Rare books from Bristol Hills Books

VG+/VG-; Hodder and Stoughton 1935; clean, tight hardcover; 1st edition; green cloth boards; 424 pages; dustwrapper in mylar wrapper.

Very Good+. Story of a nation in revolution, and of Litta, the girl who risks everything to save her husband and her Princess in the midst of chaos. Royal blue cloth with gold stamped lettering; dustjacket in mylar wrapper; 312 pages.

Comprising three sets of tales: West Country, Irish, Legal; and a Melange; 50 illustrations by George Cruikshank; 432 pages. Bound in half leather with marbled boards; edgeworn, front hinge weak; raised bands on spine; boards rubbed; owner's bookplate on inside front cover; contents very good.

Very good hardcover; with numerous illustrations; all edges gilt; front cover & spine are decorated; 348 pages. Neat gift inscription on inside on free front end paper. Works of Longfellow in double column format.

Chapman & Hall, First Edition, 1856. Half calf and marbled boards, marbled boards are worn on the surface with rubbing on the edges; raised bands; gilt decorations and titles; dampstaining to top and bottom of some pages, all pages & illustrations are completely legible; interior is tight. Illustrated by "Phiz" (H.K. Brown); small bookplate on inside front cover; 625 pages.

Very Good, Scribner's 1907: Half calf, half marbled boards (some chips to spine and edges); gilt decorations & titles; raised bands; t.e.g.; marbled end papers; binding tight; contents VG+; name of previous owner on inside free front end paper. Two volumes, 442 & 473 pages; selected and edited with notes and introduction by Sidney Colvin.

J. B. Lippincott, 1912. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. 327pp plus ads in rear. Tight, clean copy except for former owner's name on front free endpaper. Blue cloth covers with red decoration and white lettering and decoration on front; white lettering on spine.

A collection of pieces from our best "modern writers"; overall a fair copy of this early book. Usual age marks,etc; inner hinges have been repaired. Full Leather; mylar wrapped for protection; spine has wear at top and missing pieces at bottom. Some pgs. foxing; inscription of previous owner.

Very Good+ hardcover in very attractive blue/gray covers; gilt lettering; small square colored picture of a man on horseback on front cover; internally very clead and tight copy in a mylar protective wrap. A romance of the Hungarian Plains.

First edition; first printing; 320pp; dustjacket in mylar cover. Splendid story of intrigue surrounding Napoleon on Elba, written by the authoress of "The Scarlet Pimpernel". Book has blue cloth boards with black titling with only minor edge wear and clean. Inside has neat inscription to previous owner but otherwise very clean and feels little read. Dustjacket is very clean with only slight wear and a tape strengthening at the top of the spine cover.

Very Good+ hardcover; top edge gilt, deckled pages (untrimmed edges) hinges and spine are tight and sound; 558pp; in mylar protective wrapper.

Very Good+ hardcover with 8 colored illustrations; 523pp; in a mylar proective wrapper.

Very Good+ hardcover; 516pp; previous owners name on ffep; illustrated; in mylar protective wrapper.

Very Good hardcover; 406pp; ffep missing; previos owner's inscription on rear free end paper; in mylar protective wrapper. Brown cloth covers embosed in black with a Native American and sailing ship.

Good+ miniature hardcover; 3" high by 2" wide; T. & G. Town, 1848. Green cloth cover with a worn green label; pages are foxed; 128pp. Containing the lyrics of the most popular comic, sentimental, Scottish, Irish and National songs and ballads, starting with The Star Spangled Banner.