"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke

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: Jonathan Cape, 2005. [Historical Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 360 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's olive cloth decorated in black and titled in white to spine and upper. With the original printed paper band to rear board..... More
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
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1898. [Literary Magazine]. FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.vi; 3-716. With numerous in-text lithographic illustrations. In publisher's green cloth with red titles to spine and upper board. Brown floral endpapers. With a PSA Book Fund bookplate to front pastedown. Some gatherings a little loose;..... More
London: George Newnes, 1891-1893. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six volumes. Large octavo (24 x 18 x 25cm). Illustrated throughout. Original half-yearly volumes, recently re-bound in tan half calf, with gilt titles and decoration to spines, marbled paper over boards and all edges speckled red. Some light occasional thumbing and marking..... More
London: George Newnes Ltd., September 1914-May 1915. These issues contain the FIRST APPEARANCE of the fourth full-length Holmes adventure in its entirety. Nine monthly parts, complete. Original magazine format, approx. 9.5 x 6.5 inches with pictorial covers, illustrated throughout. The first issue features a colour portrait of Holmes and a...... More
New York, Dodd Mead and Co., 1885. First edition. Four volumes. Octavo. Publisher's dark blue cloth, titled and decorated in gilt to spines and uppers. All volumes clean and sharp with light wear to spine ends, pale spot to lower edge front board volume III. Volume I has some minor..... More
London: George Newnes, 1902. [Sherlock Holmes] FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 359; [1] blank. With 16 illustrated plates by Paget. Handsomely bound in full deep red oasis morocco, titled and decorated in gilt to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers endpapers, top edge gilt. All plates present..... More
London: George Newnes, 1902. [Sherlock Holmes] FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 359; [1] blank. With 16 illustrated plates by Paget. Handsomely bound in half navy blue oasis morocco, titled and decorated in gilt to the spine, raised bands, matching cloth sides, top edge gilt. All plates present..... More
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, June 17, 1893. FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE of this adventure, illustrated by W.H. Hyde, which was later collected in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. Single newspaper issue in pictorial wraps (41 x 29cm). Disbound or extracted from a hardcover with associated wear to the spine..... More
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, February 11, 1893. FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE of this adventure, illustrated by W.H. Hyde, which was later collected in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. Single newspaper issue in pictorial wraps (41 x 29cm). Disbound or extracted from a hardcover with associated wear to the spine..... More
London: George Newnes, December 1912. [Magazine Extract] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo pamphlet (23 x 16cm), pp.603-611 [1]. With dichromatic illustrations by Brock. Leaves removed from a copy of The Strand Magazine and bound recently in brown paper, with a plain printed title label to upper, stapled twice. Light creasing and marking..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1915. [Sherlock Holmes] SECOND PRINTING. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 306 [6]. With a black and white frontispiece illustrated by Wiles. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Second Impression text printed on title page. Edges toned, some expected spotting to thick..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1911. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 298 [14]. With a chromolithographic frontispiece by Wyeth and one further lithographic illustration by Rountree. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Contents clean, edges slightly toned, moderate handling and wear..... More
London: George Newnes, 1891. [Detective short stories] FIRST APPEARANCE of these famous Sherlock Holmes short stories in The Strand Magazine. July 1891 to June 1892. Magazine format in paper covers; twelve issues, complete. Contents clean, with acceptable toning. All covers present. Some expected wear and toning to the fragile wrappers..... More
London: John Murray, 1927. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt. Contents clean, front cover with a little discolouration, spine lightly sunned, gilt dulled; very good. The last of the original Sherlock Holmes books, being twelve cases for the great detective which..... More
London: John Murray, 1927. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board and backstrip. Contents very clean, edges free from spotting and toning, neat ink ownership to free endpaper, covers fresh, spine a touch sunned and rubbed at tips. A...... More
London: John Murray, 1929. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION of this omnibus volume; the first collected edition of the original four Holmes novels, with a brand new preface from Conan Doyle. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.640; [6], advertisements. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, red top edge, pictorial..... More
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally and Company, 1894. [Supernatural] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.232. Publisher's red cloth over boards. Gilt titles to upper and spine. Gilt ruling and floral device to upper. Title page lettered in black and red. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Leaves moderately..... More
London: John Murray, 1917. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 305 [7]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Contents clean, some browning to endpapers, cloth shows a few marks, faint cup ring to upper, spine sunned, gilt dulled to same. Overall very good..... More
London: John Murray, 1917. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 305 [7]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Toning and spotting to edges and endpapers. Light occasional spotting throughout, otherwise internally clean. Spine sunned, joints starting, and gilt dulled to spine. Light wear..... More
London: John Murray, 1917. [Detective Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 305 [7]. Recently re-bound in burgundy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge gilt, others trimmed. A lovely crisp, clean copy in an attractive new..... More
New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1902. [Detective fiction] FIRST ISSUE (of four), of the First American edition, without the 'R' on the copyright page. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 249; [1], blank; [8], advertisements; [2], blank. Title page printed in black and red. With eight black and white illustrated..... More
London: Hutchinson and Co., [no date] 1926. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.294; 23, publisher's advertisements, [1]. Publisher's green cloth lettered in green to upper board and spine. Ex-libris stamp front paste-down, toning to edges of textblock, rolling to spine, wearing to spine ends, bumping to corners. Very..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1914]. [Fantasy] LARGE PAPER EDITION. Tall Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.319. With tissue-guarded mounted illustrations and colour frontispiece unique to this edition. Elegantly bound in half dark blue morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and ornament to the spine, cloth sides, top edge gilt..... More