London: The Hogarth Press, 1953. First edition, 8vo, x, 372, (2) pp. Modern bookplate. Cloth, spine sunned, d.w. designed by Vanessa Bell, not price clipped, spine browned with some loss to the foot, some marking. Kirkpatrick A31a. More
London: John Templeman, John Russell Smith, [&] John Miller, 1839. 8vo, xli, (i), 307, (1) pp. Fly leaf removed, modern bookplate and pencilled inscription. Dark green half calf, marbled sides, spine slightly sunned, some light marks and rubbing. More
London: Harrison, [1860]. First edition, very early issue. 8vo. 79, (1) pp. Publisher's black pebbled cloth, rebacked plainly to the style of the original spine, the discreet early bookseller's label of S. Bailey of Cirencester to the front pastedown. Some wear to the corners, a few minor marks to the... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1918. First edition. 8vo. (x), 341, (3) pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, patterned endpapers with a small old bookseller's label to the front pastedown. 16 colour plates with captioned tissues plus black and white illustrations in the text. Neatly recased, some fading... More
(Wetherby): The Elmete Press, 1988. Limited edition, one of 485 copies, this one marked "review copy", large 8vo, (x), 125, (3) pp. Numerous black and white illustrations, 4 page prospectus and press compliments slip loosely inserted, along with a 2 page fair copy of a review in Country Life and... More
London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1929. Limited edition, no. 284 of 360 copies, signed by Whistler, 8vo, (xii), 143, (5) pp. Four coloured plates plus black and white illustrations in the text. Original blue half vellum, rather faded, patterned paper sides, very good. With a host of contributors including Max Beerbohm, Clive Bell... More
(Seacaucus): Wellfleet, (1990). Folio, (vi, 2), 74 pp. 414 colour plates. Cloth, d.w., spine slightly sunned with mild rubbing to top. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. Third printing, 8vo, xvi, 494, (2 advertisement) pp. Portrait frontispiece, extending coloured map and 37 text figures, contemporary signature to front blank, frontispiece tissue foxed with offsetting on to the frontispiece and title page. Original gilt titled green cloth, slightly rubbed with a few marks... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1939. First edition. Large 8vo. (xx), 485 pp. Publisher's pale green cloth, gilt lettered and decorated to spine, presentation inscription from Philby on the front free endpaper "Presented to Her Royal Highness Princess Alice of Athlone with the author's homage and best wishes... May 15th, 1939"... More
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1967-69. Three volumes, volume I third impression, II and III first edition, 8vo. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w.'s with light browning and a few marks, spine ends slightly rubbed. More
London: Constable & Co., (1920). First separate edition, 4to, (xii), 159, (1) pp. 20 coloured plates tipped in plus 28 black and white illustrations in the text, contemporary bookplate to paste down. Original gilt titled blue cloth, gilt to the spine dull otherwise a very good copy. Originally published with... More
(London): Conran Octopus, (1995). Folio, (vi, 202) pp. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., some mild browning otherwise fine. More
[N.p.]: (Willows Reprints), [N.d.]. Limited edition, no. 643 of 1,000 copies. 8vo. 299, (1) pp. Publisher's tan cloth, gilt lettered to the style of the original, the original yellow wrappers reproduced inside, inscribed by the publisher "With Best Wishes / David Jenkins / Willows Publishing... 10th April 1990" on the front pastedown. An excellent copy. More
[N.p.]: (Willows Reprints), [N.d.]. Limited edition, no. 399 of 500 copies. 8vo. v-lxxvi, (ii), 418, (28) pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered to the style of the original. Photographic portrait plate of W.G. Grace. An excellent copy. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. Second impression thus. Two volumes. Large 8vo. 674; 696 pp. 20th century brown full morocco, gilt lettered to the spines, marbled endpapers, prior owner's discreet book label to the front pastedowns. Portrait frontispiece, 8 plates and 2 folding maps. An attractive set. "[I] have grown to... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. First trade edition. 8vo. (ii), 446 pp. Publisher's light brown buckram, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped, contemporary ownership inscription, original press cuttings to the front pastedown and opposing endpaper being a review of the book dated March 1927 and another article... More
London: The Folio Society, 2003. Third printing thus. 8vo. xvi, (ii), 616 pp. Publisher's pictorial cloth, slipcase. Frontispiece and 16 coloured plates. The aperture of the slipcase worn in two places plus a few light marks to the sides, the book in excellent condition. More
New York: Random House, 1945. First edition. 8vo. xii, 124 pp. Publisher's red-brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spine with a black label, dust jacket, not price clipped, early ownership inscription of a "John Y Carver, Yale University, August '45" to the front free endpaper. 4 black and white photographic... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First edition. 8vo. (viii), 294, (2) pp. Publisher's green cloth, twin black spine labels, the author's signature reproduced in gilt to the upper cover, early bookplate to the front pastedown. Black and white illustrations in the text. The spine tanned with some light fading... More
London: The Hakluyt Society & Archival Facsimiles Limited, 1994-2000. Mixed editions. Five volumes. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spines and decorated to the upper boards, volumes IV and V with dust jackets. Illustrations and maps. Slight rubbing to the jackets, a very good set overall. Volumes I-III... More
[Shipston-on-Stour]: The Celandine Press, (1986). Limited edition, no. 6 of 25 copies with a full page manuscript poem ("At St. Hilary") opposite the half title, from a limitation of 75 copies in this binding signed by both Causley and Tilling and from a total edition of 300 copies, large 8vo... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1979). First edition, 8vo, 317, (1) pp. Owner's inscription to fly leaf, and also signed by Tom Stoppard, subject of one of Tynan's five profiles, describing himself underneath as "a Tynan fan", newspaper review tipped onto the rear paste down. Cloth, d.w., spine slightly sunned. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. Third edition, 8vo, xiv, 268 pp. 3 plates and 2 illustrations on the text, owner's inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, a near fine copy. The third and best edition, benefiting from the inclusion of material collected from the papers of Virginia Woolf made... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1850. First edition, 8vo, 7 advertisement, (1), x, (ii), 374, (1 advertisement, 1) pp. Light foxing at the beginning and end. Original blind stamped brown cloth, neatly rebacked, gilt spine title. More
London: Haycock Press Ltd., [1941]. 8vo. 24 leaves, 23 featuring colour illustrations. Original colour printed wrappers recently rebacked in red paper to the style of the original spine. Small losses to the corners of the upper cover, else very good. A British Second World War parody of this oft-printed German... More