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London: Associated Newspapers Ltd, No Date [1936]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. The first appearance in print of this Shiel / Gawsworth collaboration. Large crown octavo, original black cloth titled and decorated in green on spine & front panel, decorated endpapers. 320 pp. With 12 b/w illustrations by Norman Keene..... More
Chicago: Rhodes & McClure Publishing Company, [1898]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original decorated green cloth elaborately stamped in silver on spine & front panel, patterned endpapers. 343 pp + [11] pp ads at rear, including 6 pages of ads for "The Audiophone", a device which will enable deaf..... More
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd., 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. Original blue cloth, printed red label on spine titled in gold. [445] pp, Indexes to Titles and to First Lines at rear. Endpapers mildly browned, else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, slightly tanned on the..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1950. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original red cloth, gilt titles to spine. 85 pp. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Previous owner's signature (Julian Mitchell, March 1965) in ink on front free endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy in a nice dust..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1904. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth decorated in brown, green and white, pictorial paper label affixed to front panel, titles in gilt. Dark blue coated endpapers. 316 pp + [4] pp publisher's ads at rear. Colour frontispiece and..... More
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1, Paternoster Square, 1881. First Edition, First Impression, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, original orange cloth, lettering and ornaments in black and gold on spine, ornamental borders in black at top and bottom of front panel, double rules in black at top and bottom of..... More
London: Samson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., No Date [1924]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Tall octavo, original navy blue cloth titled in gilt on spines. Frontispiece portraits. 351 + 304 pp, Index. A few small marks to covers; very good clean set. An attractive set. ¶ Important..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. [1927] [i.e., actually 1932]. 1st printing of the photoplay edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled in black on spine & front panel. Frontispiece and three additional photographic still plates from the 1932 movie bound in. Light tanning to cloth at edges, hairline creases to spine..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. [1916] [i.e., actually 1923]. 1st printing of the photoplay edition. octavo, original green cloth titled in black on spine & front panel. issued to coincide with the 1923 film starring Ben Alexander and Joe Butterworth, this edition has both the four black & white plates..... More
London: Putnams, 1955. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine. 115 pp. Fine in dust jacket, light fading to spine panel, small chip at base of spine. More
No Place [London]: Privately Printed for Members of the Court of the Realm of Redonda, [c.1953]. First Edition, First Impression. 16mo., original wrappers. One sheet folded to make 4 leaves, printed cover and interior page. One of only 30 numbered copies, this being copy No. 27. Two short poems, written..... More
London: The Francis Thompson Society. 1967. First Edition, First Impression. Quarto, original blue boards, gilt titles on spine. 67 pp. issued in a limited edition of 500 copies, this being copy No. 128. This is one of circa 25 Special Copies signed by Henry Williamson on the limitation page. The..... More
London: Methuen & Co. / Burns and Oates. 1929. Fifth Thousand. Hardcover. "Fifth Thousand", i.e., First Edition, 5th printing (?). Originally issued in 1908, the year after Thompson's death from tuberculosis. Octavo, original green cloth titled and blocked in gilt on spine and upper cover. 142 pp, frontispiece portrait in..... More
Glasgow: William MacLellan, [1944]. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original white paper-covered boards with red cloth spine, gilt titles. 32 pp. Boards slightly bowed as always, a near fine copy in like dust jacket, lightly dust soiled and with a few small internal tape mends. A very fragile book, the wrapper..... More
1 page, 4to. Dated 5 November 1965, return address Pension Eolo, Galilea, Mallorca, Spain. Approx 225 words. To Mr. Whitton, about teaching creative writing: "Some of my pupils, notably Joe Langland and W.D. Snodgrass, have turned out to be good poets, but I am sure they wood have done so..... More
[London]: HarperCollins Publishers. [2009]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 377 pp., colour frontispiece plate reproducing a page of Tolkien's manuscript. Small black & white vignettes in the text. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ The..... More
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1961-1963. First Editions, Early Impressions. Hardcover. FIRST EDITIONS, early impressions. Three volumes. Octavo, original red cloth titled and stamped in gilt on spines. 423 + 351 + 416 pp; Folding maps at rear of each volume. Volume One is the First Edition, Tenth Impression..... More
[London]: HarperCollins Publishers. [2007]. First edition, Canadian issue. Hardcover. First edition, Canadian issue. Octavo, original blue boards titled in gold on spine panel. 313 pp. Illustrated with 8 full-page colour plates, plus chapter headings and illustrated dust wrapper, all by Alan Lee. Folding map at rear. The Canadian issue differs..... More
[London]: HarperCollins Publishers. [2007]. First edition, Canadian issue, second impression. Hardcover. First edition, Canadian issue, second impression. Octavo, original blue boards titled in gold on spine panel. 313 pp. Illustrated with 8 full-page colour plates, plus chapter headings and illustrated dust wrapper, all by Alan Lee. Folding map at rear..... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head. 1922. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled, ruled and decorated in blind on front panel, titled in gold on spine. 319 pp. Bumps to binding edges, slight rubbing to cloth, front free endpaper lacking and inner front hinge..... More
London: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., 25, Paternoster Row. MDCCCXLIX [1849]. New Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original brown cloth patterned in blind on all covers, titled in gilt on spine panel, yellow coated endpapers. 166 + 156 + 144 pp. Together, three volumes in one, each with a separate title leaf..... More
London: Bell and Daldy, Fleet Street. 1859. Early Edition. Hardcover. Early edition, the first edition of this translation and collection was published in 1844. 12mo, original green cloth stamped in blind on upper and lower covers, spine panel titled and decorated in gilt, brown coated endpapers. Nicely illustrated throughout. Faint..... More
London: Chapman & Hall. No Date [1948]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth, gilt titles in Gothic Type on spine panel. Frontispiece and black & white illustrations throughout, all by Boyle, printed marbled endpapers, top page edges stained blue. 144 pp. A very nearly fine copy in..... More
London: Chapman & Hall. 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in gold on spine. 184 pp. Small bookplate of a noted collector on inner front cover (under the dust jacket flap; otherwise a near fine, fresh copy in dust jacket, the jacket very lightly browned..... More
London: Chapman & Hall. 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in gold on spine. 88 pp. Gift label from the University of Nevada British and American Literature collection on front paste-down (now deaccessioned). A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, minute chips at..... More