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Hilda Wade.
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
Problem Party.
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
Nobody Lives Forever.
Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company, 1945. [Crime thriller] FIRST MOTION PICTURE EDITION. Octavo (21x 15cm), pp.243; [3], blank. Two black and white photos as frontis plate. Publisher's red cloth blocked in grey, endpapers feature ten b & w stills from the movie, photographic dust-wrapper. Cheap paper toned..... More
The Letters of Noel Coward.
London: Methuen, 2007. [Literary correspondence] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.786. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, photographic jacket priced £25. Carefully used; a near fine copy. Letters of the flamboyant English playwright. Noel Coward was a close friend and neighbour of James Bond creator Ian..... More
5 Passengers from Lisbon.
London: for the Crime Club by Collins, 1946. [Murder mystery novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.192. Bound in tan cloth blocked in black, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price at 8/6. Contents clean, neat ink name to front endpaper, in a secondary or cheap edition binding, jacket with reduced..... More
Enemy in the House.
London: for the Crime Club by Collins, 1963. [Historical murder mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.216; [4], blank. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine, dust-wrapper priced at 12/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A fine copy of the book in a near fine jacket with some..... More
The Crime at Honotassa.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1962. [Historical Crime Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Rose, priced at 12/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Rose (32 x...... More
The Pattern.
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
Captain Bulldog Drummond.
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
They Found Each Other.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1946. [WWII Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Ex Libris OTTO PENZLER. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320. Burgundy publisher's cloth with black titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Bip Pares, priced at 8/6. Minor toning to edges. Jacket shows some wear to edges and..... More
They Found Each Other.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. [WWII Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320. Burgundy publisher's cloth with black titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Bip Pares, priced at 8/6. A lightly used copy, jacket with a few nicks and tears, small amount of colour bleed..... More
Gold from Crete. Ten Stories.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[8] 263 [1]. Blue quarter cloth, lighter blue cloth over sides, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Sam Bryant priced at $5.95 to front flap. Top edge blue. Lightly toned..... More
The Age of Fighting Sail. The Story of the Naval War of 1812.
New York, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1956. [History] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[2]; 284; [2]. Publisher's light mint green cloth with gilt tooling to front board, blue label to spine titled in gilt, typographic dust-jacket designed by Sydney Butchkes. Cartographic endpapers depicting the Pacific Ocean. Toning and..... More
The African Queen.
London: Longmans, 1961. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS, Longmans' Abridged Books. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 209; [1]. Pictorial softcovers. Ex-libris stamp of Trevor Hickman to front paste-down, sunning to spine and light wearing to covers. Sunning to front cover, small pencilled 'w' to front cover. Very good. Set in..... More
Nurse Cavell. A Play in Three Acts.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1933. [Drama] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[16] 104 [8]. Publisher's green cloth, typographic paper label to spine. Top edge yellow. Light toning, spotting, and marking throughout. Small publisher's slip to rear blanks. Bookplate of Trevor Hickman to front pastedown..... More
Poo-Poo and the Dragons.
London: Michael Joseph, 1942. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.188. With in-text illustrations and endpapers by Lawson. Publisher's yellow cloth, designs and titles blocked in red to upper and spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 7/6. Mild toning throughout. Typographic bookplate of Trevor Hickman to front..... More
The Barbary Pirates.
London: Macdonald, 1956. [Naval history] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] 185 [3]. With numerous in-text illustrations by Mazoujian. Publisher's pink cloth, with titles and designs blocked in blue and yellow to upper and spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 8/6 to front flap. Illustrated endpapers. Interior lightly..... More
The Captain from Connecticut.
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1941. [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.324. Publisher's cream cloth, blue titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Rowland Hilder. Contents clean, two bookplates to front endpaper. Very good in chipped jacket, with loss to spine ends and rear panel. Forester's..... More
The Captain from Connecticut.
Boston: Little Brown, 1941. [Naval fiction] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.324. Publisher's cream cloth, blue titles, top edge blue. With the pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by 'Doubrava', priced at $2.50 Owner bookplate beneath flap, contents clean with a few indentations to final leaves. Jacket with a few chips..... More
The Commodore.
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. No inscriptions or bookplates. Contents clean, a fine, fresh copy in near fine jacket, slightly rubbed and sunned to the spine..... More
The Complete Hornblower Novels. The Happy Return (1937); A Ship of the Line (1938); Flying Colours (1938); The Commodore (1945); Lord Hornblower (1946); Mr Midshipman Hornblower (1950); Lieutenant Hornblower (1952); Hornblower and the Atropos (1953); Hornblower in the West Indies (1958); Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962); Hornblower and the Crisis (1967).
London: Michael Joseph, 1937-1967. [Naval Historical Fiction] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS. Eleven volumes. Octavo (19 x 13 x 33cm). The complete series, bound uniformly in navy blue half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and 'tall ship' and 'anchor' motifs stamped in gilt to spine, as well as twin burgundy morocco..... More
The Earthly Paradise.
London: Michael Joseph Limited, 1940. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.319 [1]. Publisher's red cloth, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. Map to front paste-down. Contents clean, owner's bookplate to front fly-leaf, jacket with a few chips. Very good. Enthralling historical adventure set in an..... More
Flying Colours. Including A Ship Of The Line.
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., in conjunction with The Book Society Ltd., 1938. [Maritime fiction] TRUE FIRST EDITION; the first trade edition was published a day later, without "A Ship of the Line." Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.304; [2]; 5-284; [6] blanks. Publisher's green cloth, titled in silver to spine and..... More
Gold From Crete.
London: Michael Joseph, 1971. [Navy stories] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.194; [2], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 35s. Contents clean, owner bookplate to pastedown, jacket is bright and fresh. Near fine. A collection of stories of sea warfare, set..... More
The Good Shepherd.
London: Michael Joseph, 1955. [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's black cloth with titles to spine, pictorial endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 12/6. Contents clean, owner bookplate to first blank, edges toned, bright jacket is lightly worn at crown. Very good. An attractive copy..... More