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How to Play Your Best Golf All The Time.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1954. [Sport] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[12]; 145; [3]. Illustrated by Lealand Gustavson. Printed in red and black throughout. Publisher's green cloth, silver titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 12/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions, later presentation label to flyleaf, old tape strip..... More
How to Play Your Best Golf All The Time.
New York: Simon and Schuster 1953. [Sport] FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii; 152. Illustrated by Lealand Gustavson. Printed in red and black throughout. Publisher's hardcovers blocked in silver, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $2.95. A near fine copy of the book, in a very good wrapper, shipped..... More
Thomas Hardy.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1941. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.ix; [1]; 286. Publisher's red cloth to boards, gilt titles to spine. Blind ruling to upper. Top edge purple, the rest untrimmed. Interior lightly toned, endpapers slightly spotted. Edges toned and foxed, a spot of splashing..... More
After the Bombing. And other short poems.
London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1949. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 51; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 6s. net. Internally fine, some toning to rear endpapers. Cloth lightly rubbed to bottom edge. Wrapper darkened to spine, some bruising along..... More
The Poems of Edmund Blunden.
London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1930. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] xviii; 336. Publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge blue; others untrimmed. illustrated bookplate of Maud Budden (), poet and writer for the 'Curly Wee' annuals, to front pastedown, with some associated offsetting to flyleaf. Light..... More
Flagrant Délit: Rimbaud Devant La Conjuration de L'Imposture at du Truquage.
Paris: Thésée, 1949. [Literary Essay] FIRST EDITION, trade issue. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), pp.66 [6]. With the errata slip at rear. Publisher's orange illustrated paper covers. All edges untrimmed. Gently toned throughout, otherwise clean. Spine a little toned; edges rubbed, with a chip to tail of spine. Very good..... More
Dance Without Music.
London: Collins, 1947. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Owner name to pastedown, some wear/loss to crown, jacket with some chips and tears. A very good, used copy. A gritty detective novel featuring Cheyney's private..... More
Dark Hero.
London: Collins, 1946. [Suspense] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Neat ownership. Very good in like wrapper, sunned to the spine panel. Wartime intrigue about a former Chicago gunman who finds himself in Nazi-occupied Norway... More
One of Those Things.
London: Collins, 1949. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. A very clean copy of the book in a slightly torn wrapper, with one chip to crown. Near fine. Typical Cheyney suspense novel, introducing Private Eye..... More
Sinister Errand.
London: Collins, 1945. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. A very clean copy of the book in a slightly edge-worn wrapper. Near fine. A fast-paced suspense novel. More
Try Anything Twice.
London: Collins, 1948. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. A very clean copy of the book in a slightly edge-worn wrapper with a neat closed tear at the foot of the spine. Near fine. A...... More
I'll Say She Does.
London: Collins, 1945. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth, titles in blue to spine, with striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Signed by the author, dated 1st July 1946. Lightly used; near fine. Ownership signature of Eileen M. Cond, a noted collector..... More
Hieroglyphic Bibles their origin and history. A hitherto Unwritten Chapter of Bibliography With Facsimile Illustrations. And A New Hieroglyphic Bible told in stories by Frederick A. Laing.
Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1894. [Bibles] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x cm), pp.xvi; 316; 25 card leaves, two with illustrated title pages for the New and Old Testaments, two blank the rest with four illustrations per page. Publisher's tan buckram, blocked in black and gilt to spine and upper..... More
Electrical Power Transmission and Interconnection.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd, 1930. [Engineering] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xi; [1]; 424; 23; [1]. With numerous in-text diagrams and mathematical figures. Publisher's blue cloth to boards, gilt device to upper and gilt titles to upper and spine. Publisher's catalogue to rear. Light toning throughout..... More
The Leopard.
London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1960. [Modern Literature] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[4] 255 [5]. Publisher's blue machine-marbled card covers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Hans Tisdall, priced at 16s. Shows a minor lean, with spotting to edges and spine, otherwise internally clean. Jacket slightly sunned to spine..... More
Number One.
London: Constable and Co., 1944. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6]; 212. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in silver to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 to front flap. Light toning to edges of textblock, minor crease to front flyleaf, toning to jacket. Fine. 'Number..... More
The Martian, A Novel.
London: Harper and Brothers, 1898. LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION. Quarto, pp.[4] x, 471 [5]. With 49 engraved plates, including a frontispiece of the author, and six facsimiles of original sketches by the author reproduced by P. Dujardin. Number 138 of just 250 copies printed on large paper. In publisher's quarter..... More
Confetti for a Killing.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1937. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, LATER ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.280; [8]. Publisher's secondary binding of red cloth, black titles to spine, dust-jacket illustrated by Nina Miller Davidson. Neat ownership to flyleaf, light spotting and dustiness to edges. Jacket clipped and repriced at 4/6..... More
[Complete Novels] The Great Gatsby and the Last Tycoon; Tender is the Night; This Side of Paradise; The Beautiful and the Damned.
London: The Folio Society, 2005. [Novels Set] COMPLETE NOVELS, FIRST THUS. Four Volumes. Octavo (24 x 18 x 14cm). Each illustrated by Brown. Publisher's blue cloth decorated in silver and black, each with a matching blue paper-covered slipcase. Some light general wear to cloth and slipcases. Near fine. More
The Beautiful and Damned.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. [American Literature] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; 449 [1]. The first issue, with no colophon to copyright page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind to upper. Fore-edge untrimmed. Owner name in ink to fly-leaf, cloth..... More
The Bodley Head Scott Fitzgerald, with an Introduction by J.B. Priestley. Being a compilation of novels and shorter pieces, including: The Great Gatsby, The Last Tycoon, Tender is The Night, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and The Damned, The Rich Boy, Letters and Short Stories, etc.
London: The Bodley Head, 1958-63. [Modern Literature Set] FIRST BODLEY HEAD EDITION. Complete in 6 volumes. Octavo. Publisher's red cloth in pale grey/cream dust-jackets printed in black and red. Some minor dustiness. Both the books and jackets are in clean, fresh condition without the often-seen toning to the spines. A...... More
The Vegetable. Or, From President to Postman.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. [Comedy Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 145 [7]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind to upper. Fore-edge untrimmed. Gently toned throughout, as usual. Neat ownership to flyleaf, bookseller's labels to rear endpapers. Gilt a little rubbed..... More
The Vegetable. Or, From President to Postman.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. [Comedy Drama] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 145 [5]. Recently bound in green full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and a facsimile signature stamped in gilt to upper. Top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed, and..... More
The Michael Fraenkel and Henry Miller Correspondence, Called Hamlet. Volume I and Volume II.
London: Edition du Laurier, Carrefour, 1962. FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION, third printing. Quarto, pp.411 [5]. With a handful of in-text lithographic illustrations. In publisher's cream card wraps, bound together with blue string. Titles to front cover. Some light external wear; very good overall. First printed in 1939, with subsequent impression..... More
Island Blood.
London: The Bodley Head, 1925. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; [2]; 74; [8], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper board, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of six shillings to front panel. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Previously owned by poet Ruthven..... More