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The Wind in the Wood.
London: Hollis and Carter, 1952. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[10]; 143; [1]. With twelve chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by the author, and wood engraved vignettes to chapter headings. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 18s. net..... More
The Cruise of The Breadwinner.
London: Michael Joseph, 1946. [Maritime Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.63 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and a silver device to upper. Endpapers illustrated by Broom Lynne. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, also by Broom Lynne, priced at 5s. Some rubbing and light chipping to..... More
The Jacaranda Tree.
London: Michael Joseph, 1949. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's blue cloth, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 9s 6d to front flap. Top edge blue. Some toning to edges and spine. Bright jacket shows just a little wear to edges. A...... More
Man's Estate: Adventures in Economic Discovery.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1939. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.480. With notes and an index. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original cream dust-jacket with red titles to spine and covers. Top edge red. Black ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Some minor chips and..... More
A Maker of Nations.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1900. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.342; [10], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt to upper board and spine, bevelled edges. Eight halftone illustrations by Browne, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Archival repairs to pg.55, archival tape applied to..... More
In Spite of the Czar.
London: John Long, n.d. [1907]. NEW EDITION, second overall. Octavo, pp.126 [2]. In publisher's illustrated paper covers. Browned, as expected; near-fine. A rare survival. First published in 1905. More
Pharos The Egyptian [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume 8.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., June to November 1898. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.vi; 716. With many photogravure illustrations. Contemporary deep burgundy half calf with gilt titles to spine and dark green foliate cloth. All edges flecked red; yellow coated endpapers. Binding rubbed and worn, slightly..... More
The Road To Oxiana.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1937. [Travel literature] First Edition. Octavo, pp.341 [2]. publisher's light blue cloth (presumed second binding), with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Age toned to spine. Very good indeed. Byron, who died young in the Second World War, was one of the Brideshead..... More
Victorian Fiction. An Exhibition of Original Editions at 7 Abermarle Street, London, Janurary to February 1947.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xiii, 50. With 16 b/w photographic plates detailing some of the highlights of the exhibition. With Foreword and Introduction by Carter and Sadleir. In publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pink pictorial dust jacket. Chipping and closed tears..... More
History of the Seventh Regiment of New York 1806-1889.
New York, NY: Published by the Seventh Regiment, 1890. [American Military History] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY. Complete in two volumes. Large octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 498 [2]; pp.[2] xii; 543 [3]. With numerous in-text vignettes and woodcuts, as well as 11 engraved portraits, including a frontispiece to..... More
A Note of Enchantment.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 250 [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate to fly-leaf. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Leslie Wood. Miss Cond's usual..... More
Laolus and Other Poems.
Aligarh: At The Jamia Press, 1924. [Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[2] 145 [1]. A limited private press edition of 500 copies, this copy out-of-series. INSCRIBED by the author in black in to half-title: 'To | Margaret Shaw | For her ??? of Arcadia, | with all..... More
Diamond.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1956. [Gemstones / mining / Colonial history] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.262; [2], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Subtle ownership to free endpaper. A particularly clean, fresh copy in price-clipped jacket. Traveller, journalist and novelist, Hahn was an..... More
The Call-Girls. A tragi-comedy with Prologue and Epilogue.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1972. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[I]; 191; [I], blank. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in gold to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews with printed price £2.25 to flap. Internally clean and bright, minor spotting to edges of textblock, dust-jacket a...... More
Citizen of Westminster.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1940. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.318 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. New bookplate detailing provenance to front pastedown. Browning to edges. Spine heavily marked, and faded to grey. Very good. A novel set in..... More
A Rage to Live.
New York, NY: Random House, 1949. [Modern Literature] LIMITED PRESENTATION EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 590 [2]. An advance copy specially produced for distribution to American booksellers; one of 750 copies thus. Publisher's black cloth with gilt and red titles to spine and upper. Top edge red. A little..... More
People vs. Withers and Malone. Six Inner Sanctum Mystery Novelettes.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1963. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.254 [2]. Publisher's cream quarter cloth with mottled orange paper over boards, and black titles to spine. Top edge orange; others untrimmed. With the orange pictorial dust-jacket designed by Lawrence Ratzkin, printed price $3.50. Heavily..... More
The Acceptance World.
London: William Heinemann, 1955. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression, with a later jacket. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 214. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to black backing on spine. Paired with a later jacket circa 1971, priced at £1.75 to front flap. Toning and spotting to edges and..... More
A Buyer's Market.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1952. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression, with a later jacket. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 274 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to black backing on the spine. Paired with a later jacket circa 1962, priced at 21s. Bookplate of the W.H. Smith Subscribers'..... More
Temporary Kings. [A Dance to the Music of Time].
London: Heinemann, 1973. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 272. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to black background on spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Broom-Lynne, priced at £2.25. Spotting to edges, otherwise internally clean. Bright, crisp jacket shows just a touch of..... More
The Literature of Crime. Stories by World-Famous Authors.
London: Cassell and Company, 1952. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.ix; [1]; 366. Publisher's black cloth titled to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 15/ to front flap. Ex-libris stamp front paste-down, spotting to some preliminaries and rear blanks, toning and spotting to edges of textblock..... More
The Sign of The Fish.
London: Collins, 1960. [Literary essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Illustrated with plates. Publisher's red cloth, pictorial jacket. A fine book in a near fine, price-clipped jacket, with a few small nicks to extremities. The Sign of the Fish is a study of the art of..... More
The Mask of Apollo.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1966. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[6] 378. Publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by A.E. Barbosa, priced at 25s. A lovely crisp copy showing just a little wear to extremities. Near fine. A sequel to..... More
The Phoenix and the Tortoise.
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1944. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] 100 [2]. Publisher's orange cloth, tan label with red titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at $2.50 to front flap. Top edge red. Internally clean and lightly toned. Some toning to jacket, mostly to backstrip..... More
Loser Wins (Les Séquestrés d'Altona). A Play in Five Acts.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. [Drama] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.152. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the simple typographic dust-jacket, priced at 15s. Bookseller's label to front pastedown. Some light spotting to edges and endpapers; a little musty. Spotting to jacket, with additional..... More