"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
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The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858. [American Literature / Verse] FIRST EDITION, First Issue, with "treacherous" for "ruddy", l.3, p.124. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.215; [1], blank; 12, advertisements dated October 1858. Publisher's brown cloth decoratively blocked in blind, gilt-lettered to spine, brown endpapers. This copy with the additional inserted ad... More about The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems
Mr. Meeson's Will.
London: Spencer Blackett, 1888. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, Later issue without publisher's advertisements at rear. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.286. With 16 engraved plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black and gilt to spine and upper board. All edges untrimmed, black coated endpapers. Textblock shaken, light, very... More about Mr. Meeson's Will
The Snail that Climbed the Eiffel Tower, and Other Stories.
London: John Lehmann, 1947. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.86; [2]. With eight chromolithographic plates by Minton, including a frontispiece, and numerous further in-text. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with gilt titles to a black background on the spine, and Minton illustrated paper-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Blue... More about The Snail that Climbed the Eiffel Tower, and Other Stories
Road Rage.
London: Hutchinson, 1997. [Detective fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8]; 328. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine, dust-jacket featuring a photograph Holly Warburton, with printed price of £16.99. Signed by the author in blue ink to the title page. Internally clean and bright. Cloth and... More about Road Rage
Summer Moonshine.
New York, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1937. [Classic Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 322; [4]. With a contemporary copy of the Doubleday One Dollar Book Club Bulletin, advertising this title, loose to preliminaries. Top edge green, others untrimmed. Publisher's orange cloth with green titles and... More about Summer Moonshine
Fish Preferred.
New York, NY: A.L. Burt Company, no date [circa 1929]. [Classic Humour] EARLY EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 326; [2]. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow titles to spine and upper board. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by 'Gaul'. Reading lean. Lightly browned throughout. Some rubbing to spine joints... More about Fish Preferred
The Small Bachelor.
New York, NY: George H. Doran Company, 1927. [Classic Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.317; [3]. The true first with monogram printed to copyright page. Publisher's orange cloth with brown titles to spine and upper board. Tape burns to endpapers. Hinges split. Lightly browned throughout. Corners bumped;... More about The Small Bachelor
The Secret of the Blue Vase.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1924. [Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in black to spine and upper. Eric Quayle's copy. Light spotting to a few leaves, toning/dustiness to edges. Some marking and wear to cloth. Very good. Tuite's novel features an Irish family and... More about The Secret of the Blue Vase
Tales From Shakespeare.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [circa 1904]. [Children's literature] ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[viii]; 312; [ii], blank. Red half calf binding and marbled paper lettered in gilt to spine, raised bands to spine with gilt decoration, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Black and white pictorial in-text illustrations. Ownership... More about Tales From Shakespeare
On The Borderland
London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1884. [Fiction] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 416; [4], blank. Brown half calf over marbled boards lettered in gilt to spine, gilt decorated raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Spotting to first and last few pages otherwise internally clean and bright... More about On The Borderland
The Vagrant Mood. Six Essays.
London: William Heinemann, 1952. [Literary criticism] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED LIMITED ISSUE. Tall octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.241. Autograph of W S. Maugham in blue ink to limitation page (Number 242 of 500 copies). Publisher's quarter white leather binding, blue calf boards ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Head... More about The Vagrant Mood. Six Essays
The Cecil Aldin Book.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, no date [1932]. [Illustrated Miscellany] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.193; [1]. With eight plates in colour, seven half-tone plates, and 95 black and white drawings. Publisher's oatmeal cloth with orange title labels to spine and upper board. Quite heavy spotting to first and... More about The Cecil Aldin Book
The Piper of Hamelin: A Fantastic Opera in Two Acts.
London: William Heinemann, 1893. [Illustrated Drama] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.64. With 12 wood engraved plates by Thomson, as well as a decorated title page. Publisher's light green cloth with darker green titles to spine and upper board. Top edge green, others untrimmed. Black ink ownership... More about The Piper of Hamelin: A Fantastic Opera in Two Acts
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014. [Children's illustrated] LIMITED EDITION, no 80 of 100 copies only, this set being additionally SIGNED BY THE ARTIST John Burningham to each book. 3 volumes, tall octavos, complete. Pp.48, 48, 48. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-wrappers. A facsimile of the... More about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014. [Children's illustrated] LIMITED EDITION. In three volumes, complete. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.48; pp.48; pp.48. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dustwrappers, the three volumes are presented in a racing green slipcase. A facsimile of the first edition of Ian Fleming's famous... More about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham
The Secret Pilgrim.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1991. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.335; [1], Note. Publisher's hardback cloth with navy blue endpapers in a pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £14.95. Simply a lovely fine, unread copy in jacket. More about The Secret Pilgrim
Matilda.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. [Children's classic] First Edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial wraparound dust-wrapper illustrated by Blake, showing printed price of £8.50 net. Numerous in-text illustrations by Blake. Lightly used and a trifle bumped; near fine. Lovingly and hilariously illustrated by... More about Matilda
Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World.
London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1909. [Classic Literature] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Medium octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 291. Contains twelve full colour plates including frontispiece, all with tissue guard, plus several line drawings. Publisher's gilt-blocked blue cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers. Very clean within, minor toning to endpapers, name... More about Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World
Songs by George Harrison, Volume 1 and Volume 2.
UK: Genesis Publications, 1987, 1992. [Rock] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 2 volumes, folio (28 x 20 x 12cm). With additional text by Ringo Starr, Elton John, Harry Nilsson and Jeff Lynne. Quarto, with colour plates and illustrations by Keith West. Original black half-morocco boards, gilt edges, with limited edition CD 'Songs'... More about Songs by George Harrison, Volume 1 and Volume 2
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel] LIMITED ISSUE of the FIRST EDITION, published for general circulation (originally published privately in 1926). No.453 of 750 copies. Illustrated with three manuscript facsimiles and forty-seven plates including four in colour. Four folding maps. Quarter pigskin over brown buckram with crossed swords in gilt... More about Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph
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Octopussy and the Living Daylights [James Bond short stories].
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.95. In publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards in pictorial wrapper. Original price 10s.6d. printed to front flap without later price label (or adhesive evidence of one). A fine, fresh 'as new' copy. Outstanding. Gilbert... More about Octopussy and the Living Daylights [James Bond short stories
That's the way I see it.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1993. [Modern Art] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 23cm), pp.248. With 365 illustrations, most in colour. Publisher's blue cloth with yellow titles to spine and a yellow illustration to upper board. Illustrated endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket. A little rubbing to cloth; jacket edges bruised. Near fine. More about That's the way I see it
Photographs.
London: Petersburg Press, 1982. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (31 x 22cm), pp.30. With 96 numbered images, many in colour. Publisher's maroon cloth with white titles to spine. Grey endpapers. With the beige photographic dust-jacket. Jacket lightly sunned to spine and a little bruised to edges. Near fine. More about Photographs
Blood Sweat and Tears or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Fashion.
New York City, NY: teNeues, 2005. [Fashion photography] FIRST EDITION. Folio (37 x 28cm), pp.447. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Bound in red cloth blocked in black, folded edge dust-wrapper, original printed card box. An absolutely fine, unused copy. Box lightly handled; near fine. With contributions, additional text and poems from... More about Blood Sweat and Tears or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Fashion
Dante's Inferno. Translated by Henry Francis Cary. Edited by Henry C. Walsh.
Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus, no date [circa1890]. [Epic prose-poem] ENGRAVED. Folio (31 x 25cm), pp.vi, 163; [1], blank. Contains a frontispiece portrait of Dante and engravings throughout. Elegantly bound in recent navy blue half morocco with red title labels and gilt tooling to spine, matching blue cloth boards, all edges... More about Dante's Inferno. Translated by Henry Francis Cary. Edited by Henry C. Walsh