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

London: The Dropmore Press, 1947. Private Press. Limited to 750 numbered copies. Pps. xi, 84, (1). Publisher's original green cloth spine lettered in gilt, printed paper boards, top edge tinted green, original illustrated dust-jacket and card slip-case with numbered label to spine. Text printed on hand made paper with wood..... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, n.d. [1925 and 1927]. [Children's Illustrated]. FIRST EDITIONS. In two volumes. Oblong (19 x 26cm), unpaginated. With bright colour illustrations by Elinor Darwin facing every page of text. In publisher's original paper-covered card covers, with red decoration to volume I and blue to volume II. Some..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1911. First Edition. Octavo. pp. ix, 271. With many illustrations by E.W. Mitchell. Re-bound using original publisher's tan cloth with brown titles and black silhouettes of golfers to upper board and spine. Some general edge wear, but internally clean and crisp; a...... More
London: Dormeuil Freres. 1927. First Edition. Large Octavo. pp. 40. Pamphlet with blue textured paper covers. Including b/w photographs of each featured player, and colour advertisements for 'Sportex' cloth, for use as Plus-Fours etc. Wear to edges, and some discolouration to spine. Otherwise very good. Contributions on six different strokes..... More
London, The Nonesuch Press 1932. FIRST THUS: Quarto. Unpaginated. Publisher's pale blue boards with red fish device. Original scarlet end papers. Contains 40 delightfully comic monochrome illustrations. Exterior is still remarably bright. Some scattered foxing to first and last leaves, otherwise a very good copy indeed. This is a cheaper..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, n.d. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.308. Bound in publisher's green cloth with blind double-line ruling to boards, and titled in gold to spine. Includes photographic frontispiece, with additional photographs throughout. In excellent condition, with sunning to spine and a little rubbing to headcap. Cloth very clean..... More