Guy Boothby

&Apos;Farewell, Nikola&Apos;

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling novel about criminal mastermind Dr. Nikola, illustrated throughout. First edition. The fifth and final novel in the Doctor Nikola series. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. An entertaining work about the occult criminal mastermind, from the Doctor Nikola series following the anti-hero seeking immortality and world domination. Doctor Nikola was a forerunner to Sax Rohmer's fictional villain Fu Manchu. Written by Guy Newell Boothby, a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. Illustrated by Harold Hume Piffard, a British artist, illustrator, and one of the first British aviators. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd mark to the boards with small splits to the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Light age toning to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: Harold Piffard. Good .

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Book number: 958T60

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Farewell Nikola Piffard Boothby Nikola Harold Piffard

Guy Boothby

&Apos;Farewell, Nikola&Apos;

London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling novel about criminal mastermind Dr. Nikola, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work, the fifth and final novel in the Doctor Nikola series.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven further plates by Harold Piffard. Collated, complete.An entertaining work about the occult criminal mastermind, known as a forerunner to Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu.With four pages of advertisements to the rear. With the bookplate of George Fleming to the front pastedown, and a contemporary inscription, dated 1903, to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial onlay to front board. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Rubbing and loss of lettering to back strip. Bookplate to front pastedown, and inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, but with spotting throughout and instances of foxing to first and last few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Harold Piffard. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 873F18

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Nikola's Farewell Dr. Nikola Guy Boothby Dr. Nikola Harold Piffard

BOOTHBY, Guy

The beautiful white devil

Ward Lock, 1896. Used - Good. Good hardback Reprint. Dark blue cloth, with gilt lettering on spine & illustration on front board. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood. End papers browned; hinges cracked & repaired; light scattered foxing in text. Wear at head and foot of spine, & at board corners Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_27813_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS251989I

BOOTHBY, Guy

The beautiful white devil

London, Ward Lock, 1924. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket) Reprint. Reprint, 1924. Some light foxing throughout; binding tight; red cloth slightly stained on boards; spine bumped & very faded. Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS168256I

BOOTHBY, GUY

The Beautiful White Devil

London: Ward, Lock & Co Ltd, [1910]. Reprint. Red hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 110mm (6" x 4"). 317pp.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Spine faded. Light foxing .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: bth02

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction

Boothby, Guy

A Bid for Fortune

New York: D. Appleton, 1895. 8vo. 301 pp. Very Good, Blue Decorative Cloth with sun-fading, stains, edge wear, & rubbing on boards; minor shelf wear; yellowing throughout; some stains on end papers & edges of text block. Provenance: John Ruyle; previous owners' bookplates on FEP, another's signature inked on FFEP. First Edition. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 15-3832

Catalogue: Books

BOOTHBY, ROBERT

Boothby: Recollections of a Rebel

Hutchinson. 1978-10-16. (ISBN: 0091348307) hardcover, 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Published by Hutchinson, with Hutchinson on the title page, but BCA on the spine. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 282865

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0091348307

BOOTHBY, Richard.

A breife discovery or description of the most famous island of Madagascar or St. Laurence in Asia neare unto East-India.London, Printed by E[dward]. G[riffin]. for John Hardesty, 1646. Small 4to (20 x 15.5 cm). Gold-tooled tanned sheepskin (ca. 1850). Rebacked, with original backstrip laid down.

[12], 72, [1], [1 blank] pp.First separately published edition of Boothby's description of Madagascar and its opportunities for trade and colonization, detailing the trade with India, Persia (including Ormuz, captured in 1622 by a joint Anglo-Persian force) and other countries along the Arabian Sea and touching on a large variety of subjects including Saint Augustine's harbour, culture of the natives, opportunities for plantations, natural resources, pearl fishery and trading practices of the English, Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch.The British merchant Richard Boothby had reinvested his capital in the East India Company around 1615, after which he sailed to India where he was jailed as a result of a dispute with company officials. Upon his release he returned to London by way of Madagascar, which inspired his enthusiasm so much that he wrote the present book advising the East India Company's rivals to take advantage of it as the ideal location for a European colony.With the bookplate Crosby Gaige (1882-1949). Several chapters are heavily annotated in English in an early hand. These give information about a voyage or voyages and would reward further study. With the gutter margin of the title-page and all margins of the last leaf restored but otherwise in good condition, with a small tear in the fore-edge margin of the title-page and a couple minor spots. Rebacked, but binding otherwise good.l BMC III, p. 943; Gay, Bibl. de l'Afrique et l'Arabe 3204 (note); ESTC R200937; cf. G. Campbell, David Griffiths and the missionary "History of Madagascar" (2012), p. 416.

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Book number: G7AAKL1P3JUI

Keywords: [4C531C9794C4] AFRICA|[4C531C9794C4] AFRICA -> [007F6C4509CD] East & Southern Africa|[9EE06DC76F16] ASIA|[9EE06DC76F16] ASIA -> [2E35157B4164] India & Sri Lanka|[BFFF1D78AE20] HISTORY, LAW & PHILOSOPHY|[BFFF1D78AE20] HISTORY, LAW & PHILOSOPHY -> [00829594

Guy Boothby

Bushigrams

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of short stories by the Australian novelist Guy Boothby, best known for the Dr Nikola series. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Guy Newell Boothby (1867-1905) was a prolific Australian novelist of late nineteenth-century sensational fiction, best known for the Dr Nikola series. This work contains a collection of nineteen of his short stories of varying genres, including crime, romantic comedy, and the supernatural. A 16 page publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, fairly smart, except for some faint marks to the plate to the front board, with small losses to the gilt detailing. Shelf wear to the extremities. Rear hinge is slightly strained but held firmly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: J. Barnard Davis. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 872M1

Catalogue: World Literature

Keywords: Short stories Guy Boothby World literature Guy Boothby J. Barnard Davis

BOOTHBY, Guy

A cabinet secret

London, F.V. White, 1901. Used - Good. Good hardback in dark blue cloth with gilt 1st.ed.. Ownership stamps on front end paper & half-title page; spine faded and bumped. Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS053213I

Guy Boothby

The Curse of the Snake

London, F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this very scarce work, an exciting tale of Egyptian curses, by the sensationalist author Guy Boothby. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A rare copy of one of Boothby's highly enjoyable gothic horror novels, including the classic element of the Egyptian curse, which was very popular during the Victorian Egyptomania. The author Guy Newell Boothby (1867-1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, notable for his sensational fiction printed in magazines in the late nineteenth century. He is best known for his Dr Nikola series, and for this novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with marks to the boards and darkening to the spine. A little shelf wear to the extremities. Binding is slightly strained to pages 48 and 49, but otherwise firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with some spotting to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 891M26

Catalogue: World Literature

Keywords: Guy Boothby Victorian literature Sensational fiction Victorian literature Not Stated

Boothby, Richard

Death and Desire: Psychoanalytic Theory in Lacan's Return to Freud

Routledge. 1991. Paperback. Very good. Xv,266pp.

Antiquariaat OvidiusProfessional seller

Book number: 106130

Keywords: psy

Boothby, Richard

Death and Desire

New York, Routledge, 1991. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. wraps, 266 pp owner's name and date written on the inside of the front cover Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good .

San Francisco Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 104271

Catalogue: Psychology

Keywords: Lacan, Freud

BOOTHBY, Guy

A desperate conspiracy

F. V. White & Co. 1904. Used - Good. Good hardback in red cloth First Edition. Red cloth with blind lettering on front board and entirely worn lettering on spine. Some colour loss to boards and small holes in cloth along browned spine, with wear at head & foot and short tear at head. Scattered foxing internally, predominately on page edges, endpapers, and prelims. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_30629_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS254913I

Guy Boothby

Doctor Nikola

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. c1896. Cloth. The first book in Guy Boothby's thrilling Dr Nikola series. A scarce early edition of the first book from the Dr Nikola series. Undated. Dated by copies held at the British Library. In the publisher's original cloth. Variant binding, without motif to front board. Frontispiece, 16 plates and numerous vignettes by Stanley L. Wood. Collated complete. This work of gripping fiction is written by prolific Australian author Guy Boothby. Boothby was mentored by Rudyard Kipling and his books were affectionately remembered by George Orwell. This work is the first book in the Dr Nikola series and is one of Boothby's best known works. The series follows Dr Nikola, an occultist criminal mastermind seeking immortality and world domination. This unusual character was further brought to life in a play called 'The Adventures of Dr Nikola' which ran briefly in London in 1902. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with some light shelf wear and minimal rubbing to the front boards with the odd mark to the rear. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine with rubbing to the spine resulting in slight loss to the gilt. Offsetting to the front and rear end papers. Ink inscription dated 1901 to the front free end paper. Internally firmly bound. Clean and bright pages with the odd spot, heavier towards the rear. Very Good . Ill.: Stanley L. Wood. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 872Z12

Catalogue: Ghost Stories

Keywords: Guy Boothby Fiction Illustrated Dr Nikola Fiction Crime Stanley L. Wood