Leyburn, North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2023. Second Tartarus Press Edition, Revised. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperbound). 425 pp., Appendix, Bibliography, Notes. Printed lithographically on 120gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Antony Rowe. Signed by the Author (Russell) on the title page. A very fine copy in pictorial wrappers and dust..... More
Vancouver, BC: Discovery Press, 1975 & 1977. Two Volumes, original cloth, map endpapers. 8°, 429 + 439 pp., Plates, Indexes. First Edition, Second Printing of Volume One, First Edition, First Printing of Volume Two. Tipped-in colour frontispiece of Captain James Cook in Vol. One. A fine set in near fine..... More
London: Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd., 3 & 4, Paternoster Buildings, E.C., and 44, Victoria Street, S.W., 1914. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red cloth, gilt lettering on spine and front panel, publisher's device in blind on rear panel, top edges gilt. Pp [i]-[iv], v-xix, [xx], xxi..... More
Ashcroft, BC: Ash-Tree Press. 2000. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original cloth, dust jacket. xiii + 223 pp. 500 copies printed. Jacket art by Paul Lowe. A fine copy, as new in dust wrapper. ¶ Cats have become so much a part of our lives that it is tempting..... More
New York: A Dell Book, [1980]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). 238 pp, ads. Issued as Dell 16001 ($1.95). Light bump to lower front corner, a fine copy, unread and uncreased. ¶ A paperback original, here first published. More
New York: A.L. Burt Company. 1928 [i.e., slightly later]. Reprint. Hardcover. Early reprint, perhaps the first, of the 1st edition issued by the Macy-Masius Company of New York in 1928. Octavo, original red cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine and front panel. 310 pp + [2] pp ads..... More
New York: G.W. Dillingham Company, Publishers. [1906]. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial brown cloth stamped in black & brown, spine panel lettered in black. 310 pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard and five additional full-page black & white plates by Grunwald. Small bookseller's ticket on rear endpaper (Paul Elder & Company..... More
Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, No Date [1899]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Original Wraps. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 209 pp. + [1] pp ads at rear. Wrappers a bit worn and chipped, small stains. Masonic bookplate on inner front cover. A very good copy. Very Scarce. From the library..... More
London: Printed for Sherwood, Jones & Co., Paternoster Row, 1823. Second Edition, Improved and Very Considerably Enlarged, With Plates. Small octavo, contemporary calf with small blind decorated border and another line border in gilt, rebacked neatly with modern calf, contrasting red leather title label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. 396..... More
London: The National Council for Prevention of War, 2 Wood St, Westminster, S.W. 1. No Date (1925). First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, one printed sheet folded to make 4 pages, coloured illustration on front panel. Technically, a leaflet. With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden, M.P. Folded..... More
London: Mills and Boon, Limited, 49 Rupert Street, W., [1912]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, full dark grey cloth lettered and bordered in blind on front panel, spine panel lettered in pale green. xvi + 352 pp; 40 plates. This appears to be a later binding issue, an earlier..... More
Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1904. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original maroon buckram lettered in gold on spine, front panel with the Robinson family crest in gold, top edges gilt. 490 pp., Index; two fine photogravure portraits with tissue guards, coloured folding map at rear. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY..... More
North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 1995. First Edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Octavo, original black boards lettered in gilt on spine. 202 pp., ads at rear. 250 copies printed. The First Hardcover Book issued by Tartarus Press. Boards slightly bowed, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Collects 15..... More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition. Octavo, original burgundy cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 179 pp, Frontispiece (Virginia Woolf, 1938, from a photography by Gisele Freund), 3 additional plates and two illustrations in the text. Issued as 'The Soho Bibliographies', Volume IX. A fine..... More