'Captain' Mayne Reid

The Young Voyageurs or, the Boy Hunters in the North

New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. Leather. A beautifully illustrated edition of this victorian adventure novel. Nimrod edition. Illustrated throughout and featuring a frontispiece. Thomas Mayne Reid was a Scots-Irish American novelist, specializing in adventure novels which were particularly popular with young boys. Rebound in a half calf binding with marbled boards and gilt lettering to the spine. Externally, sound, but with light rubbing to the boards, and minor wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound, extremely bright and clean, with many unclipped pages. Very Good . Ill.: None Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: LTH4-D-1

Catalogue: American Literature

Keywords: Novel Voyage Adventure Novel Nimrod Voyage None Stated

REID, CAPTAIN MAYNE; WITH A MEMOIR BY R.H. STODDARD

The Bush-Boys' or, the History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and His Family in the Wild Karoos of Southern Africa

NY, Worthington Co. 1889, New Edition. Embossed Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: 12 Plates. Ex-Library Hardcover, Retired library copy, usual stamps, stickers, labels, and markings. Minimal age toning along the edges, else textblock is clean and exceptionally tight, floral decorative end pages, 12 plates. Slightly shelf soiled top page edges. Green cloth binding with black embossing to front cover and spine, scuffing and soiling to back cover, bumping/fraying to head and foot of spine. 356p. Good+.

Clausen BooksProfessional seller

Book number: SB10961

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: Bush Boys Fiction, Cape Farmer Fiction, Family Fiction, Young Readers Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Southern Africa Wild Karoos Fiction Adventure 12 Plates

REID, CAPTAIN MAYNE

The Cliff Climbers.

London : George Routledge and Sons, 1880(?).. ( A Sequel to The Plant Hunters ) VIII+408 p. b/w full page ills., a.o. frontisp. by Evans HARDCOVER: (Orig. decor. gilt clothh, spine strip loosening, front hinges broken, a few pages loose, else VERY GOOD)

Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional seller

Book number: 3840

Catalogue: Voyages & Travel

Keywords: Literature fiction mountaineering

Reid, Captain Mayne

Desert Home Or the Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness the English Family Robinson

New York: Worthington Company, 1890. Hardcover. Illustrated by William Harvey Good with no dust jacket; Edges bumped, worn and frayed. Foxing inside. Spine faded and worn. Previous owner's name. Bookplate. Spine weak and cracked. Reading copy only; New edition with a memoir by R. H. Stoddard; St. Nicholas Series for Boys and Girls; B&W Illustrations; 411 pages.

Gibson's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 31388

Catalogue: Children's Books::Old and Rare

Keywords: Fiction Illustrated Reid, Mayne Adventure Adventure Fiction Harvey, William

[Captain] Mayne-Reid:

Les enfants des bois.

Paris: Librairie Theodore Lefevre et cie, nd [c. 1890]. Traduction nouvelle. 8vo, [iii], 248pp. Frontispiece and plates. Original decorated red cloth, elaborate gilt design to the front board, all edges gilt. Head of spine frayed, corners bumped, plates foxed, light gutter stain to the lower inner corner of many of the pages. Overall a fair to good copy.

Cornell Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 13739

Captain Mayne Reid

The English Family Robinson: The Desert Home, the Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness

London, Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1861 . Cloth. A very scarce UK edition of this charming children's tale of adventure, set in the deserts of America. First published in 1851, this is a very scarce UK edition of this work, billed as a 'New Edition&apos. The novel is scarce in all editions.Collated, illustrated with ten plates by William Mayne Reid. Lacking two plates. A charming novel in the style of Swiss Family Robinson, in which a family learn to survive in the American desert.The work of Irish-American novelist Thomas Mayne Reid, who wrote a number of adventure novels set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to back strip and perimeters of front board. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, binding significantly strained throughout, with three gatherings working loose, and binding held by one cord only between pages 160 and 161. Pages bright, and generally clean, with instances of spotting. Good Only . Ill.: William Harvey. Good Only .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 879F41

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Thomas Mayne Reid Irish-American novelist The English Family Robinson Irish-American novelist William Harvey

Reid, Captain Mayne:

The Forest Exiles Or The Perils of a Peruvian Family Amid The Wilds of the Amazon.

London, George Routledge & Sons Ltd, no date Hard cover blue decorated cloth bds, Good, gilt title block to spine, some rubbing at rear btm corner and along btm edge 2", small rust mark to front/rear corners and a small patch to corner of btm pge edge block, contents nice and tight, no names etc.., pp332.

Little Owl BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 13543

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: exiles Peruvian family Amazon wilds forest poison trees Guapo Puna wild bull Vaquero llamas alpacos vicunas guanacos hunt condor peril mission coral snake tracking tapir puma bear ants ocelot vampire

Captain Mayne Reid:

The Forest Exiles; or the perils of a Peruvian family amid the wilds of the Amazon.

London: David Bogue, 1856. Third edition (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 12cm), vii, 456pp, 16pp adverts (dated 1856). 12 engraved plates. Original brown cloth, gilt titling and design to the spine, blindstamped boards. Small mark to the spine, corners of boards bumped, light foxing of the preliminary pages, gift inscription to the front free endpaper (dated 1857). Overall, this copy is in good plus condition.

Cornell Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 37348

Catalogue: 3

Captain Mayne Reid

The Hunter's Feast: Or, Conversations Around the Camp Fire

New York, Carleton, 1872. Hardcover. 364p; 8p catalogue in back. A red cloth hardcover book in fair condition. The spine is cockeyed, the corners rubbed through, and the cloth soiled. Old owners' signatures on a blank page in front. Foxing and occasional pencil marks inside, but most text clean. Binding secure for normal handling. An adventure novel originally published serially in 1854. A veteran of the Mexican War, Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883) was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe and an inspiration to a young Theodore Roosevelt. .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 174130

Catalogue: Literature & Fiction

Captain Mayne Reid

Les Jeunes Voyageurs

Rouen, Megard et Cie. Libraires-Editeurs, 1883. Cloth. A copy of The Young Voyagers by Captain Mayne-Reid. A copy of The Young Voyagers by Captain Mayne-Reid. In French. Translated from the English by Moulhins. With numerous black and white illustrations. Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 October 22, 1883), was a Scots-Irish American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. Books such as the Young Voyagers had great popularity, especially with boys. In a decorative red cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Spine is faded. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. There is an ink inscription to the verso of front free end papers, dated 1885. Very Good . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: FGN22-G-3

Catalogue: American Literature

Keywords: American literature adventure literature Captain Mayne Reid Moulhins adventure literature Not stated

REID, MAYNE [CAPTAIN THOMAS]

The Quadroon; or, Adventures in the Far West

London: J & C Brown & Co, [1880]. Reprint. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 170mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). vii, 447pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Title panel missing. Inner hinges cracked .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: cmr46

Catalogue: Children's Fiction

Keywords: Children's Fiction 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

REID,CAPTAIN MAYNE

The Rifle Rangers : Adventures in Southern Mexico

England, Collins. 0. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, An excellent copy of this western classic. Jacket has light chipping to the head of the spine and a few short tears, now in a protective sleeve. Gift marked in ink to front free endpaper.Book has light foxing . A wonderful example !. Very Good/Very Good-:VG.

Caerwen BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 000872

Captain Mayne Reid

The Rifle Rangers Or, Adventures in South Mexico

Blackie & Son Ltd, 0. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. pg.240 clean tight copy but for former owner name stamped on frontpiece and inside front cover tanning to text pages red cloth covers with gold gilt title on spine a white stain on front lower crimping to top/bottom spines and some soiling to edges some wear to corners Very Good.

Judith Patton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 286106

Reid, Captain Mayne:

The Scalp - Hunters;

London, 'Review of Reviews' nd ( c 1890's?); Soft cover. Penny Popular Novels. No. 34. The Masterpiece Library . Edited by W. T. Stead. Price One Penny. 60pp with 4pp period adverts including Brooke's soap Monkey Brand, Pears Soap, Hovis Bread & Fry's Cocoa. Very good condition with pages yellowing and wear to cover edges. Enjoy an early original 19th century paperback.

Wheen O' BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 15739

Catalogue: Penny Popular Novels The Masterpiece Library

Keywords: Penny Popular Novels The Masterpiece Library

REID, CAPTAIN MAYNE

The Tiger-Hunter (From the French of Luis de Bellemare)

London, Darton & Hodge. 1111, Another Edition. Hardcover, 165mm Tall. Book, 373 paginated pages, one page of publishers list. Not dated. No illustrations. Wear to cover extremities. Good/No Jacket.

Andmeister BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 005111

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction;