First edition, first printing. Original cream paper wrappers lettered and bordered in black to the front panel. An excellent near fine copy, the wrappers unusually bright and clean, the untrimmed pages a little toned (as usual). Tiny nick to the lower spine tip, with minor creasing to the outer edge of the front panel. A lovely copy.

Andreev (1871-1919) has been described as the father of Russian Expressionist literature. During the early decades of the century he became known to an English-speaking audience primed by the stories of Edgar Allen Poe and the early writings of Freud. He was one of a small number of Russian authors published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf from their home-based Hogarth Press (the others including Dostoevsky, Bunin, and Olyesha). 'The Dark' (a long story or short novella whose protagonist, on the run, takes refuge in a brothel) was issued during a productive period for the press, the same year seeing the publication of two volumes of Freud's writings as well as Woolf's own 'Jacob's Room. In the following year they would publish Eliot's 'The Waste Land' (hand-set by Virginia). 'The Dark', dated 1922, was issued in January 1923. The number of copies printed is not known, but the account book for the press (now held at the University of Sussex) records that 628 copies had been sold by 29 March 1926. (Woolmer 18).

First edition of John Austen's first illustrated work. Publisher's original yellow cloth illustrated in black to the upper and lower boards, titles in black to the spine. Illustrated title page, two small illustrations (contents page and last page of text) and four full page plates by John Austen. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping at the spine tips and corners. The cloth somewhat darkened and marked. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

A scarce title, notable for being the first appearance of any John Austen illustration in print.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the Author. Publisher's original brown patterned and embossed cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Illustrated with and containing 114 book plates, including the frontispiece bookplate of the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with some small scuff marks to the boards, the cloth and and gilt lettering bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. An excellent example.

Limited edition of 300 copies of which this is number 185 and signed by the author to the limitation page at the rear.

First edition, first printing. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents bright and clean. Fore- and lower edges untrimmed. The cloth shows a few light marks. There are a few light spots visible to the lower edge, but this copy is notable for its lack of spotting and toning. A very attractive copy.

'Zuleika Dobson', Beerbohm's only novel, is a satire set in the all-male undergraduate setting of Judas College, Oxford, where routine is shattered by the arrival of the glamorous 'femme fatale', Zuleika Dobson. The novel was an immediate success, E. M. Forster describing it as "a great work—the most consistent achievment of fantasy in our time [...] so funny and charming, so iridescent yet so profound". 2150 copies were printed. (Gallatin and Oliver 8a).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with 62 photographs in black and white. Folding chart to the rear. Edited by A. Kraszna-Krausz. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that has a small nick at the bottom of the upper panel without loss and a fractionally faded spine. Not price-clipped (15/6 net to the front flap). Uncommon in this lovely condition.

First Mervyn Peake illustrated edition. Original grey pictorial card covers printed in blue and red, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with line drawings by Mervyn Peake throughout. A superb near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing to the spine tips and some minimal wear to edges and corners. The contents, with a few very tiny spots to the text block edges and a little dustiness to the bottom corner of the text block, are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper, the lettering to the lightly toned spine moderately faded. A lovely copy.

A beautiful example of the first Mervyn Peake illustrated edition preceding the UK Alan Wingate issued edition by eight years. Upon publication of this edition, Frances Sarzano, biographer of John Tenniel, wrote that "[e]ven Tenniel-charmed eyes should be captivated by the unfamiliar Walrus and the Carpenter, by the Sorry White Knight (who pleads for a Peake 'Don Quixote'), by the Mad Hatter and the Duchess's choleric child, but sadly enough, it will be at least two years [as stated above, it was eight] before this Peake Alice can be published in England, owing to the artist's contracts with English publishers." ('Alphabet and Image', 1946).

First UK edition, first printing. Original white cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the spine tips and board top corners with a some minor bumping, the cloth with a little dustiness at the extremities. The contents, lightly toned to the margins, are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price clipped (£13.99 to the front flap).

The classic dinosaur science fiction novel that was adapted by Steven Spielberg into the wildly popular film that launched a six title long franchise.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with black titles to spine, in the original Ellis Silas illustrated dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, with some bumping to the spine tips, the cloth fresh. The contents, with some spotting to the text block edges, encroaching onto the page surface in places, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The upper edge of the text block is somewhat dusty. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and dusty dustwrapper that is darkened to the spine and flap edges with short closed tear to the bottom edge of the rear panel. Correctly priced 6/- net to the spine and with a WH Smith price-reduction label to the upper panel.

"An experiment in sensational fiction in which careful and detailed character drawing comes second to an absorbing plot." (Jacket blurb). The author's fourth and final novel, published posthumously. (Hubin).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original deep red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth somewhat faded to the edges, the gilt titles fresh. The contents, with spotting to the prelims and closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and spotted dustwrapper that has minor loss at the fold corners, two short closed tears at the lower edge of the front panel, and a darkened spine. Correctly priced 7/6 net to the spine.

The second of the author, composer and music critic's four novels.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with some offsetting to the front and rear endpapers, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The text block edges are spotted, with the upper edge somewhat dusty. Complete with the original pictorial dustwrapper, which is heavily faded to the spine but otherwise bright and without loss or tears. Correctly 9/- net price to the spine. Scarce in the superbly illustrated dustwrapper.

The author, composer and music critic's first published novel.

First UK edition in English, first printing. Publisher's original brown cloth lettered and ruled to spine and front panel in black, in the pictorial dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, with a little pushing at the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout with light spotting to the text block edges and the top edge dusty. Complete with the dusty, toned dustwrapper, darkened to spine and folds, rubbed and chipped to edges and corners, with a horizontal tear to the upper portion of the spine (beneath the word 'Native' in the title). Price reduction paper label partially removed from the upper panel. With the publisher's correct printed priced of 7/6 net to the spine. Very scarce in the dustwrapper.

D'Annunzio's third collection of stories was originally published in 1886 as 'San Pantaleone', and then revised and augmented in 1902 as 'La novelle della Pescara'. This first English edition, translated by G. Mantellini, contains an introduction by the American novelist Joseph Hergesheimer. An American edition was issued the same year.

First Edition, first printing. Publisher's red goatskin leather with gilt illustrated titles to the upper board and spine. All edges gilt. 137 folios, containing 135 facsimile miniatures with original gold leaf reproduced in foiling. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the leather and titles bright and fresh. The contents, with a small previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown, are otherwise clean throughout and without marks or inscriptions. Accompanied by a translation and commentary, bound in blue cloth with gilt titles and illustration to the upper board and spine. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown, are otherwise clean without marks or inscriptions. Housed in the original blue cloth solander case, as issued.

Produced by the Folio Society in a limited edition of 1980 copies, this being number 591. A facsimile edition of the medieval bestiary MS Bodley 764, with the original having been produced in the second quarter of the thirteenth century. Bestiaries were a compilation of both real and mythical creatures, however, there was quite often a distinct lack of knowledge about many animals, leading to very strange descriptions and illustrations of animals which are well known today. This is a highly detailed reproduction with an accessible yet accurate commentary and translation.

First Constance Garnett translation, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with titles and decoration in gilt to the spine, blind stamped circular design to the upper and lower board. Lower page edges un-trimmed. A very good or slightly better copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The cloth is a touch darkened and with the occasional small mark, the gilt oxidised but legible. The contents with the armorial bookplate of J. G. Frome Wilkinson to the front pastedown and his inked name and date to the front endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout. An excellent example of a very uncommon and important edition; published as volume four in "The Novels Of Fyodor Dostoevsky" series, some titles of which, as a result of Constance Garnett's translation are the author's very first appearance in English.

This is the first appearance of Constance Garnett's translation of Dostoevsky's masterpiece. The first English language edition was translated by Fred Whishaw and published in London by Vizetelly & Company in 1886 (Thomas Crowell published the same translation in America later the same year).

First edition in English, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with titles and decoration in gilt to the spine, blind stamped circular design to the upper and lower board. Lower page edges un-trimmed. A very good or slightly better copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The cloth is a touch darkened and with the occasional small mark, the gilt oxidised but legible. The contents with the armorial bookplate of J. G. Frome Wilkinson to the front pastedown and his inked name and date to the front endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout. An excellent example. Published as volume seven in "The Novels Of Fyodor Dostoevsky" series, some titles of which, as here, are the author's very first appearance in English.

Later translated as 'The Adolescent' and 'An Accidental Family' , this was Dosoevsky's penultimate novel.

First edition, first printing. Original black cloth lettered in silver to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Very lightly bumped to upper spine tip and upper outer corner. In the very near fine dustwrapper, a touch rubbed to upper spine tip and front corner, and with a few light surface marks. Not price-clipped (£7.95 net) to the front flap. A particularly sharp and attractive copy.

Faulks' first book, and the black sheep among them, having never been issued as a paperback. In the author's own words, 'There are some okay things in it. The action scenes and some of the descriptions of London. But it's so far from what I went on to write that I think it was a distraction, a kind of throat-clearing'.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Val Biro illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding firm, the spine rolled, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout without inscriptions or stamps. The top edge of the text block is lightly spotted. Complete with the near fine lightly rubbed dustwrapper, that remaiins without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (12s 6d price to the front flap).

The fifth novel in Forester's Hornblower series, set during French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A lovely fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (25s net price). A superb example.

The farewell volume of Hornblower containing the author's last uncompleted novel and two short stories published here for the first time in book form.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publishers original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, just slightly softened at the spine tips, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper, that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£20.00 net to the front flap).

Signed by the author as Robert Galbraith in black ink on the title page and with the hologram sticker to the facing page, as issued. The second novel in the Cormoran Strike series.

Early [second] edition. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The closed text block edge is a little spotted and toned. Complete with the very good rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has a few short closed tears and tiny chips at the extremities. Not price-clipped (publisher's 4/- sticker of the 3/6 net printed price to the lower front flap). Scarce in dustwrapper.

An Anthony Havilland thriller, this being the first Rich and Cowan printing, published around one year after the 1937 Cassell first edition. (Hubin).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and titles bright and fresh. The contents, mildly toned to the paper stock are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. A few spots to the fore-edge of the closed text block. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (8s 6d net to the front flap).

An Anthony Havilland thriller. (Hubin)

First edition, first printing. Original orange cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Containing a plate with black and white archaeological photographs and a fold-out map to the rear. An excellent near fine copy, the binding firm, the extremities lightly rubbed. The contents, with light toning and some very occasional spotting to the margins, are otherwise clean and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper which is a little creased at the extremities, with a short closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel, a small stain to the rear spine fold and a mildly toned spine. Not price-clipped (12s 6d to the front flap). An attractive example.

A novel based on biblical stories which treats Jesus as a mortal historical figure rather than the son of God.

Limited edition. Publisher's original blue paper covered boards with a cloth spine, paper title labels to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with two colour tinted engravings by William Nicholson; a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait and a title page illustration. Printed on handmade Riccardi paper. A lovely near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the corners and board edges with a little minor bumping. The contents, with a bookseller's paper label to the front pastedown, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased original dustwrapper that has a very short closed tear at the head of the faded spine.

First edition, first printing. Signed by David Hockney. Publisher's original pictorial card covers. With 343 illustrations, including 235 plates in colour (3 of which are folding). A very good copy, the binding square and firm with rubbing and light creasing at the edges. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks.

Signed by David Hockney in blue ink on the half title. A lavishly illustrated catalogue produced to accompany the exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum of Art that ran from 4 February - 24 April 1988, before travelling to New York (MOMA) and London (Tate Modern).

First Edition, first printing. Publisher's original brown pebble grain cloth with the author's monogram to the upper board and gilt titles to the spine. A good or better copy, the binding square and firm but with rubbing, bumping and fraying to the spine tips and corners. The cloth is a little marked and darkened, the gilt titles somewhat dulled. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown, the binder's label to the rear pastedown, and occasional pencil annotations, are otherwise clean throughout. The upper text block edge is somewhat dusty. Two page publisher's catalogue to the rear.

A dictionary of slang, cant, and 'vulgar language' used by various ethnic and social groups. It covers rhyming slang, secret Vagabond phrases, Gypsy cant and slang, and language used by various other ethnic minorities. It also contains a Cadger's map with an explanation of the various hieroglyphics used to mark directions. John Camden Hotten was a London-based author of various works on the history of language and names, as well as an antiquarian bookseller and publisher. He was also responsible for introducing American humorous literature to Britain. In addition to his 'respectable' enterprises, Hotten was also a clandestine publisher of erotica.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original green boards with white titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding firm with a little bumping to the upper edge and corners, the spine a touch rolled, the boards bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£16.99 net to the front flap).

A dystopian science fiction novel, shortlisted for the 2005 Booker Prize. The basis for the 2010 Mark Romanek directed film of the same name starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield.

First edition, colonial issue, first printing. Wrappers issue. Publisher's original grey paper covers printed in purple. Printed on wove paper, all edges trimmed. Publisher's adverts to the inner front, and inner and outer rear wrappers. A very good copy the binding square and sound with rubbing and small nicks to the extremities and some darkening of the spine. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. An attractive, unsophisticated example of the scarce wrapper issue.

The first book publication in book form of Henry James' classic ghost story 'The Turn of the Screw'. It was standard procedure in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for British publishers to issue colonial editions of their books simultaneously with the domestic edition, printed from the same plates in both wrappers and cloth, or to sell sheets to another publisher for overseas distribution. Many Henry James titles appeared in this fashion and are to be considered part of the first edition. In respect of 'The Two Magics', the colonial edition was issued as here in grey wrappers and also bright red pebble grain cloth, the contents of both identical (title page printed in black only and with the date in Arabic numeral). Of these, 300 [presumably wrappered] copies, were rebound and transferred to the domestic market. (Edel and Laurence A52, F54; Supino, David: Henry James, A Bibliographical Catalogue (2nd ed. 2014) 52.3.0; Bleiler).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the cloth and gilt bright, the binding square and firm. A little rubbed to spine tips. The contents are bright and clean throughout. Light spotting to upper and fore-edges. Complete with the sharp dustwrapper, which has a small nick to the upper right corner of the front panel. The yellow lettering to the spine is a little faded. Not price-clipped (30s net to the front flap). An attractive copy.

Signed by the author in black ink to the title page. The author's fifth novel, set in Bonn, and the first not to feature George Smiley. It was adapted for a seven-episode BBC Radio 4 dramatisation in 1982.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original grey cloth with titles in gilt and brown to the spine, lacking the dustwrapper. Illustrated with a black and white photographic portrait frontispiece and black and white drawings and photographs throughout. A better than very good copy, the binding firm with a slight lean to the spine, the cloth a little rubbed at the extremities. The contents, with offsetting to the endpapers, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps.

Signed and dated (1960) by Bernard Leach in blue ink on the half title, scarce thus. A fascinating account of the highly influential potter's experiences in Japan.

First edition, first printing. Inscribed association copy. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with line drawings by John Ward. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips and corners, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps, the closed edge of the text block is a little toned and spotted. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper which is a little toned at the flap edges. Not price-clipped (18s net to the front flap).

Inscribed by Laurie Lee in blue ink on the half title "To Norman and Jillie / with love / from / Laurie / Nov. 59". The recipients are the British portrait painter Norman Hepple and his wife Jillian. The Hepple family were close friends of Laurie and Kathy Lee, Norman and Laurie having met in the 1940s (probably at the Chelsea Arts Club where both were members). Genuine presentation or association copies of Cider With Rosie are scarce.

First edition. Limited 'deluxe' issue. Signed by Mike McCartney. Bound in black cloth with gilt titles to the spine and an original stencil artwork inset into the upper board. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Also included are three signed photographic prints exclusive to this deluxe issue. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout. Housed in a burgundy solander box with an illustration in black and titles in gilt to the upper board, in a black drawstring bag.

Signed by Mike McCartney in black ink to the limitation page. McCartney shares his early photographs of post-war era Liverpool, including shots of his family, the Merseybeat scene, The Beatles' early appearances and his everyday life in the city, accompanied by a fascinating and illuminating commentary.

First Edition. Publisher's review copy. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the front board and spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with offsetting to the front and rear endpapers but otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. With the publisher's review slip loosely laid inside. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is somewhat darkened to the spine and panel edges, with a short closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel.

A collection of twenty-nine studies from real life, each of which, by its capacity for inspiring terror or causing amused wonder, qualifies as the "dread" or "droll" of the title.

Second edition. Four volumes in two. Contemporary half calf, ruled and decorated in gilt to the spine, titles in gilt on faded brown and green morocco labels. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon page-markers. Etched title pages designed by Goethe. Includes John Clark's 'An Answer to Mr. Shaw s Inquiry into the Authenticity of the Poems ascribed to Ossian', Edinburgh, (1781) at the beginning of volume I, as called for. An excellent example, the bindings square and firm with wear to the extremities and a small chip at the head of the second volume (vols III and IV). The contents, with the small contemporary ink name 'Schwartz' to the lower right corner of the front blank endpaper in both voumes, are otherwise bright and fresh throughout.

First edition, first printing. Folio. Publisher's original quarter tan calf over orange cloth bevelled boards with extensive embossed decoration. All edges gilt. Additional chromolithograph title page. Illustrated with 11 tissue-guarded chromolithograph plates, three further pages with chromolithographic embellishments, and with decorative borders to text pages. A very good copy, the binding with cracking to the hinges, minor lifting to the cloth, a little rubbing to the boards and spine, and wear to the corners. The slightly shaken contents with some scattered foxing (largely to the preliminary pages) and with the final plate loose (which also has some minor creasing to the margin) are otherwise in good order. The plates remain clean and bright, with the majority completely free from foxing or marking. An uncommonly attractive, unsophisticated copy of a book usually encountered in a poor or restored state due to its size and original binding materials.

A beautifully illustrated book exploring the native plants, flowers and insects of Tasmania by the Anglo-Australian writer and illustrator Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895). After emigrating to Tasmania in 1839, Meredith turned her attention to documenting the fascinating new flora and fauna surrounding her through drawing and photography. In terms of the latter medium, she was a pioneer, being one of the earliest female photographers in Australia (possibly, it has been speculated, even the first, although none of her photographic work survives). She produced the present work using another novel process - that of chromolithography - with great success, combining her own original drawings with evocative verse and simple scientific descriptions. The positive reception of this first endeavour encouraged her to publish several subsequent works similarly depicting Tasmania's natural history in gloriously rich, true colours. The present copy is in a superior variant publisher's binding; better than the standard cloth issue, but differing from the full calf deluxe issue. (Ferguson 12508).

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt titles, illustration and borders, in dustwrapper. Top edge gilt. A lovely fine, tight copy, the spine very slightly rolled, the cloth and gilt bright, fresh and without fading. The contents, with light offsetting to the half title are otherwise are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked first state dustwrapper that has a handful of very short closed tears to the tips of the slightly darkened spine and the top edge of the front panel.

The third book in the Winnie The Pooh series.

First combined edition, first printing. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with a gilt illustration to the upper board and grey and gilt titles to the spine, in the original dustwrapper. Blue top edge. Illustrated throughout with black and white line drawings by E. H. Shepard. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square, firm and bright with very light bumping to the corners and heal of the spine. The contents, with a previous owner's inscription to the flyleaf and half title, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has a short closed tear to the head of the mildly toned spine and another to the bottom edge of the rear panel. An excellent example, scarce thus.

First edition. Signed limited edition. Two volumes. The sketchbook bound in the publisher's plain maroon buckram, illustrated in colour throughout.Exhibition catalogue bound in brown card covers printed in black. Housed in the original solander box covered with a Richard de Bas handmade paper. A fine copy.

Limited edition of 350 copies, this being numbered C121 and signed by Henry Moore at the rear of the sketchbook volume.

Second edition. Two volumes. Publisher's original green cloth illustrated and with titles in gilt, red and white to the upper board and spine. All edges marbled. Illustrated with over 200 illustrations and folding map in back of volume one. An attractive very good or better set, the bindings firm with a little bumping at the spine tips and slightly rolled spines. The contents, with a contemporary owner's name written in gothic calligraphy to the front endpaper of each volume, and with very occasional spotting, are otherwise clean throughout. The map at the rear of volume one has a closed tear without loss.

An account of the Norwegian explorer's 1893-96 Fram expedition to the North Pole, a classic work of polar exploration, superbly illustrated.

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with green titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a spotting to the pastedowns and text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very good slightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that whilst complete is somewhat dusty and darkened. With the WH Smith price reduction label to the upper front panel and the publisher's price of 6/- net to the front flap.

The basis for the 1947 film of the same name directed by Henry Koster, starring Cary Grant, David Niven, and Loretta Young.

First edition, first printing. Inscribed association copy. Original purple cloth with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth clean and fresh. The contents, with a few light spots to the text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly marked and spotted dustwrapper that is a little toned to the spine. Not price-clipped (12s 6d to the front flap).

Inscribed by Raine in red ink to the front free endpaper "To dear Elisabeth and / Cecil / from Kathleen / Christmas 1965". The recipients are Raine's close friends the artists Cecil and Elisabeth Collins, with whom she shared a house in Chelsea for many years. Raine wrote a biography of Cecil Collins, 'Cecil Collins: Painter of Paradise', in 1979. A lovely association copy.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine. A near very good copy, the binding square and sound with rubbing to the extremities and a little fraying at the spine tips and corners. The contents, with a previous owner's name in ink to the front endpaper are otherwise clean throughout. Scarce.

A collection of stories in the vein of Robert Louis Stevenson's New Arabian Nights that includes the Sherlockian homage "Belsize as a Commentator: Sherlock Holmes". The chapter was later reprinted in its entirety in the 'Incunabular Sherlock Holmes' (1958), resulting in several letters to the editor of The Sherlock Holmes Journal that, noting its similarity to an Andrew Lang piece of 1904, ranged from accusations of "literary osmosis" to outright plagiarism.

First edition with these illustrations. Original beige cloth with gilt titles and illustration to the upper board and spine. Illustrated with forty tipped in colour plates, each with captioned tissue guards, and thirty black and white illustrations throughout the text. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with some fraying to the upper spine edge and the corners very slightly bumped. The cloth and gilt remain bright and fresh. The contents, with just minor spotting to the prelims and closed text block edge are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. All of the plates are present as called for and remain in fine condition. A very attractive example.

One of the most collectable and beautifully illustrated editions of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer-Night's Dream.

First Edition. Publisher's original brown cloth-covered boards, titles in white and illustration blocked in back to the upper board, titles in gilt to the spine. A good copy, the binding firm with small chips at the spine tips and some fraying to the spine folds and corners. The spine is slightly rolled. The contents, with some offsetting to the front and rear endpapers, an inscription on the front pastedown and bookseller's blind stamp to the front endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout.

Shiel's ninth novel. (Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original pale green cloth with navy titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. All edges navy. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and maps. A very good or better copy, the binding firm with very slight bowing to the boards and a little fading to the top edges. The contents, with offsetting to the free endpapers, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed and creased original dustwrapper which has a chip to the bottom corner of the front panel, smaller chips to the spine tips, and a number of closed tears to the edges. Not price clipped (25/- to the front flap).

Signed by Eric Shipton in blue ink to the title page. A beautiful book featuring 92 large captioned photographs accompanied by a written account of Shipton's 1951 Everest expedition.

First Edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original dark red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. With 113 illustrations and 6 maps. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with some bumping to the spine tips, the bloth and gilt bright and fresg. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Unclipped (£25.00 to the front flap). An excellent example.

Signed by the author (and youngest of Winston and Clementine Churchill's five children) Mary Soames in black ink on the title page.

First edition. Deluxe issue of the limited edition. Original full black Italian leather with cover design by Shepard Fairey, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Housed in the original printed clamshell box and printed drawstring bag. With the original packing box. With a loose limited edition photographic print, exclusive to this deluxe issue. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout.

This example is number 23 of 350 'Deluxe' copies bound in full leather and issued with an original print. Signed by Ringo Starr in black ink to the limitation page. A 'collector' edition was issued quarter bound and without the print in an edition of 1650 copies. A beautifully bound and presented collection of Ringo's previously unpublished personal photographs, accompanied by a reflective commentary on moments from his life and career.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and titles bright and fresh. The contents, with a Christmas gift label from Sir Anthony Bamford, Chairman of JCB, to the front flyleaf, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£25.00 net to the upper flap).

Signed by the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century, Margaret Thatcher in blue ink on the blank page after the half title.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original brown thin card covers with titles and decoration in dark green to the upper and lower covers, and spine. The front cover, title page, and key monogram (to rear panel and verso of the title-page) are by Aubrey Beardsley. All edges untrimmed. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the thin card covers are a little toned, the yapped edges nicked and creased. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Priced 'One Shilling Net' to the upper edge of the front panel. A very well-preserved copy.

Triall's 'tip-top novel', is a parodic response to Grant Allen's 'hill-top novel', 'The British Barbarians' (1895), the twenty-first volume in John Lane's Keynotes series. Allen's anthropological satire of late nineteenth century mores was also published with designs by Beardsley. The designs for Traill's book, like its contents, lampoon those of the earlier work. The wrappers were published in two variants, with either dark brown or dark green lettering (to brown wraps in both variants). (Lasner 98; Bleiler; Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy).

First edition. Limited 'Collectors' edition. Signed by Klaus Voorman. With a signed original mounted pencil drawing by Voorman and an illustrated 'Grammy Anniversary Edition' commemorative booklet. Publisher's original white buckram with black and white illustrations to the upper and lower boards, titles in gilt and black to the spine. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout with artwork and photographs, mostly in black and white. Housed in a white card box which has an illustration and titles in black and gilt to the top panel. A fine copy.

Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is numbered 470 and signed by the author in blue ink on the limitation page. Numbers 1-67 were bound in leather as the 'Deluxe Edition', the remaining 437 copies, numbered 68 to 500 (as here) were issued as the 'Collectors Edition'. Klaus Voorman created the cover artwork for The Beatles' seminal album 'Revolver', which became the first rock and pop album to win a Grammy Award for Best Cover in 1967. This beautifully bound and presented book contains images from Voorman's graphic novel about the creation of the album artwork as well as his own photographs and recollections of the experience.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original quarter bound orange cloth and blue boards with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, with some bumping to the spine tips. The contents, with spotting to the text block edges, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a short closed tear to the upper flap fold without loss. An attractive example.

An allegorical romance in the form of a fairy tale. From the publisher's blurb on the upper panel "From the outset of this mystical romance, full of the fragrance of rare imaginings, the reader will feel that the author is not a mere teller of stories writing for the sake of making a book, but a gifted mystic turning the ripeness of his knowledge and the beauty of his poetic faculty to a new and full account. From the first page to the last the reader follows with all the joy of the explorer in new and enchanted lands". Despite a relatively small print run the book could still be purchased new some fifty years after its publication. [Gilbert A40].

First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Kathleen Raine. Publisher's original tan cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Ceri Richards illustrated dustwrapper. With an introduction by Kathleen Raine. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth clean, the contents clean and bright throughout. Complete with the original lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper which has some fading to the spine and a couple of spots to the front panel.

Inscribed by Kathleen Raine in blue ink to the front free endpaper "To Elisabeth & Cecil / from Kathleen / Christmas 1978". The recipients are Raine's close friends the artists Cecil and Elisabeth Collins, with whom she shared a house in Chelsea for many years. Raine wrote a biography of Cecil Collins, 'Cecil Collins: Painter of Paradise', in the same year this title was published. This posthumous collection was selected by Watkins' wife Gwen from the many unpublished poems he left behind.

Second edition, entirely reset. Publisher's original grey paper covered boards with titles in dark brown to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the boards slightly sprung and toned to the edges. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Publisher's catalogue to the rear. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is somewhat toned to the spine and panel edges. Publisher's revised price stamp to the upper panel.

Number 25 in Fifield's 'Grey Boards Series'. A lecture originally delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902, and first published in book form by T. Fisher Unwin later the same year.