Pp. 324+[8](publisher's catalogue); green cloth, spine and upper board lettered in blue, bottom fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, with the Daily Mail Book of the Month wrap-around (slightly soiled and browned); bottom edges uncut; edges of leaves lightly..... More
Or, an Oxford Love Story. With 80 illustrations by the author and an introduction by N. John Hall. Pp. [xxviii]+352, 18 coloured plates and numerous text illustrations, sepia pictorial endpapers; burgundy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, with the Folio Society monogram at foot of spine; top edges grey (faded);..... More
Edited by Temple Scott. In twelve volumes, totalling approximately 5000 pages, each volume with frontispiece (most with tissue guards), all but 2 volumes with other plates (totalling 67 plates in the set), the half-title and title pages printed in red & black; dark green cloth, spines lettered and decorated in..... More
Pp. 184(last blank); dust wrapper; Jonathan Cape, London, 1982. First edition. *Author's second novel. More
Pp. 600; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned (as often), fore-edge of a couple of leaves lightly creased; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1985. Second printing. *Winner of The Age Book of the Year for 1985. Signed by the author on the title..... More
Pp. [viii]+280, pictorial pastedowns, pink free endpapers; med. 8vo; textured white papered boards, spine lettered in pink & red; ribbon marker; fore-edges uncut; textured dust wrapper; text block browned; Knopf/Random House, Sydney, 2003. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. The plot is partly based on the..... More
Translated from the French and with an Introduction by Margaret Crosland. Pp. [x]+226, patterned endpapers; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves a trifle foxed;..... More
A Romance of the Shallows. Pp. 416+[12](advertisements); green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves slightly foxed; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1933. The New Adelphi Library series, number 68. *With two loosely inserted bookmarkers, advertising Everyman's..... More
or a history of the life and vast variety of fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, afterwards called the Countess de Wintselheim in Germany, being the person known by the name of Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II. With an introduction by James Sutherland and woodcuts by Bernd Kroeber..... More
being a Ghost Story of Christmas. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. Pp. 174(last blank), coloured frontispiece and plates, black & white text illustrations and pictorial headpieces, coloured pictorial endpapers; small cr. 4to; pictorial blue cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt; within red card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 2008. Third printing..... More
A novel. Pp. 250; blue cloth, spine blocked in red and lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges rubbed and split, the backstrip browned; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, free endpapers slightly offset, a little light..... More
A novel. Pp. 320; boards slightly foxed, edges and spine a trifle faded, the lower board faintly soiled at centre; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and chipped, with small pieces torn from head of backstrip; free endpapers slightly offset, scattered light foxing; Faber and Faber, London, 1958. First edition. Thomas &..... More
Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Dr. Guido Biagi. With One Hundred and Sixty Engravings of Scenes and Characters, selected by the Editor. In two volumes. Pp. xlii+358+xii+390(last blank), 160 plates (2 folding, 1 double page, both frontispieces with tissue guard), title pages printed in red & black; post 8vo;..... More
Illustrated by Norman Tealby. With an introduction by J. B. Priestley. Pp. xxxii+350, 12 black & white plates, text illustrations (some full page0, pictorial endpapers; med. 8vo; black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle flecked; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip faintly faded; outer leaves..... More
Engravings by Derrick Harris. Pp. xx+698(last colophon), pictorial double title page, text illustrations & decorations; pictorial tan cloth, lettered in gilt & green, skiver label on spine slightly grazed, the spine cloth faintly faded; top edges green; within marbled green card slipcase, edges a trifle worn; inked ownership inscription at..... More
Pp. 320; boards slightly canted, edges lightly rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges rubbed and split, with a few small chips and tears, the backstrip slightly browned; inked gift inscription (dated 1951) on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; Michael Joseph..... More
Pp. [xii]+618(last blank); two-toned boards, the purple spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards very faintly bruised; top edges purple (slightly faded); price-clipped dust wrapper featuring a wrap-around design by Tom Adams, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers faintly offset..... More
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The translation by Lafcadio Hearn. With an Introduction by A. S. W. Rosenbach and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Pp. viii+190+[2](blank, colophon), printed in red & black, coloured frontispiece, 8 plates, title page vignette, and pictorial headpieces; med. 4to; dull green linen, lettered in gilt and decorated in darker green, fore-corners..... More
The translation by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson, with an Introduction by Desmond MacCarthy and illustrations by Pierre Watrin. Pp. xvi+282, text illustrations, some full page, title page decoration printed in blue; super roy. 8vo; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, spine a trifle faded; speckled edges; within blue/grey card slipcase..... More
From the Flashman Papers 1856-1858. Pp. 336, endpaper map, appendices, notes; price-clipped dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1975. First edition. *The fifth Flashman book. More
Drawings by Anthony Gross. In three volumes, totalling approximately 1,000 pages, with 12 coloured plates (including frontispiece to each volume), plus numerous black & white full page illustrations and pictorial head & tailpieces, pictorial endpapers printed in different single colours each volume; med. 8vo; qr. tan cloth, spines lettered and..... More
Pp. [iv]+308+[8](advertisements); brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, brown & black, the boards a trifle canted and slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed; hinges starting at a couple of points, name in ink on upper free endpaper, a couple of spots of foxing and occasional faint soiling; Macmillan and Co...... More
Pp. [vi]+294(last blank); pictorial green cloth, lettered and decorated in red, lighter green & black, edges lightly rubbed, the lower board slightly faded; text block faintly browned, edges a trifle foxed; Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1898. First U.S. edition, first binding state. Coustillas A20.9a; Collie XXb. *Published a...... More
Pp. 224(last blank); small cr. 8vo; printed grey/green paper wrappers, with publisher's 'With the compliments of the Sales Director' slip (dated April 1964) stapled to upper wrapper, the top fore-corner of lower wrapper faintly creased; faint indentations from staple near top edge of first few leaves, the staple mark on..... More
Pp. 158; boards a trifle sprung, the bottom fore-corners bruised; dust wrapper, bottom fore-corners faintly creased; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; The Bodley Head/Anthony Blond, London, 1985. First edition. *'Graham Greene wrote The Tenth Man in 1944 when he was under a two-year contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and the manuscript..... More