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	Little Lord Fauntleroy Burnett, Frances Hodgson [1849-1924] Illustrated From Drawings by Reginald B. Birch (Book #ID 95) Published by Frederick Warne & Co. London 1892. 1892. Hard back binding in publisher's original light blue cloth covers, over printed illustrations to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼''. Illustrated by R. B. Birch. In Very Good condition with light rubbing across spine edges and corners. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	Love for an Hour is Love Forever Barr, Amelia E. (Book #ID 3770) Published by Hutchinson, London circa 1891. 1891. Dusty end papers. In sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	Court Royal: A Story of Cross Currents Baring-Gould S. (Sabine) (Book #ID 3788) Published by Smith, Elder & Co., 1895. 1895. Hard back. 8vo. Spine tanned, rear panel a little wrinkled, reading condition copy. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£7.50 Convert currency

	Only us Three Bland, E. A. [Writing as B E A D] (Book #ID 4449) Published by John F. Shaw and Co., 48 Paternoster Row, London circa 1890 edition not stated. 1890. Hard back decorated brown cloth covers with silver titles. 190 pp. Advertisements to rear. Illustrated. Title page missing. In Very Good sound, clean and tight condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	Discours sur L'Histoire Universelle [Discourse on Universal History] [2 Volumes] Bossuet, Jacques Benigne (Book #ID 9205) Published by Daguin Freres, Libraires 1842 Two volumes. 1842. 8vo 5" x 8¼" Calf spine, gilt stamping, marbled boards and end papers, tissue frontispiece to volume one. French text, matching two volume set. Sporadic foxing, small reference number to foot of each spine, light rubbing to corners, pencil name to half titles. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£20.00 Convert currency

	The Papa Papers and Some Stories [Signed] Bell, R. S. Warren (Book #ID 9465) Published by Grant Richards, 9 Henrietta Street Covent Garden, London First Edition 1898. 1898. First edition hard back publisher's original light blue/white cloth covers, oxidised gilt stamping, all edges untrimmed. 7¼" x 4¾" 200 pp. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to front end paper dated 1898. Light tanning to spine, small patches to upper board, corners turned in. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£125.00 Convert currency

	Little Lord Fauntleroy Burnett, Frances Hodgson [1849-1924] Illustrated From Drawings by Reginald B. Birch (Book #ID 12094) Published by Frederick Warne & Co., London 1910. 1910. Hard back publisher's original aquamarine cloth covers, gilt stamping and illustrations to spine and upper panel. 8vo 8" x 6" xii, 269, 2 [pp] catalogue. Twenty-six monochrome illustrations from drawings by Reginald B. Birch. Former name verso to frontispiece. In Very Good clean and bright condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£16.50 Convert currency

	Waiting and Serving or, The Major's Little Sentinel Butler, Maude M. (Book #ID 13387) Thomas Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, London 1892. 1892. Hard back publisher's original light blue cloth covers, gilt and maroon stamping to spine and upper panel, blind stamp to lower panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼"139, 4 [pp] catalogue. Tissue guarded frontispiece and additional title vignette. Former neat message to front end paper. In Very Good clean and bright condition with shallow rubs to spine tips and corners. Member of the P.B.F.A Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£20.00 Convert currency

	Loss or Gain? Bothmer, Countess von (Book #ID 13389) Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Northumberland Avenue, London 1886. 1886. Hard back publisher's original light brown cloth covers, pictorial green, dark brown and gilt stamping to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7¼" x 5¼" 160, 4 [pp] catalogue dated February 1886. Three monochrome illustrations. Former message to front end paper. In Very Good condition with light rubbing to corners and spine tips, spine not faded. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£20.00 Convert currency

	Marion Howard [Backfischchen] Backfischchen [Marion Howard] (Book #ID 15589) Macniven & Wallace 138 Princes Street, Edinburgh 1894. 1894. Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, black lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 147 pp. Monochrome headers and footers. Former message to the front end paper and in Very Good condition with light rubbing to corners and spine tips, without foxing. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£9.00 Convert currency

	Friedemann Bach; or, The Fortunes of an Idealist Brachvogel, Albert E. [Translated with Amendments by J. Walker] (Book #ID 15882) Published by Samuel Tinsley, 10 Southampton Street, The Strand, London First thus edition 1875. 1875. Hard back binding in publisher's original russet cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine, black designs to spine, upper and lower panels, top edge untrimmed. 8vo 7¾" x 5¼" viii, 303 printed pages of English text, [16 page publisher's catalogue dated June 1875]. Fold-out manuscript. Corners turned in and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£50.00 Convert currency

	Tommy Atkins of the Ramchunders Blatchford, Robert (Book #ID 16399) Published by Edward Arnold 37 Bedford Street, London First Edition 1895. 1895. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt lettering and gilt bugle to spine and upper panel, bevelled edges, edges untrimmed. 8vo 7¾" x 5½" 284, 32 [pp]. Publisher's File copy with paper label to upper panel. Spine slightly darkened, without any foxing and in Nr. Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	Harbour Lights Burnside, Helen Marion [Illustrated by J. R. Kennedy and H. Jacobs] (Book #ID 17459) Raphael Tuck & Sons, London circa 1890. 1890. Publisher's original colour printed card covers, twine binding to spine. 8vo 7½" x 7" 32 pp. Green and brown tone illustrations to every page with text around. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£22.00 Convert currency

	Inspiring Lives: Biographies of the Great Among Women Bruce, Charles (Book #ID 18589) Published by W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, Edinburgh 1898. 1898. Hard back binding in publisher's original light purple/brown cloth covers, gilt lettering and floral designs to spine and upper panel, all page edges gilt. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 257, 16 [pp]. Monochrome frontispiece. Former bookplate to upper paste down, shallow rubs to spine tips and corners and in Very Good clean and tight condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£20.00 Convert currency

	The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During Which He Flourished [Three Volumes] Boswell, James (Book #ID 19721) T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand London The Sixth Edition, Revised and Augmented 1811. Three Volumes. 1811. Contemporary full calf covers, gilt lettering and designs to spines, gilt tooling to edges of upper and lower boards, inner gilt dentelles, marble end papers and page edges. 8vo 8½" x 5½" 496; 483; 530 [pp]. 3 [of 4] volumes with volume I missing, upper board to volume IV loose but not detached, other upper boards starting, spines slightly dull with general rubbing. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£65.00 Convert currency

	Old Englands Worthies: Being Full and Original Biographies of the Most Eminent Statesmen, Lawyers, Warriors, Men of Letters and Science, and Artists of our Country Brougham, Lord (Book #ID 20101) Published by James Sangster and Co., Paternoster Row, London. Publisher's contemporary quarter calf, maroon cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine, all page edges gilt. Folio 14½" x 10¼" 272 pp. Illustrated with 72 steel portraits, and 12 coloured engravings from original sources [on thick card stock], and numerous illustrative woodcuts. End papers missing, age darkening to spine, rubbing across corners, foxing to some margins of colour plates. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	The Captains' Room [A yellow back novel] Besant, Walter (Book #ID 20162) Published by Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, London New edition 1884. 1884. Hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covers. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 398, 32 [pp] catalogue dated March 1884. Pears' Soap advertisement to lower panel, Cadbury's Cocoa to upper paste down. Working condition only with paper worn away to edges of spine, paper age paper covers age darkened, hinges cracked. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	A Blot in the Scutcheon: A Tragedy [1] Browning, Robert [Robert Browning (7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, and in particular the dramatic monologue, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. (Book #ID 22017) Collins Clear-Type Press London and Glasgow circa 1900 edition not stated. 1900. Publisher's original brown suede cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 16mo 5" x 4" 118 pp. Each page framed with pink designed border. In Very Good clean and tidy condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£5.00 Convert currency

	Letters From England 1846-1849 Bancroft, Elizabeth Davis [Mrs George Bancroft] (Book #ID 23724) Published by Smith, Elder & Co. 15 Waterloo Place, London First edition 1904. 1904. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original maroon buckram covers, gilt lettering to spine and upper panel, top edge gilt. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' xii, 224 [pp]. 24 monochrome portraits and views. Former message to front free end paper, spine faded, without foxing and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£25.00 Convert currency

	The Little V.C. Burnside, Helen Marion (Book #ID 24036) Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 35-36 Paternoster Row, London 1898. 1898. Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, black lettering to spine, three children and floral decoration to upper panel. 8vo 7'' x 5'' 96 pp. Monochrome frontispiece and additional title page illustration. Front end paper missing, small message to the front free end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	The Penny Post Volume III January To December 1853. by Various (Book #ID 82114) Published by John Henry Parker, 377 Strand, London First Edition 1853. London First edition hard back binding in publisher's original purple cloth covers, gilt title lettering and date to the spine, lemon end leaves with Tract information. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains [viii] 336 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. The Penny Post, an illustrated periodical with numerous contributors with the aim of teaching lessons for good with 'This Month and its Teaching' for each month, sketches, poetry and tales and allegories. Spine sun faded to brown, rubbing across the spine ends, hinges sound and in Good clean condition. We currently hold in stock 3 other Penny Post books. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£25.00 Convert currency

	The Penny Post Volume IV January To December 1854. by Various (Book #ID 82115) Published by John Henry Parker, 377 Strand, London First Edition 1854. London First edition hard back binding in publisher's original purple cloth covers, gilt title lettering and date to the spine, lemon end leaves with Tract information. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains [viii] 376 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. The Penny Post, an illustrated periodical with numerous contributors with the aim of teaching lessons for good with 'This Month and its Teaching' for each month, sketches, poetry and tales and allegories. Spine sun faded to brown, rubbing across the spine ends, hinges sound and in Good clean condition. We currently hold in stock 3 other Penny Post books. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£25.00 Convert currency

	Tales of Filial Love Barrau, Theodore H. (Book #ID 27147) Published by Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh circa 1870 edition not stated. 1870. Hard back binding in publisher's original faded purple cloth covers, gilt lettering and elaborate designs to the spine and upper panel, all page edges gilt. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 256 pp. Eight monochrome illustrated engravings throughout. Front hinge cracked, fraying of cloth across spine ends and corners Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	Wayside Thoughts from Burns \| Sesame Booklets Series Number 38 Burns, Robert (Book #ID 110863) Published by George G. Harrap & Company, 9 Portsmouth Street, Kingsway, London circa 1910. 1910. Publisher's original full leather over card covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, tooled front cover, grey paper end sheets, top edge gilt. 24mo. 4'' x 3''. Colour frontispiece, red and black printed title, 64 pp. Fox spotting to the paper, ink message dated 1916 to the front free end paper, small chips to the spine ends. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£25.00 Convert currency

	Memorials of Christine Majolier Alsop Braithwaite, Martha [Christine Majolier Alsop] (Book #ID 29123) Published by Samuel Harris & Co., 5 Bishopsgate Without, London First Edition 1881. 1881. Hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covers, gilt lettering and black designs to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' viii, 248 [pp]. Tissue guarded monochrome frontispiece. Former message and light foxing to the free front end paper and in Very Good clean and bright condition, corners sharp and pointed, spine not faded, without any rubbing to the cloth, super condition copy. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£40.00 Convert currency

	Recollections of a Minister; or Sketches Drawn from Life and Character \| The Disobedient Son; The Sunday Schoolboy; The Backslider's Death-bed; The Converted Infidel; My Poor Schoolmaster; The Two Orphans Barr, The Rev J. T. (Book #ID 93527) Published for the Author by John Snow, 26 Paternoster Row, London First Edition 1838. 1838. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original embossed black cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, lemon end papers and paste downs. 8vo. 8¼'' x 5''. Contains [xii] 132 printed pages of text. Page sections proud of each other, rear end paper missing, ink message inside 'Eliza Hook, Southsea, 1858', repairs to the spine ends. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£40.00 Convert currency

	Out of the Deep: A Story of the Brays of Beachtown Burrage, E. Harcourt (Book #ID 32888) Published by S. W. Partridge & Co. 8-9 Paternoster Row, London First Edition 1898. London 1898. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine [faded] and the upper panel. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 320, 20 [pp] catalogue. Reading condition with hinges split and torn, lower end paper missing. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£11.00 Convert currency

	Little Lord Fauntleroy Burnett, Frances Hodgson [1849-1924] Illustrated From Drawings by Reginald B. Birch (Book #ID 37690) Published by Frederick Warne & Co. London Eighth Edition 1888. London 1888. Hard back publisher's original royal blue cloth covers, gilt lettering and illustrations to spine and upper panel. 8vo 8" x 6" xii, 269, vi [pp] catalogue. Twenty-six monochrome illustrations from drawings by Reginald B. Birch. Lower spine edge cracked, spine slant, good early reading condition copy. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£6.50 Convert currency

	Home Words For Heart and Hearth 1892 Bullock, Rev. Charles [by Rev. Charles Bullock, B.D., Formerly Rector of St. Nicholas', Worcester, Editor of 'Home words', and Author of 'England's Royal Home,' etc.] (Book #ID 41054) Published by ''Home Words'' Ltd., Publishing Office, 7 Paternoster Square, London 1892. London 1892. Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt and black lettering and designs to the spine and the front cover. Quarto 10'' x 8'' 284 pp. Many monochrome illustrations throughout. lower end paper missing, front end paper cracked, corners soft, spine slant, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£6.00 Convert currency

	The New Prince Fortunatus Black, William [1841-1898] (Book #ID 54510) Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd., St Dunstan's House, London Revised Edition 1894. London 1894. Revised edition hard back binding in publisher's original racing green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and blind tooling to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 411 printed pages of text. Spine slant, corners turned in, tan mottling to the end papers, without any ownership markings and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	The Beautiful White Devil Boothby, Guy [1867-1905] Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood (Book #ID 43335) Published by Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London 1896. London 1896. Hard back binding in publisher's original dark navy cloth covers, gilt lettering and gilt fan to the spine, elaborate gilt lady and bull-dog illustration to the upper panel, top edge gilt. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains xii, 289 printed pages of text followed by 6 page publisher's catalogue. six full-page single-sided tissue-guarded monochrome illustrations throughout. The odd finger mark and fox spot to the page margins, page edges slightly soiled, front end paper cracked, corners and spine ends rubbed, pen squiggle line to the half-title page. We currently hold in stock 1 other title by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£50.00 Convert currency

	A Digit of the Moon; A Hindoo Love Story Bain, F. W. [Translated by] (Book #ID 53787) Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 36 Essex Street, Strand, London Tenth Edition 1913. London 1913. Hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to white paper spine, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains [xviii] 118 printed pages of text. Small ownership name inside, spine very slightly tanned and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£11.00 Convert currency

	This Son of Vulcan Besant, Walter and James Rice (Book #ID 52457) Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd, 42 William IV Street, London October 1889 A New Edition. London 1889. Hard back binding in publisher's original steel blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, black lettering and designs to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [viii] 392 [32] printed pages of text. Ink ownership name to the front paste down, corners and spine ends bumped, foxing to the page edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£20.00 Convert currency

	The Mutiny of The 'Bounty' [No. 9 in Chosen Books Series] Barrow, John [Illustrations by Nigel Lambourne] (Book #ID 65805) Published by Blackie & Son Ltd., 16/18 William IV Street, London circa 1961. London circa 1961. Hard back binding in publisher's original duck egg blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, aqua dyed upper edges. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 318 printed pages of text with monochrome full-page illustrations throughout. Spine ends a little soft, shallow rubs to the edges, light ghosting to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with 10 mm v-shaped piece of paper missing to the upper rear panel, 30 mm closed tear to the upper front gutter, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NINETEENTH CENTURY Category	£11.00 Convert currency

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Burnett, Frances Hodgson [1849-1924] Illustrated From Drawings by Reginald B. Birch

(Book #ID 95)

Published by Frederick Warne & Co. London 1892. 1892.

Hard back binding in publisher's original light blue cloth covers, over printed illustrations to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼''. Illustrated by R. B. Birch. In Very Good condition with light rubbing across spine edges and corners. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Love for an Hour is Love Forever

Barr, Amelia E.

(Book #ID 3770)

Published by Hutchinson, London circa 1891. 1891.

Dusty end papers. In sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Court Royal: A Story of Cross Currents

Baring-Gould S. (Sabine)

(Book #ID 3788)

Published by Smith, Elder & Co., 1895. 1895.

Hard back. 8vo. Spine tanned, rear panel a little wrinkled, reading condition copy. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Only us Three

Bland, E. A. [Writing as B E A D]

(Book #ID 4449)

Published by John F. Shaw and Co., 48 Paternoster Row, London circa 1890 edition not stated. 1890.

Hard back decorated brown cloth covers with silver titles. 190 pp. Advertisements to rear. Illustrated. Title page missing. In Very Good sound, clean and tight condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Discours sur L'Histoire Universelle [Discourse on Universal History] [2 Volumes]

Bossuet, Jacques Benigne

(Book #ID 9205)

Published by Daguin Freres, Libraires 1842 Two volumes. 1842.

8vo 5" x 8¼" Calf spine, gilt stamping, marbled boards and end papers, tissue frontispiece to volume one. French text, matching two volume set. Sporadic foxing, small reference number to foot of each spine, light rubbing to corners, pencil name to half titles. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Papa Papers and Some Stories [Signed]

Bell, R. S. Warren

(Book #ID 9465)

Published by Grant Richards, 9 Henrietta Street Covent Garden, London First Edition 1898. 1898.

First edition hard back publisher's original light blue/white cloth covers, oxidised gilt stamping, all edges untrimmed. 7¼" x 4¾" 200 pp. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to front end paper dated 1898. Light tanning to spine, small patches to upper board, corners turned in. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Little Lord Fauntleroy

Burnett, Frances Hodgson [1849-1924] Illustrated From Drawings by Reginald B. Birch

(Book #ID 12094)

Published by Frederick Warne & Co., London 1910. 1910.

Hard back publisher's original aquamarine cloth covers, gilt stamping and illustrations to spine and upper panel. 8vo 8" x 6" xii, 269, 2 [pp] catalogue. Twenty-six monochrome illustrations from drawings by Reginald B. Birch. Former name verso to frontispiece. In Very Good clean and bright condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Waiting and Serving or, The Major's Little Sentinel

Butler, Maude M.

(Book #ID 13387)

Thomas Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, London 1892. 1892.

Hard back publisher's original light blue cloth covers, gilt and maroon stamping to spine and upper panel, blind stamp to lower panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼"139, 4 [pp] catalogue. Tissue guarded frontispiece and additional title vignette. Former neat message to front end paper. In Very Good clean and bright condition with shallow rubs to spine tips and corners. Member of the P.B.F.A

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Loss or Gain?

Bothmer, Countess von

(Book #ID 13389)

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Northumberland Avenue, London 1886. 1886.

Hard back publisher's original light brown cloth covers, pictorial green, dark brown and gilt stamping to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7¼" x 5¼" 160, 4 [pp] catalogue dated February 1886. Three monochrome illustrations. Former message to front end paper. In Very Good condition with light rubbing to corners and spine tips, spine not faded. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Marion Howard [Backfischchen]

Backfischchen [Marion Howard]

(Book #ID 15589)

Macniven & Wallace 138 Princes Street, Edinburgh 1894. 1894.

Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, black lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 147 pp. Monochrome headers and footers. Former message to the front end paper and in Very Good condition with light rubbing to corners and spine tips, without foxing. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Friedemann Bach; or, The Fortunes of an Idealist

Brachvogel, Albert E. [Translated with Amendments by J. Walker]

(Book #ID 15882)

Published by Samuel Tinsley, 10 Southampton Street, The Strand, London First thus edition 1875. 1875.

Hard back binding in publisher's original russet cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine, black designs to spine, upper and lower panels, top edge untrimmed. 8vo 7¾" x 5¼" viii, 303 printed pages of English text, [16 page publisher's catalogue dated June 1875]. Fold-out manuscript. Corners turned in and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Tommy Atkins of the Ramchunders

Blatchford, Robert

(Book #ID 16399)

Published by Edward Arnold 37 Bedford Street, London First Edition 1895. 1895.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt lettering and gilt bugle to spine and upper panel, bevelled edges, edges untrimmed. 8vo 7¾" x 5½" 284, 32 [pp]. Publisher's File copy with paper label to upper panel. Spine slightly darkened, without any foxing and in Nr. Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Harbour Lights

Burnside, Helen Marion [Illustrated by J. R. Kennedy and H. Jacobs]

(Book #ID 17459)

Raphael Tuck & Sons, London circa 1890. 1890.

Publisher's original colour printed card covers, twine binding to spine. 8vo 7½" x 7" 32 pp. Green and brown tone illustrations to every page with text around. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Inspiring Lives: Biographies of the Great Among Women

Bruce, Charles

(Book #ID 18589)

Published by W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, Edinburgh 1898. 1898.

Hard back binding in publisher's original light purple/brown cloth covers, gilt lettering and floral designs to spine and upper panel, all page edges gilt. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 257, 16 [pp]. Monochrome frontispiece. Former bookplate to upper paste down, shallow rubs to spine tips and corners and in Very Good clean and tight condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During Which He Flourished [Three Volumes]

Boswell, James

(Book #ID 19721)

T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand London The Sixth Edition, Revised and Augmented 1811. Three Volumes. 1811.

Contemporary full calf covers, gilt lettering and designs to spines, gilt tooling to edges of upper and lower boards, inner gilt dentelles, marble end papers and page edges. 8vo 8½" x 5½" 496; 483; 530 [pp]. 3 [of 4] volumes with volume I missing, upper board to volume IV loose but not detached, other upper boards starting, spines slightly dull with general rubbing. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Old Englands Worthies: Being Full and Original Biographies of the Most Eminent Statesmen, Lawyers, Warriors, Men of Letters and Science, and Artists of our Country

Brougham, Lord

(Book #ID 20101)

Published by James Sangster and Co., Paternoster Row, London.

Publisher's contemporary quarter calf, maroon cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine, all page edges gilt. Folio 14½" x 10¼" 272 pp. Illustrated with 72 steel portraits, and 12 coloured engravings from original sources [on thick card stock], and numerous illustrative woodcuts. End papers missing, age darkening to spine, rubbing across corners, foxing to some margins of colour plates. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Captains' Room [A yellow back novel]

Besant, Walter

(Book #ID 20162)

Published by Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, London New edition 1884. 1884.

Hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covers. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 398, 32 [pp] catalogue dated March 1884. Pears' Soap advertisement to lower panel, Cadbury's Cocoa to upper paste down. Working condition only with paper worn away to edges of spine, paper age paper covers age darkened, hinges cracked. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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A Blot in the Scutcheon: A Tragedy [1]

Browning, Robert [Robert Browning (7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, and in particular the dramatic monologue, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.

(Book #ID 22017)

Collins Clear-Type Press London and Glasgow circa 1900 edition not stated. 1900.

Publisher's original brown suede cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 16mo 5" x 4" 118 pp. Each page framed with pink designed border. In Very Good clean and tidy condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Letters From England 1846-1849

Bancroft, Elizabeth Davis [Mrs George Bancroft]

(Book #ID 23724)

Published by Smith, Elder & Co. 15 Waterloo Place, London First edition 1904. 1904.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original maroon buckram covers, gilt lettering to spine and upper panel, top edge gilt. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' xii, 224 [pp]. 24 monochrome portraits and views. Former message to front free end paper, spine faded, without foxing and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Little V.C.

Burnside, Helen Marion

(Book #ID 24036)

Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 35-36 Paternoster Row, London 1898. 1898.

Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, black lettering to spine, three children and floral decoration to upper panel. 8vo 7'' x 5'' 96 pp. Monochrome frontispiece and additional title page illustration. Front end paper missing, small message to the front free end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Penny Post Volume III January To December 1853.

by Various

(Book #ID 82114)

Published by John Henry Parker, 377 Strand, London First Edition 1853. London

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original purple cloth covers, gilt title lettering and date to the spine, lemon end leaves with Tract information. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains [viii] 336 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. The Penny Post, an illustrated periodical with numerous contributors with the aim of teaching lessons for good with 'This Month and its Teaching' for each month, sketches, poetry and tales and allegories. Spine sun faded to brown, rubbing across the spine ends, hinges sound and in Good clean condition. We currently hold in stock 3 other Penny Post books. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Penny Post Volume IV January To December 1854.

by Various

(Book #ID 82115)

Published by John Henry Parker, 377 Strand, London First Edition 1854. London

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original purple cloth covers, gilt title lettering and date to the spine, lemon end leaves with Tract information. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains [viii] 376 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. The Penny Post, an illustrated periodical with numerous contributors with the aim of teaching lessons for good with 'This Month and its Teaching' for each month, sketches, poetry and tales and allegories. Spine sun faded to brown, rubbing across the spine ends, hinges sound and in Good clean condition. We currently hold in stock 3 other Penny Post books. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Tales of Filial Love

Barrau, Theodore H.

(Book #ID 27147)

Published by Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh circa 1870 edition not stated. 1870.

Hard back binding in publisher's original faded purple cloth covers, gilt lettering and elaborate designs to the spine and upper panel, all page edges gilt. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 256 pp. Eight monochrome illustrated engravings throughout. Front hinge cracked, fraying of cloth across spine ends and corners Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Wayside Thoughts from Burns | Sesame Booklets Series Number 38

Burns, Robert

(Book #ID 110863)

Published by George G. Harrap & Company, 9 Portsmouth Street, Kingsway, London circa 1910. 1910.

Publisher's original full leather over card covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, tooled front cover, grey paper end sheets, top edge gilt. 24mo. 4'' x 3''. Colour frontispiece, red and black printed title, 64 pp. Fox spotting to the paper, ink message dated 1916 to the front free end paper, small chips to the spine ends. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Memorials of Christine Majolier Alsop

Braithwaite, Martha [Christine Majolier Alsop]

(Book #ID 29123)

Published by Samuel Harris & Co., 5 Bishopsgate Without, London First Edition 1881. 1881.

Hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covers, gilt lettering and black designs to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' viii, 248 [pp]. Tissue guarded monochrome frontispiece. Former message and light foxing to the free front end paper and in Very Good clean and bright condition, corners sharp and pointed, spine not faded, without any rubbing to the cloth, super condition copy. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Recollections of a Minister; or Sketches Drawn from Life and Character | The Disobedient Son; The Sunday Schoolboy; The Backslider's Death-bed; The Converted Infidel; My Poor Schoolmaster; The Two Orphans

Barr, The Rev J. T.

(Book #ID 93527)

Published for the Author by John Snow, 26 Paternoster Row, London First Edition 1838. 1838.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original embossed black cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, lemon end papers and paste downs. 8vo. 8¼'' x 5''. Contains [xii] 132 printed pages of text. Page sections proud of each other, rear end paper missing, ink message inside 'Eliza Hook, Southsea, 1858', repairs to the spine ends. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Out of the Deep: A Story of the Brays of Beachtown

Burrage, E. Harcourt

(Book #ID 32888)

Published by S. W. Partridge & Co. 8-9 Paternoster Row, London First Edition 1898. London 1898.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine [faded] and the upper panel. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 320, 20 [pp] catalogue. Reading condition with hinges split and torn, lower end paper missing. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Little Lord Fauntleroy

Burnett, Frances Hodgson [1849-1924] Illustrated From Drawings by Reginald B. Birch

(Book #ID 37690)

Published by Frederick Warne & Co. London Eighth Edition 1888. London 1888.

Hard back publisher's original royal blue cloth covers, gilt lettering and illustrations to spine and upper panel. 8vo 8" x 6" xii, 269, vi [pp] catalogue. Twenty-six monochrome illustrations from drawings by Reginald B. Birch. Lower spine edge cracked, spine slant, good early reading condition copy. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Home Words For Heart and Hearth 1892

Bullock, Rev. Charles [by Rev. Charles Bullock, B.D., Formerly Rector of St. Nicholas', Worcester, Editor of 'Home words', and Author of 'England's Royal Home,' etc.]

(Book #ID 41054)

Published by ''Home Words'' Ltd., Publishing Office, 7 Paternoster Square, London 1892. London 1892.

Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt and black lettering and designs to the spine and the front cover. Quarto 10'' x 8'' 284 pp. Many monochrome illustrations throughout. lower end paper missing, front end paper cracked, corners soft, spine slant, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The New Prince Fortunatus

Black, William [1841-1898]

(Book #ID 54510)

Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd., St Dunstan's House, London Revised Edition 1894. London 1894.

Revised edition hard back binding in publisher's original racing green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and blind tooling to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 411 printed pages of text. Spine slant, corners turned in, tan mottling to the end papers, without any ownership markings and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Beautiful White Devil

Boothby, Guy [1867-1905] Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood

(Book #ID 43335)

Published by Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London 1896. London 1896.

Hard back binding in publisher's original dark navy cloth covers, gilt lettering and gilt fan to the spine, elaborate gilt lady and bull-dog illustration to the upper panel, top edge gilt. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains xii, 289 printed pages of text followed by 6 page publisher's catalogue. six full-page single-sided tissue-guarded monochrome illustrations throughout. The odd finger mark and fox spot to the page margins, page edges slightly soiled, front end paper cracked, corners and spine ends rubbed, pen squiggle line to the half-title page. We currently hold in stock 1 other title by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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A Digit of the Moon; A Hindoo Love Story

Bain, F. W. [Translated by]

(Book #ID 53787)

Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 36 Essex Street, Strand, London Tenth Edition 1913. London 1913.

Hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to white paper spine, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains [xviii] 118 printed pages of text. Small ownership name inside, spine very slightly tanned and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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This Son of Vulcan

Besant, Walter and James Rice

(Book #ID 52457)

Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd, 42 William IV Street, London October 1889 A New Edition. London 1889.

Hard back binding in publisher's original steel blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, black lettering and designs to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [viii] 392 [32] printed pages of text. Ink ownership name to the front paste down, corners and spine ends bumped, foxing to the page edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Mutiny of The 'Bounty' [No. 9 in Chosen Books Series]

Barrow, John [Illustrations by Nigel Lambourne]

(Book #ID 65805)

Published by Blackie & Son Ltd., 16/18 William IV Street, London circa 1961. London circa 1961.

Hard back binding in publisher's original duck egg blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, aqua dyed upper edges. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 318 printed pages of text with monochrome full-page illustrations throughout. Spine ends a little soft, shallow rubs to the edges, light ghosting to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with 10 mm v-shaped piece of paper missing to the upper rear panel, 30 mm closed tear to the upper front gutter, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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