New Arrivals
Swallows and Amazons.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1940. [Children's Adventure] VINTAGE COPY, the 15th impression thus. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.375. With 24 wood engraving by the author, including a frontispiece, and two maps illustrated by Steven Spurrier. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and blind to upper. Blue ink gift inscription..... More
Eldorado. A Story of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1913]. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; 374. Folding plate as a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper, blind stamped 'revolutionary mob motif' and laid on illustration to same. Black ink gift inscription to front..... More
Murder is Incidental.
London: for the The Crime Club by Collins, 1955. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 10s 6d to front flap. Faint offset to covers from jacket protector else a clean, fresh copy. Almost as-new..... More
Treasure at Amorys. A Lone Pine Adventure.
London: Newnes, 1964. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's blue leather-effect cloth lettered in gilt to spine and front board, top edge blue, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 10/6 to front flap. Illustrated maps as endpapers, black and white illustrations throughout. Some spotting to edge..... More
A Meeting by the River.
London: Methuen, 1967. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.160. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in two colours, with the photographic dust-jacket by Ray Dean, priced at 21s Minor offeset to endpapers, otherwise a particularly fine, fresh copy. More
The Lost Stradivarius.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. [Strangle Tale/Fantasy] FIRST US EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 239 [13]. Advertisements to rear. Publisher's red cloth, titles and pictorial motifs in black and gilt to upper and spine. Internally clean with the odd mark here and there. Both endpapers re-hinged..... More
A Set of Six.
London: Methuen and Co., 1908. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 310 [2] 40. Advertisements to rear. Publisher's blue cloth, titles blocked in brown to upper board, gilt titles to spine. Blue 'presentation copy' stamp to title page. Bottom edge uncut. Light toning throughout, spotting..... More
Typee, a Real Romance of the South Sea.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. [Literature] LIBRARY EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] xxxvi; 389 [3]. Green full calf, finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere. Navy and red labels with gilt titles, gilt tooling, and raised bands to spine. Boards gilt-ruled, gilt dentelle to turn-ins. Machine-marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Fine, as new..... More
Destination Unknown.
London: The Crime Club, by Collins, 1954. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's cloth binding in dust-wrapper. No inscriptions. Uniform toning to edges, jacket with a few chips and tears, age-toned to spine, price clipped. Very good. Secret Service thriller from the Queen of Crime; When..... More
Last Stop Auschwitz. My story of survival from within the camp.
London: Doubleday, 2020. [Holocaust] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, first impression, INSCRIBED by the author's son. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 261 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author's son in black ink to half-title: 'In the name of my father | Eddy de Wind | I hope his story of | survival..... More
The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross. A study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient Near East.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1970. [Theology] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxii; 349 [1]. With two colour illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, and numerous in-text illustrations. Publisher's black leatherette, with gilt titles to spine and brown illustrated endpapers. Top edge orange. With the black typographic dust-jacket, titled..... More
They Asked For A Paper. Papers and Addresses.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1962. [Literary Criticism and essays] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.211 [1]. Publisher's tan paper over boards with navy titles to spine and light blue endpapers. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at 16s. Light spotting to edges, and some offsetting..... More
Biggles and the Black Raider. Another Adventure of Air Detective-Inspector Bigglesworth and his Air Police.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1953. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Contains six boldly coloured plates, all by Leslie Stead, cartographic endpapers. Publisher's red cloth, original pictorial dust-wrapper. No inscriptions, a little soiling to rear e.p., jacket lightly used with shallow loss at crown, some dustiness, a...... More
The Lawless Skies. With a Foreword by Ian Fleming.
New York: Putnam, 1962. FIRST U.S. EDITION. Pp.224, with photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth blocked in blue, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins priced at $3.95. An abridged version of Fleming's foreword also fills the rear panel. A clean, fine copy of the book in a very good jacket with..... More
Airline Detective. The Fight Against International Air Crime. Introduced by Ian Fleming (2 copies).
London: Fontana Books, 1962. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Two variant copies, the home market issue priced at 3/6 together with the unpriced export copy. Octavos, pp.189; [2], ads; [1], blank. Publisher's softcovers with stills from the recent television adaptation entitled 'Zero One'. Illustrated with black and white photos within. Very good..... More
Airline Detective. The Fight Against International Air Crime. Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London: Collins, 1962. [True crime] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Second impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197; [1], blank. Publisher's smooth cloth-effect paper over boards, with red titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper. With presentation note to title; Yours very sincerely / Donald..... More
Airline Detective. The Fight Against International Air Crime. Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London: Collins, 1962. [True crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197; [1], blank. Publisher's smooth cloth-effect paper over boards, with red titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 21s. Contents clean, edges toned, jacket with a few small chips to crown and..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: William Heinemann, [1958] 1960. [Satirical spy novel] FIRST EDITION, third printing. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. Crease to title page else contents clean and fresh, in a crisp, fine dust-jacket. Greene's classic..... More
My Uncle Ian.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. [Memoir] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, being the first separate edition. Black card wrappers, printed paper label. No. 25 of 125 copies signed by the author (publisher of The Book Collector) and his brother Fergus (co-publisher at Queen Anne Press). Article reprinted from the Spring 2017 special..... More
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. Complete Signet 'D' series. Comprising: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories)
New York, NY: Signet Books / NAL., 1960s. [Spy Fiction] Fourteen volumes. Octavos (18 x 11 x 17cm). Publisher's colour illustrated softcovers, all edges tinted red. A vintage set of Signet paperbacks in the popular uniform 'D' series edition with vignette cover artwork and bold 'A James Bond Thriller' lettering;..... More
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. Complete set of Signet paperbacks. Comprising: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories).
New York, NY: Signet Books / NAL., 1960s-80s. [Spy Fiction] Fourteen volumes. Octavos (18 x 11 x 17cm). Publisher's colour illustrated softcovers, all edges tinted red. A vintage set of Signet paperbacks in the popular 'D' series edition with uniform vignette cover artwork and bold 'A James Bond Thriller' lettering..... More
The Queen's Awards. Series 6.
London: Gollancz, 1953. [Crime fiction collection] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red clothwith black titles to spine, typographical dust-jacket with printed price 10/6 to flap. Contents clean, owner bookplate beneath flap, light spotting to edges, some minor rubs and marks to covers and jacket, which is a...... More
Dear 007.
New York:Simon & Schuster, 1966. [Fan letters] FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (29 x 22cm), unpaginated. Hardback in glazed boards, 'Annual' format, illustrated with drawings by Paul Bacon. Cheap paper toned as expected, covers rubbed. Very good. Rather scarce. A curious collection of fanmail to 'James Bond 007'. The illustrator Paul..... More
The Impossible Art of Golf. An Anthology of Golf Writing.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. [Golfing omnibus] FIRST EDITION THUS, bibliographer's copy. Large octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.321; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth in photographic dust-wrapper. Fine / as new. Includes 'Bond v Goldfinger' being the famous showdown on the golf course between 007 and Auric Goldfinger, from Ian Fleming's..... More
Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325.
Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1868-75. [Early Christian Theology] COMPLETE FINELY BOUND SET. 24 volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm). All English translations. Very finely bound in contemporary brown half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting red and green titles, and further gilt tooling to spines. Dark brown leather..... More