Literature
The Saint in New York.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (18.5 x 13cm), pp.320; [2]; [8], advertisements; [1], blank. Publisher's light blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper, blue endpapers. Contents clean with no ink names, some very light spotting. Binding rubbed to spine and extremities..... More
The Works of Shelley in Verse and Prose. Now first brought together with many pieces not before published. Edited with Prefaces, Notes, and Appendices by Harry Buxton Forman.
London: Reeves and Turner, Strand, 1880. [Poetical works] FIRST BUXTON FORMAN EDITION. 8 volumes: 4 of Poetry, 4 of Prose. (8½ x 11½ inches). With frontispieces and etchings throughout each volume. Hand bound in navy blue half calf over marbled paper-covered sides, raised bands and gilt titles to spines. Top..... More
The Literature of Crime. Stories by World-Famous Authors.
London: Cassell and Company, 1952. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.ix; [1]; 366. Publisher's black cloth titled to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 15/ to front flap. Ex-libris stamp front paste-down, spotting to some preliminaries and rear blanks, toning and spotting to edges of textblock..... More
Act of Oblivion.
London: Hutchinson Heinemann, 2022. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xv; [1]; 463; [1]. Signed by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's grey cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket by Colin Thomas designed by Glenn O'Neill. Illustrated endpapers, map to pages 8-9..... More
The Isles Of Unwisdom.
London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1950. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19x 13cm), pp.xiv; 417; [1], blank. Includes a double-page map. Publisher's black cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Pictorial dust-jacket designed by Barbosa. Contents clean, edges lightly spotted, initial 'H' to flyleaf, jacket with a few small..... More
Travels with my Aunt.
London: The Bodley Head, 1969. [Modern Literature] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.319 [1]. Publisher's printed yellow wraps. Contents clean, covers very lightly handled with some gentle spine roll. Near fine. Greene's hilarious novel concerns Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, who meets his..... More
The Summing Up.
London: William Heinemann, 1938. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm) pp.[viii]; 317; [3], blank. Publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Tan endpapers, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Prelims toned, some spotting to edges, jacket with a few small chips and tears. Very good. Stott; A Bibliography..... More
This is What Happened.
London: John Murray, 2018. [Spy Novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 243 [5]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, titled in blind to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £12.99. Jacket sunned to spine, otherwise a crisp, clean, near fine copy. Author Mick Herron has received..... More
Ariel. Poems by Sylvia Plath.
London: Faber and Faber, 1965. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, second printing. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.86; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 12s. 6d. Slightly dusty. Near fine in like jacket with a chip to the crown. Shows well. Ariel, written during the year of..... More
The Constant Nymph.
London: The Readers Library Publishing Company, no date [circa 1930's]. [Bohemian Novel] VINTAGE COPY, a later mass-market edition. Small octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.253. Very small print. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. Quite heavily toned, as expected..... More
Exit Music.
London: Orion, 2007. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 380 [10]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed, with doodled smiley face motif. Publisher's black cloth, with red metallic titles to spine and red endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
The Complaints.
London: Orion, 2009. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xii]; 381; [7]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth, with silver titles to spine and purple endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99. A clean, fine copy. The..... More
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.313 [7]. Publisher's green cloth titled in gilt to spine, top edge tinted purple, with the dust-jacket illustrated by Ivan Lapper, priced at 25s. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Short tear at crown. Near fine. Basis for the..... More
The Man In The Yellow Raft.
London: Michael Joseph, 1969. [Navy stories] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.191 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 25s. Contents clean, jacket is bright and fresh. A fine copy. A collection of stories about the US Navy in the Pacific..... More
Gold From Crete.
London: Michael Joseph, 1971. [Navy stories] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.194; [2], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 35s. Contents clean, owner bookplate to pastedown, jacket is bright and fresh. Near fine. A collection of stories of sea warfare, set..... More
The Good Shepherd.
London: Michael Joseph, 1955. [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's black cloth with titles to spine, pictorial endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 12/6. Contents clean, owner bookplate to first blank, edges toned, bright jacket is lightly worn at crown. Very good. An attractive copy..... More
The Nightmare.
London: Michael Joseph, 1954. [Strange tales] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's grey cloth with red and black titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 12/6 to front flap. Contents clean, owner bookplate to pastedown, jacket with a few small nicks and tears, toned..... More
Two-And-Twenty.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1931. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.312; [8], ads. Publisher's mid-blue cloth with yellow titles to upper and spine. Contents clean, some light spotting to edges of text block, bookplate of Trevor Hickman to pastedown, backstrip sunned/toned, cloth with light general..... More
The Burning Chambers.
London: Mantle, 2018. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2]; xvi; 585; [1]; [6], blank. SIGNED by the author to limitation page. Publisher's black cloth lettered in blue to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of £20 to front flap. Photographic endpapers. Single black mark to..... More
The Novel Library Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Persuasion; Northanger Abbey; Mansfield Park; Emma.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1948-1952. [Literature] THE NOVEL LIBRARY EDITIONS. Three Volumes uniformly bound. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.[4] viii; 386; viii; 373 [5]; pp.[4] vi; 254; viii; 235 [5]; pp.[4] viii; 477 [1]; x; 496 [6]. Red half morocco with red cloth over sides, raised bands, gilt tooling and gilt..... More
The Captain from Connecticut.
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1941. [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.324. Publisher's cream cloth, blue titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Rowland Hilder. Contents clean, two bookplates to front endpaper. Very good in chipped jacket, with loss to spine ends and rear panel. Forester's..... More
The Earthly Paradise.
London: Michael Joseph Limited, 1940. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.319 [1]. Publisher's red cloth, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. Map to front paste-down. Contents clean, owner's bookplate to front fly-leaf, jacket with a few chips. Very good. Enthralling historical adventure set in an..... More
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera, ad Fidem Editionis Heynianae, plerumque exhibita [Complete Works].
London: J. Rodwell [et al.], 1815. [Classics] FINELY BOUND. Duodecimo in half-sheets (13 x 9cm), pp.[6] 370 [4]. Very small print; all text in Latin. Contemporary tan full calf, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and blind roll-tooling to boards. Grey endpapers, all edges speckled red. A...... More
Long Before Forty.
London: Michael Joseph, 1967. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15), pp.253; [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with black label and gilt lettering to spine, typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey with printed price of 30s to front flap. Ex-libris stamp front paste-down, bumping to corners, light toning and edgewear to..... More
An Unsuitable Attachment.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1982. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp. 256. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of £6.95 to front flap. Light toning to edges of textblock, some sunning to dust-jacket and gentle edgewear. Near fine. 'An Unsuitable..... More