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The Ladies' Pocket Book of Etiquette.
Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. [Etiquette] PRIVATE PRESS EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.[12]; 55 [5]. With four engraved plates by Sainsbury. Number 390 of 500 copies, hand-numbered to limitation page at rear. In quarter cream vegetable parchment with gilt titles to spine and red and... More about The Ladies' Pocket Book of Etiquette
Baa Baa Black Sheep.
London: Macmillan, 1970. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.223; [1]. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Mike Cook. Some spotting to endpapers and top edge, a few pages creased from being turn over. Price clipped dust-jacket shows well with just some slight fading... More about Baa Baa Black Sheep
Hellenica: A Collection of Essays on Greek Philosophy History and Religion.
London: Rivingtons, 1880. [Classics] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15 cm), pp.[1] x; 492; [2]. Contemporary dark brown full morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Gilt armorial stamp to upper board, impaling the arms of the Bishop of Winchester and New College Oxford. Marbled endpapers and all... More about Hellenica: A Collection of Essays on Greek Philosophy History and Religion
The Holy War In Tripoli.
London: Edward Arnold, 1912. [Military History/Travel] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.333; [1], blank; [2], advertisements; 8, Catalogue. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates. Publisher's green cloth pictorially blocked in black and gilt, edges untrimmed, printed dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Edges slightly dusty, spine of jacket a touch sunned... More about The Holy War In Tripoli
Abbott's American Watchmaker and Jeweller. An Encyclopaedia for the horologist, jeweller, gold and silversmith.
Chicago. Geo. K. Hazlitt and co. 1894. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.354, 14 of adverts. Illustrated with 288 in text engravings. Publisher's pale blue cloth. Some marking to cloth, inner hinges starting, lower inner hinge split. Good. More about Abbott's American Watchmaker and Jeweller. An Encyclopaedia for the horologist, jeweller, gold...
The Story of Mr Korah.
London: Michael Joseph, 1954. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 20cm), unpaginated, with three fine chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece tipped in and 16 further sketch illustrations by Whistler. Publisher's red quarter cloth over grey cloth boards, gilt titles to spine gilt figure to upper, light blue endpapers, dust-jacket... More about The Story of Mr Korah
London. The Biography.
London: Chatto and Windus, 2000. [History] FIRST EDITION. Thick octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.822; [2], blank, with four suites of plates, illustrated endpapers. Hardcover in photographic dust-jacket priced at £25.00. An unread, fine copy in like jacket. This acclaimed work by the multi award-winning author has been described by Ackroyd... More about London. The Biography
Poems.
London: The Faun Press, 1950. INSCRIBED. Small octavo, pp.[2] 25 [1]. One of just 250 copies. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the recto of the first leaf: 'To Chloe, remembering in / friendliness and gratitude / many occasions, and the / once that told us that /... More about Poems
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
London: Heinemann, 1988. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 246; [2]. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Claudia Zeff with printed price of £10.95 net. Textblock marginally toned to edges otherwise clean and bright. Cloth and wrapper lightly handled, lightly bumped to top corners. Very good. More about The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
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So Long And Thanks For All The Fish [Hitch-Hikers Guide].
London: Pan, 1984. [Comedy-Fantasy] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm). pp. [5], 191. Bound in publisher's black cloth with titles in silver to spine. Black dust jacket, designed by Gary Day-Ellison, with holographic panel to front cover, and titles in white to front cover and spine, unclipped. Includes publisher's... More about So Long And Thanks For All The Fish [Hitch-Hikers Guide
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
London: Pan, 1984. [Comedy-Fantasy] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm). pp.191; [1]. Bound in publisher's black cloth with titles in silver to spine. Black dust jacket, designed by Gary Day-Ellison, with holographic panel to front cover, and titles in white to front cover and spine, unclipped. With signed presentation... More about So Long And Thanks For All The Fish
Arctic Island Hunter.
London: George Ronald, 1961. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.136. With 12 black and white photographic plates and two maps. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to front free endpaper: 'To Mary, / with the warmest Baha'; / greetings / Paul Adams'. In publisher's light blue cloth with red... More about Arctic Island Hunter
The Free-Holder, or Political Essays.
London: Printed for D. Midwinter and J. Tonson, 23rd December 1715 - 29th June 1716. [Political Newspaper] COMPLETE RUN. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[14]; 311; [3]. Bound complete with the half-title. Contemporary speckled calf with raised bands, gilt titles to red label on spine and further gilt decoration to spine... More about The Free-Holder, or Political Essays
A Collection of the Published Writings of the Late Thomas Addison, M.D., Physician to Guy's Hospital.
London: The New Sydenham Society, 1868. [Medical Essays]. FIRST THUS. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xxxii; 242. With a frontispiece engraving of the author and seven lithographic plates, including three hand-coloured. Publisher's brown blind-decorated cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt bust of the author to upper board. All edges... More about A Collection of the Published Writings of the Late Thomas Addison, M.D., Physician to Guy's Hospital
The White Tiger.
London: Atlantic Books, 2008. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.[6] 321 [1]. Signed by the author to the title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, red endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by gray318, priced at £12.99. A fine copy. More about The White Tiger
Adomnan's Life of Columba.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1961. FIRST THUS. Octavo, pp.xxiv; 590; [2]. A superior edition with a large introduction and duel Latin / English text on facing pages. In publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original green dust-jacket. Top edge green. Some very light rubbing to jacket... More about Adomnan's Life of Columba
Aesop's Fables.
Oxford: The Limited Editions Club, 1933. [Folk tales]. LIMITED ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Crown Quarto (27 x 19 cm), pp. xvi, 212. No. 353 of 1500 copies, SIGNED by the typographer, Bruce Rogers. With many facsimile Florentine woodcuts. Elegantly bound in later half red calf, gilt, over marbled sides, top edge gilt... More about Aesop's Fables
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Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. [Aesop's Fables].
Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1764. [The celebrated fabulist] Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.lxxvii; 186; [28], index; [2], blank. Bound in full tan calf with red title label to spine, five raised bands with extra gilt, marbled endpapers. A few marks to... More about Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. [Aesop's Fables
Best Indian Chutney (Sweetened). Some Eastern Vignettes.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1925. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2]; 312; [8]. Contemporary tan half leather over dark blue cloth boards, titles in black to spine. Some ownership inscriptions, label of Sind Club Library to upper board, with a label with shelf mark to spine. Textblock a.... More about Best Indian Chutney (Sweetened). Some Eastern Vignettes
Costumes by Eros.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1929. First edition. Octavo, pp. 255. Publisher's plum cloth with gilt titles to spine, white paper dustwrapper with a depiction of Eros by Gower Parks. Slight lean to the book, light spotting to the prelims and moderate spotting to the edges. Covers show general wear and dustiness... More about Costumes by Eros
Memoirs of King Abdullah of Transjordan.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. [Middle East Political Memoir] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.278; [2]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the cream dust-jacket titled in black and purple, priced 15s. Top edge pink. Some offsetting to endpapers. Apparently... More about Memoirs of King Abdullah of Transjordan
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Play.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Drama] UK PROOF COPY. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[10] 242 [4]. Publisher's pink monogrammed card wraps with a type-written label showing title, price and testimonials pasted to front cover. Very light wear and sunning to spine; some marks to edges. Near fine. More about Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Play
The Cecil Aldin Book.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, no date [1932]. [Illustrated Miscellany] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.193; [1]. With eight plates in colour, seven half-tone plates, and 95 black and white drawings. Publisher's oatmeal cloth with orange title labels to spine and upper board. Quite heavy spotting to first and... More about The Cecil Aldin Book
Roads to Glory.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Demy Octavo. pp. 278. no. 199 of 360 copies, signed by the author to limitation page. With original glassine jacket. In quarter blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and orange / white patterned paper-covered boards. All edges untrimmed. Near-fine with... More about Roads to Glory
Earthworks.
London: Faber and Faber, 1965. [Science fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.155; [1] blank. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket by Margaret Peall and Trevor Heath, with printed price of 16s net. Textblock a little toned to edges, a few pages show the ghost of a.... More about Earthworks