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Tales and Novels.
London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1832-1833. FINELY BOUND. Eighteen volumes, octavo (18 x 12 x 44cm). Finely bound by Riviere for Little, Brown and Co. Early twentieth century brown half morocco over cloth boards, raised bands, gilt titles and extra gilt to spines, gilt top edges, marbled endpapers. All volumes illustrated..... More
Elements of Negro Religion. Being a Contribution to the Study of Indo-Bantu Comparative Religion.
Edinburgh: Edmondston-Scott and Co., 1910. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 244; [3 of advertisements]; [1]. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine. Some offsetting to endpapers, a few dinks to top edge. Cloth a little rubbed to extremities. Very good. More
Confetti for a Killing.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1937. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, LATER ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.280; [8]. Publisher's secondary binding of red cloth, black titles to spine, dust-jacket illustrated by Nina Miller Davidson. Neat ownership to flyleaf, light spotting and dustiness to edges. Jacket clipped and repriced at 4/6..... More
Huntsmen Past and Present. Illustrated from contemporary prints and from original watercolour drawings by the Author.
London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Quarto, with 21 plates in colour and black and white, pp. [14], 91. Publisher's vellum spine with buckram boards, t.e.g. Fine. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Limited Edition of only 150 copies of which this is no.45. More
Nature-Poems. (And Others).
Tunbridge Wells: Lewis Hepworth and Morriss, 1893. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in russet cloth, with titles to front board, and decorative ruling to both front and rear boards. Decorative foliate endpapers. Binding shows minimal signs of wear. Internally clean, excepting some darkening to front and rear free endpapers from binder's..... More
Economic Problems of the Next War.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1939. FIRST EDITION. Demy Octavo. pp. x, 146 [2]. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Lacking jacket. Slight sunning to spine, otherwise very good. More
Finance and Politics. Being a Sequel to "Behind the Scenes on International Finance".
London: Macmillan, 1932. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.x, 139. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Small bookseller's sticker from the Hague to front paste-down. One or two page corners folded over (and since folded back). Small black ink inscription reading 'April 1932' to upper board. Very light pencil..... More
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe.
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. [English Literature]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4 of publisher's advertisements]; [6]; 364; [16 of publisher's advertisements]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to boards. All edges untrimmed. Armorial bookplate of Alfred Gilbey to front pastedown, neat ownership..... More
The Confidential Clerk. A Play.
London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1954. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Tall octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.136. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers titled in gilt, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Corrected text on p.7, which is apparently more elusive. Some light spotting including board edges, trivial toning to jacket; overall a fresh, bright..... More
Rural Employments; or, a Peep into village concerns Designed to instruct the minds of children. Illustrated by numerous copper-plates
London: William Darton, 58 Holborn Hill 1820. 72pp. Twelvemo. Bound in original red morocco-backed marbled boards. Rather rubbed and worn, some inscriptions and juvenile drawings, spine with glue marks, lacking two of the eighteen plates; the plate at p.4 is misbound as the frontispiece. Apparently a scarce childrens' book covering..... More
[MOVIE POSTER] From Russia With Love.
Litho in USA, 1964. [Film promotion] U.S. style 'A' one-sheet poster for the 1964 United Artists film starring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Harry Salzman and Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions. Design by David Chasman. Approximate dimensions 27 x 40 inches. Folded. National Screen Service stamp..... More
[MOVIE POSTER] Licence (License) to Kill.
Litho in USA, 1989. [Film promotion] U.S. one-sheet poster for the 1989 MGM/UA film starring Timothy Dalton as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Cubby Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson's EON Productions. Approximate dimensions 27 x 40 inches. Designed by Tony Synegar, with photography by Keith Hamshere and Douglas Kirkland..... More
[MOVIE POSTER] The World Is Not Enough.
Litho in USA, 1999. [Film promotion] U.S. one-sheet poster [Style A] for the 1999 MGM/United International Pictures film starring Pierce Brosnan as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli's EON Productions. Single sided, approximate dimensions 27 x 40 inches. Never folded. Minor handling; fine condition..... More
'You Only Live Twice' (released through United Artists). Six original photographs for 'Cinema 66' magazine.
n.d. [25th August 1966]. Six original black and white photographs of Sean Connery as James Bond, taken on location in Japan during the filming of Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice. Three photos capture a relaxed Connery in full Japanese costume, in between takes. The other three photos were taken..... More
Cinderella. Together with The Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: William Heinemann, 1919 and 1920. FIRST EDITIONS thus. 2 volumes, large octavos. Publisher's red and yellow pictorial covers, cloth spines, in red and grey illustrated dust-wrappers. Tipped-in colour frontispiece to each volume and numerous black and white silhouettes and three-toned illustrations. Owner name to 'Cinderella', some edge spotting to..... More
Our Sister Republic: A Gala Trip Through Tropical Mexico In 1869-70. Adventure and Sight-Seeing in the Land of the Aztecs, with Picturesque Descriptions of the Country and the People, and Reminiscences of the Empire and its Downfall.
London: Trubner and Co., 1871. [Central American Travel] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.518. With 64 wood engravings, including a frontispiece portrait of the author. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges untrimmed. A couple of small pen marks to pastedown, edges a little toned..... More
The Beats: From Kerouac to Kesey, an Illustrated Journey through the Beat Generation.
Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 2007. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 25cm), pp.192. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. SIGNED by the author in black ink to front free endpaper. Publisher's glossy paper-covered boards with light blue endpapers and matching dust-jacket. Some minor creasing to the top and..... More
The Meini Hirion and Sarns of Anglesey. Considered in relation to the early hundred system.
Published by the Author at Pen-y-Bont, Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. 1927. First (and only edition, until very recently when the printers did a facsimile). 8vo. 54pp. Publisher's brown cloth titled in black to spine and front board. Minor edgewear, clean and bright, very good indeed. Internally clean, minor toning to..... More
The Meini Hirion and Sarns of Anglesey. Considered in relation to the early hundred system.
Published by the Author at Pen-y-Bont, Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. 1927. First (and only edition, until very recently when the printers did a facsimile). 8vo. 54pp. Later cloth binding with titles to spine and upper in gilt. A little foxing and toning to sheets else fine. Binding is unmarked. A...... More
Captain Bulldog Drummond.
London; Hodder and Stoughton. 1945. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's oatmeal cloth titled in black to spine. Lightly bumped to extremities, very good indeed. In a dustwrapper that has been somewhat misused, possibly by dastardly enemies of a foreign power. Tape has been used to reinforce the extremities and inner hinges..... More
They Found Each Other.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1946. [WWII Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Ex Libris OTTO PENZLER. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320. Burgundy publisher's cloth with black titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Bip Pares, priced at 8/6. Minor toning to edges. Jacket shows some wear to edges and..... More
They Found Each Other.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. [WWII Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320. Burgundy publisher's cloth with black titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Bip Pares, priced at 8/6. A lightly used copy, jacket with a few nicks and tears, small amount of colour bleed..... More
Murder Off Broadway.
London, John Hamilton Ltd. c 1930. 8vo. Publisher's bright orange cloth, lettered in black, in pictorial dust jacket. Minor bumping to extremities with slight fading to spine, trivial spotting to page edges, dust to top edge, very good. Attractive, rather fragile dust jacket with some chips and small losses, including..... More
The High Adventure.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., no date [1926]. [Regency romance] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; [2]; 370; [4] advertisements. Publisher's red cloth, blocked in black, pictorial dust-jacket. Signed and inscribed to flyleaf: "To: | A. Richardson Esq. | with all good wishes | from | Jeffery..... More
Peregrine's Progress.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., no date [1922]. [Regency romance] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 461; [3] advertisements. Publisher's red cloth, blocked in black, pictorial dust-jacket designed by C.E. Brock. Signed and inscribed to flyleaf: "To: | A. Richardson Esq. | with all good wishes |..... More