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— Oscar Wilde

London: Macmillan, 1970. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.223; [1]. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Mike Cook. Some spotting to endpapers and top edge, a few pages creased from being turn over. Price clipped dust-jacket shows well with just some slight fading..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1954. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 20cm), unpaginated, with three fine chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece tipped in and 16 further sketch illustrations by Whistler. Publisher's red quarter cloth over grey cloth boards, gilt titles to spine gilt figure to upper, light blue endpapers, dust-jacket..... More
London: Heinemann, 1988. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6] 246 [4]. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Claudia Zeff, priced at £10.95 net. Toned to edges and margins. Light general handling. Near fine. The second Inspector Dirk Gently Mystery... More
London: Atlantic Books, 2008. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.[6] 321 [1]. Signed by the author to the title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, red endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by gray318, priced at £12.99. A fine copy. More
London: The Eighteen Nineties Society, 1977. [Literary Biography] LIMITED EDITION with AUTOGRAPH SIGNED LETTER. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 139 [1]. With three double-sided black and white photographic plates, as well as a frontispiece portrait of the subject. An out-of-series copy concurrent with an edition of 750 numbered copies. Also..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., no date [1924]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST ROUNTREE ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.340 [4]. With 48 colour plates illustrated by Theaker, including a frontispiece, one for each story. Publisher's grey cloth with black titles and decoration to spine and upper, as well as a...... More
Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1764. [The celebrated fabulist] Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.lxxvii; 186; [28], index; [2], blank. Bound in full tan calf with red title label to spine, five raised bands with extra gilt, marbled endpapers. A few marks to..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1923. [Literary Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.238 [2]. Publisher's navy quarter cloth, with a printed paper title label to spine, and checkered paper over boards. Top edge green; others untrimmed. Tobacco-scented, with some offsetting to endpapers. Moderate wear to boards, and some toning to..... More
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016. [Young Adult Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[8] 402 [6]. Publisher's black cloth with metallic blue titles to spine, and blue endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £14.99. Promotional sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy. More
London: Jonathan Cape. 1929. First edition. Octavo, pp.255. Publisher's plum cloth with gilt titles to spine, white paper dustwrapper with a depiction of Eros by Gower Parks, priced at 7/6. Slight lean to the book, light spotting to the prelims and moderate spotting to the edges. Covers show general wear..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] 150 [6]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Paul Hess, priced at £10.99. A fine, as-new copy. The final book in the Wolves Chronicles, published posthumously. More
London: Dennis Robson, 1963. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's brown cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Harry Grimley, priced at 16s. A little light handling and some spotting to edges. Jacket a little rubbed to edges. Near fine. More
London: Doubleday, 2006. [Modern fiction]. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm). Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles, without dust-jacket as issued, blue cloth slipcase with gilt titles. A fine, as-new copy. More
London: Grant Richards, 1900. First Edition. 8vo. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. A used copy with some shelfwear,rubbed to extremities, gilt illustration rubbed to upper, discreet owner stamp to flyleaf, inside paper joint cracked. Very good. Illustrated throughout by Gordon Browne..... More
London: Walker Books, 2009. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.79 [1]. Generously illustrated by McKean throughout. SIGNED by both author and illustrator in black marker to title page. Publisher's soft covers, priced at £5.99. Light handling with some rubbing and marks to rear cover. Near..... More
London: Hodder Children's Books, 2018. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[6] 231 [3]. Publisher's navy cloth with bronze titles to spine and upper, and orange endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Litchfield, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
London: Puffin, 2011. [Young Adult Dystopia] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 256 [8]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. All edges black, and blue decorated endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. [Intrigue] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.280; [1], blank; [1], advertisements; [2], blank. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in burgundy, pictorial jacket priced at $2.00. Edges of text block toned, ink ownership to flyleaf, jacket with a few chips and tears, clipped..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1938. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320; [6], advertisements. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black, mid-blue endpapers, striking 'bullet' jacket by Thomson, priced 7/6. A few descreet blue ink numbers to rear pastedown, cloth toned to extremities. Jacket with a few chips and..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. FIRST EDITION. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Internally very clean with no ownership marks, bookplates or inscriptions. Covers are fresh but for a little sunning to spine, a few small marks and the..... More
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. Edges toned, jacket with some light wear to extremities spine toned. Near fine. A modern day pirate adventure, set in the South-Seas. This title was proof read by..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.314; [6], advertisements. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black, mid-blue endpapers, pictorial jacket by Gibbs, priced 7/6. Trivial toning to edge of text block, jacket with very light rubbing/wear to extremities. Overall a lovely fine copy of..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.254 [2]. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge pink. With the dust-jacket designed by Jan Pienkowski, priced at 18s. Some toning and marking to edges, one small tear to jacket top edge, and just..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 2014. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 310 [2]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, and dated 24.8.14. Publisher's blue cloth, with gilt titles to spine and black endpapers. With the graphic dust-jacket, priced at £18.99. A fine, as-new..... More