Literature
Selected Poems.
London: The Folio Society, 2016. [Russian Poetry in translation] FIRST THUS. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xxii; 161 [1]. With six black and white photographic plates, and an illustrated title page by Modigliani. Publisher's black cloth with blue and white titles and decoration to spine, and a photographic image of the..... More
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
London: The Folio Society, 2020. [Autobiography] FIRST THUS. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xviii; 234 [4]. With six colour plates by Larkin, including a frontispiece. Publisher's orange quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and pink illustrated cloth over boards. Orange endpapers. With the publisher's orange paper-covered slipcase. A fine copy..... More
The Vox Edition of the Works of Jane Austen.
London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1933-4. [Classic Literature] FIRST VOX ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13 x 21cm), 7 volumes. With colour plates and in-text black and white illustrations by Maximilien Vox. Prefatory letter, in French by Maximilien Vox and an introduction by Emile Legouis. Publisher's patterned grey cloth..... More
Pride and Prejudice.
London: The Folio Society, 2006. [Classic Literature] FIRST THUS, reset with new illustrations. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xvi; 364 [2]. With seven colour illustrations by Puttiapipat, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown quarter buckram, with gilt titles to a blue roundel on the spine, and illustrated paper over boards. Maroon..... More
Beyond the Fringe.
London: Souvenir Press, 1963. [Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.96. Publisher's dark blue cloth, orange titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket with printed price of 13s. 6d. With six double sided black and white photographic plates. Light spotting to edges. Wrapper slightly edge worn, some marking to rear panel..... More
The works of robert burns. Illustrated by an Extensive Series of Portraits and Authentic Views. With a Complete Life of the Poet: An Essay on his Genius and Character, by Professor Wilson. Numerous Notes, Annotations, and Appendices.
London: Blackie and Son, 1866. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Two volumes. Large octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.cclxxvi; iv; 149; [1]; pp.xx; 412. With a total of 83 engraved plates by various artists, including a frontispiece and vignette title page to each volume, and a facsimile example of Burns' handwriting..... More
The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll. Includes: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass; Sylvie and Bruno; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded; The Hunting of The Snark; Puzzles From Wonderland; Phantasmagoria; Acrostics, Verse, Stories and A Miscellany.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1939. [Children's] FIRST NONESUCH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 1165 [3]. With Tenniel's original in-text illustrations to the Alice books. Recently re-bound in red half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt-stamped 'Wonderland' devices to spine, and marbled paper over boards. Toning to edges..... More
Killer In The Rain. Being: Killer in the Rain; The Man who liked Dogs; The Curtain; Try the Girl; Mandarin's Jade; Bay City Blues; The Lady in the Lake; No Crime in the Mountains. With an Introduction by Philip Durham.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. [Modern literature] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2]; xii; [2]; 394; [6]. Publisher's blue cloth, white titles to upper and spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Rob Howard priced at $5.50 to front flap. Light pencil annotations here and there. Gentle wear to..... More
Killer In The Rain. Being: Killer in the Rain; The Man who liked Dogs; The Curtain; Try the Girl; Mandarin's Jade; Bay City Blues; The Lady in the Lake; No Crime in the Mountains. With an Introduction by Philip Durham.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1964. [Crime stories] FIRST EDITION (stated). Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.394. Publisher's blue cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Rob Howard, priced at $5.50. Contents and page edges clean, jacket with a little edgewear and a crease to the spine panel, neat tape reinforcement to..... More
The Riddle of the Sands. A Record of Secret Service.
London: The Folio Society, 1992. [Spy Thriller] FIRST THUS. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.296. With reduced versions of the original maps and charts, as well as 12 full-page black and white illustrations by Whistler. Vignette illustrations by Whistler also to chapter headings. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles and brown..... More
The Romance of the Echoing Wood.
Newport: R.H. Johns, the "Directory" Press, 1937. [Welsh Fairy Tale] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[8] 43 [5]. Number 50 of just 220 copies, SIGNED by all the contributors, including the publisher, to the limitation page. With wide marginal illustrations and three full page plates all engraved..... More
The Great Digest & The Unwobbling Pivot. Stone Text from rubbings supplied by William Hawley.
London: Peter Owen, 1952. [Chinese Philosophy] SECOND IMPRESSION THUS, first impression title page. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.187 [3]. A dual language edition with images of the stone-classics, and translation and commentary, on facing leaves. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the plain yellow dust-jacket, priced at..... More
The Great Digest & The Unwobbling Pivot. Stone Text from rubbings supplied by William Hawley.
London: Peter Owen, no date [1952]. [Chinese Philosophy] FIRST UK EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.187 [3]. A dual language edition with images of the stone-classics, and translation and commentary, on facing leaves. Publisher's black cloth with yellow titles to spine. With the yellow dust-jacket showing a photograph..... More
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. A Story of New York by Stephen Crane.
Mount Vernon, NY: printed for The Limited Editions Club by A. Colish, 1974. [American Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (28 x 20cm), pp.[2] 105 [5]. With six photogravures from etchings by Abeles, including a frontispiece. Number 1642 of 2000 copies thus, SIGNED in black ink by the illustrator to..... More
Tales of My Native Town.
London: Eveleigh Nash Company, 1920. [Italian Short Stories] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256 [16]. Publisher's brown cloth, with fully-oxidised gilt titles to spine. Internally crisp and clean, with some off-setting to endpapers and quite heavy toning and spotting to edges. Some sunning to board fore-edges, and..... More
Monarchy, and Three Political Letters.
New York, NY: The Noonday Press, 1954. [Political and Theological Philosophy] FIRST THUS, an English edition translated by Nicholl and Hardie. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. xxii; 121 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Brown monogrammed endpapers. With the brown typographic dust-jacket, priced at $2.75. Internally crisp..... More
The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha.
London: Gibbings and Co., 1895. [Classic Literature] FIRST BRANGWYN ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Complete in four volumes. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.xxxvi; 304; pp.xii; 344; pp.xiv; 351 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 291 [1]. Each volume with five black and white plates, including a frontispiece, illustrated by Brangwyn. One of 1500 copies printed for..... More
Sherlock Holmes: Complete Stories. The Adventures; The Memoirs; The Return; His Last Bow; The Case-Book; A Study in Scarlet; The Sign of Four; The Hound of the Baskervilles; The Valley of Fear.
London: The Folio Society, 1993 and 1994. [Sherlock Holmes] COMPLETE COLLECTION, mainly second impressions thus. Two box sets. Octavo (24 x 15 x 27cm). With eight engraved illustrations by Mosley to each volume. Publisher's black and brown illustrated cloth with gilt titles to spines. With the gilt-decorated brown paper-covered slipcases..... More
The book, film & theatre reviews of William Empson originally printed in the Cambridge magazine Granta 1927-1929, and now collected for the Foundling Press.
Tunbridge Wells: The Foundling Press, 1993. [Literary Criticism] LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.91 [5]. With the bi-fold supplement loose at rear. Number 67 of just 300 copies thus. Publisher's marbled jacket over plain soft covers, with a plain printed title label to front cover. A fine, as-new copy..... More
Three Tales. A Simple Heart; The Legend of Saint Julian; Herodias.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1978. [French Literature] LEATHER BOUND, first edition thus. Octavo (28 x 19cm), pp.[2] xx; 132 [6]. With six colour plates by Neama, and several in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue full morocco, with four raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and heavy gilt decoration to..... More
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, English and Latin. Illustrated.
Eton: E.P. Williams, 1854. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND FIFTH EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] viii; c; 142 [4]. With 15 steel engravings and woodcuts after drawings by Charles Radclyffe, including a frontispiece and vignette title page, each with a tissue guard. Good-sized print on good paper. Contemporary tan full calf..... More
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, English and Latin. Illustrated.
Eton: E.P. Williams, 1847. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND SECOND EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4] x; lxvi; 142 [2]. With 15 steel engravings and woodcuts after drawings by Charles Radclyffe, including a frontispiece and vignette title page, each with a tissue guard. Good-sized print on good paper. Contemporary red full morocco..... More
Borrhomeo the Astrologer. A Monkish Tale.
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1985. [Strange Tale] LIMITED EDITION. Large Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.35 [1]. This is number 52 of 150 copies thus. Simple cream card with blue textured jacket. Plain paper title label to upper. A little light wear to covers. Near fine. This short story was published..... More
First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems.
London: The Unicorn Press, 1931. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 12cm), pp.[10] 44 [2]. Number 221 of 450 copies thus. With a portrait illustration of the author as a frontispiece. Publisher's black quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine, and to red cloth over boards. Top edge..... More
The Rasp.
London: Collins Crime Club, 2015. [Crime Fiction] REISSUE, first thus. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.x; 230. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, featuring designs from 1932 and 1934 jackets, priced at £9.99. A fine, as-new copy. The author's first novel..... More