Sheer Tale, First Edition (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. Author: A.L.O.E. (A Lady of England). Title: Sheer Off. A Tale. Publisher: Edinburgh and London, Gall & Inglis, no date [circa 1877]. First Edition. Language: Text in English. Size: 7 x 5 inches (approx.). Pages: vi-256 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good stunning original red cloth binding with elaborate black and gilt-stamped floral and vignette decorations on the front board and spine; blind-stamped decoration on the rear board. Gilt to spine remains bright (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A very well-preserved and attractive Victorian binding! Content: Very good content (bright, tight, some light foxing or staining - as shown, charming prize inscription in ink appears on the front free endpaper, dated October 31st, 1877 - as shown).  Illustrations: Illustrated with six detailed full-page black-and-white engravings, including a dramatic frontispiece and internal illustrations, all integral to the narrative. Complete.  ****  The book: A touching and morally instructive Victorian tale by A.L.O.E., Sheer Off tells the story of Ned Franks and other village characters as they navigate trials, temptation, and redemption. Known for her didactic Christian fiction for children and young adults, A.L.O.E. weaves faith and virtue into the struggles of ordinary people.

Hard. Condition: Good. First Edition. Text bright, cracked gutters at endpapers, school prize bookplate dated 1884 on flyleaf, light spotting on closed edges, lean to boards but binding firm, light rubbing to edgse of boards. Please inquire for photos. Size: 8vo.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Gordon Browne (illustrator). First edition. A desirable and very scarce first edition copy of G. A. Henty's novel set during the Anglo-Ashanti wars. A very scarce first edition. Referenced against Peter Newbolt's 'Bibliographical Study of his British Editions' (16.1).In the publisher's decorative cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates by Gordon Browne. With thirty-two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. Collated, complete.Set during the conflicts between the British Empire and the Ashanti Empire, this novel follows a young boy named Frank Hargate, whose fishing excursion goes awry and leads him to a harrowing experience at sea.Written by G. A. Henty, who is best known for a prolific output of historical and adventure novels which earned him his reputation as the most popular Boy's author of his day, inspiring other other writers to attempt writing juvenile adventure stories in his style, including Herbert Strang, Percy F. Westerman and Henry Everett McNeil. In the publisher's decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional light spotting, heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed. book.