"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "
— Oscar Wilde
Literature
Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer.
London: Puffin Books, 2015. [Fantasy novel] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.495 [7]. Signed by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth blocked in silver to spine, orange endpapers, metallic-effect illustrated dust-wrapper priced at £14.99. Waterstones 'signed' sticker to jacket. A fine as-new..... More
Moonlight Mile.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop / Harper Collins, 2010. [Crime novel] DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Number 5 of 100 copies thus. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[x]; 324; [1], acknowledgements; [1], blank. Publisher's glit-stamped blue leather-cloth over marbled paper covered sides, light grey endpapers. Fine / as new..... More
Single and Single.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Legal thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.336. Publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of £16.99. Signed by the author in black ink to the title page. Easter gift inscription to flyleaf else fine. Following his Cold..... More
The Zoo Story and Other Plays.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [American Drama] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.142 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. Top edge yellow. With the dust-jacket designed by Germano Facetti, priced at 18s. A lovely fine copy. The author's first book, featuring ''The Death of Bessie Smith,'..... More
The Historian. A Novel.
London: Little, Brown, 2005. [Gothic fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 642; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, titles in blue to spine, endpapers showing a map of Cold War Europe, typographic dust-jacket designed by Duncan Spilling, with publisher's price medallion to upper. Signed by the author to the..... More
Rudyard Kipling's Uncollected Verse. Inclusive Edition 1881-1922.
[Printed for Private Circulation], no date [1923]. [Poetry] UNAUTHORISED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 185; [13]. Number 9 of 12 (alleged) copies "printed solely for presentation", signed by the printer John M. Stitt in blue ink. With the loose 'Job's Wife' leaf, as called for by Richards, as well..... More
The Valley of Fear.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1915. [Sherlock Holmes] FIRST UK EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.306; [3]. With illustrated frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth, titled in gilt to spine and upper. Some spotting to edges and first and final leaves, cloth very lightly handled, more so to spine. A...... More
Golden Soak.
London: Collins, 1973. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.283. Publisher's brown cloth in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £2.00, illustrated map endpapers, printed in colour. Light wear and tear, some creases to flaps, small mark to top edge. Near fine A typical Hammond Innes mystery set in challenging..... More
The Poetical Works of John Keats.
London: Oxford University Press, 1973. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xxix; [1];477; [1]. Bound by Bayntun in mid-blue full calf, gilt titles on red leather square and gilt tooling to spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Internally fine, some quite heavy rubbing to the bottom corners. Very good..... More
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Alice in Wonderland [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland].
London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press c.1910. COLLINS' PENNY LIBRARY Edition, with illustrations by T. H. Robinson and Charles Pears. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.62; [2], advertisements. Colour printed wraps, with adverts to inside covers and rear panel, front cover with illustration by Charles Pears, black and white illustrations within..... More
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The Shadow in the Plate [The Shadow in the North].
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. pp. 236. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in silver, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Barrie Thorpe. Large water stain to upper board and front cover of jacket, not immediately visible. Very good overall. Sequel to 'The Ruby in the Smoke' (1985), and later..... More
![The Captain: A Magazine for Boys and "Old Boys". Vol. XIV. [The White Feather]. P. G. WODEHOUSE](/pictures/thumb/49050.jpg?v=1614440283)
The Captain: A Magazine for Boys and "Old Boys". Vol. XIV. [The White Feather].
London: George Newnes, October 1905 - March 1906. FIRST APPEARANCE OF 'THE WHITE FEATHER'. Quarto, pp. iv, 592. With frequent in-text black and white illustrations. In contemporary burgundy full morocco with gilt titles to spine. Prize inscription of the Young Men's Institute in black ink to front free endpaper, dated..... More
The Strange Land.
London: Collins, 1956. Adventure novel set in post-war North Africa. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.255. Publisher's blue cloth in pictorial jacket by John Rose. Some overall dustiness and toning; accepatable wear. A very good copy. More
Stalky and Co.
London: Macmillan, 1899. [School Story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xii, 272 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt elephant motif to upper board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated bookplate of Steven R. Lomax to front paste-down. Light sunning to spine, otherwise very good. Kipling's famous tales about adolescent..... More
![Les Romans [The Novels]. Jerome THARAUD, Jean](/pictures/thumb/39727.jpg?v=1614440283)
Les Romans [The Novels]
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1920-1927. 15 volumes; 8vo. Text in French. Superb contemporary binding by Levitsky in half brown morocco with four raised bands, gilt titles and extra gilt to spines, marbled boards and end papers, top edges gilt. A very attractive set. LIMITED EDITIONS, printed on "Hollande Van Gelder" paper..... More
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The Shadow in the Plate [The Shadow in the North].
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. pp. 236. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in silver, in pictorial dustjacket designed by Barrie Thorpe. A fine copy. Sequel to 'The Ruby in the Smoke' (1985), and later titled 'The Shadow in the North', this is the second book in the 'Sally..... More
61 Hours. A Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2018. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xiv; 383 [3]. Number 8 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
The Wind in the Willows.
London: Kestrel Books, 1983. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST BURNINGHAM-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.240. With frequent in-text illustrations, and six double-sided colour plates. Publisher's yellow / green cloth with silver titles to spine and blue endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £7.95. Also with the illustrated slipcase. A bit..... More
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold [and] The Looking Glass War.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994. [Espionage Novels] FIRST THUS. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.190; pp.[8] 224 [10]. Publisher's glossy blue paper-covered boards, titled in white and orange. With the matching dust-jacket titled in gilt, not priced. Quite heavy browning to edges and margins of low grade paperstock. Light handling. Near..... More
A Perfect Spy.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.463. Publisher's blue quarter cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, with blue cloth over boards and red endpapers. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by Howard J. Shaw, priced at £9.95. Jacket rubbed to edges with some..... More
Dark Sacred Night.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Little, Brown and Company, 2018. [Crime novel] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 433 [9]. Number 74 of 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with gilt titles to..... More
The Late Show.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Little, Brown and Company, 2017. [Crime novel] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 405 [5]. Number 62 of 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with gilt titles to..... More
The Burning Room.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Little, Brown and Company, 2014. [Crime novel] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 388 [6]. Number 181 of 200 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with gilt titles to..... More
The Shepherd's Calendar.
London: Oxford University Press, 1964. [Bucolic Poetry] FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[2] xiv; 139 [1]. With an engraved head-piece for each month by Gentleman. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, and light brown endpapers. With the yellow dust-jacket also illustrated by Gentleman, priced at 21s. Blue..... More
![The Speckled Band [An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes]. Arthur Conan DOYLE, Sir](/pictures/thumb/55363.jpg?v=1614360962)
The Speckled Band [An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes].
London: Samuel French, 1912 [actually 1923]. [Crime drama] FIRST EDITION. Third of four issues [impressions]; textually the same, but with slight differences concerning wrapper styles and imprints. This issue with French's address on the upper cover showing as '25 West 45th Street' and word 'Publisher' [singular], p.126 lists twenty-three plays..... More