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1902-14 9vols Selected works of W W Jacobs First Editions collection Short Stories IllustrReliure：Cloth Auteur：W W Jacobs Lieu de publication：London Nom de publication：Hodder collection and Stoughton Date de publication：1902 Caractéristiques spéciales：1st Edition Langue：English Poids：5.0000 Many Cargoes is the twenty-sixth edition. Ships Company is the first edition. Short Cruises is the first edition. The Lady of the Barge is the second edition, as stated, published same year as the first. Dialstone Lane is the first Methuen edition, before this the work was originally published by Messrs, George Newnes Ltd. in 1902. Night Watches is a first edition, and is the binding state with the gilt stamping to spine. Sailors Knots is a first edition. Captains All is a first edition.
With nine plates to Captains All, appears to be lacking one plate.
With twelve plates to The Lady of the Barge, appears to be lacking plate from page 50 titled Whats That? Cried the old Woman.
With a frontispiece and two colour plates to Night Watches, appears to possibly be missing three plates.
With twelve plates to Sailors Knots, complete.
Odd Craft has fifteen plates, appears to be lacking one plate from page 146 titled Poaching said the old man, aint what it used to be...
With 38 illustrations to Short Cruises, complete.
With twenty three illustrations to Ships Company, complete.
No illustrations to Many Cargoes.
Set is collated, some volumes are lacking plates, as stated in detail above.
W W Jacobs was an English writer of short stories and novels. Much of his work was humorous, however he is best remembered for his short horror story The Monkeys Paw which can be found to The Lady of the Barge.
CONDITION
In original red cloth pictorial bindings. Externally, all volumes are generally smart with slight bumping to the head and tail of spines. Spine to Night Watches is rubbed at the gilt and slightly faded compared to other volumes. Pictorial boards to Dialstone Lane is also rather rubbed. Small patches of rubbing to the joints. Front hinge to Short Cruises is strained but firm as is front hinge for Night Watches. Rear hinge to Night Watches is slightly strained but firm as is the rear hinge for Sailors Knots. Small stamp to verso of title page of Short Cruises, The Chapel River Press Kingston Surrey. Gift inscription dated Christmas 1914 to half title page of Night Watches. Prior owners signature to half title of Many Cargoes, Adams. Evidence of bookplate removal to Many Cargoes. Prior owners signature to recto of front endpaper to Captains All dated 1905. Internally, most volumes are generally firmly bound though strained in places. Binding for Captains All and Night Watches are tender. Several plates to Captains All are disbound. Several pages to Many Cargoes have been trimmed shorter at the bottom edge than others. Tears to top corners of pages 179-182 of Ships Company not affecting text. Mostly, pages are generally bright with scattered spots throughout, heavier to the first and last few pages. Pages of Ships Company has offsetting to endpapers and is clean throughout.
Overall Condition: Good
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Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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