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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
London: Rivingtons [and] Longmans, Green and Co., 1888 and 1892. [Ancient Greece] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Two volumes. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xii; 553 [3]; pp.[2] x; 542 [2]. With six folding maps and plans to volume II. Contemporary tan full calf, with gilt titles to contrasting red and..... More
London: Rivingtons, 1880. [Classics] FINELY BOUND 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..... More
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
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
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
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. One scratch to the fore-edge. Near fine. This acclaimed work by the multi award-winning author has been described by Ackroyd..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 2011. [London Topography] SIGNED COPY, the sixth impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 202. With frequent in-text black and white illustrations. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, with black endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket..... More
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
New York, NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1980. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.142 [2]. With colour plates by Gilbert and in-text drawings by Campbell. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To R.W. Smith | Yours with best wishes | Richard..... More
New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1972. [Children's Fantasy] US ADVANCE COPY. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[12] 430 [6]. Publisher's yellow soft covers with red and black titles to spine and upper. Illustration also to upper. Spine lightly sunned. Some spotting and handling to edges. Very good. A tragic fantasy..... More
London: Cassell Petter & Galpin, no date [circa 1880s]. [Literary Reference] FINELY BOUND, a revised edition. Octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.[2] iv; 708 [2]. Fairly small print in two columns. Contemporary black full calf for Merchiston Castle School, with raised bands, gilt titles to orange label, further gilt decoration to..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843. [Mediaeval Architecture] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.viii; 127 [5]. With five fine lithographic plates by Brandard, including a frontispiece and decorated title page. Engravings also to chapter headings. Publisher's cloth stamped in blind and in gilt to spine and upper, yellow-coated..... More
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
London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 20cm), pp.xii; 475 [33]. With black and white illustrations throughout, and a suite of colour images at rear. Publisher's plain soft covers, with the grey dust-jacket. Quite heavy rubbing to jacket edges and joints, otherwise..... More
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
London: William Heinemann, 1912. [Children's Illustrated / Folklore] FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Small quarto (21 x 16cm), pp.[2]; xxx; 224. With 13 chromolithographic plates including and frontispiece, and 54 further wood engravings, in-text and individual plates. Elegantly bound in half mid green morocco over publisher's pictorial cloth, with five raised..... More
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
London: John Milne, 1910. [Ottoman travel] FIRST EDITION, first issue binding. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 279 [1]. With 40 black and white photographic plates including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Spotting to edges and preliminaries. Spine sunned with some light rubbing to..... More
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016. [Young Adult Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[8] 402 [6]. Publisher's black cloth with metallic blue titles to spine, and blue endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £14.99. Promotional sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy. More
London: HarperCollins, 2018. [Short Stories] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[10] 337 [5]. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. Orange endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Ellie Game, priced at £12.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy. More
London: Walker Books, 2007. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 28cm), pp.[32]. With colour illustrations by Ingman to every page. SIGNED by the illustrator, with a doodle, in black ink to title page. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, and green illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99 (no jacket issued)..... More
London: Walker Books, 2007. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 28cm), pp.[32]. With colour illustrations by Ingman to every page. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, and green illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99 (no jacket as issued). A fine, as-new copy. A fresh look at some classic fairy tales, told..... More
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, priced at 7/6. Slight lean to the book, light spotting to the prelims and moderate spotting to the edges. Covers show general wear..... More
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