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London and Felling-On-Tyne: The Walter Scott Publishing Co, Ltd, Circa 1900 to 1920. Octavo, 7.5 x 5.25", yellow and purple illustrated cloth with gilt lettering, text block edges gilt, xviii, 326, [14] pp. Selected and edited, with an introduction by W.B. Yeats. Twelve illustrations by James Torrance. An attractive copy with soiling and wear to covers, toning to spine, fading to spine lettering, bubbling to cloth at rear cover, toning and foxing to pages.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. Hardcover with dust jacket, 190 pp. Mild toning to pages. Staining to upper text block edge. Light wear to dust jacket edges. Originally published in England under the title Death of a Stranger. A love story and a murder investigation go head to head in this mystery novel about Susan King, a young, English woman and Steve, an American man who is either a loyal friend or a fugitive from the law. Both King and Scotland Yard seek to find out.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, Circa 1880. Octavo (9.5 x 6.5"), brown cloth with gilt, 448 pp, illustrations within text. Bit of wear to corners and spine tips, lacking front endpaper, toning to pages, damp staining to upper corner of text, a bright decorative copy.

London: Methuen and Co, 1907. Octavo, 63pp, pale blue paper of boards with vellum spine, frontispiece illustration. A very early, finely printed essay on automobile travel, first published in Motor Magazine. Young was a prominent journalist and early motor enthusiast, the first person to publish a book about the sinking of the Titanic and author of "The Complete Motorist" and "The Joy of the Road." A very good copy with comtemporary gift inscription to front endpaper, soiling, offsetting and wear to covers, toning to pages.