"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."
— C. S. Lewis

New York, NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1980. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.142 [2]. With colour plates by Gilbert and in-text drawings by Campbell. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To R.W. Smith | Yours with best wishes | Richard..... More
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1958. [Ornithology] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 21cm), pp.lxix; 384. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge green, dust-jacket with illustration laid onto upper panel and with printed price of 63s. net. Illustrated with sixteen colour plates, fifteen half-tone plates, numerous in-text illustrations, folding..... More
London: W. Adlard and J. Browne, date misprinted [1770]. [Illustrated Bible] RARE IMPRINT. Folio, (42 x 28cm), unpaginated. Collation: A-13F2. Date misprinted as 2170 in Roman numerals. With a copper engraved frontispiece by Cole after Wale, as well as 33 further copper engraved plates by various artists. With an index..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co. for Boots Pure Drug Co., no date [circa 1930]. [Illustrated Literature] RARE DUST-JACKET, a later edition. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.x; 520. With 16 tipped-in chromolithographic plates after illustrations by Brittan and Brock, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and..... More
London: A. & C. Black, 1930. [German Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.viii; 195 [5]. With 32 colour-illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, and a folding map at rear. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in silver to spine, blind to upper, and blind decoration all over. With the colour-illustrated..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. [Children's Illustrated] SECOND EDITION, the fourth-thousand. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xii; 214 [6]. With sixty-five wood engraved illustrations by Frost and Holiday including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt illustration to upper board. All edges gilt; black coated..... More
London: Printed by James Flesher for R. Royston, 1662. [English History] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes bound as one. Folio (35 x 24cm), pp.[12] 118; [10] 458 [2]; 733 [7]. Complete with the frontispiece, engraved title page, and three further double-page-spread engraved plates. Also with the title page and preliminaries to..... More
London: George Virtue, 1842. [British Coastal Topography] FINE STEEL ENGRAVINGS. In two volumes. Quarto (28 x 22cm), unpaginated. With 96 of the original 126 steel-engraved plates, including frontispieces and title page vignettes after various artists, engraved by the Finden brothers and Bartlett. One leaf of text faces each engraving, to..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1930. [Colonial Exploration] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 242. With eight black and white half-tone plates, including a frontispiece, and eight maps. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Heavy spotting to edges, with occasional heavy spotting internally. Light rubbing and some marks..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. [Classic Fiction] FIRST EDITION, bound from mixed issue parts. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 624. With 39 engraved plates by Phiz, and a frontispiece portrait of the author by Maclise. This copy does not have "visiter" for "sister" on p.123 line 17, but it does..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, no date [circa 1895]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.[2] xvi; 624 [2]. With 39 engraved plates by Browne, and a frontispiece portrait of the author by Maclise. Contemporary green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, no date [circa 1895]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.[2] xvi; 609 [3]. With 43 engraved plates by Browne and Seymour, including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Contemporary green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, no date [circa 1895]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.[2] vi; 533 [3]. With frequent in-text illustrations, and occasional engraved plates, by various artists, including a frontispiece. Contemporary green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, no date [circa 1880]. [Literature] FINELY BOUND SET. Nineteen volumes bound as thirteen. Octavo (18 x 13 x 42cm). Each title with eight illustrated plates. Contemporary tan half calf with gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels, further gilt decoration to spines, and marbled paper..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1843-1848. [Festive Ghost Stories] ALL FIRST EDITIONS, each with an associated letter tipped-in. Five volumes, octavo (19 x 13 x 10cm). Publisher's red cloth covers (brown cloth for 'Carol') with gilt blocking and gilt edges. [1] A Christmas Carol: FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, FIRST STATE, with..... 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
Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1895. [True Crime] Octavo (20 x 14 x 30cm), eight volumes. With several full-page illustrations, all with tissue guards. Handsomely bound in half red morocco, gilt, with matching red cloth sides, top edges gilt, gilt-patterned endpapers. Some foxing within, lightly handled to exterior; a very good set..... More
San Francisco, CA: Determined Productions, 1967. [Cocktail Book] FIRST EDITION. Square octavo (15 x 15cm), pp.68. Illustrated in colour throughout by Astrop and Hill. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, and black endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket, not priced. Rubbing and bumping to head and tail of spine, and to corners. Jacket..... More
London: Spencer Blackett, 1889. [Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.331 [36]. With eight black and white illustrated plates by Greiffenhagen and Kerr, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, and plum-coated endpapers. Large gum mark to front pastedown where a bookplate..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. [Fantasy Adventures] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 14cm), ppxii; 414. With the error '18' for '16' on page [xi] line 7. Illustrated with 34 plates, including a frontispiece, by Kerr and Townsend. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spine..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION, later issue. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 336 [16]. Catalogue dated August 1889. With 29 illustrations by woodville and Greiffenhagen, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue-grey cloth, bevelled edges, and gilt titles to spine and upper. Publisher's swan-patterned endpapers. Lightly toned..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897. [Racquet Sports] FOURTH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[2] xiv; 488. With numerous black and white illustrations, both plates and in-text, including a frontispiece with tissue guard. Publisher's brown cloth with a mixture of gilt, black, and white titles and decoration to spine and..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1995. [Poetry] FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED TO VOLUME I. Four volumes, octavo (22 x 14 x 7cm) Publisher's black cloth, white dust-wrappers, publisher's white pictorial slipcase. Signed by Hughes, the late Poet Laureate, in Volume 1. Illustrated by Chris Riddell in volume 1 and by Lisa Flather..... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1901. SIXTH, CHEAP EDITION. Octavo, pp. xiv, 483. With 32 full-page engraved plates and numerous full in-text engravings. In publisher's pictorial brown cloth, with library scene and titles in black to upper board, titles in black and gilt to spine. Swan and ship patterned endpapers. Light edge..... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1895. NEW EDITION, REVISED. Octavo, pp. xiv, 483. With 32 full-page engraved plates and numerous full in-text engravings. In publisher's pictorial brown cloth, with library scene and titles in black to upper board, titles in black and gilt to spine. Swan and ship patterned endpapers. A used..... More