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See below our stock of Baroness Orczy First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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
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
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1913]. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; 374. Folding plate as a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper, blind stamped 'revolutionary mob motif' and laid on illustration to same. Black ink gift inscription to front..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1908. [Historical Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.352; 32, advertisements dated Autumn 1908. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Contents clean, endpapers discreetly replaced, cloth rubbed to joints and extremities, one marginal soil mark to lower cover. A very good copy. A...... More
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
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
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
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
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