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 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 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, 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...
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...
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 a couple of very pale marks to the upper board. Some light foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and some more noticeable foxing to closed textblock page edges. pp. xiv, 433. 19cm tall. View More...
Hardback. No slipcase (as published I believe, in the Folio Collectables series). 2015 Folio Society edition, with the Edward Bawden lino-cut illustrations. Bound in blue cloth with a blocked design. Top edge tinted blue. Woven ribbon page marker (frayed ends). In excellent, clean and tight, fine condition. No names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. 230. 22.6cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 18th edition, 1950; was first published by Arthur Barker Ltd in 1934. The first Methuen edition was in 1939. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Publisher's original grey boards; just a little faded at the spine and very slightly bruised at the spine ends. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No foxing. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is rubbed at the spine ends, with some short tears and very small chips to the same; a couple of further short tears to the dust jacket edges; also some minor surface rubs ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Publisher's original maroon boards, a little bruised at the base of the spine. The binding is firm and inner hinges very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is bright and clean to the front cover, darkened spine; illustrator unknown. A very little light foxing to prelims. There are three small clear scotch-type tape reinforcements to the underside of the dust jacket, at the edges. Front flap price clipped. pp. 288. 20.2cm tall. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not... View More...
2 volumes of what would have been a larger set of the works of Victor Hugo. Han of Iceland, in two volumes. Illustrated. Red cloth boards, with gilt detail at the spine. Spines are faded on both volumes. The bindings are firm and inner hinges are good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Top edge gilt. Other edges untrimmed / deckled. Many page sections are uncut in both books. Scattered foxing throughout both volumes but it's not heavy. Each volume has three illustration plates, with tissue guards. pp. xxiii, 296; 298. 19.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Collected works edition. Publisher's original green boards with gilt to the spine are slightly bruised at the spine ends. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages are clean. The Enid Marx designed dust jacket is in good condition but is lightly rubbed at the edges, has a few clear Scotch-type tape repairs to the surface, in the region of the spine, and has a section of loss at the head of the spine which a previous owner has patched with a dark red paper repair (to roughly match the colour of the dust jacket... View More...
Soft cover. Orange card covers.Large stain to the back cover (see photos). Creasing to the spine and to cover corners. Previous owner's name and address stamp at the top edge of the front endpaper. Contents clean. A quite acceptable reading copy. pp. 160. 18cm tall. The first novel of Iury Libedinsky and one of the first significant works of Soviet proletarian literature. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In very good condition. Signed limited edition, limited to 1280 copies of which 1250 were for sale and 30 for presentation. This is copy number 36 and is signed by George Moore. Publisher's original boards, with cream cloth spine and grey sides. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Most page sections are uncut at the top edge, indicating the book is unread. Foredges and bottom edges are deckled / rough cut. Some foxing to closed textblock page edges, with some light occasional spots to page margins. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. With illus... View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. 1934 reprint. Yellow cloth boards. A forwards lean to the spine. The spine is slightly faded / dulled and there is a 2cm tear to the cloth at the top of the rear spine joint. A pale stain to the bottom corner of the front, or upper board, approx. 4 x 2cm, and a few other pale marks. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Pages have browned and there is a little foxing to closed textblock page edges and to endpapers. pp. 313. 18.8cm tall. A First World War thriller. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Publisher's original black boards. Lower corners bumped. Light rubs and mild bruising to spine ends. Publication date isn't stated but The Bibliophilist Society were generally publishing between c. 1929-1932, so this is around that date. The binding is sound and the inner hinges very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Top edge tinted red; other edges deckled / untrimmed - edges slightly browned / darkened, with occasional light foxing. Occasional foxing also to page margins. Print quality is ok but the typesetting combined with paper type leads to the p... View More...
Paper covers, soft back. Publication date not stated but it is circa 1880s - 1890s. Small print with text printed two columns to a page. A slim cheap sixpence edition. Complete and unabridged. The covers are worn but still attached; some loss to the covers at the spine ends, tears to the spine edges of the covers, plus a couple of other tears, rubs and some creasing and chips to the edges. A little foxing. pp. 340. 22.4cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Publisher's original navy cloth with gilt decoration. The book is overall in fair to good condition - faults mainly on the outside; quite a clean copy inside. Corners of boards bumped; spine ends rubbed, nicked and frayed. Biopredation marks to the boards, mainly to the lower board. Evidence of a spine repair to the bottom 7cm of the upper joint you can just see and feel that the cloth there has had a neat glue repair. The top outer closed textblock page edge has some pink staining, presumably colour bleed from the endpapers - pages themselves are unaffected. Small r... View More...
Hardback. No dust jacket. Original cloth. In good condition. Darkened at the spine, faded rectangular patch to the rear board, some brown marks to the boards and some very mild biopredation to the upper board. The binding is firm, inner hinges are very good. Top edge gilt. Other edges deckled / untrimmed. A very little light foxing, mostly confined to the textblock page edges. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Atmospheric illustrations by S. G. Hulme Beaman [Sydney George Hulme Beaman, 1887-1932]. pp. 136, 8 plates incl. frontis. The second plate has a few light pencil marks in the ma... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 4th impression of this collected edition; the first impression was April 1958, this impression March 1959. The Once and Future King is the complete edition of T H White's Arthurian epic, containing the four novels: The Sword in the Stone (including 2 new chapters), The Witch in the Wood (re-written and with a new title), The Ill-Made Knight, and The Candle in the Wind. Scarce with dust jacket. This is a good only copy, in good dust jacket. Original blue boards, slightly bruised corners. Half-page gift inscription on the front endpaper. Foxing to prelims and to outer ... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. First illustrated edition, published February 1933. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt owl design on the upper / front board. A few very light marks to the cloth at the spine. Small light foxing spots to the closed textblock page edges and some foxing to endpapers. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. These stories were written in Devon between 1921-1924. pp. xi, 286. 19cm tall. View More...
Hardback with blue slipcase. The book is in excellent, fine, condition in a near fine slipcase. Binding is firm and tight, clean, unmarked. The slipcase has a very small mark on the spine. A lovely edition of this book. pp. xv, 192. 22.8cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First UK edition, 1947; was first published in the USA by Heinemann in 1946. Publisher's original blue cloth boards; a little faded / discoloured at the spine ends. The binding is firm. Inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some foxing to outer closed textblock page edges. The dust jacket is rubbed to all edges and has some short tears and small chips to edges and corners. White back cover of jacket is generally discoloured. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 447. 19cm tall. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear... View More...
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