New Arrivals
Death Comes as The End.
London: For The Crime Club by Collins, 1945. [Mystery] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Elegantly hand-bound in half mid-green calf over green cloth boards, lettered in gilt to the spine, five raised bands ruled in blind, original cloth spine preserved at rear. Contents clean; exterior..... More
The Unwilling Adventurer.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.389; [1], blank. Utility binding of blue cloth lettered in gilt, edges speckled red. Contents mostly clean, some leaves proud, sewn hinge of first two leaves with paper re-inforcement, binding handled. Autographed by Freeman on the title..... More
Dune.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1978. [Science Fiction] REISSUE, third impression thus. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.viii; 430 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the orange dust-jacket, priced at £5.95. Internally crisp and clean, with a touch of wear to jacket edges and a little toning to jacket..... More
Children of Dune.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1978. [Science Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION, second impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.444. Publisher's light green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £4.50. A crisp, clean copy, showing some sunning to jacket spine. Near fine. The third in the epic 'Dune'..... More
God Emperor of Dune.
London: Book Club Associates, 1981. [Science Fiction] BOOK CLUB EDITION, first thus. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.349 [3]. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. Toning and a few minor stains to edges. Bright jacket shows some wear and a couple of closed..... More
Heretics of Dune.
London: Book Club Associates, 1984. [Science Fiction] BOOK CLUB EDITION, first thus. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.384. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Jim Burns, not priced. A crisp, clean copy showing just a touch of toning to edges. Near fine. The fifth..... More
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
London: Bloomsbury, 2004. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, with full strike-line number sequence. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.766 [2]. Publisher's softcovers illustrated by Jason Cockroft, priced at £7.99. No inscriptions, contents clean, covers are fresh with a gentle roll to spine. Near fine. The fifth Harry Potter adventure which was..... More
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, with full strike-line number sequence. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.636; [4]. Publisher's soft covers illustrated by Giles Greenfield, priced at £6.99. No inscriptions, contents clean, covers are fresh with a gentle roll to spine. Near fine. Philip Errington; J.K. Rowling. A Bibliography..... More
[Middle Earth Collection:] The Hobbit; The Lord of the Rings; The Silmarillion.
London: The Folio Society, 2001-2003. [Fantasy] DELUXE LIMITED EDITIONS, all later impressions thus. Complete in five volumes. Octavo (24 x 15 x 24cm), pp.[4] 245 [5]; pp.[6] 459 [5]; pp.[4] 372 [4]; pp.[2] 487 [3]; pp.[4] 420 [4]. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have a wood engraved..... More
Watership Down.
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books / Kestrel Books, 1976. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.550, plus folding map. With full colour plates by John Lawrence, and numerous marginal sketches in black and white. Publisher's brown quarter cloth, with black and gilt titles to spine, cream paper..... More
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by the artist Giles Greenfield. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.636; [4], blank. Publisher's purple cloth, all edges gilt, gilt titles to spine and upper with pictorial illustration laid down, autographed by Greenfield. A fine, unread copy. Over many years Adrian Harrington..... More
Why Didn't they ask Evans?
The Crime Club, by Collins, London, 1950. [Detective Fiction] Vintage hardcover edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252; [2] ads. Ninth impression. Bound in publisher's orange cloth lettered in black illustrated dust-wrapper by Gilbert Cousland priced at 4/6. Contents clean, edges a little toned/dusty/spotted, small ink cross to front endpaper. Jacket..... More
By The Pricking Of My Thumbs.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1968. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's mid-green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the yellow dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill priced 21s. Contents clean, ink name to front endpaper, jacket is used, with some chips and tears..... More
Dead Man's Folly (A Hercule Poirot mystery).
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1956. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth titled in black, original printed dust-wrapper, unpriced for export. No inscriptions, colourful bookplate to front endpaper. A very good copy with some chips and tears to the jacket, rubbed in places..... More
The Secret Adversary.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1922. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.312; [4], advertisements. Elegantly bound in dark green full oasis morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, gilt ruled boards, marbled endpapers. Internally clean, spine very lightly aged. A near fine copy in an..... More
Spies in Amber.
London: Methuen and Co., 1956. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4]; 235; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Toni Wellis with printed price of 10s. 6d. to front flap. Slight toning visible to reverse of jacket. Fine. Within an hour..... More
Tristessa.
London: World Distributors, 1963. [Modern Literature] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.122; [6]. Illustrated soft-covers with printed price of 3'6 to front cover. Toning to textblock, creasing to top corner of front cover, wearing to ink to spine. Very good. Picking up where 'On the Road' left off..... More
The Dharma Bums.
London: Pan Books, 1962. [Modern Literature] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.188; [1]; [3], publisher's advertisements. Illustrated softcovers with printed price of 2'6 to front cover. Toning to textblock. Near fine. Published a year after 'On the Road,' Kerouac's 'The Dharma Bums' continues in the same vein of..... More
The Elephant and the Kangaroo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.222. Publisher's teal cloth lettered and illustrated in green to front-board and spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 8s. 6d. to front flap. In-text illustrations throughout by the author. Toning and spotting to edges of textblock, sunning..... More
Murder Most Fouled Up.
London: Robert Hale and Company, 1969. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 X 13cm), pp.190; [2]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews with printed price of 18/- and (90p) to front-flap. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf. Toning..... More
Why Do Women Write More Letters Than They Post.
London: Faber and Faber, 1995. [Essay] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.158. Publisher's mint green soft covers lettered in black to front and spine with publication date of '14 February 1996' and printed price of £9.99 to back cover, with photographic dust-jacket. Some wearing and marking to dust-jacket..... More
The Magic Finger.
London: Viking, 1995. [Children's Illustrated Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 26cm), pp.62; [2]. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. In-text and full page illustrations throughout by Blake. Very slight rolling to crown of spine. Fine. 'The Magic Finger' was first published in the USA..... More
Satan in the Suburbs. And Other Stories.
London: The Bodley Head, 1953. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.138; [2]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 9s 6d to front flap. In-text illustrations throughout. Light spotting to bottom of textblock, sunning to back cover of jacket. Near..... More
Perseus in The Wind.
London: John Murray, 1948. [Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.x; 168; [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and facsimile signature stamped in gilt to upper, typographic dust-jacket designed by F. Quilter with printed price of 12s. 6d. to front flap. With wood-engraved vignettes by Reynolds..... More
[The Novels of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte]: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Shirley, Villette, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Agnes Grey, and The Professor.
London: Robert Riviere and Son Ltd., no date [circa 1920s]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND SET. Complete in six volumes. Small octavo (18 x 12 x 14cm), pp.xx; 457 [3]; pp.xxviii; 289 [3]; pp.xvi; 511 [3]; pp.xviii; 462 [2]; pp.xii; 548 [2]; pp.xii; 244 [2]. Each volume with a colour frontispiece..... More