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Elegant - Elegant Extracts: or Useful and entertaining Passages in Prose selected for the Improvement of Scholars at Classical and Other Schools in the Art of Speaking, in Reading, thinking, composing; and in the Conduct of Life. Charles Dilly, New Edition, ND, first half of the 18th century? (based on the use of f instead of s). Contains: 'Moral and Religious', Book 1; 'Classical and Historical', Book 2; 'Orations, Characters, etc', Book 3; and 'Narratives, Dialogues, &c, with other humourous, facetious and entertaining pieces', Book 4. 9ź" x 6", 1020pp, full leather, hb. Front board missing, slight foxing/water marks to first and last 2 leaves, o/w in remarkably good condition, contents excellent.
[Order code:5104 / Price £25.00]

Eliot, George - The Mill on the Floss. Blackwood, not dated, c1900? (inscriped 1947 and 1961 but materials and style date it c1900). Volume 2 of The Novels of George Eliot series. 7ž" x 5", 486pp plus 6 plates, red cloth, hardback. Illustrated in monochrome with a series title-page drawing and with 6 plates. Heavy, general, external wear (loss at head of spine) and board marks; lacks front-free endpaper; 2 inscriptions (name and date) at head of series-title page; text, and plates, good, sound, clean and complete; no wrapper. This is a reading copy only, not collectible standard.
[Order code:15106 / Price £1.00]

English - An English Grammar, for the Use of Schools. Routledge, 1862. Irish National School Books: Printed by Authority. 5˝" x 3˝", pale-brown cloth, blind blocking, hardback. Slightly sunned spine and board edges; hinges split and held by tapes only; name written on front-free endpaper; good, generally clean copy (no wrapper).
[Order code:15186 / Price £10.00]

Everett~Green, Evelyn - Ruth Ravelstan: The Puritan's Daughter. Nelson, 1907. 8" x 5˝", 422pp plus 6 plates, red-brown buckram with pictorial front board and spine, gold blocked lettering, hardback. Top-edge gilt. Illustrated with 6 colour paintings (all present but not bound as per the list at the front, not uncommon). Sunday-school prize-plate on front paste-down; very slight edge-wear; otherwise practically very good, solid, clean copy (no bumps, not ex-library) no wrapper (never had one?).
[Order code:17529 / Price £34.00]

Ewing, Juliana Horatia - A Great Emergency and Other Tales. George Bell and Sons. 1886. The other tales are: 'A Very Ill-Tempered Family', 'Our Field' and 'Madam Liberality'. 8" x 6˝", 128pp, dark black-green cloth with gold blocked title on front board, hardback. Illustrated sparsely with monochrome drawings. Spine sunned, slight edge and corner wear, slight marks, good plus, internally very good, no wrapper.
[Order code:7109 / Price £5.00]

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