New Arrivals
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1870. [Children's illustrated] EARLY PRINTING, the 21st thousand. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 192 [2]. With in-text illustrations and a frontispiece by Tenniel. One leaf of advertisements at rear. Recently re-cased into the publisher's red cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and gilt devices to boards..... More
The Wonderful Week.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., 1927. [Mystery Thriller] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[8] 314 [8]. Recently re-bound in tan half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. With the original tan cloth spine and upper bound in..... More
Death to the French.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., 1932. [Historical Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 308 [6]. Recently re-bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. With the original orange cloth spine and upper bound in..... More
The Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James.
London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1931. [Horror and Ghost Stories] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST THUS, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 647 [5]. Recently re-bound in black half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge gilt, others lightly trimmed, with the original cloth..... More
Count On The Saint. The Pastor's Problem [and] The Unsaintly Santa.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. [Crime caper] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 175 [5]. Recently re-bound in red half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the original cloth spine bound in at rear..... More
Curtain. Poirot's Last Case.
London: Collins, 1975. [Murder Mystery] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2] 221 [3]. Recently re-bound in black half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the original cloth spine bound in at rear. A crisp..... More
Cat Among the Pigeons.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Crime Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 255 [3]. Recently re-bound in navy half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the original cloth spine bound in..... More
At Bertram's Hotel.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1965. [Crime Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 256 [2]. Recently re-bound in red half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the original cloth spine bound in..... More
Crooked House.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1949. [Detective Mystery] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 192 [4]. Recently re-bound in tan half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the original cloth spine..... More
The African Queen.
London: William Heinemann, 1935. [WWI adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.283; [1], blank. Elegantly hand-bound in half tan calf with gilt titles to spine, raised bands, matching cloth sides, publisher's original cloth spine preserved at rear. Contents clean with some very light expected reading marks, edges gently toned..... More
The Riddle of the Sands.
London: Smith Elder and Co., 1903. [Espionage novel] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] xii; 336 [8]. Illustrated with maps and charts, including a folding frontispiece. Bound in black full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and gilt ruling to raised bands and covers..... More
A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced From Their Origin and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples From the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed A History of the Language, and an English Grammar. In Two Volumes.
London: Printed for G. and J. Offor, W. Allason [et al.], 1822. [Dictionary] OFFOR'S EDITION, third impression thus. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (29 x 24cm). pp.[4] 60; 1029 [3]; pp.[4] 1084. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, and a leaf with spare paper spine labels bound in..... More
Five Fags a Day.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1956. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.233; [1]. Publisher's grey cloth lettered in red to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by William Kermode with printed price of 18s. to front flap. Previous owner's name and gift message in blue ink to front endpapers, toning..... More
Novelist and Storyteller: The Life of C.S. Forester.
California, CA: John Forester, 2000. [Biography] FIRST LIMITED INSCRIBED EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.iv; 442, pp.443-826. Photographic soft covers. Signed by the author to both title pages, copy number 75/250. Some marking to covers, rolling to base of spines, marking to edges of vol.II textblock. Very good..... More
The Hill of Dreams.
London: John Baker, 1968. [Modern Literature] 1968 VINTAGE REPRINTED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.239; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, photographic dust-jacket with printed price of 25s. to front flap. Light spotting to flyleaf, light spotting and toning to edges of textblock, wearing to cloth, rolling..... More
Odd Man Out.
London: Michael Joseph, 1945. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.224. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket designed by A.E. Barlow with printed price of 9/6 to front flap. Sunning to jacket and edges of textblock. Fine. This thriller was the basis for the..... More
Five on a Treasure Island.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1942] 1948. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, fifth impression. Small Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.191 [1]. With thirty-two full page illustrations by Soper. Publisher's pale yellow cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 6s. Contents clean, some dustiness/spotting to..... More
Treasure Island.
London: Ernest Benn, 1927. [Illustrated classic] FIRST DULAC EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.xiv; 15-256. Contains 12 full page colour illustrations by Dulac, including frontispiece. Publisher's brown buckram binding with leather title label to spine lettered in gilt, boards trimmed in gilt. Contents clean, neat gift inscription to f.e.p., label..... More
The Mysterious Affair At Styles.
New York: The National Book Co. Publishers, 1920. [Crime fiction] U.S. Second edition, prior to the British edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.296; [4], blank, being the John Lane first edition sheets with National's own title page (which is a cancel). Publisher's pale blue cloth decoratively blocked in blue. No..... More
Wuthering Heights. and Agnes Grey.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1858. [Literature] The Third Edition, designated 'New Edition' on the title page. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.446; [1], imprint; [1], blank; 4, advertisements. Newly bound in half burgundy calf over marbled sides, original yellow-coated advertising endpapers bound in, original printed cloth covers preserved in a...... More
London Visions.
London: Elkin Mathews, 1908. [Poetry collection] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.viii; 96. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to upper and spine. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. Faint, infrequent spotting to interior. Toning to textblock edges. Near fine. More
A Map of Hearts.
London: Lindsay Drummond, No date [1944]. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] 185 [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth, pink titles and pictorial motifs blocked to upper and spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 8s 6d to front flap. Cloth lightly toned to extremities. Some toning and gentle..... More
Reality Sandwiches. 1953-60.
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1963. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (16 x 13cm), pp.98 [2]. Typographic softcovers priced at $1.50 to rear. With four loose newspaper clippings reviewing the collection. Lightly toned to title page. Near fine. A major collection from Beat legend Allen Ginsberg, a few of the poems..... More
Company.
London: John Calder, 1980. [Modern Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.89; [1]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of £5.60 to front flap. Some scuffing and marking to back board. Near fine. 'Company' is a novella which is narrated from..... More
Everybody's Book of Correct Conduct, Being the Etiquette of Every-day Life.
London: Saxon and Co., 1890s. [Etiquette] EARLY EDITION. Octavo (14 x 11cm), pp.184. With decorative chapter head and tailpieces. Publisher's pictorial brown cloth. Contemporary advertisements as endpapers. Top edge brown. Interior lightly toned, endpapers faintly spotted. Splashing to fore edge, cloth gently rubbed with moderate marking to lower board. Very..... More