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— Abraham Lincoln
Literature
The Commodore.
London: Harper Collins, 1994. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm)., pp.282. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket. Two minor spots to top edge else a lovely fine copy which appears unread. Part of the long-running Jack Aubrey series. Author Patrick O'Brian won the 1995 Heywood Hill Literary..... More
Sharpe's Escape. Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810.
London: Harper Collins, 2004. [Historical fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[x]; 351; [7], blank. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, blue endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket. Signed by the author in blue ink to the title-page. Some marking to board edges else fine. Another instalment in..... More
Sharpe's Fury.
London: Harper Collins, 2006. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 407; [3]. Publisher's cloth, pale blue endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. Autograph obtained in person upon release. An as new/unread copy, carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. Another episode in..... More
Our Man in Havana.
London: William Heinemann, 1958. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. Bookplate to flyleaf, first few pages folded over to the bottom corners, gilt to spine dulled. Dust-jacket shows well with some..... More
Animal Farm.
New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. [Classic satire/fairy tale] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.118; [2], blank. Bound in publisher's black cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper by Art Brenner, priced at $1.75. The U.S. first has 'first american edition' stated and no 'Printed in USA' notice to..... More
The Glass Cage. Translated from the French by Antonia White.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973. [Psychological thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[iv]; 156. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Ken Reilly. Some wear to crown, price clipped. Very good indeed. More
The Years.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.iv; 469; [3], blank. Bound in red half calf over marbled boards, raised bands and black title labels to spine. A clean copy, inside and out. A fine example, in an attractive recent leather binding. The author's last..... More
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Five Little Pigs [aka Murder in Retrospect]
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1942. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black in original pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 8s. Book is near fine. Jacket is dusty and used, with some toning to the extremities, neatly repaired to spine..... More
The Flight of the Falcon.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1965. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.272. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper priced at 21/-. Top edge spotted, jacket with a few small nicks and marks. Very good indeed. A gothic mystery set in both Mediaeval Rome and the present day..... More
More Celtic Fairy Tales.
London: David Nutt, 1894. [Folklore] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Number 27 of 125 copies printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the publisher, eight full page plates, each appearing in two states, each with a tissue guard, plus numerous in-text illustrations. Recent green half calf over marbled boards, gilt titles on..... More
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The Murder at Hazelmoor. [The Sittaford Mystery].
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1931. [Crime Fiction] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[12] 308. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Tan and orange decorated endpapers. Fore-edge untrimmed. Married with a near-contemporary Grosset and Dunlap blue and green dust-jacket, not priced. Jacket..... More
My Friend Maigret. Translated from the French by Nigel Ryan.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1956. [Detective Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189; [1], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth with silver titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by David Night, priced at 10/6. A used copy with some dustiness, jacket chipped to spine ends, sunned to same. Murder mystery set..... More
Inquest on Bouvet. Translated from the French by Eugene MacCown.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958. [Intrigue] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Patricia Davey, priced at 11/6. Top edge dusty, some spotting to rear panel, neat tear at head of crown. Very good indeed... More
The Satanic Verses.
London: Viking, 1988. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 547; [3]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket showing a detail from 'Rustam Killing the White Demon' with printed price of £12.95 net. Some spotting to top edge, jacket sunned to spine; very good indeed... More
Kim.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1901. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 413; [1]; [2 of advertisements]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt medallion to upper board, top edge gilt. Illustrated with ten plates. Neat and small ink name to flyleaf, endpapers a little toned else..... More
Murder on the Matterhorn.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1951. [Alpine detective mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.238; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth blocked in black to the spine, photographic dust-wrapper. A lightly used copy, jacket would be very good, but for a loss at the foot of the spine affecting imprint, nicked and..... More
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A Pocket Full of Rye. [A Miss Marple story].
London: For The Crime Club by Collins, 1953. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191; [1]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the red and black illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 10s 6d. Neat signature else a fine copy of the book in a crisp, clean..... More
The Gormenghast Trilogy: Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1946, 1950, 1959. [Gothic Fantasy] FIRST EDITIONS. Three volumes, octavo (22 x 15 x 19cm), pp.438; pp.454; pp.222. Illustrated frontispiece to final volume. Elegantly hand-bound in red half calf with marbled paper over boards, spine ruled in six compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettered to twin black..... More
Summoned By Bells.
London: John Murray, 1960. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 18cm), pp.[8]; 111; [1]. Publisher's blind-stamped green cloth with gilt titles to spine, decorative endpapers, dust-jacket printed in red and black with printed price of 16s net. Decorative chapter headings. Edges a touch toned, else a remarkably fine and bright..... More
The Sonnets of Shakspere.
London: C. Kegan Paul and Co., 1881. [Love Poetry] FIRST DOWDEN EDITION, finely bound and printed. Small octavo (16 x 10cm), pp.[6] lxii; 251 [5]. With a frontispiece etching of the Bard, as well as extensive notes and an introduction. Printed by A. and T. Constable at the Edinburgh University..... More
Contract of Copartnery of the Clydesdale Banking Company.
Glasgow: James Lumsden and Son, 1838. [Scottish Banking] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.70 [2]. Publisher's watered-silk-effect cloth over boards, with titles and crest stamped in gilt to upper. All edges gilt. A rather exquisite pencil sketch of the Clyde with square-rigged ships moored either side to verso of..... More
At Bertram's Hotel.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1965. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's brick red cloth with gilt titles to spine and black weave-decoration to boards. With the dust-jacket designed by Brian Russell, priced at 16s. Light toning and spotting to edges. Light toning and a...... More
Stalky and Co.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1899. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xii; 272; [2], advertisements. Elegantly hand-bound in half red oasis morocco leather over original cloth sides gilt with elephant medalion to upper, top edge gilt, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. A few light marks within; externally..... More
Paradise Lost. An Illustrated Edition with an introduction by Philip Pullman.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. [Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.374. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket. Text printed in red and black. Reproduction plates of twelve engravings from the first illustrated edition. Autograph in blue ink to the title page..... More
Costumes by Eros.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1929. First edition. Octavo, pp.255. Publisher's plum cloth with gilt titles to spine, white paper dustwrapper with a depiction of Eros by Gower Parks, priced at 7/6. Slight lean to the book, light spotting to the prelims and moderate spotting to the edges. Covers show general wear..... More