Magazines & Periodicals
[An Archive of Books and Papers from the Library of Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin].
1907-1988. [Physiology and Biophysics] ORIGINAL FELLOWSHIP DISSERTATION, NOTEBOOK, OFF-PRINT COLLECTION, AND INSCRIBED BOOKS. A remarkable collection of books and papers associated with the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, including the original typescript of the dissertation which won him a research Fellowship at Trinity College in 1936 and a year's study at the..... More
Nature [X-Rays]. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science. Volume LIII.
London: Macmillan and Co., November 1895 to April 1896. [Science Journal] FIRST APPEARANCE IN ENGLISH of Rontgen's discovery of X-Rays. Quarto (28 x 20cm), pp.[2]; xl; 624; [2]. Contemporary black half morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Leather-grain effect cloth over boards. Marbled endpapers; all edges flecked..... More
The Labours of Hercules [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 98 and 99, numbers 587 to 597.
London: George Newnes, November 1939 to September 1940. [Literary Magazine] First appearance. Eleven magazine issues in their original colour-illustrated paper covers, priced at 1s. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.[7-8] 104 [9-16]; pp.[1-2] [15-16] 105-208 [17-24]; pp.[8] 209-312 [9-16]; pp.[8] 313-416 [9-16]; pp.[12] 417-520 [13-20]; pp.[12] 521-624 [13-20]; pp.[12] 104 [13-20];..... More
M.S. [The French Retreat from Moscow]. Original M.S. of the article published in the Quarterly Review October 1867.
[c.1867]. BOUND MANUSCRIPT. Small Quarto, pp.305. Page numbers in light pencil; writing in black ink. In a contemporary binding of full calf with raised bands, burgundy calf label with gilt titles to spine, marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Edward Stanhope to front pastedown. Large water or oil stain to top right..... More
'How I Wrote Diamonds Are Forever' in the Daily Express. 11th April 1956.
London: Express Newspapers [1956]. [Journalism] Folio newspaper. Bibliographer's copy. Some browning as expected to cheap newsprint paper stock, some brittle areas, minor chips, archival repair strip along fold. A very good copy of a scarce item. Apart from the publisher's file copy (Cape also retained the typescript), this is the..... More
Supplement to The London Gazette. [Second World War Despatches]. Numbers 35305; 37573; 37594; 37609; 37655; 37685; 37695; 37703; 37711; 37719; 37729; 37779; 37786; 37838; 38005; 38011; 38017; 38023; 38031; 38086; 38098; 38111; 38149; 38183; 38196; 38204; 38205; 38214; 38215; 38216; 38225; 38228; 38229; 38266; 38269; 38273; 38274; 38281; 38287; 38293; 38296; 38300; 38308; 38331; 38342; 38346; 38349; 38377; 38404; 38423; 38426; 38432; 38437; 38937.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, Friday 17th October 1941 to Tuesday 6th June 1950. [Second World War] ORIGINAL SUPPLEMENTS. Folio (31 x 19cm), with intermittent pagination. 55 individual supplements to The London Gazette, including a duplication of the first number, all publishing despatches from various theatres of conflict during the..... More
The Tragedy of the Korosko [and] Glimpses of Nature [and] The Strange Experience of Alkali Dick [and] Silenced [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 13 and 14, numbers 77 to 84.
London: George Newnes, May to December 1897. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Eight octavo magazines (27 x 19cm), pp.xxviii; 481-600; xxix-xxxvi; pp.xxxii; 601-804; xxxiii-xlviii; pp.xxxii; 120; xxxiii-xliv; pp.xxiv; 121-240; xxv-xxxii; pp.xxiv; 241-360; xxv-xxxii; pp.xxxii; 361-480; xxxiii-xl; pp.xxxii; 481-600; xxxiii-xlviii; pp.xl; 601-804; xli-lx. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers..... More
'Puck of Pook's Hill' (complete parts), and 'Some Fore-Runners of Sherlock Holmes' in The Strand Magazine [Ten monthly parts].
London, George Newnes Jan-Dec.1906. The complete Puck in parts; FIRST APPEARANCE, preceeding the edition in book-form. Original magazine issues; 10 separate parts. Illustrated throughout. Bound in publisher's light blue pictorial wrappers. Some minor chips as expected, some adsverts excised from Feb. and June issues, but generally a very clean, attractive..... More
'The Case of Mr. Fleming' by Bernard Bergonzi, contained within Twentieth Century magazine, March 1958.
London: Printed at the Whitefriars Press, [1958]. [Literary Critique] FIRST APPEARANCE of this famous, controversial essay on the morality of Ian Fleming's novels. Magazine format. Pp.193-288. Original price 2s 6d. Some handling and toning; near fine. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy, with his pencilled ownership signature. Professor Bergonzi's landmark piece concerned..... More
The Strand Magazine, volumes I to VI. [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, etc.]
London: George Newnes, 1891-1893. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six volumes. Large octavo (24 x 18 x 25cm). Illustrated throughout. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes. Publisher's cyan cloth with titles in black and gilt to spines, and in black with the 'Strand' street scene to uppers. All edges speckled..... More
[Review of 'Valperga' in] Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. No. LXXIV.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, March 1823. [Literary Magazine] CONTEMPORARY REVIEW. Octavo magazine in the original grey paper wrapper. pp.[2] 263-384 [4]. Edges untrimmed. An astonishingly well-preserved example, with just the slightest of spotting to preliminaries and some light thumbing and wear to the covers. Near-fine. A rare contemporary review of Mary..... More
The Return of Sherlock Holmes [and] Dixon's Return [and] The Ebony Box [and] Eyes of Terror [and] Gervais of Blois [and] The Iron Maiden [and] The King and I [and] The Land Ironclads [and] Lawyer Quince [and] Liar and an Elephant [and] The Phoenix and the Carpet [and] Point of Law [and] The Country of the Blind [and] Dialstone Lane [and] Echo [and] Golden Bars [and] Sadi the Fiddler [and] Billy the King [and] The Diver's Story [and] The Girl on the Sands [and] An Irish Gentleman [and] The Messenger in Mufti [and] The Mistress of the Chateau [and] The Ring and the Lamp [and] A Splendid Rogue [and] The Temptation of Samuel Burge [and] That Brute Simmons [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 26, 27 and 28, complete.
London: George Newnes, July 1903 to December 1904. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 27cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 724; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations, including Paget's famous illustrations for the Holmes stories. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and..... More
"Q.Q." Detective Stories [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 68 and 69, numbers 405 to 408, and 412 to 413.
London: George Newnes, September 1924 to May 1925. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six parts in their original colour illustrated paper covers, priced at 1s. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[52] 215-318 [53-68]; pp.[64] 319-422 [65-80]; pp.[68] 423-530 [69-84]; pp.[96] 531-670 [97-132]; pp.[68] 319-424 [69-86]; pp.[52] 425-528 [53-68]. With frequent black and..... More
My Sword For Lafayette [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 29 and 30, numbers 171 to 179.
London: George Newnes, March to November 1905. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Nine parts in their original light blue paper covers, priced at 6d. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[92] 241-360 [93-100]; pp.[92] 361-480 [93-100]; pp.[84] 481-600 [85-92]; pp.[72] 601-720 [73-84]; pp.[68] 120 [69-84]; pp.[56] 121-240 [57-72]; pp.[72] 241-360 [73-88]; pp.[100] 361-480..... More
Sergeant Sir Peter's Cases [and] Jeeves and the Spot of Art [and] Jeeves and the Kid Clementia [and] Jeeves and the Old School Chum [and] Indian Summer of an Uncle [and] Tuppy Changes His Mind [and] Gala Night [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes LXXVIII and LXXIX, issues 468 to 474.
London: George Newnes, December 1929 to June 1930. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Seven parts in their original colour illustrated paper covers, priced at 1s. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[80] 664 [81-90]; pp.[32] 104 [33-40]; pp.[36] 105-208 [37-44]; pp.[36] 209-312 [37-44]; pp.[40] 313-416 [41-48]; pp.[32] 417-528 [33-40]; pp.[36] 529-640 [37-44]. With..... More
The Adventure of the Dying Detective [and] The Horror of the Heights [and] How it Happened [and] The Poison Belt, Chapter 6 [and] To the South Pole: Captain Scott's Own Story [and] Back to Back [and] Keeping Watch [and] The Weaker Vessel [and] Bits of Life [and] The Journal of Aura Lovel [and] Keeping it from Harold [and] The Torch [and] Wet Magic [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 46, complete.
London: George Newnes, July to December 1913. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.iv; 802; viii. With frequent black and white, and occasional dichromatic, illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges speckled red. Ink library stamps of..... More
Three of Them [and] Jeeves and the Chump Cyril [and] The Film that was Never Shown [and] The Magic Plus Fours [and] Billy Bones [and] The Forbidden Subject [and] First Aid for Dora [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 55, 56, 64, and 66; numbers 328, 331, 332, 366, 384 and 392.
London: George Newnes, April, July, August, and December 1918, December 1922, and August 1923. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six magazines. Octavo (27 x 19cm), pp.44; 265-344; 45-52; pp.20; 76; 21-32; pp.16; 77-152; 17-34; pp.64; 361-484; 65-82; pp.84; 487-628; 85-118; pp.48; 105-212; 49-64. Liberally illustrated in black and white throughout. Publisher's..... More
Man Overboard [in The Harmsworth Magazine no.6 for December 1898].
London: Harmsworth Bros, Dec. 1898. First appearance of Churchill's short story 'Man Overboard'. Small quarto magazine format in original publisher's illustrated paper covers. Very minor edgewear and very slight chipping to spine ends otherwise bright, clean and strong. Quarter inch of loss to tail of spine panel. Staples faintly rusting..... More
The Man With The Golden Gun. In 'Playboy' Magazine. April-July 1965.
Chicago: HMH Publishing Co., Inc., Playboy Building, 232 East Ohio Street, 1965. [Spy novel serialisation] FIRST APPEARANCE. Four issues. Magazine format, stapled, illustrated. Original Price 75 cents per issue. Housed in an elegant protective gilt-titled dark green buckram case. Overall size 30 x 23cm. Some light expected handling; near fine..... More
The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal: for Nov. 1814..... Feb. 1815.
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1815. CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS. Octavo, pp.[8], 560 [2]. In contemporary tan half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and marbled boards. All edges flecked blue / grey. Some light edge wear; a few marks to spine. Very good indeed. Works reviewed include Wordsworth's 'The..... More
Round the Fire Stories [and] The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings [and] Miss Cayley's Adventures [and] Glimpses of Nature [and] Safety Match [and] Smoked Skipper [and] Clochette [and] The Gray Parrot [and] The Madness of Mr. Lister [and] Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation [and] The Stolen Body [and] Underground Passages and Trap-Doors [and] Where the Air Quivered [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 15 and 16, complete.
London: George Newnes, January to December 1898. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Two volumes. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges speckled red. Clean internally, with moderate..... More
The Sanctuary Club [and] Hilda Wade [and] A Master of Craft [and] The Seven Dragons [and] The "Southern Cross" Antarctic Expedition [and] The Croxley Master [and] Whereyouwantogoto: or, The Bouncible Ball [and] Kind Little Edmund; or, The Caves and The Cockatrice [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 18, numbers 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, and 108.
London: George Newnes, July 1899 to December 1899. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six octavo magazines (28 x 19cm), pp.xl; 120; xli-xlviii; pp.xxxii; 121-240; xxxiii-xl; pp.xxxvi; 241-360; xxxvii-xliv; pp.xl; 361-480; xli-xlviii; pp.xlviii; 481-600; xlix-lvi; pp.lvi; 601-804; lvii-lxviii [8]. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled in dark blue..... More
The Man With The Golden Gun. In 'Playboy' Magazine. April-July 1965.
Chicago: HMH Publishing Co., Inc., Playboy Building, 232 East Ohio Street, 1965. [Spy novel serialisation] FIRST APPEARANCE. Four issues. Magazine format, stapled, illustrated. Overall size 30 x 23cm. Original Price 75 cents per issue. Some light expected handling, small chip to cover of April issue, June issue has centrefold pullout..... More
The Free Fishers, in Chambers's Journal. [7 Parts, first appearance].
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
Ian Fleming's Life Story: The Man With The Golden Pen, appearing in Woman's Mirror (two issues, extracted complete text).
London: Fleetway Publications, [1966]. [Literary Biography] Loose leaves, extracted from the publication, 18pp., 22pp., stapled to top left. Some browning, minor edge wear. Signature and pencil note of bibliographer Jon Gilbert. This is a serialisation of Gant's biography of Fleming, in two magazine appearances [April 23rd 1966 & April 30th..... More