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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
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So Long And Thanks For All The Fish [Hitch-Hikers Guide].
London: Pan, 1984. [Comedy-Fantasy] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm). 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... More about So Long And Thanks For All The Fish [Hitch-Hikers Guide
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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 about Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. [Aesop's Fables
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 about Costumes by Eros
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 about Roads to Glory
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 Mask Of Dimitrios.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel. Octavo, pp.320. Publisher's cloth, lightly worn with a few small marks, spine sunned. A very good copy. With an important presentation note to the title-page; Roy Baker / from Eric Ambler / 16 August 46... More about The Mask Of Dimitrios
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
The Darkwater Hall Mystery.
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1978. Limited edition. Number 67 of 165 copies. 8vo. Illustrated by Elspeth Sojka. Bound in publisher's original marbled card wraps. Fine with trifling edgewear. Internally clean and bright, a very pretty copy of a scarce piece of Sherlockiana. More about The Darkwater Hall Mystery
My Enemy's Enemy, Stories.
London: Victor Gollancz. 1962. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 224. Red publisher's cloth with gilt titles to spine, in strikingly restrained yellow dustwrapper. Top and fore edge slightly browned, slight bumping to head and tail caps. Some wear to the top and bottom edges of the dustjacket with some marking and... More about My Enemy's Enemy, Stories
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
The Golfer's Manual. Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the National Game of Scotland by 'A Keen Hand' and originally Published in 1857 and now Reprinted with an Introduction by Bernard Darwin.
London: The Dropmore Press, 1947. Private Press. Limited to 750 numbered copies. Pps. xi, 84, (1). Publisher's original green cloth spine lettered in gilt, printed paper boards, top edge tinted green, original illustrated dust-jacket and card slip-case with numbered label to spine. Text printed on hand made paper with wood... More about The Golfer's Manual. Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the National Game of Scotland...
A Lady's Diary of The Siege of Lucknow. Written for The Perusal of Friends at Home.
London: John Murray. 1858. Second, "New" revised edition with additions. 8vo. Publisher's brown embossed cloth, some marking and mottling, light bumping and fraying to spine ends and extremities, minor shelfwear, very good indeed, strong, pretty and robust. Glazed yellow endpapers, with some unattractive glue seepage to the margins of the... More about A Lady's Diary of The Siege of Lucknow. Written for The Perusal of Friends at Home
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...
The Dolly Dressmaker. Original Book of Cutting and Dressing with Original Artwork of 10 Paintings on board.
Printed in England, B.B. (Birn Brothers) Ltd., 1950's. The Book: Folio. No. 509. Soft pictorial covers with 16 pages, 8 of which are printed in colour. The Artwork: 10 hand painted hard board leaves, same size as the book, being the original artwork for the front and back covers as... More about The Dolly Dressmaker. Original Book of Cutting and Dressing with Original Artwork of 10 Paintings...
The Life and Times of Dick Whittington: An Historical Romance.
London: Hugh Cunningham, 1841. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in original publishers cloth, rebacked; boards decorated with blind panelling, with gilt titles, and gilt portrait of Whittington and cat to spine; all edges uncut. With 22 illustrations. Binding is rubbed, gilt to spine somewhat faded. Text is clean, but illustrations show... More about The Life and Times of Dick Whittington: An Historical Romance
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 Rocky Horror Show: Mask of Columbia.
Los Angeles: Michael White Productions, n.d. [1974]. EPHEMERA FROM ROCKY HORROR SHOW U.S. OPENING. Card cut out mask of Columbia, approximately 26cm x 19cm with removable eyes and mouth, printed with production notes printed on the rear. Produced as a promotional item for the U.S. opening at the Roxy Theatre..... More about The Rocky Horror Show: Mask of Columbia