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A Pageant of the Spice Islands.
London: John Bale, Sons and Danielsson, 1936. First Edition. Octavo, pp. i, 131. With 5 b/w plates including frontispiece. In publisher's green cloth with yellow titles to spine. With original cream dust jacket, featuring black titles to spine and upper board. Corners slightly bumped, and some light wear to boards..... More
The Novels [Works] of George Eliot. Adam Bede; The Mill on the Floss; Silas Marner and Scenes of Clerical Life; Felix Holt; Romola; Middlemarch; Daniel Deronda.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, no date [circa 1890s]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND SET, mixed printings from a New Edition. Complete in eight volumes, bound as seven. Octavo (19 x 14 x 22cm), pp.[2] viii; 466 [2]; pp.[2] xii; 486 [2]; pp.[2] vi; 158; viii; 330 [2]; pp.[2]..... More
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe.
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. [English Literature]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4 of publisher's advertisements]; [6]; 364; [16 of publisher's advertisements]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to boards. All edges untrimmed. Armorial bookplate of Alfred Gilbey to front pastedown, neat ownership..... More
Three Tales. A Simple Heart; The Legend of Saint Julian; Herodias.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1978. [French Literature] LEATHER BOUND, first edition thus. Octavo (28 x 19cm), pp.[2] xx; 132 [6]. With six colour plates by Neama, and several in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue full morocco, with four raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and heavy gilt decoration to..... More
Salammbô of Gustave Flaubert. Englished by M. French Sheldon.
London: Saxon and Co., 1886. [Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] xxiv; 422 [6]. INSCRIBED by the translator in black ink to title page, dated to March 26th 1886. Small vignette to title page. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to upper and spine. Bevelled edges..... More
ABC of Plain Words. A Reference Book on the Use of English.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1951. [Official English] Second Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 146. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to navy backing on spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, priced at 4/6. A nice crisp copy showing some toning to jacket and light wear to jacket edges. Near..... More
Plain Words.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948. [Official English] Second Impression. Octavo pamphlet (21 x 14cm), pp.vi; 94. Publisher's typographic paper covers, priced at 2s. A nice, crisp copy, showing an ink ownership to the to right corner of the front cover, and even toning to covers. Near fine. The classic..... More
Collected Poems. The Collected Poems of Herbert Edward Palmer.
London: Ernest Benn, 1933. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[2], blank; XIV; 237; [1], imprint; [2], blank. With Errata slip inserted opposite p.[8]. Title page is a cancel. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Includes an inscribed and hand written Christmas card..... More
Peeps at Many Lands: Holland.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. [Netherlands] THIRD IMPRESSION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.viii; 82 [10]. With 12 colour-illustrated plates by Nico Jungman, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt tiles to spine, green titles to upper, and a colour illustration laid over upper. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, not..... More
The Desolate Antarctic.
London: Lutterworth Press, 1950. [Antarctic exploration] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION WITH TLS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 172. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of 12s. 6d. net. Illustrated with photographic plates. Warmly inscribed by the author to W.G. Whincop to the half title..... More
A Salute From the Fleet and Other Poems.
London: Methuen and Co., 1915. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 208; 32. Methuen advertisements to rear. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to upper and spine. Gilt ruling and embellishment to upper. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at 5/- to spine. Top edge gilt, the rest..... More
Blasts and Benedictions: Articles and Stories.
London: Macmillan, 1967. [Theatre Criticism and Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xx; 314 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the red typographic dust-jacket showing a black and white photograph of the author. A lovely bright, crisp copy. Jacket priced-clipped, with an abrasion mark to..... More
Drums Under the Windows.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1945. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.vi; 340 [2]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to red backing on spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Jack Matthew, priced at 15s. Spotting and toning to edges. Jacket toned..... More
The Flying Wasp. A Laughing Look-Over of what has been said about the Things of the Theatre by the English Dramatic Critics, with many Merry and Amusing Comments thereon, with some shrewd remarks by the author on the Wise, Delicious, and Dignified tendencies in the Theatre of To-Day.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1937. [Theatre Criticism] FIRST EDITION, Ex Libris Alexander Knox. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xiv; 201 [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth with black titles to a silver backing square on spine. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. With the yellow typographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s. Black ink ownership of..... More
Inishfallen Fare Thee Well.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1949. [Literary Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 307 [1]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to a green backing square on spine. With the green and grey illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 16s. Light spotting and toning..... More
Oak Leaves And Lavender, or, A Warld on Wallpaper.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1946. [Irish Wartime Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 163 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green typographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s. Gently toned throughout to low quality wartime paper, otherwise crisp and clean. Jacket a little toned to..... More
Rose and Crown.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1952. [Literary Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 307 [5]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's light green cloth, with gilt titles to a red backing square on spine. With the green illustrated dust-jacket. Some toning to edges, and a little bumping..... More
Short Takes. With a memoir of the author by Don Iddon.
London: Constable, 1948. [Short Stories] FIRST UK EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.278 [2]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine. With the pale green typographic dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. A lovely crisp, clean copy. Jacket toned to spine with..... More
Runyon a la Carte.
London: Constable, 1946. FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.208. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with silver titles to spine, in a brown paper dustjacket with stylised title. Fairly clean throughout, generally a little aged with light spotting in places. Cloth is near-fine. Dustjacket also near-fine, with one closed chip to rear..... More
Collected Poems.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1926. [Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[2] blank; XXII; 260. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Untrimmed edges. Includes an extract from the Sunday Times dated 15/7/62 discussing the life and mannerisms of Stephens loosely inserted. Toning to edges of textblock..... More
A Poetry Recital.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1925. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[2] vi; 36 [4]. Publisher's brown paper over boards, with darker brown titles to spine and upper. All edges untrimmed. With the plain dust-jacket, titled in blue to spine and upper, and priced at 3/6. Internally crisp and..... More
Portraits in Miniature, and Other Essays.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1931. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[8] 218 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the plain typographic dust-jacket, titled in red. Toning and spotting to edges, with some toning also to spine and board edges. Price-clipped jacket heavily toned..... More
Million — New Left Writing. First Collection.
Glasgow: William MacLellan, no date [1943]. [Socialist Literary Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 14cm), pp.64. With two double-sided illustrated plates, one side being printed in colour. Publisher's paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 2s. The lightest of handling. A fine, almost as-new copy. A selection of Socialist..... More
Love Letters: Leonard Woolf and Trekkie Ritchie Parsons 1941-1968.
London: Chatto and Windus, 2001. [Letters] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xxiii; [1]; 312. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver to spine, photographic dust-jacket with printed price of £20.00 to front flap. Photographic frontispiece, a few in-text photographs throughout. As New. Trekkie Ritchie Parsons was 39 when..... More
The Hotel. A Play.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1939. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.104. Publisher's pink cloth, blue titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 5s to front flap. Interior mostly clean, some spotting and offsetting to preliminaries and rear few leaves. Jacket toned, marked, and spotted. Bumping to..... More