A LONG RETROSPECT.
Pp. viii+424, 9 plates, list of works, index; price clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn; Oxford University Press, London, 1936. First edition. *Autobiography of the nineteenth century humorist. More
Pp. viii+424, 9 plates, list of works, index; price clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn; Oxford University Press, London, 1936. First edition. *Autobiography of the nineteenth century humorist. More
Being some account of the divers doings of the associated shades. Pp. [viii]+172(last blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 7 plates; f'cap. 8vo; pictorial olive green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, red & black, lightly worn; inked ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, the upper hinge starting, tiny ink..... More
Illustrated by the author. Pp. 208, title page vignette, text illustrations; bottom edge of boards slightly bumped; price-clipped dust wrapper, back panel a trifle soiled; a little faint foxing; Michael Joseph , London, 1946. First edition. *Satirist's autobiography. More
A memoir. Pp. [viii]+338, 26 illustrations, mostly full page, index; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; inked initials on upper free endpaper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1972. First edition. *Includes memories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, W. Somerset Maugham, Arnold Bennett, Noel Coward, a.o. More
Pp. [iv]+124, floral patterned endpapers; f'cap. 8vo; red papered boards; spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; name in ink at head of half-title page; Faber & Faber, London, 2007. First trade edition. More
Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen. Pp. 56, with text illustrations; small demy 8vo; printed stiff brown paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled and marked, lower fore-corner of upper wrapper creased, contents loosening slightly ; some light foxing and soiling, lower fore-corner of several leaves creased; Braun und Schneider, Munchen, n.d. *Together..... More
Illustrations by Paul Carruth. Pp. [viii]+38(last blank), frontispiece plus 7 plates, half-title and title page vignettes, text illustrations; narrow cr. 8vo; pictorial papered boards, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, the spine extremities a trifle chipped; fore-edges uncut; endpapers offset, name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, upper hinge..... More
Pp. 60; f'cap. 16mo; limp green cloth wrappers, stabbed & tied, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly faded; scattered foxing; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1958. Tenth impression thus. *First published as a short story in American Illustrated Magazine in 1905, issued in book form a year later, and reprinted..... More
Pp. 180; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Anthony Blond, London, 1968. First edition. *Collection of essays originally published in The Sunday Times. More
Pp. 206, text illustrations; boards a trifle bowed, with a couple of tiny bruises to edges; dust wrapper, the flaps faintly foxed; text block browned, a couple of spots of foxing; W. H. Allen & Co., Limited, London, 1979. First edition. *Collection of articles originally published in The Sunday Times..... More
Pp. 182(last blank); edges of boards a trifle bruised and slightly foxed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges slightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves foxed; Anthony Blond, London, 1969. First edition. More
Pp. 208, half-title page vignettes; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in white, top fore-corners of boars faintly bruised, boards a trifle scuffed; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper free endpaper, the outer leaves faintly offset, top fore-corner..... More
Pp. 190, half-title page vignettes; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in white; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, tiny surface graze to front panel above title; outer leaves offset, a little light foxing; Michael Joseph, London, 1959. First edition. *Henry Cecil was one..... More
Pp. 416; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Robson Books, London, 1980. First edition. More
Pp. 160; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Robson Books, London, 1977. First edition. More
Pp. 150, a few text illustrations; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Robson Books, London, 1979. First edition. More
Pp. 160, text illustrations; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the flaps slightly foxed at edges; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Robson Books, London, 1980. First edition. More
being a guide for the young academic politician. Pp. 34(last blank); demy 8vo; cream papered boards, upper board lettered in black; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned; Bowes & Bowes, London, 1966. Sixth edition, reprinted. *A satire on university politics, originally published in 1908. Guthrie's preface was added to..... More
Pp. 402(last blank), frontispiece, plus 7 plates, text illustrations, notes, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, edges lightly faded and rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges and backstrip chipped and torn, the front panel faintly damp stained; free endpapers faintly offset, a little..... More
Pictures by Caroline Holden. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; small demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Methuen Children's Books, London, 1980. *Sequel to The Lion and Albert, Marriott Edgar's famous monologue, immortalised by Stanley Holloway. More
Verbal and visual gems from the films of W. C. Fields. Pp. 272, numerous illustrations; demy 4to; dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn, short creased tear from bottom edge of back panel; inked initials on upper free endpaper; Studio Vista, London, 1973. First U.K. edition. More
Cartoons and drawings by Andre Francois. Pp. [vi]+154, numerous illustrations, some with brief captions; pictorial boards; top edges blue; dust wrapper, soiled, worn and lightly browned, lightly creased along top and bottom edges; free endpapers offset; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1958. First U.S. edition. More
Bookseller (one of forty against whom actions were brought for selling The Baviad) for publishing a libel on John Williams, alias Anthony Pasquin, Esq. Pp. xx+188; f'cap. 8vo; early nineteenth century calf boards with decorative blind border, new spine, decorated in gilt compartments, with gilt lettered red leather title label..... More
Pp. 208, title page decoration; boards slightly sprung, the fore-corners bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled and foxed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, inked gift inscription (dated 1955) on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset, a little light foxing;..... More
Pp. 184, title page vignette; fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed, with a couple of tiny chips, the backstrip faded; free endpapers offset, a little faint foxing; Michael Joseph, London, 1960. First edition. More