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: 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. Very slight foxing to the fore edge. Price-clipped d/w is tanned on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w.
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 little faded on the spine and with a slight lean. Near fine in near fine d/w.
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. 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, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Jacket by Michael Harvey. D/w slightly tanned and faded on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w. Second issue with 'BH' logo on title page.
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: 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.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Covers rubbed and marked. Boots' Library label removed from front board. A small printed form for the Library is tipped in opposite the first page of the narrative and the last page. First two blank leaves have a......
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1947. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, silvergilt. Top edge slightly spotted. Endpapers browned as usual. Unclipped d/w is very slightly foxed, dulled on the spine, and has a single short closed tear to the head of the spine. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A.....
London: William Heinemann, 1940. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow cloth lettered in red. Slightly rolled spine is punctured in the middle. Covers slightly rubbed and dulled. Endpapers browned as usual with pencil ownership rubbed out on fly. Very light foxing to first and last pages. Very good +.
London: The Bodley Head, 1963. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. Unclipped d/w has a small tea or coffee splash to the back panel and a little bit of rubbing to the extremities. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Four stories.
London: The Bodley Head, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained purple. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Unclipped d/w has just a hint of rubbing at the extremities. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1932. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Covers rubbed and dulled. Corner tips pushed. Back cover patchily faded and marked, perhaps connected to the 'Harrods Circulating Library' blind-stamped to the bottom edge of the rear pastedown? Neat ink ownership ('Frances Gough 1933') on fly. Light.....
London: William Heinemann, 1950. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Spine slightly rubbed. Two dull patches to the back board. Some tanning to the endpapers and half-title. Near fine.
London: The Bodley Head, 1969. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Jacket by Stephen Russ. Top corner of front board slightly pushed. Fore edge and unclipped d/w lightly foxed. D/w slightly rubbed at front corner tips. Near fine in very good ++ d/w.
London: The Bodley Head, 1980. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained green. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Unclipped d/w is rather tanned and faded on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A companion to A Sort of Life, these are reflections on his life of.....