Literature
England, England.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[6] 266. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, and navy endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £15.99. A crisp, fine copy. Shortlisted..... More
Metroland.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.176. Publisher's grey cloth with silver titles to spine. With the black dust-jacket designed by Craig Dodd, clipped and re-priced by the publisher to £6.50. A touch of spotting to top edge, otherwise a lovely crisp..... More
Talking It Over.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[10] 273 [5]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's tan cloth with gilt titles to spine, and light blue endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Fraser Taylor, priced at £13.99..... More
In The Potter's Field. and Other New Poems.
London: John Murray, 1936. [Poetry] PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED WITH LETTER. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp. [8]; 98; [12]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, embossed ruling to front board with gilt titling, dust-jacket with printed price 5s to flap. Letter attached to front endpaper from Gorell to George..... More
Poems of Rural Life. In Common English.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. [Bucolic Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.xii; 200 [52]. Catalogue dated January 1868. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Brown-coated endpapers. Bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Spine toned, with moderate wear to cloth, and a few marks. Very good... More
The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
London: Henry Frowde/Oxford University Press, 1910. [Poetry] OXFORD EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 667 [1]. With a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author, engraved by Emery Walker. Publisher's quarter vellum, green cloth over sides. Spine with gilt-lettered blue label and floral designs in gilt and red. Top edge gilt..... More
The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
London, New York, Toronto, and Melbourne: Henry Frowde/Oxford University Press, 1911. [Poetry] OXFORD EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 668. With a halftone frontispiece portrait of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Publisher's quarter vellum, red cloth over sides. Spine with gilt-lettered red label and floral designs in gilt and red. Top edge..... More
Quality Street. A Comedy in four acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [circa 1913]. [Illustrated Drama] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.[4] viii; 198 [2]. With a loose flier for the original exhibition of Thomson's watercolour illustrations for the book, November and December 1913. Complete with 22 colour plates by Thomson, including a frontispiece..... More
Quality Street. A Comedy in four acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [circa 1913]. [Illustrated Drama] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.[4] viii; 198 [2]. With a loose flier for the original exhibition of Thomson's watercolour illustrations for the book, November and December 1913. Complete with 22 colour plates by Thomson, including a frontispiece..... More
The Admirable Crichton. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [c.1914]. FIRST HUGH THOMSON EDITION. Quarto (27 x 21cm), with twenty mounted colour plates and captioned tissues. Publisher's pale green cloth blocked in dark green and red to upper, gilt to spine. Contents are a little foxed, binding lightly handled, one neat/accidental pull to crown..... More
Joby.
London: Michael Joseph, 1964. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.187 [5]. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Larkin, priced at 16s. A heavy bump to lower board, with a corresponding closed tear to jacket. Jacket sunned to spine..... More
A Kind Of Loving
London: Michael Joseph, 1960. [Romantic Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.286 [2]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, with the dust-jacket designed by Adrian Bailey priced at 16s. Heavy toning to edges, with some spotting to margins. Jacket toned, with wear and chipping to edges. Very..... More
A Kind Of Loving.
London: Michael Joseph, 1960. [Romantic fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.286; [2]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Adrian Bailey. Light toning to interior, some spotting and offsetting to preliminaries and rear leaves. Ownership inscription in brown ink to flyleaf. Price..... More
The Lonely Rhinoceros.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Small quarto (24 x 26cm), pp.[24]. With colour illustrations by Manhes to almost every page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £3.95. Light rubbing and bumping. Near fine. More
Tears of the Desert. One Woman's True Story of Surviving the Horrors of Darfur.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2008. [Memoir] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xi; [3]; 367; [3]. SIGNED by both authors in black ink to flyleaf. Publisher's red cloth, blue titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £12.99 to front flap. Some very faint foxing to top edge..... More
The Cruise of The Breadwinner.
London: Michael Joseph, 1946. [Maritime Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.63 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and a silver device to upper. Endpapers illustrated by Broom Lynne. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, also by Broom Lynne, priced at 5s. Some rubbing and light chipping to..... More
The Jacaranda Tree.
London: Michael Joseph, 1949. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's blue cloth, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 9s 6d to front flap. Top edge blue. Some toning to edges and spine. Bright jacket shows just a little wear to edges. A...... More
[Scrapbook].
[Privately produced]. 1892- circa 1903. LATE VICTORIAN SCRAPBOOK. Small quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.[16]; 1-2; 9-68. With three leaves removed near the beginning, and two from the back. Containing a great panoply of decorative monograms, crests and printed signatures and addresses belonging to the English gentry, cut from letters or..... More
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Centenary Edition.
London: Pavilion, 1999. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST FOREMAN ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.160. With colour illustrations by Foreman throughout. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's green paper-covered boards with gilt titles to spine, and red endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by..... More
By the Way.
London: Sheed and Ward, 1931. [Humour] FIRST THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.390; [2]. With numerous pen and ink illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. Colour halftone illustration by Bentley adhered to front pastedown. Publisher's green cloth to boards, blue titles to upper and spine. Top edge blue. Leaves lightly toned, spotting..... More
Anvil of Stars.
London: Century, A Legend Book, 1992. [Science Fiction] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10] 442 [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, and hand numbered 132 of 200 copies thus 'Edinburgh Edition (2)'. Publisher's red and black buckram, titled in white to spine and..... More
An Historical Account of Thomas Sutton Esq.; and of his Foundation in Charter-House.
London: Printed by E. Owen, and sold by F. Gyles in Holborn; W. Hinchliffe in Cornhill; Mess. J. and P. Knapton in Ludgate-Street. 1737. [History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 276. With an engraving by George Vertue between pages 160-161. Errata to page 276. Missing the folding plate..... More
The Green Lacquer Pavilion.
London: W. Collins Sons and Co., 1926. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[8] 319 [1]. With nine in-text wood-cuts and a frontispiece portrait of the author by Dulac. Publisher's tan cloth with gilt titles to green label on spine, and a gilt and green device stamped to..... More
Proust | Three Dialogues.
London: John Calder, 1965. [Literary and Art Criticism] FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.126 [2]. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the orange dust-jacket, priced at 18s. A nice crisp, clean copy, with just a little wear to jacket edges. Near fine. A republication of Beckett's..... More
Company.
London: John Calder, 1980. [Modern Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.89; [1]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of £5.60 to front flap. Some scuffing and marking to back board. Near fine. 'Company' is a novella which is narrated from..... More