"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain
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The Man With Two Left Feet.
New York, NY: A.L. Burt Company, 1933. [Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.283; [1], blank. Publisher's orange cloth, with black titles and decoration, top edge tinted orange, pictorial jacket by Harry Beckhoff. Contents clean, cloth fresh. A lovely fine copy in a very slightly used jacket. More about The Man With Two Left Feet
Pride and Prejudice.
London: Eldon Press Limited, 1939. [Literature] FIRST THUS. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 588; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, striking metallic gold dust-jacket with printed price of 2'6 net. Some spotting to preliminaries, neat ownership to flyleaf, bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Cloth discoloured to foot of... More about Pride and Prejudice
Collected Animal Poems: The Iron Wolf; What is the Truth?; A March Calf; The Thought-Fox.
London: Faber and Faber, 1995. [Poetry] FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED TO VOLUME I. Four volumes, octavo (22 x 14 x 7cm) Publisher's black cloth, white dust-wrappers, publisher's white pictorial slipcase. Signed by Hughes, the late Poet Laureate, in Volume 1. Illustrated by Chris Riddell in volume 1 and by Lisa Flather... More about Collected Animal Poems: The Iron Wolf; What is the Truth?; A March Calf; The Thought-Fox
Contribute to The STRAND Magazine. The first 14 volumes. Edited by George Newnes.
London: George Newnes, 1891-97. [Literary Magazine] A straight run of FOURTEEN volumes, from vol. I to XIV. Includes the first publication of several novels and stories such as Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles and other adventures, plus works by Jules Verne, Rudyard Kipling, M.P. Shiel, Arthur Morrison and..... More about Contribute to The STRAND Magazine. The first 14 volumes. Edited by George Newnes
Crossfire Hurricane.
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications, 1997. [Rock photo-documentary] LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by Photographer Bob Gruen. Folio (30 x 24cm), pp.136. Bound in three-colour silk-screened fabric cover, featuring Mick Jagger on the front board and Keith Richards on the back, with a four-colour screen printed slipcase featuring the band. A superb production... More about Crossfire Hurricane
Cat Among the Pigeons.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1] blank. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, in typographic dust-jacket. Some minor toning to book block, light wear to jacket, a little rubbed to lower joint, price clipped. Very good indeed... More about Cat Among the Pigeons
Sword of Honour. A Final Version of the Novels Men at Arms (1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955), and Unconditional Surrender (1961).
London: Chapman and Hall, 1965. [Military saga] First Edition thus. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.796, with errata slip present at preface. Publisher's hardcover in original dust-wrapper priced at 50s. Faintest toning to spine; a clean, bright near fine copy which appears to be unread. The streamlined version of the acclaimed... More about Sword of Honour. A Final Version of the Novels Men at Arms (1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955),...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, 1902. [Detective Fiction] FIRST SOUVENIR EDITION, with title page dated 1902 and pale green patterned endpapers. The 1903 printing is not dated and has plain endpapers. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.342. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. The first Holmes story collection in attractive original gilt-pictorial blue cloth, top... More about The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Tales of Sherlock Holmes.
New York, NY: Triangle Books, 1941. [Sherlock Holmes] UNCOMMON REPRINT. Seventh Triangle Books printing. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 415; [5] blank. Publisher's green cloth titled in silver to black label on spine, silver decoration to spine and upper board, edges coloured yellow, pictorial dust-jacket. Textblock toned, spine a shade... More about Tales of Sherlock Holmes
Middlemarch. A Study of Provincial Life.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1874. [English Literature] FIRST SINGLE VOLUME EDITION, previously published in four volumes (1871-2). With engraved title (dated 1874). Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.621; [3], blank. Publisher's gilt-pictorial russet cloth, coated brown endpapers, edges untrimmed. Trivial dustiness to edge a clean, fine copy in... More about Middlemarch. A Study of Provincial Life
Complete James Bond First Editions in Facsimile. Comprising Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill and Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesties Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories).
[Jonathan Cape, London] First Edition Library, Shelton, Connecticut [1953-66] 1980s-90s. [Thrillers] 14 volumes, small octavo (20 x 14 x 41cm). Replica volumes in illustrated dust-wrappers. The complete set in the original pictorial card slip-cases. All books near fine to fine, slipcases lightly handled with light marking etc. Most attractive. Complete... More about Complete James Bond First Editions in Facsimile. Comprising Casino Royale, Live and Let Die,...
The Story of British Prisoners.
London: The Central Committee for National Patriotic Organisations, no date [May 1915]. [Propaganda] RARE ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Crown Octavo (21 x 14cm). pp.31; [1] blank. Publisher's brown paper wrappers, titles in black, stapled once, with printed price of one penny to upper. Internally fine, some splitting to spine, a little creasing/folding... More about The Story of British Prisoners
Flashman and the Tiger, And other extracts from The Flashman Papers.
London: Harper Collins, 1999. [Adventure fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.319; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine in original pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Barbosa. Trivial toning and handling. Near fine. More about Flashman and the Tiger, And other extracts from The Flashman Papers
A Thousand Miles up the Nile.
London, George Routledge and Son's Ltd., 1891. [Near-Eastern Travel]. Second Edition/later printing. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xxviii; 499; [1], blank. With over seventy detailed engravings throughout, including frontispiece, all taken from illustrations by the author. Publisher's pictorial mid-blue cloth, gilt, coated yellow endpapers. Contents very clean, dated inscription to flyleaf... More about A Thousand Miles up the Nile
"Farthest North", Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-96 and of fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram. About One Hundred and Twenty Full Page and Numerous Text Illustrations and Coloured Plate in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches. Portrait and Maps.
London: George Newnes, 1898. [Arctic Exploration] SECOND EDITION. Two volumes. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 480; pp.viii; 456. Illustrated throughout with numerous photogravure illustrations and photographs, and a large folding map to the rear of volume I. Publisher's silver and gilt pictorial green/blue cloth, bevelled edges, black endpapers, all... More about "Farthest North", Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram'...
A Midsummer Night's Dream. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
London: William Heinemann, 1908. [Fantasy drama] First Rackham Illustrated Edition. Quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.134. With 40 tipped-in colour plates, each with captioned tissue guards. Publisher's light brown cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, top edge tinted brown. Contents clean, some spotting to endpapers, neat contemporary inscription to flyleaf, binding a.... More about A Midsummer Night's Dream. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham
The Blue Guitar. Etchings by David Hockney, who was Inspired by Wallace Stevens, who was Inspired by Pablo Picasso.
London: Petersburg Press, 1977. [Illustrated Poetry] FIRST THUS. Square octavo (22 x 22cm), pp.51; [1]. Twenty colour etchings by Hockney interleaved with Stevens' poetry. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards with paper title label to upper, brown endpapers, dust-jacket priced at £5.50. A little shaken; rubbing to board edges. Some wear and... More about The Blue Guitar. Etchings by David Hockney, who was Inspired by Wallace Stevens, who was Inspired...
The Saint Sees it Through.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's tan cloth with brown titles to spine and upper board. With the dust-jacket designed by Jarvis, priced at 8/6. Light spotting to edges, offsetting to endpapers, neat ownership to pastedown. some discolouring to board edges... More about The Saint Sees it Through
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The Mary Deare [aka The Wreck of the Mary Deare].
London: Collins, 1956. [Naval thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.156. Publisher's green cloth in pictorial jacket. Price clipped, else a lovely fine copy. The 'Mary Deare' was a 6000-ton freighter and apparently abandoned 'ghost-ship', which emerged one night from severe Biscay gales into the English Channel, and into... More about The Mary Deare [aka The Wreck of the Mary Deare
A History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians, in Minnesota, including the personal narratives of many who escaped.
Cincinnati, OH: Rickey and Carroll, 1864. [Americana] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2;] 504; [10]. With seven wood engraved plates, including a frontispiece portrait of Little Crow. Publisher's green blind-decorated cloth with gilt titles to spine. Printed advertisements to pastedowns. Spotting throughout, textblock a little shaken with some gathers... More about A History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians, in Minnesota, including the personal...
31 Songs.
London: Viking, 2003. [Popular Music] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[12]; 196. Illustrated throughout in black and white. SIGNED by the author in thick blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Hatch Show Print, priced at... More about 31 Songs
The Story of Mr Korah.
London: Michael Joseph, 1954. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 20cm), unpaginated, with three fine chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece tipped in and 16 further sketch illustrations by Whistler. Publisher's red quarter cloth over grey cloth boards, gilt titles to spine gilt figure to upper, light blue endpapers, dust-jacket... More about The Story of Mr Korah
Thrilling Cities.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Travel] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the First Edition. Octavo (23 x 16cm), with plates. Publisher's softcovers in the neon pink proof-only dust-wrapper. The Paul Davis-designed jacket is uncut, with square corners (the published book jacket wrapper has clipped corners) and the publication date is stamped at... More about Thrilling Cities
The First Men in the Moon.
London: George Newnes, 1901. [Classic fantasy] FIRST EDITION, in the first of three binding states. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[vii]; 342. Illustrated with 12 monochrome plates, some by Shepperson, some unattributed. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt decoration, black endpapers (followed by white endpapers, then the third binding of lighter... More about The First Men in the Moon
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. [Espionage thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222; [2], blank. Publisher's light blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in typographic dust-jacket priced at 18s. A clean and tidy copy with the usual toning to the edges of text block, jacket with a few small nicks... More about The Spy Who Came In From The Cold