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The Mint, by 352087 A/c Ross A Day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with later notes.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE in publisher's quarter morocco. Number 1337 of 2000 copies. Printed on fine laid paper. Buckram-covered boards, spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, marbled endpapers. A fine copy without the card slip-case. Lawrence's 'The Mint' is a memoir of his... More
Some Short and Useful Reflections Upon Duelling. Which should be in the Hands of Every Person who is Liable to Receive a Challenge, or an Offence. By a Christian Patriot. With Advice on Seconds, by an Officer. - Duelling Anecdotes, and Other Interesting Documents.
Dublin: Printed For the Author, 1823. Duodecimo, pp.ix; [1] advertisement; [11]-106; [2] advertisements. With half-title present, engraved frontispiece engraving of 'The Duellist'. Tipped into the book is a contemporary advertisement for the Dublin Anti-Duelling Association; this is noted in other copies. In the original binding of tan half calf over... More
Grapefruit.
London: Sphere Books, 1971. [Pop culture] First British paperback edition, SIGNED WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING. Small octavo, softcovers, un-numbered pages. Accompanied by an interesting typed letter signed from the original owner documenting her 1971 meeting with the Lennons in her capacity as senior writer for Woman's Own, then the biggest-selling weekly... More
Work Suspended.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1942. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Crown octavo, pp.150. Limited to 500 copies only. Publisher's burgundy cloth in original dust-wrapper. With Waugh's autograph to flyleaf, dated in his hand (Dec.1942). Pencil ownership of Vivien Borthwick (died 2010), later Baroness Campbell of Alloway. Both book and... More
Ice in the Bedroom.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1961. FIRST EDITION, primary binding. Crown octavo, pp.223; [1], advertisement. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine in pictorial dustwrapper. No inscriptions or price-clipping. A lovely fine copy with the faintest sunning to spine and a little wear to crown. McIlvaine A84. More
The Law of the Streets.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1957. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 192. Red cloth with black titles to spine, in suitably sinister pictorial dustwrapper. translated by Nigel Ryan. Neat inscription to front free endpaper, slight dustiness to the top edge. Some slight chipping to the corners, light rear panel shows... More
The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo, pp.[viii]; 246; [2], adverts, with page 1 incorrectly numbered as 2, rubric lettered title-page. Publisher's pictorial red cloth. Contents toned as usual, inner joints started, owner name to flyleaf (dated Oct 13, 1897). Cloth is rubbed and dusty but... More
The Chase of the Golden Meteor.
London: Grant Richards. 1909. [Science fiction] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vii; 292. Illustrated with twenty-four full page plates. Publisher's dark blue cloth blocked in colour and gilt to the spine and upper. Prize plate from the Oldham P. S. A. Society to pastedown. Some occasional spotting to... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1896. [Children's] First Illustrated Edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xiv; 136; [8]; 16 of advertisements.Publisher's green cloth, showing a child holding a plant pot out of which roses sprout, surrounding a view of a formal garden, with gilt titles and further decoration to spine... More
The Will of an Eccentric.
London: Sampson, Low and Co. 1900. First English deluxe edition. Profusely illustrated, and with one fold out chart/gameboard for tracking one's progress across the United States. Publisher's green cloth boards decorated and titled in gilt, black, orange and white with a suitably Verneian (a word that in this context means... More
The American Senator.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1878. First One-volume Edition. Bound in red cloth, with gilt titles and black-tooled decoration to spine, and decorative black-tooled panneling and titles to front board, edges untrimmed. Includes bookplate. A handsome copy. Binding in fine order, excepting slight bump to top of spine. Text is crisp... More
'Captains Courageous'. A Story of the Grand Banks.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 245; [1] blank; [2] publisher's advertisements. Illustrationed with a frontispiece and twenty plates. Publishers' original royal blue cloth, pictorially stamped in gilt, black coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Some very faint spotting, no bookplates or... More
The Razor's Edge A Novel.
London: William Heinemann, 1944. [Literature] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.284. Publisher's cloth in dust-wrapper. A fine copy in like dustwrapper, slightly dusty with a small chip to crown, a touch faded to spine. Most attractive. The story of a former American fighter pilot, who, traumatized by his... More
Six Modern One-Act Plays.
London: University of London Press, 1950. FIRST EDITION, thus. SIGNED BY JOHN LENNON. Octavo, pp.160. Publisher's softcovers. Some soiling and associated reading wear. An interesting school text-book borrowed by Lennon whilst a student at Quarry Bank School, Liverpool. Lennon has signed the lending stamp to the inside cover 'J[ohn] W[inston]..... More
Around The World In Eighty Days.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874. Second illustrated US edition after the stultifyingly scarce withdrawn 1873 issue with all the flakey spine problems. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth gilt, lavishly embossed and aggressively bevelled, every Verne first bar one or two seemingly having been designed to serve back up use... More
My Man Jeeves.
London, George Newnes, Limited, [1919]. FIRST EDITION, first impression [Butler and Tanner Printers]. Octavo, pp. 251 + 2 ads. With pages [1-4] unusually providing the front pastedown and flyleaf. Publisher's red cloth, titled and decorated in black to spine. A used copy showing some acceptable wear and soiling, cheap paper... More
A Revision of The Treaty. Being a sequel to: The Economic Consequences of The Peace.
London, Macmillan. 1922. First Edition. 8vo.; 223pp. + 6pp. (ads). Bound in publisher's blue cloth, gilt tiles to spine blind ruling to boards. Slight shelfwear to extremities, lightly bumped at head and tail of spine. Some spotting to fore-edge and offsetting to endpapers (as always). Internally clean, a tight and... More
Fiends, Ghosts and Sprites. Inclusing an account of the origin and nature of belief in the supernatural.
London: Richard Bentley. 1854. FIRST PARLOUR BOOK CASE EDITION. Octavo, pp. 276. Bound in publisher's embossed green cloth, titled and decorated in gilt to spine, top edge and fore-edge deckled. Minor sunning to extremities, with some light bumping and faint shelfwear, endcaps pushed, cloth is slightly parted at top spine... More
The Discovery of The Dead.
London: A.C. Fifield, 1910. First edition. 8vo. Near fine in publisher's dark blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt and white to spine and front board. Minor edgewear and scuffing to extremities. Strong, bright and sharp. A very handsome copy indeed. Internally clean, minor spotting to prelims. An extremely scarce... More
Ronald Standish.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's light blue cloth, lightly sunned to spine, minor wear to extremities, very good indeed, in a very good pictorial dustwrapper, bright, clean and fresh,some light scuffing and edgewear, closed tear to lower edge of the front panel. A handsome copy. More
The Time Machine.
London: Heinemann, 1895. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in contemporary red cloth with leather title labels to spine. Darkened to spine, minor shelfwear, a clean robust copy. This is a bound copy of the card wrappered first edition, as evidenced by the presence of the original card wraps bound in at... More
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.
New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1958. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo.; pp. 63. Publisher's glossy pictorial boards, minor edge soiling, owner's name discreetly hidden under flap. Near Fine. In very good dustwrapper, which has small loss to the tail of spine, is rubbed and lightly creased and is chipped to extremities. More
The Cat in the Hat.
New York, NY: Random House, 1957. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Bound in publisher's pictorial boards, in a vivid blue dustjacket. Some wear to extremities, corners lightly bumped, very light discolouration to front board. Textblock exceptionally clean and bright throughout; pencil inscription reading 'Anne May' to front pastedown, otherwise minimally used... More
The Chase of The Golden Plate.
London: Collier and Co., 1908. First edition. Octavo, pp.224. Near fine in publisher's ribbed bottle green clothtitled in gilt to the spine and front board. Decorated in blind to front board with two pictorial inlays. Light bumping to head and tail of spine otherwise fine. Internally clean A splendid copy... More
For The Flag. From the French of Jules Verne by Mrs Cashel Hoey.
London: Samson, Low, Marston and Co. 1897. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo., illustrated. Publisher's pictorial red cloth, bevelled edges, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers. Some light general wear and handling, slight fading to spine panel, bookplate to pastedown. Spotting to tissue guard and some light spotting to title page. A clean... More