Westerham: Dalrymple Press, 1982. Tall 8vo. Limited edition. #101 of 475 copies. (First published privately in 1926.) Original dark blue cloth, lettered in red. Top edge stained red. In acetate jacket as issued. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper. Bound by Hunter & Foulis, Edinburgh. Illustrated throughout. Fine. 'For a young...
Liverpool: The Wood Lea Press, 1987. Folio. Limited edition. One of 750 standard copies (from a complete edition of 811). Bound by Smith Settle in quarter green cloth over floral-patterned paper boards. Matching cloth-covered slipcase. Tipped-in portrait frontispiece. Numerous illustrations throughout, some in colour and tipped-in. Spine faded to blue...
Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1982. 4to. Limited edition. #207 of 350 copies hand-set in Caslon type, printed from the original wood-engravings on Zerkall mould-made paper by John and Rosalind Randle and Miriam Macgregor. Bound in quarter green buckram over Whittington marbled paper boards by Smith Settle & Co. Top edge...
London: Harvill Secker, 2012-2018. 6 volumes, set. First UK editions, first impressions. Original hardcovers. Volume 6 has a silk marker ribbon. Mint in dust-wrappers. Time to make your own mind up about this opinion-dividing sequence? Lots of time.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945. Large 8vo. Second edition. Original beige cloth lettered in green on the front board. Illustrated by the author. Small attractive bookplate on front paste down. Australian bookseller's label on fly. Contents clean. Fine. The author's first published book was issued by Country Life just as...
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944. Royal 8vo. First edition. Original buff cloth. Illustrated by the author. Back cover slightly marked. First gathering in confused order (binding error), but perhaps that adds to the charm? Near fine. The colour illustrations must have seemed even more saturated in wartime than they do...
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1920. 12mo. Reprint. Pocket edition. Original limp red leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. With four black and white illustrations. Spine very slightly rubbed and faded. Neat ink ownership on fly. Near fine.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1939. 12mo. Reprint. Pocket edition. Original limp maroon leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Spine very slightly faded. Corner tips pushed. Near fine. Includes 'The Man who would be King'.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1922 & 1923. 12mo. 2 vols, set. Reprints. Pocket edition. Original limp red leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Volume I has small loss to the head of the spine. Volume II is slightly rubbed and faded on the spine. Near fine.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. 12mo. Reprint. Pocket edition. Original limp red leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Slightly cocked. Neat ink ownership and bookseller's blindstamp on fly. Near fine.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1937. 12mo. Reprint. Second impression in same month as first. Pocket edition. Original limp maroon leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Neat ink ownership dated 25.12.37 on fly. Fine. One of the scarcest volumes in this edition. Almost unread.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1916. 12mo. Reprint. Pocket edition. Original limp maroon leather, gilt. All edges gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Illustrated by the Author. Spine very slightly rubbed and faded. Neat ink ownership on fly. Near fine.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. 12mo. Reprint. Pocket edition. Original limp maroon leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Spine very slightly rubbed and faded. Near fine.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1911-45. 12mo. 37 volumes, set. Publisher's limp red/burgundy leather, gilt. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Some volumes illustrated. Eight volumes are in their original d/ws. Bindings generally near fine with just trivial rubbing to the spine ends and some slight fading to the spines. Some.....
London: John Murray, 2003. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: John Murray, 1951. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1950. Original green cloth, gilt. Photographs and illustrations by A. Costa. Unclipped d/w is rubbed and torn with loss to the head of the spine and corners. Near fine in good + dust-wrapper.
London: John Murray, 1958. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Black and white photographic plates by Joan Eyres Monsell. Jacket by John Craxton. Light splash mark to fore edge of text block. Some rubbing to tips and spine ends of d/w. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper...
London: John Murray, 1966. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Black and white photographic plates by Joan Eyres Monsell. Jacket by John Craxton. Unclipped d/w is a little dust-soiled and has a tear and creasing to the top edge of the back panel. Fine in very good...
London: John Murray, 2008. 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, silvergilt. Black and white photographic plate sections. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor and the Duchess of Devonshire, and by the editor Charlotte Mosley 'To Michael' on the title page. A nick to the top edge of the front panel of...
London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon paper-covered boards. With illustrations by David Holmes. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. Loosely inserted is the publisher's description insisting that it is strictly embargoed until 24th May 1999 and ' a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right...
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. 8vo. First edition. Original red hardcovers, lettered in gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. The author went in search of tribal India. His publisher promoted this book as the conclusion of the trilogy (begun with A Dragon Apparent and Golden Earth) about South-east Asia.
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...
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1967. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Third edition. (First, large paper, edition 1923). Original blue leather, gilt. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Black and white plates throughout each volume. Each volume is rubbed at extremities. Volumes 3, 4 & 5 have been pulled at the head...
Stratford-upon-Avon: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1929. Crown 8vo. 14 volumes, set. Limited edition of 525 sets. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Gilt lettering dulled on spines. Each volume has the armorial bookplate of Hall of Otterburn, Northumberland and a Henry Sotheran label on the front paste...
London: The Waverley Book Company Ltd, 1922. 4to. 2 volumes, set. First edition. Original quarter tan buckram with tan cloth boards, gilt. Leather label to spine. Top edges gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Spine labels slightly rubbed. Slight foxing to fore edges. Bookplate on each front paste down. Near fine.