UK: Aporia Press. 1988. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 131 pp + [5] pp ads at rear. About fine in dust jacket. ¶ First published anonymously in 1823. A "wild, strangely humourous and absurd romance. it centers upon an incestuous affair..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. 1839. First Edition. Octavo, bound in mid-20th Century half brown calf over brown cloth boards, the spine with five raised bands titled gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, others trimmed, marbled endpapers. 624 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece, plus 38 additional full-page plates throughout the..... More
New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., No Date [1903]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in black, gold and light green. 297 pp + [12] pp publisher's list of "Recent Publications" at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard and 15 additional full-page plates by Wooten..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. Second Edition. Hardcover. "Second Edition", so stated on the title page. Original blue cloth over bevelled boards, gilt titles. 421 pp + [2] + 16 pp publishers catalogue, dated January 1889, bound in at rear, endpapers decorated with the publisher's device. The first Edition..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company. [1923]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original brown cloth titled in green. 190 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Doyle.Two names on front free endpaper, both early, one in ink and one in pencil; small stains and light dust-soiling to the cloth. A...... More
New York & London: The Century Co. [1926]. First edition. 269 pp. Pictorial blue cloth designed in black and yellow on spine and front panel. Frontispiece and three additional black & white plates. Tiny scratches to cloth on rear cover otherwise a bright, fine copy. Uncommon. ¶ Adventure novel, castaways..... More
London: Centaur Press. 1934. First Edition. Octavo, original yellow buckram cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. Issued in a limited edition of 60 copies of which 50 are for sale; this copy unnumbered. 84 pp, frontispiece and two additional full-page plates by Easton printed on white coated paper. This..... More
London: Enitharmon Press, 1969. First Edition. Octavo, original purple printed wrappers, sewn at spine. 8 pp, tipped in black & white portrait of Charles V. Introductory Note by Miriam J. Benkovitz. Fine condition. ¶ First edition in book form. Printed by Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk. Issued at Christmas 1969..... More
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1962. First Edition. Octavo, original printed boards with red cloth spine, gilt titles on spine, top edges stained red. [136] pp., illustrated. The correct first edition, in a different and later dust jacket referring to the book having been issued in 1962 "and now..... More
London: Grant Richards Limited, 1916. First Separate Edition. First separate and first illustrated edition. Octavo, original stiff pictorial wrappers. 20 unnumbered leaves, with 4 full-page illustrations by Albert Buhrer in black and white. Corners a bit bumped, a few small tears; a very good copy. ¶ Originally published under the..... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1970. First Edition. Octavo, original grey boards titled in black on spine panel; 300 + x pp (Index) at rear, Bibliography. Illustrated. Small bookplate on front paste-down, a few small tape marks on endpapers from some form of older dust jacket protector; a near fine copy..... More
London: Duckworth, 130. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 351 pp. Bookplate on front endpaper, along with the small ticket "From the Library of Ronald & Joan McNicoll". Very nice copy in a slightly chipped and frayed dust jacket, with the fragile purple lettering..... More
London: The Folio Society. 2000. [2005]. Hardcover. Octavo, original decorated boards boards, green cloth spine blocked in white and black. 278 pp., Index at rear, Frontispiece and line drawings throughout the text by Bailey. This is the Fifth Impression, dated 2005 on the copyright page. Miniscule mark to fore-edges of..... More
London: Jonathan Cape/ London Limited Editions. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original marbled boards with tan cloth spine, gilt titles and rules. 460 pp. One of 500 numbered copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and Specially Bound, this being copy No. 70. A fine, unread copy in the original publisher's glassine..... More
London: London: Constable & Company, [1924]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First Printing of this New Illustrated Edition. Tall octavo, original navy blue cloth titled in gilt on spine panel & decorated in gilt on upper cover. [128] pp. Colour frontispiece and 15 additional full-page colour plates by Fraser. University of..... More
London: Faber and Faber. [1958]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original orange cloth, black titles to spine. 80 pp. Neat ink name on front paste-down (under the jacket flap), a very good clean tight copy in dust jacket, price clipped, one short closed tear. More
London: Faber and Faber. [1967]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. 217 pp. Small bump to one corner else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., [1964]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original black cloth, gilt titles to spine. 223 pp. Bookplate on inner front cover (University of Nevada Library gift label), a fine copy in dust jacket, price corner intact. From the University of Nevada..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1939. 1st edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled in black on spine & front panel. Top page edges a bit dusty, two leaves a bit roughly opened near the end of the text, a tight, very good copy in dust wrapper which has..... More
London: The Folio Society. 2006. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. 261pp. Frontispiece plus many additional black & white illustrations throughout the text. A fine copy in slipcase. ¶ Anthology of tales from Spy Novels including works by Ian Fleming, T.E. lawrence, Dennis Wheatley, William le Queux..... More
New York: The Viking Press. [1981], Reissue, first published in 1938. Octavo, original tan cloth, gilt titles to spine. [310] pp. Issued as a volume in The Collected Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
[Toronto]: Lester & Orpen Denys. [1982]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. First edition. Original white boards, gilt titles to spine. 232 pp. This Canadian edition precedes both the UK and US editions. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. [1966]. Reprint. Small octavo, original burgundy cloth, white title lettering. A reprint of the 1923 edition issued as Vol I in the Bodley Head Quartos series, which itself was a reprint of the 1591 edition of NOTABLE DISCOVERY... and the 1592 edition of THE..... More
London: The Folio Society. 1965. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, bound in full dark green buckram with a gilt design based on a binding by Samuel Mearne from the library of Charles II, now in the British Library. 256 pp. Frontispiece plus fiftenn additional full-page black & white lithographed..... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head. [1924]. First printing of this edition. Issued as Bodley Head Quartos II. Octavo, original gray cloth titled and decorated in blue. 102 pp. A reprint of the 1592 edition, accurately reproduced from a copy of the original in the British Museum and reprinted line..... More