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London: Collins, 1987. 8vo. First edition. Original red hardcovers, gilt. Spine ends slightly pushed. Paper browning as usual. Unclipped d/w is faded on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: Collins, 1987. 8vo. First edition. Original red hardcovers, gilt. Spine ends slightly pushed. Paper browning as usual. Unclipped d/w is faded on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1953. 8vo. First edition thus. First published in 1930. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Neat ink ownership on fly. Unclipped d/w slightly faded on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w. From the Definitive Edition of the Works of Franz Kafka.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1954. 8vo. First edition thus. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Unclipped d/w slightly faded on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w. From the Definitive Edition of the Works of Franz Kafka.
New York: Random House, 1957. 8vo. First US edition. Original grey cloth, gilt. Top edge stained pink. Covers partially faded. Clipped d/w slightly faded on the spine and with old tape repairs on the verso to the head and tail. Very good + in very good d/w.
London: Macdonald, 1973. 8vo. First edition thus. First published in 1938. Original purple hardcovers, gilt. Unclipped d/w partially faded. Fine in near fine d/w. From the Revised Definitive Edition of the Works of William Gerhardie.
London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1956. 8vo. Second impression. First published in this complete and unexpurgated edition in 1955. Original black cloth, gilt. Small Foyles label to the front pastedown. Unclipped d/w very slightly faded and rubbed on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w. A lovely copy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. 8vo. First UK edition. Originally published as La Loi in France in 1957. Original blind-stamped red cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Dust-wrapper and endpapers designed by David Knight. D/w very slightly faded on the spine. Fine in fine d/w. An under-appreciated novel, despite remaining in.....
London: Gaberbocchus Press Ltd, 1953. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Drawings and endpapers by Franciszka Themerson. Fine in fine d/w. A superb copy.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1952. 8vo. First edition thus. Original red cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red. Small mark to gutter of front endpapers. Unclipped d/w has been abraded on the front flap to remove the price. Short closed tear to the top edge of the front panel repaired with.....
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954. 8vo. First edition thus. Original green cloth lettered in black on the spine. Illustrations by Robin Jaques. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1948. 8vo. First edition thus. Original red cloth, lettered in blue on the spine. Jacket design by Joan Hassall. Neat ink ownership on fly. Tiny chip from the bottom of the d/w spine with slight fading to the cloth. Very slight rubbing to the extremities. Near fine.....
London: Andre Deutsch, 1954. 8vo. Third impression. First published in this edition in 1953. Original brown cloth, gilt. Illustrated with lithographs by Lynton Lamb. Unclipped d/w slightly tanned on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1956. 8vo. First edition of this omnibus. Original black cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red, others untrimmed. Jacket design by George Salter. Unclipped d/w is faded on the spine and slightly rubbed at the spine ends and corner tips. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: The Cresset Press, 1961. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Limited edition. #234 of 525 copies printed on mould made paper and signed by the author in volume one. Original quarter faux vellum with marbled paper boards, gilt. Top edges stained green. In glassine jackets and card slipcase, with paper label.....
London: The Folio Society, 1952. 8vo. First edition thus. Original patterned cloth, gilt. Top edge stained dark green. Illustrations by Margaret Wetherbee. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd, 1949-51. 8vo. 8 volumes. Reprints. These translations first published in the 1920s. Original blue cloth, silvergilt. Unclipped d/ws uniformly tanned on the spines. Tales of Day and Night has a very short closed tear to the bottom of the spine. Fine in near fine d/ws.....
London: Paul Elek Publishers Ltd, 1947. 8vo. First edition thus. Original red cloth, lettered in black to the spine. Drawings by Dodie Masterman. Unclipped d/w is faded on the spine and has a couple of small chips to the top edge of the front panel. Fine in very good +.....
London: John Westhouse, 1945. 8vo. First edition thus. Original buff cloth. Jacket design by 'Zero'. Illustrations by R. A. Brandt. Unclipped d/w with tiny chips to the top and bottom edges and some dust-marking. Fine in very good d/w. Brandt's illustrations are like a cross between Mervyn Peake and Betty.....
London: Turnstile Press, 1949. 8vo. First edition. Original olive green printed cloth. Jacket design by Charles Mozley. Fine in fine d/w. The first English translation of the author's fragmentary memoirs written while French Consul in a small Italian port in 1832. A lovely copy.
London: Elek Books Ltd, [1956?]. 8vo. First edition thus. Original red hardcovers, gilt. The unclipped d/w has several very short closed tears to the top edge. Fine in very good + d/w.
London: Cresset & Gollancz, 1956. 8vo. First edition. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. Jacket decorations by Shirley Hughes. Fine in fine d/w.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1936. 8vo. Second impression in year of publication. First published in French in four volumes between 1920 and 1932. Original smooth blue cloth, gilt. Top edge stained pink. Frontispiece drawing of the author. Small, bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Clipped d/w has.....
London: Paul Elek, 1947. Large 8vo. First thus. Original green cloth, gilt. Drawings by Anthony Gross. Neat ink ownership on fly. Wartime paper a bit browned. Unclipped d/w has several tears to the top and bottom edges which have been repaired on the verso by old tape. A little rubbed.....
London: The Grey Walls Press Limited, 1950. 8vo. First thus. Original smooth black cloth, gilt. Line drawings and lithographs by Gordon Noel Fish. A superb copy of this scarce edition, beautifully printed and illustrated.
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd and Oxford University Press, 1951. 8vo. Reprint. First issued in this edition in 1942. Original smooth olive green cloth, gilt. Map endpapers. Publisher's bookmark with helpful list of characters loosely inserted. Unclipped d/w slightly faded on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w. A lovely.....