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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.

£150

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Edinburgh & London : William Blackwood & Sons, 1895. First edition: [one of 1,575 copies]. In the primary binding, with the publishers' name given in full at foot of spine, and with the advertisements dated June 1895 - the month of publication. "Amateur-gipsy tours ... iron endurance, the temper of Mark Tapley, and the will to survive of Robinson CrusŒ" (Somerville).
Crown 8vo. vi,186,32pp. Illustrations by Somerville. Original powder-blue cloth, blocked and lettered on upper cover in black, and lettered on spine in gilt; saxe-blue endpapers; cloth lightly sunned and slightly marked; very mild spotting of edges; externally just a little tired, but a very good and sound copy of an uncommon title. Carter (BV) p.153. Hudson pp.14-15. Sadleir 3115. Vaughan pp.252-253.

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London : Longmans, Green & Co., 1899. First edition: [one of 1,500 copies]. The first (and scarcest) collection of Irish R.M. stories. Illustrated by Somerville.
Crown 8vo. viii,(310)pp. Bound (without final blank) in an elegant recent half green morocco; a few slight marks, spots and very faint creases, but a very good copy. Hudson p.18. Sadleir 3129. Vaughan p.253.

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London : Longmans, Green & Co., 1917. First edition: [one of 1,500 copies] - in the present copy, leaves Y1 and Y2 are repeated among the preliminaries (with which they were evidently printed). "The Martins of Ross", "Mainly Maria Edgeworth", "Faiths and Fairies", "Horses and Hounds", and other essays. With photographs and Somerville illustrations.
Demy 8vo. [2],x,(340)pp. Plates. Original cloth-backed boards, the dark green boards lettered on upper cover in red and black, the dark green cloth spine with a printed title-label, ruled in red and lettered in red and black; some very minor wear to extremities; short split at foot of lower hinge; title-label tanned; neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, but a good, internally clean and sound copy. Hudson p.33. Sadleir 3124. Vaughan pp.259-260.

£40

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London : Longmans, Green & Co., 1919. First edition.
Crown 8vo. (310),[ii]pp - including final blank. Original green cloth, lettered in black on upper cover and in gilt on spine; spine lettering just a touch dulled; very mild spotting of edges and endpapers; a few faint creases, but a very good, sharp and sound copy. Hudson pp.35-37. Sadleir 3125. Vaughan pp.260-261.

£50

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London : Longmans, Green & Co., 1920. First edition: in the primary binding, lettered on the upper cover in white and black. "Cheops in Connemara", "The Dog from Doone", "The Anglo-Irish Language", "A Foxhunt in the Southern Hills" and twenty further essays, illustrated by Somerville.
Demy 8vo. [2],(xiv),280pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Original blue cloth, blocked and lettered on upper cover in black, with the title in white, and lettered on spine in black; lightly bruised at foot of spine; light tanning of endpapers; but a very good and bright copy in the dust-jacket, a little worn and tanned, slightly chipped (affecting the lettering at head of spine), neatly reinforced on reverse, but with the pictorial upper panel and its Somerville design in very good order. With the book-label of Rainforth Armitage Walker. Hudson pp.38-39. Sadleir 3131. Vaughan p.261.

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London : Longmans, Green & Co., (1938). First edition. Signed by E.Œ.Somerville on the title-page.
Crown 8vo. viii,(312)pp. Bound in a smart recent half green morocco; top edge gilt; original cloth backstrip and upper panel retained at rear; one manuscript correction to the text; a few faint marks, slight discolourations and small flaws; but a handsome copy.

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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. (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.

£75

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