New Arrivals
The Last Frontier.
London: Collins, 1959. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15), pp. 319; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 15s to front flap. No inscriptions, some gentle toning to edges of text block, few light spots to fly, jacket with very..... More
The Voyage Out.
London: Duckworth and Co., 1915. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.458; [6], adverts; 16, catalogue. Publisher's green cloth, titled in gilt to spine, panelled title blocked in black to upper. Custom-made clamshell box. Decorative bookplate of R.D Jackson. Some trivial wear/handling else a particularly sharp copy, from..... More
A Mind To Murder.
London: Faber and Faber, 1964. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.224. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, rich pink illustrated dust-jacket designed by Charles Mozley. No inscriptions. A fine copy of the book; jacket remains fresh with a little rubbing to front panels, an..... More
Dr. No [United Artists Press book].
United Artists, Printed in USA, no date [1962]. [Promotional material] PUBLICITY SERVICES BROCHURE (Press Book / Exhibitor's Campaign Book). Sole printing. 17 x 11 inches. Movie artwork to front cover. Printed in black and white throughout. Folio bi-fold; a 6-page fold-out booklet providing cast and credits, storyline, plus advertising and..... More
Live and Let Die [United Artists Pressbook].
United Artists, Printed in USA, no date [1973]. [Promotional material] PUBLICITY SERVICES BROCHURE (Press Book / Exhibitor's Campaign Book). Sole printing. 17 x 11 inches. Movie artwork to front cover. Printed in black and white throughout. Pp.[8]. Folio booklet providing cast and credits, storyline, plus advertising and promotional lists for..... More
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1995. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] LEATHER-BOUND SIXTH EDITION, First Thus. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 272. With 13 illustrations by the author, including five colour plates. Recently re-bound in green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, matching cloth over boards, and green endpapers. With the original..... More
Funeral in Berlin. Secret File Number 3.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Cold-war spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[1] 319 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with blue rubber-stamp motif and blind 'downgraded to unclassified' box blocked to upper board, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey priced at..... More
Not After Midnight and Other Stories.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1971. [Short Stories] INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, Second Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.285; [3]. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Flavia Tower. With presentation note on flyleaf, to her best friend and cousin Ursula Pike, together with a lengthy..... More
Kidnapped. Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751.
London: Cassell and Co., 1886. [Adventure classic] FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 311, with advertisements to the rear dated 5G.4.86 and 5B.4.86. Folding map frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles, black endpapers. Internally clean, owners ink-stamped name to first blank, cloth with a few marks to..... More
The Picture of Dorian Gray.
London: Ward, Lock, and Bowden Ltd., [1895]. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE, showing the imprint as Ward Lock and Bowden (amended from Ward Lock & Co.). Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.334. Bound in the original grey paper-covered bevelled boards with titles and ornate gilt decoration to upper, parchment-backed with gilt..... More
A Writer's Diary. Being Extracts From the Diary of Virginia Woolf Edited by Leonard Woolf.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1953. [Modern literature] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.372. Publisher's mottled orange wraps printed in black to upper cover, dust-wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell, price at 18s. Book is fine; jacket near fine with minor toning to spine and a little creasing to joint. Shows..... More
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1905. [Detective mysteries] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8]; 403; [1]; [4] publisher's advertisements. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen further plates by Paget. Publisher's blue cloth, simply titled in gilt to spine and upper. Housed in cloth chemise with leather-spined slipcase. A few small..... More
Ashenden. Or The British Agent.
London: William Heinemann, 1928. [Thriller collection] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.196; [12], blank. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in black and gilt, striking illustrated dust-jacket. Some gentle toning, jacket with a tiny amount of wear at crown, spine toned as usual, 'The Times Book Club' small label to lower..... More
Shigurf Namah-i-Velaët, or, Excellent Intelligence Concerning Europe: Being the Travels of Mirza Itesa Modeen, in Great Britain and France.
London: Published for John Taylor, 1827. [Middle Eastern and European Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xii; 233 [3]. Advertisements at rear dated June 1827. With a colour frontispiece engraved by R.J. Laine and printed by C. Hullmandel. Contemporary brown half calf, with gilt titles and ruling to spine..... More
The Experienced English House-keeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies House-keepers, Cooks, etc. Wrote purely from Practice, and dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author lately served as House-keeper. Consisting of near 800 Original Receipts, most of which never appeared in Print.
Manchester: Printed by J. Harrop, for the Author, 1769. [English Cookery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] iv; 362; xii. SIGNED by the author (title page states all copies are to be signed) in black ink to p.1, complete with two folding plates showing a first and second..... More
The Lawson History of the America's Cup. A Record of Fifty Years.
Boston, MA: Thomas W. Lawson, 1902. [Sailing] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, number 2434 of 3000 copies thus, inscribed in black ink to the Ellenville Public Library. Quarto (29 x 20cm), pp.xv; 402. With 89 illustrated plates in colour and black and white, with captioned tissue-guards. Recently re-bound in navy full morocco..... More
His Last Bow. Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes.
London: John Murray, 1917. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 305 [7]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Toning and spotting to edges and endpapers. Light occasional spotting throughout, otherwise internally clean. Spine sunned, joints starting, and gilt dulled to spine. Light wear..... More
The Valley of Fear.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1915. [Sherlock Holmes] SECOND PRINTING. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 306 [6]. With a black and white frontispiece illustrated by Wiles. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Second Impression text printed on title page. Edges toned, some expected spotting to thick..... More
Billiards Without a Master; Illustrated by Fifty Fine Copperplate Diagrams, each plate containing from one to twenty-four shots, making a grand total of over one hundred and fifty shots; from which a sufficient knowledge can be acquired to enable the player to accomplish any possible stroke on the billiard table: all of which are fully explained on the page opposite their respective plates. The work contains, also, a full and complete set of rules for the government of the game of billiards, and the various games of pool, and c., hints to players, advice to amateurs, keepers of saloons, and c.; with a variety of explanations, interesting to all connected with billiards, or billiard playing, by Michael Phelan, now acknowledged, by all, to be one of the First Players in this country, and of long experience, both as a Keeper of a Saloon, and a Practical Player. To which is prefixed, a fine steel plate frontispiece, Showing a Billiard Table, and Players in Position. Accompanying the work, is a treatise on the Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Game of Billiards.
New York: D.D. Winant, 1850. [Games] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] 127 [1]. With fifty copperplate diagrams and a steel plate frontispiece. Re-backed, though retaining original spine and boards. Brown full calf with gilt ruling, gilt title, and red title label to spine. Edges speckled. Heavy toning..... More
The Day of The Triffids.
London: Michael Joseph, 1951. [Science-Fiction Dystopia] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 302 [2]. Recently re-bound in green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, matching cloth over boards, and the original green cloth spine bound in at rear. Top edge gilt. A crisp, clean copy..... More
I, Claudius. From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius Emperor of the Romans born B.C. 10 murdered and deified A.D. 54.
London: Arthur Barker, 1934. [Roman Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.494. With a folding family tree of the Julio-Claudian dynasty to rear. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, lower edge of text block untrimmed. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by John Aldridge, priced at 8s. Usual spotting to..... More
The Third Man and The Fallen Idol.
London: William Heinemann, 1950. [Spy novel and short story] FIRST EDITION. Small Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 188 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the black and white photographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s. A lovely crisp, clean example, with just a hint of toning to jacket..... More
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
London: Bloomsbury, 1997. [Harry Potter] FIRST EDITION, first paperback impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.223 [1]. Publisher's card covers illustrated by Thomas Taylor, and priced at £4.99. Toned to edges, as usual. Some handling to extremities, and a light crease to top corner of front cover, otherwise seemingly unread. Spine..... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Press Book [Exhibitor's Campaign Book].
United Artists. Printed in USA, 1969. [Promotional material] ONLY PRINTING. 13 x 18 inches. Movie artwork to front cover. Large-format/small poster sized 8-page stapled booklet providing editorial comment, plus advertising and promotional lists for soundtracks, book sales, poster selections, blocks, etc. Folded once, small tape strip to final leaf, one..... More
Carry On Jeeves.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1925. [Jeeves and Wooster] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's green cloth, with black titles and decoration to spine and boards, illustrated dust-jacket priced 3/6 and conforming to the bibliography in every respect. Contents clean with some light spotting to edges of text block on..... More