New Arrivals
Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of The Fall Of Jerusalem.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. [Historical Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[12] 463 [5]. With 16 engraved plates, including a frontispiece, by Shaw. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Moderate spotting throughout. Minor repairs to rear hinge. Fairly light wear to cloth, with..... More
Montezuma's Daughter.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 325 [27]. With 24 black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Greiffenhagen. Publisher's catalogue dated 8/93, making this an earlier copy than the one mentioned in Whatmore (11/93). Publisher's dark grey cloth with..... More
Allan's Wife. And Other Tales.
London: Spencer Blackett, 1889. [Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.331 [36]. With eight black and white illustrated plates by Greiffenhagen and Kerr, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, and plum-coated endpapers. Large gum mark to front pastedown where a bookplate..... More
The Heart of the World.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896 [1895]. [Adventure novel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 348 [24]. Publisher's catalogue dated 12/95. With 15 full page black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's dark green cloth titled in gilt to spine and upper, with bevelled edges and..... More
Personae: Collected Shorter Poems of Ezra Pound.
London: Faber and Faber, 1952. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY DENIS GOACHER. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.287 [1]. Dramatically INSCRIBED by Goacher 'For my beloved Simone' in black ink to fly-leaf, quoting a line from p.211. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the yellow dust-jacket, priced at..... More
Mem Saheb's Cookery.
Bangalore: The Good Shepherd Convent Press, 1922. [Anglo-Indian Cookery] THIRD EDITION. Octavo booklet (21 x 13cm), pp.[2] xxii; 116 [6]. Interleaved with occasional advertisements on coloured paper. Publisher's paper covers lost. Still firmly bound, but heavily worn and dog-eared, with heavy creasing and chipping to upper and lower advertising leaves..... More
Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-6 in H.M. Ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery.' With Notes on the Natural History.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878. [Arctic Exploration] FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xl; 395 [3]; pp.[2] viii; 378 [2]. With six very fine photographic plates, including a frontispiece to each volume, seven full page illustrated plates, 38 in-text illustrations, and two..... More
Stories from Homer.
London: Seeley and Co., 1891. [Greek Myths] FINE PRIZE BINDING, the twenty-first thousand. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[2] xii; 307 [3]. With 24 trichromatic plates after Flaxman's famous designs, including a frontispiece. Contemporary black polished full calf for Merchiston Castle School, with raised bands, gilt titles to red label, and..... More
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. With and Introductory Discourse Concerning Taste; and Several Other Additions.
London: Printed for Vernor and Hood [etc.], 1798. [Aesthetics] CONTEMPORARY BINDING, a New Edition. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 342. With a frontispiece etching of the author. Contemporary full speckled calf, with gilt titles to red morocco label on spine. All edges light yellow. Ownership label of Hugh de Poix..... More
Lord Hornblower.
London: Michael Joseph, 1946. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Crown Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.224. Publisher's mid-brown cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Rowland Hilder, priced at 9/6. Small blue ink ownership to fly-leaf. Toning and spotting to edges. Light handling and rubbing to jacket, curved..... More
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Hearing Secret Harmonies. [A Dance to the Music of Time].
London: Heinemann, 1975. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 272. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to black background on spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Broom-Lynne, priced at £3.10. Slight toning and spotting to edges. Jacket slightly toned to spine, and re-priced to £3.30 with an..... More
Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. [English Literature] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 444. Illustrated with 39 wood engravings, including a frontispiece, by Thomson. Publisher's burgundy cloth with titles and floral design stamped in gilt to spine and upper. 'Peacock' patterned endpapers; all edges gilt. Repairs to..... More
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels: the complete paperback film tie-in editions. Dr. No; From Russia With Love; Goldfinger; Thunderball; Casino Royale; You Only Live Twice; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Diamonds Are Forever; Live and Let Die; The Man with the Golden Gun; For Your Eyes Only; Octopussy.
London: Pan Books, [and] Triad / Granada, 1963-1983. [James Bond Novels] COMPLETE FILM TIE-IN SERIES. 12 volumes. Octavo (19 x 11 x 19cm), each in the publisher's soft covers printed with a design celebrating the recent filming of the title. All housed in a black felt-lined slipcase with ribbon pull..... More
Literary Characters.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. [Literary Offprint] ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.32. INSCRIBED in black ink to inside of cover on behalf of the publisher. Publisher's plain paper covers with woodcut illustrations, bound with thick brown string. Lightly toned and spotted. Browning to spine and outer edges, with some..... More
Win, Lose Or Die (a James Bond novel).
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Tall octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.220. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper with original price £11.95 to flap. A lovely fine copy. Britain's greatest spy returns in John Gardner's eighth original 007 novel. 'Win, Lose or Die' finds Bond back in active..... More
SeaFire.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1994. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (16 x 24cm), pp.247. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £14.99 for the UK market (non-priced export copies were also produced). Edges slightly toned. A fine copy. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. BMC..... More
Never Send Flowers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION, EXPORT COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 212 [2]. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap- copies without a printed price were intended for export. A fine copy in jacket. When an officer of..... More
Death Is Forever.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.248. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £14.99 for the UK market (non-priced export copies were also produced). A fine copy. 'Death Is Forever' plunges James Bond into the dangerous, shadowy world of post-Cold-War Europe. Loaded..... More
Doubleshot.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2000. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.274. Publisher's cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. The signature was obtained during the book launch event held at our London bookshop. A fine copy. The fourth of author Raymond Benson's successful series of adventures..... More
The James Bond Collection. Licence Renewed; For Special Services; Icebreaker; Role of Honour; Nobody Lives For Ever.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novels] BOX SET. Quality hardback re-issues of the first Jonathan Cape editions (1981-6) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITIONS thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo, five volumes in publisher's illustrated red card slip-case, showing original printed price..... More
Vagabond. The Grail Quest.
London: Harper Collins, 2002. [Historical Fiction]. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xii]; 371; [1], blank. With map, vignette illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Publisher's hardcover in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author to title-page. Signed upon release and carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. An as new/unread copy. A young..... More
Farewell but Not Goodbye. My Autobiography.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2005. [Sport] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.x; 310. Illustrated with four suites of photographic plates. Publisher's hardcovers, pale blue endpapers, in dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. Author's signature in black ballpoint to the title page. Signed upon release and carefully warehoused by ourselves since..... More
Quantum of Solace. The Complete James Bond Short Stories.
New York, NY: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 2008. FIRST U.S. EDITION. Pp.279. Publisher's illustrated softcovers by Roseanne Serra and Richie Fahey, uniform with Penguin's 'Bond Re-jacketed' series; the artwork was exclusive to North America. A fine, as-new copy, having been carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. A paperback original;..... More
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Three of Them [and] Jeeves and the Chump Cyril [and] The Film that was Never Shown [and] The Magic Plus Fours [and] Billy Bones [and] The Forbidden Subject [and] First Aid for Dora [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 55, 56, 64, and 66; numbers 328, 331, 332, 366, 384 and 392.
London: George Newnes, April, July, August, and December 1918, December 1922, and August 1923. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six magazines. Octavo (27 x 19cm), pp.44; 265-344; 45-52; pp.20; 76; 21-32; pp.16; 77-152; 17-34; pp.64; 361-484; 65-82; pp.84; 487-628; 85-118; pp.48; 105-212; 49-64. Liberally illustrated in black and white throughout. Publisher's..... More
The Woman of Andros. aq
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1930. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (27 x 21cm), pp.[12] 105 [7]. With a woodcut frontispiece tipped in with a tissue guard. Printed on fine handmade paper by the Westminster Press. Number 22 of just 260 copies SIGNED by the author in black..... More