Literature
The Rilloby Fair Mystery.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. With frequent in-text illustrations by Dunlop. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in silver, top edge blue. With the illustrated dust-jacket, unpriced. No inscriptions, contents clean, edges toned., some marking to cloth. Light wear to jacket, tear to..... More
The Famous Jimmy.
London: Frederick Muller, 1936. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.58 [6]. With colour illustrations by Rabier to every page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with black titles to spine, and colour-illustrated paper over boards, and illustrated endpapers. Light spotting to endpapers and edges, otherwise quite clean internally. Heavy..... More
Five Get into Trouble.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's Adventure] SECOND IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.190 [2]. With a black and white frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured blue or red, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and yellow pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated..... More
Five go off in a Caravan. Being the Fifth Adventure of Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. [Children's Adventure] VINTAGE COPY, the fourteenth impression. Small Octavo. pp.182 [2]. With numerous in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced at 7/6. A little light spotting to edges, otherwise..... More
Five go off in a Caravan. Being the Fifth Adventure of Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1946] 1949. [Children's Classic] First Edition, Third Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.208. With colour frontispiece and frequent in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 6s. Contents clean, some dustiness to edges, discreet gift note to first blank, jacket..... More
Five on a Treasure Island. An Adventure Story for Boys and Girls.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1951. [Children's Adventure] EIGHTH IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.191 [1]. With a black and white frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's burgundy cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced..... More
Five on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's Adventure] FOURTH IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.192. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced at 6s. A crisp, clean copy, very..... More
Five on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Small Octavo, (20 x 14cm) pp.192. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red, by Soper. Publisher's red leatherette, with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, showing the telescope..... More
Five on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1947] 1950. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, fourth impression. Small octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, showing the..... More
Five Run Away Together. The Third Story of the Adventures of the Four Children and their Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1949. [Children's Adventure] THIRD IMPRESSION. Small Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.192. With a colour frontispiece (same image as jacket), and numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured blue or red, by Soper. Publisher's light blue cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With..... More
The Ship of Adventure. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
London: Macmillan, 1947. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 328. Publisher's pictorial yellow cloth, blocked in colours. With the original illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Ink ownership to f.e.p., jacket rather chipped to spine ends. Nonetheless presentable. The sixth instalment in the 'Adventure' series. More
A Day at School with Noddy.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1962. [Illustrated Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION, rare in dust-jacket. Octavo (26 x 22), pp.24 (unpaginated). Publisher's red quarter cloth bound with illustrated boards, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 6s to front flap. Pictorial endpapers, illustrations throughout. Previous owners gift note to flyleaf, ownership..... More
Ouvres Diverses. Du Sieur D***. Avec le Traité du Sublime ou du Merveilleux dans le Discours, Traduit du Grec de Longin. Nouvelle Edition, Reveuë et Augmentée de Diverses Pieces Nouvelles.
Amsterdam: Chez Abraham Wolfgang, 1692. [French] LEATHER-BOUND EARLY EDITION. Duodecimo (17 x 10cm), pp.390 [18]. With five copper engraved plates, including a frontispiece. Title and half-title lettered in red and black, vignette engraving to title. Contemporary speckled full calf. Gilt titles, gilt embellishment, and raised bands to spine. All edges..... More
Nobody Lives Forever.
Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company, 1945. [Crime thriller] FIRST MOTION PICTURE EDITION. Octavo (21x 15cm), pp.243; [3], blank. Two black and white photos as frontis plate. Publisher's red cloth blocked in grey, endpapers feature ten b & w stills from the movie, photographic dust-wrapper. Cheap paper toned..... More
A Maker of Nations.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1900. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.342; [10], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt to upper board and spine, bevelled edges. Eight halftone illustrations by Browne, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Archival repairs to pg.55, archival tape applied to..... More
In Spite of the Czar.
London: John Long, n.d. [1907]. NEW EDITION, second overall. Octavo, pp.126 [2]. In publisher's illustrated paper covers. Browned, as expected; near-fine. A rare survival. First published in 1905. More
Pharos The Egyptian [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume 8.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., June to November 1898. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.vi; 716. With many photogravure illustrations. Contemporary deep burgundy half calf with gilt titles to spine and dark green foliate cloth. All edges flecked red; yellow coated endpapers. Binding rubbed and worn, slightly..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson. Including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides.
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1865. [Biography] FINELY BOUND, a New Edition, with notes etc. In four volumes. Octavo (19 x 14 x 12cm), pp.xxxvi; 25-468 [2]; pp.[2] 479 [3]; pp.[2] 452 [6]; pp.[2] 452 [6]. With an engraved frontispiece to volumes I and II. Contemporary tan half calf..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson. The Temple Bar Edition, Including 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides'.
New York, NY: Gabriel Wells, 1922. FINELY BOUND. In ten volumes. Medium Octavo. With a frontispiece engraving of Johnson and other engraved plates. No. 115 of 750 sets originally for sale. With a bibliographical introduction by Clement Shorter and an introduction to each vol. by the following: Aleyn Lyell Reade;..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson, including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides. By the Right Hon. John Wilson Crocker. A New Edition, Thoroughly Revised, With Much Additional Matter. With Portraits.
London: John Murray, 1900. [Literary biography] FINELY BOUND. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.874. Illustrated with engravings. Contemporary full red morocco by R. Grant & Son, Edinburgh, with raised bands, full gilt backs, seal of Fettes College stamped in gilt to upper, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of William John..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson.
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. 1900. [Biography] FINELY BOUND. Three volumes. Octavo (23 x 15 x 11cm), pp.[2]; xvi; 533; [5]; pp.[6]; 470; [2]; pp.[6]; 522; [2]. Title pages printed in two colours. Elegantly bound by Denny of London in half red morocco over gilt-ruled buckram sides, gilt panelled spines..... More
The History of the Valiant Knight Arthur of Little Britain. A Romance of Chivalry. Originally Translated from the French by John Bourchier, Lord Berners. A New Edition. With a Series of Plates, from the Illuminated Drawings contained in a valuable Ms. of the Original Romance.
London: Printed for White, Cochrane and Co., 1814. Limited Edition to 175 regular copies. Quarto; pp: half title page, frontispiece, title page, (12), (1), vi - xxvii, (1), iv, 544. Illustrated with black and white plates based on drawings from the original manuscript. Complete. This edition is edited by Edward..... More
How Do You Like Me Now?
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2018. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15 cm), pp.[6]; 362. Signed by author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's yellow cloth with blue titles to spine, dust-jacket with cover image by Mathilde Cretier and printed price of £12.99. Fine/as New copy. The debut..... More
Defender of the Faith.
London: Methuen and Co., 1911. First Edition. Octavo, pp. viii, 365 [31]. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and tooling to spine and upper board. Monogrammed bookplate to front paste down. Small square of paper pasted to lower spine. Spine very slightly sunned, and slight spotting to edges and..... More
Prince and Heretic.
London: Methuen and Co., 1914. First Edition. Octavo, pp. vi, 374 [31]. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles and tooling to spine, and blind to upper board. Monogrammed bookplate to front paste down. Spotting to edges and prelims. Even light browning throughout. Very good overall. An historical novel concerning..... More