Search Results: holiday house a book for the by catherine sinclair

UK: Ward, Lock & Company , Limited. Good+. N.D.. Hardcover. 8vo; hbk; xii; 346; plus catalogue; green cloth with gold gilt floral decoration to front cover & spine; aeg; fep removed damaging front hinge; G++; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Blackie and Son. Undated c1925 Blackie and Son hardback, gilt page edges; good reading copy inside, decorated white boards are age-darkened, internal front hinge loosening, name on fep, no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1925.

London: Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Some foxing throughout. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 320 p. [2] leaves of plates : ill.; 20 cm. Subjects; Juvenile literature - 19th century. Juvenile fiction. Country life. Family life. Sinclair, Catherine (1800-1864).

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. London; J. M. Burton and Co. Ipswich. [1855].. pp. xii, 346, (i) Postscript, (i) blank. Additional engraved title and frontispiece. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, a slight bow to the rear board and slight rubbing at the edges, else a very good copy. *COPAC records copies at the V&A, TCD and Cambridge. No copy of this edition in the BL.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, c1855 . Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 5". Not Stated. A very smart copy of Catherine Sinclair's children's novel about the siblings Laura, Harry, and Frank Graham, who live with their uncle and grandmother. A smart mid nineteenth century edition of this children's novel by Scottish novelist Catherine Sinclair, a children's writer credited with discovering that the author of the initially anonymous Waverley Novels was Sir Walter Scott.Illustrated with a hand coloured frontispiece and title page.Sinclair's novels were notable for the moralising approach that was common to children's literature during the period.With the inscription of Mary Anne Aubrey Boulton, dated Jan 29th 1862, to the verso of the front free endpaper. Mary Anne - sometimes Marianne - was the daughter of amateur scientist and an inventor Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, best known for his invention of the aileron, a primary aeronautical flight control device.First published in 1839, this copy is dated c1855… Read More

London: Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1856]. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. An early reprint of this popular children's novel by Catherine Sinclair, an entertaining story of two anarchic siblings. An uncommon to see early reprint, with a postscript to the rear.A charming children's novel, a unique departure of the genre for the time, as in 'Holiday House' shows its protagonist children misbehaving and being mischievous. The novel proved to be greatly popular for that reason. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title, and five plates.Catherine Sinclair was a notable Scottish novelist, credited with being the first to discover that Walter Scott was the author of the Waverley novels.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the Newcastle University Libraries. In the original publisher's cloth binding, rebacked, with new endpapers. Externally, smart. A little fading to the boards. Spine is lightly discoloured. Minor bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards and spine.… Read More