New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. 8vo. 15 volumes, set. First impressions thus. Original hardcovers, gilt. Jacket illustrations by Jon Contino. The d/w of 'Sword of Honor' has three very small tears along the join between the spine and the front panel, otherwise fine in near fine d/ws. A.....
London: Michael Joseph, 1965-72. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Captain Hornblower R.N. is a first impression of this edition, the other two volumes are second impressions thus. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Wrapper designs by Charles Gorham. Each volume has the armorial bookplate of Peter Godfrey-Faussett on the front pastedown. Unclipped d/w.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1979. 8vo. First edition. Original tan hardcovers, gilt. Top edge spotted near the spine. The spine of the unclipped d/w is faded and with a label from the 'New Fiction Society'. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original grey hardcovers, gilt. Top edge spotted near the spine. Small label of 'New Fiction Society' on spine of unclipped d/w. Near fine in near fine d/w. The author's second collection of short stories.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. 8vo. First edition. Original off-white hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design reproduces Max Ernst's painting, The Eye of Silence. Signed "J. G. Ballard" in blue ink on the flyleaf. The same ink appears to have been used to score through the second "crystalline river" which has been printed.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. 8vo. First edition. Original hardcovers, silvergilt. Small bookseller's label (Jockel's Books) on the front pastedown. Unclipped d/w is slightly faded on the spine, rubbed along the edges, has a crease towards the bottom edge of the front panel and some faint damp-staining to the top and.....
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. 8vo. First US edition. Original black cloth spine, silvergilt, with grey paper-covered boards. Top edge stained maroon. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Small triangular stain on front pastedown (adhesive mark of a removed label?) Unclipped d/w has a constellation of tiny marks towards.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Jacket design by Craig Dodd. Fine in fine d/w. A lovely copy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Jacket design by Craig Dodd. Slight shelf lean. Covers a little faded. Ink ownerships on both front endpapers. Unclipped d/w a bit creased, rubbed and dust-soiled. Very good in very good d/w.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. 8vo. First edition. Original tan hardcovers, lettered in black. Jacket design by Bill Botten. Tiny chip to the head of the d/w spine, otherwise fine in fine d/w.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. 8vo. First edition. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design by Bill Botten. Fine in fine d/w. A collection of short stories. A lovely copy.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Pages browned as usual (poor quality stock). Unclipped d/w is very slightly faded on the spine. Fine in fine d/w. First state jacket with quotations from Graham Greene and Angela Carter on the back panel.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Pages browned as usual (poor quality stock). D/w price-clipped and very slightly faded on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w. First state jacket with quotations from Graham Greene and Angela Carter on the back panel...
London: Flamingo, 2000. 8vo. First edition, first impression. Original black hardcovers, silvergilt. Head of spine a little bumped also affecting the d/w. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: Macmillan, 1995. 8vo. Second impression. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Inscribed in black ink on the title page, "For Red, Best wishes Wilbur Smith 13th April 1995". Fine in fine d/w.
London: Macmillan, 1999. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Signed in black ink on the title page. D/w spine faded. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Macmillan, 2001. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Signed in black ink on the title page, "With best wishes Wilbur Smith". D/w spine faded. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Macmillan, 2005. 8vo. First edition. Signed, limited edition (#114 of 1000 copies). Original black hardcovers, gilt, in slipcase. Signed in black ink on the limitation page. D/w spine faded. Fine in near fine d/w in fine slipcase.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1998. 8vo. First US edition. Hardback with black spine, lettered in red, and grey paper boards. Signed in black ink on the title page. D/w spine faded. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Hutchinson, 2003. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Signed on the title page in blue ink. Pages slightly tanned (poor quality stock). D/w spine very slightly faded. Near fine in near fine d/w. First impression with full number sequence.
London: Westhouse, 1946. 8vo. First edition. Original ochre cloth. Black lettering on the spine and a Bawden design on the front cover. Dust-wrapper, frontispiece and ten full page illustrations by Edward Bawden. Cloth edges a little dust-soiled. Unclipped d/w is tanned on the spine and portions of the back panel.....
London: The Folio Society, 1958. 8vo. First edition thus. Translation first published in a limited edition by The Nonesuch Press in 1929. Original quarter black cloth, gilt, with patterned paper boards designed by Edward Bawden. Endpapers and eight colour lithographic plates by Edward Bawden. Spine lightly mottled. Board edges rubbed.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1969. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Jacket by Stephen Russ. Top corner of front board slightly pushed. Fore edge and unclipped d/w lightly foxed. D/w slightly rubbed at front corner tips. Near fine in very good ++ d/w.
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, Inc, 1934. 8vo. First edition. Original brown buckram, ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Snarling bear device by Agnes Miller Parker on the title page. Endpapers and edges slightly foxed. Unclipped d/w is rubbed at the spine ends.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. 8vo. Limited edition. #953 of 1600 copies. Original marbled green and brown cloth with white parchment spine label, gilt. All edges untrimmed with top edge gilt 'on the rough'. Eight inserted full page illustrations by Karl Michel printed from the original woodcuts and stencilled with.....