Walter Besant

The Alabaster Box

London, Thomas Burleigh, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The Alabaster Box, one of Walter Besant's final novels before his death in 1901. First edition. A scarce work bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. Written by Walter Besant a noted novelist and historian of the 19th century. An incredibly prolific author of who produced numerous work so fiction and non-fiction. In a cloth covered binding. Externally, sound with shelfwear and bumping and splitting to front joint causing slight lifting to backstrip. Slight straining to hinges. Internally, front free endpaper and title page starting, otherwise generally firmly bound. Slight marginal age-toning, though clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: GEN3-B-17

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: First edition The Alabaster Box Walter Besant The Alabaster Box None

Besant, Walter

All Sorts and Conditions of Men

Brighton, Victorian Secrets, 2012. Paperback. pp. 488. 8vo. Black & white photographs. Light shelfwear, pencilling; very good-. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 066605

Catalogue: Drama

Walter Besant

All Sorts and Conditions of Men an Impossible Story

London , Chatto and Windus, 1883. Cloth. All Sorts and Conditions of Men is a novel by Sir Walter Besant (1836 - 1901) who was a novelist and historian. With twelve illustrations by Fred. Barnard (1846 - 1896) who was a Victorian illustrator, caricaturist and genre painter. The novel was later made into a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Georges Tréville and starring Renee Kelly, Rex Davis and James Lindsay. With ink inscription dated 1883 to front blank. In a decorative cloth binding. Externally, generally smart but with slight bumping and wear to extremities and some fading to spine. With the odd mark to boards. Front hinge strained, rear hinge failed with backstrip lifting. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places with one plate detached. Bright but with odd spots and marks to pages. Good Only . Ill.: Fred. Barnard. Good Only .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: GEN25-D-13

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: Sir Walter Besant Frederick Barnard Fred Barnard Frederick Barnard Fred. Barnard

Walter Besant

All Sorts and Conditions of Men, an Impossible Story

London, Chatto & Windus, 1884. Cloth. A new edition of Walter Besant's novel, illustrated with plates by Frederick Barnard and presented in the original cloth. This work was adapted into a silent film by Georges Treville in 1921.Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901) was an English novelist and writer. He wrote numerous works on the history of the city of London, as well as fiction works.A new edition of this work, which first appeared in three volumes in 1882.Illustrated with twelve plates by Fred. Barnard. Collated, complete.Thirty-two pages of publisher's advertisements have been bound to the rear.With a gift inscription that reads, 'Harold Hartley, with best Christmas wishes love from E J B, 1884&apos. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; spine is a little faded as to be expected, with some slight bumping to the head and tail. Presentation inscription to the half-title. Internally, binding has failed on occasion, with the title page and page following loose, as are some gatherings as a result of poor binding. Pages have the odd spot. Good Only . Ill.: Fred. Barnard. Good Only .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 803R39

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: Walter Besant All Sorts and Conditions of Men English Literature English Novels All Sorts and Conditions of Men Fred. Barnard

Walter Besant; James Rice

&Apos;Twas in Trafalgar&Apos;S Bay and Other Stories

London, Chatto & Windus , c1889. Leather. A new edition of this collection of short stories from a collaboration between Walter Besant and James Rice. Walter Besant and James Rice began their collaboration in 1871, producing together numerous works of fiction, including the very successful Ready-money Mortiboy and The Golden Butterfly. This book contains four tales, ''Twas in Trafalgar's Bay,' 'Shepherds All and Maidens Fair,' 'Such a Good Man,' and 'Le Chien d'Or.' Rebound in half calf over paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, gilt to spine. Externally sound with shelf wear, rubbed to extremities of spine and boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 821A73

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: walter besant james rice short stories james rice None

BESANT, WALTER

The Art of Fiction

small grey edge, Chatto & Windus. 1902. Unknown Binding. Condition Hardback, boards are sunfaded, no dust jacket, text clean. Used: Acceptable.

Lady Lisa's BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 28925

Walter Besant

As We Are and As We May Be

London, Chatto & Windus, 1903. Cloth. An interesting posthumous collection of essays by novelist and historian Sir Walter Besant (14 August 1836 – 9 June 1901). Termed "the exposition of a practical philanthropist's creed", the essays include musings on the United States - 'The Land of Romance' and 'The Land of Reality' - alongside broader cultural considerations such as 'Art and the People' and 'The Endowment of the Daughter&apos. In a red clothing binding with faded gilt lettering to the spine. Externally sound with some bumping and handling marks. Slight sunning to the spine with old ink stains at the base. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with some spotting to the text block edge. W. H. Smith & Sons library bookplate to front pastedown. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: GEN23-D-16

Catalogue: Social Sciences

Keywords: Philanthropy Sociology Walter Besant Sociology None

Besant, Walter (1836-1901)

THE BELL OF ST PAUL'S A New Edition

London, Chatto & Windus New Edition 1890 . Octavo blue decorated cloth (spine rubbed/tips worn) vi +328pp +32pp catalogue dated Oct.1890. Names to half title Lilian Gregson and (crossed out) Captain George Phillips. Blindstamp to corner of flyleaf. Very clean bright and tight.

Abbey Antiquarian BooksProfessional seller

Book number: F73693

Catalogue: Fiction and Poetry

Keywords: fiction

BESANT, WALTER

Beyond the Dreams of Avarice

NY: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1895. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by W. H. Hyde. Publisher's light green cloth with embossed dark green vertical line pattern, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with full-page B&W drawings by W. H. Hyde. Beyond the Dreams of Avarice was made into a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Henry Victor, Joyce Dearsley and Alban Atwood. [Wolff 433][Sadleir 181]. z. B&W drawings. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. (v), 337 pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

Round Table Books, LLCProfessional seller

Book number: 9470

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Fiction; Novels; Literature; Illustrated Books Novels, Poetry & Literature

Walter Besant

Beyond the Dreams of Avarice

London, Chatto and Windus, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Walter Besant's novel, dating from the late nineteenth century. First Edition. Sir Walter Besant was a novelist and historian. Some of his other works of fiction include 'The Alabaster Box', 'The Bell of St. Paul's', 'The Changeling', and 'The Fourth Generation. With a publisher's catalogue to the rear, dated 1895. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart. Some light shelfwear only. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot. Stain to the lower margin of pages 255-262. Small tear to the lower corner of page 3. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: GEN14-B-14

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: walter besant novel the alabaster box beyond the dreams of avarice walter novel None

BESANT, WALTER; HAKE, THOMAS; ALLEN, GRANT; &C

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature Science and Arts. January - December 1892

London: W & R Chambers Ltd, 1892. First Edition. Maroon hardback half-leather cover. 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). viii, 848pp.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Split to front upper hinge .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: cjp892a

Catalogue: Essays

Keywords: Essays 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian Fiction

Besant, Walter and James Rice

THE CHAPLAIN OF THE FLEET A New Edition

London, Chatto & Windus New Edition 1882 . Octavo grey decorated coth (spine browned/wear to head and foot of spine/tips worn) vi +314pp +32pp catalogue dated Nov. 1881. Name to pastedown. A very few spots of foxing but remarkably clean throughout.

Abbey Antiquarian BooksProfessional seller

Book number: F73692

Catalogue: Fiction and Poetry

Keywords: fiction

BESANT, WALTER & JAMES RICE

The Chaplain of the Fleet

London: Dent. Reprint.. Original Green Cloth. 485 pages, colour frontispiece, rear hinge starting to weaken, (The Wayfarer's Library).. Good .

Philip EmeryProfessional seller

Book number: 132653

Catalogue: Fiction

BESANT, Walter & RICE, James

The Chaplain of the Fleet

Chatto & Windus, 1883. Used - Good. Good hardback in half-leather New edition. Marbled paper-covered boards with dark brown half-leather; marbled end-papers & fore-edges. Text clean (print rather small)leather worn at board corners, & faded on spine, with repair to back joint; gilt title & decoration a little worn Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_25641_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS249969I

BESANT, WALTER; RICE, JAMES

Chaplain of the Fleet

London: J M Dent & Co, [1926]. Reprint. Green hardback cloth cover. 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 485pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Fep missing .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: wbe16

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction