English Portraits and Essays

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Blind-stamped red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Owner's name neatly penned on front fly, gutter starting, spine ends frayed and corners lightly rubbed and bumped, a good only copy, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Containing: "A Canterbury Pilgrim", Robert Louis Stevenson, William Cobbett, Walter De La Mare, Maurice Hewlett, Edmund… Read more about this item

Hodder & Stoughton, 1924. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1924. No Edition Remarks. 244 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to first and last few pages. Previous owner's inscription and stamp to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. vii, 244 pp. Essays on Chesterton, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Cobbett, Walter de la Mare, Maurice Hewlett, Edmund Gosse, Coventry Patmore and Compton Mackenzie, Some wear, head and foot of spine are mildly bruised, still a nice copy.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1924. viii, 244pp. Purple/red cloth a trifle sunned, gilt. Fore-edge foxed. A nice copy of the first edition. From the bookman library series. Essays on writers that first appeared in magazines including Edmund Gosse, Compton Mackenzie, Waler De La Mare, Robert Louis Stevenson etc.. 1st edition. hard back. V.g./No d.j.. 8vo.

UK: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1924. Dark red bds with gilt title to spine. Light bump/rub to spine ends. Inscription to ffep. Bindings tight. Foxing. Dustjacket with sunning to edges and spine, rubbing to jacket edges, minimal losses to jacket corners, chipping to top jacket spine end and partial loss to bottom jacket spine end. . A little light patchy… Read more about this item

UsedGood. UK edition. No DJ. Clean text, no marks/writing.

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

Paperback / softback. New.