Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1946. Slim 4to. First edition. Original cream paper-covered card boards printed in black. Signed by the artist to verso of flyleaf. Forty-four drawings on forty pages. Covers and endpapers foxed. Covers a bit marked and faded. Small loss to tips and spine ends and with a....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. 8vo. First edition. Original green hardcovers, gilt. Jacket painting by Tom Adams. Mark across spine just below lettering. D/w faded to spine and with very slight rubbing to tips. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. By the author of This Sporting Life, this novel won the...
London: The Bodley Head, 1986. 8vo. First edition. Original grey hardcovers, gilt. D/w faded on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Twelve stories with Irish, English or Italian settings.
London: The Bodley Head, 1983. 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. A novel, set in Co. Cork and Dorset, "that shows love darkened by the power of ancient passions"
London: The Bodley Head, 1980. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon hardcovers, gilt. Jacket by Hilary Scott. D/w faded on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. "The world of Francis and the world of Julia are both worlds tragically, but very differently, flawed by illusion. The worlds collide, and the collision...
London: The Bodley Head, 1976. 8vo. First edition. Original green hardcovers, gilt. Jacket by John Walsh. Clear acetate has been used to attach the jacket to the book. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Dynmouth is a pretty little seaside resort on the Dorset Coast but the town is host...
London: The Bodley Head, 1969. 8vo. First edition. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. Jacket by Derrick Greaves. D/w slightly rubbed at edges. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1970. The tragedy of O'Neill's Hotel in Dublin proves elusive for the unhappy Ivy Eckdorf.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966. 8vo. First edition. Original turquoise hardcovers, gilt. Jacket by Stephen Russ. Very slight foxing to half-title. A couple of nicks and a very short closed tear to the top edge of the front panel of the d/w. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A novel...
London: The Bodley Head, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original terracotta hardcovers, gilt. Jacket by David Hughes. D/w faded to spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A collection of stories. "The human failings that lend the stories their light or sombre hues are familiar to everyone, yet the shock of recognition...
London: William Heinemann, 1951-60. 8vo. 6 volumes. De luxe limited editions. Original quarter vellum with navy buckram boards, stamped with Boswell's coat of arms in gilt on the upper covers and leather labels on the spines. Top edges gilt. Deckle-edge antique laid paper. Silk marker ribbons. 'London Journal' (1951) #608...
London: Country Life and George Newnes, Ltd, 1919. Folio. First edition thus. Revised and expanded from the edition of 1905 by Miss Evelyn March Phillipps (which was a smaller format in two volumes and had fewer illustrations). Original two-tone burgundy cloth, gilt. With a Venetian winged lion, gilt, to the...
London: Country Life, Limited, 1927. Folio. First edition. Original maroon buckram, gilt. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Numerous drawings and black and white photographs throughout. Spine faded. Light wear to corner tips and spine ends and two tiny tears to the cloth towards the top edge of the back board...
London: Country Life, Limited, 1927. Folio. First edition. Recent red half-leather with red cloth sides. Spine with five raised bands and a title label in black leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. New endpapers. Numerous drawings and black and white photographs throughout. Slight yellowing to page edges, otherwise fine. Covering the...
London: Country Life, 1914. Folio. First edition. Recent navy half-leather with blue cloth boards. Spine with five raised bands and a title label in red leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. New endpapers. 233 illustrations, mostly photographs in black and white. Slight foxing to the text block edges. One inch tear...
London: Country Life, 1904. Folio. First edition. Original navy birdseye cloth, gilt. All edges gilt. Black and white photographs on almost every page. Corner tips and spine ends worn. Neat ink ownership on fly. A page of the Introduction and a couple of pages of the text appear to have...
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1963. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Original light olive green cloth, gilt. Printed on India-paper specially made by Robert Fletcher and Son and with divisions marked by the insertion of Japon vellum leaves. In green slipcase with cut away sides. With reproductions of 105 of the sixteenth-century...
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1957. 8vo. First edition thus. A revised, single volume edition of the editor's three volume Nonesuch publication of 1925. Original quarter red buckram with marbled paper boards, gilt. All edges speckled. Printed on India-paper specially made by Robert Fletcher and Son. In acetate jacket as issued...
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Original navy buckram, gilt. Top edge stained dark blue. D/w rubbed and nicked along top and bottom edges. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, Inc, 1939. 8vo. Second impression. First edition in 1934. Original brown buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained brown. Damp-stain to margin of last fifty pages and rear endpaper, not affecting text. D/w slightly rubbed and nicked. Near fine...
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, [1939]. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained yellow. Damp-staining to top and bottom of pages causing slight rumpling. Edges of d/w a bit rubbed and nicked. Very good in near fine dust-wrapper. An...
London: Country Life and George Newnes, Ltd, 1902. 8vo. First edition. Original tan buckram, gilt. Numerous black and white photographic plates. Covers patchily faded and stained. Pencil ownership, dated 1902, on front pastedown. Foxing to page edges throughout. Very good.
London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1913-1919. Crown 8vo. 25 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1050 sets. Signed on the half-title. Original buff quarter cloth over pale blue boards. Paper labels to spines (and spare label inserted at rear of each volume). Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Silk marker ribbons. Printed...
Risbury: The Whittington Press, 1999. Folio. Limited edition. #27 of 300 copies. Original half green buckram, gilt, with Fabriano Roma paper boards. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper. With 40 full-page mounted sheets on black Ingres. In buckram and paper-covered slipcase as issued. Fine in slipcase.
Upper Denby: The Fleece Press, 2006. 4to. Limited edition. One of 500 copies. Original red buckram with paper label to spine. DVD of the film, 'The King's Stamp', housed inside the rear board. Illustrated throughout with numerous reproductions in colour, some folding and tipped-in. Fine. A beautiful celebration of the...
London: Charles Skilton, 1968. 8vo. Limited edition. #397 of 525 signed and numbered copies. Original quarter black morocco and white canvas boards, gilt. Top edge gilt. 'Pegasus' endpapers. In maroon card slipcase as issued. Fine in slipcase.