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Six Old English Chronicles. Of which two are now first translated from the monkish Latin originals: Ethelwerd's Chronicle; Asser's Life of Alfred; Geoffrey of Monmouth's British History; Gildas; Nennius; and Richard of Cirencester.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1848. [English History] FIRST THUS. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.xx; 512. With a frontispiece etching of Alfred the Great. Publisher's green blind-decorated cloth with gilt titles to spine. Yellow endpapers; all edges untrimmed. With the 'Bohn's Classical Library' catalogue tipped onto the front free endpaper. Slightly... More about Six Old English Chronicles. Of which two are now first translated from the monkish Latin...
The Roly-Poly Pudding.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1908. [Children's Illustrated] SECOND PRINTING. Octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.[4]; 70. Publisher's dark red cloth titled in grey to spine and in gilt and grey to upper board, with a colour illustration laid on. Without 'All Rights Reserved' statement to title page. Numerous in-text illustrations... More about The Roly-Poly Pudding
Quick Service.
New York, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1940. [Humour] FIRST EDITION in Sun Dial Press dust-jacket designed by Donald McKay from 1941. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[6]; 310. Publisher's cream cloth lettered in black to spine, embossed in black to upper board, red top edge. Spotting and toning to endpapers... More about Quick Service
Una Troubridge: The Friend of Radclyffe Hall.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. [Literary Biography] INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY, First Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xviii; 340; [2]. With eight double-sided black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author: 'For dear Anne, who was "in" / at the very beginning. Hope / you enjoy reading it. / Richard. 21... More about Una Troubridge: The Friend of Radclyffe Hall
The Leopard.
London: Heinemann, 1958. [African Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6]; 185; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green dust-jacket illustrated by Ralph Thompson. Lightly browned, with some spotting to edges and preliminaries, bookplate to pastedown. Jacket very lightly sunned to spine, with some... More about The Leopard
The 9th Directive. The 9th Directive Quiller in Bangkok.
London: Heinemann, 1966. [Espionage fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.254; [2] blank. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, photographic dust-jacket designed by Tom Simmonds. Internally clean and bright, a little spotting to edges, cloth bright. Price clipped wrapper shows wells, a little edge wear and a.... More about The 9th Directive. The 9th Directive Quiller in Bangkok
Lawn Tennis.
London: Lawn Tennis, 1903. [Lawn Tennis] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.xii; 146; [2]. With 27 photographic plates including a frontispiece, and two in-text diagrams. Publisher's blue cloth with white titles stamped to spine and upper board. Small Foyles sticker to front pastedown. Black ink ownership inscription to front... More about Lawn Tennis
Exile. The Making of Exile on Main St.
UK: Genesis Publications 2001. The complete photographs of Dominic Tarle, with a foreword by Keith Richards. No.1233 of a Limited Edition of 2000 copies, SIGNED by the photographer. Fine photo-documentary of Keith's residency at Villa Nellcote in Villefranche sur Mer in the summer of 1971, where the Stones recorded their... More about Exile. The Making of Exile on Main St
Life.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2010. [Rock Biography / Autobiography] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.654. Hardcover with black and white plates, original dust-jacket. One of an unspecified limited number autographed by Keith Richards on a specially-printed 'exclusive signed edition' leaf, following the half title. A fine, unused... More about Life
The Naked Civil Servant.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.217; [1]. Publisher's purple cloth titled in silver to spine, in photographic dust-jacket designed by Ivor Kaplin with the photographs by Simon Dell, Angus McBean, and Peter Hirst Smith, priced at 25s. A near fine copy with just the lightest of toning... More about The Naked Civil Servant
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).
Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1889. [Humour] First Edition, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[7] ;315; [4], Arrowsmith's listings to pastedowns. Earliest title page with 'Quay Street' imprint lacking the street number '11', and first state adverts listing thirty seven Bristol Library titles ending in Max O'Rell's Jaques Bonhomme (later ads... More about Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog
The Battle of Waterloo, containing the series of account published by authority, British and Foreign, with circumstantial details, relative to the battle, from a variety of authentic and original sources, with relative offical documents, forming an historical record of the operations in the Campaign of the Netherlands, 1815. To which is added the names alphabetically arranged, of the officers killed and wounded, from 15th ti 26th June, 1815, and the total loss of each regiment, with an enumeration of the Waterloo honours and privileges, conferred upon the men and officers, and lists of regiments, etc. entitled thereto. Illustrated by a panoramic sketch of the field of battle, and a plan of the position at Waterloo, and movements, with a general plan of the campaign. By a near observer.
London: Printed for John Booth, 1816. [Napoleonic Wars] EIGHTH EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] lxxxvi; 196; [2]. With two folding maps and a large folding panoramic plan of the battlefield. All except the frontispiece map backed onto cloth. Contemporary tan half calf with gilt titles to spine and marbled... More about The Battle of Waterloo, containing the series of account published by authority, British and...
The Greatest Enemy.
London: Hutchinson, 1970. [Naval Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. Grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Smith, priced at £1.50 / 30s. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Light bruising and browning to jacket edges. Near fine. More about The Greatest Enemy
Black Beauty.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1915. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 24cm), pp.[4]; x; 226; [2]. Number 149 of 600 copies SIGNED by the illustrator (150 copies reserved for the American Market). With 30 mounted chromolithographic plates, including a frontispiece, by Kemp-Welch, and numerous in-text wood engravings... More about Black Beauty
England Expects.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959. [Naval history] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.368. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge blue, pictorial dust-jacket featuring a painting by Harold Wyllie, with printed price of 25s net. Illustrated with eight double sided black and white plates and a.... More about England Expects
Woodland, Moor and Stream, being the Notes of a Naturalist.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1890. [Nature Writing] FINELY BOUND, the second edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10]; 224; [2]. In contemporary or slightly later blue full crushed morocco for bookseller C.J. Sawyer. A fine example of the West End style, likely by either Zaehnsdorf or Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Raised... More about Woodland, Moor and Stream, being the Notes of a Naturalist
The Pride And The Anguish.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1968. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Smith, priced at 27/6. Discreet blue ink ownership to flyleaf, cloth lightly pushed to foot of spine. Near fine. A.... More about The Pride And The Anguish
You Only Live Twice.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at 16s. Light spotting... More about You Only Live Twice
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Octopussy and the Living Daylights [James Bond short stories].
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [James Bond Short Stories] FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.95; [1]. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Grey mottled endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at 10/6. Slight toning to edges a little light... More about Octopussy and the Living Daylights [James Bond short stories
The Alhambra.
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1896. [Travel] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xx; 436. Publisher's ornately gilt blocked green cloth, dark green coated endpapers, all edges gilt. With numerous in-text illustrations. Some moderate spotting throughout, ownership to half title, cloth lightly rubbed to extremities, some marks. Very good... More about The Alhambra
Funeral in Berlin Secret File No.3
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Cold-war spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's hardcover in original dust-wrapper, wraparound advertising sash. Trivial handling only. A lovely fine copy of a scarce item. Basis for the classic film starring Michael Caine as 'Harry Palmer', produced by Harry Saltzman who made... More about Funeral in Berlin Secret File No.3
The Sea, The Sea.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1978. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 502; [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pictorial dust-jacket reproducing a detail from a famous Hokusai woodblock print and an uncredited detail from a wall painting in the Golden Hall of the Horyu-ji... More about The Sea, The Sea
My Friend Maigret.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1956. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.159; [1]. Publisher's burgundy cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Knight. Some offsetting to endpapers, spotting to edges. Price-clipped jacket sunned to spine, with rubbing to folds and chips from... More about My Friend Maigret
Mountolive.
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's yellow cloth with gilt titling and purple decoration to spine. Pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s net. Some spotting to first and last few leaves, otherwise internally clean, ownership inscription to flyleaf and bookplate and a.... More about Mountolive
The Chinese Nail Murders (A Judge Dee Mystery). A Chinese detective story suggested by original ancient Chinese plots.
London: Michael Joseph, 1961. [Detective fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.216. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in gilt to spine, sketch-map to endpapers printed in orange, dust-wrapper designed by Kenneth Farnhill, priced at 15s. net. Edges and endpapers browned, remnants of gummed label to rear pastedown, jacket is... More about The Chinese Nail Murders (A Judge Dee Mystery). A Chinese detective story suggested by original...