Nesbit Arthur Morrison (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Strand Magazine May 1911. A single monthly softcover issue in original wraps. This rare single issue contains short stories by E Nesbit, Arthur Morrison , Barry Pin and many more. Article on the Charles Dickens competition as well as the Dicken testimonial stamp. First appearances of these stories in print. In very good condition and all complete. There is some light soiling to spine and light wear to covers edges. Please see pictures, more on request. Add this scarce single issue to your collection, which is rarely offered for sale. Please see my other Strand magazines. Please message for more details or enquiries.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hilda Cowham, H.R. Millar, H.M. Bateman, Gilbert Holiday, E.H. Shepard, Charles Crombie et al (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 2 uniform volumes iv / 720 and 802 pp illustrated throughout, some in colour, bound in red cloth with gilt title to spine. Corners scuffed , cloth rubbed and marked, endpapers foxed, pages a little tanned, second volume lacks index - solid copies. Over 3.4 Kg will need extra postage outside UK includes Captain Scott's Own Story.

First Edition. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LADY FRANCES CARFAX (SHERLOCK HOLMES) in The Strand / George Newnes, 1911, first edition, light wear to the spine extremities, else just about vg in the publishers original pictorial cloth with all edges gold-gilt. Also contains original contributions by H. G. Wells (FLOOR GAMES); P. G. Wodehouse (THE BEST SAUCE, HELPING FREDDIE, POTS OF MONEY, THREE FROM DUNSTERVILLE); W. W. Jacobs, Richard Marsh, Arthur Morrison, Edith Nesbit (THE WONDERFUL GARDEN), et.al.

[Literary Magazine] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST APPEARANCES. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 27cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 724; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations, including Paget's famous illustrations for the Holmes stories. Handsomely bound in brown half morocco, with raised bands, twin green title labels lettered in gilt, matching cloth over boards, t.e.g., other edges speckled. Contents a little toned as expected else clean, covers unmarked. Attractively presented in a recent leather binding. A significant collection, containing all thirteen parts of Doyle's 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes' and all twelve parts of Nesbit's 'The Phoenix and the Carpet.' Also featuring a selection of short pieces by Jacobs, Mason, Meade, Pemberton, Pain, Nesbit, Maugham, Marsh, and Morrison, and a vision of the tank from Wells more than ten years before it was deployed on the battlefields of France.

First Edition. THE LOST WORLD in The Strand / George Newnes, 1911, 2 Volumes (43 & 44), first edition preceding the 1912 book edition by several months, slight wear and rubbing to the fore edge corner tips and spine extremities, else vg copies rebound in non-pictorial blue cloth. George Edward Challenger #1. Replete with wonderful Harry Rountree illustrations not issued in the book publication. Accompanied by original contributions from: P. G. Wodehouse (THE PRINCE AND THE BETTY complete along with several others), Arthur Morrison, Richard Marsh, Edward Lear (AN ALPHABET BOOK), Sun Yat Sen, H. Rider Haggard, Edith Nesbit, W. W. Jacobs, et.al. The cornerstone book for the myriad of similarities that came after. (Guaranteed to exceed any shipping cost beyond the information given).