Literature
Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, a later edition. Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.[12]; 268. With frequent wood engraved vignettes by the Patons. Contemporary green full morocco by R. and A. SUTTABY of London, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and gilt..... More
The Wind in the Wood.
London: Hollis and Carter, 1952. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[10]; 143; [1]. With twelve chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by the author, and wood engraved vignettes to chapter headings. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 18s. net..... More
Head Kid.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2018. [Children's Humour] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[2] 384. SIGNED by the author in black ink to preliminary signature leaf. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Blue patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Lenton, priced at £12.99. A fine..... More
Birds And Beasts In Africa, and The Angler In South Africa.
London: Macmillan and Co, and Johannesburg: Hortors Ltd, 1938 and 1923. Pair of Baden-Powell association copies, with a letter of authenticity from the scout association: 1) The Angler In South Africa. Inscribed "To The Chief Scout" by H.V. Marsh, the Assistant Commissioner of Natal during Baden-Powell's trip to South Africa..... More
A Drug in the Market. Author of 'The Slip Coach', 'The Blue Poppy', 'The Down Train' and 'The Black Circle'.
London, Edward Arnold and Co. 1928. First Edition, 8vo. Publisher's light blue/grey cloth, titles in black to spine, in dark blue and white pictorial dust-jacket. Other publications listed to the back. A little bumping and scuffing to spine and corners with a slight lean. Light toning to pages, slightly darker..... More
The Girls of St. Gabriel's, or, Life at a French School.
London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1905. [Girls' School Story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[8] 296 [32]. With six black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Tarrant. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles, and black, white and pink decoration, to spine and upper. Dark brown..... More
Empire of the Sun.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1984. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pps.278. Publisher's cloth in dust-wrapper. First issue jacket with quotes by Graham Greene and Angela Carter to the rear panel. Quite heavy toning to text block. Jacket very slightly sunned to spine, with some light wear to..... More
An End to Running.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1962. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp. [8]; 303; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey with printed price of 18s to front flap. Toning and some spotting to edges of textblock, toning and soiling..... More
Ancient Light.
London: Viking, 2012. [Modern Literature] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 245 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, and signed also to tipped-in 'Exclusive Signed Edition' leaf. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine and dark green endpapers. With the photographic..... More
Doctor Copernicus.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1976. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[10] 242 [4]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue just-jacket illustrated by Philip Mann. Spotting to edges. Jacket spine sunned with black New Fiction Society label to base. Very good. More
The Ingoldsby Legends.
London: Blackie and Son, no date [circa 1940s]. [Literature] SANGOSKI AND SUTCLIFFE BINDING. Duodecimo (14 x 9cm), pp.[2]; xiii; [1]; 394; [2]. Fully bound in red morocco with gilt tooling and lettering to spine, gilt ruling to boards, all edges gilt, gilt-tooled dentelles to turn-ins. Illustrated frontispiece, marbled endpapers. Light..... More
The Alder Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Black Medick Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Cat's-Ear Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Goose-Grass Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Hazel-Catkin Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Lime Tree Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Pine Tree Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Silver Birch Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Stork's-Bill Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Sycamore Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Tulip Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Patriots.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp. [6]; 390. Publisher's teal cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 16s to front flap. Toning and spotting to edges of textblock and flyleaf, bumping to spine, price clipped, toning and spotting..... More
Arthur and George.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. [Historical Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 360 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's olive cloth decorated in black and titled in white to spine and upper. With the original printed paper band to rear board..... More
Before She Met Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.183 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Craig Dodd, priced at £6.50. A crisp, fine copy, showing just a touch of spotting to top edge. The author's second..... More