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— Ernest Hemingway
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The Picture Post Coronation Peep-Show Book. Devised and Drawn by Edwin Smith, with a Commentary on the Ceremony and Regalia by Olive Cook.
London: Hulton Press, 1953. [Coronation Peep-Show] ORIGINAL FOLD-OUT PEEP-SHOW. Octavo (21 x 19cm), pp.32. A seven-layered colour-illustrated concertina peep-show, designed to be viewed from both directions, depicting the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey in 1953. Contained within coloured card covers, all illustrated by Smith, with a...... More
Shooting Stars.
London: BBC Books, 1996. [Game Show] MULTI-SIGNED COPY, the second printing. Tall octavo (29 x 15cm), pp.120. Illustrated in colour throughout, with audio CD attached to clear plastic pouch on front cover. SIGNED by all five members of the cast in blue marker to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper..... More
Since We Fell.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2017. [Psychological Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 418 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with black titles to spine and green cloth over boards. With the dust-jacket designed by Rachel Willey, priced..... More
A Drink Before the War.
New York, NY: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[14] 267 [7]. Publisher's black quarter cloth with green titles to spine and green paper over boards. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at $22.95. A little light handling and shelf-wear. A fine copy. The..... More
Royal Flash.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1970. [Historical Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.261 [3]. Maps to endpapers. Publisher's red paper-covered boards with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by A.E. Barbosa, priced at £1.50. A little toning to edges and some minor bumping to boards. Jacket rubbed..... More
The Black Prince.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1973. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 364 [2]. Publisher's purple paper-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. With the blue dust-jacket illustrated by Christopher Cornford, priced at £2.50. Toning to edges, with some light rubbing and bumping to binding and jacket edges..... More
Light Freights.
London: Methuen & Co., 1901. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 295 [49]. With 12 line-drawn plates by Stacey, including a frontispiece. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine, and all in black to upper. Spotting throughout; quite heavily to edges. Toning to..... More
The Poetical Works of William Cowper.
Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1854. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND FIRST THUS. Two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxx; 416 [2]; pp.[2] xxviii; 428 [2]. Reasonably-sized print on good paper. Very fine contemporary green full morocco by J. WRIGHT, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and very fine..... More
![The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone [and] A Bit of Orange Peel [and] The Bully of Brocas Court...](/pictures/thumb/57551.jpg?v=1596213309)
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone [and] A Bit of Orange Peel [and] The Bully of Brocas Court [and] A Glass of Whisky [and] The Heel of Achilles [and] Jeeves in the Spring-Time [and] The Long Hole [and] The Nightmare Room [and] Painting as a Pastime [and] An Unconventional Introduction [and] The Unexpected Clicking of Cuthbert [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 62.
London: George Newnes, July to December 1921. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.iv; 590. With frequent half-tone illustrations, very occasionally in colour. Publisher's pale blue cloth with black and gilt titles to spine, and black titles and decoration to upper. Moderate rubbing to cloth, especially spine, with..... More
'Puck of Pook's Hill', and 'Some Fore-Runners of Sherlock Holmes' in The Strand Magazine.
London, George Newnes Jan-Dec.1906. The complete Puck in parts; FIRST APPEARANCE, preceeding the edition in book-form. Original magazine issues; 10 separate parts. Illustrated throughout. Bound in publisher's light blue pictorial wrappers. Some minor chips as expected, some adsverts excised from Feb. and June issues, but generally a very clean, attractive..... More
Atlas Shrugged.
New York, NY: Random House, 1957. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[viii]; 1168. Elegantly hand-bound in full dark blue oasis morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and gilt ornament to spine, gilt border to boards, marbled endpapers, original tinted top edge. Publisher's original spine and upper board..... More
The Man Who Supercharged Bond.
Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. Publisher's hardcover, grey endpapers, photographic dust-wrapper. A very fine/as-new copy, autographed at our bookshop and carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. Subtitled 'The Extraordinary story of Charles Amherst..... More
The Scarecrow and his Servant.
London: Doubleday, 2004. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[8] 230 [2]. With frequent in-text line drawings by Bailey, somewhat in the style of Ardizzone. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'Greetings to Oliver — | Philip Pullman.' Publisher's green cloth with gilt..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
New York, NY: The New American Library, 1965. [James Bond] US BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 183 [1]. Publisher's black leatherette with gilt titles to spine and blue leatherette strips to fore-edges. Top edge blue; fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket in blue. A nice clean copy internally..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1962. [James Bond] US BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.211 [13]. Publisher's black leatherette with gilt titles to spine and red leatherette strips to fore-edges. Top edge red; fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket in orange. A nice clean copy with just a...... More
From Russia With Love.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1957. [James Bond] US BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.191 [1]. Publisher's black leatherette with gilt titles to spine and red leatherette strips to fore-edges. Top edge red; fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket in orange. Small ownership stamp to fly-leaf. Some light..... More
The Poetical Works of John Dryden; containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations; with notes by the Rev. Joseph Warton, D.D.; the Rev. John Warton, M.A.; and Others.
London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1862. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xii; lx; 445 [3]. With an engraved frontispiece and vignette title page. Very small print in two columns. Contemporary red full morocco by WISEMAN, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and gilt crest of..... More
Clinical Memoirs on Abdominal Tumours and Intumescence. Reprinted from the 'Guy's Hospital Reports.'
London: The New Sydenham Society, 1861. [Medicine] SECOND PRINTING THUS. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xviii; 326. With occasional in-text diagrams and illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind and gilt decoration to boards. All edges red; yellow-coated endpapers. Exceptionally crisp and clean internally. Rubbing to spine..... More
Aphrodite: Mœurs Antiques.
Paris: Libraire Illustree. — J. Tallandier, Editeur, no date [1902]. [Erotic Historical Fiction] FINELY BOUND ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[4] xiv; 374 [6]. Liberally illustrated with both full page and in-text half-tone illustrations by Zier, including the decorative paper front cover bound in. All text in French. Contemporary..... More
Warwickshire.
London: A. and C. Black Ltd., 1922. [Travel] SECOND EDITION, REVISED. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.xii; 260. Publisher's blind stamped blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and in blind to upper, dust-jacket with printed price of 7s. 6d. With thirty two plates in colour and a sketch map of the..... More
Cambridge.
London: A. and C. Black Ltd., 1922. [Travel] SECOND EDITION, REVISED. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.x; 220. Publisher's blind stamped blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and in blind to upper, blue top edge, dust-jacket. With thirty two plates in colour and a sketch map of the country. Ownership to..... More
Belgium.
London: A. and C. Black Ltd., 1928. [Travel] SECOND EDITION, REVISED. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.x; 250; [2]. Publisher's blind stamped blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and in blind to upper, blue top edge, dust-jacket. With thirty two plates in colour and a sketch map of the country. Ownership..... More
Derbyshire.
London: A. and C. Black Ltd., 1927. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.viii; 239; [1]. Publisher's blind stamped blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and in black to upper, dust-jacket with printed price of 7s. 6d. With thirty two plates in colour and a sketch map of the..... More
Into the Abyss. Part II of Family Without a Name.
London: Arco Publications, 1963. [Historical Fiction] FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.171 [1]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black and orange dust-jacket designed by William Langstaffe, priced at 12/6. Lightly toned to jacket spine. Near fine. The second part of the grand heroic tragedy..... More
Measuring a Meridian.
London: Arco Publications, 1964. [African Adventure] FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.189 [3]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black and green dust-jacket, originally priced at 12/6, and re-priced to £1.25 with a sticker. A slight nick to lower jacket flap, otherwise a lovely fine..... More