Recent Arrivals from Richard Beaton

London: Elliot Stock, 1880. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition.. Original green cloth, elaborately decorated and lettered in black and gilt; yellow endpapers. Front free endpaper removed, otherwise clean and bright, good+++. The hero of this moral tale is a colporteur -- one who provides Bibles etc for religious societies..

London: James Speirs, 1886. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original red cloth, lettered in black. Spine sunned, otherwise good. A discussion novel which sets the ideas of Swedenborg against spiritualism (and spiritualists). Spilling was himself a disciple of Swedenborg and a member of the New Church in Norwich. He wrote other non-fiction works on religion, as well as comic stories… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Nelson, 1907. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. The "Lone Star" series. Illustrated. Original illustrated red cloth. Lightly sunned on rear board, paper faintly tanned on edges, very good..

London: G. Routledge & Co., 1853. Book. Fair. Disbound. The text block only, suitable as a reading copy or ideal for having rebound. The original binding has, in course of time, been lost/removed. What remains is the complete text, clean and tight, with just a little foxing..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1865. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Circa 1865. Two volumes in utilitarian binding: unhemmed green cloth over marbled boards: printed labels on spines. A little light foxing, tanning on prelims, otherwise good. Todd [768b/69]. Second issues issues: series half-titles bound in. ..

London: Thomas Nelson, 1908. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. The "Lone Star" series. Illustrated. Original illustrated brown cloth. Paper faintly tanned on edges, very good..

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1935. Book. Good. Soft cover. Undated, probably mid 1930s. 51st Thousand. Paperback with striped blue and white cover. Lightly rubbed on spine ends, otherwise good++. Original dustwrapper (matching original binding but with price added). Chipped and lacking front flap, fair. The dustwrapper rarely survives..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition, Piccadilly Novels. Undated with publisher's catalogue dated February 1882. Frontispiece by William Small. Original red cloth, elaborately blocked and lettered in black on front board, in black and gilt on spine; flower-patterned endpapers. Spine a little sunned, chipped at head of spine, foxing spots, signature (1975) on verso of… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: James Grant, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Illustrated. New & Revised Edition. Original maroon cloth. Bookplate and inscription (1945) on front endpapers, light foxing, very good. A heavy volume which will require additional postage outside the UK..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1879. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Dark brown leather over mottled brown boards. A little worn on spine tips, spine sunned, signatures on endpapers, good+ Bound without series half-title.

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: Chatto & Windus, 1924. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Original plain red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Lightly sunned, good. Love and adventure in North Africa..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1878. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Two volumes in utilitarian binding: unhemmed green cloth over marbled boards: printed labels on spines. Signatures (1884) on front free endpapers, otherwise a clean bright set, very good. Todd [1790a/91]. First issues: series half-titles bound in. A tragic novel following the decline of a Scottish laird from romantic hero to… Read more about this item

London: A. D. Innes, 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. First edition. Original fine ribbed blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Corners lightly bumped, lightly scuffed, light tanning on endpapers, very good.

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1883. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Three volumes in uniform utilitarian binding on unhemmed green cloth over blue marbled boards; paper labels on spines. Spines creased and rubbed on ends, inner joints cracked, fair. A reading copy. [Todd 2145a/46a/47]. First issues; series half-titles bound in..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition, Piccadilly Novels. Undated with publisher's catalogue dated March 1884. Frontispiece by P. J. Pinwell. Original red cloth, elaborately blocked and lettered in black on front board, in black and gilt on spine; green flower-patterned endpapers. Small chips on spine ends, front inner joint reinforced, good. A wide ranging sensation… Read more about this item

London: Tauchnitz, 1893. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Two volumes uniformly bound in blue cloth over marbled boards; red leather title labels on spines. Free edges of boards rubbed, with some light brown marking on edges of endpapers and prelims. Texts clean throughout, fair/good. Todd [2925a/26]. First issues; series half-titles bound in. Crime/sensation novel..

London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1877. Book. Illus. by Sir Edwin Landseer. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Six coloured chromolithographic plates ("chromographs") after paintings by Landseer; illustrated title page; monochrome drawings in text. Original dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in black and gilt; brown endpapers. Lightly scuffed, gilt a little rubbed on front board, trace of removed bookplate on front… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition, Piccadilly Novels. Undated with publisher's catalogue dated December 1883. Frontispiece by M. Ellen Edwards. Original red cloth, elaborately blocked and lettered in black on front board, in black and gilt on spine; green flower-patterned endpapers. Spine a little darkened, chipped on spine ends, darkened on pastedowns, good. A prelude… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1936. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original red cloth. Spine faintly sunned, strip cut from top edge of front free endpaper, cancelled signature on front pastedown, good. Reproduces letters collected by Rhys from many literary (and other) figures, including: Byron, Browning, George MacDonald, Olive Schreiner, Arnold Bennett, Thomas Hardy, G. B. Shaw, H. G.… Read more about this item