Literature
They Do it With Mirrors.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1952. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Farnhill priced at 10/6. Contents clean, discreet gift note to free endpaper, some spotting to the page edges, jacket..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: Heinemann, 1958. [Satirical spy novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green with printed price of 15s to front flap. Some toning to edges of textblock, jacket gently worn with..... More
Randall and The River of Time.
London: Michael Joseph, 1951. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, SUPERB PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Biro, with printed price 10s 6d. With author's inscription to flyleaf: 'To Sir William and Lady Tennant /with best wishes from /..... More
An Outcast of the Islands.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. [Literature] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 336 [10]. Publisher's green cloth, designs blocked in red, black, and gilt to upper and spine. Publisher's advertisements to rear. Internally clean and lightly toned. Typographic bookplate of Christopher Clark Geest to front pastedown..... More
The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1976. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK HARDBACK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.192; [2], blank. Red cloth hardcover, illustrated dust-jacket priced £3.15. A particularly fine book which appears unread. Jacket similarly crisp and fine, with some trivial wear to spine ends and red lettering slightly sunned..... More
The Lair of The White Worm.
London: William Rider and Son, 1911. [Strange tale] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 324; [4], adverts; 16, catalogue. Illustrated with 6 coloured plates by Smith. In publisher's red cloth with gilt decorated titles to spine. Contents clean with some light and expected spotting in places, no..... More
Kim.
London: Macmillan and co., 1901. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 413 [3]. With 10 black and white illustrated plates. Publisher's red cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and gilt elephant motif stamped to upper. Top edge gilt. No inscriptions, light occasional spotting, some foxing to..... More
[Smiley vs Karla trilogy] Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, [together with]; The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974, 1977, 1980 [November 1979]. [Espionage thriller] ALL FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED in first volume. Three volumes complete, uniform octavos (22 x 14 x 11cm). Publisher's blue and black hardcovers lettered in gilt, purple top stain to first volume, peach-coloured endpapers to first volume, Hong Kong/China map..... More
The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 190 [2]. With twelve engravings by Fildes and a frontispiece portrait of Dickens. Contemporary green half morocco, with gilt titles and ruling to spine, and marbled paper over boards. All edges speckled red. All plates present..... More
Finn and Hengest: the Fragment and the Episode.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. [Literary criticism] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 180. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at $15.95 to front flap. Jacket backstrip slightly sunned. Near fine. A study of the tale surrounding two fifth-century Germanic heroes, the..... More
A Set of Six.
London: Methuen and Co., 1908. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 310 [2] 40. Advertisements to rear. Publisher's blue cloth, titles blocked in brown to upper board, gilt titles to spine. Blue 'presentation copy' stamp to title page. Bottom edge uncut. Light toning throughout, spotting..... More
The Inimitable Jeeves.
London: Herbert Jenkins, [1940s]. [Humour] Vintage hardback. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's orange cloth blocked in black, in pictorial dust-jacket, priced 2/6 on spine. Ninth printing. Page edges a little toned, jacket with some minor chips and tears, large loss to crown. Very good indeed. The second..... More
Thank You, Jeeves.
London: Herbert Jenkins, [1940s]. [Humour] Vintage hardback. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.312; [8 of advertisements]. Publisher's orange cloth blocked in black, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Abbey, priced 3/- on spine. Fifth printing. A few small spots to edges, jacket with some minor nicks and rubs. Very good indeed. Following..... More
The Ace of Knaves (The Saint).
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. [Mystery collection] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (18.5 x 13cm), pp.316; [4], advertisement. Publisher's cornflower blue cloth with blue endpapers in pictorial dust jacket priced at 7s 6d. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A fine copy of the book in a bright, near fine wrapper with..... More
Bleak House.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 624 [2]. Typographical errors present in the first issue: p.19, line 6, 'elgble'; p.209, line 23, 'chair' instead of 'hair; and p.275, line 22, 'counsinship' instead of 'cousinship'. Lacks the half-title. With 40 engraved illustrations by..... More
No Voyage.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1963. [American Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii; 56. Publisher's green patterned paper-covered boards with spine lettered in gilt, deckled fore-edge untrimmed, illustrated dust-jacket priced 15s. Owner's small and unobtrusive name to front endpaper, else clean and fine, in a bright, near..... More
Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard.
London: Harper and Brothers, 1904. [Classic Literature]. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 480. Original blue cloth with wave motif across cover and spine, blocked in pale blue to upper, gilt-lettered to spine. No inscriptions. Contents generally clean, marginal brown spot to final gathering, some mark/wear to..... More
Pigs Have Wings.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. [Classic Humour] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 220 [4]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black, pictorial dust-jacket by 'Sax' priced at 9/6. Contemporary ink ownership, jacket with a few small chips and rubs, some minor wrinkling to rear panel. Very good. Against a...... More
The Golden Rendezvous.
London: Collins, 1962. [Maritime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Heseltine priced at 16s. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A fine book, in a very good jacket with a few small rubs and some..... More
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. With illustrations by Sidney Paget.
London: George Newnes, 1894. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.[6]; 279; [1]. Publisher's dark blue pictorial cloth, printed in black and gilt, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. Contents lightly foxed, neat and small ownership stamp to f.e.p., near paper pull to same, usual wear to inside paper joints..... More
Sword of Honour. A Final Version of the Novels Men at Arms (1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955), and Unconditional Surrender (1961).
London: Chapman and Hall, 1965. [Military saga] PROOF COPY of the First Edition. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.796. Publisher's textured cream wrappers, with printed text to upper. A few very light marks to covers; fine. A scarce advance proof of the streamlined version of the acclaimed trilogy, edited by the..... More
The Hollow.
London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1946. [Crime / Mystery] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 256 [2]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine, typographic dust-wrapper. Discreet owner name and date, edges and contents clean, price clipped jacket is crisp and fresh with some trivial..... More
Jeeves Omnibus.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1931. [Classic humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.847; [1], blank. Publisher's green cloth blocked in black, in pictorial dust-jacket by Abbey, priced 7/6 on spine. An exceptionally crisp, fine copy in a near fine wrapper with one tear to upper, minor edge wear, frayed to..... More
Fiesta [The Sun Also Rises].
London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. [Modern literature] FIRST UK EDITION, earliest text. Crown octavo, pp.286. Elegantly hand-bound in full red morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Contents mostly clean with a few minor spots/marks, vintage tape repairs to top corner of the first..... More
The Riddle of the Sands.
London: Smith Elder and Co., 1903. [Espionage novel] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] xii; 336 [8]. Illustrated with maps and charts, including a folding frontispiece. Bound in black full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and gilt ruling to boards. Top edge gilt..... More