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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
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
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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 (19 x 13cm), 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... More
Best Indian Chutney (Sweetened). Some Eastern Vignettes.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1925. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2]; 312; [8]. Contemporary tan half leather over dark blue cloth boards, titles in black to spine. Some ownership inscriptions, label of Sind Club Library to upper board, with a label with shelf mark to spine. Textblock a.... 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
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
Earthworks.
London: Faber and Faber, 1965. [Science fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.155; [1] blank. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket by Margaret Peall and Trevor Heath, with printed price of 16s net. Textblock a little toned to edges, a few pages show the ghost of a.... 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
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 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 Ability to Kill.....And Other Pieces.
London: The Bodley Head Ltd., 1963. [Murder/true crime] FIRST EDITION, corrected state. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.222. Publisher's light red cloth in a rather chilling pictorial dust jacket, illustrated by Don Higgins. Usual laminate shrinkage at joint else a fine copy. Not exactly bed-time reading! Ambler's examination of what kind... More
The Ability to Kill.....And Other Pieces.
London: The Bodley Head Ltd., 1963. [Murder/true crime] FIRST EDITION, corrected state. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.222. Publisher's light red cloth in a rather chilling pictorial dust-jacket, illustrated by Don Higgins. Illustrated bookplate to flyleaf. Usual laminate shrinkage at joint, some soiling, spine and extremities toned. Very good. More
The Care of Time.
New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 277 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'With best wishes from | an ever-grateful patient | Eric Ambler | London 14 May 82'. Publisher's purple quarter cloth... More
Journey into Fear.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. [Modern Literature] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 275 [3]. Publisher's peach cloth with blue titles to spine and blue decoration. Top edge blue; others untrimmed. Lightly browned; heavy pencil ownership note to front free endpaper rubbed out but still visible... 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
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. Lightly toned and spotted to edges. Jacket a touch toned to spine, lightly rubbed to edges. Near fine. A modern day pirate adventure, set in the South-Seas. This... More
Jake's Thing.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1978. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.285 [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine, dust jacket illustrated by Quentin Blake. Jacket spine just very slightly faded; near-fine. More
The Alteration.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. [Alternative history novel]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge green, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tom Adams. Textblock slightly toned. Near fine. More