The Wide, Wide World

An attractive bound copy in blue cloth with polychrome floral embossing and gilt title block. Gilt page edges. lightly sunned spine. Shelf wear to spine with frayed joins to cover boards. Small 5mm tear to upper spine. Tanned end papers and foxed pages. With several b/w illustrations. The first illustration detached. Inside cover with pasted bookplate for Brother A.… Read more about this item

New York: George P Putnam, 1852. Later editiion . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. brown embossed cloth, areas of fraying at head and tail of spines, cloth to tail of spine on volume two missing (1/8 inch thickness), tips worn, corners bumped, row of light spots to front cover of volume one, light… Read more about this item

London: Bliss, Sands and Co., c1880. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A scarce Victorian novel from Susan Warner. 'The Wide, Wide World' is an 1850 novel by Susan Warner, published under the pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell. It is often acclaimed as America's first bestseller. The book is a work of sentimentalism based on the… Read more about this item

Milner and Company, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 352 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Textblock edges dyed red. Thumb-marking present.… Read more about this item

Humphrey Milford, London, 1916. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: T. Eyre Macklin. Hardcover. 254 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Humphrey Milford, London, 1916. Early Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. *** Illustrator: T. Eyre Macklin. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory… Read more about this item

J. B. Lippincott Company. Rebound in burgundy cloth with gold lettering and ruled lines on the spine. Bright and crisp copy. Previous owner's inscription on the flyleaf. No other markings. Steel engraved frontispiece and title page. An excellent reading copy but because of the restoration it is not a collectible one. Two volumes in one. . Very Good. Hardcover.… Read more about this item

University of London Press, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. University of London Press 1958 reprint. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket.

Walter Scott Limited, London, 1893. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 472 pages (complete). A much owned copy. The boards have wear about all corners, edges, seams. They have scuffing, handling and shelving marks. They are steady and sure. The contents have evidence of much use. The papertrims are gilded (benign and sure). The… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott. Good with no dust jacket. 1888. Hardcover. Condition is good minus. Front inner hinge is mostly cracked. Binding mostly cracked between pages 24 and 25. Rear inner hinge is a little weak. Small slight dampstain to upper edges of several pages. Covers have slight wear to outer corners and spine ends and… Read more about this item

London: University of London Press, 1958. Book. Illus. by Joyce Lankester Brisley. Good. Hardcover. Repr. Hardback: b/w illustrations by JOYCE LANKESTER BRISLEY, dj is worn on the spine, edges slightly rubbed, short tear on the top front edge, some foxing, price unclipped, endpapers and foredges foxed plus a few internal marks, else g. 8vo, 288pp. Elizabeth Wetherell's first book, much… Read more about this item

Hurst & Company. Good with no dust jacket. ca 1900. Hardcover. An attractive book, very clean pages, covers have minor rubbing. Prior owners name on front inside. Front hinge is cracked but book is still nicely intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; The Wide, Wide World is a work of sentimentalism based on the life… Read more about this item

The Walter Scott Publishing Co Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 472 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Insert to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Corners are creased in places. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges.… Read more about this item

Thomas Nelson And Sons Ltd. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 14 to 17 cm tall (16mo). Two marks on the front cover. A good reading copy. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London: James Nisbet & Co., 21 Berners Street, W., 1879. Octavo, publisher's brown cloth attractively decorated in black and gilt, pp. vii, 592, + 16 pages of Nisbet's undated ads; eight colour illustrations [printed by Edmund Evans]. Reprints the author's 1851 introduction to the first English edition. Non-authorial inscription on endpaper; light scattered foxing; hinge paper cracked [hinges firm]; a… Read more about this item

London: Walter Scott, 1888. 472 pages, clean and clear. Green and gold marbled endpapers. Leather half-bound. Corners bumped, light wear to the spine. VG+.

Ward Lock & Co Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Complete Edition. 497 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and… Read more about this item

London: University of London Press, 1958. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Plain paper dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a tear and crease to the head of the upper panel. Previous owners' name to the first blank. . Joyce Lankester Brisley. Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling… Read more about this item

London: Humphrey-Milford / Oxford University Press, 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. Green Cloth Covers with Black Lettering and Decoration to spine and Black Decoration to front cover; spine has a slight slant; Decorative Green Endpapers; Book edges are very lightly soiled; Owner's gift inscription from 1936 on verso of color frontispiece; Book Interior is clean… Read more about this item

F.M. Lupton Publishing Company. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Laszlo Matulay. no date, shelfwear to cover, heavily age toned,

London: Ward, Lock & Co. Previous owner's inscription on the FEP, gilt lettering on spine and front cover, slight edgewear. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.