New Arrivals
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by the artist Giles Greenfield. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.636; [4], blank. Publisher's purple cloth, all edges gilt, gilt titles to spine and upper with pictorial illustration laid down, autographed by Greenfield. A fine, unread copy. Over many years Adrian Harrington..... More
Why Didn't they ask Evans?
The Crime Club, by Collins, London, 1950. [Detective Fiction] Vintage hardcover edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252; [2] ads. Ninth impression. Bound in publisher's orange cloth lettered in black illustrated dust-wrapper by Gilbert Cousland priced at 4/6. Contents clean, edges a little toned/dusty/spotted, small ink cross to front endpaper. Jacket..... More
By The Pricking Of My Thumbs.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1968. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's mid-green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the yellow dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill priced 21s. Contents clean, ink name to front endpaper, jacket is used, with some chips and tears..... More
Dead Man's Folly (A Hercule Poirot mystery).
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1956. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth titled in black, original printed dust-wrapper, unpriced for export. No inscriptions, colourful bookplate to front endpaper. A very good copy with some chips and tears to the jacket, rubbed in places..... More
The Secret Adversary.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1922. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.312; [4], advertisements. Elegantly bound in dark green full oasis morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, gilt ruled boards, marbled endpapers. Internally clean, spine very lightly aged. A near fine copy in an..... More
The Life of Oscar Wilde, with a Full Reprint of the Famous Revolutionary Article, "Jacta Alea Est," Which was Written by Jane Francesca Elgee, who Afterwards Became the Mother of Oscar Wilde, and an Additional Chapter Contributed by one of the Prison Warders, who Held this Unhappy Man in Gaol. Illustrated with Portraits, Facsimile Letters, and Other Documents.
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1906. [Biography] FIRST EDITION, PRIMARY BINDING. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 470 [2]. With 26 illustrations, including a tissue-guarded photogravure frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles and gilt motif to upper board and spine. Publisher's imprint in blind to lower. Top edge gilt. Lightly toned throughout..... More
Spies in Amber.
London: Methuen and Co., 1956. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4]; 235; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Toni Wellis with printed price of 10s. 6d. to front flap. Slight toning visible to reverse of jacket. Fine. Within an hour..... More
Tristessa.
London: World Distributors, 1963. [Modern Literature] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.122; [6]. Illustrated soft-covers with printed price of 3'6 to front cover. Toning to textblock, creasing to top corner of front cover, wearing to ink to spine. Very good. Picking up where 'On the Road' left off..... More
The Dharma Bums.
London: Pan Books, 1962. [Modern Literature] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.188; [1]; [3], publisher's advertisements. Illustrated softcovers with printed price of 2'6 to front cover. Toning to textblock. Near fine. Published a year after 'On the Road,' Kerouac's 'The Dharma Bums' continues in the same vein of..... More
The Elephant and the Kangaroo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.222. Publisher's teal cloth lettered and illustrated in green to front-board and spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 8s. 6d. to front flap. In-text illustrations throughout by the author. Toning and spotting to edges of textblock, sunning..... More
Murder Most Fouled Up.
London: Robert Hale and Company, 1969. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 X 13cm), pp.190; [2]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews with printed price of 18/- and (90p) to front-flap. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf. Toning..... More
The Changing Room.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1972. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2]; 90; [4]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Leigh Taylor. Jacket price-clipped. Near Fine. This play takes place in a changing room before, during, and after a Rugby League game. The play..... More
Butterflies are Free.
New York, NY: Random House, 1969. [Drama] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[12]; 107; [9]. Black quarter cloth, pink paper over boards. Lettered in gilt to spine. House motif in blind stamped to upper. INSCRIBED by the author to Joyce Grenfell in blue ink to flyleaf. Toning and..... More
A Key to Motoring.
London: Blackie and Son, 1938. [Motoring] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 183; [1]. Publisher's cream cloth lettered in black to front-board and spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 5s. to front flap. Eight photographic plates throughout. Toning and spotting to edges of textblock, sunning to spine, 2cm..... More
Why Do Women Write More Letters Than They Post.
London: Faber and Faber, 1995. [Essay] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.158. Publisher's mint green soft covers lettered in black to front and spine with publication date of '14 February 1996' and printed price of £9.99 to back cover, with photographic dust-jacket. Some wearing and marking to dust-jacket..... More
The Magic Finger.
London: Viking, 1995. [Children's Illustrated Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 26cm), pp.62; [2]. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. In-text and full page illustrations throughout by Blake. Very slight rolling to crown of spine. Fine. 'The Magic Finger' was first published in the USA..... More
Satan in the Suburbs. And Other Stories.
London: The Bodley Head, 1953. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.138; [2]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 9s 6d to front flap. In-text illustrations throughout. Light spotting to bottom of textblock, sunning to back cover of jacket. Near..... More
Perseus in The Wind.
London: John Murray, 1948. [Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.x; 168; [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and facsimile signature stamped in gilt to upper, typographic dust-jacket designed by F. Quilter with printed price of 12s. 6d. to front flap. With wood-engraved vignettes by Reynolds..... More
In Your Garden Again.
London: Michael Joseph, 1953. [Gardening] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.178; [2]. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 15s to front flap. Photographic frontispiece, along with 7 photographic plates throughout. Toning to edges of textblock, rolling and sunning to spine, bumping..... More
Serpentine.
London: Penguin Books, 2020. [Young Adult Short Story] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[8]; 68; [6]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to 'Exclusive Signed Edition' leaf tipped in ahead of the half-title. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to upper, and light blue endpapers. With the..... More
[The Novels of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte]: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Shirley, Villette, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Agnes Grey, and The Professor.
London: Robert Riviere and Son Ltd., no date [circa 1920s]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND SET. Complete in six volumes. Small octavo (18 x 12 x 14cm), pp.xx; 457 [3]; pp.xxviii; 289 [3]; pp.xvi; 511 [3]; pp.xviii; 462 [2]; pp.xii; 548 [2]; pp.xii; 244 [2]. Each volume with a colour frontispiece..... More
A Caribbean Mystery.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1964. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Bound in publisher's red cloth, printed with black cloth pattern, with gilt titles to spine, illustrated p/c dust-wrapper. Contents clean, Xmas gift note to front endpaper. A very good copy in a toned and..... More
Tales of Space and Time.
London: Harper, 1900 [actually published 1899]. [Science fiction collection] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 358; + 2 of adverts. Publisher's light brown cloth, lettered in brown to spine and in gilt to cover, with additional rules and devices in brown; top edge trimmed, others untrimmed. A used book..... More
The Big Four.
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1927. [Crime] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[vii]; 276; [4], blank. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in orange to spine and upper. Contents clean, page edges very slightly toned, cloth is bright with very little wear. A fine copy without jacket. A classic..... More
The Prison.
New York, NY: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1969. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[4]; 182; [4], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in gilt and black to spine, russet endpapers, dust-jacket priced at $4.95. A lovely fine copy with the slightest..... More