New Arrivals
Dylan In Woodstock.
UK: Genesis Publications, 2000. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by Photographer Elliott Landy. Folio, bound in quarter brown suede over printed photographic boards of Dylan by Landy, the same shot that was used for 1969's Nashville Skyline LP, contained in a handsome slipcase silk-screened with an additional image Dylan. With accompanying text... More
Dylan In Woodstock.
UK: Genesis Publications, 2000. SCARCE DELUXE ISSUE, SIGNED by Photographer Elliott Landy. Limited to 1750 copies, however the first 100 books such as this (No.21), known as Deluxe copies, were bound in a full brown suede, and issued with a signed print. All are long-since fully subscribed. Remaining copies were... More
The Magic Finger. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
London: Viking, 1993. [Children's classic]. FIRST VIKING EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.64. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket. Top and tail of spine slightly rolled, bottom corners slightly bumped, some creasing to the top and bottom edges of the dust-jacket. Very good. The story of... More
The BFG. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. [Children's classic]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 13cm), pp.224. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt titles to spine, in Quentin Blake designed pictorial dust-jacket priced at £6.50 net. Profusely illustrated throughout by Blake. Head and tail of spine slightly rolled, textblock slightly toned, a near fine copy without... More
Ice Station Zebra.
London: Collins, 1963. [Espionage Thriller]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255; [1]. Dark green cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by John Heseltine. Some very slight creasing and nicking to the top and bottom edges of the dust-jacket with some rubbing to the extremities, else a.... More
Puppet on a Chain.
London: Collins, 1969. [Smuggling adventure]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255; [1]. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in macabre pictorial dust-jacket designed by Norman Weaver. Some very slight creasing and nicking to the top and bottom edges of the dust-jacket, else a near fine bright copy. Heroin smuggling... More
Fear Is The Key.
London: Collins, 1961. [Adventure fiction]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Kean. Some toning to page edges, jacket lightly handled with some minor dustiness. Overall quite fresh. A classic novel of ruthless revenge set... More
A Pocket Full of Rye. (A Miss Marple story).
London: The Crime Club, 1953. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.191. Publisher's orange cloth in dust-wrapper. Page edges and rear panel spotted, dust-jacket price clipped, some edge wear, some minor chips and tears. Very good. A murderous case for Miss Jane Marple and her new ally, the unusually receptive and astute Inspector... More
Jeeves and The Feudal Spirit.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1954. FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222; [2], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black in pictorial dust-jacket. Owner's small ink stamp to flyleaf, some dustiness, area of soiling to rear panel of jacket, some edge wear, chips and tears. Shows well. More adventures of... More
The Holy Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches.
London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1862. FINELY BOUND. Quarto (33 x 28cm), unpaginated. With occasional steel engraved plates depicting Biblical locations and scenes. In contemporary brown full morocco, heavily embossed and debossed all over, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Two heavy brass clasps, and brass... More
Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.
London: John Murray, 1966. [Greek Travel]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii, 248. With 20 photographic plates by Joan Eyres-Monsell, and a double-page map by John Craxton. In publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket, also illustrated by Craxton. Light even browning to text-block;... More
Arabian Sands.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1959. [Arabian Travel]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 326 [2]. Thoroughly illustrated with the author's photographs. Map of the "Empty Quarter" folded in pocket at rear. In publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. Jacket price-clipped, with some... More
4 Sherlock Holmes Plays from Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Including: The Blue Carbuncle, The Mazarin Stone, Charles August Milverton, The Speckled Band.
London: John Murray, 1964. [Sherlockiana.] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14 cm), pp.x; 129; [4] publisher's advertisements. Illustrated with a photograph of Sherlock Holmes sitting room at 221B. Bound in publisher's orange paper covered boards, with gilt tiles and imprint to spine. Dust-jacket with titles printed in red and black... More
The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year.
Oxford: John Henry and James Parker, 1858. [Poetry]. FINELY BOUND WITH HAND-COLOURED PLATES, fifty-third edition. Small quarto (28 x 18cm), pp.viii, 360 [2]. With eight exquisitely decorated hand-coloured section pages and a decorated title page, all making extensive use of gilding. All pages featuring a tipple-ruled border in red. In... More
The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britian; Represented and Illustrated in a Series of Views, Elevations, Plans, Sections, and Details, of Various Antient English Edifices: with Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Each.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827-1829. COMPLETE ORIGINAL PARTS, a later edition. In ten volumes. Quarto (30 x 23cm). With 278 fine original copper engravings. In original grey publisher's boards with titles on paper labels to upper boards and spines. Moderate external wear, with bumped corners and some... More
![The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott. Edited, with the Author's Latest Corrections, by John Foster Kirk. [Including The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic, in two volumes]. William H. PRESCOTT, John Foster KIRK,](/pictures/thumb/49385.jpg?v=1505906856)
The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott. Edited, with the Author's Latest Corrections, by John Foster Kirk. [Including The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic, in two volumes].
London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. [c.1878]. [History]. FINELY BOUND. In twelve volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm). With a steel engraved frontispiece to each volume, eight further plates and four maps, two folding. In later red half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spines, further gilt tooling and red... More
Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings from the most Authentic Sources. The City, Ancient and Modern.
London: Cassell and Company, n.d. [1887-1893]. [London Topography]. FINELY BOUND SET, new edition, revised and corrected. In six volumes. Quarto (27 x 20cm). Illustrated throughout with hundreds of fine wood engravings, and three very large folding maps. In contemporary red half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to dark green... More
![[The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, in] The Crown Edition of the British Poets. SCOTT, Sir Walter.](/pictures/thumb/49383.jpg?v=1505226922)
[The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, in] The Crown Edition of the British Poets.
London: British Literary Society, n.d. [c.1905]. LIMITED EDITION FINELY BOUND. In five volumes. Crown octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[4] lxxxii, 322 [4]; pp.[6], 244 [4]; pp.[6], 245 [5]; pp.[6], 299 [5]; pp.viii, 495 [5]. With 15 hand-coloured engravings, including a frontispiece to each volume, and two original watercolours. Part of... More
Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, From the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II, to the Coronation of Henry IV. Translated from the French Editions. With Variations and Additions from Many Celebrated MSS. by Thomas Johnes, esq. To which are Prefixed a Life of the Author, an Essay on his Works, and a Criticism on his History.
London: William Smith, 1839. FINELY BOUND, a new edition. In two volumes. Small Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.[2] xlviii, 768 [4]; pp.[2] xiv, 733 [5]. All text in English, with 116 in-text woodcuts and a hand-coloured decorated title page to volume I. In later burgundy full morocco with gilt titles... More
The Hundred Secret Senses.
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's sons, 1995. [American]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 358. Publisher's beige quarter cloth over cream boards, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Lisa Amoroso. A couple of small marks to the bottom edge, else a fine copy. More
Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages. From the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries. Volume I.
London: William Pickering, 1843. FINELY BOUND Hand-Coloured Plates, volume I only, with an original paper cover bound in. Quarto (29 x 20cm), unpaginated. With 38 very fine hand-coloured engraved plates, as well as numerous hand-coloured in-text illustrations and decorated capitals. Including a loose note dated 1868, detailing a former owner's... More
Stowaway to Mars.
London: Michael Joseph, 1974. [Science fiction]. FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.190; [2]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket based on a photo by John Price. First published as Planet Plane in 1935, later published under this title as a softcover by Coronet Books... More
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).
Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889. First Edition, later printing with '11 Quay Street' on title page, as usua, preface dated 1889. Octavo (19 x 14 cm), pp. vi; 315; [4], advertisements. Arrowsmith's listings to pastedowns. With frequent illustrations by Fredericks. In publisher's light blue cloth boards with gilt titles to... More
Sebastian Melmoth.
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905. Second Printing of the 1905 edition. Small octavo (17 x 13 cm), pp.222. Publishers bright green cloth heavily stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Title page printed in red and black. Discreet owner name to half-title, minor wear. A clean, bright copy. Pseudonymous... More
The Loved One. An Anglo-American Tragedy. Illustrated by Stuart Boyle.
London: Chapman and Hall, n.d. [1948]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.144. Publisher's blue cloth, with gilt titles to spine and marbled end-papers. In original jacket. Some dustiness, jacket rubbed with some chips to spine. A very good, used copy. Waugh's 'The Loved One' is a short novel about the excesses of... More