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Good Words; the Adventurer in Spain

Donald Macleod; S. R. Crockett · 1903

£35.00 (€41.92 | $47.08 | ¥7,438)

London, Isbister & Company Limited, 1903 . Cloth. The very scarce 1903 edition of the religious "Good Words" periodical, featuring S. R. Crockett's "The Adventurer in Spain". The very scarce 1903 edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a ...

The Case of the Fear Makers

John Newton Chance · 1967

£24.99 (€29.93 | $33.61 | ¥5,311)

London, Robert Hale, 1967. First edition. Cloth. Publisher's cloth covered boards with silver lettering. A first edition which is complete with the original pictorial dust jacket. John Lymington (1911-1983) was born John Richard Newton Chance in London. He was a prolific ...

The Pilgrims of the Rhine

E Bulwer-Lytton · 1841

£40.00 (€47.91 | $53.80 | ¥8,501)

London, Frederick Fleischer, 1841. Leather. A new edition of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's The Pilgrims of the Rhine. With a preface addressed to Lytton's brother, Henry Bulwer-Lytton. This is volume III from Fleischer's Complete Works of Edward Lytton Bulwer. Bookplat...

A Collection of Works from Edmonston and Douglas

Various · 1865

£320.00 (€383.28 | $430.42 | ¥68,006)

Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1865. Leather. A scarce collection of nineteenth century works published by Scottish publishers, Edmonston and Douglas. Bound from the parts. Containing "Sheep-Farmers and Drovers", "Convicts by a Practical Hand", "Wayside Thoughts of an Asoph...

Afterwards and Other Stories

Ian Maclaren · 1898

£55.00 (€65.88 | $73.98 | ¥11,689)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1898. Leather. The third edition of this collection of stories by Ian Maclaren. In an attractive binding by Hatchards. Reverend John Watson, better known by his penname Ian Maclaren, was a Scottish author and theologian. Maclaren's first work...

The Posthumous Papers, Facetious and Fanciful, of a Person Lately About Town

Cornelius Webbe · 1828

£170.00 (€203.62 | $228.66 | ¥36,128)

London, William Sams, 1828. Leather. A scarce first edition of Webbe's illustrated collection of stories. First Edition. Featuring several illustrated plates. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Internally, firmly bound. Some scattered...

Epistles, Elegant, Familiar, & Instructive. Selected from the Best Writers, Ancient As Well As Modern; Intended for the Improvement of Young Persons, and for General Entertainment Being a Proper Supplement to Extracts in Prose and in Poetry

Vicesimus Knox · 1791

£150.00 (€179.66 | $201.76 | ¥31,878)

9.5" by 6, Rivingtons, Longman, Law et al, 1791. Leather. An extensive educational selection of eminent literary authors. With an engraved title page. Vicesimus Knox, 1752-1821, was an English headmaster and writer. "Knox's motivation was the education and improvement of ...

Simple Tales from Other Lands

C. A. Johns · 1858

£65.00 (€77.85 | $87.43 | ¥13,814)

London, Allman and Son, 1858. Cloth. A scarce illustrated collection of short stories by C. A. Johns. Including the stories: 'The Foster Sister', 'The Blind Horse', 'The Witches' Hut&apos. Copiously illustrated throughout. In a quarter cloth bindi...

The Tales of the Spanish Boccaccio Count Lucanor or the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio

don Juan Manuel, James York (Translator) · 1888

£55.00 (€65.88 | $73.98 | ¥11,689)

London , Pickering and Chatto, 1888. Cloth. A collection of short stories by medieval writer Don Juan Manuel. Don Juan Manuel was a Spanish prince, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile. Manuel wrote thirteen books in total, eight of which survive today. Translated into English by Ja...

Limits and Renewals

Rudyard Kipling · 1932

£25.00 (€29.94 | $33.63 | ¥5,313)

London , Macmillan and Co, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Kipling's last collection of short stories. Written shortly after the death of Kipling's son, the stories all feature themes of pain, inner suffering, mental anguish and bereavement. Including ...

Histoire de Mes Betes

Alexandre Dumas · 0

£55.00 (€65.88 | $73.98 | ¥11,689)

Paris, Hachette, c1937. Leather. A short animal story, with wonderful illustrations, from celebrated author Alexandre Dumas. A short animal story, with wonderful illustrations, from celebrated author Alexandre Dumas. Illustrated with many vignettes from Henry Morin. Rebound in...

Amor Und Komus

Anon · 0

£445.00 (€532.99 | $598.55 | ¥94,571)

Berlin , Padua, with Pietro Tarone, c1790. First edition. Hardback. A scarce and sought after first edition of this German language collection of erotic stories. The title page bears the inscription in Greek "We are all servants of Satan, he holds us in his claws", and the sto...

Giles

Various · 1955

£2,900.00 (€3,473.44 | $3,900.68 | ¥616,306)

Exeter; London, Pedigree Books; Headline; Express Books; Ebury Press; Beaverbrook Newspapers; Annual Concepts Limited, 1955-1999. Paperback. A smart 46 volume set of Giles books, featuring an abundance of the popular cartoons by notable British cartoonist Ronald 'Carl&apo...

A Set of Six

Joseph Conrad · 1908

£190.00 (€227.57 | $255.56 | ¥40,379)

London, Methuen and Co. 1908. First edition. Cloth. A lovely presentation copy of this short fiction collection, from influential Polish-British writer Joseph Conrad. A presentation copy, stamped to the title page imprint. First edition, third issue, with a forty-page catalog...

Never Again! (Point de Lendemain) and Other Stories

Claude-Joseph Dorat; Eric Sutton [trans.] · 1928

£30.00 (€35.93 | $40.35 | ¥6,376)

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition copy, bound in unusual patterned pictorial boards. A limited edition - one of only 1000, of which, this copy is number 207 - in uncommon, decorative pictorial boards.Contains translations of the works 'Never Again...

Doctor Vane Answers the Call

W. E. Johns · 1950

£95.00 (€113.78 | $127.78 | ¥20,189)

London, Latimer House Limited , 1950. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this short-story collection from W. E. Johns', centring around amateur criminologist Dr. Augustus Vane. First edition.In the original cloth binding. This anthology comprises ten short storie...

Uncle Remus or Mr. Fox, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Terrapin

Joel Chandler Harris · 1902

£265.00 (€317.40 | $356.44 | ¥56,318)

London, Grant Richards, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated volumes of Uncle Remus stories from Joel Chandler Harris, illustrated by J. A. Shepherd. First edition, second impression. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eight colour plates, ten black-and-w...

Tales of the Outposts Series

Lieut.-Colonel L. A. Bethell [editor] · 1932

£55.00 (€65.88 | $73.98 | ¥11,689)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1932-1943. Cloth. A smart collection of three volumes from the Tales of the Outposts series, edited by author and soldier Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Arthur Bethell. Three volumes of a twelve volume set, being volumes three, six, ...

Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life

[John Wilson] · 1839

£98.00 (€117.38 | $131.82 | ¥20,827)

New York, Robert Carter, 1839. Leather. An anthology of twenty-four short stories about Scottish life, by John Wilson. A volume of twenty-four short stories, recounting different aspects of life in Scotland. Tales include 'The Lily of Liddesdale', 'An Hour in th...

Parker Pyne Investigates

Agatha Christie · 1967

£795.00 (€952.20 | $1,069.33 | ¥168,953)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1967. Cloth. A smart copy of this dramatic collection of Christie's short stories, following her detective James Parker Pyne. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Parker Pyne Investigates' is a series of short stories featur...