London: William Heinemann, 1961. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. Wrapper design by Lacey Everett. Clipped d/w is tanned on the spine and a little rubbed in places with a couple of tiny nicks. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: William Heinemann, 1961. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. Wrapper design by Lacey Everett. Ink presentation on fly has been unsuccessfully rubbed out. Unclipped d/w is worn to the spine ends and corner tips and has a nick at the head of the dulled spine. Very good + in.....
London: Reinhardt Books in association with Viking, 1988. 8vo. First edition. Original green paper boards, gilt. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Reinhardt Books in association with Viking, 1988. 8vo. First edition. Original green paper boards, gilt. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Unclipped d/w a bit tanned on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: William Heinemann & The Bodley Head, 1974-94. 8vo. 22 volumes, set. 9 first editions thus, the rest reprints. Original green cloth, gilt. Most top edges green. Jackets designed by Michael Harvey. Contents clean and fine. Vol. 8 has been bound upside down. Tiny stain to the top part of.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1969. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained pink. Jacket design by Michael Harvey. Back board slightly warped. Neat ink ownership on fly. Unclipped d/w is slightly tanned on the spine and has a little wrinkling at the corner tips. Near fine in.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1966. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Jacket by Ivan Lapper. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1939. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. Slightly rolled spine is split down the back joint, creased and partially split down the middle, and worn with splits at both ends. Covers a bit dulled, especially on the spine. Corner tips worn. Endpapers browned with a small.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1980. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained green. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Unclipped d/w a bit tanned in places. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: William Heinemann, 1951. 8vo. First edition. Original grey cloth, gilt. Spine faded. Endpapers browned as usual. Near fine. Parkis is willing.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1936. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Red endpapers. Spine worn at both ends and with a split down the back joint. Patchy fading and darkening to covers. Corner tips a bit rubbed. Small neat ink ownership repeated on the free endpaper, the next blank.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1973. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained pink. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Odd splash marks on dedication page. D/w lightly rubbed on back panel and with one very short closed tear to the head of the spine. Near fine in near.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Jacket by Michael Harvey. D/w slightly faded on spine as usual. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. First issue with The Bodley Head roundel on title page. Uncommon.
London: The Bodley Head, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Very slight lean to spine. Light foxing to edges of text block. Small mark on front paste down where green cloth dye has come through. D/w faded on spine as usual. Near fine.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Jacket by Michael Harvey. D/w slightly faded on spine as usual. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. First issue with The Bodley Head roundel on title page. Uncommon.
London: The Bodley Head, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Spine ends a bit bumped. D/w slightly tanned and faded on the spine. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper. First issue with The Bodley Head roundel on title page.
London: The Bodley Head, 1961. 8vo. First edition. Original quarter red cloth over patterned-paper boards, gilt. Unclipped d/w is tanned on the spine and has small loss to the spine ends and corner tips and a tiny chip to the top edge of the front panel. Near fine in very.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1934. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Covers rubbed and dulled, especially on the spine. Patch towards the bottom edge of the upper board where a book club label has probably been removed. A bit shaken so that the first few sections are slightly skewed.....
London: Lester & Orpen Dennys and Reinhardt Books in association with Viking, 1990. 8vo. First edition. Printed in the UK for Canada. Original green paper boards, gilt. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1939. 8vo. First edition. First state red cloth with gilt lettering. With ten photographic illustrations on eight plates including the frontispiece. Covers dust-soiled and worn at spine ends and corner tips. Front hinge a bit weak. Remains of a strip of paper glued to the.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1974. Oblong 4to. First edition thus (with Ardizzone illustrations). First published in 1952. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Small dent to the rear board near the middle of the spine. Small, neat ink ownership to creased fly. Unclipped d/w is very slightly foxed with.....
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. 8vo. First edition. Original buff cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red. D/w faded on spine, worn at edges, lightly soiled and chipped at corner tips and head of spine. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper. A selection of literary criticism.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Small loss to foot of spine and a larger piece missing from the head which just touches the first letter of the title. No inscriptions. Contents clean and fresh. Very good +. The author's first novel.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. 8vo. First edition. Original ochre cloth. Spine a bit faded and rubbed. Boards a little dust-soiled. Pencil ownership rubbed out on fly. Wartime paper is actually in very good condition. Very good ++. 'He was pledging both of them to a lifetime of lies, but.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1982. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained green. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Unclipped d/w a bit tanned on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.