Frontispiece Paget (5 results)

Hard Cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. HBDJ, 1932, stated 1st edition, Rub, Wear, Chips DJ, small pieces from DJ, PC,owner stamp, Slight Soil DJ, Green & Yellow spine cloth Cover slight wear Corners, Nice & Tight, VG/VG-, AS-IS.

Presumed 1st Edition. Hardback. Good decorated boards, no d/w. Bookplate, dated 1927, inside front board. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. A beautiful FINE copy of this charming Owl story with Chapters such as: Hoot Topographical and Hoot Melancholic by the sometime minister of Elford Rectory, Staffordshire, the Rev. Paget (1806-1882). First published in 1856, this neat fifth edition attests the popularity of the book at the time. Set in the Churnet Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty, the text references Consall Hall and Forge, Froghall, and Cheddleton. Brown cloth (unmarked) stamped in black with owlet illustration and border designs to upper board with gilt titling to spine. Plain end-papers with no inscription, tissue guard to frontispiece/title page. Firm binding, well printed and clean throughout. Difficult to better this exceptional condition. 10% price reduction now applied. Beautifully engraved frontispiece of the Owlet (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth blocked in elaborate gilt to upper cover and spine, with inset black silhouette of the Hound to upper cover. A great copy of without doubt one of the most thrilling and atmospheric adventures of everybody's favourite consulting detective, a glorious blend of goth pseudo supernatural and definitive Holmesian deductive scene stealing, The Hound of the Baskervilles exists very much in a realm of its own. The novel, the third of four featuring Holmes, was the first tale to be published after Doyle threw his most notable creation off a waterfall, and its considerable commercial success was really the catalyst for Holmes' triumphal return to life. With more plots than Varney the Vampire (actually five in all, including red herrings.so we're exaggerating, because everyone knows Varney has about 750), it seems very much a harking back to the Victorian style of creeper, very Le Fanu or Wilkie Collins, with its diary entries, and letters, unearthed manuscript and doom laden portents uttered by gloomy locals staring out of windows overlooking marsh land. It's glorious and deeply enjoyable, and pretty scarce in this bright condition. Contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper with coeval initials to facing pastedown, overall internally very good; cloth very good, a superior copy, tight and bright. Frontispiece and 15 plates by Sidney Paget; cover artwork after Alfred Garth Jones. (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Colonial Edition. "Longmans' Colonial Library." Original green cloth, decorated spine and cover, moderate wear, covers, clean, gilt on spine bright. "This edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies." Frontispiece with tissue guard, all 15 illustrations by Sidney Paget intact. 13,000 copies were prepared at the end of March and issued on April 2, 1902. 2,000 more copies were issued in September. A total of 15,000 copies. There were 25,000 copies of the first edition. Almost never encountered in acceptable condition, this is a truly scarce book. Frontispiece, Illustrations, Sidney Paget (illustrator).…