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London : Hutchinson & Co., 1908. First edition. The third and most celebrated of the Scarlet Pimpernel series – “Paris this September, 1793! – or shall we call it Vendémiaire, Year 1 of the Republic”?
Crown 8vo (20cm). 352pp. Original blue cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt; some mild rubbing; endpapers a little tanned; some spotting of edges and prelims, but a very good and bright copy. Not so marked, but from the library of the notable book-collector and author of several books on book-collecting, Eric Quayle (1921-2001), with the earlier ownership inscription of N. Bradridge.

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London : Hutchinson & Co., 1908. First edition. The third of the Scarlet Pimpernel series – “Paris this September, 1793! – or shall we call it Vendémiaire, Year 1 of the Republic”?
Crown 8vo (189 x 122mm). 352 + (32)pp advertisements dated Autumn 1908 – the adverts curiously referring to the present work as “The Illusive Pimpernel”, which raises some interesting questions. Bound in a smart later quarter chestnut morocco, banded and ruled in gilt; marbled sides – by James Ashton of London, with his stamp; outer leaves lightly tanned; some occasional scattered foxing, but overall a very good copy. Contemporary ownership inscription of H. T. Page on half-title. With the distinctive books-cat-and-skull, “Life Beyond Life”, bookplate of the late Paul Minet (1937-2012), bookseller and journalist.

£250

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London : Hodder & Stoughton, [1917]. First edition. A complex Scarlet Pimpernel tale of the young peasant, Pierre Adet, whose quest for revenge brings him to England and leads to the kidnap of Lady Yvonne.
Crown 8vo (20cm). [ii],(320)pp. Original green pictorial cloth, ruled, blocked and lettered in a scarlet and black design; some light wear to extremities; a little rubbed; light crease to upper cover; some spotting of edges; a few minor internal spots and creases, but a good copy.

£50

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London : Hodder & Stoughton, (1933). First edition. “The house had once been the home of a rich Austrian banker who had shown the country a clean pair of heels as soon as he felt the first gust of the revolutionary storm blowing across the Rue de la Monnaie. That was early in ’89”
Crown 8vo (19cm). (318),[ii]pp. Pictorial title-page. Original blue cloth lettered in black; some very minor wear to extremities; spine just a touch sunned, but a very good and clean copy.

£50

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