"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway

London: Grant Richards, 1900. First Edition. 8vo. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. A used copy with some shelfwear,rubbed to extremities, gilt illustration rubbed to upper, discreet owner stamp to flyleaf, inside paper joint cracked. Very good. Illustrated throughout by Gordon Browne..... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1945. [Children's fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.214; [2]. Publisher's orange cloth, titles in green to spine, decorated front endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Tresilian with printed price of 8s. 6d. net. In-text illustrations by Tresilian. Spotting and toning to edges, cloth bumped..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1937. [Crime Mystery] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[12] 290 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author 'with thanks' in black ink to fly-leaf. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. Top edge red; fore-edge untrimmed. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at..... More
London; Hodder and Stoughton. 1945. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's oatmeal cloth titled in black to spine. Lightly bumped to extremities, very good indeed. In a dustwrapper that has been somewhat misused, possibly by dastardly enemies of a foreign power. Tape has been used to reinforce the extremities and inner hinges..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1946. FIRST EDITION. BELONGED TO OTTO PENZLER, famed mystery editor. Octavo, pp. 320. Dark red publisher's cloth (variant) in illustrated dustwrapper, no inscription or price clipping. Cloth boards in very good condition, minor age-toning to text block, dustwrapper a little shelf-worn, text block shaken in..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.320. Publisher's light red cloth variant binding with black titles to spine and upper board, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Bip Pares. No inscriptions or price-clipping. A lightly used copy, jacket with a few nicks and tears, small amount of colour bleed..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1945. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.271; [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth with silver titles to spine, in striking Barbosa-designed dust-wrapper priced at 9/6. Dusty top edge else book is near fine. Jacket sunned to spine, some rubbing and a couple of short tears. Very..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1945. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.271; [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth with silver titles to spine, in striking Barbosa-designed dust-wrapper priced at 9/6. Dusty top edge else book is near fine. Jacket sunned to spine, with a few small nicks and tears, some vintage..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1937-67. [Naval fiction / Historical Fiction] ALL FIRST EDITIONS. Eleven volumes bound as ten, octavos (19 x 13 x 33cm). The complete series, bound uniformly in recent navy blue half morocco, twin red morocco title labels lettered in gilt, with gilt 'tall ship' motif, blue marbled paper-covered..... More
London: Michael Joseph Limited, 1940. [Historical Fiction]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.319; [1]. blank. Publisher's cloth in dust-wrapper. Book is fine, bright jacket is lightly edgeworn, chipped across crown and a couple of tears, some tape reinforcement to rear. Shows well. Enthralling historical adventure set in an age..... More
Boston; Little Brown and Company. 1953. FORESTER FAMILY COPY. First US Edition. 8vo. Very good indeed in publisher's sea green cloth titled in gilt to spine, light bumping to spine ends. In an acceptable wrapper with fading to the spine panel, and creasing, chipping and a rectangle of loss to..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1962. [Naval Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.287 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Cobb, priced at 18s. Light rubbing to jacket edges, and some toning to jacket spine. Very good. The tenth in the popular..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1958. [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.283 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Val Biro, priced at 15s. Black ink ownership to front fly-leaf. Edges toned. Jacket heavily browned to spine, with moderate rubbing and chipping..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1952. [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304. Publisher's mid-blue cloth, pictorial Val Biro designed dust-wrapper. Book is near fine, jacket with two chips and some abrasion to the fore-edge, rear panel with some red staining to foot, the red spine lettering remains strong. Overall..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1952. [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304. Publisher's mid-blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Val Biro, priced at 12/6. Edges toned, with a little wear to binding extremities. Jacket toned to spine, with moderate rubbing and chipping to..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1946. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Crown Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.224. Publisher's mid-brown cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Rowland Hilder, priced at 9/6. Small blue ink ownership to fly-leaf. Toning and spotting to edges. Light handling and rubbing to jacket, curved..... More
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1926. Mystery novel. First Edition. 8vo.; pp.304 + 8 (adverts). Original red cloth, lettered to spine and upper cover in gilt. Occasional light spotting, joints a little rubbed, minor sunning to back-strip. An attractive example. A Hubin- listed crime title, and a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone..... More
Michael Joseph, London, 1948. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 219. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles. Moderately used; a very good copy in similar dustwrapper, a little rubbed and chipped to extremities, price clipped. Shows well. C.S. Forester was awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for both the Hornblower novels..... More
Michael Joseph, London, 1948. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 219. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles. Book is fine; jacket near fine with one short tear to crown. A most attractive copy. More
London: Duckworth. 1935. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 120. Cream boards black and red decoration and titles, cream cloth spine with black titles, Some light spotting to prelims and to the edges, some dustiness to the top edge. Some light wear and marking to the boards, head and tail caps slightly..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. [Modern Literature] First American Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[12]; 308. With the original publisher's black cloth cover and spine bound in at rear. Recent black half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decoration to spine, and black cloth over boards..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Modern literature] FIRST UK EDITION [three copies, including an UNRECORDED BINDING] A presentation of three First UK Editions in variant publisher's bindings of brown cloth (brand name 'Fabroleen'), black cloth ('Excelin') and red cloth ('Milskin'), blocked in shades of gilt. Each has patterned endpapers, the brown..... More
London: Heinemann & Zsolnay, 1944. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] 306. All text in French. Publisher's plain soft covers titled in red and blue. Gently toned throughout, with moderate rubbing and bumping to covers. Blue ink ownership to front cover; spine toned and more..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. [Modern fiction]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.254; [2]. Publisher's green cloth, silver titles on a red background to spine, red emblem to upper board, pictorial dust-jacket with wraparound artwork be Hans Tisdall. Textblock marginally toned, some marks to edges. Cloth rubbed to extremities, with..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first printing with Scribner's seal to back of the title page, and no disclaimer showing on p.10 of preliminaries. FIRST ISSUE jacket with 'Katharine Barclay' to flap. Octavo (19 x 14cm) Publisher's black cloth with gilt labels, fore-edge untrimmed..... More