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London : C. Arthur Pearson, 1897. First edition : the variant designated as the "first issue" by Lamerton, with all three of the points of identification relating to the casing he indicates.
Crown 8vo. viii,(196)pp. Original green linen, lettered on upper cover and spine in gilt; very slightly bruised; text a little browned (as always); a little shaken, but a very good and bright copy. Lamerton A2a.

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London : Lawrence & Bullen, 1898. First edition. An early collection of fifteen short stories.
Crown 8vo. [viii],(244)pp. Original orange cloth, pictorially blocked in black on upper cover and spine with [Will Owen] designs; lettered on upper cover in black, and on spine in gilt; some very slight wear to extremities; faint spine creasing; a few slight marks; name on front paste-down; a little shaken and slack, but still a nice and bright copy. Lamerton A3a/L. Bleiler p.108.

£35

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London : George Newnes, [1903]. First British edition : in the primary binding, and with all the first issue points noted by Lamerton. A collection of fourteen short stories, with plates and cover design by Will Owen (1869-1957).
Crown 8vo. [xii],(260)pp - including integral advertisements. Sixteen plates. Original orange cloth, blocked in black on upper cover and spine, lettered in black on upper cover and in gilt on spine; just a faint hint of rubbing; very mild spine creasing; occasional spotting and browning; contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, but a very good and still bright copy. Lamerton A8b.

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London : Methuen & Co., (1908). First edition : with the advertisements dated August 1908, but without the "a" signature on the half-title noted by Lamerton. Twelve plates by Will Owen (1869-1957).
Crown 8vo. (viii),(312),40pp. Original dark green cloth, blocked in black and gilt, and lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine; some minor wear to extremities; Time Book Club label on rear paste-down; a few slight marks, but a very good, bright and sound copy. Lamerton A12a/1.

£25

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London : Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. First edition : in the primary binding, without the wheel ornament below the publisher's imprint on spine. Twelve short stories, illustrated by Will Owen.
Crown 8vo. xii,272pp. Frontispiece and twenty-five illustrations. Original deep orange cloth, blocked and lettered on upper cover in black, blocked in black and lettered in gilt on spine; lightly rubbed and just a little marked; small Times Book Club label and contemporary date-stamp on rear paste-down; very mild spotting of endpapers, but still a nice copy. Lamerton A14a.

£30

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London : Hodder & Stoughton, [1919]. First edition : the first issue, with page 6 paginated, and in the primary binding of pale brown cloth. Twelve short stories, with four plates [by Will Owen (1869-1957)].
Crown 8vo. viii,(306)pp. Plates. Original pale brown cloth, blocked and lettered on upper cover and spine in blue and black; the blue blocking a little rubbed and faded; contemporary ownership inscription in pencil; but a good and sound copy. Lamerton A17a/L.

£25

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