Historical Novels from Richard Beaton

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1905. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Frontispiece. Original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, lettered and illustrated in black, white and pale blue on front board. Small split in cloth at head of spine, foxing on prelims, prize inscription (1909) on front free endpaper, good. A sequel to Crockett's The Black Douglas..… Read more about this item

London: Isbister & Co., 1895. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Scuffed on spine ends, a little foxing on endpapers, otherwise very good. .

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original fine-ribbed dark green cloth with spray of London Pride in lighter green and pink on front board, lettered in gilt. Faint circular ring mark (removed label?) and edges lightly sunned on rear board, otherwise a clean bright copy, very good..

London: Tauchnitz, 1881. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Two volumes bound as one in late C19th blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Spine dulled and sunned, endpapers lightly browned, fair/good. Todd [1950/51]. First/only issue, but bound without series half-titles..

London: Simms & McIntyre/Thomas Hodgson, 1857. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Morley Ernstein; or, The Tenants of the Heart (1842). [Parlour Library]: Simms & McIntyre, 1850. Bound with: My Aunt Pontypool (1835). [Parlour Library]: Thomas Hodgson, nd [1857]. Two volumes bound as one in mid-C19th purple leather over marbled boards, elaborately blocked in gilt on spine with black leather title label;… Read more about this item

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First One-Volume Edition. Late C19th brown leather over maroon marbled boards; raised bands and gilt title on spine; green endpapers. Lightly scuffed, boards grazed, otherwise very good..

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1878. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. [Octavo Edition]. Illustrated. Original red cloth, lettered and decorated in black on front board, in black and gilt on spine; pink decorated endpapers. Spine lightly sunned with tiny chip at foot, trace of removed bookplate on front pastedown, light foxing, very good. A heavy item which will require additional postage/delivery… Read more about this item

London: John Long, 1906. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original fine-ribbed red cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine very faintly sunned, front endpaper tipped in, otherwise very good. Historical novel set in late C17th France, concerning the plot of the Chevalier de Rohan to overthrow Louis XIV..

London: Simms & McIntyre, 1851. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. [Parlour Library]. Mid C19th full green leather, framed, decorated and lettered in gilt; yellow endpapers; all edges gilt. A little scuffing to extremities, light foxing, otherwise very good..

London: Simms & McIntyre, 1850. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Parlour Library. Mid-C19th blue-green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; all edges red. A little foxing, signature (1850) on title page, very good. James's second historical novel, dealing with events early in the reign of Henry VIII..

London: Cassell & Co., 1897. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in orange. Damaged along lower edge of rear board, inscription (1920), fair. A historical novel of C17th Scotland, dealing with opposition between the government and the Covenanters, and culminating in the Battle of Drumclog (1679)..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1918. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Undated first edition [1918]. Illustrated with photographs. Original red cloth, lettered in black. Board edges lightly sunned, paper faintly tanned, good. Tipped in before title page, a statement from the publisher: "This Novel is based upon Mr Matheson Lang's English adaptation of the French play entitled LE CHEVALIER AU MASQUE… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1879. Book. Illus. by Frederick Gilbert. Good. Hardcover. Late C19th red leather over red cloth-covered boards; raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations on spine; top edge gilt. Spine a little darkened, spine ends lightly rubbed, a couple of small scrapes to leather, small knock on bottom edge of front board, foxing, good..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Early C20th green cloth over green-and-black marbled boards, lettered in gilt on spine; continental patterned endpapers. Board edges faintly sunned, date (1927) written in ink on title page, paper faintly tanned, very good. Todd [4794]. First/only issue: series half-title bound in. Orczy's first Pimpernel title appeared in 1905, but she returned… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Original pale blue cloth, lettered and illustrated (an aristocratic man in foreground; a mob and a guillotine in the background) in orange and black, lettered in black on spine. Spine faintly sunned, a few light marks, foxing on endpapers, very good..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1890. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Copyright Edition:, c1890. Late C19th black leather over marbled boards; raised bands and red leather title label on spine; pale brown endpapers. Light scuffing, light foxing, faint tanning to page edges, very good. Todd [108Ad]. Fourth issue of the first setting. Series half-title bound in. Dated 1846 but actually from c1890..… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Original late Piccadilly Novels binding in navy blue cloth with blindstamped art-nouveau flowers on front board, lettered in gilt. A few light marks, light foxing, a trifle dulled, good. Buchanan's first novel, set in the Napoleonic era..

London: Thomas Hodgson, 1856. Book. Good. Hardcover. The Parlour Library, Volume CXLVI. Undated [1856]. Original green cloth, with blindstamped decorations and framing to front board (incorporating the series title); decorated and lettered ("G. P. R. James's Works", the title, and the price) in gilt on spine; deep yellow endpapers. Small nick at head of spine, a few light marks, foxing… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, 1907. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original grey cloth, lettered and framed in black on front board, lettered in gilt on spine. A few marks on cloth, armorial bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise very good. Violet Greville was aristocratic by birth and marriage, wrote a series of three-decker novels in the 1880s, and was a… Read more about this item

London: Simms & McIntyre, 1851. Book. Good. Hardcover. The Parlour Library, Volume LXIII. Original green cloth, with blindstamped decorations and framing to front board (incorporating the series title); decorated and lettered ("G. P. R. James's Works", the title, and the price) in gilt on spine; deep yellow endpapers. Small chip at foot of spine, a few light marks, foxing… Read more about this item