When the Sacred Ginmill Closes.
London: Macmillan, (1986). First edition, 8vo, (viii), 239, (3) pp. Marginal browning throughout. Cloth, d.w., a very good copy. More
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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
The Decameron of... Faithfully translated by J.M. Rigg. With an Illustrated Introduction and ... Drawings by Louis Chalon.
London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, 1921. Two volumes. 8vo. Publisher's cream buckram, gilt to the spines and upper boards, contemporary armorial bookplate of Sir Manson M. Beeton to the font pastedowns, top edges gilt, the prospectus for the work loosely inserted. 15 plates. Spines slightly tanned, a few..... More
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The Decameron of... Translated by Richard Aldington. With Aquatints by [John] Buckland-Wright.
London: The Folio Society, 1998. Third Folio Society printing, the first in this binding. Two volumes. 394, (6); 323, (5) pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt and red lettering and decoration, green slipcase with the same design on side in gilt outline. 20 plates. A few minor marks to the..... More
Pictures of Purple People.
Newhaven: The Bolan Society, (1996). Limited edition, one of 500 copies, 4to, (40) pp. Pictorial boards, d.w., some very mild creasing otherwise fine. More
Henry James at Work.
London: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1927. Second edition, 8vo, 34 pp. Original wrappers with a design by Vanessa Bell to the upper wrapper, spine and edges browned. The Hogarth Essays, first series, no. 3. Originally published in 1924. Woolmer 42. More
Boswell in Holland 1763-1764.
London, 1952. Limited edition, no. 951 of 1,050 copies. Large 8vo. xx, (ii), 428, (2) pp. Publisher's vellum backed dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettered black label to the spine, gilt crest to the upper cover, top edge gilt. Numerous illustrations including a folding map of Holland. Slight toning to..... More
Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763. Together with Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762. Prepared for the Press, with Introduction and Notes by Frederick A. Pottle.
London: William Heinemann, 1951. Limited edition, no. 683 of 1,050 copies, large 8vo, xlii, 448 pp. Frontispiece and 20 plates, including 2 maps and several facsimiles. Original quarter vellum, t.e.g., buckram sides, light mark to the lower cover otherwise a handsome copy. More
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published...
London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, [1851]. Four volumes bound in two, 8vo. Frontispiece and engraved title to each volume, contemporary inscription to the fly leaf, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary burgundy calf, gilt spines with morocco labels, joints with some rubbing otherwise very good. More
Udanga.
(Printed by St. Adhelm's Home Press, Frome, Somerset), [c.1935]. Sole edition. 8vo. (vi), 174, (2) pp. Original wrappers, printed to the upper cover, signed and inscribed with author's compliments on the half title. The edges of wrappers very worn, small inconspicuous closed tear to the upper cover and the early..... More
365 Days. Edited by...
London: Jonathan Cape, (1936). First British edition. 8vo. 449, (1) pp. Publisher's sand cloth, blue lettered to the spine and upper board, dust jacket, not price clipped, contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Slight wear to the head of the spine and corners, a little superficial soiling, otherwise..... More
Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun. Being the Tales They Tell about the Time When the Lord Walked the Earth Like a Natural Man. With Drawings by A.B. Walker.
London: William Heinemann, (1930). First English edition, 8vo, (viii), 295, (1) pp. Contemporary signature to paste down. Cloth, d.w. lightly soiled with some loss to the spine ends. More
The Specimen Case.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1924). First edition, 8vo, 320 pp. Cloth, spine slightly sunned and with faint offsetting to the upper cover from the wrapper, minor loss to the spine ends and corners, a well preserved copy. More
The Transmutation of Ling. With... Designs by Ilbery Lynch.
London: Grant Richards, 1911. Limited edition, one of 500 copies. 4to. 80 pp. Publisher's gilt lettered and decorated brown cloth, top edge gilt. 12 black and white plates. Browning to each of the text pages opposing the plates from the intervening tissues guards, else a very good, bright copy. More
The Abundant Dreamer.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1989). First edition, 8vo, (vi), 297, (1) pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., some very mild rubbing to edges, a near fine copy. More
The Revolution.
London: Cassell, (1969). First edition, 8vo, (vi), 184, (2) pp. Inscribed from the author on the fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some light browning and soiling. More
Twenty-Four Hours.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1930. Limited edition, no. 85 of 500 copies signed by the author, 8vo, (x), 463, (1) pp. Striking silver foil endpapers, slightly rubbed. Original two tone cloth, mild darkening of spine, slipcase with rubbing to extremities. More
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. By Acton Bell.
Oxford: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1931. Limited edition, one of 1,000 copies, 2 volumes 8vo. 5 plates by Jack Hewer. Original gilt titled orange cloth, fine. More
Novels. Jane Eyre. Shirley. Villette. The Professor. Wuthering Heights. Agnes Grey. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Wood Engravings by Simon Brett, Howard Phipps, Peter Reddick, George Tute, Peter Forster, Harry Brockway, Ian Stephens.
London: The Folio Society, (1998). Seven volumes, 8vo. Wood engraved illustrations. Original green silk-covered boards, spines slightly sunned otherwise an excellent set. More
Shirley. A Tale. By Currer Bell. A New Edition.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857. Small 8vo. (iv), 534 pp. Near contemporary blue half morocco over matching cloth boards, spine with gilt ruled compartments, gilt lettered direct to one panel, an early ownership to the head of the title page, a slightly later press cutting regarding a fire at..... More
The Next Big Thing.
London: Viking, 2002. First edition. 8vo. (iv), 246, (1) pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, signed by Brookner on the title page. Slight bumping to the jacket, else very good. More
Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoor. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
London & Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., [c.1911]. 8vo. (x), 634 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt to the spine and upper board, the latter also featuring a mounted colour illustration. Illustrated title page and a further 12 plates in colour plus numerous black and white illustrations. Just some light..... More