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18982012200011W Thacker & Co 1898-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine Binding with interesting Provenance: Paul Mellon's copy with his leather and gold Oak Springs bookplate 24 volume set. Bound in fine 3/4 morocco over red boards. Gilt hunting scene on spines. Fine binding and cover. Hardcover. Clean unmarked pages. Color frontispieces. Illustrations by J. B. Partridge Hugh Thomson and others. One of 1050 sets. Contents: v. 1. Riding recollections.--v. 2. Katerfelto.--v. 3. Uncle John.--v. 4. Market Harborough ; Inside the bar.--v. 5. Contraband.--v. 6. M. or N.-- v. 7. Tilbury Nogo ; Scotland and the moors.--v. 8. Songs and verses ; Bones and I.--v. 9. Black but comely.--v. 10. The Brookes of Bridlemere.--v. 11. The white rose.--v. 12. Roy's wife.--v. 13. Satanella.--v. 14. Digby Grand.--v. 15. Sarchedon.--v. 16. Sister Louise ; Rosine.--v. 17. Kate Coventry.--v. 18. Cerise.--v. 19. The Queen's Maries.--v. 20. Holmby house.--v. 21. General Bounce.--v. 22. The gladiators.--v. 23. Good for nothing.--v. 24. The interpreter. <br> Paul Mellon 1907-1999 was an American philanthropist and breeder/owner of thoroughbred racehorses. His fortune derived from the Mellon Bank created by his grandfather Thomas Mellon his father Andrew W. Mellon and his uncle Richard Mellon. His father was the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1921-1932. Mellon's Rokeby Stables owned many successful racehorses including Kentucky Derby Winner Sea Hero. He was a trustee of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame. He was created an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities in 1997. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. W Thacker & Co hardcover
1891738P40London: Ward Lock & Bowden LTD 1891-94. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. The complete works of George Whyte-Melville containing all twenty-seven of his published works bound here in a uniform fourteen half calf volumes. Twenty-seven volumes bound in fourteen.A collection of the novels of George Whyte-Melville containing his complete works.Whyte-Melville was a Scottish novelist who served in the Crimean War.Containing;'Sarchedon' bound with 'Uncle John'. 'Market Harborough' bound with 'Songs and Verses'. 'The Gladiators' bound with 'Holmby House'. 'The White Rose' bound with 'Satanella'. 'Roy's Wife' bound with 'Riding Recollections'. 'Roy's Wife' is dated 1893. 'Katerfelto' bound with 'Sister Louise'. 'Tilbury Nogo' bound with 'Rosine'.'General Bounce' bound with 'Good for Nothing'. 'General Bounce' is dated 1891. 'Bones and I' bound with 'Contraband'.'The Queen's Maries' bound with 'The Interpreter'. 'The Queen's Maries' is dated 1892 'The Interpreter' is dated 1894. 'M or N' bound with 'Digby Grand'.'Cerise' bound with 'Kate Coventry'. 'Kate Coventry' is dated 1891. 'Black But Comely' bound with 'The True Cross'. 'Brookes of Bridlemere'. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Light fading to the spines. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. A few minor marks to the boards and spines. A little loss of leather to the rear board of 'General Bounce/Good for Nothing'.Front hinges of 'Sarchedon/Uncle John' 'The Gladiators/Holmby House' 'White Rose/Satanella' 'Katerfelto/Sister Louise' 'General Bounce/Good for Nothing' and 'The Queen's Maries/The Interpreter' are starting but firm. A small amount of the front endpaper of 'White Rose/Satanella' is attached to the front pastedown with a tear to the front endpaper. A little loss of paper to the front pastedown and front endpaper of 'Bones and I/Contraband'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots. Very Good Ward, Lock, & Bowden LTD hardcover
1890897Z39London: Ward Lock and Co; Longmans Green and Co c1890. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None stated. A twenty-seven volume complete collection of the works of the Scottish novelist George Whyte-Melville bound in half calf. The new edition for most. The ninth edition to 'Roy's Wife'. Twenty-seven volumes. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards.Bound by 'Bickers and Son' with their binder's stamp to the front blanks. This set features the complete collected works of George Whyte-Melville a Scottish novelist and poet who often wrote about field sports such as hunting. This collection includes his novels poetry autobiographies songs and Whyte-Melville's popular guide to horsemanship 'Riding Recollections'.Undated. Dated from Jisc. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards. Externally smart with fading and rubbing to the spines slight loss to the leather to the raised bands to 'Digby Grand' 'Songs and Verses' 'Uncle John' 'Good for Nothing' and 'Sister Louise' bumping and rubbing to the extremities marks to the boards and joints starting or tender to the majority of the volumes. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with spotting to the front and rear blanks and light age toning to the pages to 'Digby Grand' and 'Market Harborough'. Very Good Ward, Lock and Co; Longmans, Green and Co hardcover
1890980H22London: Ward Lock Bowden and Co.; Longmans Green and Co. 1890-1892. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smartly rebound collection of George Whyte-Melville"s complete novels and works most of which are new editions showcasing the celebrated sporting and historical novelist"s most popular novels. Bound in a smart half calf binding with marbled paper boards.A handsome collection of the complete novels and works of the popular Scottish sporting novelist George Whyte-Melville. This set includes new editions from 18901892 as well as undated later printings featuring his best-known tales.This collection consists of: Holmby House: A Tale of Old Northamptonshire 1890. New edition. The Interpreter: A Tale of the War 1890. New edition. Good for Nothing: Or All Down Hill 1890. New edition. The Gladiators: A Tale of Rome and Judaea 1890. New edition. Kate Coventry: An Autobiography 1891. New edition. General Bounce: Or The Lady and the Locusts 1891. New edition. The Queen"s Maries: A Romance of Holyrood 1892. New edition. Katerfelto: A Story of Exmoor. Undated. Sarchedon: A Legend of the Great Queen. Undated. The True Cross: A Legend of the Church. New edition undated. Satanella: A Story of Punchestown. New edition undated. Tilbury Nogo; or Passages in the Life of an Unsuccessful Man. New edition undated. Contraband: Or A Losing Hazard. New edition undated. The White Rose. New edition undated. Songs and Verses. Undated. Roy"s Wife. Ninth Edition. Cerise; A Tale of the Last Century. New edition undated. Digby Grand: An Autobiography. New edition undated. The Brookes of Bridlemere. Undated. Bones and I; Or The Skeleton at Home. New edition undated. Market Harborough: Or How Mr. Sawyer Went to the Shires; Inside the Bar: Or Sketches at Soakington. New edition undated. Sister Louise: Or The Story of A Woman"s Repentance. New edition undated.M. or N.: "Similia Similibus Curantur." New edition undated. Uncle John: A Novel. Undated. Rosine. New edition undated. Black but Comely; Or The Adventure of Jane Lee. New edition undated. Riding Recollections. Undated. Whyte-Melville 18211878 was celebrated for his lively depictions of foxhunting military life and historical romance and his works remained in demand long after his death finding a devoted readership among Victorian and Edwardian audiences. Bound in a half calf binding with marbled paper boards. Externally lovely. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight fading to spines. The odd spot to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edges with scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves of dated copies. Very Good Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co.; Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
1898162113London: W. Thacker & Co. 1898. Featuring work from some of the period's most prominent illustrators Limited edition of 1350 copies illustrated by a wide variety of artists including Hugh Thomson and Henry Matthew and Charles Edmund Brock. Whyte-Melville 1821-1878 is "remembered as the greatest of the hunting novelists. he writes best about the curious English mania for equine sports" Sutherland p. 672. Whyte-Melville's prolific output includes poetry military novels drawing on his experience in the Crimean War scenes of contemporary life and historical romances this being the genre in which he first made his name. The illustrators were chosen for their skill in depicting sporting activities. Hugh Thomson's "vigorous hunting scenes. first established his reputation" and "his fine line drawing of rural characters and gentle countrified society appealed to the imagination of the public; most of Thomson's best-known work is in this idiom" ODNB. 24 vols octavo 219 x 142 mm. Colour frontispieces and 245 black and white plates by H. M. and C. E. Brock Hugh Thompson G. H. Jalland E. Caldwell Bernard Partridge Fred Roe Cecil Alden Harrington Bird and Finch Mason. Contemporary red half crushed morocco spine with raised bands compartments lettered and decorated with horse and horseshoe motifs in gilt raised bands red cloth sides marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Occasional minor blemish otherwise in excellent condition. John Sutherland The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction 1989. hardcover
1890675P55London: Ward Lock & Bowden Limited 1890-93. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. A uniformly bound complete set of the works of George Whyte-Melville containing all of this novels. In twenty-seven volumes.A collection of the complete novels and works by the popular Scottish author George Whyte-Melville.'Good For Nothing or All Down Hill' published in 1890 a new edition of this work.'The Interpreter: A Tale of the War' published in 1890 a new edition of this work.'Digby Grand: An Autobiography' published in 1890 a new edition of this work.'General Bounce or The Lady and the Locusts' published in 1891 a new edition of this work.'Kate Coventry: An Autobiography' published in 1891 a new edition of this work.'The Queen's Maries: A Romance of Holyrood' published in 1892 a new edition of this work.'The Gladiators: A Tale of Rome and Judaea' published in 1892 a new edition of this work.'Holmby House: A Tale of Old Northamptonshire' published in 1893 a new edition of this work.'Roy's Wife' published in 1893 the ninth edition of this work.'Market Harborough or How Mr. Sawyer Went to the Shires and Inside the Bar or Sketches at Soakington' undated.'Satanella: A Story of Punchestown' undated a new edition of this work.'Rosine' undated a new edition of this work.'The White Rose' undated a new edition of this work.'Bones and I; or The Skeleton at Home' undated a new edition of this work.'The True Cross. A Legend of the Church' undated a new edition of this work.'Cerise; A Tale of the Last Century' undated a new edition of this work.'M. or N. 'Similia Similibus Curantur'' undated a new edition of this work.'Uncle John a Novel' undated.'Keterfelto: A Story of Exmoor' undated a new edition of this work.'Sarchedon. A Legend of the Great Queen' undated.'Songs and Verses' undated.'Riding Recollections' undated.'Tilbury Nogo; or Passages in the Life of an Unsuccessful Man' undated a new edition of this work.'Contraband or a Losing Hazard' undated a new edition of this work.'Sister Louise or The Story of a Woman's Repentance' undated a new edition of this work.'Black But Comely' undated a new edition of this work.'The Brookes of Bridlemere' undated.George Whyte-Melville was a Scottish novelist and poet who worked in the literary sphere consistently during his life besides a brief break when he volunteered to fight in the Crimean War. His first novel "Digby Grand" was an instant success when it was published in 1852. Whyte-Melville went on to publish another twenty-one novels before his death after a hunting accident in 1878. Whyte-Melville was passionate about hunting and often wrote about the sport. "Songs and Verses" was one of his poetry anthologies besides "Legend of the True Cross" however he was mostly known for his sporting works. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally smart. Light fading to the spines. Prior owner's ink inscriptions to the recto to the front free endpapers. Front hinges of 'Kate Coventry' and 'The Gladiators' are starting but firm. Bookplate to the front pastedown of one volume 'George J. Clark'. Internally firmly bound though 'The Queen's Maries' with a few leaves working loose. 'Digby Grand' binding is broken in places with leaves working loose and some loose leaves. Pages are bright and clean with a few spots to a couple of volumes to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed Ward, Lock & Bowden, Limited hardcover
135368London: Ward Lock and Co. hardcover. near fine. 27 volumes. Small 8vo attractively bound in older 3/4 red leather; gilt-decorated spines with raised bands all edges gilt. London: Ward Lock and Co. no date. Ownership bookplates in each volume that have slightly damaged marbled paper on facing pages else a near fine set.<br/> <br/> Ward, Lock and Co unknown
