Tolstoy. A Russian Life.
London: Profile Books, 2010. 8vo. First edition. Original purple hardcovers. Black and white photographic plate section. Mint in d/w.
London: Profile Books, 2010. 8vo. First edition. Original purple hardcovers. Black and white photographic plate section. Mint in d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1992. Royal 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. In slipcase as issued. With facsimiles of the author's production notes. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Particular Books, 2017. 8vo. First edition. Original sand hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. Small 4to. First edition. Original terracotta textured hardcovers, lettered in black. Illustrated throughout in colour. Contents clean. Clipped d/w is a bit tanned and spotted. Fine in near fine d/w. From the library of Charles Tomlinson, CBE (1927-2015). Poet, translator, illustrator and academic.....
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1956. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1902. First published in two parts in 1678 and 1684. Original quarter blue polished morocco over blue cloth boards, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Patterned paper endpapers. In cloth-covered slipcase. Boards slightly.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1963. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1902. First published in two parts in 1678 and 1684. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Jacket illustration by Roy Morgan. Top edge a little spotted. D/w slightly faded on the spine. Near fine in near fine.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1967. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Portrait frontispiece. Spine just a little faded and with some very light spotting to the top edge. Pencil ownership of Christopher Hill on fly, with scattered pencil lines in the margins and pencil notes on both sides of.....
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Pencil note on fly, 'William St. Clair, Oxford DNH Weekend July 1992 Dept National Heritage'. Scattered pencil marginalia by William St. Clair and notes on the rear endpapers. Near fine. From the library of William St. Clair (1937-2021), the.....
Oxford: The Clrendon Press, 1963. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1938. Reprinted lithographically from corrected sheets of the first edition. Original green buckram, gilt. Price-clipped d/w has a few small tape repairs. Fine in very good + dust-wrapper.
Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, [1984]. 8vo. Reprint. First published in this edition in 1967. Original red cloth, gilt. D/w slightly faded on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. From The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding.
Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia, 1990. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Pencil ownership of William St. Clair on the fly. Near fine in near fine d/w. From the library of William St. Clair (1937-2021), the distinguished historian and author.
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. 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: 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: John Murray, 1948. 8vo. First edition. Original light grey/blue cloth. Frontispiece and 15 further plates. Covers a little bumped. Neat ink ownership of William St. Clair on fly and his occasional pencil marginalia. Very good +. From the library of William St. Clair (1937-2021), the distinguished historian and author.....
London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd, 1927-36. Royal 8vo. Limited edition of 525 sets, of which 500 were for sale in England and America. Original maroon buckram, gilt. Top edge stained red, others untrimmed. Frontispiece illustrations. Slight fading to the lower half of the spine of volume 1 where the d/w.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon cloth, silvergilt. Ink ownership of William St. Clair on the front pastedown and his pencil ownership, dated 10 May 1976, on the fly. His scattered marginalia especially in the first half of the book and extensive notes on the.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1947. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed and partially unopened. Endpapers very slightly foxed. Dust-wrappers on volumes 1 & 2 are unclipped. Near fine in near fine d/ws.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1958. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. First published between 1904-10 in a limited edition of 750 copies. Revised, reprint. Original green cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/ws are a little rubbed and slightly tanned on the spines. Near fine in near fine d/ws. Uncommon. A nice, clean set.
London: John Murray, 1939. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained green, others untrimmed. Frontispiece and 11 further plates. Covers a bit bumped and slightly rubbed. Pencil ownership of William St. Clair on the fly, his occasional marginal notes and both rear endpapers covered with his notes.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 8vo. First edition. Original hardcovers. Mint. The novelists featured range from Daniel Defoe to William Golding.
London: Faber and Faber, 1934. Tall 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained black, others untrimmed. Slightly rubbed at extremities, a little dust-soiled and with a very short split, neatly repaired, at the bottom of the spine. Contents clean. Very good +.
Orono, Maine: University of Maine, 1996. 8vo. First edition. Original printed wraps. Near fine. A double issue devoted to H. D. and including her story 'The Suffragette'.From the library of Charles Tomlinson, CBE (1927-2015). Poet, translator, illustrator and academic.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Fine.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1982. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt. D/w spine faded. Fine in near fine d/w.