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Six Months at the Cape. Or Letters to Periwinkle from South Africa.
London: James Nisbet and Co., 1879. [African Colonial Topography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 256. With 12 engraved plates, including a frontispiece. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'Mrs. Aveling | with kind regards from | The Author.' Publisher's red cloth with gilt..... More
Trackless Winds.
San Francisco: Johnck and Seeger, 1930. [Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 64; [6]. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, grey paper over boards, blue titles to upper. Untrimmed pages. Photogravure frontispiece of Burton by illustrator. Inscribed by author in black ink to frontispiece. Minor spotting throughout, sunning to..... More
The Burning Question.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1957. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Randell, priced at 10/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (31 x 25cm)..... More
Long Shadows.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1958. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by William Randell, priced at 10/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (29 x...... More
50 Poems.
New York, NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940. [American Poetry] THIRD LARGE PRINTING. Octavo (21 x 14cm), unpaginated, with 50 numbered poems. Publisher's brown cloth with darker brown titles to spine and upper. With the matching typographic dust-jacket priced at $2.00. Internally crisp and clean. Cloth shows some light wear..... More
Worthies of the World, A Series of Historical and Critical Sketches of the Lives, Actions, and Characters of Great and Eminent Men of all Countries and Times.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., n.d. [c.1880]. [Historical Biographies]. FINELY BOUND. In two volumes. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[4] 416 [2]; pp.417-832 [2]. With frequent in-text wood engraved portraits of notable characters. Contemporary dark green half morocco with raised bands, gilt title to spines and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers; all..... More
English Seamen In The Sixteenth Century.
London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1925. [Naval history] PRIZE COPY. Octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.255; [1]. With a frontispiece portrait of the author. Red full morocco to boards. Chillon College gilt armorial device and ruling to upper. Gilt titles, tooling, and raised bands to spine. All edges gilt..... More
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Every Man His Own Boswell.
Boston, MA: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. [Essays] FIRST EDITION, Second Issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] viii; 373 [5]. With occasional illustrations. Publisher's blind-decorated brown cloth, with gilt titles to spine and yellow-coated endpapers. Printed ownership label and a separate black ink ownership to flyleaf. A loose gathering at..... More
The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Cambridge Edition.
Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. [American Poetry] FINELY BOUND, first thus. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] xxii; 352 [4]. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, and a vignette title page. Small print over two columns. Contemporary tan half calf, with gilt titles to contrasting brown and..... More
Letters of Aldous Huxley.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1969. [Literary Letters] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 992. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to a blue oval on spine. With the green typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at 100s / £5.00. Internally crisp and clean. Jacket shows some..... More
Eyeless in Gaza.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1936. [Philosophical Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 620. Publisher's grey cloth with maroon titles to spine and upper. Top edge maroon. With the maroon typographic dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. Large woodcut bookplate of Elizabeth Armour to front pastedown. A touch of light wear..... More
Minding My Own Business. An Autobiography.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. [Bibliographical memoirs] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.224. Publisher's blue cloth, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 21s. With presentation note to flyleaf; For my dear friend Einar - a small / return for many, many happy hours / spent..... More
Christina Rossetti Poems.
London: Blackie and Sons Ltd., 1910. [Illustrated Poetry] FIRST HARRISON ILLUSTRATED EDITION, SIGNED LIMITED ISSUE. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.xxii; 369. Illustrated with 36 tipped-in colour plates, each with captioned tissue guards. No.149 of 350 copies signed by the illustrator. Publisher's full parchment, pictorially blocked in gilt to spine and..... More
Goblin Market. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: George Harrap & Co., 1933. [Illustrated Poetry] FIRST TRADE EDITION, printed by R. Clark of Edinburgh in 1933, not to be confused with the 1939 reissue, printed by Jarrold. A vellum-bound limited edition was released simultaneously with this edition. Slim octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.45; [3], blank. With 4..... More
Goblin Market. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: George Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1939. [Illustrated Poetry] REISSUE. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.37 [3]. With a colour frontispiece and 19 black and white drawings by Rackham. Pictorial cream paper wrappers printed in yellow, brown and black depicting goblins and fruits, with yapp edges, and pictorial end-papers. Light wear..... More
Maude. A Story For Girls. With an introduction by William Michael Rossetti.
London: James Bowden, 1897. [Children's Literature] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. One of just 500 copies thus. Small octavo (18cm x 12cm), pp.xii; 81 [3]. Publisher's green buckram, with gilt titles to spine and a gilt facsimile signature to upper. All edges untrimmed. Black ink gift inscription to fly-leaf. A nice clean..... More
Verses by Christina G. Rossetti.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1893. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.236 [4]. Printed on fine handmade paper, with red ruling to margins. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Black ink gift inscription to front fly-leaf, dated 1893..... More
Don Gypsy: Adventures with a Fiddle in Barbary, Andalusia and La Mancha.
London: John Murray, 1936. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xvi, 525 [3]. With six photographic plates, a map, and a frontispiece and title-page vignette by Arthur Rackham.In publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. Light spotting to prelims and edges. Spine sunned and rubbed. Good overall. More
The Wrecker.
London: Cassell & Company, 1892. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 427 [12]. Publisher's catalogue dated May 1892. With 12 half-tone illustrated plates by Hole and Metcalf, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore-edge untrimmed. Repair to split lower hinge. Spotting and..... More
The Wrong Box.
London: Cassell and Company, 1889. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION, noted in several important crime checklists. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[iv]; 283; [1], blank; [16], catalogue (dated January 1889). Publisher's red cloth, titled in black and gilt. 'Swan' patterned endpapers. Internally clean, inside paper joints parted, and signature of Wyville..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1896. [Children's] First Illustrated Edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xiv; 137 [23]. With wood engraved illustrations by Robinson throughout. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt titles and further decoration to spine, and gilt decoration to boards. All edges gilt. Contents clean, engraved bookplate to pastedown..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1908. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST SOWERBY ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 125 [3]. With 12 colour plates including a frontispiece, as well as occasional vignette illustrations. Contemporary crushed blue half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Top..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1905. [Illustrated Children's Poetry] FIRST UK WILLCOX SMITH EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.xii; 125 [1]. With 12 colour plates, as well as numerous in-text line drawings by Willcox Smith, as well as a colour-illustrated vignette title page. Publisher's dark navy cloth with gilt..... More
Treasure Island.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. [Children's Illustrated] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST WYETH ILLUSTRATED EDITION, First Issue, with '23' for '123' to p.x. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[2] xiv; 273 [3]. With 14 colour plates, each with a captioned tissue guard, as well as an illustrated title page. Recently re-bound..... More
Catriona. A Sequel to 'Kidnapped' Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad.
London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1893. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[x]; 371; [18], catalogue dated 8/93. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, floral-patterned pale green endpapers. Ads partially unopened, some foxing within, pencil signature of respected Brighton architect Gilbert Murray Simpson (1869-1954), cloth with..... More