The Court of Holyrood. An Old Story

Edinburgh, Alexander Macredie, 1825. 3rd edition. Hardcover. pp. 194. 8vo. Bound in original paper-covered boards. The original plain boards are present but partially detached. The paper spine covering is absent. There is a bookplate from Colquhoun's Circulating Library, of Edinburgh, affixed to the inside of the front board. The stitching of the text block is loose but holding. The contents shows some light foxing, but are otherwise unmarked and remain perfectly readable. A poor, to fair, copy. A novel about Mary, Queen of Scots, with a short Preface signed by 'The Authors'. Some uncertainty appears to exist (most apparently amongst book dealers offering for sale copies of this title) as to the dates of publication of the first, second and third editions. Part of this confusion is engendered, no doubt, by the 1826 issue of the Literary Gazette which notes this title as having been 'just published'. In fact, an earlier edition was published in 1822 under the title 'The Court of Holyrood, Fragments of an Old Story.' by Macredie, Skeely, a predecessor of the publisher of the 1825 third edition. There is no easily discernible record of when, or by whom, the first edition was published. What is certain to us is that our copy is designated as the 'Third Edition' and bears the date of 1825 at the foot of the title page. .

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Book number: 9900020647

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Mary Queen of Scots;Scotland;;;;;;;

Jeems Kaye: His Adventures and Opinions [Three Volumes Bound As One: First Series, Second Series, and Third Series]

Glasgow, W. & R. Holmes, ND. Hardcover. 8vo. Bound in 3/4 black leather over black grained cloth. Front hinge cracked, but stitching still intact. Boards a bit bumped & scuffed. Contents clean. Overall, good to good plus condition. Ink inscription on title page, dated 1928, perhaps from one of the contributors. Two other ink notations. Ill.: 48 original illustrations.

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Book number: 9900030696

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Scotland;Humour;Humor;Scot;;;;; 48 original illustrations

[Sherwood Heights] O'DWYER, A. and G. Whitney (eds.)

Fluid Filosofies of Future Fools by the Pupils of Sherwood Heights Junior High / Sherwood Park, Alberta / 1968-69

Sherwood Heights, AB, Sherwood Heights School, 1969. 2nd printing. pp. 152.12mo,,Light wear and soiling to stiff card covers, else g/vg cond, A collection of student essays and poems, some of which would now be considered politically incorrect. .

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Book number: 9900042410

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: Education;Yearbook;;;;;;;

Abbey, Edward

Abbey's Road

New York, Plume, 1991. Paperback. pp. xxiv, 198. 8vo. Light shelfwear, one page dog-eared, discolouration to some pages; good+. .

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Book number: 096502

Catalogue: Literature

Abbey, Edward

The Monkey Wrench Gang

New York, Avon, 1992. Paperback. pp. 346. 8vo. General shelfwear, considerable creasing, slant to spine; good. .

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Book number: 096467

Catalogue: Literature

Abramson, Neil

Unsaid

New York, Center Street, 2012. Paperback. pp. 358. 8vo. French flaps. Very good+. .

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Book number: 056863

Catalogue: Literature

Aciman, Andre

Call Me by Your Name

New York, Picador. Paperback. pp. 248. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+. .

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Book number: 092644

Catalogue: Literature

Adams, Henry

The Education of Henry Adams

New York, The Modern Library, 1931. Hardcover. pp. 517. 8vo. Publisher's black topstain. Light shelefwear, owner's sticker to front pastedown; very good in very good dustjacket showing small short tears. .

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Book number: 082661

Catalogue: Literature

Adamson, Gil

Ridgerunner

Toronto, Anansi, 2021. Hardcover. pp. 443. 8vo. Near fine. .

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Book number: 092713

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

[Joseph Addison, Richard Steele]

The Spectator / Two Volumes in One; with Notes and a General Index. From the London Stereotype Edition

Philadelphia, J. J. Woodward, 1835. Leather Bound. pp. 456; 459. 8vo. Bound in brown leather. Portrait frontispiece. Spine label missing. Spine badly pulled at head, some spotting/rubbing to binding, occasional foxing to contents, which are otherwise unmarked. Binding sound. A reprint of the daily journal, from No.1 to 635, March 1, 1710-11 to December 20, 1714. .

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Book number: 093041

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Adiga, Aravind

Amnesty

New York, Scribner, 2020. Hardcover. pp. 256. 8vo. Lightest shelfwear; near fine in near fine dustjacket. .

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Book number: 084990

Catalogue: Literature

Adler, H. G.

The Journey

New York, Random House Publishing Group, 2008. Hardcover. pp. xxi, 292. 8vo. Light shelfwear, with some liquid-caused soiling along top edge and soiling/rippling to several pages; good in good+ dust jacket. Translated from the German by Peter Filkins. .

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Book number: 058295

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Fiction; Holocaust; WWII; Auschwitz

Adrian, Chris

The Children's Hospital

New York/San Francisco, Grove/McSweeney's, 2006. Paperback. 8vo. Light general shelfwear, corners slightly thumbed; very good-. .

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Book number: 058492

Catalogue: Literature

AINSWORTH, W. Harrison

Jack Sheppard; a Romance

Paris, France, Baudry's European Library, 1840. Hardcover. pp. 382. 8vo. Modern cloth re-bind. Contents slightly darkened, there is some spotting to the text: very good. 'J. C. Allsopp 1848' in ink across top of title page. First published in book form in England in 1839, this is one of several editions published in Paris the following year (this copy printed in English). It is probably pirated, and lacks the Cruikshank illustrations. .

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Book number: 9900018037

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: BritLit;;;;;;;;

Akhtar, Ayad

Homeland Elegies

New York, Back Bay Books, 2021. Paperback. pp. xxii, 346. 8vo. Lightest shelfwear, bumping to bottom edge of textblock; very good-. .

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Book number: 074793

Catalogue: Literature