Later issue of the first edition. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with minor rubbing and bumping to the spine ends and corners, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate and shelf stamp to the front pastedown, and some toning to the endpapers are otherwise clean throughout. Text block edges a little foxed. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has a touch of toning and is otherwise without loss. Not price clipped (2/6 net to the front flap). Scarce.

A collection of eight stories featuring the medical advisor to the CID, Reginald Fortune. Although the book and dustwrapper purport to be the first edition, this is a later issue using the sheets of the first edition and an identical dustwrapper with the exception of the reduced price of 2/6 to the front flap (rather than 7/6) and a small number code printed to the spine. (Hubin)

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps, the text block edge with a touch of toning. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has small chips at the head and base of the lightly toned spine. This copy was presumably for export as the 7/6 net printed price on the spine has been blacked out by the publisher, although clearly visible from the reverse. Housed in a bespoke quarter morocco solander case. An attractive example of a very scarce title in dustwrapper.

A self-edited collection of 26 short stories and novellas of the occult considered by the author to be his finest. (Bleiler)

First edition. Inscribed by the author. Publisher's original cream card covers printed in red and black. Illustrated with 53 photographs in black and white by Brassai. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some rubbing to the extremities and faint creases to the spine. The covers are a little spotted and toned, especially at the spine. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks.

Inscribed by the author in black ink on the half title "Pour / Enid Finnemore / avec tout ma sympathie / en amical souvenir / de Brassai / Paris, le 10 Mai / 1965". The recipient was arts correspondent for the Manchester Evening News.

First UK edition in book form and the first Charles Robinson illustrated edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with titles and illustrations in gilt to the upper board and spine. Top edge green. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with 8 beautiful full page colour plates by Charles Robinson complete with captioned tissue guards, as well as a black and white design to the title page and a vignette to the half title. A lovely near fine copy, the binding square and firm with just minor rubbing to the extremities, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's inscription to the half title are otherwise clean throughout. All of the plates and tissue guards remain in fine condition. The green top edge is bright and without fading. A lovely example in entirely original condition, scarce thus.

The Secret Garden was originally serialised in The American Magazine, beginning in Autumn 1910; the first edition in book form was first published simultaneously in the summer of 1911 by Frederick A. Stokes in New York (with illustrations by M. B. Kork) and by William Heinemann in London (with illustrations by Charles Robinson).

Deluxe manuscript edition. Signed by Robert B. Zeuschner, Thomas Grindberg, Douglas Klauba and Iain McCraig. Numbered 33 of 552 limited copies. Original brown leather with red titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with both colour plates (many of which are fold-out) and black and white illustrations by various artists from throughout the publication history of A Princess of Mars, including five new illustrations produced for this edition. An excellent fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper. Housed in a brown cloth-covered box decorated in gilt and with a colour illustration plate from the first edition dustwrapper on the upper board. Also included are a portfolio containing facsimile documents including letters, manuscripts and photographs which tell the story of Burrough's road to publication from 1911-1912; a replica of the pen that Burroughs used to write 'Under the Moon of Mars' (the original title of 'A Princess of Mars); and a 'Dejah Thoris' medallion which is numbered to reflect the that of the book, all of which are in fine condition.

Signed by Robert B. Zeuschner, Thomas Grindberg, Douglas Klauba and Iain McCraig on the limitation page. An elaborate and beautifully produced deluxe edition of Burrough's first novel and a seminal work of planetary romance.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with minor bumping at the spine tips and corners, the cloth a touch faded to the spine. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the very clean original dustwrapper that remains without loss or tears but with the red lettering on the spine faded to a pale pink. Not price-clipped (£1.25 net / 25s net to the lower front flap).

Signed by Agatha Christie in black ink on the front end paper. The last of Agatha Christie's spy novels, the publication marking her 80th birthday and (by counting up both UK and US short-story collections to reach the desired total), also advertised as her 80th book. Signed copies are scarce. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Michael Brett designed photo illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth and titles bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's name to the front endpaper and a bookseller stamp to the rear pastedown, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that has a short closed tear with associated creasing to the lower front flap fold and is otherwise without fading or loss. Not price-clipped (25s net to the lower front flap). A very attractive example.

The novel, inspired by Clarke's 1951 short story "The Sentinel" and written concurrently with screenplay by Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick, was published shortly after the release of Kubrick's 1968 multi-award winning film adaptation.

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the bottom corners and foot of the spine very slightly bumped and rubbed. The contents, lightly toned to the margins and with offsetting to the endpapers and some spotting to the prelims, are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper which is a little faded to the spine and has a few short closed tears to the edges which have been repaired to the underside with two pieces of tape. Not price-clipped ($3.50 on the front flap).

A collection of science fiction horror short stories compiled by Groff Conklin, one of the most significant editors of the mid-century resurgence of science fiction which saw the form firmly established within the world of books as opposed to its previous iteration which was predominantly bound to pulp magazines. Containing classic stories such as 'Flies' by Isaac Asimov, 'Imposter' by Philip K. Dick and 'They' by Robert A. Heinlein.

Third printing of the 1927 first edition. Publisher's original black cloth with red titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with bumping and rubbing to the extremities, the spine a touch faded and a few light marks to the cloth at fore-edge. The content's, with a previous owner's bookplate and shelf stamp to the front pastedown and his ownership name and date to the top of the title page, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed, creased and nicked dustwrapper, that has a few short closed tears and small chips at the folds and is otherwise bright and attractive.

A scarce mystery novel from the founding member of The Detection Club who also wrote under the pseudonyms Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley, and A. Monmouth Platts. Two amateur criminologists stage a mock murder to see how the alleged murderer reacts. (Hubin).

Second impression of the 1951 first edition. Publisher's original beige cloth with brown decorative panel and gilt titles to spine, in the John Minton illustrated dustwrapper. Full page illustrations and decorations by John Minton throughout. A lovely near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with some spotting to the closed text block edge are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (12s 6d net to the front flap).

An outstanding example of the Elizabeth David's second book, still a core text and inspiration for any aspiring cook, seventy years on.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original illustrated laminated boards with silver and black titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrated in colour by Alex Scheffler throughout. A better than very good copy, the binding tight and square, with a little bumping to the spine ends and corners. The contents with a gift inscription to the front free endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed, creased and nicked dustwrapper, that has a short closed tear to the bottom left corner of the rear panel and a little fading to the spine. Not price-clipped (£10.99 to the front flap).

The author and illustrator's follow-up to their 1999 bestseller 'The Gruffalo', and basis for the 2011 short computer animated television film of the same name.

First illustrated Modern Library edition. Fine contemporary half red leather over patterned paper-covered boards. Three raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and titles in gilt to the spine. Single ruled borders in gilt to the lower and upper board. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by William Sharp. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the leather and gilt bright, the patterned paper with a few very faint marks. The contents are clean and bright throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. A lovely copy. This illustrated edition is relatively uncommon.

A philosophical novel dealing with themes of the human condition and the nature of God, and Fyodor Dostoevsky's final book. It is considered a masterpiece of literature and has been adapted for film and television multiple times in various languages.

First American edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine, with dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in full colour. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, with bumping to the spine ends, the contents are clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($27.00 to the front flap).

Signed by Umberto Eco in blue ink on the title page. A novel about a rare book dealer who loses his memory after a stroke, leaving him unable to remember his family or past. In an attempt to regain his memories he returns to his family home.

First American edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original light grey boards with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, with bumping to the spine ends and corners, the contents clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper, that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($23.00 to the front flap).

Signed by Umberto Eco in blue ink on the title page. A collection of essays reflecting on war, immigration, the media, morality and his own experiences of fascism in Italy as a boy.

First American edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black paper covered boards and cloth spine, with the author's initials blind stamped to the bottom right of the upper board and silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents with a light mark to the bottom edge of the closed text block and a small rectangular residue mark to the front pastedown, are otherwise clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($22.95 to the front flap).

Signed by the author in blue ink on the front endpaper. Three editors bored of rewriting books on the occult and mystic, feed manuscript pages into Abulafia, a computer capable of creating connections between entries, until their joke starts to come true and people start to disappear.

First American edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with 11 black and white photographs. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with bumping and rubbing to the extremities, the contents clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper, that is without fading loss or tears. Not price clipped ($8.95 to the front flap).

Signed by Umberto Eco in blue ink on the title page. The author provides insight into the planning, research and writing of his award winning masterpiece of historical crime fiction 'The Name of the Rose'.

First American edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original grey paper boards over maroon cloth with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The contents, with a remainder mark to the bottom edge of the closed text block and a small rectangular residue mark to the front endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, creased and toned dustwrapper, that remains without loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($15.95 to the front flap).

Signed by Umberto Eco in blue ink on the title page. A collection of eight essays reflecting on modernity, the sacred, mass media, 'how blue jeans shape the man' and his travels across America 'in search of places that probe the boundaries of realism'.

First edition, first printing of the author's widely acclaimed first mystery novel. Review Copy. Publisher's original blue cloth with silver dagger to the upper board and titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with the publisher's review slip loosely laid in, are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the original, price-clipped dustwrapper that appears in fine condition due to some highly skilled restoration to the spine tips and folds.

A murder is committed in a tightly knit community of creative young artists, that includes writers, composers, painters, and musicians. (Hubin).

First deluxe edition. Number 80 of 550 copies, printed on handmade paper and signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Publisher's original full vellum with intricate gilt decoration to the upper board and spine, titles on an brown morocco label to the spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour decorated endpapers. Frontispiece and title page illuminated in full colour with ten further colour illuminations throughout the text. The calligraphic text is printed in red and black, decorative initials in red and gold. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the vellum with a little natural patina and mild dustiness to the spine. The spine label with a couple of small chips to the right edge. The contents, with a small previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown, and minor marks to the blank margins are otherwise clean throughout. A very attractive example of a beautiful production.

Signed by Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe in black ink on the limitation page.

First edition, deluxe edition limited to 1200 copies. Original pictorial boards, housed in the original slipcase. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. With a 'collector's portfolio' featuring additional illustrations bound in at the rear, exclusive to the limited edition. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. In the original faux leather slipcase with red foil titles to the spine and side panel.

A large collection of the work of the hugely influential fantasy artist Frank Frazetta.

First edition, deluxe edition numbered 210 of 1200 copies. Original black cloth with titles to the spine and upper board, in dust wrapper, housed in the original slipcase. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. With a portfolio featuring additional drawings bound in at the rear, exclusive to the limited edition. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the very lightly rubbed fine original dustwrapper. In the original black cloth-covered slipcase with an illustration plate on the upper board which has a slight bump at the top corner.

A comprehensive overview of the art of Frank Frazetta, including his comic, advertising and film work as well as his legendary fantasy illustrations. The first of Underwood Books' titles on Frazetta.

First edition, deluxe edition numbered 1997 of 2500 copies. Original black cloth with titles to the spine and upper board, in dust wrapper, housed in the original slipcase. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. With a portfolio featuring additional illustrations bound in at the rear, exclusive to the limited edition. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the very lightly rubbed fine original dustwrapper. In the original black cloth-covered slipcase with an onlaid illustration to the side panel.

A large collection of the work of the influential fantasy artist Frank Frazetta, following Underwood Books' 'Icon', Frazetta's first major retrospective book.

First edition, deluxe edition numbered 602 of 1200 copies. With a limited edition print of 'Tarzan at the Earth's Core' loosely laid in. Original black cloth with titles to the spine and upper board, in dust wrapper, housed in the original slipcase. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. With a portfolio featuring additional illustrations bound in at the rear, exclusive to the limited edition. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the very lightly rubbed fine original dustwrapper. In the original black cloth-covered slipcase with an onlaid illustration to the side panel.

An in-depth look at the life and work of the hugely influential fantasy artist Frank Frazetta.

First edition. Signed by the author and illustrator. Publisher's original quarter leather with black cloth embossed with a guitar and keyboard design to the upper and lower board and gilt title to the spine. All edges gilt. Housed in a black cloth-bound folding solander box with gilt title to the spine. Illustrated throughout with Keith West's whimsical watercolour and pencil drawings. Includes a limited edition CD. A lovely fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents bright and clean throughout. The solander box is a little rubbed and bumped to the corners but entirely sound. Loosely laid in is the original prospectus for the book and a letter from the publisher regarding the order and delivery time of the present example.

Issued in a limited edition of 2,500 copies of which this is numbered 1011. Signed by George Harrison in black ink on the limitation page, and by Keith West in black ink on the front free endpaper. A beautiful, illustrated collection of George Harrison songs in the style of a fairy tale gift book.

Signed limited edition. One of 310 copies, 1-300 for sale with ten copies I-X reserved for the editors. This copy is no. 47. Specially bound by Smith Settle, Otley, West Yorkshire. Signed by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes. Original quarter blue cloth over yellow paper-covered boards lettered and lined in gilt to a black panel on the spine. In the blue paper and cloth covered card slipcase. A fine, clean and bright copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. The slipcase, except for a couple of very small light marks to the cloth at the upper and lower edges, is also fine and sharp. A very attractive example.

Signed by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes in black ink to the limitation page at the rear. 'The School Bag', a companion to the same editors' 'The Rattle Bag' (1982) is like that volume an entertaining, capacious, and ingeniously organised anthology spanning continents and centuries of poems in English, including work translated from the Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic languages. It is, Heaney writes in his foreword, "intended to be a kind of listening post, a book where the reader can tune in to the various notes and strains that have gone into the making of the whole score of poetry in English." Less unruly than the earlier volume, 'The School Bag' is both "a school-book in the usual sense – the poems [...] grouped in ways that invite different kinds of historical and thematic reading – but [...] also [...] a 'school of poetry' gathered on traditional bardic lines, a memory bank, a compendium of examples." (Brandes and Durkan B168c)

First edition, first printing. Inscribed with an original drawing by David Hockney. Publisher's original cream cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt illustration to the front board, with the illustrated dustwrapper designed by Picasso. 447 illustrations, with 68 plates in full colour. A fine copy, the binding firm and square, with a little bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and a few tiny spots to the cloth on the rear panel. The contents are clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine dustwrapper, that has a spot of residue to the inside front flap (from a sticker), and is otherwise free from fading, loss or tears. A magnificent presentation copy.

Inscribed in pencil by David Hockney on the front endpaper "for Jonathan / love / David H / Dec 23rd 1993" underneath which Hockney has incorporated an original drawing of Salts Mill in Saltaire, Bradford. The recipient is Hockney's close friend Jonathan Silver, a menswear, antiques and art entrepreneur, who in 1987 bought the then derelict former cloth factory, Salts Mill and over the next ten years transformed it into a space of enterprise, art and culture that now houses the largest collection of David Hockney's art, in the world. Seemingly a Christmas gift, the book is an extensive overview of Picasso's passion for theatre and the work it influenced, collating paintings, drawings, watercolours, lithographs and photographs from public and private collections in 10 countries, as well as from Picasso himself. Featuring text by Douglas Cooper and previously unpublished letters and interviews. Picasso was an early influence on David Hockney and the subject of several artworks and essays. To Hockney's regret, he and Picasso never met. But after the Spaniard's death in 1973, Hockney came to know and work with Aldo Crommelynck, Picasso's printer for a quarter century.

First edition, first printing. Deluxe issue of the signed limited edition. With an signed etching. Publisher's original beige cloth boards with black titles on white paper label to the upper board and spine. Housed in the original beige cloth slipcase. Illustrated with two black and white plates. Card wallet with signed etching loosely laid in, as issued. A fine copy, the binding tight and square, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. A beautiful production.

This deluxe edition is limited to only 50 copies, of this this is example is number 11. Signed by the translator Ted Hughes in blue ink and artist Christopher Le Brun in black ink to the limitation page. All fifty of this deluxe issue include a separate etching 'Atlanta and Hippomenes' signed by Le Brun. 'Published in aid of the Shakespeare Globe Trust and it's appeal to rebuilt the Globe Theatre, the setting for the first performances of William Shakespeare's plays, 1599 - 1613'.

Limited edition of 500 copies, of which 450 numbered copies were for sale. This unnumbered copy, one of the remaining 50, was sent out for review, and includes, loosely laid in, the publisher, Humphrey Milford's elegant pale blue fold-out compliments slip, lettered in darker blue. Complete with the scarce blue-gray card envelope, with string fastener. Original hand-woven Edinburgh blue silk over boards, lettered in silver to the front panel. Designed by Hubert Foss. Set, engraved, and printed by Henderson & Spalding Ltd., at the Sylvan Press in London, on Dutch mould-made paper. Upper edge silver, remaining edges untrimmed. The typeface used throughout is Monotype Goudy Modern, with special punches cut for engraving the words under the music for the settings of Joyce's poems. Frontispiece portrait of Joyce by Augustus John reproduced in collotype. A very near fine copy, the silk and silver lettering bright and sharp. Rubbed to the lower spine tip with a touch of loss to the silk. Free endpapers lightly toned, the contents otherwise bright and clean. In the scarce envelope, with a repaired closed tear to the front panel, rubbing, tears and minor loss to corners. An unusually well-preserved copy of this beautifully produced volume issued on James Joyce's fifty-first birthday.

'The Joyce Book' is, as the beautifully printed promotional flyer loosely laid into this copy has it, "a composite book—a book of testimony to their fellow-artist by eighteen famous writers, artists, and musicians. Herbert Hughes gathered them together. Augustus John gave an unpublished portrait. James Stephens, Padraic Colum, and Arthur Symons contributed a poem or essay each. And thirteen composers of eminence [...] offered settings of the verses of 'Pomes Penyeach'". Joyce was delighted with John's portrait – 'Praise from a purblind penny poet would be ridiculous but your drawing is clearly the one thing in the book that is indissentable', and celebrated the volume's publication and its thirteen musical settings with a short poem entitled 'Pennipomes Twoguineaseach': 'Sing a song of shillings / A guinea cannot buy / Thirteen tiny pomikins / Bobbing in a pie. / The printers' pie was published / And the pomes began to sing / And wasn't Herbert Hughesius / as happy as a King'. The composers providing settings of Joyce's poems (for voice and piano) are: E. J. Moeran, Arnold Bax, Albert Roussel, Herbert Hughes, John Ireland, Roger Sessions, Arthur Bliss, Herbert Howells, George Antheil, Edgardo Carducci, Eugene Goossens, C. W. Orr, and Bernard Van Dieren. (Richard Ellmann, 'James Joyce', [Oxford, 1983]; Slocum and Cahoon A29).

First edition, first printing. Advance review or proof state. David Lodge's copy. Unbound signatures, in dustwrapper. 14 gatherings, lettered B to O on the spines (what would be gathering A is unlettered, and the letter J has been omitted, though the book is complete, moving from page 288 at the end of gathering I to page 289 at the start of gathering K) and with 'Schindler's Ark' written in pen on the spines of half of the gatherings. A very good copy, the gatherings lightly rubbed at the extremities, with ownership signature of David Lodge on the half title and a few light pencil highlights throughout. Complete with the rubbed and creased proof state dustwrapper which is faded to the spine. Not price-clipped (£7.95). Rare in this form.

Lodge used Keneally's 1982 Booker Prize winning novel, as an example of a "non-fiction novel" in his 1992 collection of essays 'The Art of Fiction'. 'Schindler's Ark' is the basis for the 1993 multi-award winning Steven Spielberg film 'Schindler's List'. Lodge, himself twice short-listed, went on to chair the 1989 Booker Prize committee.

First edition, first printing [first state binding] of Kipling's classic of children's literature. Publisher's original red cloth with black and white titles and illustrations to the upper board and spine. Illustrated throughout in black and white by the author. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a little bumping and rubbing to the spine ends, corners and to the white pigment along the spine and bottom edge of the upper board. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and mild toning to the endpapers are otherwise clean throughout.

The partial flaking of the white titles and parts of the illustration on the binding would strongly suggest this to be the first issue of the first printing "The white pigment used on the covers of the first edition flaked off and a new ink was used for subsequent issues", however the flaking is much less than usually seen and scarce thus. [Stewart 260].

First edition, first printing. Original blue paper-covered boards with titles in orange to both boards and spine, in dustwrapper. Top edge red. Illustrated with four black and white illustration plates. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the edges rubbed. The lightly toned contents are clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased original dustwrapper which is darkened o the spine and flap folds and has some short closed tears to the folds and edges. A very scarce title, especially so in dustwrapper.

An obscure adventure story with a werewolf theme starring a female Russian wolfhound called Zanoza. The story was later collected in 'Six Breeds' (Alfred Knopf, 1923).

Second printing of the first English translation. Original black boards with a yellow cloth spine, titles to the spine in black, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with Paul Klee's paintings and drawings in black and white and colour as well as with diagrams. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities with some light wear, the bottom corner of the rear board with a minor bump. The very lightly toned contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased original which has a few short closed tears to the edges, some cracking to the rear spine fold, and slight fading to the spine. Not price-clipped (£7 to the front flap).

Paul Klee's lecture notes from the Bauhaus school together with extensive extracts from more than 2500 pages of his notebooks which lay out his ideas on form and artistic creation, presented alongside reproductions of his work demonstrating his theories.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Trade issue. Publisher's original paper covered boards and black cloth with titles in silver to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the top edge of the upper board a little wrinkled (production flaw), otherwise bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($19.95 to the upper front flap).

Signed by Cormac McCarthy in black ink on the front endpaper. The Stonemason is Cormac McCarthy's first published excursion into the realm of drama (although preceded by the screenplay 'The Gardener's Son' which was written fifteen years earlier but not published in book form until 1996.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth boards and gilt titles to the spine, with the Tom Simmonds illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge red. A better than very good copy, the binding tight and square, with a little rubbing and bumping to the spine ends and corners. The contents are clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper, that has a short closed tear, with associated creasing to the top left of the rear panel. Not price clipped (£1.75 net to the front flap)

Inscribed by the author in blue ink to the front free endpaper 'To Barbara / with Best Wishes / Andrew MacKenzie / Friday August 13, 1971'. A collection of almost fifty accounts of modern experiences with apparitions, the parapsychologist (and author of detective fiction) Andrew Mackenzie arguing that these are from reliable witnesses and not just products of a vivid imagination.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original red cloth boards and gilt titles to the spine, in the John Rose illustrated dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding firm and square, with fading along the top of the rear board and bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The contents, with toning to the closed text block edge, are clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine very lightly rubbed and marked dustwrapper, that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price clipped (12s 6d net to the front flap).

Signed by Alistair MacLean in blue ink to the title page. The author's first book.

First edition with Aubrey Beardsley illustrations. Two volumes. Quarto. Publisher's original white cloth illustrated in gilt to the upper boards and spines, titles in gilt to the spines. Publisher's design in gilt to the lower boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated with photogravure frontispieces, 18 further plates (5 of which are double page), numerous text illustrations, 350 chapter headings, borders and initials all after designs by Aubrey Beardsley. An excellent example, the bindings square and firm with uniform toning to the spine, less so to the board edges. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and spotting to the endpapers of each volume, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

One of 1500 copies printed (of a total edition of 1800). A very attractive copy of Aubrey Beardsley's first commission and arguably his greatest work.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue paper covered boards and black cloth spine with titles in orange and black, in dustwrapper. Top edge yellow. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with light bumping at the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is heavily faded to the orange lettering on the spine and a little spotted to the flaps, but is otherwise without loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($3.50 to the upper front flap).

Winner of the 1956 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Novel.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original pink cloth with gilt titles and illustration to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout the text by E. H. Shepard. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, with minor bumping to the spine ends and corners. The cloth and gilt remains bright and fresh with a few very light marks and a lightly faded spine. The contents, with a previous owners name to the front free endpaper and the usual toning to the endpapers, are otherwise clean and bright throughout.

The fourth and final book in the Winnie The Pooh series.

First UK edition, first printing (in its bibliographically complex second state). Original orange cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt fresh, the contents clean and bright throughout. In the very near fine dustwrapper with just a touch of rubbing to the upper spine tip and the merest fading to the spine (far less than usual). Not price-clipped (12s 6d net). An unusually sharp and bright example.

The 1951 collected edition of Marianne Moore's poems has a complex pedigree. In a 1973 letter to Moore's bibliographer, Craig Abbott, one P. F. du Sautoy of Faber and Faber explains (in Abbott's own account) that "Faber printed its first impression and also printed and bound for Macmillan, New York, an impression of 1,500 copies. When these arrived in New York, presumably in time for a projected publication date of November 1951, they were seized by U.S. customs officials—not, however, before part of the shipment had been released to Macmillan. Of those released, about forty copies were inscribed by Moore for presentation and a few others were sent out as review copies. [...] To avoid the loss of American copyright, Macmillan returned to Faber the rest of the copies, including those seized. Faber replaced the dust jacket, retained the Macmillan binding, supplied a cancel title page and copyright page [which doesn't mention of any of this], and issued these copies after it sold out its first impression." Abbott, confusingly, describes the resulting UK edition as the second impression, but as the sheets and binding are simultaneous with the first UK copies, it is more accurately described as the second state of the first printing. This copy has Abbott's first state wrapper (with the original 12s 6d price rather than the clipped, re-priced second state variant). The precedence in appearance (and production) of the UK edition may be explained by the high regard in which Moore was held by T. S. Eliot, who was then in charge of the Faber poetry list. In a preface to the 1935 Faber Selected Moore, he stated his "conviction, for what it is worth [...], that Miss Moore's poems form part of the small body of durable poetry written in our time." (Abbott A 10.a2b)

First edition thus. Signed limited edition. Original black cloth with titles in red foil to the spine and an illustration in red foil to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with four colour plates and black and white illustrations throughout by Mark Wheatley and Frank Cho, as well as a tipped-in print exclusive to the deluxe edition. An excellent fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the original fine dustwrapper which is slightly rubbed at the foot of the spine. Not price-clipped ($65 on the publisher's price label on the front flap).

Deluxe limited edition of which this is numbered 92 of 250 copies and signed by Mark Wheatley and Frank Cho in black ink on the tipped-in limited edition print, as issued. Inscribed by Brian Taves, Talbot Mundy's biographer, in black ink at the head of his introduction "To Malcolm - In memory of five years of / friendship - and with gratitude for all / your Verne & Mundy erudition! / Brian Taves 12/77". A Palestine-set adventure story featuring Talbot Mundy's longest running character Jimgrim, combining the novellas 'The 'Iblis' at Ludd' and 'The Seventeen Theives of El-Kalil' which were first published in 'Adventure' magazine in 1922. Jimgrim's adventures draw heavily on Mundy's own travels in the Middle East in 1920.

First edition in book form. Original tan cloth with titles in black to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm, the cloth with some dustiness, the extremities a little rubbed. The contents, with light offsetting to the endpapers and a few spots to the text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased original dustwrapper which has a few short closed tears remaining bright and without loss. Correctly priced 6/- to the spine. A scarce title, especially so in the dustwrapper.

The ninth of Talbot Mundy's novels to feature the intrepid adventurer Jimgrim.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with red titles to the spine, in the maroon Michael Kennard designed dustwrapper. Top edge purple. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh with a little fading to the extreme edges. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The text block edge is a little toned with a few spots of foxing to the top edge, the purple however remains vivid and without fading. Complete with very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper, that has a couple of small chips with associated creasing to the upper tip of the habitually faded spine. The present example, in entirely original condition, does retain some of its red colour to the spine panel rendering the white titles still legible and is therefore uncommon thus. Not price-clipped (10s net to the lower front flap). Housed in a bespoke grey and black quarter morocco solander case.

The first printing of Nineteen Eighty-Four was published on 8th June 1949, the 25,000 copies issued in two colours of dustwrapper, identical in all but the background colour of the upper panel and spine, one being green, the other maroon. Although no precedence has been established, the maroon would appear to be scarcer of the two and is considered the more desirable. (Fenwick A12a).

First edition, first printing of the author's first work of crime fiction. Inscribed by the publisher. Original red cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. The book in the earliest state with pictorial front pastedown and endpaper utilising the dustwrapper front and rear panels. A very good copy, the binding firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with spotting to the prelims are otherwise clean throughout. The closed text block edge is toned and bumped to the fore-edge. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has several short closed tears with associated creasing but is otherwise without loss. Correctly priced 7/6 net to the spine. A rare title in dustwrapper.

Inscribed by the publisher to his wife in black ink on the front free endpaper "To my darling Evie / The first copy / of the first book / published by / Geoffrey Bles". [mic-drop]. And if that isn't rock and roll enough, the previous owner of this detective fiction black tulip was The Rolling Stones drummer (and rare book collector) Charlie Watts. The debut crime novel of Cecil Street who wrote under the pseudonyms John Rhode, Miles Burton and Cecil Waye. (Hubin)

First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in illustrated dustwrapper featuring Lowry's 'City Scene' to the front panel. 265 illustrations, with 205 in full colour. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a little bumping to the spine ends, the contents clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper, that remains without fading loss or tears.

Signed by the British publisher and critic "To David / Great writer and good friend, it's time / I signed / a book / for / you / Tom Rosenthal". The recipient is twice Booker shortlisted author and critic David Lodge. Rosenthal was head of Secker & Warburg from 1971 to 1984 publishing several of Lodge's critically acclaimed novels including 'The Campus Trilogy'.

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original light blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding tight and square, bumping to the spine ends and corners, with fading to the cloth along the top edges of the boards. The contents, with toning and light foxing to the endpapers and closed text block fore-edge, are otherwise clean and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper, that is a touch faded to the spine, spotted to the rear panel and with a small closed tear to the upper flap folds. Not price clipped (7s 6d net to the front flap). An attractive example.

The second book by the author of 'Shane' and the basis for the 1953 film 'The Silver Whip' starring Robert Wagner as Jess Harker and Dale Robertson in the role of Race Crim. Schaefer was inducted into The Western Writers of America Hall of Fame in 2005.

First American (and first hardcover) edition, first printing. Signed by J. C. Smuts. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of short tears and small chips to the extremities and a previous owner's inscription to the blank front flap.

Signed by the South African statesman, military leader and philosopher in blue ink on the front endpaper. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, Smuts served as prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and 1939 to 1948.�Smuts was an internationalist who played a key role in establishing and defining the League of Nations, United Nations and Commonwealth of Nations. He was often accused of being a politician who extolled the virtues of humanitarianism and liberalism abroad while failing to practice what he preached at home in South Africa.�He was a white supremacist who supported racial segregation and opposed democratic non-racial rule. At the end of his career he supported the Fagan Commission's recommendations to relax restrictions on blacks living and working in urban areas.

First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth lettered in silver to the spine, in the M. E. Eldridge illustrated dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Previous owner's name and date written neatly to the centre of the front pastedown, light spotting to the upper edge. Complete with the bright, sharp dustwrapper, showing the merest fading to the spine and a little spotting to the upper edge of the verso (not visible at the front). Not price-clipped (£25.00 net to the front flap). A nice copy.

Published to mark the poet's eightieth birthday, this remains the standard collected R. S. Thomas, including the contents of individual volumes from 'The Stones of the Field' (1946) through to 'Experimenting with an Amen' (1986). "This is a book I've been waiting for. Lorca said: 'The poem that pierces the heart like a knife has yet to be written.' But has anybody come closer to it than R. S. Thomas? And not merely once, in his case, but again and again." (Ted Hughes, from the jacket).

'Super deluxe issue' of the 50th Anniversary edition. Publisher's full green leather with JRRT monogram in gilt to the upper board, The Green Dragon illustration in blind to the lower board, five raised bands and titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Green ribbon page marker. Illustrated throughout, including a sheet from the first manuscript draft of The Hobbit including 'the first sketch of Thror's Map' and 16 plates of illustrations by Tolkien, 13 of which are in colour (the colour added by H. E. Riddett). With a special foreword by Christopher Tolkien commemorating the 50th anniversary. Housed in the original green leather entry slipcase. An excellent example that would be fine but for fading to the spine. The binding is square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. The slipcase remains structurally sound, clean and bright.

This super deluxe issue of the 50th Anniversary edition was issued in an edition of just 500 copies on 26 November 1987. This example is hand numbered 468 on the limitation plate to the endpaper. (Hammond and Anderson A3bb).

Beautifully bound by the Bayntun Bindery, Bath in full blue calf blue, with five raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling and titles on red and black morocco labels to the spine. Upper and lower boards with double ruled gilt borders and gilt decorated inner dentelles and board edges. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with four colour plates and numerous black and white in-text line drawings by C. Walter Hodges. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight, with light rubbing to the extremities (the 'b' in 'illustrated by' has rubbed off), otherwise the calf and gilt remain bright and fresh. The contents are clean and bright throughout and without stamps or inscriptions.

A beautifully bound and illustrated copy of Mark Twain's classic adventure story.

Early UK edition. Original green cloth with titles and illustrations in black and gilt to the spine and upper board. Illustrated with 50 black and white engravings, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece. A very good copy, the binding firm, the edges lightly rubbed. The contents, with a contemporary pencil gift inscription to the front free endpaper and some spotting to the text block edge, prelims and occasionally to the margins, are otherwise clean throughout.

An adventure novel set during the Greek War of Independence. The first printing of the first British edition was published in 1886

First UK edition, second issue. Original blue cloth with titles and illustrations in colour to the spine and upper board. Illustrated with 45 black and white engravings, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece, by Léon Benett. A very good copy, the binding firm, the extremities rubbed, with some marking and toning to the spine and lower board and some slight cracking to some internal gutters. The contents, with a school award plate to the front pastedown and spotting to the text block edge, prelims, and occasionally the margins, are otherwise clean throughout.

Less well know than many of Verne's other adventure novels, 'Clovis Dardentor' was not published in America until 2008.

Third UK editions. Three volumes. Original green cloth with titles and illustrations in black and gilt to the spines and upper boards. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout with black and white engravings. Very good copies, the bindings firm, the extremities lightly rubbed, the corners with minor bumping. The contents, with a previous owner's name to the front free endpaper of each volume and a few finger marks here and there throughout, are otherwise clean. An attractive set.

A crossover sequel to 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas' and 'In Search of the Castaways' about a group of escaped prisoners of war who crash land on a mysterious volcanic island during the American Civil War.

First edition in book form, first printing. Publisher's original orange cloth, with black titles and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the spine ends and corners, the cloth is bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate and shelf stamp to the front pastedown and his ownership name and date at the top of the title page, are toned to the endpapers and foxed to the text block edge. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper, that has a few short closed tears and light fading to the spine, but is otherwise bright and free from loss. Correctly priced 7/6 net to the spine. An attractive example.

A scarce Hubin listed mystery novel from the prolific author and [later] Detection Club member. Previously serialised in magazine form between 26 November 1928 and 14 January 1929 under the title 'If Love Should Change'. Widower Adela Carvel, discovers that Jackson, of Jackson's night club, is in fact her husband who she thought had drowned. (Hubin)