Bedford: Printed and sold by W. Smith, 1798. First edition. 8vo. xii, 351, (1), (12) pp. Nineteenth century green half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered maroon label, recent bookplate to the front free endpaper, all edges marbled. 6 black and white plates. Rebacked preserving much..... More
London: Dean & Son, 1895. 8vo, 62, (4 advertisement) pp. 8 photographic plates, piece torn from the outer margin of one leaf (pp. 25/6) without loss of text, early signature to frontispiece recto, mild marginal soiling. Original printed limp cloth wrappers, recently recased, some marking to the lower wrapper. First..... More
Ashford: Kentish Express [and] London: Houlston and Sons, 1895. First edition. 8vo. (viii), 95, (1) pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the upper board. Double page map and two full page plates. Some very light rubbing to extremities, a little wear to the front hinge though it remains..... More
London: Constable & Company, 1934. Sixth thousand, 8vo, (x), 186 pp. Diagrams in the text. Decorated cloth, d.w. a little soiled and worn, small tear to the spine without loss. More
London: Hutchinson, 1983. First edition. 8vo. 220, (4) pp. Publisher's brown cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, Arnold Wesker's presentation copy - signed by him on the front free endpaper and with his circular blindstamp underneath, loosely inserted is a publisher's typed slip "with Dannie Abse's compliments", also..... More
Dublin: Printed by James Carson, 1743. First edition, 8vo, xii, 9-112 pp. Near contemporary notes to the rear blank, paste downs unstuck from the covers. Contemporary mottled calf, lacking the spine label, some wear to extremities, a little cracking to joints. Staring with the creation and ending with "James Bray....... More
London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1814. First edition, two volumes, 4to. 115 plates - a portrait of Lord Grenville, 64 hand coloured aquatints and 17 hand coloured engravings of the various gowns plus the 33 Founders plates, all in excellent condition. Frontispiece and one further plate plus the text in..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 2000. Uncorrected proof. 8vo. xvi, 779, (1) pp. Publisher's printed card covers with their label regarding the full publication date to the rear panel, inscribed by Ackroyd on the title page. Issued without the illustrations of the first published edition. A few light marks to the..... More
[n.p.], (1979). Paperback, (iv), 202 pp. Cut-out to the front cover showing the title, some minor rubbing otherwise near fine. More
London: Arthur Barker Limited, (1979). First edition, 8vo, 158, (2) pp. Cloth, second state d.w., a little rubbed with some loss to the spine ends and corners. More
London: Printed by J. Dillon, and Co., for, and sold by, W. and S. Jones, 1799. Fifth edition. 8vo. xiv, 594, 14, 2 pp. Contemporary speckled calf, spine with double gilt rules, gilt lettered green label, gilt device of a bird to the other panels, the ownership inscription of a...... More
Cardiff: Cardiff Bay Art Trust, [1998]. 4to. 52 pp. Publisher's black card covers, embossed to the front. Colour illustrated. Minor bumping to the extremities, very good. More
London: Allen Lane, 1980. First edition. 8vo. 396, (4) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, inscribed by Adams on the title page. An excellent copy. The second issue, without the publisher's imprint on the title page and with the protagonist's name changed to Karin (from..... More
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books and Kestrel Books, 1976. First illustrated edition. 8vo. (iv), 550, (6) pp. Publisher's brown cloth backed boards, gilt and black to the spine, early gift inscription to the front free endpaper, illustrated dust jacket, price clipped, slipcase on the same design. Frontispiece and illustrations in the text..... More
London: J. and R. Tonson, 1741. Third edition thus, four volumes, 4to. Frontispiece and an engraving above the dedication plus 6 pages of medals at the end of volume I and a few more in the text. Some worming at the beginning and end of each volume, armorial bookplates of..... More
London: Published by Suttaby, Evance & Fox, 1812. Eight volumes, 16mo. Frontispiece and engraved title in each volume, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary half calf, gilt spines with maroon labels First published between March 1711 and December 1712, with the eighth volume containing the continuation of the last 80..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1892. 8vo, (xii), 82, (2) pp. Frontispiece and 50 illustrations, endpapers foxed with some light foxing throughout. Original gilt decorated dark green cloth, a bright copy. More
London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978. First edition. 4to. xii, 475, (1) pp. Bespoke designer binding of tan full morocco skilfully inlaid with panels of blue, russet, black and red in an abstract pattern, blind lettered vertically to the spine, top edge gilt, original printed covers bound in to..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1989). First edition thus, 8vo, xvi, 160 pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w., light marking to the top edge otherwise very good. More
Neuchatel: Editions du Griffon, 1962. 4to. 127, (3) pp. Publisher's dark grey cloth, white lettered to the spine and upper board, 7 inch record in glassine sleeve to the rear inner cover, dust jacket. Illustrated throughout, mostly in black and white. Just a little light edge wear to the jacket..... More
(Chichester: Pallant House Gallery, 2008). First edition, small 4to, 130 pp. Numerous illustrations, one folding. Pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. More
London: Peter Owen, 1965. 8vo. (viii), 339, (3) pp. Publisher's pale grey-green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Some rubbing to the jacket. else very good. The "British Commonwealth Edition" of a novel first published posthumously in the US in 1957. More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1950. Second edition thus. Large 8vo. xxxii, 638 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and with a blindstamped illustration to the upper cover, dust jacket, early gift inscription to the front free endpaper. The original woodcut illustrations reproduced in the text. Uneven..... More
Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1920. First edition, 8vo, 148 pp. Original cloth, sunned with a couple of small patches of wear to the outer edge of the upper cover. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. First edition. 8vo. 190, (2) pp. Publisher's orange cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Black and white illustrations in the text. A little light wear to the jacket, very good. A collection of stories written between 1959 and 1969. More