Buy this book on-line BEARE**, GERALDINE - Selected by: : SHORT STORIES FROM 'THE STRAND'LONDON.THE FOLIO SOCIETY,1992. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,Royal 8vo HB+s/case,1st edn thus. FINE+/FINE.Bright,crisp,clean,plain gilt paper-covered card slipcase; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no rubbing,nicks or tears present. Bright,crisp,clean,Royal 8vo HB,(240 x 160 x 33mm),1st edn thus +s/case,vii-xviiipp,3 -318pp includes an introduction by Frank Delaney,editor's preface,25 short stories [originally published in 'The Strand' magazine between 1895 and 1948] each with a full page b/w line illustration; there are also three smaller drawings,and a b/w frntispiece,all by David Eccles,and acknowledgements to the rear.Plus [unpaginated] half-title with b/w illus to its verso,title page,and contents list/ table.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original full grey-brown series binding with a design in black and gold by Eccles - silhouetted female figure in backlit doorway frame to front and smaller example of same vignette to rear bd and immaculate plain maroon eps.Title+ publisher lettered in bright,crisp,stamped black ink within bright,crisp stamped gilt label-boxes on spine/backstrip.Top edges coloured maroon,fore-edges white,bright and clean without any marks,foxing/ spotting etc; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread apart from my own collation.Set in Linottro Ehrhardt (11-pt) with Gill Shadow for display type.Typeset by Fakenham Photosetting,printed and bound by the Bath Press,Avon.The design of text and binding by David Eccles.Includes short stories by H.G. Wells,Jerome K. Jerome, Conan Doyle, Conrad,D.H. Lawrence,P.G Wodehouse,Aldous Huxley,Arnold Bennett, Kipling and Graham Greene amongst others.
A single,stand alone,individual volume of 3 separately published/released Strand-related titles (1991,1992 and 1995 respectively) all selected by Geraldine Beare but each with a different introduction contributor and also all 3 illustrated by David Eccles - see my book ID rja738517 - 'Adventure Stories from The Strand.'. The Strand 'Adventures' and 'Crime Stories' were of a uniform binding and typeset but with different board designs by David Eccles.
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