London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Small loss to foot of spine and a larger piece missing from the head which just touches the first letter of the title. No inscriptions. Contents clean and fresh. Very good +. The author's first novel.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Covers rubbed and marked. Boots' Library label removed from front board. A small printed form for the Library is tipped in opposite the first page of the narrative and the last page. First two blank leaves have a......
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1931. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Blind-stamped design to front board. Spine faded and rolled, partially split down the front joint and with a glued split to the head of the spine. Book label of a gentleman from the town of Zeist in the.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1932. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Covers rubbed and dulled. Corner tips pushed. Back cover patchily faded and marked, perhaps connected to the 'Harrods Circulating Library' blind-stamped to the bottom edge of the rear pastedown? Neat ink ownership ('Frances Gough 1933') on fly. Light.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1934. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Covers rubbed and dulled, especially on the spine. Patch towards the bottom edge of the upper board where a book club label has probably been removed. A bit shaken so that the first few sections are slightly skewed.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1936. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Red endpapers. Spine worn at both ends and with a split down the back joint. Patchy fading and darkening to covers. Corner tips a bit rubbed. Small neat ink ownership repeated on the free endpaper, the next blank.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1939. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. Slightly rolled spine is split down the back joint, creased and partially split down the middle, and worn with splits at both ends. Covers a bit dulled, especially on the spine. Corner tips worn. Endpapers browned with a small.....
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1939. 8vo. First edition. First state red cloth with gilt lettering. With ten photographic illustrations on eight plates including the frontispiece. Covers dust-soiled and worn at spine ends and corner tips. Front hinge a bit weak. Remains of a strip of paper glued to the.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1947. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, silvergilt. Top edge slightly spotted. Endpapers browned as usual. Unclipped d/w is very slightly foxed, dulled on the spine, and has a single short closed tear to the head of the spine. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. 8vo. First edition. Original ochre cloth. Spine a bit faded and rubbed. Boards a little dust-soiled. Pencil ownership rubbed out on fly. Wartime paper is actually in very good condition. Very good ++. 'He was pledging both of them to a lifetime of lies, but.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1983. 8vo. First edition. Limited edition of 750 signed copies. This copy unsigned and 'Out of Series'. Original olive cloth, gilt, in glassine jacket. Front board a bit warped (probably damp) and the gilt lettering has partially stuck to the glassine wrapper. Very good. Two plays.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1963. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. Unclipped d/w has a small tea or coffee splash to the back panel and a little bit of rubbing to the extremities. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Four stories.
London: The Bodley Head, 1983. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. Top edge stained green. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Unclipped d/w is a bit tanned, especially on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: The Bodley Head, 1975. 8vo. First edition. Paperback original. (There was a signed hardback edition of 250 copies.) Fine.
London: William Heinemann, 1940. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow cloth lettered in red. Slightly rolled spine is punctured in the middle. Covers slightly rubbed and dulled. Endpapers browned as usual with pencil ownership rubbed out on fly. Very light foxing to first and last pages. Very good +.
London: William Heinemann, 1950. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Spine slightly rubbed. Two dull patches to the back board. Some tanning to the endpapers and half-title. Near fine.
London: William Heinemann, 1961. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. Wrapper design by Lacey Everett. Ink presentation on fly has been unsuccessfully rubbed out. Unclipped d/w is worn to the spine ends and corner tips and has a nick at the head of the dulled spine. Very good + in.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1961. 8vo. First edition. Original quarter red cloth over patterned-paper boards, gilt. Unclipped d/w is tanned on the spine and has small loss to the spine ends and corner tips and a tiny chip to the top edge of the front panel. Near fine in very.....
London: William Heinemann, 1951. 8vo. First edition. Original grey cloth, gilt. Spine faded. Endpapers browned as usual. Near fine. Parkis is willing.
London: The Bodley Head, 1969. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Jacket by Stephen Russ. Clipped d/w has two short, closed, tape-repaired tears to the spine ends, another at the top of the back fold-in, and a small mark on the front panel. Fine in good + dust-wrapper.
London: William Heinemann, 1961. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. Wrapper design by Lacey Everett. Clipped d/w is tanned on the spine and a little rubbed in places with a couple of tiny nicks. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: The Bodley Head, 1969. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained pink. Jacket design by Michael Harvey. Back board slightly warped. Neat ink ownership on fly. Unclipped d/w is slightly tanned on the spine and has a little wrinkling at the corner tips. Near fine in.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1980. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained green. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Unclipped d/w is rather tanned and faded on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A companion to A Sort of Life, these are reflections on his life of.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained purple. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Unclipped d/w slightly faded and tanned on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: The Bodley Head, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Spine ends a bit bumped. D/w slightly tanned and faded on the spine. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper. First issue with The Bodley Head roundel on title page.