Short Stories from Richard Beaton

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

Londonm: Duckworth & Co., 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original red cloth, framed and lettered in black. Small spot on front board, spine lettering rubbed, otherwise good. A collection 30 short stories on widely ranging topics..

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original orange cloth, lettered in black (the authors' names are laid out like the spokes on a wheel). Lightly scuffed, cloth a trifle darkened on spine, light foxing on endpapers, very good. Collection of stories culled from various sources. The twenty stories and authors are: Polly by Margaret WATSON,… Read more about this item

London: F. V. White & Co., 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. First Editions: 1899, 1897. Two volumes bound as one in late C19th black leather over marbled boards; red leather title label on spine; green endpapers. Small scrapes to leather on corner pieces, board edges lightly rubbed, otherwise very good. Two collections of short stories, the second being… Read more about this item

London: Dean & Co., 1889. Book. Good. Hardcover. YELLOWBACK. Sixth Edition. Undated (c1889). Original orange paper-covered boards, lettered and illustrated in red. Spine tips rubbed, spine darkened, some sunning (especially edges of rear board), otherwise good. "Being Nine Tales": Me and Bill, Two Scars, Our Pardner, Rummy Fares, The Three Parsons, Peter Adair, Turning the Points, Dweadful!, One More. Advertisements… Read more about this item

London: Williams & Norgate, 1914. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. With an Introduction by Admiral Lord Charles W. D. Beresford. Original blue cloth, framed and lettered in white. Top right corner of front board dulled/marked, white lettering a little rubbed on spine, light foxing, gift inscription (Xmas 1914) on front free endpaper, good. "Stories and sketches of naval life" which… Read more about this item

London: Mills & Boon, 1915. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine and board edges lightly sunned, some foxing spots, good. The title piece is a short novel of love and betrayal involving expatriate Russians and an American visitor, set in Switzerland. This is followed by twenty-eight short stories, some of which George wrote… Read more about this item

London: Ward & Downey, 1888. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original blue cloth, ruled and decorated in red and black, lettered in gilt on spine; grey and white patterned endpapers. Corners rubbed, some marks on boards, rear free nedpaper removed, front inner joint paper lightly cracked, paper lightly tanned on edges throughout, good. Publisher's catalogue dated March 1888 bound in… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original light blue cloth, lettered in black. Tiny crack to cloth on lower hinge, foxing, small stamp on front pastedown, signature (1941) on half-title, otherwise very good. Twelve short stories..

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original blindstamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Minimal scuffing, foxing spots on early pages and fore-edges, otherwise very good. Whitechurch is best remembered for his crime fiction. However, A Downland Corner is a collection of fifteen stories of country life, and was followed (at wide intervals) with two further… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original light blue cloth, lettered in black. Spine ends bumped, a little faint foxing, otherwise clean, bright, tight: very good. Publisher's catalogue for Spring 1924 bound in at end. A collection of fifteen short stories..

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Title page printed in red and black. Original pale green cloth, illustrated (prison warder and door) in black, lettered in gilt. Corners scuffed, trace of removed bookplate on front pastedown, a little faint foxing, very good. Eleven stories of imprisonment, prisoners, criminals and their families..

London: Groombridge & Co., 1874. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Coloured frontispiece and six monochrome plates. Original green cloth on bevelled boards, ruled framed and lettered in gilt; all edges gilt. Spine ends nicked, some light staining on plates, one plate frayed on edges, endpapers replaced, name stamp ("James Eccles, Eccleshall", on recto of frontispiece, good. Twelve short stories and… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Illustrated. Title page printed in red and black. Original red cloth, white panel on front board, lettered in gilt; publisher's own monogrammed brown endpapers; top edge gilt. Corners scuffed, a few light marks, owner's nameplate on blank prelim, very good. "A collection of stories from the many-sided life… Read more about this item

london: W. J. Cleaver, 1851. Book. Good. Hardcover. Third & First Editions, 1851 & 1850. Frontispiece in each volume. Two volumes uniformly bound in fine-ribbed navy blue cloth, with blindstamped decoration on front boards, lettered in gilt; yellow endpapers. Lightly scuffed, armorial bookplates on each front pastedown, gift inscription (1961) on front free endpaper of second volume, light foxing throughout,… Read more about this item

London: Harper & Brothers, 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original green cloth: front board decorated with flowers in yellow and green; lettered in dark green on spine. Corners bumped, chipped on spine corners, stain at foot of boards (see photo), W. H. Smith's Subscription Library plate on front pastedown, undated signature on front free endpaper, good. Contains the short… Read more about this item

London: Nisbet & Co., 1917. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. With an Introduction by Harold Child. Original turquoise cloth, framed and lettered in black. Light scuffing, light foxing, otherwise very good. Selincourt is best remembered for The Cricket Match (1924), but wrote various novels and story collections from the Edwardian era until just after the Second World War..

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1920. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Undated first edition [1920]. Original blue cloth with blindstamped framing, lettered in black on spine. Spine a little dulled and darkened, spine ends scuffed, endpapers (and final page of text) tanned, foxing spots, good. A collection of stories, the first few of which are interlinked by the character of Captain… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1914. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original pinky-red cloth, lettered in blind on front board, in gilt on spine. Corners bumped, scuffed on spine ends, foxing, otherwise good. Seventeen stories told by Tommy Caunter sitting on the Judge's Chair (a rocky outcrop on a Dartmoor hillside)..

London: Greening & Co., 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original brown cloth, lettered and decorate in black, with gilt decoration and commercial gift statement on rear board. A few light marks, light foxing, otherwise very good. A special binding commissioned by Gardiner & Co. (a firm selling uniforms, livery etc), as a "Xmas Present to their Young Patrons".… Read more about this item