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Pelham, or Adventures of a Gentleman [and] The Last Days of Pompeii.
London: George Routledge, n.d. [c.1896]. [English Literature]. FINELY BOUND, two volumes bound as one. Octavo (19 x 13 cm), pp.[2]; 447; [1]; pp.428 [2]. With an illustrated frontispiece to each title. In contemporary red full morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Some..... More
Honey for the Bears.
London: Heinemann, 1963. [Cold War Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Neil and Leila Godfrey, priced at 18s. Some spotting to edges and preliminaries; lightly browned throughout. Light rubbing and bruising to jacket edges. Very..... More
A Vision of Battlements.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1965. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.266; [4], blank. With illustrations by Edward Pagram. Publisher's bright yellow hardcover in original pictorial dust-wrapper priced 25s. A lightly used copy in near fine condition. This is the first issue (illustrated) jacket which was subsequently replaced..... More
Enderby Outside.
London: Heinemann, 1968. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[viii]; 243; [2], advertisements; [3], blank. Publisher's hardcover in pictrorial dust-wrapper priced 25s. A lovely fine copy. More
Death In Stanley Street.
London: Gollancz Detection, 1974. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's gilt-titled red cloth in dust-wrapper priced at £2.00. Ink number and tape ghost to flyleaf else a fine copy in a fine wrapper with a touch of wear to the crown. More
Wycliffe and the Tangled Web.
London: Gollancz Crime, 1988. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.191; [1], blank. Publisher's gilt-titled black cloth in dust-wrapper priced at £10.95. A fine copy in near fine jacket. Starring detective Charles Wycliffe, one of the most popular literary Police investigators. More
Little Lord Fauntleroy.
London: Frederick, Warne and Co., 1886. [Classic children's story]. FIRST UK EDITION, with 1886 date to both title and copyright pages. Octavo (pp.22 x 15cm), pp.x; 269; [1], imprint. Twenty-six illustrations illustrations after Reginald B. Birch. Half green straight-grained morocco, gilt, red leather label to spine, combed marble sides and..... More
Camilla: Or, A Picture of Youth. By the Author of Evilina and Cecilia. In Five Volumes.
London: Printed for T. Payne, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1796. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, five volumes, duodecimo (18 x 11cm). Half tan calf with spines ruled in compartments, black and green leather labels, gilt decoration, marbled sides and endpapers, edges speckled. Contents clean, armorial bookplate of Charles Henry Grove, Rector..... More
The works of robert burns. Illustrated by an Extensive Series of Portraits and Authentic Views. With a Complete Life of the Poet: An Essay on his Genius and Character, by Professor Wilson. Numerous Notes, Annotations, and Appendices.
London: Blackie and Son, 1866. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Two volumes. Large octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.cclxxvi; iv; 149; [1]; pp.xx; 412. With a total of 83 engraved plates by various artists, including a frontispiece and vignette title page to each volume, and a facsimile example of Burns' handwriting..... More
The poetical works of robert burns. with notes, glossary, index of first lines and chronological list.
London: Henry Frowde, 1896. [Poetry] COMPLETE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[xx]; 635; [iii], blank. Contemporary blue half morocco over marbled papers lettered in gilt to spine, raised bands and gilt decoration to spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Spotting to end matter, otherwise internally clean, minor spotting to edges..... More
Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.
Newport, RI: John Brown, 1870. [Poetry] Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.240. A facsimilie of the 1786 Kilmarnock edition. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY Handsomely bound by Bayntun-Riviere for Lauriat in tan half calf over buckram sides, gilt to spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Contents toned, some thumbmarks, neat repair to corner..... More
The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. Edited with A Memoir by George A. Aitken.
London, Covent Garden: George Bell and Sons, 1893. [Verse]. FINELY BOUND. 3 volumes; small octavo (17 x 11 x 8cm). Engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume. Elegantly bound by Morrell for bookseller Charles Lauriat in half mid blue morocco, spine gilt-titled in six compartments with raised bands, gilt rules and..... More
Death Leaves No Card.
London and Bombay: Collins, The Crime Club 1943. Octavo, pp.150. First published in 1939, this is the Colonial edition reprinted in India in 1943. Hardcovers of any vintage are evidently scarce. Publisher's red clothwith titles in black to spine, without dust-wrapper. Ownership to pastedown, some general dustiness and general wear..... More
Four-Ply Yarn.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1944. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine, pictorial dust-jacket. Internally fine. Cloth clean and bright, spine ends a little pushed. Price clipped dust-jacket shows very well, slightly bruised to top and tail of..... More
A Coffin for Pandora.
MacMillan, 1973. FIRST EDITION. 8vo., pp.220. Fine in dustwrapper. A Victorian mystery set in Oxford. The Crime Writer's Association award winning novel. Cooper & Pike; Detective Fiction, p 61-64. More
Hudibras, in Three Parts. Written In the time of the Late Wars. Corrected and Amended. With large annotations and preface by Zachary Grey.
London: Printed for C. Bathurst et al. 1772. Third Edition. 2 Vols. Octavo. Bound in brown calf, with red title label and black volume label and extra gilt to spine; front edge of board gilt. Illustrated with copper plates by Hogarth. Binding is rubbed, corners worn, joints starting, spines cracked..... More
William Blake, Mystic: A Study. Together with Young's Night Thoughts: Nights I and II with illustrations by William Blake and frontispiece Death's Door, from Blair's 'The Grave.'
Liverpool: The Liverpool Booksellers Co., 1911. [Biography] LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto (28 x 21cm), pp.[6] 14 [5]; [2] 42. The first part printed and paginated to recto of each leaf only. Number 190 of 250 copies of the first edition, hand-numbered to verso of fly-leaf. With a copper engraved frontispiece..... More
Poetry of Byron.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. [Poetry Selection] FINELY BOUND, third impression thus. Octavo (16 x 11cm), pp.xxxvi; 276. With a vignette title page. Contemporary green full calf by BUMPUS of London, with titles and decoration to spine. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Spotting to preliminaries. Light rubbing to binding; spine..... More
Hebrew Melodies.
London: John Murray, 1815. [Romantic Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[6] 53 [1]. Recently re-backed in tan calf with raised bands and gilt titles to black label; incorporating contemporary tan calf boards by W. Nutt, marbled endpapers and edges. Bound without the advertisement and without the half title..... More
The Poetical works of Lord Byron. Collected and Arranged with Notes. New and Complete Edition.
London: John Murray, 1876. [Romantic Poetry] FINELY BOUND EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xii; 827; [3]. With 12 engravings by various artists, including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Contemporary dark green full morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration. All edge gilt; marbled..... More
The Works of Lord Byron. With His Letters and Journals, and his Life, by Thomas Moore.
London: John Murray, 1835. [Verse] FINELY BOUND. 18 volumes, being the poetry complete in 17 volumes, with Galt's Life of Byron (First Edition) as the 18th volume. Octavo (17 x 11 x 45cm). Engraved frontispiece and engraved title page to every volume. Finely bound by Kaufmann for booksellers Estes and..... More
The Island of Sheep.
New York: Houghton Mifflin. 1920. First US Edition. 8vo. Publisher's lavishly decorated paper covered boards with yellow linen spine, a near fine copy with minor bumping and edgewear. In a very good priceclipped example of the scarce dustwrapper, darkened to spine panel worn to hinges with a triangle of loss..... More
Galatea.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 242; [6]. Publisher's grey cloth with purple titles to spine and upper board. Top edge yellow; fore edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., priced at $3.00. Internally fine. Small mark..... More
The Daughters of Danaus.
London: Bliss, Sands and Foster, 1894. [Feminist Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.491; [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. All edges untrimmed. Browning and very light spotting to edges and preliminaries. Neat later ownership to title page, blind bookseller's stamp to rear..... More