New Arrivals
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The Quarterly Review [Frankenstein]. Volume XVIII, Numbers XXXV and XXVI.
London: John Murray, October 1817 and January 1818. [Literary Reviews] REVIEW OF FRANKENSTEIN. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 554; [2]. Contemporary black half calf with gilt titles to spine. Marbled boards and edges. Some occasional spotting; more so to preliminaries, worming to bottom margin of first few leaves. Date to... More
History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Purnell, 1969-1971. [History] FIRST EDITION THUS. Seven volumes, quarto (33 x 24 x 41cm). 112 partworks in illustrated wraps, housed in the separately issued publisher's blue Rexine binders. Occasional ownership annotation to covers, all volumes slightly bowed due to the weight but still sound and robust. Light wear to... More
Goldeneye. Where Bond was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica.
London: Hutchinson, 2014. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xii]; 388. With eight photographic plates in colour. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine; pictorial dust-wrapper. An unread, fine copy. An insightful look at Fleming's life in Jamaica, where he spent each winter writing his James Bond novels... More
Complete UK Book Club Editions of Ian Fleming's James Bond Novels. Comprising: Live and Let Die, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun.
London: Foyle [The Book Club], 1956-1966. [James Bond] COMPLETE BOOK CLUB EDITIONS. 11 volumes, octavo (20 x 14 x 26cm). Publisher's hardbacks in illustrated dust-wrappers. Spines toned/browned, some chips and tears. The entire run of the popular British book club editions, which began in 1956 with 'Live and Let Die'... More
HMS Ulysses.
London: Collins, 1955. [Nautical thriller] FIRST EDITION. Author's first book. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated map endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper by John Rose. Contents clean, mixed paper stock shows minor differences in colour, edges a little dusty, small chip to cloth at... More
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.672. With fifty four illustrated plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt crossed scimitar motif to... More
A Dictionary of the English Language. In which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. To which are prefixed, A History of the Language and An English Grammar.
London: Printed for Longman and others, 1818. FIRST TODD EDITION. 4 volumes. Quarto (29 x 22 x 26cm), with additions and numerous corrections by Rev. Todd. Frontispiece portrait of S. Johnson by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Elegantly bound in original full polished calf, gilt, with gilt labels to spine, gilt crest... More
Lyra's Oxford.
London: David Fickling Books, 2003. [Fantasy] Signed First Edition. Small octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.55. Publisher's red cloth boards, paper label to front board, as issued; grey endpapers, with fold-out map. Signed by Philip Pullman upon publication and carefully warehoused by ourselves since then. Absolutely fine. 'Lyra's Oxford' is the... More
James Bond, The Man and His World. The Official Companion to Ian Fleming's Creation.
London: John Murray, 2005. [Bondiana] FIRST EDITION. Illustrated quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.250. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20. As issued, without the rear flyleaf. Trivial handling; a fine copy. Cited by Gilbert as a primary reference book on Ian Fleming/James Bond, this is a 'detailed and... More
Stephen Morris. Together with Pilotage.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1961. [Aviation stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth in an all-over pictorial dust-jacked designed by Fratini, with the printed price of 163 net. Marginal toning to spine and some light handling only; a clean, near fine copy. Two flying... More
The Far Country.
London: William Heinemann, 1952. [Romantic adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.333; [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, debossed monogram and publisher's devices to boards, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Val Biro, with printed price of 12s 6d net. Contents clean, edge of text block a little... More
Requiem for a Wren.
London: William Heinemann, 1955. [Romantic adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Val Biro with printed price of 12s 6d net. Contents clean, some spotting to page edges, ink name to flyleaf, jacket clean and fresh... More
Goldfinger.
London: Pan Books Ltd., 1961. The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'Great Pan' series G455. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.223; [1], advertisement. Publisher's illustrated softcovers with original price 2/6 to upper panel. Pages tanned as usual, some general handling but no major defects, ink ownership to inside cover. A very good copy. Gilbert A7a (18). More
Thunderball.
London: Pan Books, 1963. FIRST EDITION in paperback. Slim octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.234; [6], advertisements. Pictorial card wrappers with the classic die-cut bullet hole design by Raymond Hawkey. Some expected toning/browning to paper, minor spine roll, moderate handling and wear to covers, some soiling to rear panel. Shows well... More
Mansfield Park.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. [English Literature] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xviii; 429; [1], blank. With wood engravings, including a frontispiece, by Hugh Thomson. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped floral design to spine and covers, 'Peacock' patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. Minor edgewear, some fading/rubbing... More
Pride and Prejudice.
New York: The Century Co., 1905. [English Literature] BROCK ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.329. With full-page illustrations by Brock. Elegantly bound in recent half green oasis morocco over sage green buckram sides, gilt titles and rules to spine, top edge gilt. A clean, fine copy, inside and out... More
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Appointment with Death [Hercule Poirot].
London: For The Crime Club by Collins, 1938. [Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION, octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.252; [4], advertisements. Publisher's orange cloth, lettered in black to backstrip. Contents clean, a few minor spotts to edges of text block, some inoffensive sunning to spine and extremities. A very good copy of... More
Kipling's Indian Tales.
New York, NY: Dodge Publishing Company, 1899. [Fiction] ORIENTAL EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 750; [ii], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine and boards, blocked in colour to boards and spine, gilt top edge. Title page in red and black. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, sixteen... More
Sierra Leone. A Modern Portrait.
London: HMSO, 1954. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm). Hardback in pictorial wrapper. With colour frontispiece, fold-out colour map to rear, numerous photographic plates, illustrated endpapers. Slightly dusty and a trifle handled, jacket chipped at extremities; very good. An important source book used by James Bond author Ian Fleming... More
Nobody Lives For Ever.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Black cloth-effect paper over boards, gilt titles, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie. Small chip to lower edge of dust-jacket front panel, bumped at foot. Overall a clean, near fine copy. John Gardner's fifth original... More
From Russia, With Love.
London: Foyle [The Book Club] [released 1958]. [Spy thriller] Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3] blank. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. A used copy with some general wear and dustiness, jacket with some chips and tears and a.... More
Sons and Lovers.
London: Duckworth, 1913. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, Roberts' variant 1 (of 3) with cancelled title page; no clear prority given. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.423; [1], blank; [20], catalogue. Cancelled title is dated. Publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. Contents spotted, edges toned, library label to rear endpaper (no stamps... More
The Lady of Blossholme.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first state with misprint to p.79, line 16 'very' for 'every'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.316, with five colour plate illustrations by Wal Paget. Publisher's mid-green cloth, with gilt titles and colour illustration laid down to upper. Contents clean, some bumping... More
Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. [English Literature] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 444. With wood engravings, including a frontispiece, by Hugh Thomson. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped floral design to spine and covers, 'Peacock' patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. Minor edgewear, some fading/rubbing to backstrip... More
Round the Bend.
London: Heinemann, 1951. [Aviation thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6]; 306. In publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles, illustrated dust-jacket by Biro, priced at 12/6. Contents clean, mixed paper stock toned to centre sections, ink ownership to prelims, jacket clean and fresh with a couple of mended tears... More