"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
New Arrivals
Isotopes.
London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1922. [Chemistry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 152. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in gilt to spine. Ownership stamp to pastedown and neat inscription to title page of Danish engineer and physicist P.O. Pedersen. Occasional discreet pencil annotation else internally fine. Cloth very slightly... More
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
London: Puffin Books, 1980. [Children's classic] INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.136; [8]. Paperback in publisher's wraps illustrated by Faith Jaques, priced at 85p to rear. A later (eleventh) printing of the paperback issue. Signed and inscribed facing the title page: "To | Robert | Love |... More
The Holy War In Tripoli.
London: Edward Arnold, 1912. [Military History/Travel] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.333; [1], blank; [2], advertisements; 8, Catalogue. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates. Publisher's green cloth pictorially blocked in black and gilt, edges untrimmed, printed dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Edges slightly dusty, spine of jacket a touch sunned... More
Harry Potter and the The Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 2010. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.607; [1], blank. Publisher's illustrated hardcovers, pictorial dustwrapper. Very lightly handled. A fine copy. The final Harry Potter adventure. More
Doubleshot.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2000. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.274. Publisher's cloth with pictorial dustwrapper. The signature was obtained during the book launch event held at our shop. A fine, unread copy. While officially on medical leave, James Bond uncovers a murderous... More
The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, Morals of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Now First Collected and Arranged; With Memoirs of His Early Life, Written by Himself.
London: Longman et al., no date [1811]. [Revolutionary Politics, Science, Slavery etc.] Three volumes, octavo (22 x 14 x 10cm), pp.440, 468, 552; Index in first volume. The Second Edition, being a reissue of the 1806 first with a few minor changes. Engraved title to each volume, frontispiece of the... More
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[Review of The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex in] The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal: (No 273), July, 1871.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, and London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1871. [Evolution] CONTEMPORARY REVIEW. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.36 of advertisements; 16 of advertisements; ii; 302; [20 of advertisements]. Publisher blue printed wraps, yellow paper spine with cream paper title label. Partially unopened, some sporadic light spotting and... More
The Works, including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner with Scenes of a Clerical Life, Felix Holt, Romola, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, no date [1903]. [English Literature] FINELY BOUND. 8 volumes bound in 7. Octavo (20 x 13 x 27cm). Handsomely bound by Truslove and Hanson in half straight-grained brown morocco, nouveau-style gilt to spines, cloth sides, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Contents clean, discreet old label... More
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1881. [Physics] ASSOCIATION COPY. Two volumes, octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xxxi; [1]; 464; [28] plates; pp.xxiii; [1]; 456; [16] plates. Full burgundy morocco, arms of King's College London to upper boards, gilt to spine, yellow coated endpapers, all edges gilt. The second edition, published posthumously... More
Novel's of Austen. Comprising: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Emma; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion; Memoir and Lady Susan.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904. [Literature] FINELY BOUND. New Edition, six volumes (20 x 14 x 21cm). Each volume with a frontispiece. In an elegant early twentieth century binding by Bumpus of tan half calf over matching cloth boards, gilt to spine, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Ghost from... More
The Hound of The Baskervilles.
London: George Newnes, 1902. [Sherlock Holmes] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS DENNIS WHEATLEY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 359; [1]. Publisher's red cloth blocked in gilt and black to upper board and in gilt to spine to a design by Alfred Garth Jones. Illustrated with sixteen plates by Paget. Dennis Wheatley's... More
Flashman on the March. From the Flashman Papers 1867-68.
London: Harper Collins, 2005. [Historical fiction] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[2]; [xii]; 317; [7]. Signed by the author to limitation page. Publisher's deep red cloth, gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers, matching cloth slip-case stamped in gilt. Spine ends a little pushed, a few small scuffs... More
Three Essays on Religion. Nature, The Utility of Religion, and Theism.
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1874. [Theism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xi; [3]; 258; [2] list of author's works. Publisher's binding of green pebble-grained cloth, gilt titles and rules to spine, black rules to spine and boards, brown coated endpapers. Contemporary ownership to flyleaf, later ownership inscription... More
The Struggle for Empire. A Story of the Year 2236.
London: Eliot Stock, 1900. [Science fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 213; [3]. Publisher's green cloth, titles in gilt to spine and upper board, dark blue coated endpapers. Very small closed tears to the fore edge of a few pages, sporadic light spotting and the occasional mark to... More
The Street Photographs of Roger Mayne.
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1986. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Softcover, slim quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.88. Publisher's printed softcover wraps, illustrated throughout with reproduction of black and white photographs. Some slight toning to the covers, slightly rubbed to spine ends. Fine. Published to accompany a major retrospective of photographs taken... More
After Strange Gods. A Primer of Modern Heresy.
London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1934. [Literary Criticism] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.68. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt titles to spine, in typographic dust-jacket priced at 3/6. Faint erasure to pastedown, minor spotting, jacket with old tape to... More
Thrilling Cities.
London: The Reprint Society, 1964. [Travel literature] Reprint Society edition, with alternative jacket artwork to the Cape first printing. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.223. Publisher's quarter red cloth over patterned cream boards, photographic dust-jacket. A near fine copy, with some acceptable wear and marking, jacket with a few minor... More
The Philosopher's Pupil.
London: The Hogarth Press / Chatto and Windus, 1983. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 576. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket by Cathie Felstead priced at £7.95. One gathering toned due to mixed paper stock else a fine copy in like wrapper. More
Lord Hornblower.
London: Michael Joseph 1946. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Crown Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.224. In publisher's mid-brown cloth with silver-gilt titles to spine. Dust-wrapper designed by Rowland Hilder priced at 9/6. Light spotting to edges, jacket crisp and bright. An unquestionably fine copy. 'The Admiral's face was grim as he... More
The Death of William Posters.
London: W.H. Allen, 1965. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.318; [2], blank. Publisher's cloth in Ken Reilly designed dust-wrapper. Top edge dusty/spotted, jacket very lightly handled; near fine. More
The Man With The Red Tattoo.
New York, NY: Putnam, 2002. [Spy novel] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.291; [1], blank. SIGNED by the author in his customary sharpie to title page. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop. A lovely copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication... More
Bond Bound. Ian Fleming and the Art of Cover Design
London: The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation 2008. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Illustrated Quarto (23 x 18cm), pp.166. Soft-bound in photographic wraps with integral flaps, die-cut with bullet holes to the front cover and rear flap. A fine copy. This issue with the matt red '007' logo (some were metallic red). Original... More
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Literary criticism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with gilt titles to spine in pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar 'trompe l'oeil' designs which decorated the Ian Fleming first editions. No inscriptions or price-clipping. Edges of text block toned... More
The System of National Finance.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1915. [Economics] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, ADMIRAL JELLICOE'S COPY. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2]; vii; [3]; 364; [8 of advertisements]. Publisher's dark green ribbed cloth, gilt titles to spine, tail edge untrimmed. Inscribed by the author to the first blank: "Admiral Sir John Jellicoe G.C.B. |... More
Wolf Hall.
London: Fourth Estate, 2009. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xviii; 653; [1]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Andy Bridge, priced at £18.99, decorative endpapers. Edges a little toned as often found, tiny tear to cloth at bottom of spine, dust-jacket shows... More