New Arrivals
Burmese Days.
New York, NY: Harper and Bros., 1934. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.vi;371; [3], blank. Title page printed in two colours. Publisher's orange cloth blocked in black to spine and upper, floral patterned endpapers, edges untrimmed. Contents clean, page edges toned, short tear and small ink number... More
Departmental Ditties. And other verses.
Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1890. [Poetry] FOURTH EDITION WITH NEW ADDITIONS. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 121; [24] publisher's catalogue. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled in gilt to spine, gilt illustration to upper board, black monogram to lower board, floral patterned endpapers. Ownership inscription to half title, toning to edges... More
Bertie Wooster Sees It Through.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1955. [Jeeves and Wooster] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 246; [2]. Publisher's quarter cloth with gilt titles to brown blocking on spine, and light blue paper over boards, top edge brown. Wraparound pictorial dust-jacket designed by Dick Dodge, priced at $3.50... More
Jude The Obscure.
London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1896. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo. pp.viii: 516. With frontispiece etching of Christminster by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, and a map of Wessex following text. Purdy records two different states of Signatures A-H. In this copy, they are in the presumed first state (with every... More
Flush. A Biography.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1933. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.163; [1], blank. With six photographic plates and four drawings by Vanessa Bell. Elegantly bound in recent red half morocco over matching cloth sides, top edge red. Light spotting to first and final leaves, rear blank also toned... More
The Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer; And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches.
London: William Pickering, 1853. [Common prayer] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Duodecimo (18 x 12cm). Finely printed with ornate decoration to every page. Finely bound by J. Wright in brown calf lettered and ornately decorated in gilt to spine and boards, fine gilt gauffered edges, marbled endpapers. Some spotting, ownership stamp... More
The Code of the Woosters.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1962. [Modern fiction] VARIANT OF THE AUTOGRAPH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.216. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering on a red label to spine, top edge green, typographic dust-jacket with "The British Book Centre" at the foot of the spine panel, unpriced. Dust-jacket cut slightly taller than... More
The Agony and the Ecstasy. A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo.
London: Collins, 1961. [Modern Literature]. FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.704. Publisher's yellow and green cloth with titles in black and white to spine. With illustrated dust-jacket. A little dustiness to edges. Light wear to cloth, crease to upper board, some bumping to corners and spine ends. Jacket... More
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The Labours of Hercules [Short Stories].
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1947. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Contents clean, some minor wear and dustiness, jacket with a few nicks and tears, lightly soiled and creased. Now rather scarce... More
They Do it With Mirrors.
London: The Crime Club, 1952. [Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth in Farnhill-designed dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. A little edge-spotting, jacket with a few minor chips and tears. Very good. Miss Marple arrives at her friend Carrie's sprawling estate to find that it's been... More
A Study in Scarlet.
London: Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1892. [Detective novel] EARLY EDITION. Seventh printing overall, being the sixth impression as a separated book (the first appearance being within Beeton's Christmas Annual, 1887). Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[xx]; 224; [24], advertisements. With several black and white in-text and full-page illustrations. Bound in publisher's... More
Flashman and the Angel of the Lord. The Flashman Papers 1858-1859.
London: Harvill / Harper Collins, 1994. [Historical adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.394; [2], advertisements. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £15.99. The tenth book in the Flashman series. A lightly handled copy in near fine condition. If only Flashman had got on with his dinner and... More
The Life of Nelson.
London: Bickers and Son, 1895. [Biography] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[xvi]; 351; [5]. Brown pebble grain morocco by Bumpus, raised bands and gilt titling to spine, gilt school crest to upper board, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Frontispiece and twelve further plates by Westall. Light spotting... More
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The Quarterly Review [Frankenstein]. Volume XVIII, Numbers XXXV and XXVI.
London: John Murray, October 1817 and January 1818. [Literary Reviews] REVIEW OF FRANKENSTEIN. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 554; [2]. Contemporary black half calf with gilt titles to spine. Marbled boards and edges. Some occasional spotting; more so to preliminaries, worming to bottom margin of first few leaves. Date to... More
HMS Ulysses.
London: Collins, 1955. [Nautical thriller] FIRST EDITION. Author's first book. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated map endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper by John Rose. Contents clean, mixed paper stock shows minor differences in colour, edges a little dusty, small chip to cloth at... More
Stephen Morris. Together with Pilotage.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1961. [Aviation stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth in an all-over pictorial dust-jacked designed by Fratini, with the printed price of 163 net. Marginal toning to spine and some light handling only; a clean, near fine copy. Two flying... More
The Far Country.
London: William Heinemann, 1952. [Romantic adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.333; [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, debossed monogram and publisher's devices to boards, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Val Biro, with printed price of 12s 6d net. Contents clean, edge of text block a little... More
Requiem for a Wren.
London: William Heinemann, 1955. [Romantic adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Val Biro with printed price of 12s 6d net. Contents clean, some spotting to page edges, ink name to flyleaf, jacket clean and fresh... More
Mansfield Park.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. [English Literature] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xviii; 429; [1], blank. With wood engravings, including a frontispiece, by Hugh Thomson. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped floral design to spine and covers, 'Peacock' patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. Minor edgewear, some fading/rubbing... More
Pride and Prejudice.
New York: The Century Co., 1905. [English Literature] BROCK ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.329. With full-page illustrations by Brock. Elegantly bound in recent half green oasis morocco over sage green buckram sides, gilt titles and rules to spine, top edge gilt. A clean, fine copy, inside and out... More
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Appointment with Death [Hercule Poirot].
London: For The Crime Club by Collins, 1938. [Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION, octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.252; [4], advertisements. Publisher's orange cloth, lettered in black to backstrip. Contents clean, a few minor spotts to edges of text block, some inoffensive sunning to spine and extremities. A very good copy of... More
Kipling's Indian Tales.
New York, NY: Dodge Publishing Company, 1899. [Fiction] ORIENTAL EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 750; [ii], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine and boards, blocked in colour to boards and spine, gilt top edge. Title page in red and black. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, sixteen... More
Sons and Lovers.
London: Duckworth, 1913. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, Roberts' variant 1 (of 3) with cancelled title page; no clear prority given. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.423; [1], blank; [20], catalogue. Cancelled title is dated. Publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. Contents spotted, edges toned, library label to rear endpaper (no stamps... More
The Lady of Blossholme.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first state with misprint to p.79, line 16 'very' for 'every'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.316, with five colour plate illustrations by Wal Paget. Publisher's mid-green cloth, with gilt titles and colour illustration laid down to upper. Contents clean, some bumping... More
Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. [English Literature] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 444. With wood engravings, including a frontispiece, by Hugh Thomson. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped floral design to spine and covers, 'Peacock' patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. Minor edgewear, some fading/rubbing to backstrip... More