Franny and Zooey.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1962. 8vo. First UK edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Foxed d/w is a bit rubbed at the spine ends. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
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The L-Shaped Room.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1960. 8vo. First edition. Original green hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design by Una Bishop. D/w very slightly faded on spine. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. A superb copy.
A Propos of Lady Chatterley's Lover. Being an essay extended from "My Skirmish with Jolly Roger"
London: Mandrake Press Ltd, 1930. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. D/w slightly faded on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Men at Arms. A Novel.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1952. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Gently bumped at spine ends. Near fine.
Johnny and the Dead.
London: Doubleday, 1993. 8vo. First edition. Original grey hardcovers, gilt. Jacket illustration by John Avon. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
One Across, Two Down.
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original brown hardcovers, gilt. Ink presentation dated 1971 on fly. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Uncommon.
The Captain's Daughter. The Russian text, edited, with an Introduction, Notes, and Vocabulary, by Anna H. Semeonoff.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1962. 8vo. Revised edition. First published in this edition 1937. Original green cloth. First few pages slightly creased by careless closing. D/w slightly rubbed and toned. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Intended for someone learning Russian.
Nittonhundraattiofyra. [Nineteen Eighty-Four].
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1959. 8vo. Reprint. 6th to 8th thousand of this edition. Original printed wraps. Covers very slightly rubbed along edges, age-toned and very slightly creased along the spine. Near fine. The striking cover design is anonymous.
Lolita.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959. 8vo. First UK edition. Original black hardcovers. Top edge stained pink. Jacket designed by Eric Ayers. Book very slightly cocked. D/w is rubbed, chipped and torn with some internal tape repairs. Near fine in good + dust-wrapper.
H.M.S. Ulysses.
London: Collins, 1955. 8vo. First edition. Original red hardcovers, gilt. Jacket designed by John Rose. Ink initials to top corner of fly. D/w worn at corner tips and spine ends. A very short closed tear to the head of the spine. Small, light stain to middle of back panel. Near...
Things Fall Apart.
London: William Heinemann, 1962. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1958. Original dark red cloth, gilt. Wrapper design by C.W. Bacon. D/w very slightly faded on spine with trivial rubbing to the head. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. 'This first novel set among the Ibo tribe in Nigeria at the...
Living in Vogue.
London: Century Publishing, 1984. 4to. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Illustrated in colour. D/w rubbed along bottom edge of front panel and with tiny loss at the head of the spine. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Including Christopher Gibbs, Davids Hicks & Mlinaric, Tom Parr, Nicholas Haslam and...
Matrix 7. A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles. Number Seven. Winter 1987.
Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1987. 4to. First edition. Limited edition. One of 850 copies bound in a pattern paper designed by Enid Marx for the Curwen Press. Stiff paper covers in a printed jacket. Numerous black and white photographic plates, tipped-in illustrations, folding drawings, etc. Very slight foxing to extremities...
English Homes. Norman & Plantagenent; Early Tudor; Mediaeval & Early Tudor; Late Tudor & Early Stuart; Late Stuart; Sir John Vanbrugh & His School; Early Georgian; Late Georgian.
London: Country Life, 1920-37. Folio. 9 volumes, set. First editions with the exception of Period II. Vol. I which is a second impression. Original quarter blue buckram with blue cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. (The blue of the buckram used varies owing to the length of time between...
The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell.
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) #423...
Titus Groan; Gormenghast; Titus Alone. (The Gormenghast Trilogy).
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946, 1950 & 1959. 8vo. Three volumes, set. First editions. Recently rebound in full maroon leather, gilt. With marbled endpapers. In cloth-covered slipcase. Illustrations by the author to title pages of the first two volumes and a frontispiece to the last. Slight foxing to fore edge...
Vogue's Book of Houses, Gardens, People. Introduction by Diana Vreeland. Photographed by Horst.
New York: The Viking Press, 1968. 4to. First edition. Original beige cloth. Illustrated throughout in colour. Price-clipped d/w is slightly faded on the spine with light rubbing to ends. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. People featured include Nancy Lancaster, the Desmond Guinnesses, Baron and Baroness Philippe de Rothschild, the Duke...
Maya. Works 1959-1969.
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1970. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. D/w worn at edges with a few chips and tears. Fine in very good dust-wrapper.
Moving.
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original brown cloth, gilt. D/w a little rubbed at spine ends. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. Issue 6 They Might Be Giants.
Reykyavik: Oddi Printing Corporation for McSweeney's, 2001. 8vo. First edition. Original two colour cloth. With CD present at rear. Illustrated throughout in colour. Fine.
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. Issue 5 (Simple Red Cover).
Reykyavik: Oddi Printing Corporation for McSweeney's, 2000. 8vo. First edition. Original laminated printed boards. D/w slightly rubbed at edges. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Dreamtigers. Translated from El Hacedor (The Maker) by Mildred Boyer and Harold Morland. Introduction by Miguel Enguidanos.
London: Souvenir Press Ltd, 1973. 8vo. First UK edition. Original red hardcovers. Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. D/w toned. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi. Translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni.
London: Allen Lane, 1981. 8vo. First UK edition. Original off white quarter cloth, gilt, with fuchsia pink paper-covered boards. D/w creased at front turn-in, slightly faded on spine with a nick at the head and a small stain to the top edge of the back panel. Fine in near fine...
Extraordinary Tales. Edited and Translated with a Foreword by Anthony Kerrigan.
London: Souvenir Press Ltd, 1973. 8vo. First UK edition. Original grey hardcovers. D/w toned. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges.
London: Souvenir Press Ltd, 1973. 8vo. First UK edition. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. D/w toned with slight wear at the head of the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.