Hocking Silas, First Edition (88 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition. Browning to first front end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued) (No Jack. 1st Edition. A near vg copy. The binding is bright and the gilt shineth ! Weakness starting at pp 176-7. Signature of Annie Meredith. dated 1898 to prelim. Guaranteed condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. Illustrated cover and spine.New poipular edition. No date circa 1920.480pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Little wear to hard back book.Brown boards decorated with gilt design and titles. 227 pages.Tiissue on frontipspiece.Pages are clean,bright and tight.Gilt page edges.Name stamp on title page and f.e.p.Circa 1890.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Arthur A. Dixon (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition. With Original Illustrations by Arthur A. Dixon. 418pp. Sunday School bookplate dated 1911 on the endpaper. The pages have some foxing. Brown cloth with gilt titling and decoration. The covers have slightly bumped and scuffed corners. Slight wear o/w in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A. Twidle (illustrator). 1st Edition. Teal-colored decorated cloth boards. Previous owner's name and date (December 1903).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This hard cover assumed first edition of 88 pages has original illustrations. There is a book plate dated 1895 on the inside front cover. This book plate has left a light spot on the opposite page where it has darkened aroud it. There is no publication date. There are a few spots on the inside pages, but none that affect the printed word. The spine appears lighter than the red with black print and picture of Mike. There is edgewear at the spine ends and extremities. The book is good minus. Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A. Twidle (illustrator). 1st Edition. Teal-colored decorated cloth boards. Silverfished spot top of spine and top edge. Previous owner's name and date (Christmas 1905).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. vi 374p red illustrated cloth showing female figure standing in front of male figure in water, bevelled boards, tight copy, no names, well printed, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue-guard, presumed first edition Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Undated but 1920-1930. First edition, second impression. 282pp. Green cloth-covered boards with black rules on front panel, black lettering on spine. 12mo. Cloth is worn, stained and marked, moderately rubbed and rounded on corners and on spine ends and joints. Text block edges toned. Prize presentation plate, dated 1914, on front paste down. Endpapers spotted and marked. Pencil annotations and a red felt tip tick on half title. Some faint and occasional spotting and some smudge marks throughout. Slightly shaken. Silas Kitto Hocking (1850-1935) was a Cornish Methodist preacher and a prolific writer, especially of didactic stories for children. His second novel, Her Benny (1879) was a best-selling success and made his reputation as a popular author; it was turned into a silent movie in the 1920s. The Winds of Chance was one of his last novels, first published in 1928, is a romance-laden adventure, set in Cornwall and is now one of his harder to find titles.

Decorative Hard Cover. Condition: Good. W.S.Stacey. (illustrator). First Edition. Brown Decorative Hard Cover. Spine ends rubbed, corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly darkened. Quite afew finger marks the first few pages. Light foxing throughout. 374pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated First edition Fifth Thousand, Some rubbing to the board edges. Starting at the front hinge but holding. Heavy tanning and some mild foxing.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. Harold Copping (illustrator). First Edition. Green Decorative Cloth with illustrations by Harold Copping. Spine ends rubbed & slightly darkened, some foxing to title page & first few pages, some occasional light spotting. frontis & 1 plate loose. 359pp.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Harold Copping (illustrator). 1st Edition. 232 [16 pub. cat.] pp, illustrated. Patterned endpapers. Fine attractive binding. Blue buckram blocked decoration in black and gilt., bevelled boards. A lovely example of a late Victorian binding. Bright viubrant blue cloth illus. boards.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, slightly stained and worn. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Half-title page torn, with loss. Hinges starting. Text is clear and without blemish. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 127 pages. Subjects; Methodist Church in Great Britain ; Fiction. 1800-1899. Tin miners England History 19th century ; Fiction. Tin mines and mining England History 19th century ; Fiction. Tin mines and mining ; Fiction. Tin miners. Tin mines and mining. England. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; viii, 275, [4] pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. Subjects; Methodist Church (Great Britain) Juvenile fiction. Christian life Juvenile fiction. Smugglers Juvenile fiction. Cornwall (England : County) Juvenile fiction. Silas K. Hocking (1850-1935). 3 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 272pp.Brown cloth cover with decor, spine a little loose, name of previous owner on the first page, no date of publication, feels early 1900`,some faint spotting here and there, but perfecly readable. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Prater, Ernest (illustrator). 1st Edition. Book and red cloth binding very good condition with very slight wear to corners. Slightly canted. Embossed spine and covers. Gilt lettering on spine. Has small tear on front end paper which has handwritten inscription of 'Rockleigh S S Library 142', but there are no other library marks. Four pages of publishers advertisements. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1906 (not 1905, as listed elsewhere), rubbing to extremities of embossed blue boards with gilt titles, ffep missing, toning to end papers, edges tanned, pages clean, frontis illustration, cover beginning to loosen but binding remains firm. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day. NB: Due to the utter stupidity of Brexit, parcels sent to the EU may incur customs charges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No date, circa 1890s/1900s? Attractive pictorial covers & gilt edges. Illustrated. Very clean & tight throughout. 275 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Harold Copping (illustrator). First Edition. Very good book in pictorial green buckram bevelled edge covers with titles in gilt to front and spine; picture in black and gilt of an artist sitting in front of his easel and another man standing beside him. Internally very good and free of inscriptions; illustrated with six full page b/w plates, binding sound; occasional scattered foxing; patterned end papers; viii + 232pp + 16pp adverts.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, slightly stained and worn. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Half-title page torn, with loss. Hinges starting. Text is clear and without blemish. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 127 pages. Subjects; Methodist Church in Great Britain ; Fiction. 1800-1899. Tin miners England History 19th century ; Fiction. Tin mines and mining England History 19th century ; Fiction. Tin mines and mining ; Fiction. Tin miners. Tin mines and mining. England. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; viii, 275, [4] pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. Subjects; Methodist Church (Great Britain) Juvenile fiction. Christian life Juvenile fiction. Smugglers Juvenile fiction. Cornwall (England : County) Juvenile fiction. Silas K. Hocking (1850-1935). 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Gillingham (illustrator). First Edition. some wear to covers and edges, some foxing, slightly loose in covers, otherwise good Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Twidle, A. (illustrator). 1st Edition. clean tight copy, some bumping to top and base of spine; decorated end papers; teal coloured decorated boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Previous owner's discreet name-plate to front of book. The boards are a bit rubbed and shelfworn. Some foxing; otherwise, internally clean and the binding is tight. The page edges are a bit soiled. No date, assumed 1st. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Taffs, C H (illustrator). 2nd Impression. 1906. 16 Illustrations throughout (all checked). Lovely Binding: Full gilt lettering and decoration down spine. Slight foxing to edges. In Very Good Condition.