" - that is, Spanish history dressed up to resemble fiction with much description and imagined dialogue..

London: Chapman & Hall, 1877. Book. Illus. by C. Green. 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: Smith, Elder & Co., 1875. Book. Good. Hardcover. Original grey cloth, lettered and decorated in black and gilt; black endpapers. Spine a little dulled, nicked on spine ends, light scuffing, good+..