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In Darkest Africa, or, The Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria. With Two Steel Engravings and One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations and Maps.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Two volumes, octavo. Illustrated, with three folding maps housed in pockets to the rear of each volume. Publisher's green cloth, pictorially stamped in gilt and black. Some edgewear and rubbing to extremities, spine tips frayed, loose maps with some expected wear..... More
In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. [African Exploration] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 529; [1]; pp.xvi; 472; [2]. With 150 woodcut illustrations and maps, including three folding. Also with a copy of John Speke's map of eastern equatorial Africa loose to preliminaries of..... More
British Rural Sports: Comprising Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Fishing, Hawking, Racing, Boating, Pedestrianism, with all Rural Games and Amusements.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [circa 1875]. [Blood and Outdoor Sports] FINELY BOUND, the 11th edition. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.xx; 872 [2]. Very small print over two columns. With numerous engraved plates by various artists. Contemporary red half calf, with gilt titles to a black label, further..... More
Of Friendship. An Essay from A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers.
Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1901. [Philosophy] LIMITED EDITION, PRIVATE PRESS. Duodecimo (20 x 12cm), pp.[4] vi; 88 [6]. Number 448 of 500 copies thus, letterpress printed on fine hand-made paper. Publisher's quarter cream cloth, with gilt titles to spine and upper, and dark grey paper..... More
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau.
Boston, MA and New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906. FINELY BOUND. Twenty volumes, octavo (20 x 14 x 61cm). The Walden Edition. Handsomely bound in contemporary dark blue half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and ornate tooling to spine, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. All volumes illustrated..... More
Dylan Thomas: 'Dog Among the Fairies.'
London: Lindsay Drummond, 1949. [Literary Criticism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.159 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt device to upper. With the typographic red dust-jacket priced at 7/6. Gilt lightly dulled. Jacket toned to spine, with rubbing and light chipping to edges and..... More
The Haunted Garden.
London: Faber & Faber, 1947. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.94. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket. Some offsetting to endpapers. Price-clipped jacket gently toned, more-so to spine, with a little light wear to edges. Near fine. More
The Way We Live Now.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1875. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii; 320; pp.viii; 319; [1]. With forty wood engraved plates after Linton, including a frontispiece to each volume. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spines, and decorative ivy patterns stamped to upper boards in..... More
[Contribute to] Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Volume VI. - Part I.
Philadelphia: Jane Aitken, 1804. [Americana] IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. Quarto (27 x 23cm), pp.xx; [4] contents; 190. Original grey paper covered boards, cream paper spine, with title label, edges untrimmed and some leaves unopened. Four engraved plates and numerous tables throughout. Small circle clipped from title page, perhaps removing an ownership..... More
[Simla Accord] The Boundary Question between China and Tibet: A Valuable Record of the Tripartite Conference between China, Britain and Tibet in India, 1913-1914.
Peking, 1940. [Far East Diplomacy] GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[6] ii; 150 [2]. Publisher's plain paper covers with titles to spine and front cover. Quite heavily browned, as expected. Only mild spotting to covers, and very light edge wear. Near fine. Published while Beijing was occupied by Japanese..... More
Irish Minstrelsy. Being a Selection of Irish Songs, Lyrics, and Ballads; Original and Translated. Edited, With Notes and Introduction, by H. Halliday Sparling.
London: Walter Scott, 1887. [Songbook] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (15 x 12cm), pp.xviii; [2]; 368; [8]. Advertisements to rear. Red borders around text. Publisher's dark green cloth to boards, paper label with black titles to spine. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Toning throughout leaves, especially fore margins. Light offsetting to endpapers..... More
Air Force Poetry.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1944. [Second World War Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.90 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the blue and white dust-jacket designed by Foss, priced at 7/6. Cloth spine faded, with toning to jacket spine. Rubbing..... More
The Adventure of the Dying Detective [and] The Horror of the Heights [and] How it Happened [and] The Poison Belt, Chapter 6 [and] To the South Pole: Captain Scott's Own Story [and] Back to Back [and] Keeping Watch [and] The Weaker Vessel [and] Bits of Life [and] The Journal of Aura Lovel [and] Keeping it from Harold [and] The Torch [and] Wet Magic [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 46, complete.
London: George Newnes, July to December 1913. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.iv; 802; viii. With frequent black and white, and occasional dichromatic, illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges speckled red. Ink library stamps of..... More
The Best from Playboy Number Five.
Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 1971. [Anthology] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (28 x 21cm), pp.196. Illustrated in colour throughout, with central folding plate. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at $2.50. Some rubbing to covers, with spotting to preliminaries, and occasionally throughout. Very good. Another round-up of notable articles published in Playboy..... More
The Wonderful Travels. Containing 'Around the World in Eighty Days,' 'Five Weeks in a Balloon,' and 'A Journey into the Interior of the Earth.'
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., [n.d.] c.1900. [Adventure fiction] FIRST THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 5-192; 7-268; 268. With three halftone frontispieces, the first one also with a tissue-guard. Publisher's green pictorial cloth, designs and gilt titles to upper and spine. Black endpapers. Interior lightly toned, thumbed, and creased..... More
A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. The Dark Lantern; Donkey Boy; Young Phillip Maddison; How Dear Is Life; A Fox Under My Cloak; The Golden Virgin; Love and the Loveless; A Test to Destruction; The Innocent Moon; It Was the Nightingale; The Power of the Dead; The Phoenix Generation; A Solitary War; Lucifer Before Sunrise; The Gale of the World.
London: Macdonald and Co., 1951-1969. [Autobiographical Novel Series] 13 FIRST EDITIONS, two titles are second impressions ('The Golden Virgin' and 'A Fox Under My Cloak' 1962). Fifteen volumes. Octavo (21 x 14 x 53cm). Publisher's variously coloured cloth with gilt titles to spines (The Innocent Moon' is lettered in silver)..... More
The Flax of Dream: A Novel in Four Books. The Beautiful Years; Dandelion Days; The Dream of Fair Women; The Pathway.
London: Faber and Faber, 1936. [Great War Novel] FIRST ONE-VOLUME EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.1416. Printed on thin paper, with the errata slip. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the first issue light blue dust-jacket decorated with silver stars, priced at 8/6. A clean copy, with..... More
In the Woods.
Llandeilo: St. Albert's Press, 1960. [Autobiographical novelette] LIMITED EDITION, copy number 585 of 1000. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8]; 54; [6]. Publisher's blue softcovers. With the matching pictorial dust-jacket priced at 10s 6d to front flap. Two loose newspaper clippings inserted. Interior bright and clean. Dust-jacket faintly foxed with sunning..... More
A Solitary War.
London: MacDonald, 1966. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.374 [10]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket. A crisp, clean copy in a price-clipped jacket, showing just a touch of toning to spine and some light wear to extremities. Near fine..... More
Ian Fleming. The Spy Who Came In With The Gold. A Biography.
New York: Dell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 150; [2], blank. With photographic plates. Publisher's hardback cloth in dust-wrapper, priced at $3.95. Discreet ink date [12-68] to flyleaf, jacket a little rubbed and edge worn. Very good. 'The earliest book-length biography of..... More
Ian Fleming. The Spy Who Came In With The Gold. A Biography.
New York: Dell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 150; [2], blank. With photographic plates. Publisher's hardback cloth in dust-wrapper, priced at $3.95. No inscriptions, contents clean. A near fine copy in like jacket with light wear to spine tips. Shows well. 'The..... More
Ian Fleming. The Spy Who Came In With The Gold. A Biography.
New York: Popular Library, 1966. [Literary biography] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 125; [1], blank. All edges tinted red. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 60c. Contents clean, no inscriptions, very gently toned. A crisp, fine copy. 'The earliest book-length biography of Ian Fleming' (Gilbert, p.597). Ian Fleming..... More