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C. Cooke, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Cooke's Edition. 212 pages. No dust jacket. Brown leather with gilt titles to spine. Volume II. Includes illustrations. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper and pastedown. Occasional heavier foxing. Boards have some edge wear, with moderate bumping and rubbing to corners, while spine ends are slightly crushed and bowed. A bit scratched, rubbed and marked overall. One black spot to front. Gilt is slightly dulled and worn.

Masson et cie, 1925. in12. 1925. Relié cartonné.

London: W. & R Chambers, 1887. children's edition, 273pp., illustrated black-and-white woodcuts, small octavo, original decorative cloth, gilt, very clean attractive binding, some pages a little marked, lacks f.e.p.. An attractive Victorian children's edition.. Hard Cover. V.g.. small 8vo.

London: W. Nicholson and Sons, 1890. Reprint. Mauve Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. N/a. 358, 10 (advertisements) pp. No date - circa 1890. Original publisher's mauve boards gilt embossed to the spine and to the front board. Bevelled edges to the boards. A very good, tight copy. A couple of former owner's names (the Baron family) in ink and biro to the head of the front endpaper. The spine faded. Several corners a little rubbed. A bump to the head of the spine. A very good, clean, tight copy.

George Routledge And Sons Book. Illus. by Watson J. D.. Good. Hardcover. Undated. Blue cloth covers with gilt title and black,red yellow and green decorative illustration. Foxing to page edges, endpapers and a few pages. Previous owners inscriptions to front endpaper. 0.

London: Ward, Lock & Company , Limited. Good+. c1900. Hardcover. 8vo; hbk; navy cloth cover; gold gilt lettering and decoration; gilt on spine worn; late Victorian copy (gift inscription inside cover dated 1900) ; fep removed; some occasional foxing, mainly to prelims; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

William and Robert Chambers, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. Complete Edition. 592 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy embossed cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Notable clipping to front free endpaper, with a pencil inscription on following page. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains mostly firm. Minor dog-eared corners. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Slightly crinkled gutters. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a prominent forward lean. Light insect damage to front and rear boards.

Printed for thee Booksellers, nd ( Inscription dated 1897);. Hardback. Poor+/ No dj. vii,395pp. Pages browned. Red soiled covers with gilt motif & blind embossed decoration on front, gilt title on spine. Edges bevelled. .

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Co., 1852 Book. Reading Copy Only. Hardcover. New Edition. Cover has significant wear and rub marks, lacks the spine strip, front board is nearly detached, light foxing / marks within. Illustrated "with sixteen characteristic engravings". .

James Miller, 779 Broadway, New York, 1877. Hardcover. Used - Good. NY: James Miller, 779 Broadway, no date, 1877-80? xxviii,93 pages. Engraved frontispiece & extra titlepage, many plates, illustrations. 7 x 5", gold & black stamped purple cloth. Cover rubbed, soiled, text bit toned, shaken, G.

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Philadelpha: Henry T. Coates & Co.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 3/4" tall dark green hardcover with gold pritn on boards. Bumping with light fraying along edges and corners of boards. Rubbing and minor wear to boards. A couple of small areas on the front boards what have a brown substance, almost like a wax. This may be removable with a sharp object. I'll let the new owner of the book do that. Small area on the back board that appears like something was on it and left a white stain. The boards are in Good to Fair condition. A few words in light pencil on the ffep. Pages are mostly tight but book will lay open. Pages are clean/unmarked. 630 pages. One page has been torn on the outside edge and has been taped. The last end page is partially detached and there is a bit of separation along the seam of the end page and back board. The interior pages are really in Fine condition. There is no print year stated for this book, so I really don't have any idea of its publication date. I… Read More

Walter Scott, 1887. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated hardback edition, 1887, with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - red cloth bevel-edged boards, with black-lined decoration and gilt titles to spine, slightly darkened with a little wear to spine head and tail. Binding tight - first front endpaper neatly removed - and internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; gilt page-ends retain lustre, text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

London: Thomas Nelson And Sons The Binding Is Still Solid On This Well Read Book Though There Is Cracking At The Gutter Of The Eps, The Boards Are Still Attached. Foxing Is Present Mostly On The Eps Though Some Is Present Spasmodically Through The Text. Facsimiles Of The Original Title Pages And Engravings By Keeley Halswelle. Also Contains An Introductory Memoir Of Daniel De Foe , A Memoir Of Alexander Selkirk, An Account Of Peter Serrano And Other Interesting Additions. Blue Cloth Covered Boards With Black Stamped Border Illustrated Gilt Title Centre Front And On Spine. Blind Stamping On Spine Too. Stated 100 Illustrations.. Fraying To Spine Ends And Open Edges. . Blind Stamping Border On Rear Board.. However Iit Is Still A Lovely Looking Book. School Board Presentation Paste Down On Front Verso Dated 1879

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good+. c1880. Hardcover. A 19th centurycopy of this classic. The worn illustrated cloth cover has a little damage as can be seen in the picture on ABE or our own site at peakirkbooks.com. Rear cover has badly bumped corner; The spine has discoloured with age; contents are generally solid, clean & sound; tissue (foxed) protected frontis; 70+ engravings, plus portrait of author, a map of Robinson Crusoe's island, de Foe's tomb, facsimiles of original title pages etc. Book contains a 38 page biography of author at front, which includes a critique of his work; analytical index at rear; the copy is not dated but believed to be circa end of 1870's ; Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 654 pages .

Port Sunlight: Lever Brothers. Undated c1920 Lever brothers edition hardback, no dj; acceptable, worn embossed boards with spine end wear, loosening boards at internal hinge; scarce edition; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Acceptable. Hardcover. 1920.

(London: Routledge: no date) Suggest early 1880s. Gilt pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 566 and 8 publisher’s advertisements. With Fifty-two illustrations by J.D. Watson and with six coloured plates additional to pagination. An owner’s name stamp on title-page. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards worn; lacks the rear free endpaper; a few ‘transfer’ pictures internally; a very good copy.

London: Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co.. Good. Decorative Cloth. viii, 312pp; 110 wood engravings. Brown cloth decorated in gilt and black corners rubbed, small split to cloth top spine, previous owner's inscription to front e/paper, .; 180 x 130mm .

Philadelphia: Hubbard, 1888. Covers are slightly frayed with some staining. Still, a wonderful looking copy.. Good Condition.

H. M. Caldwell, early 20th c. . Hardcover. Very Good. wonderful front board in color Caldwell's Juvenile Classic with 52 wood engravings and ten original color plates by J. D. Watson solid and tight book