London: Jonathan Cape, 1926. 8vo. First edition. Signed, limited edition. #21 of 100 special copies. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Wood engravings throughout by Eric Ravilious. Spine faded. Near fine. The first book illustrated by Eric Ravilious.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. 12mo. First US edition. Presentation inscription on the flyleaf: 'With all good wishes from the author, Daisy Ashford'. Original illustrated paper boards. Frontispiece of the author aged nine. Very slight pushing to the spine ends and corner tips. Author inscription in ink on.....
Sutton West & Santa Barbara: The Paget Press, 1984. 8vo. First edition. Original paper covers. Illustrated by the Author. Very slight rubbing to extremities. Author's ink presentation on title page with red ink drawing of a man with a beer glass. Near fine. The inscription wishes the recipient, "Luck with.....
London: Boriswood, 1936. 8vo. Special edition. #2 of 30 numbered copies signed by the author. Printed in October 1936. Original orange buckram lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Handmade paper, partially unopened. Spine and edges slightly faded and rubbed. Contents clean. Near.....
London: Secker & Warburg, 1986. 8vo. First edition. Original burgundy cloth, gilt. Top edge of text slightly foxed. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. Signed by the author on the title page.
Milsons Point, NSW, Australia: Knopf, 2005. 8vo. First Australian edition. Original grey cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club, 1951. 8vo. Bound volume of proof lithographs only, containing colour lithograph frontispiece, 2 title pages, and 58 colour lithograph illustrations, many printed recto and verso. Original quarter black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream boards, top edge gilt, with slipcase. Spine slightly mottled. Slipcase with.....
London: William Heinemann, 1923-36. 8vo. 30 volumes, set. Limited edition. #63 of 530 sets (of which 500 were for sale). Signed by the author on the limitation page of volume 1. Numbered in each volume. Original quarter vellum with parchment boards, gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed and partly unopened.....
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1919-20. 8vo. 37 volumes, set. Limited edition of 500 sets, signed by the author in volume 1. Original navy cloth, with gilt oak and acorn design to the spines and a gilt oak and acorn roundel with Hardy's initials to each upper board. Top edge.....
Cambridge: Golden Head Press, 1964. 8vo. First edition. Original printed wraps. Ink presentation on fly, 'Alan Freer from Tom Rice Henn June 1971' [sic]. Fine. The recipient was Allen Freer.
London: Constable, 2003. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, silvergilt. Jacket design by Nick Castle. Signed by the author in blue ink on the title page. Fine in fine d/w. Mick Herron's debut novel is also the first of four to feature Zoë Boehm, private investigator. When a neighbouring house.....
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1961. 8vo. Limited edition. (First published in 1937.) #5 of 70 copies (only 50 for sale). Signed on the limitation page by the Author and T. S. Eliot. Original blue buckram, gilt, in acetate jacket as issued. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece and the illustration facing.....
London: John Murray, 1941. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow cloth lettered in red. Illustrated throughout by the author. D/w slightly rubbed and a little dust-soiled. Ink presentation on dedication page. Fine in near fine d/w. The dedication copy. The presentation is to John Rayner, 'whom, was not it likely to.....
London: John Murray, 1961. 4to. First edition. Original yellow cloth. Illustrated throughout by the author. Endpapers and edges very slightly foxed. D/w dust-soiled along the edges and with a very short closed tear to the top edge of the back panel. Author's compliments slip and the New Statesman's review loosely.....
London: John Murray, 1967. 8vo. Limited edition. No. 92 of 100 copies. Quarter white buckram, gilt, with marbled-paper boards in matching marbled-paper slipcase as issued. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Signed on the limitation page. Illustrated in line and colour by the author. With extra, loosely-inserted, black and white illustration.....
London: John Murray, 1967. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow cloth decorated in purple. Illustrated in line and colour by the author. With extra, loosely-inserted, black and white illustration, "'Sumer is icumen in' Uffington 1935", which includes the author as a flautist. Ink presentation, 'For John in gratitude, from Osbert', on.....
London: The Arthur Press, 1930. 4to. First edition. Limited edition. #204 of 750 signed and numbered copies. Original white orange cloth lettered in blue on the spine. With designs by the author. Corners pushed and spine tanned. Pencil ownership of [Lady] Sybil Cholmondeley 1930 on flyleaf. Very good +. A.....
London: John Murray, 2008. 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, silvergilt. Black and white photographic plate sections. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor and the Duchess of Devonshire, and by the editor Charlotte Mosley 'To Michael' on the title page. A nick to the top edge of the front panel of.....
Florence: Privately Printed for Subscribers by G. Orioli, [1937]. 8vo. First edition. Limited edition of 300 numbered and signed copies but this inscribed on the limitation page, 'Review copy with G. Orioli's compliments'. Issued in paper covers, this copy has been rebound in blue cloth without the original covers. Cloth.....
Westerham, Kent: Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery, 1983. Folio. First edition. Limited edition of 300 copies. Signed by John Piper on the limitation page and "Artist's Copy". Original marbled cloth binding by Smith Settle. Gilt to spine. Printed on French rag paper at Westerham Press. Illustrated throughout.....
London: Scolastic Press, 2001. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon paper-covered boards. Cover illustration by David Frankland. Mint in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author on the title page. The film version by Peter Jackson is currently on Netflix in the UK.
London: Scholastic Press, 2003. 8vo. First edition, first impression. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Jacket by David Frankland. Signed in ink on the title page. Fine in fine d/w. The sequel to Mortal Engines and the second book in the quartet. A fine, signed copy.
London: Constable, 1947. 8vo. Limited edition. #6 of 25 copies signed by the author and specially bound. Full maroon morocco by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Colour lithograph frontispiece by John Piper with tissue guard. Hinges and corner tips a little rubbed. Some marks and slight.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1931. 8vo. Signed, limited edition. #202 of 320 numbered copies. First illustrated edition (text first published in 1930). Original pictorial vellum. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Dust-wrapper, covers, endpapers and fifteen full page colour lithographs and numerous black and white illustrations by Barnett Freedman. Pages partially.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1946. Slim 4to. First edition. Original cream paper-covered card boards printed in black. Signed by the artist to verso of flyleaf. Forty-four drawings on forty pages. Covers and endpapers foxed. Covers a bit marked and faded. Small loss to tips and spine ends and with a......