London: Peter Owen Ltd, 1966. 8vo. First UK edition. Original dark brown hardcovers, gilt. Ink ownership on front paste down. Price-clipped d/w toned on spine and with light rubbing to edges. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Picador, 1995. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers. Jacket illustration by Charles Burns. D/w very slightly faded on spine. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Harvill, 1992. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Partly because it is told from the point of view of a soldier and not an officer this is, in my opinion, one of the best memoirs of the Second World War.
London: The Bodley Head, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained purple. Jacket by Michael Harvey. D/w price-clipped. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1988. 8vo. First edition. Original dark burgundy hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. 'The Missionaries follows Voices of the Old Sea and Jackdaw Cake to complete a trio of autobiographical books [...] The great human tragedy of the missionary conquest of the Pacific is being repeated...
London: Granta Books, 2003. 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Ink ownership on dedication page. Top corner tips and head of the spine gently pushed. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. The author's first book.
London: Alan Ross Ltd, 1965. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. very slight foxing to edges of text block and prelims. D/w price-clipped and tanned on the spine, but in much better state than is often the case. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Incomplete at the time of...
London: Oxford University Press, 1963. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1924. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. D/w with light edge wear and two tiny closed tears. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. #262 in The World's Classics.
London: André Deutsch, 1979. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege for Oxford University Press, 1950. Crown 8vo. First thus. First published in two volumes in 1883. Original brown buckram, gilt. Frontispiece photograph reproducing a page from Trollope's manuscript in the British Museum. With contemporary illustrations chosen by John Johnson. Slight foxing to fore edge, end papers and...
London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. 8vo. First edition. Original decorated hardcovers, gilt. Top edge stained red. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Very slight foxing to fore edge and endpapers. Small, neat ink ownership to fly. Unclipped d/w faded on spine with trivial rubbing to tips. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. "God...