Literature
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1905. [Detective mysteries] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8]; 403; [1]; [4] publisher's advertisements. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen further plates by Paget. Publisher's blue cloth, simply titled in gilt to spine and upper. Housed in cloth chemise with leather-spined slipcase. A few small..... More
Ashenden. Or The British Agent.
London: William Heinemann, 1928. [Thriller collection] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.196; [12], blank. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in black and gilt, striking illustrated dust-jacket. Some gentle toning, jacket with a tiny amount of wear at crown, spine toned as usual, 'The Times Book Club' small label to lower..... More
Evil Under The Sun.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1941. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.252 [4]. With an illustrated map of 'Leathercombe Bay', the scene of the crime. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black. With the illustrated dust-jacket. No inscriptions, contents clean, page edges show some dustiness..... More
Hercule Poirot's Christmas.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1939. [Festive mystery] First Edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.251 [5]. Publisher's bright orange cloth, lettered to the back-strip in black. With the illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. A very good copy in the scarce correct, un-restored and unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly chipped at..... More
Poirot Loses a Client.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1937. [Murder Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[viii]; 302; [2], sample pages reprinted from 'Dead Man's Mirror'. Publisher's orange cloth pictorially blocked in black, top edge orange, others untrimmed, patterned endpapers, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at $2.00. Small legal 'price guarantee'..... More
Thirteen at Dinner.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1933. [Murder Mystery] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[x]; 305; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth heavily blocked in black, fore-edge untrimmed, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at $2.00. Modest soiling to cloth, a trace of a small rubber stamp on endpapers, else a...... More
The Seven Dials Mystery.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929. [Murder Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[viii]; 310; [2], blank. Publisher's orange cloth blocked in black, top edge orange, fore-edge untrimmed, decorative red endpapers. With the illustrated dust-wrapper. Fine in a bright, fresh, price-clipped dust jacket. As with all..... More
The Man in the Brown Suit.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1924. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 310; [2], advertisements. Publisher's light brown cloth, titled and decorated in dark brown. Contents clean. Spine tips and corners with trivial wear, a scuff on the front panel, else a very good..... More
Epitaph For A Spy.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. [Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.287 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Tom with very / best wishes and all / the best - / Eric Ambler'. Publisher's grey cloth titled in black to..... More
Five Little Pigs. [Murder in Retrospect].
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1942. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the yellow and pink typographic dust-jacket. Some spotting and toning to edges, otherwise crisp and clean internally. Jacket shows some marks and spotting..... More
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
London: Bloomsbury, 1997. [Harry Potter] FIRST EDITION, first paperback impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.223 [1]. Publisher's card covers illustrated by Thomas Taylor, and priced at £4.99. Toned to edges, as usual. Some handling to extremities, and a light crease to top corner of front cover, otherwise seemingly unread. Spine..... More
Carry On Jeeves.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1925. [Jeeves and Wooster] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's green cloth, with black titles and decoration to spine and boards, illustrated dust-jacket priced 3/6 and conforming to the bibliography in every respect. Contents clean with some light spotting to edges of text block on..... More
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. [Espionage thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222; [2], blank. Publisher's VARIANT brown cloth, rather than blue, with gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket priced at 18s. Book is fine, jacket a little edgeworn with a few short tears. Overall an attractive copy of the..... More
The Apple Tree [The Birds].
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1952. [Macabre/Strange tales] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.264. Publisher's red cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Val Biro, priced at 10/6. With author's inscription to the title page: For Roy. With best wishes / from / Daphne du Maurier / 1988..... More
Cesar Cascabel.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1891. [Adventure novel] FIRST UK EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii, 313; [1], imprint; [2], list of works; [32], ads. With eighty wood-engraved illustrations by George Roux, including a frontispiece. In publisher's blue-green cloth with gilt titles and polychrome blocked illustrations to spine..... More
The Clipper of the Clouds. [Robur the Conquerer].
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887 [1886]. [Science Fiction Adventure] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.viii; 234 [32]. Publisher's catalogue dated October 1886. With 42 wood engraved plates by Benett, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and black, brown and white decoration to..... More
A Family Without a Name.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1891 [1890]. [Historical Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 172; 134 [34]. Publisher's catalogue dated October 1890. With 79 of the 80 wood engraved plates by Tiret-Bognet, including a frontispiece. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles and black, white and..... More
The Portrait of a Lady.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1881. [American-English Literature] FIRST EDITION. Three volumes, octavo (19 x 13 x 9cm), pp.266, 253, 248. With all half-titles present, publisher's 24-page catalogue (dated April 1881) to rear of the final volume. Handsomely bound in half brown polished morocco, gilt, by Trevor Lloyd M.B.E., with raised..... More
In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder And Its Consequences.
New York, NY: Random House, 1965. [True crime] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[12] 343 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to a tipped-in blank. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and silver decoration, red endpapers, top edge green, in the first issue dust-jacket, designed by S. Neil Fujita..... More
Poirot and the Regatta Mystery.
London: Vallancey Press Limited, no date [1945]. [Detective Mystery] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Slim octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.16. Illustrated stiff card covers designed by 'Jeffrey', original price 6d. A little dustiness and handling, lightly rubbed, toned at spine with a few marks to covers; very good indeed. The first stand-alone..... More
The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras.
Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. [Adventure novel] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 440; [2], blank. With two hundred and fifty illustrations by Riou. Publisher's gilt-pictorial green cloth hardcovers, coated brown endpapers. Contents fine, page edges a little toned, cloth a trifle shelfworn. A lovely..... More
Uncommon Danger.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.314; [6], advertisements. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black, mid-blue endpapers, pictorial jacket by Gibbs, priced 7/6. Trivial toning to edge of text block, jacket with very light rubbing/wear to extremities. Overall a lovely fine copy of..... More
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. [Literary classic] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.xvi; 438; [2], blank. With 174 wood-cut illustrations by Kemble. Exquisitely bound by Frost of Bath in full scarlet polished calf with full gilt back, twin title labels, marbled endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, original decorative cloth..... More
The Story of a Puppet or the Adventures of Pinocchio. Translated from the Italian by M.A. Murray. Illustrated by C. Mazzanti.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. [Fairy tale] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[6]; 232. Publisher's white cloth with blue floral decoration, blue title to spine and upper. Edges and endpapers repeating the design of the cloth. Illustrated with a tissue protected frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations by..... More
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe.
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. [English Literature]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4 of publisher's advertisements]; [6]; 364; [16 of publisher's advertisements]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to boards. All edges untrimmed. Armorial bookplate of Alfred Gilbey to front pastedown, neat ownership..... More