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[The Quest For Karla trilogy] Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, together with; The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. [Thriller] FIRST OMNIBUS EDITION, with three titles in one. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[4]; 952. Publisher's quarter black cloth hardcovers lettered in silver, fore-edge untrimmed, typographic metallic-effect dust-wrapper. Clipped and repriced by the publisher to £17.99. A clean, near fine copy. A thrilling elegy for..... More
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Small mark to top edge else a near fine copy of..... More
The Hound of Death. And Other Stories.
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1933. [Strange Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247; [5], blank. Publisher's plum-coloured cloth with titles in gilt to spine, in suitable macabre wrapper. Some edge spotting, fugitive pigment of cloth with inevitable sunning to extremities, gilt dulled, jacket with a couple of small chips..... More
In the Teeth of Evidence. And Other Stories.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1939. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.286. Publisher's black cloth lettered in red to spine, dust-jacket priced at 7/6 net to spine. Textblock clean and bright internally, toned and a little spotted to edges, cloth shows very well. Wrapper toned as often found..... More
The New Naturalist: Amphibians and Reptiles; a Natural History of the British Herpetofauna.
London: HarperCollins, 2000. [Natural History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.270. With diagrams and tables, and a suite of four double-sided colour plates. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket by Robert Gilmore, priced at £34.99. One large chip from lower left jacket spine..... More
The Underground Man.
London: The Crime Club Collins, 1971. [Detective Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's red hardback cloth binding in illustrated dust-jacket, priced £1.50. A near fine copy in slightly rubbed jacket. Another case for the Los Angeles Private Investigator Lew Archer, created by Ross MacDonald-..... More
The House by the Canal. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1952. [Crime Fiction] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.266; [2], blank. Publisher's yellow cloth in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 9/6. A rather used copy showing general handling, soiling, single ink name, jacket with some loss to spine ends. The Kegan Paul published..... More
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The Red Carnation [in] Pearson's Magazine. Number 30 volume 5.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., June 1898. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo magazine (25 x 17cm), pp.[24] 572-682 [8]. Publisher's yellow illustrated paper covers, priced at 6d. Advertisement leaves browned. A few small tears to covers. Joints lightly rubbed; spotting to edges. Very good. The first appearance of a short..... More
The New Naturalist: Trees, Woods and Man.
London: Collins, 1970. [Natural History] REVISED EDITION, third overall. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 272. With 12 double-sided plates, both colour and black and white. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, priced at £2.25. Light spotting and browning to..... More
High Time To Kill.
London: Coronet Books / Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, SIGNED by the author to the title page. Octavo, pp.294. Publisher's sofcovers, illustrated by David Scutt. Signature obtained during one of the author's many book launch events held at our shop. Absolutely fine throughout, being carefully dark stored by..... More
Green for Danger.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head. 1945. First UK Edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. 224. In publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine. With original dust jacket in green featuring an operating theatre illustration with white and black titles. 'Joubert' written in browned ink to top edge; also..... More
Prince Zaleski.
Boston: Roberts Brothers. 1895. First US edition. Small octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.207 [21]. Publisher's brick red cloth, titled and decorated in black and gilt to spine and front board. Minor rubbing and edgewear, a very good copy indeed. Bright and sharp. Internally clean with ownership of Charles Brightman to..... More
The Thinking Machine.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1907. First American edition in book form. Octavo (), pp.[10] 342. With four black and white plates illustrated by the Kinneys, including a frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth titled and blocked in red. Internally fine, but for soft vertical crease to p.213. Minor handling, discreet..... More
Yachting. With Illustrations by R.T. Pritchett and from Photographs.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894-5. [Sports] FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes, octavo (19 x 14cm). Illustrated throughout. Finely bound in recent dark blue morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and gilt yacht motifs to spines; blue cloth boards; top edges gilt. Interally clean, exterior unmarked. A fine set, More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author and Judi Dench. The novelisation of the James Bond movie. Both the book and the dust-wrapper are absolutely fine /as new. A lovely copy, signed to the title-page. The signature was obtained privately by us-the author did not appear..... More
News From Tartary: A Journey from Peking to Kashmir.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2010. [Travel] LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, being one of 150 copies. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.382. Finely bound in the publisher's gilt decorated cloth, to the design of the original first edition binding. With photographic plates and illustrated map endpapers. Absolutely fine/As new. Out of print for..... More
Thrilling Cities. With an Introduction by Jan Morris.
London: Ian Fleming Publications, 2009. [Travel book] FIRST EDITION thus, with a new introduction from the respected travel writer Jan Morris, CBE. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.246. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers titled in silver to spine, grey endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper. A fine/as new copy. Out of print for many years..... More
The Indian Police.
London: Faber and Faber, no date [circa 1933]. [Indian Policing History] FIRST CHEAP EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.353 [1]. With a folding map at rear. Publisher's light blue cloth with yellow titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket priced at 5s. Spotting to edges and preliminaries. A browned newspaper..... More
Natural History & Sport in Moray,
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1882. [Nature and Hunting] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.[8] xlviii; 324. With 40 etching, including a frontispiece and vignette title page, with tissue guards. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt crest to upper board. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Illustrated..... More
Annales rerum Anglicarum et Hibernicarum Regnante Elizabetha. [Annals of England and Ireland in the Reign of Elizabeth]. Tribus Voluminibus comprehensi. E Codice praeclaro Smithiano, propria Auctoris manu correcto, Multisque magni momenti Additionibus locupletato, Eruit ediditque Tho. Hearnius, Qui et alium Codicem e Bibliotheca Rawlinsoniana adhibuit.
[Oxford], 1717. [English History] FIRST THUS, a later edition. Three volumes. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[6] ccviii; 200 [2]; pp.[2] 201-588 [2]; pp.[2] 589-1012 [2]. With two copper engraved portraits of Elizabeth to volume I. Text largely in Latin, with occasional small passages in English (blackletter type). Contemporary full speckled..... More
The Poker Manual: A Practical Course of Instruction in the Game, with Illustrative Hands and Chapters on Bluffing, and Jack-Pots. Together with the International Code of Laws.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1901. [Gambling] VINTAGE EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[2]; 119; [1] blank; [8] advertisements. With occasional illustrations in red and black. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board; coloured chips laid over. Orange patterned endpapers and all edges gilt. Lightly browned..... More
Thames and Tweed.
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, no date [1870]. [Fishing] FIRST EDITION, Ex Libris William Le Fanu. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4]; 141; [19]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt illustration to upper board, with further black decoration to borders. Advertisements to green coated endpapers. Armorial..... More
X-Ray. The Unauthorised Autobiography.
New York, NY: The Overlook Press, 1995. [Popular Music] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 420 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author 'To George' with a short indecipherable note in black ink to title page. Also with a loose progamme for 'An Evening with Ray Davies' (May 1996)..... More
Modern Egypt.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1908. [Near Eastern History] FIRST EDITION. In two volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xviii; 594 [2]; pp.xiv; 600. With a frontispiece of the author and a folding map to volume I. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spines. Fore edges untrimmed. Black ink ownership to..... More
The Woodlanders.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1887. [Classic Literature] FIRST COLONIAL EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 352. In a contemporary amateur binding of tan half half with gilt titles to burgundy labels on spine. Grained green cloth over boards. Plain bookplate of Captain Liebert to front pastedown; further black ink ownership..... More