INEZ : a Tale of the Alamo by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans

George Routledge & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Stated. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. B&W frontispiece detached but present. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Some severe gutter cracking. Wax spots to both paste downs. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Minor sunning to spine, with scuffing and marking to boards.

Lewis's, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No edition remarks. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean.

M. A. Donohue & Co Pub, 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. No Date. C1900 Decorated And Embossed Green Boards With White Detailing And Titling..

Richard Edward King, 1111. Hardcover. Good. HB King 1st 1896; red boards with gold blocked lettering and impressed flower design; no stamps or inscriptions

Hardcover. Good. London. Edit. Richar Edward King. s/a. 18x12 cm. 251 págs. Tela edit. Impresa. Texto en inglés. # literatura.

London: Robert Hayes. Undated c1920 Robert Hayes hardback, red boards with some wear to soft spine; good copy, age-tanned pages; no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardback. 1920.

London: Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd, 1910. Dark blue patterned cloth with gilt on spine, title, author's name and decoration stamped in gilt on front. 251pp. plus publisher's catalogue. B/w Frontispiece. Small margin stub of tissue guard remains. School prize label on Ffep. Light foxing (eps & text block edge). The last 2 leaves are loose (pages just before the catalogue). . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Ward Lock no date but possibly late 1800's, slight wear to covers and cover edges, owners note front endpaper, otherwise book clean and tight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Ward Lock assumed reprint, undated probably about 1900, pale green cloth with black, gilt and coloured decoration to upper board and spine, 251+4pp adverts, frontis. port. with tissue guard, some handling soiling to the cloth. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: W. Nicholson & Sons, 1890. Augusta Wilson (1835-1909) wrote this, her first novel in 1850, at the tender age of fifteen. She went on to become one of the most popular American authors of the 19th Century. A pro-Confederacy propagandist, she also nursed wounded soldiers. This is a much later edition; there is no date, but probably around 1890. This is a Very Good copy of a popular edition in a nice decorative binding. Maroon cloth binding, ruled, with a butterfly stamped onto the front cover. The spine has very fancy decorations, and notes that this is "By the author of 'Infelice'." Interestingly, Nicholson put the book into a beautiful binding, but used a poor-quality paper for the text. Although clean, it is starting to tan. But Nicholson included a Bonus: "Inez" takes up the first 323 pages, and is followed by "Rosemary and Jim" by Mrs. E. Prentiss. Total pagination is 366, with two pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. This volume has some… Read More