Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, first impression. In excellent, fine, new condition. With limited first edition glow in the dark dust jacket cover. Signed on a special additionall signed edition title page. No inscription / dedication. pp. 404. 22cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In excellent, clean and tight, fine condition in a very near fine dust jacket. Numbered and signed first edition exclusively for independent bookshops - this is copy number 980/1000. A Rivers of London novella. pp. 180. 20.5cm tall. View More...
The complete run of novels from No. 7 to No. 36, incorporating the full Tenth Doctor span. All of the books are in very good condition - some have a forwards lean to the spine and / or very slightly tanned, or darkened, pages. They are otherwise all clean; no previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Various authors. The titles are, in order, starting with No. 7: The Stone Rose; The Feast of the Drowned; The Resurrection Casket; The Nightmare of Black Island; The Art of Destruction; The Price of Paradise; Sting of the Zygons; the Last Dodo; Wooden Heart; Forever Autumn; Sick Buildin... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Abridged edition, c. 1946. Publication date not stated. War economy standard book production. A very good condition copy in similar dust jacket. Publisher's original green boards. The boards have partially faded at the spine and lightly bruised to the spine ends and corners. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A slight forwards lean to the spine. Pages are nice and clean throughout. Dust jacket illustration is by C A Mold. The dust jacket is rubbed at the edges, with some short tears and small chips to edges. Spine of dust jacket faded. F... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First impression. In excellent, fine, unread condition. Clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket not price clipped. An excellent novel set during the UK 1976 heatwave. pp. 285. 22.3cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First impression. 2021. In excellent, fine, as new condition. Dust jacket not price clipped. Unmarked. No names or inscriptions. Binding tight and firm. pp. 280. 22.3cm tall. View More...
Slim booklet with sewn binding, yellow thin card covers. The Ariel Poems were published in two series; the first by Faber and Gwyer had 38 titles and were published between 1927 and 1931. This title is from the second series published in 1954 and was one of 8 titles published in this new series. Mountains has an striking full page colour illustration by Edward Bawden, a full black and white illustrated title page, and a further small black and white illustration on the final page. The booklet is in lovely, clean condition. Lacks envelope. pp. 5 including title page. Booklet is 21.5cm tall x 13... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In very good condition. Reprint. Green cloth spine with gilt titles and cream paper-covered sides. The binding is firm and square; inner hinges very good. Clean and tight. Previous owner's name and date, neatly in ballpoint pen, at the top edge of the front endpaper. Two small pale marks to the top closed textblock page edge. An otherwise very good, clean copy. Front flap of the dust jacket price clipped. pp. xi, 529. 22cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, 1962. Very good condition. Publisher's original black boards with yellow titles to the spine. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Foxing to the closed textblock page edges but pages themselves are in good, clean condition. The dust jacket is slightly faded at the spine, lightly rubbed edges, with a couple of short tears, and a few tiny rubs to the surface of the front cover. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 176. 18.8cm tall. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archiva... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, 1957. Publisher's original blue boards. Both boards are bowed. Some foxing to the endpapers, pastedowns and first few pages. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The binding is firm. The pink dust jacket is slightly faded to the back cover and spine. Rubs, chips and small tears to the dust jacket edges and a 5cm tear and some creasing to the top edge of the back cover, next to the spine. Front flap price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any w... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 3rd impression, October 1946. In overall good to very good condition. Publisher's original black boards, bumped at the upper board corners and bruised at the spine ends. Some foxing to outer closed textblock page edges. Feels like war economy standard paper but doesn't have the war edition statement on the colophon. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is rubbed and chipped, with short tears, at the spine ends and corners. The white back cover of the DJ has a few light brown stains and a tear t... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 2005 reprint. The book and dust jacket are both in very good, clean condition. Original maroon red boards. The binding is firm, tight and square. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Text pages clean throughout. There are a few small foxing spots to the closed textblock page edges and to the edges of the dust jacket. A couple of minor indentations to the dust jacket. Dust jacket flap not price clipped. A nice copy. pp. viii, 728. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First collected edition. 14 short stories. Publisher's original yellow boards. Both the book and dust jacket are in excellent, near fine condition. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Very minor bruising to the base of the spine and the dust jacket is very slightly faded at the spine. A super copy. Dust jacket not price clipped. Dust jacket design by Keith Cunningham. pp. 176. 22.2cm tall. View More...
Hardback with slipcase. Illustrated edition, with striking and atmospheric Barnett Freedman lithographs, printed at the Curwen Press. 1955. Red cloth faded at the spine. Inside, previous owner's name and date (1966) written in tiny neat writing to the top corner of the reverse of a front free endpaper (plain side, not illustrated side). In otherwise excellent, clean condition. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No foxing or other marks. Illustrations are bright and fresh. The grey slipcase has some brown marks and is rubbed at the corners. pp. xxx, [2], 331. Slipcase 24cm tall... View More...
Hardback with slipcase. In excellent, fine, as new condition - still shrinkwrapped. Bound in buckram cloth blocked with a design by Joe McLaren. 23.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In excellent, fine condition. Independent Bookshop Limited Edition, number 385 of 2000, signed by the author on the half-title / limited edition page - no inscription / dedication. Firm and tight. With attached red ribbon page marker. Dust jacket not price clipped. pp. 454. 22.2cm tall. A super collector's copy. View More...
New and in original shrinkwrapping; out-of-print at time of cataloguing. Two books presented in a slipcase. Marking 100 years since Agatha Christie wrote The Mysterious Affair at Styles, this special edition brings together the first Poirot novel with the last. Curtain, written 25 years later but not published until 1976, takes the elderly Belgian detective and his old friend Captain Hastings back to Styles, the rambling country house where they solved their first murder together - and where history seems determined to repeat itself. With brand new cover paintings and an introduction by Tom Ad... View More...
Hardback with slipcase. Quarter leather with printed cloth sides. Top edge tinted blue. In excellent fine condition with a very near fine navy slipcase - a few very light scratches to the slipcase. The text of this edition follows that of the 1996 HarperCollins edition. pp. xxxv, 372. The book measures 28cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Brown imitation leather boards, with gilt details. In very good condition. The boards are rubbed at the spine ends, with very light rubs to corners. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Previous owner's signature, large but neatly, in felt pen on the front endpaper. Deckled / untrimmed page foredges, as published. The pages have tanned / darkened but are otherwise clean throughout. A little foxing to the last couple of blank free end pages. pp. ix, 581. 21.4cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, 1946. Date not stated. A good copy in just about good condition red and white dust jacket. Publisher's original pink cloth boards. Lightly bruised at spine ends and a slight forwards lean to the spine. Some foxing to closed textblock page edges. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is worn and torn, with a long tear to the front join with front flap. Further tears, discolouration to white sections, small chips and a small section of loss to the top edge of the back cover next to the spine. Front flap has been clipped though price ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, 1947. Date not stated. A good copy in a fair condition dust jacket. Publisher's original red boards. Lightly rubbed at ends and corners. A forwards lean to the spine. Some foxing to prelims and to closed textblock page edges. Occasional spot to page margin. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is worn, torn and creased, with approx. 5cm of loss to the base of the spine (see photos). Front flap states First Time Published and price of 6s. 0d. pp. 176. 19cm tall. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival... View More...
Slim booklet with sewn binding, light purple thin card covers. The Ariel Poems were published in two series; the first by Faber and Gwyer had 38 titles and were published between 1927 and 1931. This title is from the second series published in 1954 and was one of 8 titles published in this new series. The Winnowing Dream has an striking full page colour illustration by Robin Jacques and a small black and white vignette on title page, repeated on last page. The booklet is in very good, clean condition but the covers are slightly faded, particularly at the edges. Comes complete with its original... View More...
Paper covers, soft back. Publication date not stated but it circa 1890s. Small printing with text printed two columns to a page. A slim cheap edition. Complete and unabridged. The covers are worn but still attached; a little loss to spine ends, some rubs and creases. Previous owner's signature, contemporary with the age of the book, at the top edge of the title page. A pale stain to the top edge of the title page, a small grubby mark on the first page of text, a little sporadic foxing. pp. 123 + advertisements. 21.9cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Full blue morocco binding. No dust jacket (as issued in this leather bound edition). Top edge gilt, blue ribbon page marker. A few light rubs to the boards. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A little light foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and to closed textblock page edges. pp. xxii, 688. 19cm tall. View More...
Paper covers, soft back. Publication date not stated but it is circa 1890s. Small printing with text printed two columns to a page. A slim cheap edition. Complete and unabridged. The covers are worn but still attached; a little loss to spine ends, tears to the spine, a short tear in the back cover, some rubs and creases. Previous owner's signature, contemporary with the age of the book, at the top edge of the title page. A little foxing. pp. 161 + advertisements. 21.9cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Full blue morocco binding. No dust jacket (as issued in this leather bound edition). Top edge gilt, blue ribbon page marker. A few light rubs to the boards. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. There are pale grubby marks and foxing to the front endpaper and pastedown. Some light foxing also to rear endpaper, pastedown and some more noticeable foxing to closed textblock page edges. pp. xxiii, 801. 19cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Full blue morocco binding. No dust jacket (as issued in this leather bound edition). Top edge gilt, blue ribbon page marker. A few light rubs to the boards and a couple of very small marks to the boards. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some light foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and to closed textblock page edges. pp. xviii, 299. 19cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Full blue morocco binding. No dust jacket (as issued in this leather bound edition). Top edge gilt, blue ribbon page marker. A few light rubs to the boards. Discolouration to the edges of the boards, with some corresponding discolouration and a little wrinkling to the edges of the pastedowns. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some light foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and a very little light foxing to closed textblock page edges. pp. xxvi, 822. 19cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Full blue morocco binding. No dust jacket (as issued in this leather bound edition). Top edge gilt, blue ribbon page marker. A few light rubs to the boards. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some light foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and some more noticeable foxing to closed textblock page edges, plus a small pale brown grubby mark to textblock foredge. pp. xxiv, 841. 19cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Full blue morocco binding. No dust jacket (as issued in this leather bound edition). Top edge gilt, blue ribbon page marker. A few light rubs to the boards. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. There are some light marks to the upper board and the lower board has a few small dark indentations. Some light foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and some more noticeable foxing to closed textblock page edges. pp. xix, 877. 19cm tall. View More...