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A Panoramic View From Bunker Hill Monument.
Boston, MA: Luther Stevens, c.1848. LARGE FOLD-OUT. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp. 16; [1], panoramic fold-out. Bound in publisher's dark green card boards, cloth spine, Victorian lettering and presentation of publisher's details printed in black to front cover, matching decorative border to rear. Some discolouration to front board and noticeable..... More
The Metropolis. And the Second Part of the Metropolis.
Dublin: John Barlow, 1805 and 1806. SECOND EDITION. Duodecimo. pp. 69, 87. In recent marbled paper-covered boards with navy titles to cream paper label on spine. Top right corner of title page to part two damaged and repaired. Text unaffected. Otherwise a near-fine example in an attractive new binding. An..... More
The Ceremonies in Honor of the Right Honorable Winston Spencer Churchill.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1943. Presentation Copy. Octavo. Bound in red cloth, with gilt titles and arms of the university to front board. Includes a signed compliment card. Rare in hardback issue. The binding is pristine, with no marks of wear or signs of fading. Internally clean, with slight residual..... More
Literary Amusements; or, Evening Entertainer, by a Female Hand.
Dublin: Printed by T. Henshall for S. Price [etc.], 1782. RARE FIRST EDITION. In two volumes. Duodecimo, pp.[8], 234 [4]; pp.[8], 236 [4]. In later burgundy half morocco with gilt titles and decoration to spines. Marbled boards and endpapers. Black ink annotations to p.74 of vol. I; black ink ownership..... More
Streetwalker.
London: The Bodley Head, 1959. [Social history] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13 cm), pp.191; [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper with printed price of 12s 6d. Slight toning to edges of textblock, minor rubbing at head and tail of spine, dust-wrapper is slightly chipped with..... More
The Man Who Killed Hitler.
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1939. [Anti-Nazi Novel] UK FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.113, [1]; [14] publisher's advertisements. Publisher's black cloth with titles in yellow, in yellow typographic dust-jacket showing printed price of 3/6 net to the spine. Binding is tight, printing crisp with no spotting. Dust-wrapper is bright..... More
The Club Cricketer. Hints by "Cricketer" of the Manchester Guardian.
Manchester: Manchester Guardian, n.d. FIRST PUBLICATION OF CARDUS. Slim octavo, pp.3 [ads]; 54. Bound in publisher's orange paper covers with illustration of cricketer to front panel. Includes diagrams and charming contemporary advertisements for golfing trousers, etc. Shows very well, excepting one crease to rear of pamphlet which continues into contents..... More
Sam Sheridan: The Secret Service Special, or, the jamboree at "Early Bird" bar. The Aldine "Boys' First-Rate Pocket Library." No. 178.
London: Aldine Publishing Company, n.d. [1893]. ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Octavo, pp.32. In original colour illustrated paper covers. text heavily browned and extremely brittle. Some chips to leaf edges. Covers much less brittle, also chipped in places. Spine reinforced with archival tape. Good considering paper stock. More
The Talking Horse and Other Stories.
London: Smith, Elder, and co., 1893. Presentation Copy, "New Edition". Octavo. Bound in publisher's red cloth, with panelling embossed in black to boards, titles to front board, and titles in gilt to spine. Binding is rubbed, with noticable fading to spine; somewhat shaken, linen visible in joint at p.1, and..... More
Heads You Win.
London: Macmillan, 2018. [Political thirller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.470. Publisher's cream cloth with red titles to spine, in typographic dust-jacket. Signed by the author to the limitation page. Minor spot of ink transfer to front edge of textblock. Signed copy sticker to front of jacket. Fine..... More
Tell Tale.
London: Macmillan, 2017. [Short Stories] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 233 [3]; 39 [3]. With an excerpt from 'Heads You Win' (2018) at rear. SIGNED by the author in black ink to preliminary leaf. Publisher's burgundy cloth with blue metallic titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
Dubious Deeds. Book One of The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens.
London: Faber and Faber, 2003. [Children's Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[10] 145 [5]. With frequent in-text illustrations by Roberts. SIGNED by the author rather minimally in blue ink to flyleaf, with publisher's stamp of authenticity. Publisher's brown paper-covered boards with white titles to spine. With the..... More
Dead Man's Bay.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Mystery Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the green and black dust-jacket priced at 10/6. Light offsetting to endpapers and some browning to edges. Jacket toned and chipped to..... More
The Secret Trail A Jimmie Rezaire Story.
London, Methuen 1928. A Secret Service thriller. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp256. Publisher's hardcover in dustwrapper. A very good copy with owner name, loss to jacket at base of spine affecting imprint, faded beneath at same, one or two other minor nicks or tears (one taped at rear) spine sunned. A...... More
Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold.
London: Macmillan, 1913. [Poetry]. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[xii]; 510. Riviere binding of contemporary brown half morocco over purple cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt title and extra gilt to spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Presentation note to "Miss D.M. Lapage", the commandant of the Kent 142 Volunteer Ambulance..... More
The Light of Asia or The Great Renunciation. Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1908. Deluxe Edition. Octavo, pp.xv; 158. Illustrated with thirty two pictures of Indian scenery from photographs taken by Mabel Eardley-Wilmott. Bound in cream vegetable parchment boards with gilt titles to spine and upper board, and illustrated to the upper and lower boards. Top..... More
The Champion Annual: 1926.
London: The Fleetway House, 1926. 4to. A superb copy of this publication for boys in bright publisher's colour pictorial boards, russet cloth spine slightly faded; in its original glassine wrapper printed in black to spine and upper. Contains 4 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Small tear and..... More
A Journey In Other Worlds. A Romance of the Future.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. First Edition. Octavo, pp.vi, 476. Illustrated with 10 plates. Publisher's dark blue cloth opulently decorated in silver gilt and and titled in gilt to spine and front board with a silver planetary design to the rear board. Minor tanning to margins, ownership inscription to..... More
Transcription.
London: Doubleday, 2018. [Spy Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 337 [7]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with titles in blind to spine, and a map of Dolphin Square, London, to endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Richard Ogle..... More
The Country Cousin.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978. SIGNED First Edition. Octavo. pp. 239. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original dust jacket featuring a very light monochrome image of a man sitting at a desk next to closed blinds. Brown and red titles. Inscribed to recto of front..... More
The Voice of Poetry (1930-1950) An Anthology.
London: Evans Brothers, 1950. [Poetry Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xliv; 249 [1]. Publisher's black cloth, with formerly-gilt titles (now oxidised) to spine, grey typographic dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. With a publisher's flyer loosely inserted. Some rubbing and marks to cloth; titles oxidised. Jacket lightly browned to spine..... More
Collected Longer Poems.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.356. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket, repriced by Faber at £2.50 net with a sticker over the original printed price of 45s / £2.25 net. First and last leaves faintly creased at the..... More
About the House.
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, with the errata slip at p.7. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.94 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green and pink dust-jacket, priced at 15s. South African bookseller's ticket to pastedown. The lightest of offsetting to endpapers. Spine..... More
A Certain World: A Commonplace Book.
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. [Autobiographical Miscellany] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 452. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket in red and green, priced at £3.00. Bookseller's ticket to front pastedown. Light toning and spotting to edges. Jacket spine toned, with a discoloured..... More
Secondary Worlds. The T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures, Delivered at Eliot College in the University of Kent at Canterbury, October 1967.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. [Literary Lectures] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.144. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket titled in blue, priced at 30s / £1.50. South African bookseller's ticket to pastedown. The lightest of offsetting to endpapers. A little soiling to jacket, with..... More