Chase Ruby by Marsh, First Edition (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. APPEARS LITTLE READ. Very attractive illustration on front board and lady and gentleman. Little wear to soft cover book.215 pages. Pages are clean ,tanned and tight.Front ans rear hinges have cracked.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Some surface wear to red boards, the front and spine lettered in white. Internally endpapers foxed and a split down 80% of gutter prior to first blank; a 2 cm x 1 cm smudge on half title; contents toned. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Half title, 16pp cata.; leaf margins sl. browned. Orig. red pictorial cloth, blocked in yellow, black & white; spine sl. dulled, a little rubbed. Embossed stamp of 'W. H. Smith & Co.' on leading f.e.p. A nice copy. The work was originally published by Skeffington in 1900, in the same binding. The novel follows a mysterious figure with hypnotic shape-shifting powers who chases a British politician to London. Richard Marsh, 1857-1915, was a best-selling Edwardian author known for his horror tale The Beetle (1897), published the same year as Stoker's Dracula.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. First Everett edition. First edition thus (with Everett imprint). 8vo. Original pictorial cloth. A rare title by the author of The Beetle; originally published by Skeffington in 1900, in the same binding. Bibliographer Michael Sadleir's copy. Some toning to margins; cloth very good. Provenance: Michael Sadleir (bookplate to front pastedown), renowned bibliographer & collector of 19th century literature. Book.

1st Edition. viii, 214, [2] pp. Advert for "The Beetle" prior to t.p. Crown 8vo. Cocked. Spine dull & white lettering somewhat faded. Armorial bookplate & pencil signature of D. C. Ansted to front eps. Usual bit of foxing. A VG copy. Red cloth binding, white spine lettering, front board graphics in white, black & olive green. Custom cut protective clear mylar wrapper.