"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway
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Washington Square. The Pension Beaurepas. A Bundle of Letters.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1881. [Literature] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, Hybrid issue. Two volumes, Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.265; 271. With a 24-page catalogue at the rear of volume II, dated January 1881. Publisher's blue-green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, coated brown endpapers. Contents clean. A used set with some... More
Cakes and Ale. or The Skeleton in the Cupboard.
London: William Heinemann, 1930. [Satire] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 270. Printing error 'won' for 'won't' on p.147, line 14. Publisher's mid-blue cloth binding blocked in gilt and black, original printed dust-wrapper. Text block a little toned, light spotting (mostly to preliminaries), jacket crisp and fine with some... More
The Island of Fu Manchu.
London: Cassell, 1941. [Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.282. Publisher's black cloth blocked in red to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Ban priced at 8s. Neat gift inscription to flyleaf, edges uniformly toned, jacket clean and bright with a couple of small nicks. A near fine copy. More
A Small Town In Germany.
London: Heinemann, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm) pp.306; [2], blank. Burgundy cloth hardcover in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 30s. A very lightly handled copy in fine condition. 'A Small Town In Germany' is set in Bonn, the small and provincial capital of West Germany, where Le... More
Emperor Fu Manchu.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1959. [Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221; [1], blank; [2], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth lettered in white to spine, striking pictorial dust-wrapper clipped and re-priced by the publisher at 6/6. A near fine copy of the book (slightly bumped), in an attractive wrapper with... More
![The Third Man [and The Fallen Idol]. Graham GREENE.](/pictures/thumb/53050.jpg?v=1552663329)
The Third Man [and The Fallen Idol].
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. [Spy novel and short story] FIRST EDITION. Small Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.188. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, pictorial dust jacket in monochrome, red and white titles. Minor dustiness to edges of text block; jacket is fine. An outstanding example. Two classic... More
Louder and Funnier.
London: Faber and Faber, 1932. [Humour/satire] FIRST EDITION IN BOOK-FORM, Second issue. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.286. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, in plain buff dust-wrapper lettered in black, priced 8/6. A beautiful fine, unread copy of the book in similar price-clipped wrapper, with some minor edgewear. A collection... More
Horatio Hornblower. An omnibus volume comprising The Commodore and Lord Hornblower.
London: Michael Joseph, 1952. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.431; [1]. Publisher's dark blue cloth with silver titles to spine in Val Biro designed dust-jacket, complete with original sash promoting the television adaptation starring Michael Redgrave. Neat ownership to front pastedown. Some mottling to cloth. A few... More
Burmese Days.
New York, NY: Harper and Bros., 1934. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.vi;371; [3], blank. Title page printed in two colours. Publisher's orange cloth blocked in black to spine and upper, floral patterned endpapers, edges untrimmed. Contents clean, page edges toned, short tear and small ink number... More
Researches on Light. An Examination of All the Phenomena connected with the Chemical and Molecular Changes Produced by the Influence of the Solar Rays; Embracing All the Known Photographic Processes, and New Discoveries in the Art.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. [Science] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii; 303; [32], catalogue dated April 1844. With folding chart as frontispiece, highlighted in colour, errata slip on p.v. Publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, titled in gilt to spine, coated yellow endpapers, edges untrimmed. Light and occasional... 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
The Old Reliable.
London: Herbert Jenkins, no date [1964]. [Humour] FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRRESSION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.233; [1]; [2 of adverts]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black in an amusing pictorial dust-jacket designed by Frank Ford with printed price of 6/- net. Offsetting to endpapers, some spotting to top edge, all... More
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [First World War] LEATHERBOUND FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.672. With 54 illustrated plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Handsomely bound in recent half brown morocco leather with raised bands, navy morocco title... More
The Happy Return.
London: Michael Joseph, 1937. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION of the first Horatio Hornblower novel. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.287; [1]. Publisher's green cloth in original dust-wrapper illustrated by Rowland Hilder. A little spotting to edges, neat repaired tear to half title, clean bright jacket with one small chip and tear... More
Toad of Toad Hall.
London: Methuen and Co, 1929. [Childrens' classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. xv; 167; [8], advertisements. Publisher's light blue cloth lettered in gilt, printed dust-wrapper. Minor offset toning to endpapers, jacket with one neat tear to rear, lightly creased to same, otherwise a lovely fine, fresh-looking copy. The... More
Pigs Have Wings.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. [Classic Humour] FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.220; [2], advertisements; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black, in an amusing pictorial dustjacket by 'Sax'. Edges a little dusty/toned, discreet ink ownership to flyleaf, jacket with a few short tears, price-clipped. Overall a bright... More
Cleopatra. Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis, the Royal Egyptian, as set forth by his own Hand.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. [Adventure Fiction] FIRST EDITION, First issue, adverts dated January, 1889. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 336; [16]. With thirty illustrations, errata slip p.xv. Publisher's blue-grey cloth, bevelled edges, gilt titles, edges untrimmed, patterned endpapers. Light spotting, some leaves unopened/uncut, very light rubbing to extremities;... More
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. [Literary classic] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 438; [34]. With 174 wood-cut illustrations by Kemble. Pictorial red cloth boards, yellow-brown floral endpapers, later adverts dated January 1885. Exceptionally clean within, covers very lightly handled, spine a trifle sunned; a particularly sharp example... More
A Room of One's Own.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1929. [Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.172. Cinnamon cloth, titled in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper by Vanessa Bell priced at 5s. Clean, fresh and bright, with trivial offset from jacket flaps, minimal wear to spine of jacket at tips. An unquestionably fine copy... More
The Medusa Touch.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in gilt to spine, dust-jacket designed by Colin Hay, with printed price of £2.00 net. Some slight marks to edges, spine ends slightly pushed. Fine. More
Oriental Assembly.
London: Williams and Norgate, 1939. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xii; 291;[1]. With four illustrations including frontispiece, as well as 111 photographic images on plates. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge dark brown. Typographic dust-jacket with titles in black to spine and upper, showing printed... More
Summer Moonshine.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1938. [Classic Humour] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.312; [8]. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. Top edge red. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Fenwick, priced at 7/6 to the spine. Some spotting to edges, preliminaries and advertisements. Dustiness to... More
![[Harry Potter] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Newt Scamander, J. K. ROWLING, born 1965.](/pictures/thumb/52626.jpg?v=1552663323)
[Harry Potter] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
New York, NY: Arthur A Levine/Scholastic Press, 2001. [Fantasy] FIRST U.S. EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Slim octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.42. A paperback original. A little creased to spine, minor handling/toning; near fine. Autographed in black ink by J. K. Rowling to the title page, with the author's authentication..... More
The Tales of Beedle The Bard. Translated from the original runes Hermione Granger.
London: Children's High Level Group, 2008. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.109; [1], blank. Publisher's pictorial blue and grey glazed paper boards and spine entitled in dark blue. Fine/as new. Autographed in blue ink by J. K. Rowling to the second half title/dedication leaf... More