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— Bertolt Brecht
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Custom and Myth.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884. [Essays on Mythology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 312 [4]. Occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Black-coated endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Bookseller's label from Lang's hometown of Selkirk to front pastedown. A lovely clean copy..... More
A Calendar of Love, and Other Stories.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1967. [Orcadian Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.157 [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue dust-jacket illustrated by Patricia Davey, priced at 18s. A lovely crisp, clean copy, with a small black ink ownership to flyleaf. Light wear..... More
The Lord of the Rings. De Luxe Edition. [The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King].
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1984. [Fantasy Classic] DELUXE INDIA PAPER EDITION, the ninth impression thus. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.1193 [7]. With a map of the Shire, and two folding maps of Middle Earth. A one-volume edition printed on very thin India paper. Publisher's black buckram with gilt titles..... More
Shall I Eat You Now?
London: Macmillan, 1969. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the black and white photographic dust-jacket, priced at 25s. A slight lean, and a little toning to edges. Moderate wear to jacket, and only very slight sunning to red..... More
The Hound of Death. And Other Stories.
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1933. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247; [1]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins with gilt decoration, and all edges gilt. Original..... More
The Listerdale Mystery. And Other Stories.
London: Collins, 1934. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.251; [5 of advertisements]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins with gilt decoration, and all edges gilt. Original..... More
Parker Pyne Investigates.
London: Collins, 1934. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.248; [6 of advertisements]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins with gilt decoration, and all edges gilt. Original..... More
Three Act Tragedy.
London: The Crime Club Ltd. by W. Collins Sons and Co Ltd, 1935. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252; [4 of advertisements]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers..... More
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The Apple Tree [The Birds].
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1952. [Macabre/Strange tales] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.264. Publisher's red cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Val Biro, priced at 10/6. With author's inscription to the title page: For Roy. With best wishes / from / Daphne du Maurier / 1988..... More
The Adventure Of The Christmas Pudding. And a Selection of Entrees (Short Story Collection).
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1960. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 255 [7]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins with gilt decoration..... More
4.50 From Paddington.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1957. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 256 [6]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins with gilt decoration..... More
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Appointment with Death. [Hercule Poirot].
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1938. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.252 [10]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins with gilt decoration, and..... More
Philosophical Dissertations on the Egyptians and Chinese.
London: Printed by T. Chapman for J. Edwards, 1795. [Ethnography] FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xxiv; 339 [3]; pp.[6] 320 [2]. With the folding map of Egypt to volume I and the folding map of China to volume II. Recently bound in brown half calf..... More
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. [Espionage thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222; [2], blank. Elegantly hand-bound in full blue oasis morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, marbled endpapers, original cloth spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt. Contents clean, exterior unmarked. A fine copy in..... More
The Secret Pilgrim.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1991. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.335; [1], Note. Publisher's hardback cloth with navy blue endpapers, dust-wrapper priced at £14.95. Likely read once. A near fine copy in like jacket. An espionage novel with George Smiley in a supporting role. More
A Delicate Truth.
London: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books 2013. [Spy novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.310; [1], Acknowledgements; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, navy blue endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. Signed by the author to 'Exclusive Signed Edition' leaf. A fine..... More
The Mystery of The Blue Train.
London: W. Collins Sons & Co., no date [1928]. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] viii, 295 [7]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins with gilt..... More
Poirot Investigates.
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1924. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] viii, 298 [20]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins with gilt decoration, and..... More
The Mysterious Affair At Styles.
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1921. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 296 [6]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins with gilt decoration, and all..... More
The Murder at the Vicarage.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1938. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 254 [8]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins with gilt decoration..... More
Ring for a Noose.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1963. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Rose, priced at 12/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Rose (31 x...... More
Long Shadows.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1958. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by William Randell, priced at 10/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (29 x...... More
...Or Be He Dead.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by William Randell, not priced. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (23 x 18cm)..... More
Another Man's Murder.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1958. [Crime Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by William Randell, priced at 10/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (22..... More
The Yeomen of the Guard. Or, The Merryman and his Maid. With Eight Illustrations in Colour by W. Russell Flint and Drawings in Pen and Ink by Charles E. Brock.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1929. Large Octavo. Publisher's red cloth with titles in gilt to spine and upper, the latter with gilt illustration. Illustrated throughout the text with drawings in black and white. Binding lightly rubbed and marked. Lovely colour plate illustrations, internally clean. Very good indeed. More