Literature
Thomas Hardy.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1941. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.ix; [1]; 286. Publisher's red cloth to boards, gilt titles to spine. Blind ruling to upper. Top edge purple, the rest untrimmed. Interior lightly toned, endpapers slightly spotted. Edges toned and foxed, a spot of splashing..... More
After the Bombing. And other short poems.
London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1949. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 51; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 6s. net. Internally fine, some toning to rear endpapers. Cloth lightly rubbed to bottom edge. Wrapper darkened to spine, some bruising along..... More
The Poems of Edmund Blunden.
London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1930. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] xviii; 336. Publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge blue; others untrimmed. illustrated bookplate of Maud Budden (), poet and writer for the 'Curly Wee' annuals, to front pastedown, with some associated offsetting to flyleaf. Light..... More
Flagrant Délit: Rimbaud Devant La Conjuration de L'Imposture at du Truquage.
Paris: Thésée, 1949. [Literary Essay] FIRST EDITION, trade issue. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), pp.66 [6]. With the errata slip at rear. Publisher's orange illustrated paper covers. All edges untrimmed. Gently toned throughout, otherwise clean. Spine a little toned; edges rubbed, with a chip to tail of spine. Very good..... More
Dance Without Music.
London: Collins, 1947. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Owner name to pastedown, some wear/loss to crown, jacket with some chips and tears. A very good, used copy. A gritty detective novel featuring Cheyney's private..... More
Dark Hero.
London: Collins, 1946. [Suspense] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Neat ownership. Very good in like wrapper, sunned to the spine panel. Wartime intrigue about a former Chicago gunman who finds himself in Nazi-occupied Norway... More
One of Those Things.
London: Collins, 1949. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. A very clean copy of the book in a slightly torn wrapper, with one chip to crown. Near fine. Typical Cheyney suspense novel, introducing Private Eye..... More
Sinister Errand.
London: Collins, 1945. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. A very clean copy of the book in a slightly edge-worn wrapper. Near fine. A fast-paced suspense novel. More
Try Anything Twice.
London: Collins, 1948. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. A very clean copy of the book in a slightly edge-worn wrapper with a neat closed tear at the foot of the spine. Near fine. A...... More
The Leopard.
London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1960. [Modern Literature] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[4] 255 [5]. Publisher's blue machine-marbled card covers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Hans Tisdall, priced at 16s. Shows a minor lean, with spotting to edges and spine, otherwise internally clean. Jacket slightly sunned to spine..... More
Number One.
London: Constable and Co., 1944. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6]; 212. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in silver to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 to front flap. Light toning to edges of textblock, minor crease to front flyleaf, toning to jacket. Fine. 'Number..... More
The Martian, A Novel.
London: Harper and Brothers, 1898. LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION. Quarto, pp.[4] x, 471 [5]. With 49 engraved plates, including a frontispiece of the author, and six facsimiles of original sketches by the author reproduced by P. Dujardin. Number 138 of just 250 copies printed on large paper. In publisher's quarter..... More
Confetti for a Killing.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1937. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, LATER ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.280; [8]. Publisher's secondary binding of red cloth, black titles to spine, dust-jacket illustrated by Nina Miller Davidson. Neat ownership to flyleaf, light spotting and dustiness to edges. Jacket clipped and repriced at 4/6..... More
[Complete Novels] The Great Gatsby and the Last Tycoon; Tender is the Night; This Side of Paradise; The Beautiful and the Damned.
London: The Folio Society, 2005. [Novels Set] COMPLETE NOVELS, FIRST THUS. Four Volumes. Octavo (24 x 18 x 14cm). Each illustrated by Brown. Publisher's blue cloth decorated in silver and black, each with a matching blue paper-covered slipcase. Some light general wear to cloth and slipcases. Near fine. More
The Beautiful and Damned.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. [American Literature] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; 449 [1]. The first issue, with no colophon to copyright page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind to upper. Fore-edge untrimmed. Owner name in ink to fly-leaf, cloth..... More
The Beautiful and Damned.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. [American Literature] FIRST EDITION, second state/printing, with publisher's seal device to copyright page, ads to rear. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; 449; [1], blank; [2], ads; [2], blank. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind to upper. Fore-edge untrimmed. Contents..... More
The Bodley Head Scott Fitzgerald, with an Introduction by J.B. Priestley. Being a compilation of novels and shorter pieces, including: The Great Gatsby, The Last Tycoon, Tender is The Night, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and The Damned, The Rich Boy, Letters and Short Stories, etc.
London: The Bodley Head, 1958-63. [Modern Literature Set] FIRST BODLEY HEAD EDITION. Complete in 6 volumes. Octavo. Publisher's red cloth in pale grey/cream dust-jackets printed in black and red. Some minor dustiness. Both the books and jackets are in clean, fresh condition without the often-seen toning to the spines. A...... More
The Vegetable. Or, From President to Postman.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. [Comedy Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 145 [7]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind to upper. Fore-edge untrimmed. Gently toned throughout, as usual. Neat ownership to flyleaf, bookseller's labels to rear endpapers. Gilt a little rubbed..... More
The Vegetable. Or, From President to Postman.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. [Comedy Drama] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 145 [5]. Recently bound in green full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and a facsimile signature stamped in gilt to upper. Top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed, and..... More
The Michael Fraenkel and Henry Miller Correspondence, Called Hamlet. Volume I and Volume II.
London: Edition du Laurier, Carrefour, 1962. FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION, third printing. Quarto, pp.411 [5]. With a handful of in-text lithographic illustrations. In publisher's cream card wraps, bound together with blue string. Titles to front cover. Some light external wear; very good overall. First printed in 1939, with subsequent impression..... More
Tom Brown's Schooldays. By an Old School Boy.
London: Henry Frowde/Oxford University Press, 1907. [Literature] OXFORD EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.380. With 14 black and white illustrations by Brock, 6 being full-page including the frontispiece. Publisher's quarter vellum, red cloth over sides. Spine with red label lettered in gilt, and further gilt tooling. Top edge gilt. Faint..... More
Rugby Tennessee. Being Some Account of the Settlement Founded on the Cumberland Plateau by The Board of Aid to Land Ownership.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1881. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[12] 168 [32]. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, black ruling to spine, navy endpapers. Red stamp to first flyleaf, else internally clean. Upper hinge split. Textblock top edge heavily toned, with some light toning and wear..... More
People of the Twilight.
Llandudno: The Kaner Publishing Company. 1946. First edition. Octavo, pp. 188. Orange publisher's cloth with black titles to spine and front. Some light wear to the covers with bumping to the corners, some marking and the spine being slightly tanned. Ownership inscription in pen on flyleaf. A fine copy. More
The Constant Nymph.
London: The Readers Library Publishing Company, no date [circa 1930's]. [Bohemian Novel] VINTAGE COPY, a later mass-market edition. Small octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.253. Very small print. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. Quite heavily toned, as expected..... More
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1904. [Pre-Raphaelite Poetry] FIRST KING-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 310. With 96 illustrations by King, including a frontispiece, decorated title page, and numerous in-text illustrations and full-page plates. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and boards. Top edge..... More