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Baroness Orczy ( Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci) | First Editions
1865 - 1947
See below our stock of Baroness Orczy First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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contribute 'Real Ghost Stories' to 'PEARSON'S MAGAZINE' An Illustrated Monthly, in original cloth binding.
London: Geo. Newnes, 1898-9. Octavo. Vols. V and VII, complete. Uniformly bound in publisher's pictorial khaki cloth stamped in gilt, green and brown. Some light, expected wear but essentially clean copies with a little spine toning to the earlier volume, expert joint repair to later number. Includes the first appearance..... More
Eldorado. A Story of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.]. Octavo. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper board, vignette to upper board, owner's inscription, some rubbing/soiling to cloth. A very good copy. The elusive Pimpernel returns for another swashbuckling adventure in El Dorado; the still-raging French Revolution continues to claim lives, and..... More
The Honourable Jim
London; Hodder and Stoughton [1924]. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED by the Author to title page: 'To William & Ada / de Jongh / With fondest love / from / Emmuska Orczy (flourish)'. 8vo.; pp.320. Publisher's red cloth lightly worn, edges spotted, first gathering foxed, occasional marking throughout. In its pictorial dust..... More
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1922. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Publisher's original red cloth boards with black embossing, with the colour-illustrated dust-jacket. Fine but for the faintest traces of wear to outer corners. Original dust-jacket has closed tears, some creasing and soiling. Small piece missing to spine top with larger loss to..... More
The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Publisher's light blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper, with the colour-illustrated dust-jacket. Edges spotted. In beautiful pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed. A clean, bright, near fine copy. 1793; the darkest days of the French revolution, and little Charles-Leon is ill..... More
Eldorado. A Story of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1913]. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; 374. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper, blind stamped 'revolutionary mob motif' and laid on illustration to same. Folding plate as a frontispiece. Textblock slightly shaken, neat ownership to flyleaf, booksellers..... More
The Scarlet Pimpernel.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [circa 1920]. [Historical Adventure] YELLOW JACKET NOVEL. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.160. Publisher's distinctive yellow illustrated paper covers priced at 9d. Lightly toned, with some minor spotting to preliminaries. Covers lightly worn, with some small losses to head and tail of spine, and a...... More
Sir Percy Leads the Band. The new Scarlet Pimpernel novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.316. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles in original illustrated dust-wrapper. Top edge dusty, jacket lightly worn, two small chips to crown, spine sunned. Very good indeed. Another classic entry in famous adventure series set during the French Revolution where swashbuckling rescue..... More
"Skin O' My Tooth" His Memoirs, by his Confidential Clerk.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1928]. [Crime Mysteries] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.307 [13]. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Gently toned throughout, with some heavier toning to edges. Spine toned, with light general wear to cloth. Very good. A collection of 12..... More
Unravelled Knots.
London: Hutchinson & Co., no date [1925]. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.303 [1]. Publisher's grey-blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper. A variant without the 40 page catalogue, which is dated Autumn 1925. Gently toned throughout, with occasional spotting. Spine toned to brown, with..... More
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The Red Carnation [in] Pearson's Magazine. Number 30 volume 5.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., June 1898. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo magazine (25 x 17cm), pp.[24] 572-682 [8]. Publisher's yellow illustrated paper covers, priced at 6d. Advertisement leaves browned. A few small tears to covers. Joints lightly rubbed; spotting to edges. Very good. The first appearance of a short..... More
![Lord Tony's Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel [in] The Grand Magazine. No. 143....](/pictures/thumb/52674OrczyGrandMagazine.jpg?v=1547505479)
Lord Tony's Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel [in] The Grand Magazine. No. 143.
London: George Newnes, January 1917. [Literary Magazine] FIRST UK APPEARANCE. Octavo magazine (24 x 17cm), pp.viii; 261-380; xi-xvi. With four double-sided photogravure plates. Publisher's colour-illustrated covers with advertisements to rear. Browned, as expected. A few chips from covers, and head and tail of spine. A large mended tear to rear..... More
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Early Detective Stories.
London: The Bodley Head, 1970. [Crime Anthology] FIRST THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.351 [1]. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spines and grey endpapers. Top edge pink. With the dust-jackets showing details from 'Jewel Mysteries I Have Known' by Max Pemberton, priced at £2.00 A little spotting to..... More
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