"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
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Poems.
London: The Faun Press, 1950. INSCRIBED. Small octavo, pp.[2] 25 [1]. One of just 250 copies. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the recto of the first leaf: 'To Chloe, remembering in / friendliness and gratitude / many occasions, and the / once that told us that /... More about Poems
The Male Response.
London, Dennis Robson, 1961. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, light edge spotting, else fine. In fine dustwrapper. More about The Male Response
The National Sports of Great Britain.
London: Methuen, 1903. NEW EDITION. Duodecimo. pp. xiii [unpaginated]. With 50 colour illustrations including frontispiece by Alken. In publisher's red cloth with black titles to cream paper label on spine. Edges untrimmed. Light spotting and external wear. Spine sunned. Fair overall. Based on the 1825 edition published by Thomas M'Lean. More about The National Sports of Great Britain
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 about Hilda Wade
Happy England. As Painted by Helen Allingham. With Memoir and Descriptions by Marcus Huish.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated with 81 coloured plates from paintings by H. Allingham, with entitled tissue guards. Publisher's dark blue cloth with decorative green, pink, and red floral design as well as titles in gilt to upper and spine; top edge gilt. Very light shelfwear... More about Happy England. As Painted by Helen Allingham. With Memoir and Descriptions by Marcus Huish
The Dark Frontier.
London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1936. First Edition of the author's first novel. 8vo, pp.320. Association copy, belonging to a leading British Army lawyer. Bound in contemporary native red oasis over marbled sides, spine titled and ruled in gilt, with speckled edges. Bumped to lower corners. Internally very clean. Some dustiness... More about The Dark Frontier
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 about The Night-Comers
Farthest East, and South and West. Notes of a Journey Home through Japan, Australia and America.
London: W. H. Allen, 1892. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. pp. xii, 343. With 12 photographic plates including frontispiece. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, as well as black/white illustrations. Navy end-papers. Black ink prize inscription to verso of front free end-paper. Reading lean. Clean and... More about Farthest East, and South and West. Notes of a Journey Home through Japan, Australia and America
The Dark.
Richmond: The Hogarth Press, 1922. EARLY TRANSLATION. Octavo, pp.52 [4]. In publisher's cream paper covers with black titles to front cover. Lightly browned, brittle paper. Rubbing and marks to covers; coming away from the text, still holding. Good overall. More about The Dark
Ski-ing on Water.
London: Frederick Muller, 1956. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 143. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine in pictorial dustjacket. Some occasional spotting to the textblock and marking to the edges, slight wear to the cloth. A couple of closed tears to the front panel of the dustwrapper, small loss at... More about Ski-ing on Water
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[Golf scene]
[Golf] ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ON COPPER. Original painting of a golfing scene, twentieth century, unsigned. Presented in a decorative gilt frame. Image size approximately 19 x 39cm, total frame size 30 x 50cm. Some slight wear to frame. Fine. More about Golf scene
A Book of Designs of Deep Sea Racing Craft. Issued Under the Auspices of the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club.
London: Ernest J. Day and Company, [1932]. FIRST EDITION. Oblong quarto, pp.viii, 116. Bound in full dark blue Morocco with gilt emblem to upper board, later respine to style. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Introduction by Malden Heckstall-Smith, followed by 116 pages of plans. Some light spotting to prelims, some... More about A Book of Designs of Deep Sea Racing Craft. Issued Under the Auspices of the Royal Corinthian...
Neues Panorama Des Rheins Von Mannheim Bis Coln; and, The Rhine From Maynece To Cologne.
Mainz: Verlag von D Kapp, and Mainz: Joseph Halenza, n.d. [c.1880]. Leporello, or concertina map, in tall octavo boards (30 x 17.5cm; map extends to 242cm). In stiff paperboards with recent red cloth spine, decorative foliate border with titles in black to front board, reproduced to rear board with alternative... More about Neues Panorama Des Rheins Von Mannheim Bis Coln; and, The Rhine From Maynece To Cologne
The Ruhleben Bye-Election - July 1915.
Ruhleben, 1915. FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet, pp. 32. Blue pictorial wraps. Some toning to paper, wraps have detached along the spine and have some nicks along the edges. Very good, a fascinating survival. Campaign book for the election of an M.P. representing Ruhleben internment camp, just west of Berlin, which... More about The Ruhleben Bye-Election - July 1915
Scenes and Recollections. By the author of "The Gaol Chaplain."
London; Dean and Son. n.d. [1850's]. [Crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Publisher's elaborately decorated red moire cloth covered boards, decorated in gilt and black to spine and boards. Light wear to extremities, strong bright and solid, some dulling to the gilt, most notably to the spine. Fraying to head of spine..... More about Scenes and Recollections. By the author of "The Gaol Chaplain."
Tonbridge Legends, Etc.
London: Kent and Co, Tonbridge: Richard Ware, n.d. [1866]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.232. With seven engraved plates. Green cloth with ornate gilt margins to boards, gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board. All edges gilt. Spine has at some point been professionally rebacked. Bookbinders label of Hanbury and... More about Tonbridge Legends, Etc
The Metropolis. And the Second Part of the Metropolis.
Dublin: John Barlow, 1805 and 1806. SECOND EDITION. Duodecimo. pp. 69, 87. In recent marbled paper-covered boards with navy titles to cream paper label on spine. Top right corner of title page to part two damaged and repaired. Text unaffected. Otherwise a near-fine example in an attractive new binding. An... More about The Metropolis. And the Second Part of the Metropolis
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The Three Bears [and] More About the Three Bears.
London: Raphael Tuck and Sons, n.d. [c.1900's]. [Children's Illustrated]. EARLY ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS. In two volumes. Slim quarto. Colour illustrated plates and plain in-text illustrations. In publisher's soft colour-illustrated covers. Small neat gift inscription to volume I, upper corner worn, a little creasing; very good indeed. More about The Three Bears [and] More About the Three Bears
Literary Amusements; or, Evening Entertainer, by a Female Hand.
Dublin: Printed by T. Henshall for S. Price [etc.], 1782. RARE FIRST EDITION. In two volumes. Duodecimo, pp.[8], 234 [4]; pp.[8], 236 [4]. In later burgundy half morocco with gilt titles and decoration to spines. Marbled boards and endpapers. Black ink annotations to p.74 of vol. I; black ink ownership... More about Literary Amusements; or, Evening Entertainer, by a Female Hand
The Centenary of Lord's Cricket Ground, 1814-1914.
[Privately Printed]. n.d. [1914]. RARE BOOKLET. Octavo, pp.[2]; 40; [2]. With 6 lithographic plates reproduced from photographs. In original red cloth with gilt titles to upper board. Black ink ownership inscription of Arthur L. Watson, listed as attending Centenary Dinner at the Hotel Cecil on 23rd June 1914, to front... More about The Centenary of Lord's Cricket Ground, 1814-1914
The Child's Reward Book, Containing Several Narratives, Peculiarly Interesting to Young Persons.
London: for the Religious Tract Society, n.d. (c.1830). 8 volumes (H: 4.25 x L: 4.25 inches). Contemporary binding of full dark brown calf with gilt titles and decoration to spines, marbled boards and edges. Containing numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations in text. Spines slightly rubbed. An attractive little set containing... More about The Child's Reward Book, Containing Several Narratives, Peculiarly Interesting to Young Persons
The Interlude of Youth.
London: Gowans and Gray, 1922. ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED JACKET. Duodecimo. pp. vi, 39. In publisher's paper covers with rice paper jacket illustrated in colour by Jessie M. King. Jacket spine torn; binding very weak. A very fragile little edition - fair overall. More about The Interlude of Youth
Better Magic. Containing fifteen tricks by fifteen authors taken from volume one of The Eagle Magician. 'Let us all work for better magic'. Number one.
Minneapolis: The Eagle Magician. 1920. Pamphlet, 21pp. + 3pp. of adverts, publisher's brown paper cover with gold and green title to upper. Black and white illustrations within the text. Slight rubbing to decorative title on upper board, owner's name inscribed to title page, internally clean. A very good copy. More about Better Magic. Containing fifteen tricks by fifteen authors taken from volume one of The Eagle...
Extracts from Regimental Orders, for the Use of the First Battalion Grenadier Guards.
[Private Compilation]. n.d. [c.1878]. ORIGINAL HANDBOOK, printed material interleaved with MS notes. Octavo, pp.36, xcv. With approximately half the booklet consisting of blank unpaginated leaves. Printed material interleaved with MS notes in black and red ink, paginated by hand in Roman numerals. Some annotations to printed leaves. Folding poster 'Arrangement..... More about Extracts from Regimental Orders, for the Use of the First Battalion Grenadier Guards
Sam Sheridan: The Secret Service Special, or, the jamboree at "Early Bird" bar. The Aldine "Boys' First-Rate Pocket Library." No. 178.
London: Aldine Publishing Company, n.d. [1893]. ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Octavo, pp.32. In original colour illustrated paper covers. text heavily browned and extremely brittle. Some chips to leaf edges. Covers much less brittle, also chipped in places. Spine reinforced with archival tape. Good considering paper stock. More about Sam Sheridan: The Secret Service Special, or, the jamboree at "Early Bird" bar. The...