London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red. Portrait frontispiece and eight further plates. Slightly foxed d/w tanned on spine with a tiny nick at the head of the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: John Murray, 1875. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Folding map, frontispiece and nine further illustrations. Corner tips and spine ends pushed and a little rubbed. Ink ownership label to top corner of front pastedown. Contents clean and fresh. Near fine. A lovely copy of the uncommon first.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon paper-covered boards. With illustrations by David Holmes. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon paper-covered boards. With illustrations by David Holmes. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. Loosely inserted is the publisher's description insisting that it is strictly embargoed until 24th May 1999 and ' a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1979. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/w price-clipped. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1907. 16mo. First impression in this series. Original green cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Photographic plate of 'Fielding's Tomb at Lisbon' after the Chronology. Spine dulled. Endpapers foxed. Bookplate (of Jack and Frances Donaldson) on fly. Very good +. #142 in The World's Classics.....
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1939. 8vo. First edition. First state red cloth with gilt lettering. With ten photographic illustrations on eight plates including the frontispiece. Covers dust-soiled and worn at spine ends and corner tips. Front hinge a bit weak. Remains of a strip of paper glued to the.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1983. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. Top edge stained green. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Unclipped d/w is a bit tanned, especially on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: John Murray, 1958. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Black and white photographic plates by Joan Eyres Monsell. Jacket by John Craxton. Light splash mark to fore edge of text block. Some rubbing to tips and spine ends of d/w. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.....
London: John Murray, 1966. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Black and white photographic plates by Joan Eyres Monsell. Jacket by John Craxton. Unclipped d/w is a little dust-soiled and has a tear and creasing to the top edge of the back panel. Fine in very good.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. 8vo. First edition. Original red hardcovers, lettered in gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. The author went in search of tribal India. His publisher promoted this book as the conclusion of the trilogy (begun with A Dragon Apparent and Golden Earth) about South-east Asia.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1930. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1924. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Neat ink ownership on fly. Fine. #275 in The World's Classics.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1929. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1924. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Spine slightly faded. Spine ends and corner tips pushed. Near fine. #253 in The World's Classics.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1929. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1924. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Silk marker ribbon. Price-clipped d/w with tiny loss to the spine top and corner tips. Neat ink ownership on fly. Near fine in near.....
London: Methuen, 1991. 8vo. Reissue. First thus. First published in 1934. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. Travels in British Guiana in 1933.