1940 Crosland, T. W. H.
The Unspeakable Scot
1902 Grant Richards, London.
Hardback
A very good hardback reprint of the 1902 1st edition. Only lightly rubbed original buckram over bevelled boards with slight wear at the tips and sunning to the spine(see image). There is a tidy previous owner name to the front endpaper otherwise in very good condition. "This book is for Englishmen. It is also in the nature of a broad hint for Scotsmen. My qualification to bestow broad hints upon the politest and most intellectual of the peoples is that I possess a large fund of contempt for the Scottish character. Also I had the misfortune to be born on a day which is marked, sadly
2063 McCarthy, Justin Huntly
A Short History of the United States
1898 Hodder & Stoughton, London.
Hardback
1st edition hardback in very good condition, there are no previous owner names or other marks. Tight and clean, possibly unread. Green buckram covered boards sunned at the spine however the gilt lettering is still bright and shiny (see image). There is some evidence of foxing but this is confined to the roughly cut page edges. 321pp
THE LION OF ST MARK :A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century
1903 BLACKIE &SON LTD
HARDBACK
NEW EDITION. VERY GOOD BLUE CLOTH BOARDS WITH PICTORIAL UPPER AND SPINE AND GILT TILES. SPINE VERY SLIGHTLY DARKENED WITH MINOR WEAR AT THE TIPS. SCHOOL PRESENTATION LABEL TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. ILLUSTRATED AND WITH PUBLISHERS TISSUE SUMMARY LAID IN. VERY GOOD.
Published by Aldine House, 1898
Hardback, presumed 1st. No dustwrapper, blue cloth with gilt to spine. Slightly darkened with only minor wear to tips. Previous owner inscription to front endpaper. Edited by Ernest Rhys and illustrated by Paul Woodroffe. Scarce.
JUST SO STORIES
1902 MACMILLAN
HARDBACK
NO D/W, A WELL WORN AND LOVED FIRST EDITION. GOOD.
THOUGHTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF RICHARD JEFFERIES
1895 LONGMANS
HARDBACK
CLEAN TIGHT COPY VERY GOOD
2077 WILDE, OSCAR
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1913 Ye Olde Paris Booke-Shoppe, Paris.
Hardback
Scarce early hardback. Very good+ second printing. First published in Lippincott's Magazine, July 1890 then, with a Preface and seven additional chapters by Ward, Lock & Co in 1891. This edition first printed, January 1910. A rare find.