London: Allen Lane (The Penguin Press), 2002. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Firsts thus. Original black cloth, gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrappers. Each volume has a separate translator (Lydia Davis, James Grieve, Mark Treharne, John Sturrock, Carol Clark and Peter Collier, & Ian Patterson). The first new translation into English since.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1974. 16mo. Reprint. Three volumes in one. First printed in the World's Classics in 1922-3. A revised translation was issued in 1933. It was reissued in a one volume edition on India Paper in 1941. Original burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Price-clipped d/w.....
London: Heinemann, 1973. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Wrapper design by Broome-Lynne. Fine in fine d/w. The eleventh volume of 'A Dance to the Music of Time'.
London: Heinemann, 1966-75. 8vo. First editions of volumes 3 & 4. Volume 1 is a second impression in the same year as publication. Volume 2 is a second impression from 1975 (originally 1968). The d/w of volume 1 is from about 1975, with reviews of all four novels on the.....
London: Duckworth, 1928. 8vo. First edition. Original mauve cloth, gilt. Bottom edge untrimmed. Spine faded. Covers dulled and slightly spotted. Bookplate of David Isambard Sandelson to front pastedown. Ink presentation by the author to Sandelson on the flyleaf. Contents clean. Very good +. The inscription reads, 'My dear David, This.....
London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1927. 8vo. Fourth impression. First published in 1922. Original maroon cloth, lettered in orange on the spine. Corner tips and spine ends slightly rubbed and pushed. Bookplate of David Isambard Sandelson to front pastedown. Ink presentation by the author to Sandelson on the flyleaf. Contents clean. Near.....
London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1925. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon cloth, lettered in orange on the spine. Extremities rubbed. Three tiny dents to the front board and some other small marks. Neat ink ownership (of David Isambard Sandelson), dated 10/10/25, on the flyleaf, together with 'Vol 32'. Some scattered foxing and.....
London: The Folio Society, 2000. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. First printing for The Folio Society. Original blue cloth, gilt, in two slipcases. Photographs by Eugene Atget. The first slipcase has paper splits to the front left hand side (presumably from slightly careless access to volume 1). Fine in near fine.....
London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. 8vo. First UK edition. Original green cloth, lettered in black on the spine. Top edge stained green. In unclipped d/w and with wrap-around band of The Book Society. Fine in fine d/w. The first UK edition (while Knopf had a London office) of the Nobel.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1949. 8vo. First edition. Original blue-grey cloth, gilt. Top edge stained maroon. Jacket by P. Vinten. Frontispiece illustration of Radnor Terrace, Sandgate, Kent. Ink presentation on the flyleaf, 'To Richard Ellmann, With admiration and all good wishes, from the Author. Jocelyn Brooke 27th April 1960 Bishopsbourne'.....
London: Collins, 1938. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. With illustrations by the author. Spine ends and corner tips pushed. Very slightly faded on the spine. Edges lightly spotted. Occasional very slightly foxing and with a couple of small marks to the rear endpapers. Very good ++. A nice copy.....
London: Collins, 1933. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Slightly cocked. Spine slightly tanned and faded. Ink presentation on flyleaf. Unclipped d/w is tanned on the spine, with small loss to the top edge and with several brown tape reinforcements on the reverse. Very good + in good +.....
Frogmore, St. Albans: Panther Books Ltd, 1977. 8vo. First UK paperback edition. Originally published by Victor Gollancz in 1975. Front cover illustration by Peter Goodfellow. Very slightly rubbed at extremities. Ink presentation on first page, 'Monica With love Salman Rushdie'. Given to Monica Tross when she worked with the author.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1979. 8vo. SALE PRICE. 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. SALE PRICE. 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: Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd, 1970-71. 8vo. 4 volumes. First published between 1922 and 1936. First impressions of the Revised Definitive Edition of each volume. Original hardcovers, gilt. Jacket designs by Barrie Carr. Spine of Of Mortal Love a bit faded. Each volume inscribed by the author on the.....
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...