New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. 8vo. 15 volumes, set. First impressions thus. Original hardcovers, gilt. Jacket illustrations by Jon Contino. The d/w of 'Sword of Honor' has three very small tears along the join between the spine and the front panel, otherwise fine in near fine d/ws. A.....
London: Michael Joseph, 1965-72. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Captain Hornblower R.N. is a first impression of this edition, the other two volumes are second impressions thus. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Wrapper designs by Charles Gorham. Each volume has the armorial bookplate of Peter Godfrey-Faussett on the front pastedown. Unclipped d/w.....
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1993. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, silvergilt. Two black and white photographic plate sections. Unclipped d/w is faded on the spine and has a couple of short closed tears. Near fine in very good + d/w. 'The history of The Economist is fascinating both because it.....
Wilby, Norfolk: Michael Russell, 1999. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon hardcovers, gilt. Author's presentation inscription on flyleaf. Fine in fine d/w. A Highland second son's adventures in the Italian campaign (wounded, captured, MC), reporting for Reuter's, merchant banking at S. G. Warburg and Lazard Brothers, policing take-over bids in the.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1979. 8vo. First edition. Original tan hardcovers, gilt. Top edge spotted near the spine. The spine of the unclipped d/w is faded and with a label from the 'New Fiction Society'. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original grey hardcovers, gilt. Top edge spotted near the spine. Small label of 'New Fiction Society' on spine of unclipped d/w. Near fine in near fine d/w. The author's second collection of short stories.
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1955. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Top edge spotted. Unclipped d/w a little tanned and dust-marked on the spine and back panel and slightly rubbed to the top edge. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1982. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt. D/w spine faded. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1949. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red. Folding maps and black and white photographs including a swaggering portrait frontispiece. Top edge a partially faded. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed. Very slight scattered foxing throughout. Unclipped d/w is a bit dust-marked, faded on.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 8vo. Sixth impression. First published in 1932. Original beige cloth lettered in blue on the spine. Decorated by Edward Bawden. Spine ends and corner tips just pushed Covers a little marked. Ink ownership of 'Clarissa Eden' on fly. Contents clean. Near fine. Anne Clarissa Eden.....
London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1913-1938. 8vo. 31 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1050 sets (see note below). Signed on the half-title of volume 1. Original buff quarter cloth with pale blue paper boards. Paper labels to spines (and spare label inserted at rear of each volume). Top edges gilt.....
Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1983. 4to. 2 volumes with portfolio, set. Limited edition. #52 of 85 special copies printed on St. Cuthbert's Mill archival rag paper and bound in quarter leather, gilt, with cloth boards by Desmond Shaw of Cambridge. The cloth portfolio contains 8 prints taken from the original wood-blocks.....
Hayes: Bran's Head Books Ltd, 1976. 8vo. First edition. Original pale blue paper covers. Illustrations by Carol Gregory. Signed on the title page in blue ink by J. G. Ballard. Front cover lightly foxed. Slight foxing to fore edge and prelims. Near fine. Ballard contributes an Introduction to the bibliography.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. 8vo. First edition. Original off-white hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design reproduces Max Ernst's painting, The Eye of Silence. Signed "J. G. Ballard" in blue ink on the flyleaf. The same ink appears to have been used to score through the second "crystalline river" which has been printed.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. 8vo. First edition. Original hardcovers, silvergilt. Small bookseller's label (Jockel's Books) on the front pastedown. Unclipped d/w is slightly faded on the spine, rubbed along the edges, has a crease towards the bottom edge of the front panel and some faint damp-staining to the top and.....
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. 8vo. First US edition. Original black cloth spine, silvergilt, with grey paper-covered boards. Top edge stained maroon. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Small triangular stain on front pastedown (adhesive mark of a removed label?) Unclipped d/w has a constellation of tiny marks towards.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Jacket design by Craig Dodd. Fine in fine d/w. A lovely copy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Jacket design by Craig Dodd. Slight shelf lean. Covers a little faded. Ink ownerships on both front endpapers. Unclipped d/w a bit creased, rubbed and dust-soiled. Very good in very good d/w.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. 8vo. First edition. Original tan hardcovers, lettered in black. Jacket design by Bill Botten. Tiny chip to the head of the d/w spine, otherwise fine in fine d/w.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. 8vo. First edition. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design by Bill Botten. Fine in fine d/w. A collection of short stories. A lovely copy.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Pages browned as usual (poor quality stock). Unclipped d/w is very slightly faded on the spine. Fine in fine d/w. First state jacket with quotations from Graham Greene and Angela Carter on the back panel.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Pages browned as usual (poor quality stock). D/w price-clipped and very slightly faded on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w. First state jacket with quotations from Graham Greene and Angela Carter on the back panel...
London: Flamingo, 2000. 8vo. First edition, first impression. Original black hardcovers, silvergilt. Head of spine a little bumped also affecting the d/w. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: Macmillan, 1995. 8vo. Second impression. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Inscribed in black ink on the title page, "For Red, Best wishes Wilbur Smith 13th April 1995". Fine in fine d/w.
London: Macmillan, 1999. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Signed in black ink on the title page. D/w spine faded. Fine in near fine d/w.