Literature
The Wind in the Wood.
London: Hollis and Carter, 1952. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[10]; 143; [1]. With twelve chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by the author, and wood engraved vignettes to chapter headings. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 18s. net..... More
Birds And Beasts In Africa, and The Angler In South Africa.
London: Macmillan and Co, and Johannesburg: Hortors Ltd, 1938 and 1923. Pair of Baden-Powell association copies, with a letter of authenticity from the scout association: 1) The Angler In South Africa. Inscribed "To The Chief Scout" by H.V. Marsh, the Assistant Commissioner of Natal during Baden-Powell's trip to South Africa..... More
By the Way.
London: Sheed and Ward, 1931. [Humour] FIRST THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.390; [2]. With numerous pen and ink illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. Colour halftone illustration by Bentley adhered to front pastedown. Publisher's green cloth to boards, blue titles to upper and spine. Top edge blue. Leaves lightly toned, spotting..... More
The Heritage of the Sioux.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. [Old West Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 313. With a black and white frontispiece illustrated by Monte Crews. Publisher's brown cloth with black and tan titles and decoration to spine. Water staining to margins. Lacking rear endpaper, hinge starting. Moderate..... More
Little Lord Fauntleroy.
London: Frederick, Warne and Co., 1886. [Classic children's story] FIRST UK EDITION, with 1886 date to both title and copyright pages. Octavo (pp.22 x 15cm), pp.x; 269; [1], imprint. Twenty-six illustrations illustrations after Reginald B. Birch. Half green straight-grained morocco, gilt, red leather label to spine, combed marble sides and..... More
Little Lord Fauntleroy.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. [Children's Literature] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, second issue. Square octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.xii; 209 [19]. With 26 illustrations after Reginald B. Birch. The second issue, showing J.J. Little on the copyright page. In a very fine binding of green full morocco, with..... More
The Sleeping Beauty: A Modern Version. The "Bairnie" Series of Dainty Books for Children.
London: Jarrold & Sons, 1900. [Children's Illustrated] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.97 [48]. With 10 wood engraved illustrations by Barry, including a frontispiece. With a large section of advertisements at rear. Recently rebound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine..... More
Marie.
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1912. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; [4]; 346; [2]. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in blind to upper, blocked in gilt to spine. Colour frontispiece, vignette to title page, and three black and white plates. Some spotting throughout, edges a little dusty..... More
Q. Horatius Flaccus Ex Recensione et cum Notis atque Emendationibus Richardi Bentleii.
Amsterdam: Rod. and Jacob. Wetstenios and Guil. Smith, 1728. [Classics] FINE PRIZE BINDING, THIRD EDITION THUS. Quarto (25 x 22cm), pp.[28] 717; [1] 239 [3]. All text in Latin. With a copper engraved frontispiece, and followed by 'Index in Q. Horatium Flaccum, olim quidem collectus a Thoma Tretero, deinde omnibus..... More
Statement Against Corpses. Short Stories.
London: Constable, 1964. [Short Stories] ASSOCIATION COPY, First Edition. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.204. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Richard Weaver, priced at 21s. Gently toned to edges. Jacket water-stained and wrinkled, with toning and sunning to spine, and some wear and..... More
Albert Angelo.
London: Constable, 1964. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.180 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'for Keith and Claire | in friendship: | Bryan | 5/7/64.' Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Philip Thompson..... More
Poems.
London: Constable, 1964. [Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 12cm), pp.53 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'for Keith and Claire | in friendship | Bryan | 1/2/1964.' Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green dust-jacket, priced at 15s. Light general..... More
Trawl.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1966. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 13cm), pp.183 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Holden, priced at 27/6. Head-cap pulled, otherwise light general wear to cloth. Jacket a little rubbed and chipped to edges, with..... More
[The Millennium series:] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; The Girl Who Played with Fire; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest; The Girl in the Spider's Web; The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye; The Girl Who Lived Twice [together with] My Friend Stieg Larsson.
London: MacLehose, 2008-2019. [Crime novel series] FIRST UK EDITIONS, Larsson's trilogy originally published by Norstedts Förlag in the Swedish language (2005-7), Lagercrantz titles are all UK SIGNED limited editions by Goldsboro. 7 volumes, octavo. Publisher's hardcovers of various colours, with photographic dust-jackets. No inscriptions, contents clean. Showing a little minor..... More
The Art of Modern Cookery Displayed. Consisting of the Most Approved Methods of Cookery, Pastry, and Confectionary of the Present Time. Translated from 'Les Soupers de la Cour,' ou, 'La Cuisine Reformée;' the Last and Most Complete Practice of Cookery Published in French. To Which are Added, Explanatory Notes and References, Together with the Produce of the London Markets; by the Translator, a Foreigner, who has been Several Years a Clerk of the Kitchen in Noble Families in this Kingdom.
London: Sold by R. Davis, 1767. [French cookery] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, complete in two volumes. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xvi [48] 286 [4] 289-588 [2]. Contemporary brown speckled full calf, gilt-rulings to boards and spine, raised bands to spine. Edges speckled red. Some internal woodworm damage, mostly to latter..... More
Ludmila's Broken English.
London: Faber and Faber, 2006. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.[8] 318 [10]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's cream paper-covered boards with black titles to spine. Black endpapers. With the orange dust-jacket designed by Ghost. A fine..... More
The Lemon Tree.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1937. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[18]; 29; [1]. Publisher's grey cloth with blue titles to spine, dust-jacket made by The Temple Press, with printed price of 2s 6d to flap. Light toning to board edges and spine, slight sunning to dust-jacket..... More
Irish Short Stories.
London: Faber and Faber, 1932. [Short Story Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.428; [4]. Publisher's green cloth with red titles to spine. With the green dust-jacket priced at 3/6. Small blue ink ownership to flyleaf. Light spotting and browning to edges and endpapers. Jacket with chips and closed..... More
Air Force Poetry.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1944. [Second World War Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.90 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the blue and white dust-jacket designed by Foss, priced at 7/6. Cloth spine faded, with toning to jacket spine. Rubbing..... More
The Yellow Book, an Illustrated Quarterly. Volume XIII, April 1897.
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1897. [Aesthetic Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.316 [16]. With 18 black and white plates by various artists, including the Scottish painter D.Y. Cameron, each with a tissue-guard. Publisher's yellow cloth with titles and decoration in black. All edges untrimmed..... More
The Collected Plays of Jack B. Yeats
London: Secker & Warburg, 1971. [Collected Plays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[vi]; 382. Publisher's blue cloth, with gilt titles to spine, top edge of textblock tinted blue, dust-jacket designed by Clodagh Paddock with printed price £5.25 to flap. Slight wear to edges of hardcover, jacket a little frawrappeyed..... More
The Collected Plays of W. B. Yeats.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1934. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp. vi; 617; [1]. In publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original plain light brown dust-jacket, with titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Front free endpaper cancelled. Light spotting to prelims. Jacket toned..... More
Autobiographies. Combines the previous works Reveries Over Childhood and Youth [1914] and The Trembling of the Veil [1922].
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[x] 477; [1], blank; [2], advertisements. Five illustrations including a colour plate by Jack B Yeats. Publisher's mid-green cloth lettered in gilt to spine and front board decorated in blind, illustrated endpapers, edges untrimmed, pictorial dust-wrapper. Tiny..... More
Collected Plays of W.B. Yeats.
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1952. [Plays] EXPANDED SELECTION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[8] 705; [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and device to spine, frontispiece of a drawing of Yeats by J.S. Sargent, R.A., dust-jacket with printed price 18s to front flap. Textblock top edge tinted red. A...... More
Deirdre.
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1911. [Irish Drama] EARLY EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.32. Publisher's dark grey sewn paper covers, priced at 1s. Quite roughly opened, with some marks and chips to edges. Blue pencil ownership to front cover, with moderate wear and creases to covers. Spine quite heavily toned..... More