Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: University of California Press, 1976. 8vo. First English language edition. Original two colour cloth, gilt. Short closed tear at head of d/w spine has been internally repaired. Fne in very good + dust-wrapper.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. 4to. Limited edition. #781 of 1475 copies. Rebound in full tan niger morocco, gilt, by Henry Sotheran, apparently to match the publisher's binding on the set of Shakespeare's Works (1929-33) which was another highlight of the Nonesuch Press. Top edge gilt. New endpapers. Double page.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. 4to. Limited edition. #419 of 1475 copies. Original orange-stained vellum, gilt. Top edge gilt 'on the rough', others untrimmed. Double page illustrations from Botticelli's drawings in Berlin and Rome. Spine faded, as usual. Boards unwarped and contents clean. Near fine.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. 12mo. First US edition. Presentation inscription on the flyleaf: 'With all good wishes from the author, Daisy Ashford'. Original illustrated paper boards. Frontispiece of the author aged nine. Very slight pushing to the spine ends and corner tips. Author inscription in ink on.....
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1935. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth lettered in green. Spine-faded, slightly dust-soiled and rubbed d/w has a portion missing from the front panel. With ringed pencil mark to front panel. Near fine in very good dust-wrapper. From the Victor Gollancz archive.
London: James Barrie, 1955. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. Small stain to bottom of fore edge. Neat ink ownership, dated 1956, on fly. D/w a little rubbed and tanned with a couple of nicks. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper. A collection of 27 ghost stories with contributors.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. 8vo. First UK edition. Original wraps. Fine.
London: Oxford University Press, 1958. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1930. First published in 1818. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. D/w by Heather Standring. D/w rubbed at extremities with nicks and creasing along the top edge. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1967. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Third edition. (First, large paper, edition 1923). Original blue leather, gilt. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Black and white plates throughout each volume. Each volume is rubbed at extremities. Volumes 3, 4 & 5 have been pulled at the head.....
New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. 4to. First edition. Original grey cloth. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. John Cornforth's bookplate (by Reynolds Stone) on front paste down. Inscribed by the author to John Cornforth "with boundless admiration" on half-title. Blind embossed round ownership on title-page.....
London: Duckworth Overlook, 2004. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers. Black and white photographic plate section. Mint in dust-wrapper.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. 8vo. First edition. Original olive cloth, printed in black and white. Publisher's band around the rear board. Fine with fine band.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1996. 8vo. First edition. First impression. Original black hardcovers. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. 8vo. First edition. First impression. Original black hardcovers, silvergilt. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2000. 8vo. First edition. First impression. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. 8vo. First edition. First impression. Original beige hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/w.
Dublin: Guinness, 1935. 8vo. 24 page stapled pamphlet in original clear cellophane envelope. With loosely-inserted compliments card from Guinness for Christmas 1935. Illustrated by John Gilroy. Staples rusted as usual. Fine. The third of the miscellanies issued by Guinness to doctors at Christmas between 1933 and 1966. Uncommon.
Dublin: Guinness, 1936. 8vo. 24 page stapled pamphlet in original clear cellophane envelope. Illustrations by Rex Whistler. Staples rusted as usual. Fine. The fourth of the miscellanies issued by Guinness to doctors at Christmas between 1933 and 1966.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1937. 4to. First edition (with second state dust-wrapper). Original navy cloth, gilt. With 83 Engravings on Wood by Agnes Miller Parker. Slightly foxed d/w with some rubbing along edges and a very short closed tear to the top edge of the upper panel. Fine in near.....
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books (King Penguin), 1949. 12mo. First edition. Original patterned paper boards designed by Edward Bawden. 'The coloured illustrations in this book are from drawings made by the artist directly on to lithographic zinc plates. They are therefore originals and not reproductions of drawings made on paper.' With six.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1975. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1971. Original terracotta cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Price-clipped d/w slightly faded on the spine and with the laminate lifted from the bottom corner of the front panel. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original terracotta cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Price-clipped d/w is worn with small loss at the spine ends. Near fine in very good dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1967. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/w with publisher's revised price sticker (£1.00 NET) a little rubbed along top edge. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Calder & Boyars Ltd, 1970. 8vo. First edition. Original wraps. Covers slightly toned around edges. Near fine.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009-2016. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. Volume 4 is a second impression, the other volumes are first impressions. Original black hardcovers, gilt. D/w spine of volume 2 very slightly faded, otherwise fine in fine d/ws.