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The Scarlet Letter. A Romance.
Boston, MA: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. [American Literature] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (18 x 12cm) pp.[iv]; 322, title page printed in red and black. Elegantly bound in full deep red oasis morocco, with black title labels lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt decoration to spine, marbled endpapers, top..... More
The Scarlet Letter. A Romance.
Boston, MA: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. [American Literature] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with an UNRECORDED state of the ads. Octavo (18 x 12cm) pp.[iv]; 322, title page printed in red and black. Earliest state of the text with the following points; 'reduplicate' p.21 l.20. 'characterss' p.41 l.5. 'Catechism' p.132..... More
The Destroyer and A Cargo Of Nations.
London: Privately Printed by Messrs. Hatchard, 1909. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Slim octavo (17 x 14cm), pp.[4] 43 [1]. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt titles to upper, gilt ruling, brown silk ribbon, top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Toning to endpapers, else internally clean. Slight rubbing to spine, bumping to corners, minor..... More
The White Lie.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1914. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304; 16, advertisements. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard. Black cloth ornately decorated in red and gilt, illustrated dust-jacket. Publisher's file copy signified by a paper label to the upper board and a discreet file..... More
Marpessa.
London: John Lane, 1901. [Poetry]. EARLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (15 x 12cm), pp.47 [1]. With seven wood engravings by Philip Connard, including a frontispiece and a tailpiece. In publisher's green limp latticed morocco-covered card covers, with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Black ink ownership inscription..... More
Carrots.
London: The Grey Walls Press, 1946. [Modern Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.147; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 10s 6d to front flap. Rolling to spine, bumping to corners, light toning to rear jacket panel. Near fine..... More
Hawbuck Grange: or, the Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. [Sporting Satire] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8] 329 [3]. With eight engraved plates by "Phiz," including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, and a gilt illustration stamped to upper, with blind decoration all over. All edges untrimmed;..... More
The Return of Sherlock Holmes [and] Dixon's Return [and] The Ebony Box [and] Eyes of Terror [and] Gervais of Blois [and] The Iron Maiden [and] The King and I [and] The Land Ironclads [and] Lawyer Quince [and] Liar and an Elephant [and] The Phoenix and the Carpet [and] Point of Law [and] The Country of the Blind [and] Dialstone Lane [and] Echo [and] Golden Bars [and] Sadi the Fiddler [and] Billy the King [and] The Diver's Story [and] The Girl on the Sands [and] An Irish Gentleman [and] The Messenger in Mufti [and] The Mistress of the Chateau [and] The Ring and the Lamp [and] A Splendid Rogue [and] The Temptation of Samuel Burge [and] That Brute Simmons [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 26, 27 and 28, complete.
London: George Newnes, July 1903 to December 1904. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 27cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 724; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations, including Paget's famous illustrations for the Holmes stories. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and..... More
The Adventure of the Dying Detective [and] The Horror of the Heights [and] How it Happened [and] The Poison Belt, Chapter 6 [and] To the South Pole: Captain Scott's Own Story [and] Back to Back [and] Keeping Watch [and] The Weaker Vessel [and] Bits of Life [and] The Journal of Aura Lovel [and] Keeping it from Harold [and] The Torch [and] Wet Magic [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 46, complete.
London: George Newnes, July to December 1913. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.iv; 802; viii. With frequent black and white, and occasional dichromatic, illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges speckled red. Ink library stamps of..... More
The Weaver's Web [and] Down the Garden Path, reviewed [in] Now and Then. A Periodical Concerning Books and Authors Published Occasionally by Jonathan Cape. Number 42.
London: Jonathan Cape, Summer 1932. [Literary Magazine] ORIGINAL PAMPHET. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.44 [4]. With one double-sided black and white plate. Publisher's green printed paper cover, with two staples to spine, priced at 3d. Crisp and clean internally, with some sunning and light wear to spine and cover edges..... More
The Beach of Dreams [and] Cambrai: The Second Phase [and] What People Laugh At! [and] "Tickets, Please!" [and] The Official Mind [and] The Magnificent Ensign Smith [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 57, numbers 338 to 343.
London: George Newnes, February 1919 to July 1919. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six octavo magazines (27 x 19cm), pp.[30] 77-162 [31-42]; pp.[34] 163-254 [35-46]; pp.[40] 255-346 [40-52]; pp.[40] 347-446 [41-52]; pp.[50] 447-546 [51-68]; pp.[48] 100 [49-64]. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled and illustrated in dark..... More
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