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London : W.H.Allen & Co., 1893 [but 1892]. First edition: in the variant red binding. With illustrations by W. W. Russell, worked up (not wholly to her approval) from Somerville's original sketches.
Crown 8vo. viii,200pp. Original red-pink cloth, pictorially blocked (to Somerville's design) on spine and upper cover in blue, ochre and black, and lettered on upper cover and spine in gilt; black endpapers; a much worn and faded copy, expertly recased, restored and refurbished; inscription on half-title; tight, sound, internally clean, and a serviceable copy of a scarce book. Hudson (B) pp.7-8. Sadleir 3132a. Vaughan pp.249-250.

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London : Longmans, Green & Co., 1908. First edition : in the primary binding, the white cloth band extending across the front and back covers. The second volume of Major Yeates stories, illustrated by Somerville.
Crown 8vo (20cm). viii,(316),(4)pp. Plates. Illustrations. Original pale green cloth, with a horizontal onlaid band of white cloth, lettered on the upper cover in black, ruled and lettered on spine in gilt; some minor wear; cloth lightly marked; endpapers slightly tanned; a few mild spots and slight creases, but a good copy. Hudson pp.26-27. Sadleir 3120. Vaughan p.257.

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London : Methuen & Co., (1911). First edition : in the primary binding of orange-brown glazed linen. "In this story, above all others, we have told, faithfully, and with the emotion of enthusiasts, of the sport that we knew and loved" (Edith Somerville).
Crown 8vo (20cm). [viii],340 + (32)pp advertisements dated September 1911 (earlier advertisements are sometimes encountered - dated August or even March 1911, although this appears to be irregular). Original orange-brown cloth, blocked on upper cover and spine with white feathers, lettered across upper cover in black, and across spine in gilt; a few faint marks and spots, but a very good copy still. Small Times Book Club label and date-stamp Nov 18 1911 on rear endpaper.

£100

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London : Methuen & Co., (1941). First edition : [one of 2,490 copies]. Somerville on poltergeists, magic, ghosts and much else besides. Illustrations by Somerville.
Foolscap 4to (22cm). (x),(134)pp. Illustrations. Original orange cloth, lettered on spine in black; tiny patches of sunning where the jacket is chipped, but a very good copy in a lightly chipped dust-jacket, slightly split along flap of upper panel. Hudson p.58. Vaughan p.270.

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