"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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Cricket in the Park. The Life and Times of Lord Sheffield 1832-1909.
London: Methuen, 2009. [Cricket] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xii; 288; [4]. Publisher's black paper covered boards, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of £18.99. With a foreword by Sir John Major. inscribed by the author to the title page: "To Leonard F. Johnson | Best... More about Cricket in the Park. The Life and Times of Lord Sheffield 1832-1909
A concise history of Photography.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. [Film] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY KEN RUSSELL. Octavo (22 x cm), pp; 314; [2]. Illustrated throughout. Beautifully bound for Asprey, likely by Zaehnsdorf, in green half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and raised bands to spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Inscribed... More about A concise history of Photography
Time Must Have a Stop.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1945. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[iv]; 305; [1], imprint; [2], blank. Publisher's blue cloth in striking typographic wrapper priced at 9/6. No inscriptions. Near fine in a lightly chipped and slightly sunned jacket. Shows well. More about Time Must Have a Stop
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, Printed by Omnia Press, Glasgow, 2000. [Fantasy novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Omnia Press (Scottish) edition. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.636; [2]. Publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards and matching dust-jacket illustrated by Giles Greenfield, priced at £14.99. Signed by the author on the dedication page. Absolutely fine/as new. The first... More about Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
London: Bloomsbury, 1999. [Children's Classic] DELUXE EDITION, Fifth Impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm). Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, with an illustration by Cliff Wright laid to upper. All edges gilt. A fine copy still in the original shrink-wrap, priced at £18. Shrink-wrap neatly opened... More about Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
At Bertram's Hotel.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1965. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and pattern to boards, dust-jacket designed by Brian Russell with printed price of 16s net. Edges and endleaves lightly spotted, clean jacket a little toned to... More about At Bertram's Hotel
The Allingham Case-Book.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1969. [Detective Mysteries] UNCORRECTED PROOF of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222; [2], blank. Publisher's green softcovers with printed details to upper, plus ink-stamped and hand-written publication information from Chatto's publicity department to lower half. Contents fine and unread; covers toned to extremities, minor... More about The Allingham Case-Book
Honey for the Bears.
London: Heinemann, 1963. [Cold War Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Neil and Leila Godfrey, priced at 18s. Some spotting to edges and preliminaries; lightly browned throughout. Light rubbing and bruising to jacket edges. Very good. More about Honey for the Bears
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In Gallant Company. [A Bolitho Novel].
London: Hutchinson, 1977. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.287; [1]. With maps to grey endpapers. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Chris Mayger, priced at £3.95. Spotting to edges. Some rubbing to cloth and some light bruising to jacket edges. Very good. More about In Gallant Company. [A Bolitho Novel
Varied Verse.
London and Tunbridge Wells: The Reliance Press, no date [1925]. [Kent and Sussex Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.63 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Major Heron, with the author's | kindred regards & in remembrance | of many a hearty... More about Varied Verse
Notices of the Historic Persons Buried in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vinncula, in the Tower of London. With an Account of the Discovery of the Supposed Remains of Queen Anne Boleyn.
London: John Murray, 1877. [English History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 340 [32]. With 24 engravings, including a frontispiece. Publisher's cloth with gilt titles to spine, brown endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Ownership inscriptions to both recto and verso of flyleaf, light spotting to preliminaries. Cloth sunned to spine... More about Notices of the Historic Persons Buried in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vinncula, in the Tower of...
To Risks Unknown.
London: Hutchinson, 1969. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, map endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Val Biro, priced at 30s / £1.50. A little toned to edges, cloth bumped to top corners. Minor chips and some closed tears to jacket edges;... More about To Risks Unknown
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again.
London: George Allen and Unwin, for the Folio Society, 1976. [Children's Classic] FIRST DELUXE EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.286; [2]. With 20 plates in colour after illustrations by Tolkien, some with colour by H.E. Riddett. Publisher's tan quarter morocco with gilt titles and a gilt design by Jeff Clements... More about The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Heraldic Album [Arms, Crests, and Monograms].
no date [circa 1890's]. [Crest and Monogram Album] CREST AND MONOGRAM COLLECTION. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), title page and 35 unpaginated leaves, all completed with crests and monograms in various colours cut from envelopes and headed paper. Blue leather-grain-effect cloth over boards with blind decoration. All edges gilt. Clean... More about Heraldic Album [Arms, Crests, and Monograms
American Domestic Cookery, formed on Principles of Economy, for the use of Private Families. By an Experienced Housekeeper. To which is added the Complete Family Brewer.
New York, NY: Evert Duyckinck, 1823. [Cookery] EARLY EDITION. Duodecimo in half-sheets (15 x 9cm), pp.357; [7]. With nine engraved plates including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Contemporary straight grained brown calf with gilt decoration to spine and gilt titles to recently applied black labels. Marbled endpapers. Black ink... More about American Domestic Cookery, formed on Principles of Economy, for the use of Private Families. By...
Methuen's Library of Humour: P.G. Wodehouse.
London: Methuen and Co., 1934. [Humour Anthology] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.vi; 153 [1]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind stamp to upper board. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 2/6. Some dustiness top top edge. Marginally short jacket toned to spine with... More about Methuen's Library of Humour: P.G. Wodehouse
Beasts in Heraldry.
Brattleboro, VT: The Stephen Greene Press, 1974. [Heraldry] FIRST EDITION. Square octavo (22 x 22cm), pp.96. Containing twenty colour illustrations by Marie Angel (1923-2010). Publisher's cream vegetable parchment with gilt titles to spine, presented in the original blue paper-covered box, with a cream insert and a tri-fold flier for the... More about Beasts in Heraldry
Do Butlers Burgle Banks?
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1968. [Humour] FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY ETHEL WODEHOUSE. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp. 189; [3] blank. Publisher's green cloth titled in silver to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Osbert Lancaster, priced at 21s. Inscribed by Ethel Wodehouse to flyleaf. Spotting to edges, a few corners folded to... More about Do Butlers Burgle Banks?
The Human Zoo.
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. [Sociobiology] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.256. INSCRIBED: 'To Hector | Best wishes | from | Desmond | Feb 1970' in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black quarter cloth with silver titles to spine and yellow paper over boards... More about The Human Zoo
Life of Mary Queen of Scots.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1893. [Biography] FINELY BOUND, a later edition. Two volumes. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xii; 462; [2]; pp.xii; 508; [2]. With an etched frontispiece to each volume and a folding facsimile letter to volume I. Contemporary tan half calf by MUDIE with raised bands, gilt... More about Life of Mary Queen of Scots
Sonia Married.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1919]. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.335 [25]. INSCRIBED: 'For | Mrs. Cleveland-Stevens | with every good wish from | author | Stephen McKenna | 29 November 1919.' in blue ink to flyleaf. Publisher's pink cloth with black titles to... More about Sonia Married
The Uncollected Wodehouse.
New York, NY: a Continuum Book, the Seabury Press, 1976. [Classic Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 212; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth, silver titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Donya Melanson Associates with printed price of $8.95. Cloth lightly handled, some toning and rubbing to wrapper edges. Near... More about The Uncollected Wodehouse
The Eighteen-carat Kid, and Other Stories.
New York, NY: Continuum, 1980. [Classic Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 163; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket. with printed price of $10.95. Edited and introduced by David A. Jasen. Lightly handled. Fine. Four short stories never before published in the US. More about The Eighteen-carat Kid, and Other Stories
The Unicorn.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1963. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 319; [1], blank. Sage green hardcovers with gilt titles to spine, top edge coloured blue, in pictorial dust-jacket by Christopher Cornford priced at 21s. Book is near fine; jacket very good, with a few chips and... More about The Unicorn
The Commodore.
London: Michael Joseph, 1945. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.271; [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth with silver titles to spine, in striking Barbosa-designed dust-wrapper priced at 9/6. Dusty top edge else book is near fine. Jacket sunned to spine, some rubbing and a couple of short tears. Very... More about The Commodore