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The King's Mirror
Bristol, J.W. Arrowsmith 1899. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 312, + 40 of adverts dated Sptember 1899 (partially unopened). Publisher's blue/grey cloth, titled in gilt to spine and upper, top edge trimmed, others uncut. Spine a shade darkened, minor wear, occasional spotting, ink name to flyleaf; very good. More
Picasso as a Book Artist.
London: Faber and Faber. 1962. First UK edition. Octavo, pp. 136. Red publisher's cloth with gilt titles to spine, yellow endpapers. Striking dustwrapper. Slight lean to the book. A fine copy. More
The House of Silk.
London: Orion Books, 2011. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 294. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, red endpapers, typographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99. Spine ends slightly pushed. Dust-jacket a little rubbed to the top and bottom of the spine and to the corners. Very..... More
Shadows in the Picture.
The Starling Brotherhood, 2013. NO. 3 OF THIS PRIVATELY PRINTED LIMITED EDITION, of which there are 13 copies. Bound in yellow publisher's cloth with a white paper title label pasted to front board, in a sunny yellow dustjacket featuring an extremely intricate insect-and-flower design which extends onto the spine and..... More
The Terror of Villadonga. [The Spanish Cave].
London: Hutchinson and Co., n.d. [1936]. [Nautical Thriller]. FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (23 x 18cm), pp.160. With six lithographic illustrations by "Cuneo", including a frontispiece. In publisher's blue cloth with darker blue titles to spine and upper board. Black ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Heavy external wear; titles..... More
Rogue Male [aka Man Hunt].
London: Chatto and Windus, 1939. [Classic man-hunt adventure] FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY, with an original 4-page advert/order form. Octavo, pp.[vii]; 271; [1], imprint. Publisher's brown card softcovers, with printed label to upper, handwritten details to spine. Contents clean, some wrinkling and lean to spine, covers lightly handled. A very good..... More
Rogue Male [aka Man Hunt].
London: Chatto and Windus, 1939. [Classic man-hunt adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression, with later state / printing of the jacket. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 271 [1]. Publisher's purple cloth lettered in white to spine. With the 'sniper' design dust-jacket priced at 4/6 (earliest jackets were priced 7/6). Page edges..... More
The Blue Moon.
London: John Murray, 1904. [Children's fantasy tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 14cm), pp.210. Nine full-page plates. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in red and gilt, top edge gilt, illustrated dust-jacket. Some trivial dustiness, jacket very lightly worn. An unquestionably fine copy. Scarce thus. More
Triptych.
Boston, MA: Privately printed by Reynolds Printing Inc. for the author, no date [1953]. [Tales of the Sea] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.98. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf. Publisher's tan quarter cloth with red titles to spine, brown paper over boards, and printed..... More
Practical Observations on the Symptoms, Discrimination, and Treatment of some of the most common Diseases of the Lower Intestines, and Anus. Particularly including those Affections produced by Stricture, Ulceration, and Tumour, within the Cavity of the Rectum; and Piles, Fistulae, and Excrescences, formed at its external opening. Illustrated by Cases. To which are added, some Suggestions upon a new and successful mode of correcting habitual confinement in the Bowels, to ensure their regular Action without the aid of Purgatives; on a Principle essentislly conducive to the Prevention of the above Diseases.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. First Edition. 8vo; pp. xvi,176. Publisher's blue paper covered boards, lightly stained, corners frayed; grey paper spine, chipped and cracked, paper title labels rubbed and chipped; edges untrimmed. 4 or 5 leaves in middle of book with small waterstaining to..... More
Heroes of The Argonne.
Kansas City: Franklin Hudson Publishing Company. 1919. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's olive green cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Minor rubbing and edgewear, a trifle shaken, gilt somewhat dulled, strong and clean, a very good copy. Internally clean. Dogearing to some early pages, illustrated throughout..... More
The Cinque Ports. A Historical and Descriptive Record.
William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. [Kent]. Quarto (30 x 23cm), pp.xiv; 403; [1]. Publisher's beige cloth blocked in gilt, top edge gilt, red endpapers. Fourteen photogravure plates with tissue guards, nineteen in text and other illustrations. Small repaired marginal tear to page 43, discreet cancelled library stamp to flyleaf with..... More
A High Wind In Jamaica, within Life And Letters, Vol 3, No.15.
London: Printed by Curwen and Sons, August 1929. Historical Fiction. First appearance in print of this novel by Richard Hughes; a slightly abridged version in this monthly journal edited by Desmond McCarthy. Magazine format in original printed softcovers. Minor spine roll, discreet owner name; a very good copy indeed. The..... More
The Iron Woman.
London: Faber and Faber, 1993. [Children's fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.87. Publisher's black cloth in black pictorial dust-jacket priced £9.99. Internally clean and free from spotting; spine-ends a touch bumped. Dust-wrapper is rubbed with minor chips and tears at spine ends. Very Good. Ted Hughes' classic of..... More
Collected Animal Poems: The Iron Wolf; What is the Truth?; A March Calf; The Thought-Fox.
London: Faber and Faber, 1995. [Poetry] FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED TO VOLUME I. Four volumes, octavo (22 x 14 x 7cm) Publisher's black cloth, white dust-wrappers, publisher's white pictorial slipcase. Signed by Hughes, the late Poet Laureate, in Volume 1. Illustrated by Chris Riddell in volume 1 and by Lisa Flather..... More
Sunstruck.
Knotting: The Sceptre Press, 1977. [Poetry]. LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto pamphlet (16 x 15cm), pp.[8]. Number 121 of just 300 copies printed by Christopher Skelton in 'Monotype' Baskerville on Glastonbury Laid paper. Publisher's tan card covers with red titles, stapled to spine. A fine copy. More
The Iron Woman
London: Faber and Faber, 1993. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson. Publisher's printed blue wraps. A fine, unread copy. More
Master Sleights With Billiard Balls. A series of original sleights with minature billiard balls including an explanation of the author's Ball Stand and Vanishing Apparatus and a Thirty Minute Manipulative Act.
New York, American Magic Corporation, 1914. [Conjuring] ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Octavo (23 15cm), pp.31. Fifty photographs of the author demonstrating and occasional diagrams in black and white. Original pink paper pamphlet with staple binding.. Very small closed tear to top of spine. A very good copy. More
The Crime of the Crystal.
London: Digby, Long and Co. 1901. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 1 of adverts, 396, 16 of adverts. Yellow cloth with vivid design to spine and upper board. Bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, small close tear to front two pages, neat ownership inscription to the half title page, some occasional marking..... More
The Mystery Queen.
New York, G.W. Dillingham. [1913]. US First Edition. 8vo. Fine in publisher's red cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Fresh, bright and crisp. In a fine dustwrapper, illustrated by J. Hodson Redman, possibly supplied from an institutional copy or somesuch, as the jacket is a...... More
The Coinage of the British Empire: An Outline of the Progress of the Coinage in Great Britain and Her Dependencies, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
London: David Bogue, 1855. [Numismatics] PAPIER MACHÉ BINDING, the second edition. Large octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.160. With 12 plates done in gold, silver and copper, including a frontispiece, and 11 supplemental plates at rear. Recently rebound in tough black buckram with gilt titles to spine, and the original black..... More
Life is Meeting.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1978. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp. 286; [ii], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, photographic dust-jacket designed by Drummond Chapman with printed price of £6.95. Illustrated. Internally bright and clean, minor spotting to edges of textblock, binding in good condition..... More
Pre-Rapaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1905. [Art] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes, octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxviii; 512; pp.[2]; xiv; 493; [3]. With forty photogravure plates including a frontispiece to each volume, and many more in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spines and gilt 'PRB' monogram to upper boards..... More
Second Ending.
London: Constable, 1956. [Heroin literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Crown Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.384. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to the spine, original pictorial dust jacket priced at 15s. Text block toned, ink name beneath flap, wrapper lightly used with one small nick to upper. Very good indeed. A...... More
Far From The Sea.
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1983]. UNCORRECTED PROOF from American crime writer, bound in soft blue card covers. Very clean both externally and internally with extremely limited signs of wear. Black lettering on cover appears rubbed but this is possibly due to printing. Near-fine. More