London: Faber and Faber, 1944. 8vo. Third impression. First published in 1939. Original grey cloth, silvergilt. Top edge stained grey, others untrimmed. Dust-wrapper, spine and frontispiece by Barnett Freedman. Neat ink ownerships on front endpapers. Clipped d/w is faded on the spine, rubbed along the top edge and has small.....
London: Anthony Blond, 1963. 8vo. First edition. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design by Bob Gill. Spine ends faded and top corner tips pushed. Edges a bit foxed. Signed by the author in blue ink on the half-title and inscribed, 'Oscar from Simon April, 1989' on the title page. D/w.....
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Pencil note on fly, 'William St. Clair, Oxford DNH Weekend July 1992 Dept National Heritage'. Scattered pencil marginalia by William St. Clair and notes on the rear endpapers. Near fine. From the library of William St. Clair (1937-2021), the.....
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Original navy buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained dark blue. A few small marks to the covers. Spine a bit faded. Near fine.
London: Faber and Faber, 1956. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Neat ink ownership on the top corner of the flyleaf. Unclipped d/w is faded on the spine, with tiny loss to the foot and larger chips to the head. Near fine in good + d/w.
Dublin: Guinness, 1937. 4to. 24 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated card covers. Decorations by Antony Groves-Raines, with additional illustrations by H.M. Bateman, John Gilroy, Rex Whistler, Fougasse, Linley Sambourne and Phiz. Slight rubbing to the cover edges where they extend beyond the contents. Staples a bit rusty (as usual). Near fine.....
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, Inc, 1939. 8vo. Second impression. First edition in 1934. Original brown buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained brown. Damp-stain to margin of last fifty pages and rear endpaper, not affecting text. D/w slightly rubbed and nicked. Near fine.....
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, Inc, 1934. 8vo. First edition. Original brown buckram, ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Snarling bear device by Agnes Miller Parker on the title page. Endpapers and edges slightly foxed. Unclipped d/w is rubbed at the spine ends.....
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, Inc, 1934. 8vo. First edition. Original brown buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Spine slightly faded. Covers marked. Neat ink ownership on fly. Very good +.
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1955. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Top edge spotted. Unclipped d/w a little tanned and dust-marked on the spine and back panel and slightly rubbed to the top edge. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927. Pott 8vo. First edition. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Neat ink ownership on fly. Near fine. #304 in The World's Classics. Includes Knox's First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous Regiment of Women, Defoe's The Shortest Way with Dissenters and Swift's Modest.....
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. 8vo. First edition. Original navy buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained dark blue. Spine very slightly faded. Near fine.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. 8vo. First edition. Original blue buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Printed on India paper. Spine faded and dulled. Contents clean. Near fine.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. 8vo. Second impression. Original blue buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Spine and parts of boards a bit faded, with dark marks to the front board. Neat ink ownership on fly. Feels a bit shaken. Very good.
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, 1930. 8vo. First edition. Original olive green buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained yellow. Spine and edges of boards faded. Neat ink ownership on fly. Very good +.
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, Inc, 1933. 8vo. First edition. Original red buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained red. Spine faded and dulled. Boards a little faded and rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Very good +. 'From the Library of A. J. A......
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, Inc, 1933. 8vo. First edition. Original red buckram, with gilt ruling to spine and front board. Top edge gilt. India paper edition. Spine faded and dulled. Boards partly faded. Contents clean. Very good +.
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, Inc, 1933. 8vo. First edition. Original red buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Spine faded. Some spotting along top edges of boards. Very good +.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1950. 8vo. First edition. Original turquoise buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained turquoise. Spine very slightly faded and a little rubbed at the top. Very slight foxing to the front endpapers and with a neat ink presentation on the fly. Very good +.
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, [1939]. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained yellow. Spine faded. Covers a trifle dust-soiled. End papers slightly foxed. Near fine. An uncommon book to find in this series.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1950. 8vo. First edition. Original brown buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained brown. Spine and top of back board a bit faded. Near fine.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1924. 12mo. First edition. (June 1924). Original dark blue-green cloth, gilt. Bottom edge untrimmed. Games boards, for draughts and nine men's morris, on endpapers. (Dreyfus 15a). Corner tips and spine ends gently pushed. Free endpapers browned as usual. Near fine. The Week-end Book was the greatest.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1924. 12mo. First edition. (June 1924). Original dark blue-green cloth, gilt. Bottom edge untrimmed. Games boards, for draughts and nine men's morris, on endpapers. (Dreyfus 15a). Corner tips and spine ends gently pushed. Free endpapers browned as usual. Near fine. The Week-end Book was the greatest.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925. 12mo. Second edition. Revised with additions. (First published in 1924. First India paper impression of the Second edition.) Original limp burgundy leather, gilt. Games boards, for draughts and nine men's morris, on endpapers. Printed on India paper except for the blank pages at the end.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925. 12mo. Second edition. Revised with additions. (First published in 1924. First India paper impression of the Second edition.) Original limp burgundy leather, gilt. Games boards, for draughts and nine men's morris, on endpapers. Printed on India paper except for the blank pages at the end.....