Stables, Gordon

Exiles of Fortune: A Tale of a Far North Land

Stables, Gordon · 0 · The Childrens Bookshop

£19.95 (€23.84 | $26.62 | ¥4,227)

Petherick, H. John F. Shaw New Very Good Green pictorial cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. All edges gilt. 14cm x 19cm. 382 pages. Illustrated with monochrome engravings; frontispiece bears the name "H. Petherick". Light wear to covers. Gilt on spine a little fade...

Two Sailor Lads: A Story of Stirring Adventures on Sea and Land

Stables, Gordon · 0 · The Childrens Bookshop

£9.95 (€11.89 | $13.28 | ¥2,108)

John F. Shaw Good Ex-library. Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on covers. 13cm x 19cm. 387 pages. Monochrome tissue-guarded frontispiece. Covers worn at edges. Spine strip darkened. A little foxing to fore edge. Front endpaper glued to inside of front ...

Wild Adventures Round the Pole or the Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the Arrandoon.

Stables, Gordon, M.D., R.N . · 1890 · Valley Books

$40.00 (€35.83 | £29.98 | ¥6,352)

A.C. Armstrong and So. 333pp. 8 illustrations. Brown cloth binding with beautiful gold and silver illustrated binding. Slight wear. Photos sent on request. Circa 1890 NY Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

In Search of Fortune. A Tale of the Old Land and the New

Stables, Gordon, M.D. · 1890 · Valley Books

$40.50 (€36.28 | £30.35 | ¥6,431)

E.P. Dutton No date, circa 1890. Green cloth binding stamped in gold and color. All edges stained green. 384pp. Illustrations. Slight wear, fore edge of front endpaper frayed with some loss. Scan on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall First American Edition. NY Very Good

Our Humble Friends and Fellow Mortals Friends in Wood and Field

William Gordon-Stables · 1892 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.66 | $93.40 | ¥14,832)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1892. Cloth. A very scarce edition of the third and final volume in William Gordon-Stables' 'Our Humble Friends and Fellow Mortals' series: 'Friends in Wood and Field&apos. William Gordon-Stables was a doctor ...

The Boy&Apos;S Own Bookshelf: Indoor Games and Recreations

Gordon Stables; G. A. Hutchison; et al. · 1888 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.41 | $160.11 | ¥25,426)

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1888 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this highly illustrated volume from The Boy's Own Bookshelf, focusing on indoor games and recreation. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Scar...

Born to Wander: A Boy&Apos;S Book of Nomadic Adventures

Gordon Stables · 0 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.44 | $44.03 | ¥6,992)

London, S. W. Partridge & Co. Ltd. c1890. Cloth. A scarce copy of this illustrated collection of travel adventure stories for children. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of adventure stories of travel and wanderings. With chapters on exploring castles, adventur...

The Hermit Hunter of the Wilds

Gordon Stables · 1890 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.83 | $46.70 | ¥7,416)

London , Blackie and Son, 1890. Cloth. A later edition of this adventure novel by Gordon Stables, The Hermit Hunter of the Wilds. A later edition of The Hermit Hunter of the Wilds by Gordon Stables. Gordon Stables was a Scottish born medical doctor and prolific writer of adve...

In Touch with Nature: Tales and Sketches from the Life

Gordon Stables · 1892 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.80 | $53.37 | ¥8,475)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1892. Cloth. A smart scarce collection of adventure stories and nature tales, with illustrations throughout. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of nature stories and adventures, including: A Christmas in the Arc...

Westward with Columbus

Gordon Stables · 1894 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.54 | $126.76 | ¥20,129)

London, Blackie and Son, 1894. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this late Victorian retelling of the story of the 'boy's hero' Christopher Columbus. Featuring eight plates. The front pastedown has the pictorial front cloth from the original binding, wh...

In the Hands of the Malays and Twixt School and College

G. A. Henty; Gordon Stables · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.63 | $100.07 | ¥15,891)

London, Blackie & Son, c1905. First edition. Cloth. Two illustrated and fun novels, 'In the Hands of the Malays' and 'Twixt School and College&apos. The first edition for 'In the Hands of the Malays' and a later edition for 'Twixt School and Colle...

Out in the Silver West

Gordon Stables · 1840 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.84 | $40.01 | ¥6,354)

London, Religious Tract Society, c1900. Leather. A nicely bound copy of Gordon's Out in the Silver West Bound in half red leather with gilt lettering and gilt pictorial spine William Gordon Stables MD, CM. RN (1840 – 1910) was a Scottish-born medical doctor in the Royal N...

The Pearl Divers and Crusoes of the Sargasso Sea

Gordon Stables · 1896 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.41 | $160.11 | ¥25,426)

London, James Nisbet and Co. Limited , 1896. First edition. Cloth. A scarce adventure novel for young boys by William Gordon Stables, following a thrilling voyage made by pearl divers. The first edition of this scarce adventure novel.In the original red cloth binding. This st...

The Bravest Deed I Ever Saw: Stories of Personal Experience

Earl Roberts; Robert Baden-Powell; Admiral Hamilton; R.K. Douglas; H. Rider Haggard; Frank T. Bullen; A. Quiller Couch; Winston Churchill; C.B. Fry; Captain Wells; Frederick Villiers; Gordon Stables; Others · 1905 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€286.83 | $320.23 | ¥50,852)

London , Hutchinson & Co. [1905]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this work containing autobiographical short stories of heroic deeds from well-known authors and celebrities, such as Earl Roberts, H. Rider Haggard and Winston Churchill. A very scarce first edition,...

Twixt School and College a Tale of Self-Reliance

Gordon Stables · 1891 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.77 | $60.03 | ¥9,533)

London, Blackie and Son Limited, 1891. Leather. A Victorian coming-of-age novel from Gordon Stables, the prolific author of boys' adventure novels. With eight full-page illustrations by W. Parkinson. In a half-calf binding with gilt armorial crest to front board. External...

For Honour Not Honours: Being the Story of Gordon of Khartoum

Gordon Stables · 1896 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.83 | $46.70 | ¥7,416)

London, John F. Shaw and Co. 1896. Cloth. A lovely copy of this scarce and thrilling tale for young readers by Royal Navy surgeon William Gordon Stables. A new edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. All edges gilt. Illustrated wit...

From Greenland&Apos;S Icy Mountains" a Tale of the Polar Seas

Gordon-Stables · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.68 | $86.73 | ¥13,772)

London, The Sheldon Press, c1926. Cloth. An unusual beige cloth copy of this adventure story for young children. Scarce work. With colour frontispiece by Archie Webb. An exciting adventure story for young children, exploring the polar regions of Greenland. Written by William G...

HEARTS OF OAK A Story Of Nelson And The Navy

STABLES Gordon · 1900 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£8.00 (€9.56 | $10.67 | ¥1,695)

Hutchinson, c. 1900 8vo. Original dark blue lettered light grey cloth (spine rubbed, ends bumped, otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xi + 374, illus with b&w frontispiece (pages tanned; print has faded on some pages; partial loss in margin on p113-114; no inscriptions).

THE HERMIT HUNTER OF THE WILDS

Stables, Gordon · 1890 · Greensleeves Books

£9.00 (€10.76 | $12.01 | ¥1,907)

good pgs:224. no date c1890, prize plate dated1905, brown illustrated boards, light foxing to prelim, clean tight copy Blackie

WITH CUTLASS AND TORCH

Stables, Gordon & Austin, Henry · 1901 · Greensleeves Books

£13.54 (€16.18 | $18.07 | ¥2,869)

good . 1901 James Nisbet, green pictorial boards, gilt titles, inscription on end paper, hinge tender in one section, clean copy