Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1929. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Limited edition. #210 of 500 copies. Original red buckram, gilt. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings. Set in 14pt Caslon and printed on English handmade paper. The text is taken from the edition...
Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1980. 8vo. First edition. One of 600 unnumbered copies from a limited edition of 630. Original ring-bound stiff card covers. Eight front and back views of country figures are split horizontally in three to enable incongruous characters to be formed. Fine. The bespectacled old woman in...
Shaftesbury: The Book in Hand, 1983. 8vo. Second edition. First published in 1932 by The High House Press. Original quarter maroon over terracotta paper boards. Fourteen wood-engravings. D/w a little rumpled along the top edge. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. This reprint transposes the original title page engraving of High...
Shaftesbury: The High House Press, 1932. 8vo. First edition. Original quarter dark beige cloth with marbled paper boards and paper labels to spine and front cover Twelve wood-engravings (and a small engraving on the title page of High House). Spine label slightly toned. Fine. The engraving views are faced with...
London: G. G. Harrap & Co Ltd in association with the English Country Cheese Council, [1958]. 8vo. First edition. Original white cloth. Colour photographs by John Adriaan. D/w very slightly rubbed and toned on the spine. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. There was a companion volume by Ambrose Heath...
London: Beat Publications Ltd, [1964]. 12mo. First edition. Original white laminated boards. Black and white author photograph on back cover. Price label of 'Seven Shillings' tipped in but crossed through in pencil with revised price of '2/-'. Illustrated in colour by the author. Covers a bit rubbed and dust-soiled. Near...
London: John Lehmann, 1946. 16mo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Jacket designed by Keith Vaughan. Ink ownership on fly. D/w rubbed with a very short closed tear to the top edge of the back panel. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. The first separately published edition of this work...
London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1958. 8vo. First edition. Original illustrated white cloth. D/w, front cover and illustrations by the author. Price-clipped d/w rubbed along edges with a nick at the tail of the spine and a very short closed tear to the top edge of the front panel. Fine in...
London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1957. 8vo. First edition. Original illustrated white cloth. D/w, front cover and illustrations by the author. Light foxing to endpapers. D/w rubbed, nicked and with a few tiny chips. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper.
London: William Campion, 1949. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Frontispiece and illustrations by Betty Swanwick. Near fine. Collected articles from the Evening Standard, arranged by the seasons, describe a farmer's life in post-war Devon.
London: Faber and Faber, 1953. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Illustrated by V. H. Drummond. Tiny nick to the d/w at the tail of the spine. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. Self-explanatory (although I could go on).
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. Jacket design by Richard Kennedy. Very slightly cocked (how appropriate!) D/w slightly toned and faded on the spine with dust-soiling to the back panel. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Set on the coast of County Londonderry in 1807...
London: Phoenix House Ltd, 1957. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Jacket design by Dodie Masterman. With twenty-four plates, drawings and maps. D/w toned to spine with very slight rubbing to extremities. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. An exploration of the caves and cave...
London: Faber and Faber, 1948. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Illustrated by Philip Hepworth. Price-clipped d/w is rather foxed with some rubbing and a small chip to the head of the spine. Near fine in very good dust-wrapper.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1951. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Jacket and vignette on the title page by Joan Hassall. Portrait plates scattered throughout. Ink ownership on fly. D/w toned and rubbed with a few nicks along the top edge. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: John Lehmann, 1947. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow cloth, gilt. D/w and illustrations by Keith Vaughan. D/w price-clipped. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. An exceptional copy of a strange, dark, dream-like story for children. Keith Vaughan's illustrations are a perfect match.
London: Nicholson & Watson for Poetry Library, 1944. 8vo. First edition. Original quarter black cloth with illustrated paper boards. Drawings by Lucian Freud. D/w toned to spine and edges with tiny loss to corner tips and a 1cm chip from the head of the spine. Near fine in very good...
London: Max Parrish & Co Ltd, 1964. 8vo. First edition. Original printed paper boards with folded envelope loosely inserted. No dust-wrapper issued. Covers and illustrations throughout by Barbara Jones. Very slight rubbing to extremities. Fine. The book is an alphabetically-arranged compendium of gift suggestions answering the eternal questions who, what...
London: John Lehmann, 1949. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. D/w and eight colour lithographs by Keith Vaughan (printed by The Baynard Press). Neat ink ownership, dated 1952, on fly. D/w very slightly toned, dust-soiled and foxed with light rubbing to top and bottom edges and a nick at...
London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd, 1944. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow cloth. D/w designed by Henry Moore. Light foxing to prelims and edges of text block. D/w slightly rubbed at edges. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A fragile wartime production with Henry Moore's jacket in very good condition.
London: Michael Joseph, 1958. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. D/w and illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. D/w price-clipped, a bit dust-soiled and with a nick to the bottom edge of the front panel and trivial wear to the tail of the spine. Fine in...
London: The Folio Society, 1951. 8vo. First edition. Original printed cloth. Leather label to spine, gilt. Wood engravings by Joan Hassall. D/w slightly toned and faded to spine. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1940. 8vo. First edition. Original printed paper boards. Toned on spine. Armourial bookplate to front pastedown. Near fine. The wood-engraver's autobiography also details the techniques of engraving and the collaborative process of making illustrations for books and jackets.
London and New York: The Faith Press, 1959. 8vo. First edition. Original quarter green hardcovers with printed paper boards, gilt. No dust-wrapper issued. Illustrated by Barbara Jones. Covers a bit dust-soiled and foxed. Very good +.
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1953. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. D/w and illustrations by Ivor Owen. D/w has tow tiny nicks at the head of the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.