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Daniel Pool, Dickens' Fur Coat and Charlotte's Unanswered
Letters: The Rows and Romances of England's Great Victorian Novelists
(New York: Harper Collins, 1997). Illustrated, very good condition.
Ref. no. 302
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James Mason (editor), How to Excel in Business;
Or, The Clerk's Instructor: A Complete Guide to Success in the World of
Commerce (London: Ward, Lock, 1874 - dated from adverts & British
Library catalogue). Paperback published in the Friendly Counsel Series.
Loss of some paper on spine, fragile. Scarce.
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Diana Mulock Craik, The Head of the Family (Leipzig:
Tauchnitz, 1858). 2 volumes in what looks like an original Tauchnitz
binding design. Craik dedicated the novel to Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Splits to spine, good condition. Click on image for more pictures
of this title. Ref. no. 308
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Washington Irving, The Sketch Book (Leipzig: Tauchnitz,
1843). Original Tauchnitz Art Nouveau style binding, circa 1885. Frontis
portrait of the author. Very good condition. Click on image for more
pictures of this title.
Ref. no. 309
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Mrs. Hungerford, Airy Fairy Lilian (London: Smith, Elder
& Co., 1895). Yellowback. Split to spine, front free endpaper missing.
A very attractive yellowback in good condition.
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Ref. no. 313
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George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feveral
(London: Everyman, 1941). 1st published in 1859. Dustjacket worn,
good condition.
Ref. no. 316
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The Railway Traveller's Handy Book of Hints, Suggestions and Advice,
edited by Jack Simmons, (Bath: Adams & Dart, 1971). Reprint of a
book first published in 1862, advising on rail travel and rail travel
etiquette. Hardback in price clipped dustwrapper, previous owner's bookplate.
Very good condition.
Ref. no. 321
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Anthony Trollope, Orley Farm (London: Ward, Lock &
Co., circa 1900). Contains plates by Millais. Page edges foxed, very
good condition.
Ref. no. 322
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Stanley J. Weyman, A Gentleman of France: Being the Memoirs
of Gaston De Bonne Sieur De Marsac (Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1894). 2
volumes in an Art Nouveau design Tauchnitz binding. Crease to cover
of volume 1, couple of small splits to spine. Good condition. Click
on image for more pictures of this title.
Ref. no. 323
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John Habberton, Other People's Children; Or, More About Helen's
Babies (London: Ward, Lock & Tyler, circa 1878). Paperback,
loss to bottom corner of front page, splits to spine. Sound reading
copy and still attractive. Click on image for more pictures of this
title.
Ref. no. 324
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Henry Harland, The Cardinal's Snuff-box (Leipzig: Tauchnitz,
1903). Rebound in contemporary cloth, contemporary bookplate. Cloth
a little rubbed, good condition.
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Ref. no. 325
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Wilkie Collins, Iolani; or, Tahiti As It Was (Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 1999). Edited and with an introduction by
Ira B. Nadel. Collins's first novel, printed for the first time from
the newly discovered manuscript. Very good condition.
Ref. no. 326
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Wilkie Collins, The Woman In White (London: Sampson Low,
Son, & Co., 1860). Three volumes. Sixth edition. The leather binding
is in poor condition: volume 1 has the boards secured to the spine with
tape on the outside, volume 3 has loss to spine. Later ownership signatures
on front free endpaper. An ideal candidate for rebinding.
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Ref. no. 327
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Mrs. Barbara Hofland, The Daughter of a Genius: A Tale For
Youth (London: John Harris, 1837). Sixth edition. Illustrated frontis.
Spine missing. Front board, once detatched, has now been taped. Reading
copy.
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Ref. no. 329
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Mrs. Lovett Cameron, Vera Nevill; Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
(London: John and Robert Maxwell, circa 1885). Yellowback edition.
Mrs. Lovett Cameron wrote a number of heated romances of melodrama,
love and seduction, published here by Braddon's step-sons. Chips &
marks to cover and spine. Good condition.
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Ref. no. 331
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