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George Gissing:
Books and Pamphlets.

Workers in the DawnThe Unclassed
DemosIsabel Clarendon
ThyrzaA Life's Morning
The Nether WorldThe Emancipated
New Grub StreetDenzil Quarrier
Born in ExileThe Odd Women
In the Year of JubileeEve's Ransom
Sleeping FiresThe Paying Guest
Three NovellasThe Whirlpool
Charles Dickens: A Critical StudyThe Town Traveller
The Crown of LifeOur Friend the Charlatan
By the Ionian SeaForster's Life of Dickens
The Private Papers of Henry RyecroftVeranilda
Will WarburtonThe House of Cobwebs
An Heiress on ConditionThe Sins of the Fathers
Critical Studies of the Works of Charles DickensThe Immortal Dickens
A Victim of CircumstancesA Yorkshire Lass
Short Stories of To-day and YesterdayBrownie
Stories & SketchesGeorge Gissing's Commonplace Book
Notes on Social DemocracyMy First Rehearsal and My Clerical Rival
Essays & FictionLondon and the Life of Literature in Late Victorian England: The Diary of George Gissing, Novelist
Six Sonnets on Shakespearean HeroinesGeorge Gissing at Work: A Study of His Notebook Extracts from my Reading
A Freak of Nature or Mr. Brogden, City ClerkGeorge Gissing's Essay on Robert Burns
George Gissing Lost Stories From AmericaThe Day of Silence and Other Stories
George Gissing's American Notebook: Notes - G.R.G.-1877The Poetry of George Gissing
George Gissing's Memorandum Book: A Novelists Notebook, 1895-1902Christopherson
An Exile's Cunning: Some Private Papers of George GissingCollected Works of George Gissing on Charles Dickens
An Art Exhibition in Boston: "Elaine"- Rosenthal and TojettiCollected Short Stories
The Fate of Humphrey SnellLa Chance de sa Vie et Autres Nouvelles
Collected Essays


Workers in the Dawn

Remington and Co., 1880. First Edition. Three volumes. [Coustillas A1.1] Rebound in emerald green cloth, gilt. Volume One lacks contents page and has inscription dated 1885 on first prelim. Volume Two lacks all prelims except title page, which is slightly detached at bottom. Volume Three also lacks prelims except title page. Although not in original cloth this is a very nice, smart, clean set. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 6097)
Catalogue number Gissing5/1 Price: £1800

Edited by Robert Shafer. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. First American Edition. Two volumes. [Coustillas A1.4] Original blue cloth, gilt, in orange fronted dust wrappers with photograph of Gissing. Long inscription from Robert Shafer to Rodney Robinson, with comments on Gissing and the novel. Dust wrappers chipped and torn with some loss. Very Good+/Very Good. (Inventory No. 6100)
Catalogue number Gissing5/4 Price: £150

Edited by Robert Shafer. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. First American Edition. Two volumes. [Coustillas A1.4] Original blue cloth, gilt. Lack dust wrappers but bright set, although both volumes cocked. Very Good. (Inventory No. 6012)
Catalogue number Gissing5/5 Price: £60

Edited by Robert Shafer. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. First American Edition. Two volumes. [Coustillas A1.4] Original blue cloth, gilt. Lack dust wrappers, faint cup mark on back of Volume II but very good set. Very Good. (Inventory No. 6103)
Catalogue number Gissing5/6 Price: £95

Edited by Robert Shafer. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. First American Edition. Two volumes. [Coustillas A1.4] Original blue cloth, gilt. Lack dust wrappers, small white spot on front of Volume I, cloth slightly bubbled on Volume II, spines faded but good tight set. Very Good. (Inventory No. 6104)
Catalogue number Gissing5/7 Price: £65

Edited by Robert Shafer. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. First American Edition. Two volumes. [Coustillas A1.4] Original blue cloth, gilt. Lack dust wrappers, spines dulled, slight wear to spine and corners but good tight set. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23590)
Catalogue number Gissing5/8 Price: £75

New York: AMS Press, 1968. One volume reprint of 1880 edition. [Coustillas A1.5b] Black cloth. Mint. (Inventory No. 23652)
Catalogue number Gissing5/9 Price: £30


The Unclassed

Ernest Benn, 1930. [Coustillas A2.7b] Brown cloth. Dust wrapper backed in brown paper. Very Good/Very Good. (Inventory No. 29589)
Catalogue number Gissing5/11 Price: £20

Edited with an introduction by Jacob Korg. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1983. [Coustillas A2.8c] Paperback. Very nice clean copy, appears unread. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 23592)
Catalogue number Gissing5/13 Price: £20

Edited with an introduction by Jacob Korg. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1983. [Coustillas A2.8c] Paperback. Reading crease to spine, and faint crease across back cover but nice clean copy otherwise. Very Good. (Inventory No. 17443)
Catalogue number Gissing5/14 Price: £15

Edited with an introduction by Jacob Korg. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1976. [Coustillas A2.12] Cloth in dust wrapper. Ex-library, spine of dust wrapper very faded, book lacks ffep and has tape marks inside and out, but is nice and bright. Good+/Very Good. (Inventory No. 17441)
Catalogue number Gissing5/15 Price: £20


Demos

Smith, Elder, & Co., 1886. First Edition. Three Volumes. [Coustillas A3.1c] Original brown decorated cloth, brown endpapers. Ex-circulating library with labels on front boards, hinges weak, rather worn but nice set. Good+. (Inventory No. 20000)
Catalogue number Gissing5/16 Price: £650

mith, Elder, & Co., 1886. First Edition. Three Volumes. [Coustillas A3.1c] Original brown decorated cloth, brown endpapers. Ex-circulating library with labels on front boards, hinges weak, rather worn but nice set. Good+. (Inventory No. 20000)
Catalogue number Gissing5/17 Price:


Isabel Clarendon

Edited with an introduction by Pierre Coustillas. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1969. [Coustillas A4.2a] Two Volumes. Dark blue cloth, gilt. Slightly bumped but nice set. Very Good. (Inventory No. 20559 )
Catalogue number Gissing5/21 Price: £50

Edited with an introduction by Pierre Coustillas. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1982. [Coustillas A4.2e] Two Volumes in One. Dark blue cloth, gilt. Boards slightly rubbed, very nice copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 20607 )
Catalogue number Gissing5/22 Price: £30

Edited and introduced by Pierre Coustillas. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2010. Cloth in dustwrapper. Mint/Mint. (Inventory No. 24401)
Catalogue number Gissing5/23 Price: £30


Thyrza

Smith, Elder, & Co., 1895. A New Edition. [Coustillas A5.3b] Original red decorated cloth. Very worn and faded, front hinge weak, with tape marks. Reading copy. Fair. (Inventory No. 19033)
Catalogue number Gissing5/24 Price: £10

John Murray, 1907. A New Edition. [Coustillas A5.4b] Original red decorated cloth. Spine faded, corners bumped, cloth slightly bubbled but very good clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 24750)
Catalogue number Gissing5/25 Price: £30

With an Introduction by Morley Roberts. Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Limited, 1927. [Coustillas A5.5a] Original dark red cloth. Spine slightly faded, lacks ffep but unusually clean and bright. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29599)
Catalogue number Gissing5/28 Price: £12

With an Introduction by Morley Roberts. Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Limited, 1927. [Coustillas A5.5a] Original dark red cloth. Spine faded, spotting to boards, slight foxing to title-page. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23593)
Catalogue number Gissing5/29 Price: £12

Edited with an introduction by Jacob Korg. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1974. [Coustillas A5.6b] Red cloth. Ex-library with labels and stamps. Very Good. (Inventory No. 6135)
Catalogue number Gissing5/31 Price: £15

Edited with an introduction by Jacob Korg. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1984. [Coustillas A5.6c] Red cloth. Edges grubby, slight wear to spine. Very Good. (Inventory No. 19034)
Catalogue number Gissing5/33 Price: £20

Edited with an introduction by Jacob Korg. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1984. [Coustillas A5.6f] Paperback. Appears unread. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 35702)
Catalogue number Gissing5/34 Price: £15

Echo Library, 2006. Paperback. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 24684)
Catalogue number Gissing5/37 Price: £8

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, n.d. [1928] First American Edition. [Coustillas A5.7a] Original green cloth. Spine worn and faded, corners rubbed, inscription on half-title page. Decent readable copy. Good+. (Inventory No. 601)
Catalogue number Gissing5/38 Price: £8

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, n.d. [1928] First American Edition. [Coustillas A5.7b] Original blue cloth. Spine slightly darkened though very good clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29601)
Catalogue number Gissing5/39 Price: £10


A Life's Morning

Smith, Elder, & Co., 1888. First Edition. Three volumes. [Coustillas A6.1a] Original tan cloth, gilt. Wear to spines and corners, new (though not recent) white endpapers in volume I, Volume II has had spine (very skilfully) relaid with new yellow endpapers, Volume III has bookplate (of Dartmouth College) on original yellow front endpaper and faint sign of label removed from upper half of front board. Despite all this, a decent looking set. Very Good. (Inventory No. 19037)
Catalogue number Gissing5/40 Price: £650

John Murray, 1919. [Coustillas No. A6.4c] Original blue blind stamped cloth. Spine faded, pages browning. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29605)
Catalogue number Gissing5/41 Price: £12

With an Introduction by Morley Roberts. Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Limited, 1928. [Coustillas A6.5e] Original green cloth. Spine darkened, slight spotting to prelims, a few pencil annotations in text else nice clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 34587)
Catalogue number Gissing5/42 Price: £15

With an introduction by William Plomer. Home & Van Thal, 1947. [Coustillas A6.6] Original cloth in dust wrapper. Dust wrapper slightly chipped. Near Fine/Very Good+. (Inventory No. 6144)
Catalogue number Gissing5/43 Price: £25

With an introduction by William Plomer. Home & Van Thal, 1947. [Coustillas A6.6] Original cloth in dust wrapper. Uneven fading to boards, spine dulled, dust wrapper chipped with piece missing at top of spine. Very clean internally.Very Good/ Good. (Inventory No. 6146)
Catalogue number Gissing5/44 Price: £10

With an introduction by William Plomer. Home & Van Thal, 1947. [Coustillas A6.6] Original cloth. Uneven fading to boards, spine dulled, inscription on ffep. Very Good. (Inventory No. 6147)
Catalogue number Gissing5/45 Price: £9

Edited with an introduction by Pierre Coustillas and with historical and topograpical (sic) notes by Clifford Brook. Wakefield: The Gissing Trust, 2003. Centenary Edition. [Coustillas A6.8] Green cloth, gilt. Fine. (Inventory No. 24402)
Catalogue number Gissing5/46 Price: £10


The Nether World

Dent, 1982. [Coustillas A7.6c] Paperback. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29610)
Catalogue number Gissing5/48 Price: £5

Edited with an introduction by John Goode. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1982. [Coustillas A7.7d] Paperback. Spine slightly faded, some spotting inside covers else very good clean copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 6157)
Catalogue number Gissing5/49 Price: £12.50

Edited with an introduction by John Goode. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1982. [Coustillas A7.7d] Paperback. Crease across bottom corner of front cover, substantial highlighting in text throughout. Good+. (Inventory No. 6158)
Catalogue number Gissing5/50 Price: £10

Edited with an introduction by John Goode. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1982. [Coustillas A7.7e] Paperback. Signs of shelf wear but appears unread, very nice clean copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 6159)
Catalogue number Gissing5/51 Price: £16

Edited with an introduction by John Goode. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1982. [Coustillas A7.7e] Paperback. Spine faded with faint reading crease. Very Good. (Inventory No. 6160)
Catalogue number Gissing5/52 Price: £15

Edited with an Introduction by Stephen Gill. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. [Coustillas A7. 8b] Paperback. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 24403)
Catalogue number Gissing5/53 Price: £6

ited with an Introduction by Stephen Gill. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. [Coustillas A7. 8b] Paperback. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 24403)
Catalogue number Gissing5/54 Price:


The Emancipated

Richard Bentley and Son, 1890. First Edition. Three volumes. [Coustillas A8.1] Original quarter brown cloth over paper patterned boards. A little worn with corners rubbed. All three volumes slightly cocked. Good. (Inventory No. 6163)
Catalogue number Gissing5/59 Price: £350

Edited with a new introduction by Pierre Coustillas. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1977. [Coustillas A8.6b] Cloth. Spine slightly faded but very good clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 19044)
Catalogue number Gissing5/60 Price: £28

Edited with a new introduction by Pierre Coustillas. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1977. [Coustillas A8.6c] Violet cloth in dust wrapper. Boards slightly faded on edges, dust wrapper slightly chipped with closed tear on fore-edge. Very Good/ Very Good. (Inventory No. 6165)
Catalogue number Gissing5/61 Price: £28

Edited with a new introduction by Pierre Coustillas. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1977. [Coustillas A8.6d] Dark blue cloth. Near Fine. (Inventory No. 6166)
Catalogue number Gissing5/62 Price: £30

Hogarth Press, 1985. [Coustillas A8.7] Paperback. Very nice clean copy, appears unread. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 34616)
Catalogue number Gissing5/63 Price: £10

Chicago: Way and Williams, 1897. Third Edition. [Coustillas A8.9] Original maroon cloth but spine has been replaced and original spine, complete with lettering, laid on top. New endpapers. Inscription on first prelim, some foxing. Very Good. (Inventory No. 491)
Catalogue number Gissing5/64 Price: £40

Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1977. [Coustillas A8.11] Violet cloth in dust wrapper. Dust wrapper slightly rubbed, inscription on ffep Very Good /Very Good. (Inventory No. 6169)
Catalogue number Gissing5/65 Price: £25


New Grub Street

Smith, Elder, & Co., 1891. Second Edition. Three volumes. [Coustillas A9.2] Original green cloth, gilt. Worn set, which appears to have had circulating library labels removed from front boards. Cloth on spine of all three volumes is worn and very creased. Volume I. has tear and inscription to ffep. Volume II. lacks ffep and following leaf. Volume III. lacks rear endpaper with last page of text stuck to rear board. Fair. (Inventory No. 23614)
Catalogue number Gissing5/67 Price: £280

With an Introduction by Morley Roberts. Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Limited, 1928. [Coustillas A9.6b] Green cloth. Spine worn and faded with 1 inch split at bottom. Writing on ffep. Good+. (Inventory No. 35339)
Catalogue number Gissing5/71 Price: £10

Edited with an introduction by Bernard Bergonzi. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1968. [Coustillas A9.9v] Grey cloth, pictorial dust wrapper. Unread but pages yellowing with slight shelf wear. Very Good+/Very Good+. (Inventory No. 21836)
Catalogue number Gissing5/72 Price: £6.50

Edited by John Halperin. Halifax: Ryburn Publishing, 1992. [Coustillas A9.10b] Green Leather, gilt, in dust wrapper. Near Fine/Near Fine. (Inventory No. 23646)
Catalogue number Gissing5/74 Price: £25

Edited with an Introduction by John Goode. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. (The World's Classics) [Coustillas A9.11a] Paperback. New copy with slight shelf wear. Near Fine. (Inventory No. 10599)
Catalogue number Gissing5/75 Price: £5

Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Classics, 1996. [Coustillas A9.12] Paperback. Very Good+.
Catalogue number Gissing5/76 Price: £2

Everyman, 1997. [Coustillas A9.13] Paperback. Reading crease to spine. Very nice copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 20562)
Catalogue number Gissing5/77 Price: £6

eryman, 1997. [Coustillas A9.13] Paperback. Reading crease to spine. Very nice copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 20562)
Catalogue number Gissing5/78 Price:

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1928. [Coustillas A9.17a] Original blue cloth. Neat inscription on ffep, nice bright copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29621)
Catalogue number Gissing5/79 Price: £10

Edited with an introduction by Irving Howe. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. [Coustillas A9.19a] Paperback. Inscription inside front cover. Clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 534)
Catalogue number Gissing5/80 Price: £8

New Grub Street, the 1901 revised text. Edited by Paul Delany. Victoria, Canada: ELS Editions, 2009. Paperback. This edition incorporates the revisions made for the French translation, never before seen by the book's English readers. New. (Inventory No. 20346)
Catalogue number Gissing5/81 Price: £20

La Nouvelle Boheme. Traduit de l'anglais par Suzanne Calbris et Pierre Coustillas. Introduction de Pierre Coustillas. Villeneuve-d'Ascq: Publications de l'Universite de Lille III, 1978. [Coustillas A9.26d] Card covers in dust wrapper. Near Fine/Near Fine. (Inventory No. 24455)
Catalogue number Gissing5/82 Price: £15

Translated into Japanese by Osamu Doi. Tokyo: Kitazawa Publishing Company, 1969. [Coustillas A9.27a] Black cloth, gilt, in slipcase. Presentation copy from Shigeru Koike to C. C. Kohler. Near Fine/Very Good+.
Catalogue number Gissing5/83 Price: £10

Translated into Japanese by Osamu Doi. Tokyo: Kitazawa Publishing Company, 1969. [Coustillas A9.27a] Black cloth, gilt, in slipcase. Near Fine/Very Good. (Inventory No. 539)
Catalogue number Gissing5/84 Price: £10

MORRIS, Richard. Decline and Rise: a play in three acts, based on George Gissing's famous novel "New Grub Street". Privately Printed, Geneve, 1973. [Coustillas A9.33] Paperback. New copy slight shelf wear. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 21835)
Catalogue number Gissing5/85 Price: £6.50


Denzil Quarrier

Lawrence & Bullen, 1892. First Edition. [Coustillas A10.1a] Original olive green cloth, gilt. Dark green endpapers. Spine and corners a little rubbed. Name on title-page. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35498)
Catalogue number Gissing5/86 Price: £120

Sidgewick & Jackson, 1911. [Coustillas A10. 2a] Red cloth. Spine a little worn, damp stain on top corner of front board with corresponding red stain on front endpapers, small bookplate on ffep. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29622)
Catalogue number Gissing5/87 Price: £30

Edited and with an introduction and notes by John Halperin. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1979. [Coustillas A10.3b] Green cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Slight wear to corners and spine, dust wrapper very slightly faded. Very Good/Very Good. (Inventory No. 23612)
Catalogue number Gissing5/88 Price: £30

New York: Macmillan and Co., 1892. First American Edition. [Coustillas A10.4a] Original brown decorated cloth. Front board slightly bubbled, corners bumped, spine faded and worn at top and bottom. Very Good. (Inventory No. 485)
Catalogue number Gissing5/89 Price: £55


Born in Exile

Adam & Charles Black, 1892. First Edition. Three Volumes. [Coustillas A11.1] Handsomely rebound in half green leather with marbled boards, gilt titling and decoration to spine with raised bands. It is, however, ex-Brooklyn Public Library with punched and other stamps. Despite this, it's an attractive set, though it has been trimmed somewhat. Very Good. (Inventory No. 24361)
Catalogue number Gissing5/90 Price: £450


The Odd Women

Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1911. [Coustillas A12.5a] Original red cloth. Spine worn and very faded, inscription on ffep. Decent copy. Good+. (Inventory No. 6632)
Catalogue number Gissing5/97 Price: £10

Introduction by Margaret Walters. Virago Press Limited, 1995. (Virago Modern Classics) [Coustillas A12.7h] Paperback. Nice clean unread copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 19320)
Catalogue number Gissing5/99 Price: £5

New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc., 1978. [Coustillas A12.13f] Paperback. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 19059)
Catalogue number Gissing5/100 Price: £5

Edited by Arlene Young. Broadview Literary Text, 2002. Paperback. Near Fine. (Inventory No. 29635)
Catalogue number Gissing5/101 Price: £8

Die Uberzahligen Frauen. Ins Deutsche ubertragen von Karina Of. Cadolzburg: ars vivendi verlag, 1997. [Coustillas A12.20a] Cloth in Dust wrapper. Very Good+/Very Good+. (Inventory No. 35416)
Catalogue number Gissing5/102 Price: £12

Die Uberzahligen Frauen. Aus dem Engischen von Karina Of. Cadolzburg: ars vivendi verlag, 1999. [Coustillas A12.20b] Paperback. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 29637)
Catalogue number Gissing5/103 Price: £8

MEYER, Michael. The Odd Women: a play after the novel by George Gissing. Samuel French, 1993. [Coustillas A12.22] Paperback. Clean unused copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 6640)
Catalogue number Gissing5/104 Price: £6

MEYER, Michael. The Odd Women: a play after the novel by George Gissing. Samuel French, 1993. [Coustillas A12.22] Paperback. Covers slightly browned. Inscribed by author "To Bruce with Love Michael". Very Good+. (Inventory No. 19061)
Catalogue number Gissing5/105 Price: £6

MEYER, Michael. The Odd Women: a play after the novel by George Gissing. Poster for the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre Company production, 1992. Near Fine.
Catalogue number Gissing5/106 Price: £10

MEYER, Michael. The Odd Women: a play after the novel by George Gissing. Programme for the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre Company production, 1992. Wrappers. Very Good+.
Catalogue number Gissing5/107 Price: £5


In the Year of Jubilee

Lawrence and Bullen, 1894. First Edition. Three volumes. [Coustillas A13.1] Original blue/green cloth, gilt. Spines faded and worn, front boards have had circulating library label removed and are generally a little grubby, corners rubbed. A well-read, rather worn set. Very Good. (Inventory No. 6643)
Catalogue number Gissing5/108 Price: £600

With an introduction by William Plomer. Watergate Classics Ltd. [Coustillas A13.5a] Original green cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Very nice clean copy, dust wrapper rubbed, chipped, darkened on spine and repaired with tape on reverse. Very Good/Good+. (Inventory No. 35402)
Catalogue number Gissing5/112 Price: £15

Introduction by Gillian Tindall and textual notes by P. F. Kropholler. Brighton: Harvester Press, 1976. [Coustillas A13.6] Cloth in dust wrapper. Ex-library with labels on endpapers and small label on spine of dust wrapper. Clean and bright otherwise. Very Good/Very Good. (Inventory No. 23791)
Catalogue number Gissing5/113 Price: £20

With new introduction by John Halperin. Hogarth Press, 1987. [Coustillas A13.8] Paperback. Spotting to edges, appears unread. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23619)
Catalogue number Gissing5/114 Price: £10

Edited by Paul Delany. With notes by Jon Paul Henry. J. M. Dent, 1994. (Everyman Library) [Coustillas A13.9] Paperback. Unread copy, slight shelf wear. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 19138)
Catalogue number Gissing5/115 Price: £10

With a new introduction by Gillian Tindall and textual notes by P. F. Kropholler. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1976. [Coustillas A13.13] Dark blue cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Inscription on fep, sign of bookplate removal on ffep. Dust wrapper slightly rubbed and creased. Very Good+/Very Good+. (Inventory No. 6655)
Catalogue number Gissing5/118 Price: £40

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1982. [Coustillas A13.14] Paperback. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 6657)
Catalogue number Gissing5/119 Price: £12


Eve's Ransom

Lawrence & Bullen, 1895. Second Edition. [Coustillas A14.2c] Original maroon cloth. A little cocked and slightly worn, lacks ffep. Very Good. (Inventory No. 7134)
Catalogue number Gissing5/120 Price: £25

Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1911. [Coustillas A14.4a] Original red cloth. Spine a little discoloured and worn, corners rubbed, small hole in ffep. Very Good. (Inventory No. 496)
Catalogue number Gissing5/121 Price: £25

Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1911. [Coustillas A14.4b] Original red cloth. Slightly cocked, some spotting. Very Good. (Inventory No. 7133)
Catalogue number Gissing5/122 Price: £25

Ernest Benn Ltd., 1929. (Benn's Essex Library) [Coustillas A14.5a] Brown cloth, gilt. Slight wear to spine and corners, small stain on ffep and page edges. Good+. (Inventory No. 35502)
Catalogue number Gissing5/123 Price: £8

Ernest Benn Ltd., 1929. (Benn's Essex Library) [Coustillas A14.5b] Brown cloth, black lettering. Newspaper cutting of letter appealing for information about George Gissing tipped in on fep. Nice clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 34614)
Catalogue number Gissing5/124 Price: £14

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. First American Edition. [Coustillas A14.7a] Original green decorated cloth. Spine a little dulled and worn at top and bottom, name on fep. Very Good. (Inventory No. 7138)
Catalogue number Gissing5/125 Price: £25

Il Riscatto di Eva. Traduzione, cura e introduzione di Maria Terasa Chialant. Napoli: Liguori Editore, 2005. Card covers. New. (Inventory No. 23671)
Catalogue number Gissing5/127 Price: £20


Sleeping Fires

T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. First Edition. [Coustillas A15.1a] Original decorated cloth slightly rubbed and shaken but nice clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35503)
Catalogue number Gissing5/128 Price: £80

T. Fisher Unwin, 1927. [Coustillas A15.3a] Original maroon cloth. name on half-title page else very good clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29643)
Catalogue number Gissing5/129 Price: £25

With a new preface by Pierre Coustillas. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1974. [Coustillas A15.4] Maroon cloth. Very Nice clean copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 28673)
Catalogue number Gissing5/130 Price: £15

Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1983. [Coustillas A15.6] Paperback. Near Fine. (Inventory No. 29644)
Catalogue number Gissing5/131 Price: £10

Athens, 2000. Translation into Greek by Maria Dimitriadou. [Coustillas A15.9] Paperback. Inscribed to Anthony Petyt and signed by the author. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 29645)
Catalogue number Gissing5/132 Price: £10


The Paying Guest

Cassell and Company, Limited, 1895. First Edition. [Coustillas A16.1b] Original mustard decorated cloth. A little rubbed and dulled, scuff mark on top left hand corner of rear board. Very Good. (Inventory No. 7142)
Catalogue number Gissing5/133 Price: £80

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Ian Fletcher. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1982. [Coustillas A16.2] Blue cloth. Near Fine. (Inventory No. 28300)
Catalogue number Gissing5/134 Price: £15

Introduzione e note di Francesco Badolato. Treviso: Edizioni Canova, 1973. [Coustillas A16.5] Paperback. Text in English, introduction and notes in Italian. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 7144)
Catalogue number Gissing5/135 Price: £5

Edited by Tsutomu Ueda. Tokyo: Kinseido Ltd., n.d. Paperback. [Coustillas A16.6] Text in English, notes in Japanese. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 17444)
Catalogue number Gissing5/136 Price: £5


Three Novellas

Contains Eves Ransom, Sleeping Fires and The Paying Guest. Edited with an introduction by Pierre Coustillas. Grayswood , Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2011. Cloth in dustwrapper. Mint/Mint. (Inventory No. 24407)
Catalogue number Gissing5/137 Price: £30


The Whirlpool

Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1897. Second Edition. [Coustillas A17.2a] Original Maroon cloth. Slight wear to spine and corners, spoting to endpapers, nice clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35504)
Catalogue number Gissing5/138 Price: £30

Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1897. Second Edition. [Coustillas A17.2b] Original maroon cloth, gilt. Spine worn and dulled, corners bumped, name stamped on ffep. Reading copy. Fair. (Inventory No. 19079)
Catalogue number Gissing5/139 Price: £10

Sidgwick and Jackson, Ltd., 1911. [Coustillas A17.5a] Original red cloth. Spine faded, boards nice and bright, damp stain on bottom left hand corner of rear board has splashed red colouring on edges and fep, lacks ffep. Good+. (Inventory No. 636)
Catalogue number Gissing5/140 Price: £15

Sidgwick and Jackson, Ltd., 1911. [Coustillas A17.5a] Original red cloth. Spine faded, corners rubbed, boards stained, hinges weak. Reading copy. Fair. (Inventory 635)
Catalogue number Gissing5/141 Price: £6.50

With an Introduction by Myfanwy Evans. Watergate Classics Limited, 1948. [Coustillas A17.6a] Original orange cloth, gilt in dust wrapper. Bump to bottom corner of front board, names on ffep else clean bright copy in slightly ragged dust wrapper. Very Good/Good. (Inventory No. 28964)
Catalogue number Gissing5/142 Price: £10

With an Introduction by Myfanwy Evans. Watergate Classics Limited, 1948. [Coustillas A17.6a] Original orange cloth, gilt. Spine faded with small abrasion, name on ffep else nice clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35505)
Catalogue number Gissing5/143 Price: £8

Edited and with a new introduction and notes by Patrick Parrinder. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1977. [Coustillas A17.7a] Cloth in dust wrapper. New copy received from the publishers all those years ago, so some shelf wear. Near Fine/Near Fine. (Inventory No. 35760)
Catalogue number Gissing5/144 Price: £15

Edited and with a new introduction and notes by Patrick Parrinder. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1977. [Coustillas A17.7a] Cloth. One or two faint scratches on boards but excellent unread copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 23620)
Catalogue number Gissing5/145 Price: £10

Edited by William Greenslade. J. M. Dent, 1997 (Everyman's Library) [Coustillas A17.9] Paperback. Faint scratch on front cover but appears unread. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 32579)
Catalogue number Gissing5/147 Price: £7

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1897. First American Edition. [Coustillas A17.10b] Original decorated cloth. Spine darkened, cloth a little rubbed, corners slightly worn, name on ffep but nice copy of an attractive item. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23622)
Catalogue number Gissing5/148 Price: £40 £12

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1897. First American Edition. [Coustillas A17.10] Rebound in brown cloth, gilt. Ex-library with stamps and date label but decent copy for reading or study. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23623)
Catalogue number Gissing5/149 Price: £8

New York: AMS Press, 1969. [Coustillas A17.12] Cloth. Reprint of First American Edition of 1897. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 639)
Catalogue number Gissing5/150 Price: £15


Charles Dickens: A Critical Study

Blackie & Son, Limited, 1898. First Edition. [Coustillas A19.1a] Original maroon decorated cloth. Slight wear to top and bottom of spine, endpapers browned. Very nice bright copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35496)
Catalogue number Gissing5/151 Price: £20

Blackie & Son, Limited, 1898. First Edition. [Coustillas A19.1c] Original maroon decorated cloth. Spine worn and faded, corners slightly rubbed, endpapers slightly browned with adhesive stamp featuring Charles Dickens on fep. Nice clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35506)
Catalogue number Gissing5/152 Price: £20

Edited and Introduced by Simon J. James, Afterword by David Parker. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2004. (Collected Works of George Gissing on Charles Dickens, Volume 2) [Coustillas A58c] Green cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Mint/Mint. (Inventory No. 5067)
Catalogue number Gissing5/154 Price: £25

Edited and Introduced by Simon J. James, Afterword by David Parker. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2004. (Collected Works of George Gissing on Charles Dickens, Volume 2) [Coustillas A58d] Paperback. Mint. (Inventory No. 20682)
Catalogue number Gissing5/155 Price: £15

Stroud: Nonsuch Publishing, 2007. Paperback. Titlepage creased. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 15104)
Catalogue number Gissing5/156 Price: £5

Translated into Japanese by Shigero Koike and Ryota Kanayama. Shubun International, 1988. [Coustillas A19.12b] Paperback. Signed by authors and inscribed to Gillian Tindall. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 23705)
Catalogue number Gissing5/157 Price: £10


The Town Traveller

Methuen & Co., 1898. First Edition. [Coustillas A20.1c] Original red cloth, gilt. Worn, rubbed and a little cocked, lacks ffep, sign of label removal on fep. Good+. (Inventory No. 606)
Catalogue number Gissing5/159 Price: £8

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. [Coustillas A20.5a] Cloth in dust wrapper. Last page of publisher's catalogue torn out else clean bright copy, dust wrapper a little worn and darkened on spine. Very Good/Very Good. (Inventory No. 29656)
Catalogue number Gissing5/161 Price: £10

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. [Coustillas A20.5a] Original red cloth, gilt. Spine faded but a very good clean copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 609)
Catalogue number Gissing5/162 Price: £8

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. [Coustillas A20.5b] Card covers. Slightly worn but very good copy of unusual item. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23627)
Catalogue number Gissing5/163 Price: £30

The Library Press Ltd., n.d. (The Minerva Edition of Modern Authors) [Coustillas A20.6a] Original marbled brown imitation leather, gilt, with ribbon bookmark. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 612)
Catalogue number Gissing5/164 Price: £8

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1956. [Coustillas A20.7] Maroon cloth in dust wrapper. Dust wrapper rubbed and slightly chipped. Very Good+/Very Good+. (Inventory No. 614)
Catalogue number Gissing5/165 Price: £8

Edited and with an introduction and notes by Pierre Coustillas. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1981. [Coustillas A20.8b] Cloth. Shelf wear. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 24408)
Catalogue number Gissing5/166 Price: £12

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1898. First American Edition. [Coustillas A20.9a] Original green, red and black pictorial cloth. Some wear to spine but a very good copy of a very attractive book. Very Good. (Inventory No. 608)
Catalogue number Gissing5/167 Price: £40


The Crown of Life

Methuen & Co., 1899. First Edition. [Coustillas A21.1b] Original red cloth, gilt. Spine slightly worn and faded. Bookplate (of Bill West) on fep. Clean tight copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35507)
Catalogue number Gissing5/168 Price: £45

Methuen & Co., 1927. [Coustillas A21.3c] Card covers. Slightly rubbed, some spotting to prelims but a nice copy of unusual edition. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23628)
Catalogue number Gissing5/169 Price: £35

Edited and with an introduction by Michel Ballard. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1978. [Coustillas A21.4b] Cloth in dust wrapper. Very nice clean copy in faded dust wrapper. Very Good+/Very Good. (Inventory No. 23629)
Catalogue number Gissing5/170 Price: £45

Edited and with an introduction by Michel Ballard. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1978. [Coustillas A21.4b] Cloth. Ex-college library with label on ffep, stamps on reverse of title page and tape marks on endpapers. Very Good. (Inventory No. 18142)
Catalogue number Gissing5/171 Price: £35

ited and with an introduction by Michel Ballard. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1978. [Coustillas A21.4b] Cloth. Ex-college library with label on ffep, stamps on reverse of title page and tape marks on endpapers. Very Good. (Inventory No. 18142)
Catalogue number Gissing5/172 Price:

Elibron Classics, 2002. [Coustillas A21.8] Paperback. Facsimile reprint. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29660)
Catalogue number Gissing5/173 Price: £10


Our Friend the Charlatan

Chapman and Hall, Ld., 1901. First Edition. [Coustillas A22.1] Original blue cloth, gilt. Spine slightly worn and sunned, small mark on front board, bump on edge of rear board. name stamped at top of ffep, nice clean copy. (Inventory No. 35530)
Catalogue number Gissing5/174 Price: £80

Chapman and Hall, Ld., 1901. First Edition. [Coustillas A22.1] Rebound in blue-black cloth with gilt titling on leather label on spine, top edge gilt. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 7124)
Catalogue number Gissing5/175 Price: £40

Edited with a new introduction and notes by Pierre Coustillas. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1976. [Coustillas A22.4] Cloth. Slight edge wear, a few faint marks on boards including cup mark on front, contents sound and clean. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23633)
Catalogue number Gissing5/176 Price: £28

Edited with a new introduction and notes by Pierre Coustillas. Hassocks: The Harvester Press, 1976. [Coustillas A22.4] Cloth. Ex-library with stamps on reverse of title-page and endpapers but decent copy, quite presentable. Very Good. (Inventory No. 19459)
Catalogue number Gissing5/177 Price: £25

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1901. First American Edition. [Coustillas A22.5c] Original blue-grey decorated cloth. Spine very worn and faded, inscription and library stamp on ffep, title page starting to detach at bottom otherwise a very good copy. Good+. (Inventory No. 556)
Catalogue number Gissing5/178 Price: £40

Edited with a new introduction and notes by Pierre Coustillas. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1976. [Coustillas A22.8] Cloth in dust wrapper. Very nice clean copy, slight edge wear to dust wrapper. Very Good+/Very Good+. (Inventory No. 23636)
Catalogue number Gissing5/179 Price: £40

ited with a new introduction and notes by Pierre Coustillas. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1976. [Coustillas A22.8] Cloth in dust wrapper. Very nice clean copy, slight edge wear to dust wrapper. Very Good+/Very Good+. (Inventory No. 23636)
Catalogue number Gissing5/180 Price:


By the Ionian Sea

With eight illustrations in colour by Leo de Littrow and others in black and white. Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1901. First Edition. [Coustillas A23.1a] Original ivory white cloth, gilt, top edge gilt. Boards discoloured with small splash marks, contents somewhat foxed but a very good copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23000)
Catalogue number Gissing5/181 Price: £95

Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1921. [Coustillas A23.4a] Original blue cloth, gilt. Ex-school library with stamp on rear endpaper, classification number on spine and pocket on fep. Nice and clean. Very Good. (Inventory No. 15432)
Catalogue number Gissing5/182 Price: £8

Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1921. [Coustillas A23.4b] Original blue cloth, gilt. Spine very dulled. Nice and clean. Very Good. (Inventory No. 15433)
Catalogue number Gissing5/183 Price: £8

With a biographical foreword by Frank Swinnerton. The Richards Press, 1956. [Coustillas A23.6a] Original green cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Shading to endpapers, spine slightly dulled, dust wrapper price clipped, chipped and torn with loss. Very Good+/Fair. (Inventory No. 15435)
Catalogue number Gissing5/184 Price: £8

With a biographical foreword by Frank Swinnerton. The Richards Press, 1956. [Coustillas A23.6a] Original green cloth, gilt. Slight shading to endpapers, spine very slightly dulled, book a little cocked. Both front board and top edge have been affected by damp, decent copy all the same. Very Good. (Inventory No. 15436)
Catalogue number Gissing5/185 Price: £8

With a biographical foreword by Frank Swinnerton. The Richards Press, 1956. [Coustillas A23.6b] Original emerald green cloth in dust wrapper. A few faint marks on boards, shading top top and bottom of page 81 else clean bright copy. Dust wrapper torn with loss on spine and has bottom of front flap cut off. Very Good/Fair. (Inventory No. 35513)
Catalogue number Gissing5/186 Price: £10

With a biographical foreword by Frank Swinnerton. Icon Books Limited, 1961. [Coustillas A23.7] Paperback. Pages browning (poor quality paper) but good copy. Good+. (Inventory No. 32604)
Catalogue number Gissing5/187 Price: £4

With a biographical foreword by Frank Swinnerton. John Baker for The Richards Press, 1963. [Coustillas A23.8] Original greenish grey cloth in dust wrapper. Piece 3cms x 4cms torn from bottom of pp 113-114 with slight loss of text (photocopy included). Very Good. (Inventory No. 15438)
Catalogue number Gissing5/188 Price: £8

Century Hutchinson, 1986. [Coustillas A23.9] Paperback. Pages browning slightly else very good. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29681)
Catalogue number Gissing5/189 Price: £5

Privately printed. Loanhead, 1992. [Coustillas A23.10b] Blue cloth, gilt, in original white paper wrapper. Edition limited to 45 copies, designed and hand-set by Alan Anderson and produced at the Tragara Press. Printed on Abbey Mills laid paper and numbered. With erratum slip. Fine. (Inventory No. 24941)
Catalogue number Gissing5/190 Price: £75

Oxford: Signal Books, 2004. [Coustillas A23.11] Paperback. Near Fine. (Inventory No. 29680)
Catalogue number Gissing5/191 Price: £6

Marlboro, Vermont: The Marlboro Press, n.d. [1991] [Coustillas A23.17] Paperback. Fine. (Inventory No. 15440)
Catalogue number Gissing5/192 Price: £5

Sulla Riva Dello Jonio. Traduzione e introduzione di Margherita Guidacci. Rocca San Casciano: Cappelli, 1962. [Coustillas A23.25b] Paperback. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29682)
Catalogue number Gissing5/193 Price: £8

Sur les rives de la mer Ionienne. Traduction et presentation par Helene & Pierre Coustillas. Villeneuve d'Ascq (Nord): Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 1997. [Coustillas A23.29] Paperback. Near Fine. (Inventory No. 461)
Catalogue number Gissing5/194 Price: £8

Am Ionischen Meer. Ubersetzung aus dem Englischen von Karina Of. Geleitwort von Pierre Coustillas. Nachwort von Wulfhard Stahl. Schellenberg, Liechtenstein: wiborada, 2003. [Coustillas A23.30] Paperback. Fine. (Inventory No. 34152)
Catalogue number Gissing5/195 Price: £10


Forster's Life of Dickens

Abridged and revised by George Gissing. With portraits, illustrations, and facsimiles. Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1903. First Edition. [Coustillas A24.1a] Original blue decorated cloth, gilt. Spine slightly worn at top and bottom, with 1 inch split on rear edge, front hinge cracked. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35542)
Catalogue number Gissing5/196 Price: £10

Abridged and revised by George Gissing. With portraits, illustrations, and facsimiles. Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1903. First Edition. [Coustillas A24.1e] Blue decorated cloth. Spine worn at top and bottom, boards slightly marked, prize label on fep. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23642)
Catalogue number Gissing5/197 Price: £10

Abridged and Revised by George Gissing, Edited and Introduced by Christine DeVine, Afterword by James A. Davies. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2005. (Collected Works of George Gissing on Charles Dickens, Volume 3) [Coustillas A58] Purple cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Mint/Mint. (Inventory No. 5069)
Catalogue number Gissing5/198 Price: £25

Abridged and Revised by George Gissing, Edited and Introduced by Christine DeVine, Afterword by James A. Davies. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2005. (Collected Works of George Gissing on Charles Dickens, Volume 3) Paperback. [Coustillas A58] Mint. (Inventory No. 5070)
Catalogue number Gissing5/199 Price: £15


The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft

Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, 1903. Second Impression [Coustillas A25.2] Original green cloth, gilt. Boards and spine rubbed with some small abrasions, name on ffep, picture of Gissing tipped in. Good. (Inventory No. 35515)
Catalogue number Gissing5/200 Price: £10

Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, 1905. Pocket Edition. [Coustillas A25.7c] Original green leather, gilt. Notes written on rear endpaper else clean bright copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 35518)
Catalogue number Gissing5/201 Price: £10

Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, 1906. Pocket Edition. [Coustillas A25.8a] Original blue cloth, gilt. Spine dulled and a little worn, name on ffep. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23756)
Catalogue number Gissing5/202 Price: £6.50

Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, 1906. Pocket Edition. [Coustillas A25.9a] Original blue cloth, gilt. Name on ffep, slight spotting else very good clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35517)
Catalogue number Gissing5/203 Price: £7.50

Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, 1907. Pocket Edition. [Coustillas A25.10b] Original green leather, gilt. Leather spine faded and worn, corners rubbed but attractive little book. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23757)
Catalogue number Gissing5/204 Price: £10

Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, n.d [1908] (Constable's 6d. series) [Coustillas A25.11a] Original wrappers. Wrappers slightly worn, pages somewhat browned with age but very good for a Sixpenny. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35520)
Catalogue number Gissing5/205 Price: £15

Constable & Co. Limited, 1912. [Coustillas A25.16a] Quarter cream cloth over brown paper covered boards. Somewhat rubbed, spine sunned so that label is illegible, Name on half-title, else very good clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35516)
Catalogue number Gissing5/206 Price: £10

Constable & Co. Limited, 1912. [Coustillas A25.16] Rebound in dark red cloth. Ex-library with label and stamps and class number on spine. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23766)
Catalogue number Gissing5/207 Price: £6

Constable & Company Ltd, n.d [1913] (Constable's 6d. Series) [Coustillas A25.17a] Original wrappers. Wrappers chipped with loss, piece missing from back cover. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29694)
Catalogue number Gissing5/208 Price: £10

Constable & Company Ltd, n.d [1913] (Constable's 6d. Series) [Coustillas A25.17b] Original wrappers. Wrappers slightly worn with small damp stain on rear cover but very good for a Sixpenny. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23630)
Catalogue number Gissing5/209 Price: £20

Constable & Company Ltd, 1914. [Coustillas A25.18b] Original green cloth, gilt. Front hinge cracked. Name on ffep, decent copy. Good+. (Inventory No. 35519)
Catalogue number Gissing5/210 Price: £56.50

Constable & Company Limited, 1915. [Coustillas A25.19c] Original pale green limp cloth. Edges bumped, spine darkened and spotted else nice clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29695)
Catalogue number Gissing5/211 Price: £8

Constable and Co. Limited, 1921. [Coustillas A25.21b] Original brown leather, gilt. Spine worn at top, gift inscription on half-title page else nice clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29697)
Catalogue number Gissing5/212 Price: £8

Constable and Co. Limited, 1921. [Coustillas A25.21c] Original green cloth, gilt. Clean bright copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29696)
Catalogue number Gissing5/213 Price: £10

Constable and Co. Limited, 1923. [Coustillas A25.22a] Original light blue cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Gift inscription on ffep, but nice bright copy in very good dustwrapper. Very Good/Very Good. (Inventory No. 23772)
Catalogue number Gissing5/214 Price: £10

Constable and Co. Limited, 1926. [Coustillas A25.23] Original light blue cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Gift inscription on ffep, nice bright copy in very good dustwrapper. Very Good/Very Good. (Inventory No. 23773)
Catalogue number Gissing5/215 Price: £10

Constable and Co. Limited, 1928. (Constable's Miscellany) [Coustillas A25.24d] Original light blue cloth, gilt. Name on ffep, spine faded, corners bumped some pencil underlining in text but decent copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23775)
Catalogue number Gissing5/216 Price: £5

Constable and Co. Limited, 1928. (Constable's Miscellany) [Coustillas A25.24e] Original light blue cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Neat inscription on ffep, spine of dust wrapper faded. Very Good/Very Good. (Inventory No. 23774)
Catalogue number Gissing5/217 Price: £10

Constable & Co. Limited, 1939. [Coustillas A25.25b] Original turquoise cloth. Spine worn, corners rubbed, boards marked, a few pencil marks in text, inscription on ffep. Good+. (Inventory No. 584)
Catalogue number Gissing5/218 Price: £5

Foreword by Cecil Chisholm. Phoenix House Ltd, 1953. [Coustillas A25.26] Red cloth in dust wrapper. Spine dulled. Dust wrapper repaired with tape on reverse. Nice clean copy. Very Good/Good+. (Inventory No. 25334)
Catalogue number Gissing5/219 Price: £8

oreword by Cecil Chisholm. Phoenix House Ltd, 1953. [Coustillas A25.26] Red cloth in dust wrapper. Spine dulled. Dust wrapper repaired with tape on reverse. Nice clean copy. Very Good/Good+. (Inventory No. 25334)
Catalogue number Gissing5/220 Price:

Introduction by John Stewart Collis. With bibliographical notes by Pierre Coustillas. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1983. [Coustillas A25.30c] Paperback. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 25725)
Catalogue number Gissing5/221 Price: £10

New York: The New American Library (Signet Classics), 1961. [Coustillas A25.49] Paperback. Covers and edges slightly browned, name and ink block on ffep. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23725)
Catalogue number Gissing5/222 Price: £3.50

Translated into Japanese by Shintaro Nakanishi. Tokyo: Shincho Library, n.d. [Coustillas A25.55b] Original paper cover. Inscription on title page. Title page loose. Good+.
Catalogue number Gissing5/223 Price: £5

De intieme geschriften van Henry Ryecroft. Vertaald van een nawoord voorzien door Geerten Meijsing. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij de Arbeiderspers, 1989. [Coustillas A25.56c] Paperback. Near Fine. (Inventory No. 23726)
Catalogue number Gissing5/224 Price: £15

Har Vilar Henry Ryecroft. Stockholm: Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1929. [Coustillas A25.57a] Paperback. Card covers slightly chipped and sunned. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29716)
Catalogue number Gissing5/225 Price: £15

Il giornale intimo di Henry Ryecroft. Bari: Edizioni Paoline, 1957. [Coustillas A25.58a10] Original green cloth. Pages browning slightly, boards nice and bright. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23727)
Catalogue number Gissing5/226 Price: £12


Veranilda

Archibald Constable and Company, Ltd., 1904. First Edition. [Coustillas A26.1a] Original red cloth, gilt. Spine sunned, and corners worn. Some foxing but very good copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35497)
Catalogue number Gissing5/227 Price: £25

Oxford University Press, 1929. (The World's Classics) [Coustillas A26.3a] Original green cloth, gilt. Small address label on fep, name on ffep. Clean bright copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 33057)
Catalogue number Gissing5/228 Price: £15

Edited with an introduction by Pierre Coustillas. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1987. [Coustillas A26.4] Dark grey cloth. Very nice clean copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 34306)
Catalogue number Gissing5/229 Price: £25

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1905. Second Impression. [Coustillas A26.6b] Original decorated cloth. Name rubbed out on ffep making two small holes, front hinge cracked with one of prelims starting to detach but nice bright copy with only slight wear to corners and spine. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23644)
Catalogue number Gissing5/230 Price: £25


Will Warburton

Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1905. First Edition. [Coustillas A27.1a] Original red cloth, gilt. Spine a little faded else lovely clean copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 35521)
Catalogue number Gissing5/231 Price: £45

Edited and with a new introduction and notes by Colin Partridge. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1981. [Coustillas A27.5] Orange cloth. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 34332)
Catalogue number Gissing5/232 Price: £15

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1905. First American Edition. [Coustillas A27.7a] Original green decorated cloth, gilt. Spine slightly worn, initials on ffep and name on title-page. Half-title page becoming loose but nice bright copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 7057)
Catalogue number Gissing5/233 Price: £32

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1905. First American Edition. [Coustillas A27.7b] Original green decorated cloth, gilt. Spine and corners worn, front hinge cracked, name on fep, lacks half-title page. Good+. (Inventory No. 645)
Catalogue number Gissing5/234 Price: £20


The House of Cobwebs

Introductory Survey by Thomas Seccombe. Archibald Constable and Company, Ltd., 1906. Second Impression. [Coustillas A28.2] Original dark blue cloth, gilt. Very nice clean crisp copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 35523)
Catalogue number Gissing5/235 Price: £30

Introductory Survey by Thomas Seccombe. Archibald Constable and Company, Ltd., 1906. Second Impression. [Coustillas A28.2] Original dark blue cloth, gilt. Spine worn at top, foxing to prelims,untidy signature on fep. Good+. (Inventory No. 35524)
Catalogue number Gissing5/236 Price: £15

Introductory Survey by Thomas Seccombe. Archibald Constable and Company, Ltd., 1907. Third Impression. [Coustillas A28.3] Original dark blue cloth, gilt. Ex-reference library with stamps, date label and class number on spine, but nice bright copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 15496)
Catalogue number Gissing5/237 Price: £15

Introductory Survey by Thomas Seccombe. Constable & Company Ltd., 1914. [Coustillas A28.4h] Original blue/black suede, gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Suede binding a little rubbed at top and bottom of spine but nice copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 15498)
Catalogue number Gissing5/238 Price: £25

With an introduction by Thomas Seccombe. Constable and Co Limited, 1931. [Coustillas A28.8c] Original light blue cloth, gilt. Cloth on boards bubbled but nice and bright. Very Good. (Inventory No. 15499)
Catalogue number Gissing5/239 Price: £12


An Heiress on Condition

Philadelphia: Privately Printed for the Pennell Club, 1923. Limited edition. [Coustillas A29.1] Quarter cloth over paper covered boards. The second book issued by the Pennell Club in an edition of forty-eight numbered copies, this copy being unnumbered. Pages uncut. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly worn, otherwise very nice clean copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 21000)
Catalogue number Gissing5/240 Price: £250


The Sins of the Fathers

Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1924. First edition. [Coustillas A30] Quarter yellow linen over mottled purple paper boards, paper label on spine in mottled green dust wrapper. No. 443 of 550 numbered copies. Boards a little faded at top, dust wrapper chipped and faded on spine and edges. Very scarce in dust wrapper. Very Good+/Very Good. (Inventory No. 15500)
Catalogue number Gissing5/241 Price: £100

Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1924. First Edition. [Coustillas A30] Quarter yellow linen over mottled purple paper boards, paper label on spine. No. 210 of 550 numbered copies. Corners rubbed, boards sunned round the edges. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35525)
Catalogue number Gissing5/242 Price: £40


Critical Studies of the Works of Charles Dickens

With an introduction and bibliography of Gissing by Temple Scott. New York: Greenberg, Publisher, Inc., 1924. First Edition. [Coustillas A31.1a] Quarter dark brown cloth over brown paper boards, paper labels on spine and front board. Number 281 of edition limited to 1,500 copies. Corners rubbed, slight wear to top of spine and rear board, gift inscription on reverse of frontispiece. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29335)
Catalogue number Gissing5/243 Price: £15


The Immortal Dickens

Cecil Palmer, 1925. First Edition. [Coustillas A32.1] Original maroon cloth, with paper label on spine. Slight fading to spine. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29689)
Catalogue number Gissing5/244 Price: £15


A Victim of Circumstances

Constable & Co. Ltd, 1927. First Edition. [Coustillas A33.1] Original light blue cloth. Spine slightly faded else unusually nice copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 29690)
Catalogue number Gissing5/245 Price: £30

Constable & Co. Ltd, 1927. First Edition. [Coustillas A33.1] Original light blue cloth. Spine darkened, red mark on front board else very good. Very Good. (Inventory No. 35526)
Catalogue number Gissing5/246 Price: £20

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. First American Edition. [Coustillas A33.2a] Original blue cloth, gilt. Spine dulled and has small split in cloth about a third of the way down, faint cup mark on front board, spotting inside, clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 14347)
Catalogue number Gissing5/248 Price: £24


A Yorkshire Lass

New York: Privately Printed, 1928. Limited edition. [Coustillas A34.1] Paper covered boards in glassine wrapper. Slight wear to extremities, wrapper slightly discoloured but a lovely clean, bright copy. Very Good+/Very Good. (Inventory No. 22052)
Catalogue number Gissing5/249 Price: £350


Short Stories of To-day and Yesterday

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929. First Edition. [Coustillas A35a] Original maroon cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Dust wrapper darkened on spine and slightly chipped. Very Good+/Very Good+. (Inventory No. 19171)
Catalogue number Gissing5/251 Price: £12.50

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929. First Edition. [Coustillas A35a] Original maroon cloth, gilt. Clean unmarked copy. Very Good. (Inventory No.35527)
Catalogue number Gissing5/252 Price: £8

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929. First Edition. [Coustillas A35a] Original maroon cloth, gilt. Cloth a little worn, name on endpapers, foxed. Reading copy. Good. (Inventory No. 24705)
Catalogue number Gissing5/253 Price: £5

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929. First Edition. [Coustillas A35b] Original red cloth. Spine faded, bookplate on fep. Very Good. (Inventory No. 1220)
Catalogue number Gissing5/254 Price: £8

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929. First Edition. [Coustillas A35e] Original red decorated leatherette. Spine slightly worn. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 7170)
Catalogue number Gissing5/255 Price: £12.50

Bound with Short Stories of To-day and Yesterday by Morley Roberts and Algernon Blackwood. Goerge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. Blue imitation leather, gilt. Grammar school press on front board and prize label on fep. Very Good. (Inventory No. 30228)
Catalogue number Gissing5/256 Price: £25


Brownie

With introductions by George Everett Hastings, Vincent Starrett and Thomas Ollive Mabbott. New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. First Edition. [Coustillas A37.1] Original paper covered boards with brown cloth spine in dust wrapper with paper label. Number 436 of 500 numbered copies. Spine faded at top, dust wrapper chipped, faded and torn on spine. Near Fine/Very Good. (Inventory No. 722)
Catalogue number Gissing5/257 Price: £75

With introductions by George Everett Hastings, Vincent Starrett and Thomas Ollive Mabbott. New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. First Edition. [Coustillas A37.1] Original paper covered boards with brown cloth spine. Number 44 of 500 numbered copies. Spine faded, corners rubbed, boards a little darkened, 1cm split to front hinge. Very Good. (Inventory No. 7174)
Catalogue number Gissing5/258 Price: £30

High Wycombe: University Microfilms, n.d. [c1960] Blue cloth. Authorised facsimile. Very Good. (Inventory No. 29685)
Catalogue number Gissing5/259 Price: £10


Stories & Sketches

Michael Joseph Ltd., 1938. First Edition. [Coustillas A38a] Original dark orange cloth in dust wrapper. Very nice clean copy, dust wrapper slightly chipped. Very good+/Very Good. (Inventory No. 34533)
Catalogue number Gissing5/260 Price: £35

Michael Joseph Ltd., 1938. First Edition. [Coustillas A38a] Original dark orange cloth. A little rubbed, scrape mark on rear board, contents very good, no inscriptions. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23649)
Catalogue number Gissing5/261 Price: £12

Michael Joseph Ltd., 1938. First Edition. [Coustillas A38b] Original red cloth. Slightly bumped but very good clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 23650)
Catalogue number Gissing5/262 Price: £15


George Gissing's Commonplace Book

N/A
Catalogue number Gissing5/263 Price:


Notes on Social Democracy

Enitharmon Press, 1968. [Coustillas A40] Card covers. N/A
Catalogue number Gissing5/264 Price:


My First Rehearsal and My Clerical Rival

Edited and with an introduction by Pierre Coustillas. Enitharmon Press, 1970. [Coustillas A41] Green leatherette in dust wrapper. Edition of 350 numbered copies. Dust wrapper slightly faded on spine. Near Fine/Very Good+. (Inventory No. 34642)
Catalogue number Gissing5/265 Price: £12


Essays & Fiction

Edited with an introduction by Pierre Coustillas. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1970. [Coustillas A42] Green cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Nice clean copy. Very Good+/Very Good. (Inventory No. 27586)
Catalogue number Gissing5/266 Price: £12

Edited with an introduction by Pierre Coustillas. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1970. [Coustillas A42] Green cloth, gilt. Book plate on fep. Newspaper review of book tipped to rear else nice clean copy. Very Good. (Inventory No. 27587)
Catalogue number Gissing5/267 Price: £8


London and the Life of Literature in Late Victorian England: The Diary of George Gissing, Novelist

N/A
Catalogue number Gissing5/268 Price:


Six Sonnets on Shakespearean Heroines

With an introductory note by Pierre Coustillas. Eric & Joan Stevens, 1982. [Coustillas A44] Card covers. Set and printed by hand and published in an edition of 250 copies. Editor's presentation copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 20439)
Catalogue number Gissing5/269 Price: £10

With an introductory note by Pierre Coustillas. Eric & Joan Stevens, 1982. [Coustillas A44] Card covers. Set and printed by hand and published in an edition of 250 copies. Near Fine. (Inventory No. 35618)
Catalogue number Gissing5/270 Price: £8


George Gissing at Work: A Study of His Notebook Extracts from my Reading

By Pierre Coustillas and Patrick Bridgwater. Greensboro, North Carolina: ELT Press, 1988. [Coustillas A48] Brown cloth in dust wrapper. Near Fine/Very Good+. (Inventory No. 25674)
Catalogue number Gissing5/271 Price: £20


A Freak of Nature or Mr. Brogden, City Clerk

An uncollected short story edited by Pierre Coustillas. Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1990. [Coustillas A49a] Marbled dark blue wrappers. Number 14 of edition limited to 110 copies. Near Fine/Near Fine. (Inventory No. 23658)
Catalogue number Gissing5/272 Price: £25

An uncollected short story edited by Pierre Coustillas. Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1990. [Coustillas A49c] Blue wrappers. Edition limited to 110 copies. Near Fine/Near Fine. (Inventory No. 35183)
Catalogue number Gissing5/273 Price: £20


George Gissing's Essay on Robert Burns

A previously unpublished manuscript. Edited by Jacob Korg. Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992. [Coustillas A50] Cloth, gilt. Near Fine. (Inventory No. 17453)
Catalogue number Gissing5/274 Price: £15


George Gissing Lost Stories From America

N/A
Catalogue number Gissing5/275 Price:


The Day of Silence and Other Stories

Edited by Pierre Coustillas. J. M. Dent, 1993. [Coustillas A52] Paperback. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 30729)
Catalogue number Gissing5/276 Price: £8


George Gissing's American Notebook: Notes - G.R.G.-1877

Edited by Bouwe Postmus. Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1993. [Coustillas A53] Cloth, gilt. Near Fine. (Inventory No. 24911)
Catalogue number Gissing5/277 Price: £25


The Poetry of George Gissing

N/A
Catalogue number Gissing5/278 Price:


George Gissing's Memorandum Book: A Novelists Notebook, 1895-1902

Edited by Bouwe Postmus. Salzburg: Universitat Salzburg, 1997. [Coustillas A55b] Paperback. Near Fine. (Inventory No. 25769)
Catalogue number Gissing5/279 Price: £10


Christopherson

Illustrations by Michael Of. Privately printed for Pierre and Helene Coustillas, Christmas 1998. [Coustillas A.56] Card covers. 80 copies printed. Inscribed by Pierre and Helene Coustillas. Very nice clean copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 35528)
Catalogue number Gissing5/280 Price: £10

Illustrations by Michael Of. Privately printed for Pierre and Helene Coustillas, Christmas 1998. [Coustillas A.56] Card covers. 80 copies printed. Covers spotted else very good. Very Good. (Inventory No. 19257)
Catalogue number Gissing5/281 Price: £5


An Exile's Cunning: Some Private Papers of George Gissing

Edited by Bouwe Postmus. Uitgever: Stichting Uitgeberji Noord-Holland, 1999. Cloth. Inscribed by editor. Nice clean copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 29671)
Catalogue number Gissing5/282 Price: £27


Collected Works of George Gissing on Charles Dickens

Volume 1: Essays, Introductions and Reviews, Edited and Introduced by Pierre Coustillas, Afterword by Alan S. Watts. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2004. [Coustillas A58a] Orange cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Mint/Mint. (Inventory No. 35776)
Catalogue number Gissing5/283 Price: £24

Volume 2: Charles Dickens: a Critical Study, Edited and Introduced by Simon J. James, Afterword by David Parker. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2004. [Coustillas A58c] Green cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Mint/Mint. (Inventory No. 29562)
Catalogue number Gissing5/284 Price: £25

Volume 3: Forster's life of Dickens Abridged and Revised by George Gissing, Edited and Introduced by Christine DeVine, Afterword by James A. Davies. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2005. [Coustillas A58] Purple cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper. Mint/Mint. (Inventory No. 29563)
Catalogue number Gissing5/285 Price: £25

Volumes 1, 2 and 3 (as above) Mint/Mint. (Inventory No. 35529)
Catalogue number Gissing5/286 Price: £70

Volume 1: Essays, Introductions and Reviews, Edited and Introduced by Pierre Coustillas, Afterword by Alan S. Watts. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2004. [Coustillas A58b] Paperback. Mint. (Nventory No. 25252)
Catalogue number Gissing5/287 Price: £15

Volume 2: Charles Dickens: a Critical Study, Edited and Introduced by Simon J. James, Afterword by David Parker. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2004. [Coustillas A58c] Paperback. Mint. (Inventory No. 35777)
Catalogue number Gissing5/288 Price: £15

Volume 3: Forster's life of Dickens Abridged and Revised by George Gissing, Edited and Introduced by Christine DeVine, Afterword by James A. Davies. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2005. [Coustillas A58] Paperback. Mint. (Inventory No. 35778)
Catalogue number Gissing5/289 Price: £15

Volumes 1, 2 and 3 (as above) Mint. (Inventory No. 25779)
Catalogue number Gissing5/290 Price: £45


An Art Exhibition in Boston: "Elaine"- Rosenthal and Tojetti

With an introduction by Pierre Coustillas. Privately Printed, 2004. [Coustillas A59] Card covers with marbled dust wrapper. Edition limited to forty-five copies hand-set in Centaur type and printed at the Tragara Press. Fine. (Inventory No. 19180)
Catalogue number Gissing5/291 Price: £25


Collected Short Stories

Volume 1 Edited and introduced by Pierre Coustillas, with assistance from Barbara Rawlinson and Helene Coustillas. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2012. New. (Inventory No. 35200)
Catalogue number Gissing5/292 Price: £30

Volume 2 Edited and introduced by Pierre Coustillas, with assistance from Barbara Rawlinson and Helene Coustillas. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2012. New. (Inventory No. 35201)
Catalogue number Gissing5/293 Price: £30

Volume 3 Edited and introduced by Pierre Coustillas, with assistance from Barbara Rawlinson and Helene Coustillas. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2012. New. (Inventory No. 35202)
Catalogue number Gissing5/294 Price: £30


The Fate of Humphrey Snell

Edited with an intoduction by Pierre Coustillas. Privately Printed, 2008. Card covers. Nice clean copy. Very Good+. (Inventory No. 29700)
Catalogue number Gissing5/295 Price: £10


La Chance de sa Vie et Autres Nouvelles

Nouvelles traduites de l'Anglais par Pierre Coustillas. Dijon: Editions Universitaires de Dijon, 2014. Paperback. Mint. (Inventory No. 27366)
Catalogue number Gissing5/296 Price: £15


Collected Essays

Edited and introduced by Pierre Coustillas. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2015. Laminated boards. Mint. (Inventory No. 35774)
Catalogue number Gissing5/297 Price: £30

Edited and introduced by Pierre Coustillas. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2015. Paperback. Mint. (Inventory No. 35775)
Catalogue number Gissing5/298 Price: £20


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