Washington Irving, The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq. (London: John Murray, 1834). Two volumes bound as one in a contemporary binding, pocket size with engraved illustration to each frontis. Hinges very weak. Reading copy only.
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Ref. no. 152

Frederick Maccabe, The Art of Ventriloquism:
Including Full Directions to Learners How to Acquire a Pleasing Vocalization; With Amusing Dialogues for Learners (London: Frederick Warne, 1875 - dated according to British Library catalogue). Yellowback published in the Useful Book series. Spine missing, but still an attractive copy in good condition.
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Ref. no. 154

Lisa Tickner, The Spectacle of Women Imagery of the Suffragette Campaign 1907-1914 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1987). Important study of the visual history and propaganda used by the British suffragette campaign. Hardback, illustrated throughout. Ex Library. This book is now scarce. Very good condition.
Ref. no. 155

Rhoda Broughton, Scylla or Charybdis? (London: Bentley, circa 1895). First published in 1895. While the half title is present, unfortunately the title page has been removed - therefore a reading copy in very good condition.
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Ref. no. 156

Rhoda Broughton, A Beginner (London: Macmillan, 1899). First published in 1894. Chips to spine & split split on one side. Reading copy.
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Ref. no. 157

Sheridan Knowles, William Tell a play in five acts (London: John Dicks, circa 1880). A couple of chips to spine, very good condition.
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Ref. no. 159

Rhoda Broughton, Mrs. Bligh (London: Macmillan, 1899). Spine chipped, paper browned, good reading copy.
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Ref. no. 160

Rhoda Broughton, Alas (London: Macmillan, 1899). Spine split, paper browned, good reading copy.
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Ref. no. 161

Captain Mayne Reid, The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas (London: Chapman & Hall & Bentley, 1866). First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on front free endpaper, 'Henry Bates Esq from Mayne Reid Sep. 1872.' Illustrated by L. Huard. 2 volumes bound in later red leather, incorporating the original pictorial cloth. Some pages, including inscription, have been affected by watermarks, title page for vol. 2 has not been bound in. Click on image for more pictures of this title. Ref. no. 162

Beatrice Whitby, Sunset (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1898). Fourth edition. Edges rubbed, front free endpaper missing. Good condition.
Ref. no. 163

Walter Scott, The Abbot (Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1891). Paperback. A couple of chips, water spine to front. Good condition.
Ref. no. 164

Jan Marsh, Jane and May Morris: A Biographical Story 1839-1938 (London: Pandora Press, 1986). Paperback biography of the wife & daughter of William Morris, illustrated. A couple of creases to covers, paper yellowing, good condition. Nowadays a scarce title.
Ref. no. 167

Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad (London: Chatto & Windus, 1884). Yellowback. Covers faded and rubbed, loss to top and base of spine. Good condition.
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Ref. no. 168

Barry Pain, Eliza (London: S.H. Bousfield, 1901). 6th edition. Paperback. Comic stories about Eliza and her husband. Still funny today. Very good condition.
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Ref. no. 169

Stanley Weyman, Count Hannibal: A Romance of the Court of France (Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1902). Two volumes in contemporary binding. Spines and edges rubbed, contemporary bookplate, good condition.
Ref. no. 170

Barry Pain, Exit Eliza (London: Cassell and Company, 1912). 2nd edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Fred Bennett. Comic stories about Eliza and her husband. Still funny today. Spine & back cover replaced circa 1920, loss to spine. Good condition.
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Ref. no. 171

Albert Smith, The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole at Home and Abroad (London: Richard Bentley, 1848). Illustrated by John Leech. Bound from the monthly parts. Contemporary binding of leather & marbled boards, armorial bookplate. An attractive copy in very good condition.
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Ref. no. 172

J.A. Maitland, Captain Jack (London: Frederick Warne, circa 1890). Yellowback. Adventure novel, set in New York during the 1840s, originally serialised in the Leisure Hour. Covers rubbed, a third of spine missing. Sound reading copy.
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Ref. no. 173

Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop (London: Routledge, circa 1880). Sixpenny paperback edition printed in double columns. Chips to front cover & spine. Good condition.
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Ref. no. 175

The Idler Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, edited by Jerome K. Jerome & Robert Barr (London: Chatto & Windus, 1892-3). Volume 2, August 1892 to January 1893. Volume includes several of the 'My First Book' essays, including the one by Arthur Conan Doyle, also part of the serialisation of The American Claimant by Mark Twain. Attractive contemporary half leather binding, marbled edges & endpapers, foxing to blank endpapers. Very good condition. Click on image for more pictures of this title.
Ref. no. 176

John Strange Winter (pseudonym of Henrietta Stannard), Mrs. Bob: A Rambling Story (London: F.V. White, 1891). 5th edition. Winter was well known for her military fiction and was the President of the Society of Women Journalists. Attractive yellowback in very good condition.
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Ref. no. 177

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Max Adler, Elbow Room: A Novel Without a Plot (London: Routledge, circa 1885). Contemporary cloth with original front and back colour paperback covers bound in. Cloth rubbed, very good condition.
Ref. no. 181