New Haven and London: Yale University Press and Penguin Books, 1985-2019. 8vo. 55 volumes, set. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Photographic plate sections. Bookplate of John Maurice Hawkins on the front pastedown of each volume, hidden beneath the front flap of the jacket. Fine in fine d/ws. This is a......
London: The Bodley Head, 1971-79. 8vo. 6 vols, set. Reprints (including four revised volumes). First published in this uniform edition 1958-63. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt. All but volume 3 have the bookseller's label of Galignani in Paris towards the bottom edge of the front pastedown. Price-clipped d/ws are.....
London: Macmillan, 1977. 8vo. First edition. Original brown cloth lettered in black on the spine. Slight shelf lean and pushing to spine ends. Blindstamp "Library of James W. Westcott" and ink ownership ("Westcott") on fly leaf. D/w price-clipped and with a very short closed tear at the top of the.....
London: Macmillan, 1986. 8vo. First UK edition. (First published in America in 1982). Original green cloth, gilt. Fine in fine d/w. The first of the 'alphabet series' of crime novels featuring Kinsey Millhone, a private investigator in Santa Teresa, California. Sue Grafton died in 2017 having reached 'Y' is for.....
London: Sceptre, 2004. 8vo. First edition, first impression with full number sequence ending in 1. Fine in fine d/w. The author's third novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and a film version starring Tom Hanks was released in 2012.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1902. 8vo. First edition. Original blue green cloth. Printed paper label to spine. Top edge gilt. Covers faded. Spine label worn with small loss. Corner tips bumped and rubbed. The top edge of the back board is worn through. Ink stamp to front endpaper and.....
London: HarperCollins, 2013. 8vo. First edition. De Luxe edition. Quarter-bound in mid grey with grey boards, stamped in gold foil with a specially commissioned motif and housed in a matching slipcase. Printed on superior quality paper. Silk marker ribbon. Colour frontispiece showing a facsimile page from Tolkien's original manuscript. As.....
London: HarperCollins, 2013. 8vo. Fourth impression of this De Luxe edition. First published in 1980. Original quarter bound in brown, stamped in gold foil on grey boards, and housed in a matching slipcase. Brown silk marker ribbon. Colour illustration at front. Two colour folding map at rear. As new in.....
London: HarperCollins, 2007. 8vo. Fifth impression of this De Luxe edition. Quarter-bound in navy with grey boards, stamped in gold foil with a unique motif of the Helm of Hador, created by Alan Lee, and housed in a matching slipcase. Printed on superior quality paper. Silk marker ribbon. Colour frontispiece.....
London: HarperCollins, 2009. 8vo. Third impression of this De Luxe edition. Quarter-bound in brown with grey boards, stamped in gold foil with a unique motif of Sigurd's horse, Grani, and housed in a matching slipcase. Printed on superior quality paper. Silk marker ribbon. Colour frontispiece of a facsimile page from.....
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.
Dublin: Guinness, 1937. 4to. Pamphlet. 24 pages. Decorations by Antony Groves-Raines, with additional illustrations by H.M. Bateman, John Gilroy, Rex Whistler, Fougasse, Linley Sambourne and Phiz. Slight rumpling to the cover edges where they extend beyond the contents. Staples a bit rusty. Near fine. Featuring quotes from literary sources and.....
Dublin: Guinness, 1961. 8vo. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by Antony Groves-Raines. Edges slightly rumpled, with a faint crease to the bottom corner of the front cover and a line of dot marks on the back cover. Very good. The nineteenth Christmas booklet produced by Guinness and sent 'to entertain.....
Dublin: Guinness, 1954. 8vo. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by Antony Groves-Raines. Fine. The twelfth Christmas booklet produced by Guinness and sent 'to entertain their friends in the medical profession'. Twenty-four pamphlets were produced between 1933 and 1966.
Dublin: Guinness, 1953. 8vo. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by Ronald Ferns. Faint creasing to the bottom corner of the front cover and first page. Staples a bit rusty as usual. Very good +. The eleventh Christmas booklet produced by Guinness and sent 'to entertain their friends in the medical.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1905. Original red cloth, gilt. Frontispiece and 7 further full page illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo (not in English editions). Spine worn with a little loss to the head. Corner tips rubbed. A few marks to the spine and the.....
London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1909. 8vo. First edition. Original pictorial blue cloth, gilt. Corner tips pushed and a bit rubbed. Circular mark on front board. Some foxing to prelims. Vertical crease to page 7 and pencil correction ('It' not 'Is') on page 15. Very good +. The last tale.....
London: Allen Lane, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original petrol blue cloth, gilt. Jacket illustration by Peter Goodfellow. D/w has a short closed tear at the head of the spine and some trivial rubbing at the corner tips. Fine in very good + d/w. 'The setting is Africa: the eastern slope.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1931. 8vo. Signed, limited edition. #202 of 320 numbered copies. First illustrated edition (text first published in 1930). Original pictorial vellum. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Dust-wrapper, covers, endpapers and fifteen full page colour lithographs and numerous black and white illustrations by Barnett Freedman. Pages partially.....
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1961. 8vo. Limited edition. (First published in 1937.) #5 of 70 copies (only 50 for sale). Signed on the limitation page by the Author and T. S. Eliot. Original blue buckram, gilt, in acetate jacket as issued. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece and the illustration facing.....
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Original red plastic comb binding with 'West Coast of Scotland' gilt. Four colour maps and black and white photographs throughout. 'Seventeen large photographs depicting Highland life and Scenery' in magenta tone. The comb is split towards the middle. Edges a bit.....
London: B.T. Batsford, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Alternative binding. Original yellow cloth overprinted in red. The jacket reproduces the original photographic covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Unclipped jacket is a little dust-soiled.....
London: Faber and Faber, [1939]. 8vo. First edition, later issue. Original off white cloth, printed in black on the spine, over metal spiral binding. Four colour maps and black and white photographs throughout. 'Seventeen large photographs depicting Highland life and Scenery' in magenta tone. Unclipped jacket has a couple of.....
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Original red plastic comb binding with 'West Coast of Scotland' gilt. Four colour maps and black and white photographs throughout. 'Seventeen large photographs depicting Highland life and Scenery' in magenta tone. A tiny piece has been lost from the bottom of.....