London: The Fortune Press, [c.1946]. Second edition, second issue, 8vo, 32 pp. Signature to fly leaf. Cloth backed boards, d.w. lacking much of the spine and a piece to the top corner of the upper wrapper. Ralph B2. D'Arch Smith 542. Originally published in 1934, this is the second issue... More about 18 Poems
London: George Allen & Unwin, (1973). Three volumes, each second edition, seventh impression, 8vo. Folding map in each volume, inscription to each fly leaf. Cloth, d.w.'s, not price clipped, some loss to spine ends and corners. More about The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring. The Two Towers. The Return of the King
London: The Folio Society, (1980). Second Folio Society edition, second impression, 8vo, 243, (1) pp. Map endpapers. Original maroon quarter calf, gilt design to spine, a fine copy in the original slipcase, this with some browning. More about The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. Illustrations by Eric Fraser
London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1949). First edition. 8vo. 271, (1) pp. Publisher's teal cloth, gilt and white lettered to the spine and upper board, pictorial dust jacket designed by John Gnash, not price clipped. Frontispiece plus another colour plate and 47 monochrome plates. Slight edge wear to the jacket... More about Outline. An Autobiography and Other Writings... with a Preface by Herbert Read
London: Michael Joseph, (1953). First edition, 8vo, 178, (2) pp. 8 photographic plates. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, light rubbing to the spine ends, a very good copy. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A51a. More about In Your Garden Again
London: Faber and Faber, (1967). First edition, 8vo, 184 pp. Two tone cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine with mild browning and slight wear to the foot, a very good copy. Sager & Tabor A12-a.1. More about Wodwo
London: Faber and Faber, (1987). First English paperback edition, 8vo, (x), 307, (1) pp. Inscribed on the title page from the author to John Julius Norwich, with the latter's signature at the top of the same page. Loosely inserted is a one page autograph letter also from Seth to Norwich... More about The Golden Gate
London: Edward Moxon and Co., 1860. First illustrated edition. Large 8vo. (viii), 188 pp. Contemporary brown full morocco by Leighton, Son and Hodge with their discreet ticket to the rear pastedown, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to one panel and decorated to the others, the boards with two wide... More about The Princess: A Medley
(New Delhi), [1946]. Large 8vo, (ii), vi, 422, (2) pp. Two pages of black and white illustrations, one folding leaf, outer edges of a few leaves creased, some ink calculations to the fly leaf, along with the small stamp of a Rawalpindi bookseller. Original green cloth, slightly sunned and marked. More about Two Historic Trials in Red Fort. An authentic account of the Trial by a General Court Martial of...
London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 2004. Large 8vo. 196 pp. Publisher's printed card covers. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Very good. An extensive exhibition catalogue including three essays on the artist plus reproductions of his works and a chronology and selected bibliography. More about Paul Noble
London: Faber and Faber, (1938). First edition, 8vo, 371, (1) pp. Signature to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, spine slightly sunned with a little loss to ends and the corners. More about High Meadows
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1883. 8vo. (x), 850 pp. Contemporary dark red half morocco over matching cloth boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to one panel, endpapers and all edges marbled, two early ownership inscriptions to the front flyleaf. Some light rubbing to the extremities, wear to... More about Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to 'The Edinburgh Review'
Ithaca, New York: Published for the Middle East Institute, Washington D.C. [by] Cornell University Press, 1952. First edition. Large 8vo. xvi, 771, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and decorated to the upper board, dust jacket. 64 black and white photographic illustrations, all two to a.... More about Arabian Highlands
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1978. First edition. 4to. 218 pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt to the spine and upper board, dust jacket, pictorial bookplate to the front free endpaper, black cloth slipcase. 99 colour and 18 black and white illustrations The slipcase somewhat marked and rubbed but sound, some... More about Sir Alfred Munnings. 1878-1959. A Centenary Tribute. An Appreciation of the Artist and a...
London: The Hogarth Press, 1934. First edition, crown 8vo, 28 pp. Original duck-egg blue paper wrappers, sewn as issued, illustration to upper wrapper by Vanessa Bell, some light browning and soiling, top edge bumped, overall very good. Kirkpatrick A20. More about Walter Sickert. A Conversation
(Bridgend): Seren, (1995). First edition, 4to, 328 pp. Numerous illustrations, a few in colour. Cloth, d.w., some scuffing to the lower wrapper otherwise very good. More about David Jones. The Maker Unmade
London: The Folio Society, 2006. Four volumes. 8vo. Quarter plum cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, pictorial boards. An excellent set. More about A Dance to the Music of Time. Spring - A Question of Upbringing, A Buyer's Market, The Acceptance...
London: J. Senex, [1719]. Volume I only, oblong 8vo, (viii) pp, followed by 54 strip maps. The final map with a small closed tear and some staining to the lower corner, some other mostly marginal browning and light marks, marbled endpapers, 20th century armorial bookplate. Bound in 20th century mottled... More about An Actual Survey of All the Principal Roads of England and Wales; Described by One Hundred Maps...
(Göttingen): Steidl, (2006). First edition, oblong folio, (132) pp. Full page colour photographic illustrations, rear free endpaper with mild creasing. Cloth, d.w., a near fine copy. More about Sweet Earth. Experimental Utopias in America
(Waltham Saint Lawrence): The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Limited edition, no. 394 of 190 surviving copies from an original print run of 450, 4to, 80, (2) pp. Printed in double column. Unopened in original quarter vellum, some mild wear, slight loss to top of the spine. Chanticleer 27. 260 copies... More about Selected Essays. By the Reverend... Dean of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Decorated with...
London: Frederick Warne and Co., [c.1900]. "Albion" edition, 8vo, 607, (1) pp. Marbled endpapers. Bound by A. and F. Denny in contemporary full calf, e.g.., double gilt rules and cornerpieces, gilt spine, black label, mild rubbing of joints otherwise an excellent copy. More about The Poetical Works of... Wit Introductory Memoir, Notes, Bibliography Etc
London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1935. First edition, 8vo, 223, (1) pp. 16 plates, ownership inscription to paste down. Cloth, d.w., spine and top edge slightly darkened. More about The Glamour of Egypt
Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1928. 16mo, (viii), 47, (1) pp. Wood engraving by David Jones to title. Original grey wrappers, further engraving by Jones to upper wrapper, lower edge of wrappers a little bumped. Taylor & Sewell A157. More about Pilate. A Passion Play
Paris: Library Ch. Delagrave, 1887. 8vo. 206, (4) pp. Contemporary brown half crushed morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to one panel and dated at the foot, all edges yellow. An attractive copy. More about Le Roman au Temps de Shakespeare
Paris: Librarie Académique Didier Perrin, 1894. 8vo. (viii), 313, (3) pp. Contemporary light brown half crushed morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to one panel and dated at the foot, all edges gilt. An attractive copy. More about La Seconde Vie de Michel Teissier