john williamson illus (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Illustrated cloth cover shows minor wear, rubbing, tanning, and bumped corners. Writing and stamps on the endpapers. Pages are lightly tanneda nd foxed.

Green hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 409pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Reissue. Hardback. 8vo. pp 346. Original publishers illustrated blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine and black on front cover. From the collection of illustrated juvenile fiction (1890- 1930) of Brian Mills (ÕThe DreamerÕ) (1939- 2011). He left no signs of his ownership but they are distinguished by their excellent bright condition in a genre that often shows up rather wornÉhe was known to constantly upgrade his collection. Reissue (first edition, published in 1896 had colour illustrations.) Clean, very good.

Zustand: Very Good. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. Fourteenth Impression. Small octavo (7.5" x 5"); viii, 351pp +1p. ads. Four plates including frontis. Publisher's black cloth with red lettering and mounted illustration. Rebacked with original boards and backstrip retained. Boards a bit rubbed along edges and corners, with a few scratches and scuffs to surface. Slight concave curve to front board. Endpapers toning, with very sparse foxing throughout and a few dog-eared pages. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula, which The Beetle outsold. Bleiler notes a rumor that there was a wager between the two authors to finish their novels by a given time, but is quick to add that he found no evidence to support the claim. [Bleiler Supernatural 1111].