London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1904. 16mo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1902. Original 'half-circuit' parchment, gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Covers dulled, rubbed and worn. Bookplate on front pastedown. Good. #24 in The World's Classics. This binding variant sold for 2s 6d. Uncommon.
Hayes: Bran's Head Books Ltd, 1976. 8vo. First edition. Original pale blue paper covers. Illustrations by Carol Gregory. Signed on the title page in blue ink by J. G. Ballard. Front cover lightly foxed. Slight foxing to fore edge and prelims. Near fine. Ballard contributes an Introduction to the bibliography.....
London: Particular Books, 2017. 8vo. SALE PRICE. First edition. Original sand hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1911. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1903. Original green cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Covers dulled. Neat ink ownership on fly. Near fine. #30 in The World's Classics.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927. 16mo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1901. Original brown cloth imitating grained leather. Spine embossed, gilt. Front cover embossed with the author's surname and a winged torch emblem. Top edge stained brown. Neat ink ownership on half-title. Near fine. #6 in.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927. 16mo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1901. Original brown cloth imitating tree calf, gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Silk marker ribbon. Patent stamp 171852/20. A hint of rubbing to the extremities. Light foxing to the endpapers. Neat ink ownership on.....
London & High Wycombe: J. M. Dent & Sons for Hague & Gill Ltd, 1938. 8vo. SALE PRICE. First edition. Original sewn printed wraps in envelope. Set in Gill's Bunyan type. Illustrations by Denis Tegetmeier. Fine in fine envelope. Eleven short essays by Eric Gill are accompanied by 11 pictures.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1969. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained pink. Jacket design by Michael Harvey. Very slight foxing to the fore edge. Price-clipped d/w is tanned on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. 8vo. SALE PRICE. First edition. Original buff cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red. D/w faded on spine, worn at edges, lightly soiled and chipped at corner tips and head of spine. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper. A selection of literary criticism.
London: The Bodley Head, 1980. 8vo. SALE PRICE. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained green. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Unclipped d/w is rather tanned and faded on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A companion to A Sort of Life, these are reflections on his.....
London & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House, 1930. 8vo. First edition. Original olive green buckram with bevelled boards, gilt. Top edge stained yellow. Spine and edges of boards faded. Neat ink ownership on fly. Very good +.
London: Grant Richards, 1902. 8vo. First impression in this series. Original dark green limp lambskin, gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine a bit rubbed with a 1 inch tear at the foot. Neat ink ownership on fly. Very good. #15 in The World's Classics.
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1907. 16mo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1902. Original quarter parchment, gilt, with leather label on the spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A bit rubbed with small loss to the label. Very light foxing to the endpapers. Very good. #15 in.....
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1907. 16mo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1902. Original 'Sultan-red' limp leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Near fine. #15 in The World's Classics. The 'Sultan-red' limp leather binding is notoriously fragile and copies in nice condition are hard to come by...
London: Grant Richards, 1902. 16mo. First impression in this series. Original dark blue buckram. Paper label, printed in black, ruled in red, on spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Covers a bit rubbed. Spine label tanned and with parts missing. Initial letters towards the foot of the spine and at.....
London: Henry Frowde, [c.1905]. 16mo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1902. Original 'Sultan-red' limp leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Covers just a bit rubbed. '20' inked to top corner inside. A little foxing to the prelims. Very good. #25 in The World's Classics. The 'Sultan-red' limp leather binding.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Ink presentation on the title page, "To Charles and Brenda, With affection and admiration, Maggie 23 October 1989". Extensive pencil underlining and marginal notes by Charles Tomlinson to the first half of the book. Near fine in near.....
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972. 8vo. SALE PRICE. First US edition. Original burgundy cloth with off-white boards, gilt. Front board a little tanned. Very slight foxing to prelims. Unclipped d/w is tanned on the spine and the edges of the front cover and has a couple of tiny.....
London: Collins, 1944. SALE PRICE. First edition. Decorated paper boards in dust-wrapper. Illustrated with 8 plates in colour and 25 illustrations in black and white. Light dust-soiling to top half of back panel of d/w. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Britain in Pictures #50.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1929]. 8vo. First UK edition using sheets printed in France in May 1929. Original turquoise cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Covers just a little rubbed and marked. Large bookplate, of Norman Nicholson, on the front pastedown. Ink presentation, 'Best wishes for Xmas 1936.....
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1912. 16mo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1901. Original 'Sultan-red' limp leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Wear to the top of the spine. Very good. #2 in The World's Classics. The 'Sultan-red' limp leather binding is notoriously fragile and.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1929. 16mo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1901. Original blue cloth imitating grained leather. Spine embossed, gilt. Front cover embossed with the title and a winged torch emblem. Top edge stained blue. Front cover very slightly bowed. Near fine. #2 in The.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1928. 16mo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1901. Original green cloth imitating grained leather. Spine embossed, gilt. Front cover embossed with the title and a winged torch emblem. Top edge stained green. Bookplate on front pastedown and neat ink ownership on front.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1915. 16mo. First impression in this series. Original 'Sultan-red' limp leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Spine ends and corner tips rubbed with small loss. Foyles sticker and neat ink ownership on front paste down. #196 in The World's Classics. The 'Sultan-red'.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1375 sets (475 for Random House in the USA). #209. Original full niger morocco, flexibly sewn, with green oval in centre of each front cover placed within gilt surround and lettered gilt, 'Que scay-je?'. Raised bands on spine.....