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Hardcover. Condizione: Good Condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair Dust Jacket. 7TH AM. ED.MAR. Red cloth binding with back ruling, Title and author on front cover. Black TAitle, author and publisher on spine. 334pp. Content clean, bright and sound with paper lightly tanned and fore edges Dust jacket is chipped and torn.…

Red & Black Cloth. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Inscribed: Pamela Hardy. Missing coloured frontispiece. A reading copy. 263pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Not Illustrated (illustratore). Inscribed with Owner's Name.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No dj. First Edition. Sound decent hardcover, faint inscription to fly, minor freckling to fore-edges. Boards fingermarked and age darkened, minor shelfwear, hinges supple. Size: 12mo.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good ++. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Fair +. First Edition. xxxiv + 449 pages. Light blue background dustjacket with tape reapir to front hinge, heavy wear and losses to top edge and spine-ends and light wear to other edges and corners. Nice clean dark blue hardback binding with light wear to boards' corners and spine-ends. Page-edges moderately browned o/w clean pages.…

Original Blue Cloth Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Uniform Edition. No stated date c1920. xi, 312pp. Leonard Merrick (1864-1939) was an English novelist. Although largely forgotten today, he was widely admired by his peers; J. M. Barrie called Merrick the "novelist's novelist." 'The Worldlings' is a novel first published in 1900. The copy for sale is part of a uniform edition of Merrick's works, and contains an introduction by Neil Munro. The book is bound in the original blue cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and an entwined 'LM' stamped in gold on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear on the boards and light bumping to the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription. There is browning with some foxing on the half-title page and last page of the book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Ed. 30pp+b/w plates, small quarto hardcover in tan cloth. moderate soiling to front and spine, underboard mildly exposed at fore-edge corners, mild bowing to boards, binding solid, gift inscription to ffep, interior text clean.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 253 pages. Very good condition volume with red leatherette covers in good condition slip case. No inscriptions. Some fading and edge wear to slip case. --- General information: please email for any more information or condition photos. There may be other minor faults not included here, but this description should include all important points and convey accurately the overall conditon of the book(s) or other item. We are happy to give a more detailed description (by volume where applicable) on request. Posted next day (Mon-Fri) from the UK. We normally post by Royal Mail 1st class within the UK, but may use a slower service for books over 1kg or multiple orders or a tracked service for higher value orders. We normally post by tracked mail for overseas deliveries, and may request additional postage (at cost) for heavier books (buyers always have the option to cancel the order if we do so). Arnold Beauvais (illustratore).…

Original Brown Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 1911. First edition. viii, 148pp. This book was produced to accompany the Highland Village part of the Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art, and Industry, held in Glasgow in 1911. Its aim was to provide visitors and others with concise and accurate information concerning home-life in the Highlands of Scotland before the Rising under Prince Charles Edward Stuart. A few of the twelve essays are: Buildings and Dress in the Old Highlands by Colin Sinclair; The Social Life of the Community by W.C. Mackenzie; The Medical Knowledge of the Highlands; The Music of the Clans; and Superstition. The book is bound in the original brown cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling together with a few faint stains to the boards, and the spine ends are bumped. The contents are tight and clean with age-browning to the pages and foxing to the free endpapers. There is no inscription.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 1920. First edition. 30pp., frontispiece and a map. This is followed by 63 plates of sketches (8 in colour) with a brief description of the event portrayed on a preceding page. The 51st (Highland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army that fought on the Western Front in France during the First World War from 1915 to 1918. The division was raised in 1908 as the Highland Division and later 51st (Highland) Division from 1915. Frederick Arthur Farrell enlisted as a Sapper at the outbreak of the First World War but was discharged due to ill health. He then made two journeys to the Western Front in his capacity as a War Artist, first in November 1917 with the Highland Light Infantry, and secondly in late 1918 when he spent two months attached to the 51st (Highland) Division where he produced these sketches. The book is bound in the original tan cloth covered boards with black titling and a black and red emblem on the spine and front board. The case of the book is in good to very good condition with shelf wear, soiling, some staining and noticeable patchy damp marking to both boards. The corners and spine ends are bumped with a little damage to the cloth at the bottom of the spine and the titling on the spine is worn. The contents are in better condition being tight and clean with no inscription. PLEASE NOTE: This is a fairly heavy book and extra postage may apply for delivery outside the UK. Fred. A. Farrell (illustratore).…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 1920. First edition. 30pp., frontispiece and a map. This is followed by 63 plates of sketches (8 in colour) with a brief description of the event portrayed on a preceeding page. The 51st (Highland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army that fought on the Western Front in France during the First World War from 1915 to 1918. The division was raised in 1908, upon the creation of the Territorial Force, as the Highland Division and later 51st (Highland) Division from 1915. Frederick Arthur Farrell enlisted as a Sapper at the outbreak of the First World War but was discharged due to ill health. He subsequently made two journeys to the Western Front in his capacity as a War Artist, first in November 1917 with the Highland Light Infantry, and secondly in late 1918 when he spent two months attached to the 51st (Highland) Division where he produced these sketches. The book is bound in the original tan cloth covered boards with black titling and a black and red emblem on the spine and front board. The case of the book is in excellent condition with bumping to the spine ends and a dent on the bottom edge of the front board. The contents are tight and clean with foxing to the second front free endpaper and the half-title page and light foxing to a few of the pages describing the plates. There is no inscription. The unclipped dustwrapper has shelf wear with some soiling and the spine is darkened. There are small pieces missing from the corner tips and up to about 1/2" is missing from the bottom of the spine and top spine corners. There are some tears of up to about 1" on the edges and these tears have been repaired on the reverse with tape and the spine ends and corners reinforced on the reverse with tape. The wrapper is in an easily removed clear plastic protective cover. PLEASE NOTE: This is a fairly heavy book and extra postage may apply for delivery outside the UK. Fred. A. Farrell (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 423 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Famous Scottish Burghs; Their Romantic Story. By George Eyre-Todd, With an Introduction by Neil Munro. Published by Heath Cranton Limited, London, 1923 first edition. In library binding. Very good hardback with leather spine with gilt titles and tan textured cloth over boards. With some wear and bumping. Securely bound. Ex-library (Grimsby public library) with the usual markings - Reference number to spine, label removal remains to first pastedown and library stamps to corner of images on plates. Slight skew to binding. With colour title page. Text is bright and clean throughout. Some age spotting to edge of text block. Top edge is dust toned. Inner hinges secure. Text in English. 363pp + Plates + xxx Index. Approximate dimensions: 224mm high x 151mmcm wide x 59mm deep. Weighs approximately 1265g (unpacked). More photos on request.…

First Edition. Evocative sketches of the 5st Highland Division at war in the 1914-1918 conflict. Covers well worn and a name clipped from the front free endpaper. A Good copy.