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Crown 8vo. 5.125 x 7.375 in. xxxi, [i blank], 236 pp. From Macmillan's charming Cranford series, bound in publisher's forest green cloth, elaborately decorated in extra gilt, all edges gilt. Profusely illustrated, with 130 black & white reproductions including tissue-guarded frontis., by CHARLES E. BROCK. Preface by ALFRED AINGER. Gilt remains very bright. A nice copy. Very good indeed. George Stanley Darbishire's bookplate with coat-of-arms ('durate et vincite') to front pastedown, with Christmas 1893 gift inscription to the same to verso of front flyleaf. Text otherwise clean & bright. Binding square & tight. Seller Inventory # 726
Title: Humorous Poems
Publisher: Macmillan, London
Publication Date: 1893
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Thus.
Seller: Salopian Books, Shrewsbury, SAL, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hard cover book in fair condition. No dust jacket. Book rolled. Discolouration to edges of boards and to spine. Pages tanned throughout. 16mo. 160pp. Seller Inventory # 10723
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Balfour Books, Sidmouth, DEVON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Charles E Brock (illustrator). 1st Edition. A Good + copy with fading to end papers, with previous owner's book plate pasted into front board. Sporadic foxing through text. Green cloth on boards with bumping to bottom edge. Paper title on spine has wear. Frontis with tissue guard and attractive illustrations within text. Seller Inventory # 000863
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Macmillan 1903, reprint. 'Presentation copy' white stamp on the title page. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING. Seller Inventory # mon0000933614
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Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1903. No Edition Remarks. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and heavier tanning to text block edges. Sticker residue to rear pastedown and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and minor bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Seller Inventory # 1632314873IEV
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Librería y Editorial Renacimiento, S.A., VALENCINA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN, Spain
17x11. 236 pgs. Ex-Libris. Firma de anterior poseedor. Texto en inglés. 617503. Seller Inventory # MP6825
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. With a Preface by Alfred Ainger. Bookplate from a previous owner. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South. Publication of 236 pages. Lovely boards. Gilt to the spine plus an elaborate gilt illustration, to the upper cover, all edges gilt. Frontispiece. There is light foxing on the early and last pages, very little within the body of the book. The binding is excellent. In lovely condition considering the age of the book (1893). GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 6pvvj
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1903. Illustrated Pocket Classics. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by Charles E. Brock. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed. Seller Inventory # 1710954484LEE
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dj. Previous owner's name on first page. Seller Inventory # 1473959
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Salusbury Books, GLASGOW, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Charles E Brock (illustrator). Pocket. *** BOOK in good clean tight and unmarked condition for its age, red boards, xxxi page introduction, 236pp, tissue protected frontispiece and further 129 whimsical illustrations by Charles E Brock, preface by Alfred Ainger, this is the Illustrated Pocket Classics edition. Titles on spine (faded) and front board in gilt, spine relaid. All edges gilt, (faded), front lower corner bumped, browning of endpapers and throughout, *** CONTENTS: This marvellous collection of 29 poems includes 'Faithless Sally Brown' and 'Faithless Nellie Gray'. Size: 175x115mm. Seller Inventory # 001057
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Seller: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. 1st thus. Red calf, VG. xxxii+236pp+2pp publishers adverts, b/w frontis & 129 b/w illustrations by Charle E Brock, top edge gilt, leather a little worn at the head & tail of the spine with loss as the base, ownership inscription. Macmillan's Pocket Classics series. Hood's Comic verse in an attractive binding. 275 grams. Seller Inventory # 55266
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