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Sheridaniana, or, Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan; His Table Talk and Bon Mots.
London: Henry Colburn, 1826. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[2] xii; 334 [4]. With a frontispiece etching of Sheridan. In original publisher's paste-boards, recently re-backed to-style in grey paper, with a plain printed title label. Untrimmed edges. Light spotting throughout, with a pair of ink ownerships to first..... More
The Blackbird
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1970. [Spy thriller] FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Octavo (20x 14cm), pp.184; [8], blank. Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Graphics Partners. A clean, fine copy in near fine price-clipped wrapper. Adventure novel featuring the 'swinging' series character Alan Grofield. Westlake..... More
Man Overboard! [in] The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine. Volume I, 1898-9.
London: Harmsworth Bros., Limited, 1898-1899. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.viii; 672. With black and white in-text illustrations throughout. Publisher's DELUXE BINDING of leather-backed dark green boards with extra gilt decoration to spine, tan endpapers, edges marbled (the standard binding was mid-green cloth. Contents clean, joints slightly..... More
The Book of Ballads.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, no date [circa 1870]. [Illustrated Ballads] REISSUE. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.[6] 256. With illustrations in-text and to margins by various artists, as well as an engraved frontispiece and a title page decorated in red and gilt. Publisher's blind-decorated blue cloth, with gilt..... More
My Sword For Lafayette [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 29 and 30, numbers 171 to 179.
London: George Newnes, March to November 1905. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Nine parts in their original light blue paper covers, priced at 6d. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[92] 241-360 [93-100]; pp.[92] 361-480 [93-100]; pp.[84] 481-600 [85-92]; pp.[72] 601-720 [73-84]; pp.[68] 120 [69-84]; pp.[56] 121-240 [57-72]; pp.[72] 241-360 [73-88]; pp.[100] 361-480..... More
The Oriental Mind [and] Ghost of a Chance [in] Detective Fiction Weekly. Volume CXVI, Number 2.
New York, NY: The Red Star News Company, December 1937. [Crime Fiction] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.144. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 10c. Heavily browned throughout to low grade paper. Some large tears to the first eight leaves. A large tear also to final..... More
The Monthly Chapbook: Twenty-Three New Poems by Contemporary Poets. Number One, Volume One.
London: The Poetry Bookshop, July 1919. [Poetry Periodical] ORIGINAL PERIODICAL. Octavo (23 x 18cm), pp.iv; 32; v-viii. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, sewn, and priced at 1s. Original subscription form bound in at rear. Covers and contents page toned, with a crease to front cover, and some rubbing and chipping to..... More
The Return of Sherlock Holmes [and] Dixon's Return [and] The Ebony Box [and] Eyes of Terror [and] Gervais of Blois [and] The Iron Maiden [and] The King and I [and] The Land Ironclads [and] Lawyer Quince [and] Liar and an Elephant [and] The Phoenix and the Carpet [and] Point of Law [and] The Country of the Blind [and] Dialstone Lane [and] Echo [and] Golden Bars [and] Sadi the Fiddler [and] Billy the King [and] The Diver's Story [and] The Girl on the Sands [and] An Irish Gentleman [and] The Messenger in Mufti [and] The Mistress of the Chateau [and] The Ring and the Lamp [and] A Splendid Rogue [and] The Temptation of Samuel Burge [and] That Brute Simmons [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 26, 27 and 28, complete.
London: George Newnes, July 1903 to December 1904. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 27cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 724; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations, including Paget's famous illustrations for the Holmes stories. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and..... 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
Writ in Barracks.
London: Methuen, 1900. [Poetry]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14 cm), pp.121; [3], blank; 48, catalogue dated October 1900 (second issue). Publisher's red cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt, rough-cut top edge, other edges trimmed. Some acceptable wear and marking, occasional foxing; very good. The author's second book, being..... More
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