"Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book"
— Stephan Mallarme
Literature
The Comic Blackstone.
London: At the Punch Office, 1846. 8vo.; pp. 252, with 3 illustrations by Cruikshank: a frontispiece, an engraved title page printed in red and black, and a cartouche at foot of last page. Bound in later (20th century) tan half calf with dark brown title label, gilt titles and extra... More
Baa Baa Black Sheep.
London: Macmillan, 1970. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.223; [1]. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Mike Cook. Some spotting to endpapers and top edge, a few pages creased from being turn over. Price clipped dust-jacket shows well with just some slight fading... More
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
London: Pan, 1984. Inscribed First Edition. Octavo. pp. [5], 191. Bound in publisher's black cloth with titles in silver to spine. Black dust jacket, designed by Gary Day-Ellison, with holographic panel to front cover, and titles in white to front cover and spine, unclipped. Includes publisher's compliment slip. Binding shows... More
Watership Down.
London: Rex Collings, 1972. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 413. Light brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt motif to upper board, in charming pictorial dustjacket. A couple of small marks to book else a fine copy, in used original wrapper with some old tape marks... More
The Plague Dogs.
London: Allen Lane, 1977. FIRST EDITION, advance copy for review. Octavo. pp.461. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, with gilt titles and reproductions of plate illustrations stamped in black to front board and spine. Pictorial dustwrapper, illustrated by Martin White, shows eponymous dogs in a sea of heather. A very good... More
Household Tales With Other Traditional Remains. Collected in the counties of York, Lincoln, Derby, and Nottingham.
London: David Nutt, 1895. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.vii, 163. Bound in publisher's green cloth, blind rules to boards, gilt rules and gilt titles to spine, top edge untrimmed, geometric patterned endpapers. Internally clean, browning to endpapers. Binding is tight and presentable, with spine ends rolled, minor bumping and rubbing to... More
Adomnan's Life of Columba.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1961. FIRST THUS. Octavo, pp.xxiv; 590; [2]. A superior edition with a large introduction and duel Latin / English text on facing pages. In publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original green dust-jacket. Top edge green. Some very light rubbing to jacket... More
Aesop's Fables. A new translation by V.S. Vernon-Jones with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1972. [Illustrated]. FINELY BOUND. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.xxvii; [blank]; 224. Twelve colour plates, numerous in-text illustrations. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in blue quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt titles and tooling to spine, top edge gilt. A handsome presentation of... More
Aesop's Fables. A new translation by V.S. Vernon-Jones with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton.
London: William Heinemann, 1912. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Octavo, pp.xxii; 223. Recently bound in half green calf over green cloth, with five raised bands, and gilt titles to spine. Green stained top edge. Contains 13 colour plates, including frontispiece, all protected with captioned tissue guards, plus numerous black and white illustrations... More
Aesop's Fables.
London: William Heinemann, 1912. [Children's Illustrated]. FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Small quarto (21 x 16cm), pp.[2] xxx; 224. With 13 chromolithographic plates including and frontispiece, and 54 further wood engravings, in-text and individual plates. Publlisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top edge green; lightly illustrated... More
Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. [Aesop's Fables].
Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1764. The celebrated fabulist. Crown octavo, pp.lxxvii; 186; [28], index; [2], blank. Bound in full tan calf with red title label to spine, five raised bands with extra gilt, marbled endpapers. A few marks to boards and minor... 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. Slight lean to the book, light spotting to the prelims and moderate spotting to the edges. Covers show general wear and dustiness... More
Guy Fawkes, or the Gunpowder Treason, an Historical Romance.
London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. [c.1841]. [Historical Fiction]. EARLY EDITION, first one-volume edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] viii; 359 [3]. With 24 wood engraved plates by George Cruikshank, including a frontispiece. In contemporary green half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and marbled boards... More
Roads to Glory.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Demy Octavo. pp. 278. no. 199 of 360 copies, signed by the author to limitation page. With original glassine jacket. In quarter blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and orange / white patterned paper-covered boards. All edges untrimmed. Near-fine with... More
New Arrivals, Old Encounters.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. [Science Fiction]. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted blue, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Bill Botten. Inscribed on the title page: "Brian Aldiss | for Roger | 24.X.81 | Folkestone". Fine. More
The Brightfount Diaries.
1955. FIRST EDITION. This is the author's first book. Octavo, pp. 200. Bound in blue publisher's cloth with author's name and title in yellow lettering to spine, in a pink pictorial dustjacket designed by Pearl Falconer who provides illustration throughout. Boards in excellent condition with no visible signs of wear... More
Reaching for the Moon.
New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2005. SIGNED. Slim quarto, unpaginated. Publisher's pictorial boards and dust-jacket, blue endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Wendell Minor. Signed by Buzz Aldrin to the title page. Slight shelf wear, near fine. More
Alentejo Blue.
London: Doubleday, 2006. [Modern fiction]. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm). Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles, without dust-jacket as issued, blue cloth slipcase with gilt titles. Still in the original shrink wrap with "Signed by the Author at Waterstone's" label. Some tears and loss to the shrink wrap. Fine. More
Waters of Arun.
London: Methuen, 1930. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xiv; [2]; 170; [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, in photographic dust-jacket. With 21 maps and 6 illustrations. Some offsetting to endpapers, some rubbing to spine ends. Dust-jacket has some loss at the top, rubbing to folds, and some tears. A.... More
Hilda Wade.
London: Grant Richards, 1900. First Edition. 8vo. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. A used copy with some shelfwear,rubbed to extremities, gilt illustration rubbed to upper, discreet owner stamp to flyleaf, inside paper joint cracked. Very good. Illustrated throughout by Gordon Browne... More
The Woman Who Did.
London; John Lane, The Bodley Head. 1895. 21st edition. Keynotes Series edition. 8vo. Publisher's decorated olive green boards with keynote Beardsley design. Titled in gilt to spine. An attractive copy, some light edgewear. Ink owenership to front pastedown. Very good. More
The Ability to Kill.....And Other Pieces.
London: The Bodley Head Ltd. 1962. FIRST EDITION, octavo, pp.222. Publisher's light red cloth in a rather chilling pictorial dust jacket, illustrated by Don Higgins. Minor handling; a near fine copy. Not exactly bed-time reading! -Ambler's examination of what kind of mentality is required to become a killer. The present... More
The Mask Of Dimitrios.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. FIRST EDITION. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Internally very clean with no ownership marks, bookplates or inscriptions. Covers are fresh but for a little sunning to spine, a few small marks and the... More
The Night-Comers.
London: William Heinemann, 1956. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[6]; 233. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in decorative dust-jacket designed by Judith Bledsoe. Small area of toning to the bottom right corner of a few of the early pages, price clipped dust-jacket shows well with a couple of small... More