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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
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1968. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 257; [7]. Publisher's black cloth with pictorial device in blind blocked to upper. Red titles to spine. Red endpapers. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Paul Lubell priced at $5.95 to front flap. Interior..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1982. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.174 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author 'For Jean Hills | with love from | Geoffrey | 20.X.92' in black ink to fly-leaf. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Chris Yates..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1982. [Spy Thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.176. Publisher's yellow soft covers, titled 'Vengeance' to cover, half-title and title page, but hand-corrected to 'Rogue Justice' in black ink to front cover, with a date. Some light handling. Near fine. A sequel to the classic Nazi-hunting..... 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, 1938. [Thriller] ADVANCE REVIEW COPY, First US Edition. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[12] 451 [5]. Publisher's yellow soft covers, titled in red with black illustrations. Internally clean, with some toning to spine, and fairly light general rubbing and bumping. A few small chips to..... More