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![So Long And Thanks For All The Fish [Hitch-Hikers Guide]. Douglas ADAMS](/pictures/thumb/44719.jpg?v=1565021052)
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish [Hitch-Hikers Guide].
London: Pan, 1984. [Comedy-Fantasy] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm). pp. [5], 191. Bound in publisher's black cloth with titles in silver to spine. Black dust jacket, designed by Gary Day-Ellison, with holographic panel to front cover, and titles in white to front cover and spine, unclipped. Includes publisher's..... More
The History of Tunbridge-Wells.
London: M. Hingeston, J. Dodsley, T. Caslon; Tunbridge Wells: E. Baker, 1766. [Kent] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xii; 317; [7]. Bound in contemporary tan full calf, gilt titles on a morocco square to spine. Very attractive label of Tunbridge Wells bookseller and printer Jasper Sprange to front pastedown..... More
Our Mutual Friend.
London: Chapman and Hall [1896]. CROWN EDITION, in scarce original printed DUST-WRAPPER. Octavo, pp.x; 683; [1], blank. Publisher's russet-coloured buckram blocked in gilt and black, complete with rare paper jacket. With forty illustrations by Martin Stone. One of the author's most famous tales, issued as part of the 'Dickens Crown..... More
The Wolf-Leader. Newly translated by Afred Allinson.
London: Methuen, [1904]. Octavo, pp. 8 [advertisements]; 115. In publisher's decorated wraps, white card overprinted in red and black. Front of book features stylised titles and author's name bordered by a sword design, with central image of the 'wolf-leader' surrounded by a pack of ferocious wolves. Book is in extremely..... More
![Dr. No [three copies in varying bindings]. Ian Lancaster FLEMING](/pictures/thumb/42943.JPG?v=1493310919)
Dr. No [three copies in varying bindings]
London: Jonathan Cape 1958. FIRST EDITION, First Impressions. An example of each of the commercially available bindings used for the first impression, comprising FIRST STATE BINDING A, being plain black Linson material; FIRST STATE BINDING B, being plain black Fabroleen material; and the SECOND STATE BINDING, being black Fabroleen material..... More
Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India. From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824 - 1825. (With Notes Upon Ceylon). An Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India.
London: John Murray, 1828. Second Edition. 3 volumes; 8vo.; pp. lxvii, 450; vi, (1), 564; vi, (1), 525 + list of subscribers. Illustrated with 28 wood engravings. A remarkable set in publisher's original rose cloth with paper label to spines; edges untrimmed. Publisher's cloth a little rubbed, faded to spines..... More
Princess Badoura. A Tale From the Arabian Nights. Retold by Lawrence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, c.1913. FIRST DULAC EDITION. Quarto. With ten beautiful mounted colour plates tipped-in. Original captioned guard papers. Publisher's bright white cloth with elaborate pale blue and gilt decoration to upper and spine; pale green illustrated endpapers, decorated margins to text block. Some mild toning to backstrip, minor..... More
The Works of Samuel Johnson. With An Essay on his Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy.
London: Printed for Nichols and Son, etc., 1816. 12 volumes; 8vo (8½ x 13 inches). Contemporary tan half calf with raised bands, gilt and two black title labels to spines; marbled boards and edges; green end papers. Portrait frontispiece to volume one. Bookplates. Boards a little rubbed; spines darkened evenly;..... 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.]
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
Sagittarius Rising.
London: Peter Davies, 1936. FIRST EDITION. Crown Octavo. pp.viii; 332. In publisher's cream cloth with black titles to spine. Near-fine with a little spotting to edges. A memoir of the war in the air, and the inspiration for the 1976 film 'Aces-High', staring Malcolm McDowell and Christopher Plumber... More
The Green Eye of Goona, Stories of a Case of Tokay.
London: Everleigh Nash. 1904. First Edition. Octavo. pp. 310. U.S. Title 'The Green Diamond'. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and green titles with a pictoral design to front board. Some wear to edges and marks to front board. Foxing, especially to prelims. Overall good. Morrison is included..... More
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave.
UK (no place). [1968]. An original UK quad for Hammer Films' 'Dracula Has Risen From the Grave', based on characters created by Bram Stoker, and starring Christopher Lee. Folded, condition A (fresh). Approx dimensions 40x30 inches, landscape format. (Will be despatched rolled, in tube). One of the best of Hammer's..... More
The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's light blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper, edges spotted. In beautiful pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed. A clean, bright, near fine copy. 1793; the darkest days of the French revolution, and little Charles-Leon is ill. The delicate son of Louise..... More
One Corpse Too Many. A Mediaeval Whodunnit.
Macmillan, London 1979. Historical crime novel. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's hardcover in original dust-wrapper. Rich red colour to spine. Price clipped else a fresh, fine copy. The second Cadfael mystery. Scarce. More
Dead Man Leading
London, Chatto and Windus, 1937. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dustwrapper by T.Ritchie. Green embossing flaked from binding (as usual), light dampmark to board edges. Very good. Original wrapper with minor rubbing to extremities else fine. Author's second novel is a struggle for survival in the Amazon Jungle. Particularly..... More
Clockwork, or All Wound Up.
London, Doubleday. 1996. First Edition, 8vo. Publisher's brightly coloured boards and grey pictorial endpapers. Several black and white illustrations throughout the text by Peter Bailey. A little handled; near fine. More
Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures. With an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.
London: William Heinemann, 1913. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Large 8vo. (298 x 230mm). Publisher's grey cloth titled and decorated in gilt, very good with minor bumping and scuffing to extremities and a little discolouration to the spine, clean and sharp. In a good dustwrapper repaired and reinforced with tape to inside..... More
Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
New York: The Century Co., 1913. FIRST US EDITION, with larger plates and format than the UK edition. Contains 13 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Publisher's dark blue cloth, colour illustration pasted down to upper, gilt titles to spine. A fine copy, in chipped but bright dustwrapper..... More
The Trail of The Dead.
London; Ward, Lock and Co. 1904. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's dark grey cloth boards titled in gilt and decorated in red with onlay paper illustration to front board. Minor edgewear, light scuffing to extremities, very good indeed. Light bumping and a little fraying to spine ends. Solid and handsome. Internally..... More
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
New York, NY: Viking Press, 1965. FIRST US EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Small octavo. Publisher's white cloth with 'Walther' device in black, red endpapers, illustrated jacket by Raymond Hawkey. A lovely fine copy. An unusual piece of Bondiana, rarely seen signed. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the..... More
The Works of W. Thackeray. Including: Vanity Fair, Pendennis, Barry Lyndon, etc.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1869, 1886. 24 volumes. Octavo. Contemporary dark green half morocco by Riviere, with gilt titles and elaborate gilt decoration to spines in 3 compartments; light green cloth boards with gilt rule; top edges gilt; marbled endpapers. With illustrations by the author. Spines evenly faded to..... More
Six Modern One-Act Plays.
London: University of London Press, 1950. FIRST EDITION, thus. SIGNED BY JOHN LENNON. Octavo, pp.160. Publisher's softcovers. Some soiling and associated reading wear. An interesting school text-book borrowed by Lennon whilst a student at Quarry Bank School, Liverpool. Lennon has signed the lending stamp to the inside cover 'J[ohn] W[inston]..... More
Kipps. The Story of a Simple Soul.
London: Macmillan, 1905. FIRST EDITION IN RARE VARIANT BINDING. Octao, pp. 425; [2] (blank); 32, publisher's catalogue, dated 20.8.1909. Bound in pale green cloth, heavily gilt decorated to spine with repetitive H.G. Wells monogram alternating with a floral device. Light edgespotting else fine. The story concerns a draper's assistant who..... More
The Small Bachelor
London: Methuen and Co., Limited, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[iv]; 251; [1], imprint; [8], advertisments. Publisher's pale blue cloth with black titles. Some spotting, page edges toned. Cloth remains fresh with a couple of small bumps and rubs. Very good indeed. Based in part on Oh Lady! Lady!, a musical..... More
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