Dublin: Guinness, 1961. 8vo. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by Antony Groves-Raines. Edges slightly rumpled, with a faint crease to the bottom corner of the front cover and a line of dot marks on the back cover. Very good. The nineteenth Christmas booklet produced by Guinness and sent 'to entertain.....
Dublin: Guinness, 1954. 8vo. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by Antony Groves-Raines. Fine. The twelfth Christmas booklet produced by Guinness and sent 'to entertain their friends in the medical profession'. Twenty-four pamphlets were produced between 1933 and 1966.
Dublin: Guinness, 1953. 8vo. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by Ronald Ferns. Faint creasing to the bottom corner of the front cover and first page. Staples a bit rusty as usual. Very good +. The eleventh Christmas booklet produced by Guinness and sent 'to entertain their friends in the medical.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1905. Original red cloth, gilt. Frontispiece and 7 further full page illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo (not in English editions). Spine worn with a little loss to the head. Corner tips rubbed. A few marks to the spine and the.....
London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1909. 8vo. First edition. Original pictorial blue cloth, gilt. Corner tips pushed and a bit rubbed. Circular mark on front board. Some foxing to prelims. Vertical crease to page 7 and pencil correction ('It' not 'Is') on page 15. Very good +. The last tale.....
London: Allen Lane, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original petrol blue cloth, gilt. Jacket illustration by Peter Goodfellow. D/w has a short closed tear at the head of the spine and some trivial rubbing at the corner tips. Fine in very good + d/w. 'The setting is Africa: the eastern slope.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1931. 8vo. Signed, limited edition. #202 of 320 numbered copies. First illustrated edition (text first published in 1930). Original pictorial vellum. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Dust-wrapper, covers, endpapers and fifteen full page colour lithographs and numerous black and white illustrations by Barnett Freedman. Pages partially.....
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1961. 8vo. Limited edition. (First published in 1937.) #5 of 70 copies (only 50 for sale). Signed on the limitation page by the Author and T. S. Eliot. Original blue buckram, gilt, in acetate jacket as issued. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece and the illustration facing.....
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Original red plastic comb binding with 'West Coast of Scotland' gilt. Four colour maps and black and white photographs throughout. 'Seventeen large photographs depicting Highland life and Scenery' in magenta tone. The comb is split towards the middle. Edges a bit.....
London: B.T. Batsford, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Alternative binding. Original yellow cloth overprinted in red. The jacket reproduces the original photographic covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Unclipped jacket is a little dust-soiled.....
London: Faber and Faber, [1939]. 8vo. First edition, later issue. Original off white cloth, printed in black on the spine, over metal spiral binding. Four colour maps and black and white photographs throughout. 'Seventeen large photographs depicting Highland life and Scenery' in magenta tone. Unclipped jacket has a couple of.....
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Original red plastic comb binding with 'West Coast of Scotland' gilt. Four colour maps and black and white photographs throughout. 'Seventeen large photographs depicting Highland life and Scenery' in magenta tone. A tiny piece has been lost from the bottom of.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1960-77. 8vo. 8 volumes, set. First editions. Original green cloth, gilt. The cloth of the 5 volumes published in the 1960s is a different colour to that used for the 3 volumes from the 1970s. They were published out of sequence. Some very slight rubbing to.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1988. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Fine. The first scholarly edition of the works, including The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux Stratagem, since Stonehill's edition of 1930. The Irish-born actor and officer died in 1707 before he had turned thirty...
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1982-90. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Original blue black cloth, gilt. The jacket of volume 1 is clipped and slightly faded on the spine. Fine in near fine d/ws. The first collected edition of Tennyson's letters remains the standard work. Uncommon as complete sets.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1927. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. Original red cloth. Top edges stained red. The cloth of volumes 3 & 4 is quite faded. There are splash marks on the top edge stain of volumes 1 and 3. Each volume has a tiny Blackwell's label to the bottom.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953-61. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. Original red buckram, gilt. Top edges stained blue. All four volumes are quite foxed, especially the prelims and the edges of the blocks. Volume 1 has some old wormholes to the inner hinges. The top edge staining is mostly faded. The.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1979. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/w is a bit stained on the spine and has a couple of small marks. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: The Hakluyt Society in association with The Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1988; 1992; 1997. Folios. 3 volumes, set. Original navy buckram, gilt. Volume 1 in green cloth-covered slipcase. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Ink presentation inscription by Andrew David (dated 15th Nov 1988) on the.....
London: John Murray, 1875. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Folding map, frontispiece and nine further illustrations. Corner tips and spine ends pushed and a little rubbed. Ink ownership label to top corner of front pastedown. Contents clean and fresh. Near fine. A lovely copy of the uncommon first.....
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. 12mo. First US edition. Presentation inscription on the flyleaf: 'With all good wishes from the author, Daisy Ashford'. Original illustrated paper boards. Frontispiece of the author aged nine. Very slight pushing to the spine ends and corner tips. Author inscription in ink on.....
New York: The Century Co., 1904. 4to. First edition. Original dark green decorated cloth, gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated with 26 tissue-guarded, colour pictures by Maxfield Parrish and by 26 photographs. Spine ends and corner tips just a little rubbed. A little foxing to the fore edge. Near.....
London: Country Life & George Newnes Ltd, [1900]. 4to. First edition. Original decorated cloth. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Covers a little rubbed and marked. Light foxing to edges of text block. Bookplate on front pastedown. Ink presentation inscription (dated April 29. 1900) on verso.....
London: Viking, 1992. 4to. First edition. Original green hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Tope edge lightly spotted. D/w faded on spine. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Macmillan, 1998. 4to. First edition. Original green hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Some very light spotting to the top edge of the text block. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.