1869 Willcocks (5 results)

Good orig. slate buckram, snags in upper joint. 236 p.; 4 halftone pl.; 21.5 cm. Binding is Hardcover.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Scarce book by a feminist novelist from Devon. This story takes place in Scotland, with scenes in Italy and even Africa. From the dust jacket, this is a story "for people interested in the strange depths of the human mind. Occult powers move about.it tells of the quest of a man who goes in search of reality." The hero becomes involved in African magic, and from there to mysticism.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. xvi, 408. Untrimmed & unopened in original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with most of spine mounted. First Edition. A lively and vigorous account of social and political life in the North American colonies, particularly the Maritimes, with numerous amusing and scandalous sketches of shady politicians and corrupt legal figures. A Canadian by birth, Sleigh was partly educated in England and subsequently enrolled in the British army. He was successively stationed at Cape Breton, Halifax and Quebec. Upon retirement, he purchased, from an absentee landlord, 100,000 acres of land in King's County in eastern Prince Edward Island, and became involved in several disastrous commercial enterprises. Lande 2205. Morgan p. 349. Sabin 82126. TPL 3391. DCB IX pp. 723-24. Story p. 767.