" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher
Literature
A Calendar of Love, and Other Stories.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1967. [Orcadian Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.157 [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue dust-jacket illustrated by Patricia Davey, priced at 18s. A lovely crisp, clean copy, with a small black ink ownership to flyleaf. Light wear..... More
Magnus.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1973. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.206 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the striking dust-jacket designed by Ian MacInnes, priced at £2.00. A black ink ownership to flyleaf, dated 1973. A selection of related newspaper clippings loosely inserted..... More
Time in a Red Coat.
London: Chatto & Windus, the Hogarth Press, 1984. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[6] 249 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the purple photographic dust-jacket, priced at £8.95. Toned to edges, with heavy sunning to jacket spine. Otherwise a crisp copy. Very good... More
Rab and His Friends.
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862. [Illustrated] FINE COPPER ENGRAVINGS, later edition. Slim quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.34. With seven fine copper engravings after George Harvey, R.S.A., including a frontispiece. Recently re-backed using original white glazed paper-covered boards, with black titles printed to upper board. Black ink gift inscription to half-title..... More
The Collected Poems of T.E. Brown.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1901. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND, second impression thus. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xxvi; 736 [2]. With a photographic frontispiece portrait of the author. Contemporary Art Nouveau binding of green full calf, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and some decoration to boards including red..... More
Sonnets from the Portuguese, by E.B. Browning. To which is prefaced a 'Little Journey' to the Home of the Author, written by E. Hubbard.
East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1898. Limited Edition to 480 copies of which this is No.217. SIGNED by Elbert Hubbard. Publisher's quarter white cloth with gilt titles to upper, grey paper boards and end papers; edges untrimmed. Hand coloured stylised capitals throughout the text; superb printing on thick pages..... More
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1896. [Poetry] LETTERS FROM THE AUTHOR. In two volumes. Octavo. Bound in publisher's green cloth, with gilt motif to front board and gilt titles to spine; top edge gilt. Portrait frontispieces to both volumes. Accompanied by Robert Browning's dried buttonhole decoration from June '86, preserved..... More
John Clare and Picturesque Landscape.
Oxford: the Clarendon Press, 1983. [Literary Criticism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 158 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Light blue endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket titled in red and black. Light spotting to edges. Jacket a little bruised and rubbed, with a closed tear..... More
Miffy at the Zoo.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST THUS, a revised translation. Square octavo (16 x 16cm), 14 leaves, with text facing full colour illustrations by the author. SIGNED by the translator in black ink to copyright page at rear. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper-covered boards. A fine, as-new copy..... More
Bedlam Planet.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson. 1973. First UK Edition. Octavo. pp. 159. In publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. In original pictorial dustwrapper in orange featuring a white spotted hand rising from a writhing mass of green. Author's bookplate to front pastedown, featuring an animation of himself assailed by..... More
The Crucible of Time.
New York: Ballantine Books. 1983. First US Edition. Octavo. pp. iv, 289. In publisher's quarter cream cloth with black paper-covered boards and gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dustwrapper featuring planets in nebula-scape and a large spaceship. Author's bookplate to front pastedown, featuring an animation of himself assailed by..... More
From This Day Forward.
New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1972. [Science Fiction Short Stories] FIRST US EDITION, AUTHOR'S OWN COPY. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.238 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket featuring 'Friday 13' calendar date, priced at $5.95. Author's bookplate to front pastedown, featuring an..... More
Honky in the Woodpile.
London: Constable. 1971. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 222. Dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dustwrapper. Author's whimsical bookplate to front pastedown, some very light wear to the dustjacket, a fine copy. More
The Wrong End of Time.
London: Eyre Methuen, 1975. [Science Fiction]. SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4]; 185; [1]. Publisher's green cloth, light green titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket. Signed and inscribed on the title page: "For Frank | John Brunner | 1988 [peace sign]". Some light spotting to edges and to..... More
Unfinished Poems. "Musings" by William Cullen Bryant, and "Godfrey of Boulogne" by Henry D. Thoreau.
Boston, MA: The Bibliophile Society, 1907. [American Poetry] LIMITED PRIVATE PRESS EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.[4] xxviii [4]. With a double-sided facsimile plate of the manuscript of each poem, and an engraving for each, together with the printed texts. One of 470 copies thus, finely printed on Japanese..... More
The Heart to Artemis. A Writer's Memoirs.
London: Collins, 1963. [Literary Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's mixed brown and green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green typographic dust-jacket. A lovely crisp copy, with the price-clipped jacket showing just a hint of toning to spine, one closed tear to front panel..... More
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[The Riding of Ninemileburn, in] Blackwood's Magazine No. MCLVIII [1158].
London: William Blackwood and Sons, April 1912. FIRST APPEARANCE. Large octavo, pp.[32], 445-496. In publisher's light brown paper wrappers with titles and contents to front cover. Some expected wear; small losses to spine; very good. The first appearance of a strange tale included in the published collection 'The Moon Endureth'..... More
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[The Riding of Ninemileburn, in] Blackwood's Magazine No. MCLVIII [1158].
London: William Blackwood and Sons, April 1912. [Weird tales] FIRST APPEARANCE. Large octavo, pp.[32], 445-496. In publisher's light brown paper wrappers with titles and contents to front cover. Some external wear, address stamp to upper, old tape to head and tale of spine; very good. The first appearance of a...... More
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The Island of Sheep. [A Richard Hannay Novel].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.318 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, gilt 'JB' monogram to upper board, and map printed to front endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Chesterman, priced at 7/6 to spine. Black ink ownership to..... More
Mr Standfast.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1919. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.412. Publisher's mid-blue cloth, titled and ruled in dark blue, pictorial wrapper priced at 7shillings. A lightly used copy with minor edge spotting and bumping, jacket lightly edgeworn with a few minor tears. Overall a lovely bright copy. An attractive..... More
The Power-House.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.x; 238. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine and upper. Textblock browned as expected, endpapers to rear gutter split with the gauze showing through, binding still sound. Slight reading lean. A few small..... More
The Power-House.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1920. [Adventure novel] TRIAL OR VARIANT BINDING. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.x; 238. Publisher's brown paper-covered stiff card wrapps, titled in black to the spine and upper. Marginal pencil note to p.12, text block toned, fragile binding neatly repaired to spine, some wrinkling..... More
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The Thirty-Nine Steps [39 Steps].
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. [Espionage thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [1]; [2], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's blue cloth boards with dark blue embossed lettering to spine and upper. Browning to page edges, though less than would normally be expected. Reading lean; spine sunned. Very good, in..... More
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The Thirty-Nine Steps [39 Steps].
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. [Espionage thriller]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13), pp.253; [blank]; [2 of publisher's advertisements]. Publisher's mid blue cloth, titles in darker blue to spine and upper board. Re-cased with later white endpapers. Textblock somewhat toned as usual. Cloth shows well, slightly rubbed..... More
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The Thirty-Nine Steps [39 Steps].
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. [Espionage thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13), pp.253; [1] blank; [2] publisher's advertisements. Publisher's mid blue cloth, titles in darker blue to spine and upper board. A few light marks within, usual edge toning to the cheap wartime paper, discreet ink name to..... More