Nicely produced centenary edition of Kipling's 1909 collection of interlinked short stories. Red cloth with gilt elephant motif to cover. DJ has some toning and rubbing and wear. Previous owner's name and a Kipling themed label pasted down to ffep. Content [more...]
Pleasant small leather edition of Kipling's series of interlinked fantasy short stories concerning the machinations of Puck, the oldest old thing in England. With b/w illustrations. Gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Sunning to spine. Some light scratches to [more...]
Nicely produced Classics Club edition of Chekhov's selected short stories, including the Shooting Party and the Black Monk, with an introduction by Lucy M. Cores. Grey cloth with Gilt decoration and titling, top edge tinted. Mild rubbing to gilt on spine, [more...]
Colour annual featuring short stories, comics, jokes, puzzles and artwork. Tanning to pages. Previous owner's inscription. With ads to rear. Cloth spine. Good condition. [more...]
Pleasant red cloth macmillan edition of Walpole's 1915 collection of short storiesl. Some light rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Collections of short stories of O. Henry, american master of the short story. With frontispiece. Faux leather blue cloth. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
The fifth Teddy Tail annual of the Daily Mail revival (the first annual appearing in 1933). With Colour illustrations, b/w sketches, puzzles, short stories and comic strips. DJ has rubbing and small tears to edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Nursery rhymes told in verse, with terrific colour illustrations. Embossed card covers. Previous owner's repair to spine, tears to cover and repaired tears within. Tanning. Fair overall. [more...]
No date but c. 1920. Scarce collection of short fairy stores for Children, with colour plates and b/w illustrations within the text. Light rubbing and creasing to covers. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Second printing of Kipling's collection of short stories, including The Ship that Found herself - an intriguing piece that sympathizes with the machines that powered the Empire and the industrial revolution. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing and light marking to s [more...]
120th edition of the Ambit literary magazine. Featuring poetry, prose and artwork from a variety of contributers including Ken Cox, Fleur Adcock, Edwin Brock, Michael Foreman and more. Dust-jacket has some toning and shelfwear. But contents are clean and p [more...]
115th edition of the Ambit literary magazine. Featuring poetry, prose and artwork from a variety of contributers including Mathew Sweeney; Sam Burnside; Sydeny Bernard Smith and more. Dust-jacket has some toning and shelfwear. But contents are clean and pr [more...]
121st edition of the Ambit literary magazine. Featuring poetry, prose and artwork from a variety of contributers including Robert McAulay; Prosper Dowden; Ken Cox and more. Dust-jacket has some toning, marking and shelfwear. But contents are clean and prim [more...]
116th edition of the Ambit literary magazine. Featuring poetry, prose and artwork from a variety of contributers including Robert McAulay; Martin Bax; Charles Shearer and more. Dust-jacket has some toning, marking and shelfwear. But contents are clean and [more...]
First edition of Sapper's Collection of short stories concerning world war one and the battle at Ypres. Spine is toned. Rubbing to extremities. But binding holding sound, contents clean. Fair overall. [more...]
Olcott's retelling of tales from the Arabian Nights, based on Edward Lane's translation. including Ali Bab, Sinbad, Alladin etc. With 8 colour illustrations by Orr. 4to. Frontispiece loose. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Foxing to page edges. Previous own [more...]
No date but c. 1940. Edifying children's stories with charming colour illustrations by Rene Cloke plus further b/w illustrations within the text. No DJ. Mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
No date but c. 1910. Collection of short stories for girls, illustrated throughout by Gladys Peto, with colour plates and b/w drawings within the text. 4to. Some mild shelf-wear to covers. Heavy tanning within. Good. [more...]
Pleasant Collins edition of this selection of 23 Short Stories by Wells, introduced by the author. Including The Stolen Bacillus, The Argonauts of the Air and others. In blue faux-leather. With a brief life of Wells and frontisportrait. Some mild shelf-wea [more...]
Football annual with articles about the game, results and reviews of the year plus short stories, some rather speculative. No DJ. Some marking to covers. Bumping to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
