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A Universal Etymological English Dictionary
London, 1745. Thick octavo, pages un-numbered, 1 advert to front, and 1 advert to rear. Finely bound in recent full brown calf, raised bands and red label to spine. Some browning to first and last leaves, else internally clean. Very good indeed. More
Mr. Standfast.
Boston, MA, and New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. [Espionage thriller]. FIRST UNIFORM EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.374. Publisher's green cloth titled in red, in pictorial dust-jacket. Price clipped dust-jacket show well with some nicking and creasing to the top an bottom edges, a couple of small closed... More
A Murder is Announced.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1950. [A Miss Marple mystery]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.256. In publisher's brick red cloth with black titles to spine, original pictorial dust-jacket featuring half a clock. Page edges toned, top edge spotted, jacket a little creased and rubbed with a couple of... More
A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain. Divided into Circuits or Journies... Interspersed with Useful Observations. Particularly fitted for the Perusal of such as desire to Travel over the Island.
London: Printed for D. Browne, T. Osborne, etc. 1762. FINELY BOUND, Sixth Edition. In four volumes. Duodecimo, pp.[2] viii, 395 [15]; pp.[2] iv, 431 [23]; pp.iv, 330 [20]; pp.[2] iv, 383 [23]. Each vol. with an unpaginated index. Recently re-backed in brown calf with raised bands and gilt titles to... More
![Contribute [to THE STRAND MAGAZINE]; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, (all Doyle), Martin Hewitt, Investigator (Arthur Morrison), etc. Volumes I to X. Arthur Conan DOYLE, Jules VERNE, Arthur MORRISON.](/pictures/thumb/47342.jpg?v=1493311019)
Contribute [to THE STRAND MAGAZINE]; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, (all Doyle), Martin Hewitt, Investigator (Arthur Morrison), etc. Volumes I to X.
London: George Newnes, 1891-1895. Large octavo, with illustrations. 10 volumes. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes of half speckled calf, gilt, edges speckled red. Some light occasional thumbing and marking within; externally fine. An attractive copy in a robust recent leather binding. Contains the first appearance of all the... More
Goldfinger.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1959. First Edition, First Issue. Octavo, pp.318. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with 'skull' design stamped to upper, in original pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping. A used but serviceable copy; jacket shows some edgwear, some fraying to crown, tear to foot, some browning to rear... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Pan Books, 1976. A James Bond novel. Film tie-in edition to promote the EON Productions movie of the same name, starring Roger Moore, Brit Ekland and Maud Adams. Paperback, pp.190 + 1 (advertisement), colour card covers. Near fine condition (cheap paper toned as ever). An increasingly uncommon paperback, this... More
Licence Renewed. James Bond 007.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper with original printed price (£6.50) to the front flap. Light wear only, bumped to top corners else a fine copy. The first James Bond continuation novel from John Gardner. Bond... More
The Vicar of Wakefield.
London: George G. Harrap and Company, Limited, 1929. First Rackham Edition. 4to. With 12 illustrations in colour. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles and floral decoration to, top edge gilt, illustrated end papers. Some edgespotting, very light wear to covers, few marks to upper, bookplate 'Winifred E. Briggs'. A.... More
The Wind in the Willows.
New York: The Heritage Press, 1940. First US Rackham illustrated trade edition. Octavo, pp. xiv, 190. Blue cloth covers with Toad dressed as a washerwomen drawn in yellow to front, red cloth spine with yellow titles. Light yellow card slipcase. Red edges. Slipcase has some loss of its paper covering... More
The Were-Wolf.
London: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1896. First Edition. Octavo., pp. 123, advertisements pp.16. Bound in publisher's tan cloth, foliate motifs to corners of upper, gilt titles to spine and front board. Illustrated with six plates by Laurence Housman. Binding is rubbed, bumped to corners and spine ends. With... More
![Tales From Shakespeare [writings/plays including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, etc.]. Charles LAMB, Arthur RACKHAM, , illustrator, William SHAKESPEARE, Mary.](/pictures/thumb/47314.jpg?v=1493311019)
Tales From Shakespeare [writings/plays including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, etc.]
London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1909. First Rackham Illustrated Edition. Quarto, with 12 colour plates and other black and white drawings. Publisher's red cloth with titles and decoration in gilt to spine and upper, top edge gilt, others tinted green, illustrated endpapers, in original dust-wrapper. Book is near fine, jacket... More
Doctor Dolittle's Caravan.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine and upper, colourful illustrated end papers; a lovely, sound copy, in decorative dustwrapper yellowed to spine and a little frayed to head and foot, bright panels. Illustrated by the Author. A superb copy. More
The Writings of H.W. Longfellow. The works include: Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, Birds of Passage, Tales of a Wayside Inn, Voices of the Night, etc., as well as his translation of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy - Paradiso, Purgatorio, and Inferno. With Bibliographical and Critical Notes.
Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1886. Large Paper Edition, Limited to 500 copies of which this is No.451. Complete in 11 volumes, large 8vo. Contemprary deep red half morocco by Lauriat of Boston with gilt titles and extra gilt to spines, red cloth boards with gilt rule, grey end papers, top... More
Orphan Island.
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1924. First Edition. Octavo. pp. viii, 322 [6]. In publisher's blue cloth with orange titles to upper board and spine. With original dust jacket in white, featuring 'a portrait of Miss Smith in 1923'; being a nun on an island holding a stick... More
![His Dark Materials [Book 1]: The Golden Compass. Philip PULLMAN, born 1946.](/pictures/thumb/28975.jpg?v=1493310826)
His Dark Materials [Book 1]: The Golden Compass
New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1995. FIRST US EDITION. First in the trilogy. A fine copy in the original dustwrapper, priced $20. Not remaindered and with no inscriptions or clipping. A lovely copy of the rarest title in the acclaimed, epic fantasy. More
The Works of Shakespeare. Edited by Israel Gollancz. With many illustrations, antiquarian and topographical.
London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1899. 12 volumes; 8vo. Contemporary binding by Riviere in half red calf with gilt titles and gilt to spines, red cloth boards, top edges gilt, marbled end papers. Illustrated with full page and in text drawings. Frontispiece portrait in colour. A lovely set, very lightly... More
Prince Zaleski.
Boston, Roberts Brothers. 1895. First US Edition of the author's first book. 8vo. Near fine in publisher's blue grey cloth with some slight toning to the spine panel. Titled in gilt to spine and in black to front board with publisher's 'key' monogram in black to rear board. Internally bright... More
Cannery Row.
London: William Heinemann. 1945. First UK Edition. Octavo, pp. 136. Bound in recent black half morocco over the original orange cloth boards, raised bands and gilt titles to spine. The pages show brightly bearing in mind they have been printed on war economy standard paper, some slight marking to the... More
Ballads and Songs of Brittany. Translated from the 'Barsaz Breiz'of Viscomte Hersart de la Villemarque. With some of the Original Melodies harmonized by Mrs. Tom Taylor. With Illustrations by J. Tissot, J.E. Millais, John Tenniel, H.K. Browne, etc.
London, MacMillan and Co., 1865. Large 8vo. Bound in contemporary black half morocco, gilt titles and tooling to spine, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. Book plate, neat ownership. Generously illustrated. Lightly rubbed, corners frayed. A lovely copy. A collection of popular Breton songs, one of the first attempts... More
A Woman of No Importance.
London, John Lane at Bodley Head, 1894. FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies published. 8vo., pp. 154 + pp. 14 of publisher's catalogue. Publisher's brown (mauve) cloth, gilt titles and decoration. Light wear, slightly rubbed and soiled, bumped to corner of upper. Occasional light foxing. 'A Woman Of No Importance'... More
The Code of the Woosters.
London: Herbert Jenkins. 1938. First Edition. Octavo, pp.312; [8], adverts. Elegantly hand-bound in half black oasis morocco leather, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, marbled sides, top edge tinted green, publisher's original cloth bound in at rear. One or two small spots to page edges otherwise internally clean... More
Pigs Have Wings.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo, pp.220; [2], advertisements; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black in an amusing pictorial dustjacket by 'Sax'. A used copy with some occasional spotting; jacket with a few nicks and tears, a couple of chips to rear panel, some light soiling... More
Orlando.
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND LIMITED. Large octavo, pp.333; [1], blank; [1], limitation; [1], blank. Signed to the verso of the half title by the author. Original black cloth tooled in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Contents fine, discreet gift note on flyleaf (to Diana... More
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