Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Scattered black and white illustrations. D/w faded on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Allen Lane/The Penguin Press, 1991. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. Top of rear hinge is damaged and the top corner of pages from 700 onwards are a bit creased. Laminate lifting slightly at the bottom edge of the lower panel of d/w. Very good in near fine dust-wrapper...
London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1962. 8vo. First UK edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Jacket design by Charles Gorham. D/w very slightly rubbed along edges with a little toning to rear panel. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. First published in Italy in 1961.
London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 8vo. First edition thus. First published in 1847. Original decorated cloth. Illustrated by the author. Dust-wrapper and covers by Barnett Freedman. Head and tail of spine pushed. Small stamp for The Times Book Club on rear paste down. D/w rubbed along top and bottom edges...
London: Bloomsbury, 1997. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Thames & Hudson, 2008. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. With 206 illustrations, 196 in colour. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962-4. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First impressions. Original grey cloth, gilt. Top edges stained purple. Foxing to fore edge of each volume. Six volumes have a small Foyles book sticker on the front paste down. D/ws slightly edge worn and slightly foxed, with a few short closed...
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1936. 4to. Limited edition of 750 copies. This copy marked 'Out of series'. Original green buckram with black leather label, gilt, to spine. Illustrated throughout and with a section of text and title pages at the back. Spine faded as usual. Very light foxing throughout. Near fine.
Dublin: Guinness, [1960]. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by the late Gerard Hoffnung. Edges of cover very slightly rumpled. Near fine. The eighteenth 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, 1961. 8vo. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by Antony Groves-Raines. Edges of cover a bit rumpled and creased. Very good +. The nineteenth 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, 1959. 8vo. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by Ronald Ferns. Near fine. The seventeenth 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, 1958. 8vo. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by Rowland Emett. Near fine. The sixteenth 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, 1956. 8vo. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by Antony Groves-Raines. Corners of cover bumped and creased. Very good +. The fourteenth Christmas booklet produced by Guinness and sent 'to entertain their friends in the medical profession'. Twenty-four pamphlets were produced between 1933 and 1966.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. D/w not price-clipped. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Oxford University Press, 1981. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Two pages of notes loosely inserted. D/w faded on spine and boards as usual. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Geoffrey Madan (1895-1947) was a connoisseur of the excellent, the original, and the pungent in thought, word, and deed...
Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Small folio. Limited edition. Number 223 of 275 copies. Half tan morocco, gilt, with terracotta printed cloth boards to a design by Ravilious. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 29 engravings by Eric Ravilious. Spine slightly faded...
London: The Lion and Unicorn Press, 1960. Oblong 4to. Limited edition. No. 110 of 200 copies. Original printed cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Illustrations throughout in colour from Edward Bawden's sketch-book. Near fine. 'A choice of familiar dialogues, clean of gallicisms, and despoiled phrases, it was missing yet to...
London: The Golden Hours Press, 1933. 4to. Limited edition. #143(a) of c.250 copies. Green buckram with bevelled edges, gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With four full-page wood engravings by Eric Ravilious. Spine and edges faded. Bookplate of Kenneth Roberts on front paste down with some offsetting on fly. Card...
London, Toronto & New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd & E.P. Dutton & Co. Ltd, 1928. 4to. First edition of this illustrated edition. First printed in 1751. Original blue cloth, gilt. Illustrated by Edward Bawden. Jacket and 43 illustrations in the text. D/w chipped at head and tail of...
London: Southern Railway of England, 1935. 16mo. First edition. Original printed paper wraps. Stapled. Wood engravings by Eric Ravilious. A vignette at the start of each of the three sections and a small engraving on the title page of a beach with white cliffs and a lighthouse. Colour folding map...
London: Art and Technics Ltd, 1948. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Ink presentation to Randolph Schwabe (1885-1948) on half-title. A.L.S. loosely inserted dated May 16 1948. Somewhat dust-soiled d/w is slightly rubbed at corner tips and head of sun-faded spine. Fine in...
Sparham: The Mainstone Press, 2008. 4to. Limited edition of 750 copies. Navy cloth lettered in silver with a printed paper label to the upper board. In navy card slipcase as issued. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. As new.
Upper Denby: The Fleece Press, 2012. 4to. Limited edition of 550 copies (475 for sale). Original quarter red cloth with patterned paper over boards adapted from a design by Tirzah Garwood. Illustrated throughout in colour, black and white and sepia with some illustrations tipped in. T.L.S. from Simon Lawrence loosely...
London: Faber and Faber, 1962. 8vo. First published in 1907. This is the first edition with Bawden's illustrations. Original plum cloth, gilt. D/w and illustrations by Edward Bawden Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Signature, 1935. 8vo. Paper covers printed in red. Upper cover half detached from spine which also has loss at head and foot. Bottom corner a bit bumped. Very good +. Printed at the Curwen Press, the contents for this issue include Barnett Freedman's 'Baynard Claudia' initial letters printed in...