Search Results: the delectable duchy by q

New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1899. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Rebacked spine, cover shows minor wear and tear, rubbing and soiling, edgewear. Pages are tanned and clean.

New York: Macmillan. Very good copy. 1893. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 320 pp.+ads, Bound in maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering and black lettering on front cover. .

New York and London: Macmillan, 1893. First printing (same date on TP and CP with no additional printings listed). Burgundy cloth with black titles on the front board and gilt on the spine. 320 pp. plus advertisements. Moderate shelfwear. Joints scuffed, with a 1" tear at the rear joint. Front board stained. Front free endpaper missing. Hinges cracked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good -/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cassell & Co, 1895. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1895. No Edition Stated. 343 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge cracked. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut. Visible scuff to front paste down. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Minor tanning to spine. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Q's Delightful Tales of Cornish Characters, including 2 amusing stories of St Piran. Frontis is a Colour Illustration showing the Prince Regent and a Gentleman (see the last story in the book), by Dora Curtis. 12 other B&W Illustrations by Lawrie Taylor. 271 Pages. Olive cloth cover with blind stamped Classical head to front. Faded lettering to spine. Cocked. Pages in nice clean condition, only a pencilled inscription to ffep. Tiny stip missing from very top of spine and very small tear at bottom of spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Cassell & Co. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover marked. Inner hinge cracking. 1895. Reprint. Green hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 343pp. .

GB: Cassell, 1911. Spine is damaged.. Large Paperback. Good.

London: Cassell, 1893. Some wear to head of spine. Contents clean. Front free endpaper lightly clipped. 320 pages plus book advertising.. . First Edition First Printing. Tan Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 5" x 7.5". Hardback.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1928. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. The Duchy Edition of Tales & Romances by Q" First Issue of this Edition. Delightful short stories depicting Cornish characters, by Q including 2 hilarious ones about St Piran. 232 Pages. Royal Blue cloth cover with blind stamped decorative border and central monogram (ATQ) on front and gilt lettering to spine. Black & Gilt design of "The Duchy Edition" with Cornish Shield on endpaper. No inscriptions. A little browning to page edges but only a few spots in the margins. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Cassell & Co., 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Sixth thousand. Original fine-ribbed sage-green cloth. A little rubbing on the spine, bookplate on front pastedown, very good..

London: Cassell & Co, 1895. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Short Stories including two on Cornwall's Patron Saint Piran. One tiny dent on back cover and a few little white spots to front. Some staining to pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

New York & London: Macmillan, 1893.. 12mo., Burgundy Gilt Cloth, 320 pp. Very Good with staining to pages, spine, & cover; volume bent. First Edition.

Cassell, 1893. Book. Poor. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Book is in poor condition, tanned pages (textblock otherwise in good condition), cracked hinges; cover very worn, backstrip almost disattached. Bottom of letter SIGNED by Quiller-Couch tipped in, owner's inscription..