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London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1917. [Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. With a black and white half-tone frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. Hinges split; spotting to edges and preliminaries. Rubbing to boards; spine head pulled; corners bumped. Good. The..... More
Joan Haste.
London: Longman's, Green, and Co., 1895. [Romantic Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.x; 425; [3], blank; 24, catalogue dated July 1895. With a frontispiece illustration and nineteen further plates. Publisher's blue-grey cloth, bevelled edges, gilt titles, black endpapers. Some mild spotting/toning; generally fresh in a crisp binding. Very..... More
Queen of The Dawn.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1925]. [Fantasy novel] FIRST EDITION. Undated, but published 8th April 1925. FIRST ISSUE, with 'sisturm' for 'sistrum' page 11 line 12. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.287; 48, advertisements dated 'Spring 1925'. Bound in publisher's grey/green cloth, titled in black. Upper panel of scarce original..... More
Queen of The Dawn.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1925]. [Fantasy novel] FIRST EDITION. Undated, but published 8th April 1925. FIRST ISSUE, with 'sisturm' for 'sistrum' page 11 line 12. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.287; 48, advertisements dated 'Spring 1925'. Bound in publisher's grey/green cloth, titled in black. Spotting to prelims and edges..... More
History of the United States, From their first settlement as colonies, to the close of the war with Great Britain in 1815.
London: John Miller, 1826. First English Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's paper boards, with paper title label to spine; all edges uncut. Binding is worn, with bumping to corners and spine ends, spine chipped, extremities worn, joints cracked. Internally clean,with spotting to prelims and final pages. A popular early US..... More
The Clockmaker; or, the Sayings and Doing of Samuel Slick, of Slicksville.
London: Richard Bentley, 1843. [Canadian Humour]. EARLY EDITION, complete in three volumes. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.xii; 297 [3]; pp.viii; 325 [3]; pp.iv; 309 [1]. With a series of etched plates by Hervieu, including a frontispiece to each volume. Publisher's purple blind-decorated cloth with gilt titles to spine. Yellow coated..... More
The 9th Directive. The 9th Directive Quiller in Bangkok.
London: Heinemann, 1966. [Espionage fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.254; [2] blank. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, photographic dust-jacket designed by Tom Simmonds. Internally clean and bright, a little spotting to edges, cloth bright. Price clipped wrapper shows wells, a little edge wear and a...... More
Modern Weapons of War: By Land, Sea and Air.
London: Blackie and Son, 1916. First Edition. Octavo. pp. 192. With 34 photographic plates and a colour frontispiece. In publisher's explosive pictorial tan cloth, with titles to spine and upper board. With rare original monochrome dust jacket. Grey end-papers. Large red stain to jacket back cover, and some slight wear..... More
Fashion Drawing and Dress Design. A Handbook dealing with Proportion, construction, pose and draping of the adult and child figure with numerous illustrations.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., 1928. [Fashion] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 164; [4] of advertisements. Publisher's cloth, titled in red and black to spine and upper. Illustrated throughout in red and black. Neat gift inscription to half title, occasional marks to the textblock but generally..... More
A Descriptive, Diagnostic and Practical Essay on Disorders of the Digestive Organs and General Health, and particularly on their numerous Forms and Complications, contrasted with some Acute and Insidious Diseases; being an attempt to prosecute the Views of Dr. Hamilton and Mr. Abernethy; and a Second Edition of the Essay of the Mimoses, with Additions.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. First Edition of the first title; Second Edition of the work on the Mimoses. 8vo; pp. (4, publisher's catalogue dated Sept. 1820), (8), 184. Publisher's blue paper covered boards, later respine in grey paper with title labels. Some acceptable marking..... More
Exit West.
London: Hamish Hamilton an imprint of Penguin Books, 2017. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 229; [5]. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine, black endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of £14.99. Signed by the author to a tipped in 'exclusive signed edition' page. Tiny..... More
Road through Kurdistan. The Narrative of an Engineer in Iraq.
London: Faber and Faber, 1937. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.331; [1]. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt titles on red square to spine, pictorial dust-jacket. With twenty-eight half tone illustrations and two folding maps. Neat ownership to fly-leaf, some light spotting to preliminaries and to the folding maps at the..... More
Two Stories. The Mare's nest [and] The Long Shadow.
London: E. Lahr, 1931. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.27 [5]. Number 147 of just 250 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear of the volume. In publisher's quarter blue cloth with cream paper-covered boards and black titles to cream paper label on spine. With..... More
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes.
London: John Murray, 1964. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.92. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine in pictorial dustjacket. Some light spotting to prelims and to the edges, dustwrapper is nice and bright with just some creasing along the top and bottom edges. Very good. More
A Changed Man: The Waiting Supper And Other Tales concluding with The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid.
MacMillan and Co., Limited, London, 1913. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. With a map of Wessex and a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth, gilt decoration to upper board, top edge gilt. In the original printed dust-jacket. Book is fine, but for some offset browning from flaps, neat ink name hidden beneath. The fragile..... More
Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper.
London: Thames and Hudson, 2010. [Literary Criticism] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.320. With illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'For Edward — | So good to meet you in | Chichester. Good luck with | the Friends. All my best, | Alex..... More
The History of Kent. In Five parts. Containing I. An exact topography or description of the county. II. The Civil History of Kent.... V. The Natural History of Kent.
London: Printed and Sold by D. Midwinter, 1719. [Kent Topography/Cartography] FIRST EDITION. Folio (40 x 29cm), pp.[2]; iv, Dedication; iv, Preface; ii, Ode to Kent; iv, List of Subscribers; 592; xl. Illustrated with 43 fine engravings, of which 39 are double-page and/or fold-out. Includes fine panoramas of Rochester and Tunbridge..... More
Screencraft, or the Making of a Photoplay.
New York, NY: Chalmers Publishing Co., 1916. [Early Film-Making] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.151; [1]. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Simple typographic dust-jacket with titles and testimonials from well-wishing readers. Fore-edge untrimmed. Toned and a little dusty to edges. Light wear to..... More
The Rupert Annual [Express Newspapers' Rupert Bear], No.55.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Jarrold, 1990. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.99. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price £4.25 intact. With commemorative jacket, featuring a colour poster of Rupert to reverse side. Absolutely fine/as new. Designated '70th Anniversary Edition' (Rupert..... More
The Rupert Annual [Express Newspapers' Rupert Bear], No.56
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Jarrold, 1991. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.99. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price £4.25 intact. A very fine/as new copy. More
The Rupert Annual [Express Newspapers' Rupert Bear], No.60.
London: Express Newspapers, published by Pedigree, 1995. [Children's annual] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.109. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price £5.50 intact. A very fine/as new copy. Designated '75th Anniversary Edition' (Rupert first appeared in the Daily Express in 1920;..... More
The Rupert Annual [Express Newspapers' Rupert Bear], No.61.
London: Express Newspapers, published by Pedigree, 1996. [Children's annual] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.109. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price £5.99 intact. A very fine/as new copy. More
The Rupert Annual [Express Newspapers' Rupert Bear], No.62.
London: Express Newspapers, published by Pedigree, 1997. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.109. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price £6.99 intact. A very fine/as new copy. More
The Rupert Annual [Express Newspapers' Rupert Bear], No.63.
London: Express Newspapers, published by Pedigree, 1998. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.109. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price £6.99 intact. A very fine/as new copy. More
The Rupert Annual [Express Newspapers' Rupert Bear], No.64.
London: Express Newspapers, published by Pedigree, 1999. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.109. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price £6.99 intact. A very fine/as new copy. More