"Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book"
— Stephan Mallarme
New Arrivals
Colonel Sun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Illustrated map endpapers. The rarer variant with a dropped quad mark to the date on the copyright page (rather in the same manner as 'The Spy Who Loved Me' variant - see Gilbert). Publisher's hardcovers..... More
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head, 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.335; [1], blank. Elegantly hand-bound in half mid-green calf over cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, top edge tinted purple. Contents clean, topstain a little sunned, binding as new. A fine copy in an..... More
The Road To Oxiana.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1937. [Travel literature] First Edition. Octavo, pp.341 [2]. publisher's light blue cloth (presumed second binding), with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Age toned to spine. Very good indeed. Byron, who died young in the Second World War, was one of the Brideshead..... More
Scott's Last Expedition. Vol. I being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O., Vol. II being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition. Arranged by Leonard Huxley. With a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1913. FIRST EDITION. In two volumes. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xxvi, 633 [3]; pp.xvi, 534 [2]. Title page printed in red and black. With eight photogravure plates, including a frontispiece portrait for each vol.; 18 coloured plates; and 260 photographic plates taken by..... More
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, dust-wrapper priced at £14.95. A clean, fine copy in like jacket. An espionage novel with George Smiley in a supporting role. More
Biggles in the Underworld.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1968. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Studio Stead, original printed price of 10/6 (uncommon thus, seemingly most copies are clipped and repriced by the publisher). Binding rubbed to extremities. Jacket..... More
The Big Footprints.
London: Collins, 1977. [African Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.349 [1]. Publsher's tan cloth with silver titles ton spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. A crisp, clean copy, with just a little rubbing and chipping to jacket edges. Near fine. As a troop of elephants embark on..... More
Norse Mythology.
London: Bloomsbury, 2017. [Norse Myths] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xx; 279 [5]. SIGNED by the author in purple marker to blank following half-title. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine and bronze Mjölnir to upper. Orange patterned endpapers and all edges black. With the black..... More
Blue Moon.
London: Bantam Press, 2019. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 404 [6]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine, orange endpapers, and all edges cyan. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £20.00. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
Nouveau Dictionnaire des Passages François-Allemand et Allemand-François, oder Neues Französisch-Deutsches und Deutsch-Französisches Wöter-Buch, worinn alle Französische Wöter, auch der Künste und Wissenschaften, aus den vollkommensten und neuesten Wöterbuchern, nebst den nöthigen Constructionen und Redensarten, durch kürzlich gezeigte Etnmologie, und durch das gebräuchlichste, auch reineste Deutsch erklärt worden, daß die liebhaber bender Sprachen dieses Buch mit großem Rußen gebrauchen können.
Leipzig: In Johann Friedrich Sleditschens Handlung, 1780. [French-German Dictionary] NEW EDITION, revised. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[32] 2039; 4-743. French printed in Italic; German printed in Gothic. With a copper engraved frontispiece. In a contemporary or slightly later vellum binding with black titles to spine and a faint blind armorial..... More
Ian Fleming and SOE's Operation Postmaster. The Untold Top Secret Story.
Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2012. [Ian Fleming / James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 255 [5]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £19.99. A fine, as-new copy. The history of a recently unclassified sabotage operation performed with..... More
Tess of The D'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman. Wessex Edition Volume I.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1927. [Classic Literature] VINTAGE COPY, a later printing of the Wessex Edition. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xxiv; 508 [4]. With a photogravure frontispiece and a double-page map of Wessex at rear. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine. All edge untrimmed. A crisp..... More
A Group of Noble Dames. That is to say, The First Countess of Wessex; Barbara of the House of Grebe; The Marchioness of Stonehenge; Lady Mottisfont; The Lady Icenway; Squire Petrick's Lady; Anna, Lady Baxby; The Lady Penelope; The Duchess of Hamptonshire; and The Honourable Laura. The Wessex Novels Volume XV.
London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1896. [Classic Literature] From the FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] viii; 271 [1]. With a frontispiece etching by Macbeth-Raeburn, and a map of Wessex at rear. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and decorative TH monogram stamped in gilt to..... More
Two on a Tower. The Wessex Novels Volume V.
London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1895. [Classic Literature] From the FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[4] vi; 333 [1]. With a frontispiece etching by Macbeth-Raeburn, and a map of Wessex at rear. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and decorative TH monogram stamped in gilt to..... More
Far From the Madding Crowd. The Wessex Novels Volume II.
London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1895. [Classic Literature] From the FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[4] xii; 476 [2]. With a frontispiece etching by Macbeth-Raeburn, and a map of Wessex at rear. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and decorative TH monogram stamped in gilt to..... More
The Woodlanders. The Wessex Novels Volume VII.
London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1896. [Classic Literature] From the FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[10] 460 [2]. With a frontispiece etching by Macbeth-Raeburn, and a map of Wessex at rear. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and decorative TH monogram stamped in gilt to upper..... More
Eight Years in Syria, Palestine, and Asia Minor, from 1842 to 1850.
London: Colburn and Co., 1852. [Near Eastern Travel] FINE PRIZE BINDING, the Second Edition. Two volumes bound as one. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xiv; 316; pp.iii-x; 307 [3]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume; bound without half-titles. Contemporary green full calf for Bray Collegiate School, with gilt titles to..... More
Peter Simple.
London: Saunders and Otley, 1834. [Naval Adventure] SECOND EDITION. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[2] viii; 309 [3]; pp.[2] viii; 322 [4]; pp.[2] viii; 316 [2]. Original plain pasteboards, re-backed in the mid twentieth century in green quarter cloth with printed paper title labels (possibly original spare..... More
The Collected Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Poems; Prose-Tales and Literary Papers; Translations; Prose-Notices of Fine Art.
London: Ellis and Elvey, 1888. [Complete Works] FINELY BOUND, an early edition. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] xliv; 528 [2]; pp.[2] xl; 521 [3]. A fine slightly later binding of red half crushed morocco by BAYNTUN of Bath, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and..... More
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Sindbad [Sinbad] the Sailor, & Other Stories From the Arabian Nights.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1914]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST DULAC ILLUSTRATED EDITION, trade issue. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[2] 222 [2]. With 23 stunning colour plates by Dulac, including a frontispiece, each mounted with captioned tissue guards. Publisher's brown cloth, extensively decorated in green and gilt to spine and..... More
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1782; 1787; 1787; 1788; 1788; 1788. [Late Antiquity] FINELY BOUND QUARTO EDITIONS, first three volumes New Edition, final three volumes First Edition. Complete in six volumes. Quarto (29 x 23 x 31cm), pp.xx; 704; pp.[12] 640; pp.[12] 640; pp.[4] xvi; 620; pp.[12]..... More
Eleven Declarations of War.
New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. [Short War Stories] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[10] 180 [2]. Publisher's black quarter cloth with red titles to spine and yellow paper over boards. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at $6.95. A little spotting to top edge. Head-cap pulled. Jacket..... More
The Amber Spyglass. His Dark Materials III.
London: Scholastic Press, 2000. [Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 548 [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, and orange endpapers. With the orange dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt, and priced at £14.99..... More
The Magic Walking-Stick.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1932. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.215 [1]. With six plates illustrated by Sale, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt JB monogram to upper. Black ink ownership to front pastedown and fly-leaf. A nice clean copy..... More
The Light That Failed.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND, the fifth impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 339 [3]. Contemporary red full calf with gilt titles to green label and further gilt decoration to spine. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Black ink gift inscription to first blank, dated 1894. Blue..... More