Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1897
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Later Printing. Very Good- in brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine; Light wear to wraps and to cocked spine, faint browning to text. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.
Published by Forgotten Books, 2019
ISBN 10: 1330952596 ISBN 13: 9781330952597
Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book tells the tale of Tom Donahue and Jack Turnbull, two Irishmen who sought their fortune in the mines of South Africa. They found riches, not in gold or diamonds, but in the discovery of a giant luminous diamond, the Sasassa gem. This rare and valuable stone had been hidden in a cave, guarded by a fearsome creature of legend. The story of their perilous quest and the events that ensued form the heart of this captivating tale, set against the backdrop of the wild and untamed African landscape. The author explores themes of luck, friendship, and the indomitable spirit of adventure, showing how even the most ordinary of individuals can achieve extraordinary things with determination and a touch of good fortune. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons
Seller: SatelliteBooks, Burlington, VT, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. gently used HC, no DJ, PO name and moisture mark to fly-leaf, fly-leaf loose, very light age-tanning, pages unmarked, moisture mark on bottom edge of cover.
Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 1995
ISBN 10: 0004708083 ISBN 13: 9780004708089
Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Published by New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896., 1896
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First edition. A collection of six stories with an African setting. Includes 'The Mystery of Sasassa Valley' by Arthur Conan Doyle; 'Long Odds' by H. Rider Haggard; 'King Bemba's Point' by J. Landers; 'Ghamba' by W. C. Scully; 'Mary Musgrave' by an anonymous author; and 'Gregorio' by Percy Hemingway. Frontispiece portrait of Doyle with a tissue guard. 224 pp. Near fine in brown cloth - minor wear to front cover and spine, but overall tight and clean.
Published by Delta Book, N.Y., 1978
ISBN 10: 0440531187 ISBN 13: 9780440531180
Seller: William L. Horsnell, Aylesford, NS, Canada
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good -. Cagle, James (illustrator). 2nd Printing. A creased spine with edge rubbings and a damaged back cover. Store stamp. Stories by : George MacDonald, A.Merritt, Robert E.Howard, C.L.Moore, C.A.Smith, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Ursula K.LeGuin, Arthur Conan Doyle, William H.Hodgson, H.Rider Haggard, Algernon Blackwood, H.P.Lovecraft, T.H.White, Ray Bradbury, Peter Beagle.
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016
ISBN 10: 1539740927 ISBN 13: 9781539740926
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: new.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1897
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. First Edition thus. MY FIRST BOOK, Chatto & Windus, 1897, first edition sheets with a new tipped in title page, fore edge corner tips slightly bumped, spine somewhat tanned, else a very tight, vg copy. Author contributions by Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, M. E. Braddon, F. W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R. M. Ballantyne, Israel Zangwill, Morley Roberts, Jerome K. Jerome, David Christy Murray, Marie Corelli, Bret Harte, "Q", Robert Louis Stevenson, et.al. Accompanied by 185 illustrations.
Published by George Newnes Ltd, London, 1913
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Half leather binding, dark green leather spine and corners with gilt lettering to the spine, with gilt ruled divisions, green grained cloth boards, speckled page edges.Six issues bound in one volume. iv, 720 pages, with a title page and volume index.This volume of The Strand contains : The Poison Belt by Arthur Conan Doyle. First 4 (of 5) episodes. Smith and the Pharaohs by H. Rider Haggard. Final two episodes of serialisation. Wet Magic by E. Nesbit. six episodes in ongoing serialisation. Short stories include: The Affair of the Montagu Diamonds and for the cause by Richard Marsh, The Disappearing Trick by W. Pett Ridge, Three short stories by P. G. Wodehouse : Doing Clarence a Bit of Good, A Job of Work and Something to Worry about, all with illustrations. The East a-callin' by Arthur Morrison, The Longest Day of her Life by W. B. Maxwell, The Lord of the Fo'c'sle by Morley Roberts. Plu smany other stories and features with illustrations throughout.The book overall is very good witth rubbing and scuffs to the leather, with areas of loss to surface, 3 cms split starting to side of the spine at the joint. Otherwise the binding is sound and solid with firm inner hinges. Inside some browning to endpapers, otherwise all vey clean throughout, with no foxing and all complete and in good order. The book measures 7 X 9.25 inches.
Published by Longmans, Green, and Co. 1897-1903, London, New York, and Bombay, 1897
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Various (illustrator). A three volume set containing a range of early edition novels published by Longmans, Green, & Co, including works by H. Rider Haggard and Arthur Conan Doyle, beautifully illustrated throughout the text. Early Editions, part of the 'Silver Library'.Bound in the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrations include frontispieces and numerous illustrated plates throughout each volume.This is a three volume set containing assorted early editions of novels published by Longmans, Green & Co. This set is comprised of 'The People of the Mist' (1897) and 'Cleopatra' (1902) by H. Rider Haggard, and 'Micah Clarke' (1903) by Arthur Conan Doyle.'The People of the Mist' was originally published in book form by Longmans in October of 1894. This novel is described as a 'classic lost race fantasy novel', which tells the story of a British adventurer who seeks wealth and romance in Africa. While there, he discovers a lost race as well as their monstrous god. With fifteen illustrated plates.'Cleopatra' was originally published by Longmans in 1889, and is an adventure novel with the subtitle 'Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis'. This is a fictionalised and dramatised account wherein Harmachis, the living descendant of the pharaoh's bloodline, is told to overthrow the supposed imposter Cleopatra. With twenty-eight illustrated plates'.'Micah Clarke', originally published by Longmans in 1889, is a historical adventure novel set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685. The book falls under the 'bildungsroman' genre, with the protagonist, Micah Clarke, seeking adventure and falling under the influence of an older and 'world-weary' soldier. With a title page engraving and eight illustrated-plates.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with minimal bumping to the extremities and the spine and a few marks to board. Light fading to the spine, with light fading to the margins and top edge of 'The People of the Mist' and 'Cleopatra'. Prior owner's ink inscriptions to front pastedowns and endpapers of 'The People of the Mist', as well as a bookseller's label. Book club label to the rear pastedown of 'Micah Clarke'. Bookseller's stamp to the reverse of front endpaper to 'Cleopatra'. Internally, firmly bound. Binding is loosening towards the middle of 'Cleopatra'. Pages are very bright and clean throughout, with light age-toning to margins of text. Plate between 196 and 197 of 'Cleopatra' has detached from binding. Prior owner's ink signature to reverse of frontispiece in 'Micah Clarke'. Very Good. book.
Published by George Newnes Ltd, 1913
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing pages 369-372 which is part of Conan Doyle's 'The Poison Belt' story. A typed index is pasted into the front of the book. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1894
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. First Edition. MY FIRST BOOK, Chatto & Windus, 1894, first edition, some rubbing to fore edge corner tips and bottom cloth edges, inner hinge just starting, spine a bit tanned, else a tight, near vg copy in the publishers original pictorial cloth binding. Author contributions by Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, M. E. Braddon, F. W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R. M. Ballantyne, Israel Zangwill, Morley Roberts, Jerome K. Jerome, David Christy Murray, Marie Corelli, Bret Harte, "Q", Robert Louis Stevenson, et.al. Accompanied by 185 illustrations. Ads in rear dated September, 1893. Formerly the copy of fellow Victorian author Egerton Castle with his bookplate on the f.p.d.
Published by Scribners / Scribner's, 1896
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
FIRST EDITION. STORIES BY ENGLISH AUTHORS, Scribners, 1896, first edition, 10 volumes, a vg+ set. These 10 volumes subtitled London, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Africa, The Sea, Germany, Italy & The Orient contain short stories by: Hardy, Collins (2), Hope, Reade, Ouida (2), Stevenson (3), Barrie (2), Antsey, Morrison, Zangwill, "Q", Correlli, Kipling, Trollope, Russell, Allen, Haggard, Doyle (his first publication - THE MYSTERY OF SASASSA VALLEY), et.al. Each volume also bears a wonderful printed photograph acting as frontispiece of one of the authors within, specifically: Doyle, Payn, Russell, Harraden, Maclaren, Kipling, Barrie, Weyman, Hope & Lover.
Published by Walter J. Black
Seller: BookMarx Bookstore, Steubenville, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours. Twenty thick tomes of the Giant International Series of Collected Works of great authors. Each volume contains about a thousand pages of writings. E.g. the Rudyard Kipling volume contains Departmental Ditties, Plain Tales from the Hills, The Phantom Rickshaw, Barrack-Room Ballads, Under the Deodars, The Light That Failed, The Story of the Gadsbys, Mine Own People, City of Dreadful Night, Soldiers Three, Black and White, and Wee Willie Winkie - all in one volume. Set still looks attractive, and still usable as reference copies of great literature. Spines generally loosened in most books, and hinges potentially weak; foxing on top page edges. Some fading on spines of some books, especially Stevenson and Hawthorne; some wrinkling of Balzac's spine; but still in Good condition overall. Comes to $10 per volume.
Published by Readers Digest
Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Cash. Set of 54. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. The House of seven Gables has some fading at the top of the spine. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1897
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
The New Edition of My First Book with contributions by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, frontispiece. Introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. In very good condition. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901) and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India, which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907.