Smith John Pseudonym (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a VG, or better, hardcover first edition copy in a VG mylar protected DJ, 15s flap price, Rupert Smith design, blurb for six other Wyndham books on rear panel.). Rupert Smith DJ design (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original apple green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered dark green back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 256 pp with 4 monochrome illustrations throughout. From the private library and estate of Frank Williams. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small tears to the top of the spine, not price clipped, 4/-. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.…

Second Edition. Good copy in the original decorated gilt-blocked cloth boards, with all gilt edges. Panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed with age; spine bands fraying slightly. Prelims lightly foxed and dust-dulled; reader inscription on flyleaf. Core text is bright and clean; remains an overall well-preserved copy. Physical description; vi, [2], 244 pages ; 15 cm. Subjects; University of Cambridge - Humor - 19th century, Universities and colleges - England - Cambridge - Humor, English wit and humor - 19th century. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original decoratively illustrated olive cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 255 pp with 6 monochrome plates throughout. From the private library and estate of Frank Williams. Ink writing to the front paste down 'Clement Christmas 1932' In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.…

Second Edition. Good copy in the original decorated gilt-blocked cloth boards, with all gilt edges. Panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed with age; spine bands fraying slightly. Prelims lightly foxed and dust-dulled; reader inscription on flyleaf. Core text is bright and clean; remains an overall well-preserved copy. Physical description; vi, [2], 244 pages ; 15 cm. Subjects; University of Cambridge - Humor - 19th century, Universities and colleges - England - Cambridge - Humor, English wit and humor - 19th century. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original decoratively illustrated olive cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains colour frontispiece, 280 pp with 4 monochrome plates throughout. From the private library and estate of Frank Williams. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. [title continues:] . in health, and how these are to be restored when disordered / by John Hinds, Veterinary Surgeon. With considerable additions and improvements by Thomas M. Smith . to which is added Rarey's method of taming and breaking horses, with rules for selecting a good horse. There is also added trotting, pacing, and running tables, showing the fastest times on record. [Title page of section at back:] Supplement to Mason and Hind's popular system of farriery: comprising an essay on domestic animals, especially the horse; with remarks on treatment and breeding . . by J.S. Skinner." No date in imprint; published circa 1884? Book is well worn and slightly cocked; binding has wear and soil; corners bumped and worn; top edge has soil; pages have age browning; several pages have soil, foxing or rubbing; bottom corners of fore-edge margins at back have chipped off due to brittleness, with no loss of text; former owner's signature on front flyleaf; back hinge broken, holding; front hinge has chip at bottom; fold-out frontispiece is creased at edge; foxing on some leaves; leaves at back half of book have small crease at lower fore edge; back flyleaf is creased; back free endpaper is wrinkled. xiv, 328 p., illustrated.…

Full Calf Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. SIGNED binding by Bickers & Son, London. Late 19th century full calf leather binding with raised bands and gilt lettering, compartmented and tooled. Gilt rolled edges and lined border on on the cover, gilt inner dentaling. Marbled endpapers. Original green cloth binding has been bound in the rear of the book (as is not uncommon with fine binders). Modest wear to the extremties. Gaelic titled Irish bookplate of "George Edward O'Neil" on the front flyleaf and another bookplate of R.D. Jackson behind the front cover. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Hablot Knight Browne (12 July 1815 8 July 1882) was an English artist, famous as Phiz, illustrator of books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever and Harrison Ainsworth. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Signed by Binder. Hardcover.…