Results
Leave it to Jennings.
London: Collins, 1963. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's grey cloth lettered in red to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of 8s 6d to front flap. Four full page illustrations, top edge red. Spotting to flyleaf and edges of textblock, blue pen to back flyleaf..... More
Speaking of Jennings.
London and Glasgow: Collins, 1973. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.157. Publisher's black and white cloth lettered in red to spine, photographic dust-jacket with printed price of £1.25 to front flap. Toning and spotting to edges of textblock, toning to dust-jacket. Very good. After seeing a list..... More
Divided We Fall.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Trade Union Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13m), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the black and green typographic dust-jacket, not priced. Light toning to edges, with a bump to upper top right corner. Jacket..... More
Heroes and Kings: Stories from the Greek.
London: Seeley and Co. Ltd., 1905. [Greek Myths] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Sexto-Decimo (14 x 10cm), pp.[2] xii; 242 [2]. With 11 engraved plates. Contemporary tan full calf by RELFE BROS., with raised bands, gilt titles to a black label and further gilt to spine, a large gilt crest of Hazelhurst..... More
Three Greek Children: A Story of Home in Old Time.
London: Seeley and Co., 1908. [Ancient History] FINELY BOUND, a new edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 193 [3]. With nine illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, and occasional in-text illustrations. Contemporary brown full calf, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and marbling to all edges and endpapers..... More
Helmet and Spear: Tales from the Wars of the Greeks and Romans.
London: Seeley and Co., 1900. [Ancient Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 380 [8]. With eight black and white plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles, and gilt and black decoration to spine and upper. Yellow-coated endpapers. Heavy spotting to first and final leaves..... More
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero.
London: Seeley and Company, 1884. [Roman History] FINELY BOUND, the fourth printing thus. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2]; xii; 291; [3]. Twelve illustrations including frontispiece. Contemporary tan full calf, with gilt titles on green label to spine, gilt decorations to spine, raised bands, gilt decorative panelling to boards, gilt dentelle..... More
Northanger Abbey. A Comedy in Three Acts, Based Upon Jane Austen's Novel.
London: The Fortune Press, 1950. [Script] FIRST EDITION. Booklet (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 63 [3]. Publisher's stapled softcovers priced at 4s 6d to front flap. Stage map to rear leaf. Light internal toning with spotting to prelims, rear leaves, and edges. Pencilled annotations throughout. Two large ownership stamps to half-title..... More
Virginia Woolf.
London: Editions Poetry London, 1945. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.151 [1]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece portrait of Woolf. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the red typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. Gently toned to wartime economy paper. Bumping to corners..... More
Give Us This Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1973. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.767; [1]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated endpapers. Top edge blue. With the dust-jacket illustrated by George Chrichard. Some page corners tuned down, some marks to edges. Price-clipped jacket spine sunned, some light..... More
A Games of Murder.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1975. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.192. With a 'review copy' slip loose to preliminaries, as well as a bookplate detailing provenance. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews..... More
The Black Book
Paris: Olympia Press 1969. FIRST OLYMPIA PRESS EDITION. The Traveller's Companion Series, n°77. Pp.301; [1], blank; [1], advertisement; [1], blank; [1], imprint; [1], blank. Publisher's green paper binding, glossy pictorial jacket. Minor toning to text block, trivial nicks to jacket; a clean, fine copy. The author's first novel, not published..... More
The Ikons, and Other Poems.
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp. 48. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the yellow and blue typographic dust-jacket, priced at 13/6. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Jacket a little rubbed to edges, and gently toned to spine. Near fine... More
Livia. Livia, or Buried Alive.
London: Faber and Faber, 1978. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp. [6]; 265; [1]. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of £4.95 to front flap designed by David Gentlemen. Very slight rolling to spine, very slight fraying to dust-jacket edges..... More
Quinx, or The Ripper's Tale.
London: Faber and Faber, 1985. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Ocatavo (21 x 14cm), pp. 201; [7]. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of £8.95 to front flap. Slight spotting on top edge of textblock, water staining visible only on the inside of..... More
The Tree of Idleness, and other poems.
London: Faber and Faber, 1955. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.48. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green typographic dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. Some offsetting to endpapers. Jacket a little toned to spine, with some rubbing and a couple of small closed tears. Near..... More
A Lost Season.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1944. [Second World War Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.60. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the plain dust-jacket titled in blue. A lovely crisp copy on wartime economy standard paper. Price to jacket flap carefully removed (not clipped), with some..... More
New Poems.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1968. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.61 [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the purple typographic dust-jacket designed by Patricia Davey, priced at 15s. Just a hint of toning to jacket spine, otherwise a lovely crisp copy. Near fine. More
Off Course.
London: Turret Books, 1969. SIGNED Limited Edition (First). Small Octavo, pp. 16 [1]. No. 47 of 250 copies signed by the author. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. As new. 15 short poems. More
Owls and Artificers Oxford Lectures on Poetry.
London: André Deutsch, December 1971. [Lectures on Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.136 [8]. Publisher's orange cloth lettered with silver to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by John Andrews, priced at £1.80. Very slight toning to edges of textblock, rolling to spine, and bumping to corners of..... More
The Ruined Boys.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1959. [School Story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 248 [4]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green dust-jacket illustrated by Peter Edwards, priced at 15s. The very slightest hint of toning to jacket spine, and a little light handling. A lovely..... More
Be Shot For Sixpence.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. [Spy Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 223; [1], publisher's advertisement. Bound in dark red cloth, with titles and smoking gun in gilt to spine, illustrated price-clipped dust-wrapper. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket with a few small nicks and tears. A very good..... More
The Final Throw.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £7.95. Minor toning. A fine copy. A gritty London police thriller featuring Detective Chief Superintendent Morrissey. More
Sky High.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13xm), pp.222; [2]. Publisher's maroon cloth lettered in black to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of 10s 6d to front and back flaps. Toning to edges of text-block, archival tape to flaps and spine (six pieces applied..... More
Skating [and] Figure-Skating, with contributions on Curling, Tobogganing, Ice-Sailing [and] Bandy. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. [Winter Sports] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 464. With frequent in-text diagrams and illustrations, as well as a half-tone frontispiece and a vignette title page. Publisher's blue diced half morocco with gilt titles to spine, orange cloth over boards, and Beaufort crest..... More