The Truth About an Author.
London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1903. First edition, 8vo, 218, (2, 4 advertisement) pp. Light foxing at the beginning and end. Original gilt titled two tone cloth, spine browned, some minor rubbing. More
Literature
Poems.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. First edition. 8vo. xii, 261, (3) pp. Publisher's dark blue blindstamped cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, presentation inscription to a Miss Strickland "with the best wishes of the Author" to the head of the title page. A few very minor marks and only just..... More
Queen Lucia. Miss Mapp. Lucia in London. Mapp and Lucia. Lucia's Progress. Trouble for Lucia. Introduction by Brian Masters. Illustrations by Natacha Ledwidge.
London: The Folio Society, 2009. Second printings thus. Six volumes. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in alternating colours - teal, pale blue and lilac, gilt lettered to the spines, illustrated to the boards, illustrated slipcase. Black and white illustrations. Slight discolouration to a few spines, occasional mild spotting to the fore edges..... More
The Relentless City.
London: William Heinemann, 1903. First edition, 8vo, (iv), 279, (1, 4 advertisement) pp. Contemporary signature and bookseller's small blind stamp to fly leaf. Original pale orange cloth, spine slightly darkened, ends bumped. More
G. A novel.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1972). Second impression, 8vo, (vi), 316, (2) pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine sunned with some rubbing to ends, small label removed from the lower wrapper. More
The Dark Monarch. A Portrait from Within.
Stevenage: Finishing Publications Ltd., 2009. Second edition. 8vo. (vi), 246, (4) pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and decorated to the upper board, dust jacket, 20 pp. Tate St. Ives booklet to accompany an exhibition of 20th century British esoteric and mystical art of the same name..... More
Ten of the Best British Short Plays.
London: Inter-Action Inprint, 1979. First edition thus, 8vo, xv, 209 pp. Small photographic illustrations, Errata slip loosely inserted, signed on the fly leaf by Tom Stoppard, Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. Including two works each by Stoppard and Michael Stevens as well as plays by Harold Pinter and Wolf Mankowitz..... More
Honey of the Nile. Illustrated by the author.
London & New York: Oxford University Press, (1938). First edition, 8vo, 224, (4) pp. Black and white illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Cloth, d.w. with some minor soiling, spine a little faded with loss to ends. More
A Catalogue of Works by Sir John Betjeman, from the Collection of... with an unpublished poem. Illustrations by John Piper, Phillida Gili & Glynn Boyd Harte, and an Introduction by Philip Larkin.
London: Warren Editions, 1983. Limited edition, no. 56 of 80 signed copies from a total edition of 380 copies, signed by Betjeman, Harte, Piper and Gili, 8vo, (28) pp. Cloth backed boards, d.w., a fine copy. More
English, Scottish and Welsh Landscape, 1700-c.1860. Chosen by... with original lithographs by John Piper.
London: Frederick Muller, (1944). First edition, 8vo, vi, 121, (1) pp. 12 coloured plates, owner's inscription and bookplate to the fly leaf. Original pictorial cloth, spine ends slightly rubbed, d.w. with some wear to extremities. "New Excursions into English Poetry" series. More
Essays by Divers Hands: Innovation in Contemporary Literature, being the transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, New Series: Volume XL.
(Woodbridge, 1979). First edition, 8vo, (x), 162 pp. John Betjeman's Library label to paste down. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. A collection of 10 essays by Authors including Seamus Heaney and Robert Gittings. More
Essays by Divers Hands: being the transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, New Series: Volume XLII.
(Woodbridge, 1982). First edition, 8vo, (x), 190 pp. John Betjeman's Library label to paste down. Cloth, d.w., slight marginal browning throughout otherwise a fine copy. A collection of 11 essays. More
The Illustrated Poems of... With Watercolours by David Gentleman.
London: John Murray, 1995. Large 8vo. 143, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, signed by Gentleman on the title page. Colour illustrated. Sunning to the jacket spine with wear at the foot, else very good. More
The Feast of the Wolf.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, (1971). First edition, 8vo, 158 pp. Inscribed from the author on the half title. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, faint sunning to spine. More
A Prisoner in Fairyland. (The Book that 'Uncle Paul' wrote).
London: Macmillan and Co., 1913. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 506, (10 advertisement) pp. Contemporary signature to fly leaf. Original gilt titled green cloth, faint rubbing to spine ends otherwise a handsome copy. More
The Grave Illustrated by William Blake. A Study with Facsimile by Robert N. Essick and Morton D. Paley.
London: The Scolar Press, 1982. 4to. x, 243, (3) pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered red spine label, dust jacket, the publisher's file copy with their annotated ink stamp to the title page. Black and white reproductions of Blake's original full page illustrations. A little mild wear to the edges..... More
A Tangled Web.
London: Collins, 1956. First edition, 8vo, 254, (2) pp. Contemporary signature to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, spine sunned, lower wrapper with light soiling. More
The Whisper in the Gloom.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, (1954). First edition, 8vo, 253, (1) pp. Bookseller's small ink stamp and a crossed out name and address to front endpapers. Cloth, d.w. with some loss to the spine ends and foxing to the lower wrapper. More
The Widow's Cruise.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, (1959). First edition, 8vo, 192 pp. Contemporary signature to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, lower wrapper with some soiling, extremities rubbed. More
Jerusalem. The Emanation of The Giant Albion.
(Clairvaux: The Trianon Press, 1974). Limited edition, copy U of 26 copies reserved for Trustees of the William Blake Trust and the Publishers, from a total edition of 556 copies, folio, (74) pp. 33 illustrations, some occasional light marginal foxing. Original brown quarter morocco, marbled sides, slipcase, an excellent copy..... More
Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Morton D. Paley.
The Folio Society in association with the William Blake Trust, 2007. First edition thus. Folio. 303, (1) pp. Publisher's burgundy quarter morocco over teal moiré silk sides, gilt lettered to the spine, slipcase featuring one of Blake's colour illustrations to one side. Colour illustrations reproducing Blake's originals. An excellent copy..... More
Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs.
London: Printed for Vernor and Hood... and Longman and Rees, 1802. First edition, small 8vo, (x), 119, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece and 10 plates. 20th century cloth, morocco spine label, very good. More
Pastorals: A Book of Verses.
London: Erskine Macdonald, (1916). First edition, 12mo, 36, (5 advertisement, 1) pp. Original printed wrappers, top and bottom edges slightly bumped, otherwise a very good copy. Kirkpatrick A7a. More
Poems of Many Years.
London: Collins, (1957). First edition, 8vo, 312 pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, with some browning. More