John Halifax Gentleman (Whitcombe's Story Books, No. 620) by Craik, Mrs. (adapted from the story by)

Collins. Hardcover. Good. A A Dixon. pp.520 n.d. clean tight copy tanning to text pages gift inscripton on frontpiece dated Oct. 1921, bumped corners, front and back cover outer edges show stain reminants, crimping to top/bottom spines, gold gilt title on spine, sunning to spine some soiling to wine colored covers Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Simpkin, Marshall and Co. Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 540 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Pages are clean, with heavy tanning to text block edges. Moderate rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed and tanned.

London: James Nisbet, 1899. Hardcover. 8 illustrations by Enoch Ward. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt and balck on the spine and upper panel and black on the lower panel. Very Good without dust-jacket.

Paperback. Very Good.

Virtue & Company Limited, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. No Edition Remarks. 446 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and illustrated plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 537 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrative plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Front endpaper is missing, and hinge is cracked slightly. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1857. Hardcover. Good. 1857. Copyright Edition. 309 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and black to front. Volume 2. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean. Boards are bowed.

Collins Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 528 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with blue lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.

Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 520 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Pages remain intact. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Minor marks to boards.

London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1897. Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hugh Riviere. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, light blue weave cloth boards decorated in white and gilt. Exterior shows soiling and sunning along with edge and corner bumps. Internal binding is good except for one spot at the front board which has an opening at the hinge area of just over an inch. No signatures or bookplates present, no library markings. Front end page is very faint evidence of a price once penciled in the corner. Pages a mildly toned due to age and some spotting and foxing is present, though only minor. Rear pastedown as a minor flaw near the upper left corner.