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Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1906. FIRST EDITION, Presentation Copy. Octavo, pp.[8], 378 [32]. With a printed label to front pastedown stating 'Sent by desire of the Author'. In publisher's aquamarine cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Re-cased with neat repairs to hinges. Brown endpapers..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1931. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.314; [6], advertisements. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles, illustrated map endpapers, pictorial jacket priced at 7/6. A lightly used copy with clean page edges, discreet owner name, attractive wrapper has benefited from some discreet and well executed..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1934. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth in pictorial jacket. A near fine copy of the book in a very good wrapper, toned to spine with some chips to crown and extremities. Historical adventure set in bleak Yorkshire; A Minister..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1922. REGULAR FIRST EDITION and VARIANT FIRST EDITION in publisher's TRIAL BINDING. 2 volumes. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.318; [2], blank. The regular binding in pale blue cloth titled and ruled in dark blue, the advance binding in mid blue cloth more heavily blocked in black..... More
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London 1912. A curious collection of strange tales from the acclaimed thriller writer and creator of gentleman spy Richard Hannay. FIRST EDITION, COLONIAL ISSUE. Octavo; pp.324 + 4 (ads). Publisher's slate grey cloth titled in gilt with silver moon to spine and similar monogram..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1922. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.318. With illustrated maps to endpapers. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles to spine and upper board. Large black ink gift inscription to half title, dated 1922. Spotting to edges and endpapers. Light rubbing to board..... More
London: W. and R. Cahmbers. 1934. First magazine issue publication of Buchan's The Free Fishers, published in Chambers Journal between January and July 1934. Publisher's decorated orange paper wraps. Bright and clean, minor edgewear, very good indeed with some very minor chipping to spine ends and edges. A very bright..... More
Montreal: Printed for Private Circulation, 1911. [Canadian Legal History and Genealogy] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6] xiv; 475 [3] 5 [1] viii [4]. With 13 illustrated plates, including a frontispiece portrait of the subject, each with a tissue guard. Number 126 of just 300 copies SIGNED by..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1893. [Illustrated Drama] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.64. With 12 wood engraved plates by Thomson, as well as a decorated title page. Publisher's light green cloth with darker green titles to spine and upper board. Top edge green, others untrimmed. Black ink ownership..... More
London: Saunders and Otley, 1834. [Romantic Novel] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxxvi; 341 [5]. With 27 steel engraved illustrations by various artists, including a frontispiece and illustrated title page. Contemporary maroon full morocco, with gilt titles and heavy gilt decoration to spine, and equally heavy panelled..... More
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, no date [circa 1860s]. [Christian Allegory] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.xvi; 400 [2]. With over 100 full page and in-text wood engravings by Selous and Priolo, including a frontispiece. Contemporary red full panelled morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles, and blind..... More
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, no date [circa 1850's]. [Christian Spirituality] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (28 x 20cm), pp.[6] 670 [4]; pp.[6] 1300 [2] cxxxvi [4]. With 31 steel-engraved plates, each with a tissue guard, including a frontispiece to each volume and a...... More
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. Black ink ownership and date of Roderick Cavaliero to fly-leaf. Heavy spotting and toning to edges, with..... More
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Trade Union Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13m), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the black and green typographic dust-jacket, not priced. Light toning to edges, with a bump to upper top right corner. Jacket..... More
London: Andersen Press, 2018. [Young Adult Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[6] 325 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to publisher's bookplate affixed to flyleaf. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine, and light green endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Kate McKendrick, priced..... More
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
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
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
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. [Children's Literature] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, second issue. Square octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.xii; 209 [19]. With 26 illustrations after Reginald B. Birch. The second issue, showing J.J. Little on the copyright page. In a very fine binding of green full morocco, with..... More
London: Allison & Busby, 1981. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.138 [2]. With occasional black and white photo-collages by Breakwell. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the light blue photographic dust-jacket, priced at £6.95. A fine copy. More
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
London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., no date [1902]. [Scots Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Sextodecimo (14 x 11cm), pp.[2] 354 [2]. With a frontispiece portrait of Burns. Contemporary quarter vellum, with gilt titles to a brown label, as well as delicate green and gilt decoration to spine. Striped green cloth over..... More
Newport, RI: John Brown, 1870. [Poetry] PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.240. A facsimile of the 1786 Kilmarnock edition. 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
London: W. Lewis and Co., 1816. [Poetical Works] EARLY EDITION, publisher's original boards. Two volumes. Sextodecimo (17 x 11cm), pp.viii; 199 [1]; pp.viii; 165 [3]. With an engraved frontispiece and vignette title page to each volume. Publisher's blue quarter paper-covered spine, with plain grey paper over boards. Plain paper title..... More
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