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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Pictures that Spring to Life. Bookano Series.
London: Strand Publications, no date [circa 1938]. [Pop-Up Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.[62]. With four colour-illustrated pop-up scenes, a colour frontispiece and vignette title page, and several line-drawn illustrations, all by Wickham, and design and arrangement by Giraud. Publisher's colour illustrated paper-covered boards, with endpapers illustrated..... More
The Specials. [Psychedelic-40].
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1965. [Dystopia] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.191 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the white dust-jacket titled in purple, priced at 15s. A small chip to top edge of the first few leaves, otherwise a nice clean copy internally. Jacket..... More
The Gun.
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1939. [Modern Literature] VINTAGE PENGUIN EDITION, first Penguin Edition. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.245; [1]; [10], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's orange and white softcovers, matching dust-jacket with printed price of 6d. to front flap. Ex-libris stamp front paste-down, toning to edges of textblock and internally, toning to covers and..... More
Brown on Resolution.
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1929. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.272; [8], ads, followed by foldout facsimile review. Publisher's blue cloth trimmed in yellow. Owner bookplate to pastedown, contents clean and fresh, covers are square, spine sunned. Near fine, without jacket. 'An epic in miniature of..... More
James Joyce. Modern Writers and Playwrights Series, Edited by Thomas Moult.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1933. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.175 [1]. Publisher's grey cloth with blue titles to spine. With the grey dust-jacket titled in blue, priced at 4/6. Light spotting to edges and endpapers, as well as first and final few leaves. Very light handling indeed..... More
Screencraft, or the Making of a Photoplay.
New York, NY: Chalmers Publishing Co., 1916. [Early Film-Making] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.151; [1]. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Simple typographic dust-jacket with titles and testimonials from well-wishing readers. Fore-edge untrimmed. Toned and a little dusty to edges. Light wear to..... More
The Sixpence that Rolled Away.
London: Faber and Faber, 1956. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.24. With five colour plates and six line drawn illustrations by Bawden. Publisher's colour illustrated paper covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. Some offsetting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Wear to extremities and some..... More
The Burning Perch.
London: Faber and Faber, 1963. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.58 [2]. Publisher's Purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pink dust-jacket titled in blue and red, priced at 12/6. Also with the scarce Poetry Book Society Bulletin announcing the book's publication, loose to preliminaries. A...... More
Eighty-Five Poems.
London: Faber and Faber, 1959. [Poetry] REVIEW COPY. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.128. Loosely inserted is the publisher's note to the reviewer. Publisher's purple cloth lettered in white to spine, typographic dust-jacket, printed price at 10s 6d to front flap. Toning to edges of textblock, 1.5cm and 3cm tears to..... More
The Mad Islands and The Administrator. Two Radio Plays.
London: Faber and Faber, 1964. [Radio Plays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.112. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the cream and orange typographic dust-jacket, priced at 18s. Jacket lightly handled, and gently toned. Near fine. More
Meet the U.S. Army. Prepared for the Board of Education by the Ministry of Information.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1943. [Second World War Propaganda] FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (19 x 12cm), pp.24. With a suite of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's red paper covers, priced at 4d and stapled twice. Very light handling with just a few spots. Near fine. A...... More
Spring-Board. Poems 1941-1944.
London: Faber and Faber, 1944. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.56. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 6s to front flap. Small pencilled ownership inscription to flyleaf. Light toning to top of cloth. Minor edgewear to jacket. Near fine. Irish poet..... More
Ten Burnt Offerings.
London: Faber and Faber, 1952. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.96. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the grey typographic dust-jacket. Lightly toned throughout; tobacco scented. Jacket toned and rubbed to spine and edges with some light chipping also, and a small ink stain to..... More
Bubu of Montparnasse.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1952. [French Literature] FIRST THUS. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 101 [1]. With eight illustrated plates by Rosoman, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to black backing on spine. Top edge red. With the illustrated orange dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. Bookplate of Alan..... More
Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel.
London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892. [Satirical Novels] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (29 x 20cm), pp.[4] xlvi [2]; 341 [7]; pp.[4] xiv; 455 [5]. With 15 photogravure illustrated plates, including a frontispiece to volume I, with tissue guards. Number 247 of 1000 copies thus. Contemporary green..... More
India and Its Native Princes. Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal. Carefully Revised and Edited by Lieut.-Col. Buckle.
London: Bickers and Son, 1878. [Indian Colonial Travel] NEW EDITION. Quarto (35 x 28cm), pp.[2] xviii; 579 [1]. With 317 engraved illustrations after photographs by Rousselet, including a frontispiece, and six maps. Recently re-backed using the original publisher's red cloth, heavily decorated and titled in gilt and black to spine..... More
The Conquest of The Arctic.
London: Harrap, 1939. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 284. Bound in publisher's light blue cloth titled in pale silver to spine, in a pictorial dustjacket depicting modes of transport heading towards the North Pole. Cloth in excellent condition with limited signs of wear. Endcaps a little pushed, with superficial rubbing..... More
The Picnic Basket.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1967. [Memoir] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[xxvi]; 224. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gold to spine, photographic dust-jacket designed by Martin Bronkhorst, printed price 36s net, top edge purple, photographic frontispiece of author. Signed by author to flyleaf. Minor spotting to edges, internally..... More
Prelude to Victory.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine; top edge stained red. Dust wrapper has titles in black to front cover and spine, rear cover blank. With an introduction by Winston Churchill, fold-out maps and photographic illustrations. Binding is lightly rubbed..... More
The Wrecker.
London: Cassell & Company, 1892. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 427 [12]. Publisher's catalogue dated May 1892. With 12 half-tone illustrated plates by Hole and Metcalf, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore-edge untrimmed. Repair to split lower hinge. Spotting and..... More
The Wrong Box.
London: Cassell and Company, 1889. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION, noted in several important crime checklists. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[iv]; 283; [1], blank; [16], catalogue (dated January 1889). Publisher's red cloth, titled in black and gilt. 'Swan' patterned endpapers. Internally clean, inside paper joints parted, and signature of Wyville..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1896. [Children's] First Illustrated Edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xiv; 137 [23]. With wood engraved illustrations by Robinson throughout. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt titles and further decoration to spine, and gilt decoration to boards. All edges gilt. Contents clean, engraved bookplate to pastedown..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1908. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST SOWERBY ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 125 [3]. With 12 colour plates including a frontispiece, as well as occasional vignette illustrations. Contemporary crushed blue half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Top..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1905. [Illustrated Children's Poetry] FIRST UK WILLCOX SMITH EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.xii; 125 [1]. With 12 colour plates, as well as numerous in-text line drawings by Willcox Smith, as well as a colour-illustrated vignette title page. Publisher's dark navy cloth with gilt..... More
Treasure Island.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. [Children's Illustrated] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST WYETH ILLUSTRATED EDITION, First Issue, with '23' for '123' to p.x. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[2] xiv; 273 [3]. With 14 colour plates, each with a captioned tissue guard, as well as an illustrated title page. Recently re-bound..... More