London: Faber and Faber, 1937. 8vo. First edition, second state. First issued by B. T. Batsford at 2/6d in 1937 in card covers. This is the same text apart from the title page, which shows the change of publisher, and the jacket gives the price as 3/6d and lists 15...
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1962. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth. Wrapper design by Jack Larkin. D/w very slightly rubbed, dust-soiled and toned. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Dedicated to Graham Greene who provides a quote for the jacket: 'A humour strange to our fiction, closer to Chekhov than to...
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.
London: Mandrake Press Ltd, 1930. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. D/w slightly faded on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Doubleday, 1993. 8vo. First edition. Original grey hardcovers, gilt. Jacket illustration by John Avon. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
London: Souvenir Press Ltd, 1973. 8vo. First UK edition. Original grey hardcovers. D/w toned. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
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.
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. D/w very slightly rubbed at head of spine. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1992. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Touchstone, 1995. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Mint in dust-wrapper.
