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

See below our stock of Arthur Morrison First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
London: George Newnes, January 1891 to December 1895. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. 10 volumes. Large octavo (24 x 18 x 43cm). Illustrated throughout. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes. Recent tan half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spines and marbled boards. All edges speckled brown. Occasional spotting;..... More
London: George Newnes, January 1891 to December 1895. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. 10 volumes. Large octavo (24 x 18 x 43cm). Illustrated throughout. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes. Publisher's cyan cloth with titles in black and gilt to spines, and in black with the 'Strand' street scene to..... More
London: George Newnes, March 1894 to September 1894. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Seven parts in their original light blue paper covers, priced at 6d. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 225-336; xvii-xxiv; pp.xvi; 337-448; xvii-xx; pp.xvi; 449-560; xvii-xx; pp.xvi; 561-672; xvii-xx; pp.xvi; 112; xvii-xx; pp.xvi; 113-224; xvii-xx; pp.xvi; 225-336; xvii-xx. With..... More
London: George Newnes, August 1892. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 113-220; xvii-xxii. With frequent black and white illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers, priced at 6d. Housed in a light blue Strand card slipcase. Quite a crisp copy, with toning and spotting to edges, a few..... More
London: George Newnes, July 1903 to December 1904. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 27cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 724; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations, including Paget's famous illustrations for the Holmes stories. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1970. [Crime Anthology] FIRST THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.351 [1]. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spines and grey endpapers. Top edge pink. With the dust-jackets showing details from 'Jewel Mysteries I Have Known' by Max Pemberton, priced at £2.00 A little spotting to..... More