Literature
Summer Cooking.
London: Museum Press, 1961. [Cookery] REISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. With occasional engraved illustrations by Daintrey. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at 12/6. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf, dated 1964. Toning and spotting to edges, and a little spotting to endpapers..... More
The Guardsman and Cupid's Daughter. And Other Poems.
London: Humphrey Toulmin, 1930. LIMITED EDITION, this being number 289 of 500 copies SIGNED by the Author and Artist. Octavo. Frontispiece and further black and white illustrations by John Austen. Publisher's green cloth, gilt title to spine and pictorial title label laid to upper. Top edge gilt, all other edges..... More
Earl Lavender. A Full and True Account of the Wonderful Mission of Earl Lavender, Which Lasted One Night and One Day: With a History of the Pursuit of Earl Lavender and Lord Brumm by Mrs Scamler and Maud Emblem.
London: Ward and Downey, 1895. [Satire fiction] BEARDSLEY FRONTISPIECE. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[xii]; 290; [2]. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper, dark purple endpapers. All edges untrimmed. Frontispiece by Beardsley. Red and black ink to title page. Internally clean, toning to top edge. Toning to..... More
Fleet Street Eclogues; A Second Series of Fleet Street Eclogues.
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, and The Bodley Head, 1893-1896. [Poetry] VOLUME ONE IS A LIMITED EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (19 x 12 cm), pp.[8] 104 [4]; pp.[8] 102 [16], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spines, gilt titles and decoration to upper of volume two..... More
Sentences and Paragraphs.
London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1893. [Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.vii; [1]; 134; [2]. Title page lettered in red and black. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. Lawrence and Bullen emblem blocked to lower board. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Leaves moderately toned, a few lightly spotted..... More
St. George's Day: A Fleet Street Eclogue.
New York, NY: John Lane, 1895. [Scottish Verse] AMERICAN COPYRIGHT EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (19 x 13cm), pp.16. Stapled twice. Some handling and a few small chips to covers. Very good. Part of the second series of Fleet Street Eclogues, expressing dismay at the homogenisation of British and American culture, and..... More
Soldiers of Fortune.
New York, Scribners. 1897. First US Edition. 8vo. Publisher's pale yellow decorated cloth titled in blue to spine and titled and decorated in blue and gilt to front board. Very good indeed with only very slight edgewear and light bumping to the spine ends. Slightly dusty top edge, internally bright..... More
Mysterious Air Ace.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1941. FIRST EDITION, PRE-PUBLICATION REVIEW COPY. Octavo, pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with titles in black to spine and upper board, in pictorial dust-jacket. With an 'advance review copy' slip pasted to the centre of the front panel. Endpapers tones, spotting to edges, slight lean to the textblock..... More
Twisted Face Defends His Title.
London; Herbert Jenkins. 1940. First Edition. 8vo. Near fine in publisher's bright and sharp red cloth titled in black to spine and front board. In a bright, clean dustwrapper with some marginal wear and creascing and a closed tear with some very slight loss to the spine ends. Very good..... More
Waste lands.
London: Ward Lock and Co. 1935. Mystery novel. FIRST EDITION, later state. Octavo. In the secondary binding of green cloth, lettered in black, in original jacket repriced to 5/- and with publisher's book number overprinted to spine. The striking dust-wrapper depicts 'reaching' hands, with a leather glove motif to the..... More
Country Comets.
London: Martin Hopkinson & Company, 1928. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.x; 35 [1]. Publisher's light green paper-covered boards with a plain paper title label to upper. A nice clean copy internally. Spine and upper sunned and toned to grey, with some light handling. Near fine. The author's..... More
Don Quixote; Pamela; Peruvian Tales etc; Arabian Nights [Four bound volumes of The Novelist's Magazine].
London: Harrison and Co., Paternoster Row, 1782-6. [Literature] Four volumes, octavo (21 x 14 x 19). Vignette engraved illustrations to title pages. Engravings to Pamela (XIV plates) and Peruvian Tales (XV plates). Bound in simple red half English calf over marbled sides, five raised bands, simple gilt rule and titles..... More
The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha.
London: Gibbings and Co., 1895. [Classic Literature] FIRST BRANGWYN ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Complete in four volumes. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.xxxvi; 304; pp.xii; 344; pp.xiv; 351 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 291 [1]. Each volume with five black and white plates, including a frontispiece, illustrated by Brangwyn. One of 1500 copies printed for..... More
William Tell, or the Patriot of Switzerland. And Hofer, the Tyrolese.
London: J. Harris, no date [circa 1824]. [Swiss Legend] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, a New Edition. Duodecimo (16 x 11cm), pp.[2] 252. With 10 engraved plates, and a decorated title page from the 1823 edition. Contemporary brown half calf, with gilt titles to brown label, and further decoration in gilt..... More
Stuff and Nonsense, and So On.
London: Constable & Co., 1927. [Comic Verse] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 110 [2]. With frequent vignette woodcut illustrations by Bold. SIGNED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf, dated February 1934. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Label..... More
Told Again: Traditional Tales Told by Walter de la Mare.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1927. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.viii; 320. With six colour plates, and numerous in-text line drawings, by Watson. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. A nice clean copy, with some offsetting to fly-leaf only. Light toning to spine, and..... More
The Burning-Glass, and Other Poems.
London: Faber & Faber, 1945. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.106 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. With the plain typographic dust-jacket titled in black and red, priced at 7/6. A little bumping to boards. Jacket a little rubbed to..... More
The Burning-Glass, and Other Poems.
London: Faber & Faber, 1945. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.106 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. With the plain typographic dust-jacket titled in black and red, priced at 7/6. Black ink ownership to front pastedown. Some toning to edges..... More
Poems 1901-1918.
London: Constable and Company, 1920. [Poetry] FIRST EDITIONS. Two volumes uniformly bound. Octavos (20 x 14cm), pp.[2]; ix; [1]; 251; [1]. pp.[2]; ix; [1]; 250; [2]. Publisher's grey cloth with embossed pattern to front boards lettered in gilt to upper boards and spine, typographic dust-jackets. (Vol. 1) Ex-libris stamp front..... More
Poems 1919 to 1934.
London: Constable and Company, 1935. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xiv; [2]; 379; [1]. Publisher's grey cloth. Gilt titles, gilt pictorial design, and decoration in blind to upper. Gilt titles to spine. With the matching dust-jacket. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Interior lightly foxed, toning to..... More
Centenary at Jalna.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1958. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 302 [2]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to fly-leaf, and dated 14-7-58. Publisher's tan cloth with green titles to spine and upper. With the green illustrated dust-jacket, clipped and re-priced to 15s. Top..... More
Doctor Heraclius Gloss. Translated by Jeffery E. Jeffery.
London: Brentano's Limited, 1923. [Literature] FIRST THUS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.127; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to upper and spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 6/- to spine. Interior lightly toned, one or two pages faintly spotted. Offsetting to preliminaries and rear leaves. Edges spotted. Upper cloth..... More
The Age of Churchill. Heritage and Adventure 1874-1911.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1961. [Politics]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[10];627; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, blue top edge, photographic dust-jacket. Some marks to the top centimetre or so of the cloth, a couple of patches of tape burn to free endpapers, very slight bowing..... More
Garden of Beasts. A Novel of Berlin 1936.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 404 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £16.99. Low grade paper somewhat toned, with a little..... More
Garden of Beasts. A Novel of Berlin 1936.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 404 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £16.99. Low grade paper somewhat toned, with a little..... More