Literature
The Mysterious Affair At Styles.
New York: The National Book Co. Publishers, 1920. [Crime fiction] U.S. Second edition, prior to the British edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.296; [4], blank, being the John Lane first edition sheets with National's own title page (which is a cancel). Publisher's pale blue cloth decoratively blocked in blue. No..... More
Wuthering Heights. and Agnes Grey.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1858. [Literature] The Third Edition, designated 'New Edition' on the title page. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.446; [1], imprint; [1], blank; 4, advertisements. Newly bound in half burgundy calf over marbled sides, original yellow-coated advertising endpapers bound in, original printed cloth covers preserved in a...... More
London Visions.
London: Elkin Mathews, 1908. [Poetry collection] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.viii; 96. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to upper and spine. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. Faint, infrequent spotting to interior. Toning to textblock edges. Near fine. More
A Map of Hearts.
London: Lindsay Drummond, No date [1944]. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] 185 [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth, pink titles and pictorial motifs blocked to upper and spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 8s 6d to front flap. Cloth lightly toned to extremities. Some toning and gentle..... More
Reality Sandwiches. 1953-60.
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1963. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (16 x 13cm), pp.98 [2]. Typographic softcovers priced at $1.50 to rear. With four loose newspaper clippings reviewing the collection. Lightly toned to title page. Near fine. A major collection from Beat legend Allen Ginsberg, a few of the poems..... More
Company.
London: John Calder, 1980. [Modern Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.89; [1]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of £5.60 to front flap. Some scuffing and marking to back board. Near fine. 'Company' is a novella which is narrated from..... More
Everybody's Book of Correct Conduct, Being the Etiquette of Every-day Life.
London: Saxon and Co., 1890s. [Etiquette] EARLY EDITION. Octavo (14 x 11cm), pp.184. With decorative chapter head and tailpieces. Publisher's pictorial brown cloth. Contemporary advertisements as endpapers. Top edge brown. Interior lightly toned, endpapers faintly spotted. Splashing to fore edge, cloth gently rubbed with moderate marking to lower board. Very..... More
John Buchan. 1875-1940, A Bibliography.
Hamden, CT: The Shoe String Press, 1953. [Bibliography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.135; [3], blank. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Underlining in blank pen throughout, rolling to spine, bumping to corners leading to light wearing of cloth. A few pages of notes loosely inserted. Very..... More
Five Run Away Together. The Third Story of the Adventures of the Four Children and their Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1949. [Children's Adventure] THIRD IMPRESSION. Small Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.192. With a colour frontispiece (same image as jacket), and numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured blue or red, by Soper. Publisher's light blue cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With..... More
Five go off in a Caravan. Being the Fifth Adventure of Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1946] 1949. [Children's Classic] First Edition, Third Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.208. With colour frontispiece and frequent in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 6s. Contents clean, some dustiness to edges, discreet gift note to first blank, jacket..... More
Five on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1947] 1950. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, fourth impression. Small octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, showing the..... More
The Saint on Guard.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1945. [Mystery collection] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (18.5 x 13cm), pp.239; [1], advertisement. Publisher's cornflower blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket designed by Stead, priced at 8s 6d. Contents and page edges clean, subtle erasure to f.e.p., jacket presents well with a few small tears..... More
The Naming of the Dead.
London: Orion, 2006. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.421; [1], blank. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine, cheers!', together with his characteristic 'tic tac toe' doodle. Publisher's black cloth, with metallic blue titles to spine. With..... More
Exit Music.
London: Orion, 2007. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.380; [10], blank. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine- Goodbye to Rebus?', together with his characteristic 'face' doodle. Publisher's black cloth, with red titles to spine. With the..... More
The Hanging Garden.
London: Orion, 2003. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.336; [7], blank. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine, all best!', together with his characteristic 'hangman's gallows' doodle. Publisher's black cloth, with silver titles to spine. With the..... More
A Question of Blood.
London: Orion, 2003. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.360. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine, all best!', together with his characteristic 'hangman's gallows' doodle. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
The Cinque Ports and Romney Marsh.
London: John Gifford, 1972. [English History] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xii; 266 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. With numerous in-text maps and halftone illustrations, folding map to rear. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. With..... More
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay. A New Edition.
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1873. [Politics/History] FINE LEATHER BINDING. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 784 [2]. Tan half calf, nonpareil marbled paper over boards. Brown label with gilt titles, tooling, and raised bands to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges matching boards. Lightly toned internally with infrequent spotting, heavier..... More
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
London: Printed for Cadell & Davies [et al.], 1807. [Late Antiquity] EARLY OCTAVO EDITION. Complete in twelve volumes. Octavo (22 x 14 x 37cm). With an engraved portrait of the author to volume I, and two large folding maps. Contemporary full marbled calf, with gilt decoration and twin black title..... More
Poems by Thomas Hood. Again Illustrated by Birket Foster.
London: E. Moxton, Son, and Co., 1872. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION THUS. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.vii; 180 [4]. With 23 tissue-guarded engravings including a frontispiece by Foster. Publisher's purple cloth extravagantly decorated in black, blue and gilt to upper board. Titles in black and gilt to spine, blind-tooling to lower..... More
Half in Shadow.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1978. [Weird fiction] FIRST THUS. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.ix [3] 212 [4]. With a monochrome frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tim Kirk priced at $8.95 to front flap. Grey endpapers. Fine, as-new. A collection of short..... More
A Glastonbury Romance.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1933. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[12] 1174 [2]. Publisher's navy cloth, red titles to upper board and spine. Top edge blue. Publisher's advertisements to rear. Toning and spotting to endpapers, internally clean minus some faint splashing to a few..... More
Amphitryon. A Comedy.
New York, NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1962. [German Drama in Translation] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 80. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Jonas. Illustrated bookplate of Eric Salmon to front pastedown, otherwise crisp and clean..... More
Mist, and Other Ghost Stories. Edited with an Introduction by Richard Dalby.
Dorset: Sundial Supernatural, 2015. [Ghost stories] LIMITED EDITION COPY, only 265 published. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.x; 182. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £17.50 to front flap. Black endpapers. Fine, as-new. The first reprinted edition of this incredibly rare 1928 series, its..... More
English Lyrics.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1883. [Poetry] FIRST THUS, interesting provenance. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.xix [1] 296 [4]. With an original poem lovingly INSCRIBED to a front blank by Scottish writer S.R. Crockett to his future wife Ruth Mary Milner, dated 1883. Contemporary white paper boards, red titles..... More