Literature
Flagrant Délit: Rimbaud Devant La Conjuration de L'Imposture at du Truquage.
Paris: Thésée, 1949. [Literary Essay] FIRST EDITION, trade issue. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), pp.66 [6]. With the errata slip at rear. Publisher's orange illustrated paper covers. All edges untrimmed. Gently toned throughout, otherwise clean. Spine a little toned; edges rubbed, with a chip to tail of spine. Very good..... More
Poetry. The First of the Broadcast National Lectures delivered on 28 February 1929.
London: The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1929. [Poetry Lecture] FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (19 x 13cm), pp.27 [1]. Publisher's green card covers, priced at 1s. A nice clean copy. Some toning and rubbing to spine and cover edges, with a few small marks. Near fine. More
The Testament of Beauty.
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1929. [Poetry] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 23cm), pp.[8] 154 [2]. Number 100 of just 250 copies on fine hand-made paper. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the 'Publisher's Note on the Text' loose to preliminaries. Light handling, with a hint..... More
The Testament of Beauty. A Poem in Four Books.
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1930. [Poetry] SECOND EDITION, the final revision of the text. Octavo (23 x 18cm), pp.[8] 175 [1]. Publisher's quarter vellum with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. With the 'Publisher's Note on the Text' tipped in at rear. Black ink gift inscription..... More
The T.C. Bridges Adventure Book. Three Complete Stories: The Mystery Message; The Sky Riders; Martin Crusoe.
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1933. [Children's Science Fiction] FIRST THUS, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] 254; 250; 256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Top edge red. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 3/6. Printed prize bookplate for St Giles' Men's Bible..... More
The Works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Shirley, Villette, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Professor, and Poems. With illustrations by H.S. Greig and ornaments by F.C. Tilney.
London: J.M. Dent and Company, 1893. [Classic Literature] LEATHER-BOUND SET. Complete in 12 volumes. Small octavo (19 x 12 x 32cm). Each volume with a decorated title page and frontispiece, and two further black and white illustrated plates by Greig and Tilney (three to volume I). Recently re-bound in navy..... More
The Novels of the Sisters Brontë: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Agnes Grey, Shirley, Villette, The Professor. The Thornton Edition.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1905. [Prose Works] LEATHER BOUND THORNTON EDITION, first printings thus. 12 volumes. Octavo (21 x 15cm). With a frontispiece illustration to each volume, and numerous black and white photographic plates showing Bronte country. Elegantly bound in navy blue half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles on twin..... More
Jane Eyre.
London: Collins, by arrangement with The Heritage Press, New York, 1955. [Classic Literature] FIRST THUS. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.xx; 429 [3]. With numerous colour lithographs by Freedman. Publisher's red quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine, illustrated paper over boards, top edge black, and illustrated endpapers and fly-leaves. With..... More
Jane Eyre.
London: John Murray, 1929. [Literature] FINELY BOUND, The Haworth Edition, eighth printing. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xlvi; 555 [5]. With a frontispiece by G. Richmond, facsimile page of the first edition, black and white water-colour drawing by Frederick Walker, and eight photographic plates taken by Mr. W.R. Bland and Mr..... More
Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey.
London: John Murray, 1929. [Literature] FINELY BOUND, The Haworth Edition, eighth printing. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4]; lxii; 557 [5]. With a frontispiece, facsimile pages of the first editions of Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, an illustrated plate of Charlotte Bronte's dog (Grasper) by Emily Bronte, and seven photographic plates..... More
Wuthering Heights. and Agnes Grey.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1858. [Literature] The Third Edition, designated 'New Edition' on the title page. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.446; [1], imprint; [1], blank; 4, advertisements. Newly bound in half burgundy calf over marbled sides, original yellow-coated advertising endpapers bound in, original printed cloth covers preserved in a...... More
Incidents in the Rue Laugier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1995. [Modern Literature] UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF, FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4]; 219; [1]. Typographic softcovers with provisional price of £14.99 and provisional publication date of June 1955 to back cover. Light wear to front cover and spine. Near fine. The novel is an intimate study..... More
The Snow Ball.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1964. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.208. Publisher's blue cloth-effect paper, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Anna Lovell, price-clipped. Interior is bright and clean with light toning to edges. Dust-jacket is rubbed and worn, with a few tears..... More
Inferno.
London: Bantam Press, 2013. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[xii]; [466]. Publisher's pictorial paper covered boards with titles in white to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Claire Ward. Some minor bumps and shelfwear. Near fine. The fourth book in the Robert Langdon series; Langdon wakes up with..... More
Folktales of the Native American.
London: The Folio Society, 2012. [Native Americans] FIRST THUS. Octavo (25 x 15cm), pp.176. With six colour illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and an illustration to upper. With the green paper-covered slipcase. A fine, as-new copy, still in the original shrink-wrap. More
Angels and Spaceships.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1955. [Science Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION, REVIEW COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.224. The publisher's review slip loosely inserted. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pink typographic dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. A little light spotting to edges and endpapers. Gilt slightly dulled to..... More
Fishermen With Ploughs. A Poem Cycle.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1971. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[12] 100. Publisher's light green cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Stanley Hickson, priced at 25s/£1.25 to front flap. Some toning and light edgewear to jacket. Near fine. From the imagination of..... More
Magnus.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1973. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.206 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the striking dust-jacket designed by Ian MacInnes, priced at £2.00. A black ink ownership to flyleaf, dated 1973. A selection of related newspaper clippings loosely inserted..... More
Northern Lights. A Poet's Sources.
London: John Murray, 1999. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xii; [4]; 336. With eight full-page black and white illustrations by Charles Shearer, and two maps of Orkney and Shetland following editor's introduction. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket also designed by Shearer priced..... More
Margaret Dashwood, or, Interference.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1929. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 220 [2]. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt titles to spine. With a vignette title-page illustration. Publisher's advertisements to rear. Faintly spotted throughout, toning to endpapers. Toning to top edge. Light thumbing/marking to cloth, toning to..... More
Venus and the Woodman.
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1906. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, presentation copy. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.333 [27]. Publisher's catalogue at rear dated August 1906. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. 'With the Publisher's Compliment' blind-stamped to title page. One leaf corner turned over. A little light toning..... More
A History of Persian Literature Under Tartar Dominion (A.D. 1265-1502).
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1920. [History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xii [4] 586. With twelve halftone plates, including a frontispiece. Red publisher's cloth, gilt titles and decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. Interior lightly marked/spotted with some foxing to prelims and rear leaves. Some dulling to t.e.g...... More
Sonnets from the Portuguese, by E.B. Browning. To which is prefaced a 'Little Journey' to the Home of the Author, written by E. Hubbard.
East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1898. Limited Edition to 480 copies of which this is No.217. SIGNED by Elbert Hubbard. Publisher's quarter white cloth with gilt titles to upper, grey paper boards and end papers; edges untrimmed. Hand coloured stylised capitals throughout the text; superb printing on thick pages..... More
Fifine at the Fair.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1872. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[xii]; 171; [1]. Publisher's brown cloth over bevel edged boards, gilt titles to spine, black double ruling to boards, blue endpapers, untrimmed edges. Scholarly notes in black ink throughout. Endpapers toned, ownership inscription to half title..... More
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning. With Portraits.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1909. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND BY BICKERS. Two volumes in one. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 786. With two tissue-guarded frontispiece illustrations of Browning. Blue full morocco to boards, gilt titles and raised bands to spine. Gilt roll-tooled dentelle to turn-ins. Blue endpapers. All edges gilt..... More