London: Macmillan, 1938. 8vo. 8 volumes, set. Limited edition. One of 630 sets. First complete edition. Original red buckram, gilt. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Spines uniformly slightly faded. Covers a little spotted and rubbed. Light foxing to the endpapers and prelims. Very good +. Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville.....
London: William Heinemann, 1923-36. 8vo. 30 volumes, set. Limited edition. #63 of 530 sets (of which 500 were for sale). Signed by the author on the limitation page of volume 1. Numbered in each volume. Original quarter vellum with parchment boards, gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed and partly unopened.....
Cambridge and London: Cambridge University Press (volumes 1-3) & A & C Black (volume 4) for the Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. 8vo. & portfolio. 6 volumes, set. Original navy buckram, with a gilt block of Cook on each front board. Five volumes in d/ws and a portfolio. Illustrated throughout in black.....
Plaw Hatch Hall, Sharpthorne, Sussex: The Leslie Urquhart Press, 1957. Folio. First edition. Original tan cloth spine with printed paper-covered boards, with a gold paper label inset to the front board. Illustrated with colour plates. Spine ends and corner tips gently pushed. Boards rubbed at edges with spotting and dust-soiling.....
Westerham, Kent: Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery, 1983. Folio. First edition. Limited edition of 300 copies. Signed by John Piper on the limitation page and "Artist's Copy". Original marbled cloth binding by Smith Settle. Gilt to spine. Printed on French rag paper at Westerham Press. Illustrated throughout.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1923-68. Folio, 4to. & 8vo. A collection of 30 prospectuses, retrospectuses and other ephemera produced by The Nonesuch Press. 'Completion of the 1923 programme' and the '1931 Prospectus' are quite foxed. Other pieces have some light foxing, creasing or pencil marks, but are generally in very.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. 4to. Limited edition. One of 1525 copies but this copy unnumbered. Original boards loosely covered with marbled paper folded over inside. Paper label on front board. Covers faded and worn with small loss to the spine and corner tips. Ink presentation on fly. Very good.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1934. 12mo. First edition. Original natural cloth printed in black with dolphins by Charles Paine. Top edge sprinkled blue-green. Blue decorated endpapers. Seven monochrome illustrations by Charles Paine. Spine faded and tanned with light foxing and dust-soiling to the covers. Contents clean. Very good +. Designed.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1934. 12mo. First edition. Original natural cloth printed in black with dolphins by Charles Paine. Top edge sprinkled blue-green. Blue decorated endpapers. Seven monochrome illustrations by Charles Paine. Spine slightly faded and tanned. Contents clean. Near fine. Designed to be one's companion on Atlantic crossings.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. 12mo. New (third) edition. Nineteenth impression overall. Revised with additions. (First published in 1924.) Original(?) navy morocco, ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Games boards, for draughts and nine men's morris, drawn by.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. 12mo. New (third) edition. Nineteenth impression overall. Revised with additions. (First published in 1924.) Original limp orange stained parchment, gilt, with yapp edges. Top edge gilt. Games boards, for draughts and nine men's morris, drawn by Albert Rutherston and printed grey on endpapers. Printed on.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. 12mo. New (third) edition. Nineteenth impression overall. Revised with additions. (First published in 1924.) Original lithographed blue and black patterned cloth. Title on leather panel at head of spine, gilt. Top edge sprinkled blue. Bottom edge untrimmed. Games boards, for draughts and nine men's morris.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. 12mo. New (third) edition. Nineteenth impression overall. Revised with additions. (First published in 1924.) Original lithographed blue and black patterned cloth. Title on leather panel at head of spine, gilt. Top edge sprinkled blue. Bottom edge untrimmed. Games boards, for draughts and nine men's morris.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. 12mo. New (third) edition. Nineteenth impression overall. Revised with additions. (First published in 1924.) Original lithographed blue and black patterned cloth. Title on leather panel at head of spine, gilt. Top edge sprinkled blue. Bottom edge untrimmed. Games boards, for draughts and nine men's morris.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926. 12mo. Second edition. Sixteenth impression overall. Revised with additions. (First published in 1924.) Original limp mottled brown 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. (Dreyfus 15c). Small worm.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926. 12mo. Second edition. Sixteenth impression overall. Revised with additions. (First published in 1924.) Original red cloth, gilt, embossed on the front board. Bottom edge untrimmed. Games boards, for draughts and nine men's morris, on endpapers. (Dreyfus 15c). The embossed design on the front board copies.....
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.....
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, 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 & 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: The Nonesuch Press, 1934. 8vo. First edition of this selection. Original brown buckram, ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Patterned end papers after a design by William Morris. Printed on India paper. Spine ends and corner tips slightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly foxed. Contents clean. Near fine. India.....
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Original navy buckram, gilt. Top edge stained dark blue. Spine very slightly faded. Contents clean. Fine.
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. Contents clean. Near fine. An uncommon book to find in this series.