London: Faber and Faber, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. A little rubbing to bottom edges of the boards. D/w a bit rubbed with small loss to spine ends and corner tips. Very good + in very good + dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original terracotta cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Price-clipped d/w is worn with small loss at the spine ends. Near fine in very good dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1975. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1971. Original terracotta cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Price-clipped d/w slightly faded on the spine and with the laminate lifted from the bottom corner of the front panel. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1976. 8vo. New edition. First published in 1963. Original green cloth, gilt. Black and white photographs throughout. D/w price-clipped with Faber price-sticker. Contents clean. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. 8vo. New edition. First published in 1963. Original paperback covers. Black and white photographs throughout. Cover photograph of 'St. Davids Cathedral and the Bishop's Palace ruins' by Edward Piper. Spine faded, a little edge rubbing and a bit of creasing to the bottom corner of.....
London: William Heinemann & The Bodley Head, 1974-94. 8vo. 22 volumes, set. 9 first editions thus, the rest reprints. Original green cloth, gilt. Most top edges green. Jackets designed by Michael Harvey. Contents clean and fine. Vol. 8 has been bound upside down. Tiny stain to the top part of.....
Westerham, Kent: Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery, 1983. Folio. First edition. Limited edition of 300 copies of which this is number 148. Signed by John Piper on the limitation page. Original marbled cloth binding by Smith Settle. Gilt to spine. Printed on French rag paper at Westerham.....
Buckingham: Barracuda Books Limited, 1984. Folio. Facsimile edition. First edition published in 1927. Original half red morocco and cream calf, gilt, with raised bands and a black leather spine label. Gilt design of Sir Christopher Wren to the centre of the front board. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Separate buckram.....
London: John Murray, 1967. 8vo. Limited edition. No. 92 of 100 copies. Quarter white buckram, gilt, with marbled-paper boards in matching marbled-paper slipcase as issued. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Signed on the limitation page. Illustrated in line and colour by the author. With extra, loosely-inserted, black and white illustration.....
London: Secker & Warburg, 1958. 8vo. First edition. Original brown cloth, gilt. Jacket designed by Michael Ayrton. D/w tanned on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A much better jacket than is usually the case with this underrated novel.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1973. 8vo. First edition. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. D/w tanned on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. 8vo. First edition. Original tan cloth, gilt. Jacket design by Graham Bishop. D/w tanned on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: James Barrie, 1955. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. Small stain to bottom of fore edge. Neat ink ownership, dated 1956, on fly. D/w a little rubbed and tanned with a couple of nicks. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper. A collection of 27 ghost stories with contributors.....
London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. D/w faded on spine, rubbed along edges and with small loss and a couple of nicks to the top edge. Near fine in good dust-wrapper. The author's third collection of short fiction.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1958. 8vo. First edition. Original brown cloth, gilt. Jacket designed by Michael Ayrton. Cloth slightly stained at foot of spine. 'John Braine 1958' scrawled in ink across the title page. D/w tanned and stained, especially on the back panel. Very good + in good - dust-wrapper.....
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Tall 8vo. Limited edition. #64 of an edition of 1500 copies. Signed on the limitation page by Edward Ardizzone and the designer-printer Joseph Blumenthal. Original half black cloth, gilt, with marbled paper boards. In marbled paper slipcase with paper label. With 35 illustrations.....
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1876. 8vo. 8 parts in 4 volumes, set. First edition, first issue. Contemporary half red morocco, gilt, with marbled paper boards. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. All volumes slightly cocked with rubbing to spine ends and pushed corner tips. Small loss to the.....
London: Country Life, 1914. 4to. First edition. Original red buckram, gilt. Coloured frontispiece tipped in and tissue-guarded. Spine and half of the front board slightly faded. Bottom corners pushed. Neat ink ownership dated 1934 on fly. 'Contents' and 'List of Illustrations' section at the front shows some wrinkling from damp.....
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977. 8vo. First UK edition. First published in France in 1942. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design by Sally Davies. Front endpapers browned. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977. 8vo. First UK edition. First published in France in 1942. Original bright blue hardcovers, gilt. D/w faded on the spine and a bit tanned. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1976. 8vo. First UK edition. First published in France in 1951. Original scarlet hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design by Annie Bennett. Paper browning (cheap stock). D/w faded along the spine.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974. 8vo. First UK edition. First published in France in 1953. Original scarlet hardcovers, gilt. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1971. 8vo. First UK edition. First published in France in 1960. Original bright blue hardcovers, gilt. Price-clipped d/w with decimal price sticker. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970. 8vo. First UK edition. Original bright blue hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design by Bernard Higton. Price-clipped d/w is a bit rubbed along the top edge. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper. New England in a blizzard.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1876. 8vo. First edition, first issue. Original buff cloth printed in black with designs by Henry Holiday. All edges gilt. Black endpapers. With nine illustrations by Henry Holiday. Spine tanned with slight fraying to the cloth along the rear joint. Boards also lightly tanned. Blindstamp for.....