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.....
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.....
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: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1946. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Ink presentation on the flyleaf, 'To Yvonne (who asked for them) With love from Jocelyn'. Unclipped d/w with light toning to the spine and back panel, tiny loss to the spine ends and rubbing to the.....
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: 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.
London & New York: Faber and Faber & Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. 8vo. Limited edition. #114 of 250 copies published by Faber and Faber (there were also 250 copies published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich). Signed by Valerie Eliot on the colophon. Original quarter blue cloth, printed in black and gold.....
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: 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: 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.....
New York: Soho Press, Inc, 2013. 8vo. First US edition. Original hardcovers with red paper-covered boards over a black spine with white lettering. Loosely inserted publisher's book label (matching the jacket design) signed by the author. Mint in d/w. The second Jackson Lamb novel about the Slow Horses of Slough.....
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: John Murray, 2019. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, pinkgilt. Signed in black ink on the title page. Bottom corner of page 11 folded in publication. 'Waterstones Special Edition' and 'Signed by the Author' stickers to the front panel of the unclipped d/w. Fine in fine d/w. The sixth.....
London: Macmillan, 1995. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate sections. Presentation inscription on fly. Fine in near fine d/w. "Inscribed for Maurice Peston with high regard and warm affection of Roy Jenkins 25:X:95." Maurice Peston (1931-2016) British economist and Labour life peer. Gladstone once.....
London: Macmillan, 1991. 8vo. First edition. Original green hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate sections. Top edge a little spotted. Signed and dated on the title page. Near fine in near fine d/w.
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: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1913-1938. 8vo. 31 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1050 sets (see note below). Signed on the half-title of volume 1. Original buff quarter cloth with pale blue paper boards. Paper labels to spines (and spare label inserted at rear of each volume). Top edges gilt.....
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 Two-Horse Press, 1968. Folio. Limited edition. #44 of 300 copies, signed by the artist. Original paper-covered booklet, printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge on paper made on the cylinder mould machine at Wookey Hole, Somerset. The type is Hermann Zapf's Palatino. With.....
London: Collins, 2003. 8vo. First UK edition, first impression. Original black hardcovers, silvergilt. Signed in black ink on the title page. Mint in d/w. The sequel to Sabriel and the middle volume of the Abhorsen trilogy. A brilliantly-realised adventure for fans of Philip Pullman or the later Harry Potter novels.....
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.....