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Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, S.a. . Hardcover. Acceptable. Late 19th c. or early 20th c. reprint, but with very lovely full-page watercolor ill., one detached from binding. Front gutter cracked but binding firm; 540 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong paper only mildly age-toned. ion absencew of d.j. the unfaded forest green boards with still bright gilt lettering and decorations on front, though faded on spine, have light bumping and slight rubbing at crown and foot of spine.

New York.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company., 1897. No date.. Full leather. Good. No dust jacket. Cover scuffing; wear separating leather side cover edges at folds. Quarter-size patch scar inside, first free end paper. Spine end chips.. Stephens, Alice Barber (Frontispiece by).. 1 Black leater, flexible covers. Gold decorated titles front & spine. 540 p., ; 21 cm. Frontispiece in light brown, Pen&Ink w/ artist's name and "'97". Late 20th century fiction by British novelist Dinah Maria Murlock Craik, b.1826-d.1887. First published in 1856, "John Halifax, Gentleman", is the work for which she is most known, and reportedly is based loosely around the life of John Dobell, a Cheltenham wine merchant.

Homewood Publishing Company,, 1902.. hardcover. Used, very good. Very Good condition. Small white hardcover with elaborate gold cover design and paste-on of boy in blue playing a horn; 1902, Homewood Publishing, Slight wear, cover a little soiled by use, small dampstain on outer edge of rear cover, name in light pencil on second page, binding square and tight, **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. ** Your purchase supports our town's public library. 

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1866. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 302pp plus ads. Spine a little cocked, corners and spine ends bumped, some cover spots, good+ to very good

Thomas Y. Crowell Co. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Bound in brown suede with yapped edges, there is some light wear on the edges and spine. Pen inscription front endpaper, clean interior otherwise. No publication date, date on inscription is 1914. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. A 1946 reprint of the 1906 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition of the author's 1856 novel, centered around an orphan boy who is determined to make something of himself. The author, Dinah Maria Craik, often wrote under her maiden name of Miss Mulock. With an introduction by Joseph Shaylor. Everyman's Library #123 in their Fiction series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In Everyman's Library binding style 3 with full carmine cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. Red jacket features Ravilious knot to cover. --- A clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Somewhat brittle jacket with a large chunk missing from head of spine, otherwise intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xi, 421 pages .

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 mo. 3 volumes (Triple-decker), Pp. 321, [1 - publ. adverts]; 331, [1 - publ. adverts]; 311. Half green morocco and marbled boards, flat back with gilt rules and gilt lettering, speckled edges, bound by James H. Jackson with his binder's ticket on rear pastedown of each volume. Each volume contains the engraved bookplate of Andrew A. Miller, mild foxing to front and last, covers scuffed, edges lightly rubbed. Overall, a very good set. "John Halifax, Gentleman is unusual because it so thoroughly celebrates its central character and its society. Novelists who write with a social purpose in mind almost invariably do so by showing examples of the evils that need to be corrected. Craik, instead, provided a model to emulate, a vision of the world that should be. She made the book appeal to the reading public by reinforcing their own values, by making an ordinary man into a hero of epic proportions, and by using literary techniques that… Read More