The Light that Failed.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1930. 12mo. Reprint. Pocket edition. Original limp burgundy leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Fine.
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Limits and Renewals.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932. 12mo. First edition. Pocket edition. Original limp burgundy leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Fine.
The Naulahka. A Story of West and East.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. 12mo. Reprint. Pocket edition. Original limp red leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Bookplate removed from front paste down. Near fine.
The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. 12mo. Reprints. Pocket edition. Original limp burgundy leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling, W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. Fine. A very smart set of the Jungle Books and an ideal gift.
The Hound of the Baskervilles. Introduction by Julian Symons.
London: The Folio Society, 1987. 8vo. First edition thus. Original illustrated black cloth. Frontispiece and five further lino-cuts by Edward Bawden. Just a hint of foxing to covers. Fine.
The History of Rasselas. Prince of Abyssinia. With an Introduction by Gilbert Phelps.
London: The Folio Society, 1975. 8vo. First edition thus. Original quarter navy cloth, gilt, with patterned paper boards. Top edge ochre. In yellow paper slipcase as issued. Seven colour lithographic plates by Edward Bawden. Spine faded. Near fine in slipcase.
Vathek. Translated with an Introduction by Herbert B. Grimsditch.
London: The Folio Society, 1958. Narrow 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. In brown paper-covered slipcase as issued. Endpapers and eight colour lithographic plates by Edward.....
Gulliver's Travels to Lilliput and Brobdingnag.
London: The Folio Society, 1948. 8vo. First Folio Society edition. Quarter maroon cloth over marbled paper boards. D/w and illustrations by Edward Bawden. Slightly rubbed d/w has a large curved tear to the front panel (neatly repaired), a chip to the foot of the spine with a repair on the.....
The Novels of R. S. Surtees. Handley Cross; Hillingdon Hall; Hawbuck Grange; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Ask Mamma; Plain or Ringlets; Mr. Romford's Hounds; Analysis of the Hunting Field; Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities.
London & New York: Eyre & Spottiswoode and Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929-31. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. Limited edition. #256 of 976 (including 26 lettered A to Z). Later half brown morocco over light brown cloth with five raised bands, tan leather labels in two compartments on each spine and hunting.....
Don Quixote de la Mancha.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930. 8vo. 2 volumes in slipcase, set. Limited edition of 1475 copies (of which 575 were for sale in America). #1421. Full tan pigskin with five raised bands and leather labels, gilt. Top edges gilt. Printed on Casinensis hand-made paper. In marbled paper slipcase as issued.....
The Sea, The Sea.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original turquoise hardcovers, gilt. Vertical crease down the spine. Top edge a bit foxed. Unclipped d/w is also foxed especially on the back flap. Very good + in very good + d/w. The author's nineteenth novel was her fourth to be shortlisted.....
Henry and Cato.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1976. 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Top edge a little spotted. Rear panel of d/w has a few small marks. Near fine in near fine d/w.
Henry and Cato.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1976. 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Slightly shaken. Jacket a little tanned. Near fine in near fine d/w.
The Wessex Novels & Other Works. (The Pocket Edition in Limp, Navy Leather).
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1926-7. 12mo. 26 volumes (set?). Publisher's navy limp calf leather, gilt. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Just the tiniest amount of rubbing to the spines of a few volumes, otherwise in very fine condition. Many of the marker ribbons are frayed and some are.....
Arthur & George.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. 8vo. First edition. Original olive cloth, printed in black and white. Publisher's band around the rear board. Fine with fine band.
A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. 8vo. First edition. First impression. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/w.
Talking It Over.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. 8vo. First edition. First impression. Original beige hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/w.
Cross Channel.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1996. 8vo. First edition. First impression. Original black hardcovers. Fine in fine d/w.
England, England.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. 8vo. First edition. First impression. Original black hardcovers, silvergilt. Fine in fine d/w.
Love, etc.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2000. 8vo. First edition. First impression. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/w.
Hearing Secret Harmonies. A Novel.
London: Heinemann, 1975. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Wrapper design by Broome-Lynne. Short split at the top of the front endpapers. Back panel of d/w a little dust-soiled. Near fine in near fine d/w. The twelfth and last volume of 'A Dance to the Music of Time'.
Temporary Kings. A Novel.
London: Heinemann, 1973. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Wrapper design by Broome-Lynne. Slightly shaken. Wide-flapped d/w is a bit rubbed at the spine ends and the corner tips. Very good + in very good + d/w. The eleventh volume of 'A Dance to the Music of Time'.
Temporary Kings. A Novel.
London: Heinemann, 1973. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Wrapper design by Broome-Lynne. Wide-flapped d/w has an ink cross through the decimal price and very slight rubbing to the spine ends and corner tips. Near fine in near fine d/w. The eleventh volume of 'A Dance to the Music.....
Books Do Furnish A Room. A Novel.
London: Heinemann, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Wrapper design by Broome-Lynne. Fine in fine d/w. The tenth volume of 'A Dance to the Music of Time'.
The Military Philosophers. A Novel.
London: Heinemann, 1968. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Wrapper design by Broome-Lynne. Wide-flapped d/w is clipped with decimal price ('£1.25 net') and has one very short closed tear to the top edge of the back panel. Near fine in near fine d/w. The ninth volume of 'A Dance.....