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London: The English Scholar's Library Of Old And Modern Works, 1878. Book. Illus. by . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two Volumes - Tight Firm Clean Copies - Both Containing Early Reprints Of Classics Written In The 14 And 1500'S - Both Rebound In Hard Covers With Marbled Internal Front And End Pages. Both Blue Cloth Hard Cover Boards With Untitled Spines - Original Front Soft Cover Attached To Front And Rear Of The Books - Faint Edge Wear. Hand Written Stick On Label On One Book - "Martin Marprelate The Epistle 1558". Dates And Issue Numbers Of The English Scholar's Library Are - 1) The History Of Reynard The Fox (No 1 15Th August, 1878) 2) The First Blast Of The Trumpet (No 2 15Th August, 1878) 3) The Epsitle (No 11 2Nd August 1880) And 4)Menaphon (No 12 2Nd August 1880) .

Mid: Hamlyn, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy With No Inscriptions Found. Green Cloth Hard Cover With Silver Gilt Titled Spine - Edges Are Sun Faded And Slightly Rubbed. Complete Jacket With Very Slight Edge Wear..

London: Bounty/Chancellor Books, 2004. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy With No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Found. Illustrated In Colour/Monochrome Throughout. Laminated Pictorial Soft Card Cover With Titles To Spine And Front. Very Slight Edge Wear. Appears/Feels Unread With Uncreased Spine. Heavy Book Additional Postage May Be Requested..

USA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tight firm clean copy of second printing of encyclopaedia covering creators and children's books. Some illustrations both in colour and black and white. No signatures, inscriptions or notations discovered. Blue coloured hard card cover with gold gilt titles to spine and front - no visible wear but does have one small knock/indent to front right bottom corner. Unclipped jacket with no visible wear. Heavy book additional postage may be requested..

London: John C Nimmo, 1886. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. not known. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight firm clean ex university library copy with usual stamps marks and removals. Two illustrations. Blue cloth hard cover with gild gilt titled spine - with edge wear and knocks..

London Uk: Arthur Barker Ltd, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Condition - Ex Library With Some Markings And Ticket Holder Attached To Rear Front Cover. Neat Signature Of Previous Owner To Ffp Along With Date (1958) And Place. Slight Page Discolouration From Age. Blue Hard Cloth Cover With Library Plastic Protection Glued To Surface - Slight Edge Wear. Sun Fading To Spine And Library Number Indexing Underneath Clear Plastic Library Protective Cover. Slight Faded Gold Titled Spine..

London: Oxford University Press, 2004. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight firm clean copy with no signatures, inscriptions or notations discovered. Soft pictorial card cover with white titles to spine and front - very faint edge wear - paperback not read. Heavy book additional postage may be requested..

London: English Universities Press Limited, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight firm clean copy. Has signature of previous owner in ink and various notations throughout the book in ink and pencil. Laminated yellow/cream hard cloth cover with red titles to spine and front. Some slight edge wear and rubbing. Good reading copy..

U.K: Fonthill Media, 2014. Book. As New. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy - Reprint - No Signatures Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Photo Illustrations. Navy Blue Cloth Hard Cover With Gold Gilt Titled Spine - No Visible Wear. Unclipped Jacket In Similar Condition..

Edinburgh Scotland: William And Robert Chambers, 1843. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two Volume First Edition Set. Both Tight Firm And Clean. Some Slight Age Browning To Pages And Very Faint Foxing To Page Edges. Libris Sticker With Name Of Previous Owner And Number 243 In Both Volumes (Rear Front Hard Board). Quarter Leather (Green) With Gold Titled Spines. Marbled Paper Hard Boards With Some Slight Rubbing. Slight Wear To Edges. Both Volumes Have 1843 Printed At Bottom Of Spines - However Volume 2 Has 1844 Listed As Printing Date On Title Page..

London: Macdonald And Jane's, 1973. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean With No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Found. Maroon Cloth Hard Cover With No Discernible Wear. Gilt Titled Spine. Two Jackets Cover The Book - Both With No Visible Wear - Topmost Has Stamp Bearing The Publication Date Thereon On Reverse Fold Over Front Portion - Book Presumably Was A Review Copy..

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (British). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy. Grey Cloth Hard Cover With Very Slight Rubbing To Edges. Silver Gilt Titled Spine. Complete Jacket With No Visible Wear..

London: Secker & Warburg, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy Of Compilation Of The Two Books On Forster's Life. No Inscriptions Found. Green Cloth Hard Cover With Gilt Titled Spine - Very Slight Wear To Edges. Two Jackets - One Clipped - Both With Very Slight Edge Wear. Book Is Believed A Reviewers Copy As One Jacket Has Date Of Publication Stamped On Internal Edge Above Book Price - 20 Jan 1979. Overall Near As New. Heavy Book Additional U. K. Postage Included In Cost Of Book..

LONDON UK: LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS AND GREEN, 1865. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight, Firm Complete Copy Of This Rare Book. First Edition. Page Edges Dust Discoloured But Clean Internally, One Name Inscribed (Blue Biro?) And Date "1963" Written In Red Biro On Frontispiece - Few Notations Internally. 354 Pages. Brown Hard Cover With Black Embossed Design On Front And Spine. Title And Author In Gold Embossed Design On Spine. Slight Wear/Rubbing To Top/Bottom Spine And Book Cover Corners..

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1937. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy - First Edition - Gift Inscription On Ffp Dated 1942. Some Pencil Marks Highlighting Various Books In The Bibliography. Photo Illustrations. Green Cloth Hard Cover With Gold Gilt Titled Spine Within Black Box - Some Slight Edge Wear And Age Staining..

London: Harrap, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight firm clean copy with presentation (School) certificate attached to FFP dated 1925/26. No other signatures inscriptions or notations founr, Some pages of the book have been left uncut by its owner(s). Black and white illustrations. Some age staining to pages - and sellotape marks to front and rear fps. Brown cloth hard cover with gold gilt titled spine and shield embossed design to front. Front and rear have white water stained spots and the book has slight edge wear..

London: Dent, 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Condition. Name Of Previous Owner In Cap Letters On Ffp. No Other Inscriptions Or Notations Found. Starting To Fox On Page Edges. Red Cloth Hard Cover With Gilt Titled Spine - Embossed Gilt Design To Front "Middle Aged Man With Stick" - Faint Edge Rubbing. Clipped Jacket With Sun Fading To Spine And Along Top Edge - Slight Edge Wear - Wrinkling Etc..

London: The Softback Preview, 1999. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Paperback With No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Found. No Illustrations. Laminated Pictorial Soft Card Cover With Titles To Spine And Front. Some Faint Creasing (One) On Spine (Top 3") And Faint Edge Wear. Appears Unread. Heavy Book - Additional Charges May Be Requested..

London: J Tonson, 1734. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather . First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The first two volumes of the three volume Guardian Tomes of 1734 - text covers period Thursday March 12 1713 to Thursday October 1st 1713. Both volumes complete - although still firm and attached to spine - pages are age browning and cracks are starting to appear internally at places within both books along spine. Both volumes are signed and dated by the books first owner - W Acton Moseley 1735 - twice to rear side front cover and internal ffp before title pages. All signatures in ink - except volume 2 reverse of cover which is in pencil. One notation found - "See Gents Magaz:1780, p 176". No other signatures, inscriptions or notations discovered. Full leather bound hard cover - faded, rubbed gold gilt titles to both spines - edge wear to all edges - rubbed spine and rounded corners - some slight stains and marks on both..

London: Reaktion Books, 2003. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy With No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Found. Green Cloth Hard Cover With Gilt Titled Spine - No Visible Wear. Complete Jacket - Has One Accidental Biro Mark To Top Front About 1" Long - Otherwise No Visible Wear..