London: HarperCollins, 2003. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Black and white photographic plate sections. Blind embossed round ownership on title-page. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Collins, 1943. First edition. Decorated paper boards in dust-wrapper. Illustrated with 8 plates in colour and 20 illustrations in black and white. D/w slightly rubbed and dust-soiled with a small tear on the bottom edge of the front panel. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper. Britain in Pictures #37.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1950. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Stamped 'File Copy' on front paste down and d/w. D/w rubbed at edges and with a couple of short closed tears at the tail of the spine. '50' (publication year) in ink towards the top of the back.....
Bombay & London: The "Times of India" Office and Thacker & Co. Ltd., 1898. 4to. Second edition. (First edition printed 5 weeks earlier). Original green cloth decorated in red and black. 24 coloured plates. Boards slightly warped. Covers faded, spotted and soiled. Ink ownership on free endpaper. Short tear to...
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1954. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon cloth, gilt. D/w slightly rubbed along top and bottom edges with '53' (for publication year) in ink at top of back joint. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. From the Victor Gollancz archive.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1954. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Stamped 'Archive Copy' on title page. 'O.K.' ringed in pencil on front panel and '54' (publication year) in red ink at top of back joint. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. From the Victor Gollancz archive.
London: Picador, 2006. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Black and white photographic plate sections. Blind embossed round ownership on title-page. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Edward Arnold, 1924. 8vo. First edition. Original dark red cloth, lettered in black. Covers worn. Spine faded and bumped. Bookplate on front pastedown. Small stain at bottom corner of first 70 pages and some foxing throughout. Very good.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1998. 8vo. First edition. Original burgundy cloth, gilt. Black and white illustrations. Blind embossed round ownership on title-page. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: William Heinemann and The Book Society, 1955. 8vo. First edition (simultaneous with the Heinemann printing). Original blue cloth. D/w has a stain to the back panel, two closed tears to the top edge and rubbing to extremities. Near fine in very good dust-wrapper.
London: Bloomsbury, 2003. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth with red marker ribbon. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: V & A Publications, 2004. 4to. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: V & A Publications, 2002. 4to. First edition. Original purple cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1996. 8vo. First edition. Original printed paper boards. Illustrated throughout in colour. As new.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. End papers and edges of text block lightly foxed. Blind embossed round ownership on half-title. D/w tanned on spine and lightly rubbed at edges. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Michael Joseph, 1938. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth. Small ink ownership on fly. Blind embossed round ownership on title-page. D/w rubbed with small loss at spine ends. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1995. 4to. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Photographs by William Brumfield. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. D/w slightly faded on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1929. 8vo. First thus. First published in 1913 as 'The Dragon'. The first and last chapters were revised for this issue. Original black cloth lettered in green. Fore edge slightly foxed. D/w chipped, nicked and torn with loss to upper panel. '29' (publication year) in red...
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon buckram, gilt. Black and white photographic plate sections. Stamped 'File Copy' on front paste down and d/w. D/w a bit rubbed and dust-soiled with a couple of very short closed tears. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper. From the...
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1946. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Stamped 'Archive Copy' on title page. Slightly dust-soiled, spine-faded and rubbed d/w with 'O.K.' in pencil on front panel and '46' (publication year) in ink at top of back joint. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. From the Victor.....
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1946. 8vo. Reprint. Second impression, March 1946. First published in January 1946. Original blue cloth, gilt. Stamped 'Archive Copy' on title page. Slightly dust-soiled, spine-faded and rubbed d/w with 'O.K.' in pencil on front panel and '46' (publication year) in ink at top of back joint.....
Wilton: Michael Russell, 1994. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. This completes the history begun in Traders and Nabobs.
Wilton: Michael Russell, 1987. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Presentation inscription by the author on the title page. Two small ink annotations in the margin of the epilogue. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. The presentation is to the Maxwell family who feature so prominently in the book.