London: Chapman & Hall, 1893-5. 8vo. 20 volumes, set. Seventeen volumes of the Ashburton Edition, together with three uniform volumes of German translations including Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. Contemporary maroon half morocco, with five raised bands on the spines, gilt. All edges marbled and with matching endpapers. Engraved frontispiece to.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1937-8. 8vo. 25 volumes, set, including the plate and Nonesuch Dickensiana. #237 of 877 sets. Publisher's vari-coloured buckram. Black leather title labels. Edges untrimmed. Top edges gilt. Engraved title vignettes and plates. Illustrated throughout, mostly from the original plates or blocks which were then dispersed with.....
Soho: The Curwen Press for The Nonesuch Press, 1924. 4to. Limited edition. #238 of 375 numbered copies. Original black paper-covered boards with 'Genesis' gilt blocked down the spine, and across the head of the front board with a decoration of stars and crosses below. Orange dust wrapper, printed with the.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for The Limited Editions Club, 1974. 4to. Limited edition of 2000 copies. Signed by Reynolds Stone. Original quarter maroon leather, black label to spine, gilt, with terracotta cloth boards. Black portrait bas-relief to front cover. Top edge stained terracotta. In glassine jacket. In black paper-covered slipcase.....
London: The Curwen Press, 1958. 4to. Limited edition of 350 copies. Signed by Reynolds Stone. Original black buckram, gilt. Title-page vignette, tailpiece and 5 full-page wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. Buckram faded to spine and the top edge of the front board. Near fine.
London: The Monotype Corporation Limited, 1957. 8vo. Limited edition of 500 copies. Original black paper-covered boards, gilt. Acetate jacket has several splits. Fine in very good + d/w. Utterly charming.
London: Faber and Faber, 1946. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. With wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone. D/w darkened on the spine and with a tape repair to the top. Fine in very good + d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1946. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. With wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone. Neat ink ownership on fly. D/w darkened on spine with small loss to ends. Near fine in very good + d/w.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. 8vo. First edition. Original red hardcovers, gilt. Jacket and five wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone. Very slight foxing to endpapers. Fine in fine d/w.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1935. 8vo. First edition. Original quarter blue cloth, gilt, with pink paper-covered boards. Decorations engraved on wood by Reynolds Stone. Ink presentation partially erased from fly. Near fine. Though some of the recipe names sound charming, the chief interest now is that this was the first.....
London: The Verona Society, 1930. 8vo. First edition thus. One of 1000 copies. Rebound in full red leather over bevelled boards, with five raised bands on the spine, gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Marbled paper endpapers. Illustrated by Haydn Mackey. Spine slightly faded. Near fine. From the collection of.....
London: Secker & Warburg, 1941. 8vo. First edition. Original hardcovers, lettered in green on the spine. Jacket designed by Zec. Price-clipped d/w tanned on spine with a little loss to the ends. Fine in near fine d/w. A lovely fresh copy of the first in the series of Searchlight Books.....
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1934-6. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. Original red cloth, gilt. Top edges stained red. Engravings by Eric Gill. Contents clean and without ownership marks. D/w spines uniformly darkened. A couple of tiny nicks. Volume 2 has a jacket from the leather edition. Fine in.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1926. 8vo. First edition. Signed, limited edition. #21 of 100 special copies. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Wood engravings throughout by Eric Ravilious. Spine faded. Near fine. The first book illustrated by Eric Ravilious.
Cambridge: The University Press, Cambridge, for The Limited Editions Club, 1951. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. #747 of a Limited Edition of 1500 copies. Decorative cloth boards. Top edges gilt. In original plain d/ws. Slipcase with paper label. Illustrated with auto-lithographs by Barnett Freedman on 225 separate stones printed at The.....
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, [c.1930-38]. 12mo. 24 volumes (of 30). Reprints. The uniform, pocket edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Top edges gilt. Spines faded. Some volumes have light foxing to the edges and endpapers. John Macnab has a dampstained back cover and an ink ownership on the fly.....
London: Peter Davies, 1927. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Original cloth backed marbled paper boards, gilt. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. A Set of Maps of England and Wales, divided into counties, and a map of Scotland, composed by Herman Moll, Geographer. Spines a little dust-soiled.....
Melton Mowbray: Brewhouse Private Press, 1975. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Limited edition. #173 of 200 numbered copies. Original black cloth, gilt, in matching slipcase as issued. Illustrations in colour and black and white by Rigby Graham. Photographs by Rigby Graham, Peter Bonser, Trevor Hickman and John Piper. Fine.
London: Faber and Faber, 1934. Tall 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained black, others untrimmed. Slightly rubbed at extremities, a little dust-soiled and with a very short split, neatly repaired, at the bottom of the spine. Contents clean. Very good +.
London: The Riccardi Press, 1914. 8vo. First edition thus. Limited edition. #95 of 1000 copies. Original cloth backed paper boards, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Printed on handmade paper. Engraved border on the title page incorporating the first sonnet. D/w spine faded and tanned with '95' inked in the middle. Near.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1939. 8vo. First edition. Original grey cloth, printed in red on the spine. First state jacket. Spine a little faded. Ink ownership, dated 1944, of Allen Freer to top corner of front paste down hidden beneath front flap. Unclipped jacket priced 15s. Near fine in near.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1941. 8vo. First edition, first impression. Original stapled printed paper wraps. 16 page pamphlet. Spine sunned. Staples rusted as usual. Near fine. The third of the Four Quartets.
London: Faber and Faber, 1942. 8vo. First edition, first impression. Original sewn printed paper wraps. 16 page pamphlet. Spine just a little sunned. Ink ownership on fly. Near fine. The last of the Four Quartets.
London: Faber and Faber, 1930. 8vo. First edition. Original sewn printed paper wraps. A few little chips from the edges and a tear from the top of the spine to the first stitch. Contents clean and mostly unopened. Good +. The first appearance of a fragment from what became known.....
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1921. 8vo. First edition. Original hardcovers with paper label to front cover. In tissue jacket as issued. With five engravings on wood by Paul Nash. Endpapers a little foxed. Jacket chipped with small loss to both edges. Near fine in very good d/w.