Katy's Resolution by Perrett, Jennie - Not Stated

Charles H. Kelly, 1891. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1891. No Edition Remarks. 126 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Front free endpaper is removed. Scuffing to front pastedown. Pen inscription to half title page. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to front hinge and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Red marks to front board. Brown marks overall. Textblock is shaky.

S. W. Partridge & Co Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 64 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Black marks overall. Textblock is shaky.

Blackie and Son, 1889. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1889. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Black and white illustrated plate to page 68. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown, endpaper and half-title page. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Embossed stamp to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Elliot Stock, 1879. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1879. New Edition. 132 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Front free endpaper is removed. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to front hinge and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Book has a visible forward lean.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

S. W. Partridge, 1000. Hard Back. Good/No Jacket. good reading copy blue cloth boardspages lightly tanned

Paperback / softback. New.

Blackie & Son Limited. Good+. Hardcover. A good hardcover without dustwrapper in rubbed/aged red cloth-covered boards attractively decorated with floral pattern and dulled gold blocked cameo of a child, the corners are bumped/rubbed, the decorative spine is bumped/rubbed to the ends and there is spine lean, a prize plate is affixed to the inside front board, cream lightly foxed pages. A useful, but not beautiful, copy. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. .

Harold's Ambition or A Dream of Fame by Jennie Perrett

















Hardback, undated but circa 1890 (bookplate dated 1891 to front board), first edition, illustrated, published by Blackie & Son, Limited, London, 96 pages + 8-page publisher catalogue at rear.











Octavo/8vo, measures around 6 5/8" by 4 1/2" by 3/8". No dust jacket. Green cloth binding, pictorial detail and gilt lettering to front board, black lettering to spine. Some marking, scuffing and discolouration. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges, bumped corners. Book has slight forward tilt. Cracking to front inner hinge though otherwise binding reasonably firm. Page edges browned, a bit foxed and marked. Prizegiving bookplate to front pastedown. Some marking to endpapers and to pages throughout but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.