"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke

See below our stock of Geoffrey Household First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
London: Hutchinson and Co., n.d. [1936]. [Nautical Thriller]. FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (23 x 18cm), pp.160. With six lithographic illustrations by "Cuneo", including a frontispiece. In publisher's blue cloth with darker blue titles to spine and upper board. Black ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Heavy external wear; titles..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1955. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pink and yellow illustrated dust-jacket by Wildsmith. Some spotting and toning to edges and endpapers, wrapper lightly handled, sunned to spine with some slight water marking..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1982. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.174. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, in pictorial dustjacket by Chris Yates. Dustwrapper shows very nicely, a near fine copy. More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1939. [Classic man-hunt adventure] FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY, with an original 4-page advert/order form. Octavo, pp.[vii]; 271; [1], imprint. Publisher's brown card softcovers, with printed label to upper, handwritten details to spine. Contents clean, some wrinkling and lean to spine, covers lightly handled. A very good..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1939. [Classic man-hunt adventure] FIRST EDITION, with later state/printing of the jacket. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 271; [1], imprint. Publisher's purple cloth lettered in white to spine, 'sniper' design dust-wrapper priced at 4/6 (earliest jackets were priced 7/6). Page edges are age-toned, fugitive-coloured cloth has..... More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1971. [Manhunt adventure] A REISSUE, FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 280. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green dust-jacket illustrated by Aldren Watson. Some light ink staining to front endpapers; a little spotting to preliminaries and rear..... More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. [Spy Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] 156. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Lew Keller, priced at $2.50. Spotting to top edge. Jacket lightly bruised and chipped to edges, with some closed..... More
Boston, MA/Toronto, ON: Little, Brown and Company, 1980. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo, pp.186. Bound in publisher's subtlely patterned green cloth, with black cloth spine. In an illustrated dustjacket, designed by D. Christine Benders. As new/very fine. No visible signs of wear. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1938. First US edition, with illustrations by E.E Anthony. PUBLISHER'S SAMPLE COPY. Near Fine, in the original decorative black cloth with folded dust-jacket attached to rear pastedown, and information label to rear noting price and publication date, with 'Return to Manufacturing Department' notice. The author's..... More