"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht

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. [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, 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, 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