London: Macmillan, 1972. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red. Device on jacket by Reynolds Stone. Black and white photographic plate section. Unclipped d/w slightly tanned on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Profile Books, 2010. 8vo. First edition. Original purple hardcovers. Black and white photographic plate section. Tiny nick to the top corner of the rear flap of the d/w. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: James Barrie, 1954. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon hardcovers, gilt. Slight foxing to the edges. Unclipped d/w has a nick to the head of the spine which has a tape repair to the reverse. Spine ends and corner tips slightly rubbed. Light dust-soiling. Near fine in near fine d/w.....
London: Heinemann, 1966-88. 8vo. 21 volumes (8 volumes of the life + 13 companion volumes), set. First editions. Burgundy cloth, gilt. Top edges stained burgundy. Each volume of the Life is illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Contents clean. No ownership marks. A few d/ws have short closed tears.....
New Haven and London: Yale University Press in association with English Heritage, 2009. 4to. First edition. Original Royal blue hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Fine in fine d/w.
Haarlem and Utrecht: Joh Enschede en Zonen and W. De Haan, 1952. 4to. First edition. Original maroon cloth, gilt. Top edge stained green. Illustrated by reproductions of drawings, specimens of types, lettering and bookwork. Covers a little dulled. Erratum slip loosely inserted. Bookplate of Eric Sweet on the front pastedown.....
London: Slightly Foxed, 2014. Small 8vo. Limited edition. #1040 of 2000 numbered copies. First published in 1956. Original blue cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Fine. Slightly Foxed Editions No.28.
London & Princeton: B. T. Batsford Ltd & D. Van Nostrand Comapny Inc, 1969. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained navy. Black and white photographic plates. Maps and plans, some folding. D/w rubbed at the extremities and with a short closed tear to the bottom edge.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1919. Original green cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Spine dulled. Very good +. #214 in The World's Classics.
London: Heinemann, 1981. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon cloth, gilt. Top edges stained red. D/w price-clipped. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Slightly Foxed, 2013. Small 8vo. Limited edition. #302 of 2000 numbered copies. First published in 2001. Original blue cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Fine. Slightly Foxed Editions No.21.
London: Hamish Hamilton Limited, 1983. Tall 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Fine in fine d/w. Published in conjunction with The Observer, Midland Bank Group & The Royal College of Art to coincide with the exhibition at The Royal College of.....
London: Allen Lane, 1999. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980. 8vo. First edition. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2010. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/w.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958. 8vo. First US edition. Original lichen green cloth. Frontispiece photograph of Thomas Mann. Slightly tanned around the edges. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1932. Small 8vo. First edition. Original blue-green buckram embossed on the spine and sides with arabesque designs, gilt. All edges untrimmed. Top edge gilt 'on the rough'. Twenty-three photographs. One on the title page and the rest tipped-in, printed by collotype. Spine faded. Corner tips pushed.....
Auckland, New Zealand: Tonson Publishing House, 1968. 8vo. First edition. Original beige hardcovers, gilt. Unclipped d/w slightly rubbed at the extremities. Fine in near fine d/w. Uncommon.
London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1975. Tall 8vo. First edition. Original maroon hardcovers, gilt. Colour frontispiece of John Baskerville and twelve black and white plates. Spine ends slightly pushed. Book label of Robin de Beaumont on the front pastedown. Unclipped d/w tanned on the spine and with tiny loss to the.....
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975. 4to. 2 volumes, set. First edition thus. Original navy cloth, gilt. In slipcase housing a drawer containing a magnifying glass. Fine in slightly rubbed slipcase. 'The Compact Edition of the D.N.B. includes the complete and unaltered texts of the 22 volumes of the main D.N.B......
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1996. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Unclipped d/w faded on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Cassell & Co., Ltd, 1934. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red. Spine and corner tips a little rubbed. Small patch of residue towards the bottom edge of the front board and the remains of a paper label on the rear pastedown indicating a former.....
London: Slightly Foxed Ltd, 2008-21. Small 8vo. 56 volumes, a run. Limited editions. Each volume is #497 of 2000 numbered copies. Original cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbons. A few volumes are illustrated. Just a hint of rubbing to the covers of a few volumes, otherwise fine. All the original limited.....
Charlottenberg, Berlin: Dr. Wilhelm Glass & Co. Verlag, [1929]. 4to. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt, with portrait medallion to front board. Text in German. Four colour plates, including the portrait frontispiece, and a large number of half-tone images throughout. Gilt on spine a bit dulled. Bottom corners rubbed. Small.....