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
Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books, 1943. First Edition, First Impression. Bound in Leather and Marbled Boards. Small octavo. Bound in quarter red morocco over marbled paper boards, the spine with 5 raised bands, gilt titles, marbled endpapers. 96 pp, frontispiece portrait of Wells. Issued as Penguin Special S129, a paperback original..... More
London: Watts & Co., 196. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original red boards titled and ruled in black. With two black & white portraits of Belloc and Wells. 55 pp. Two newspaper clippings from September 1926 relating to the book loosely laid in (one printing a letter from Belloc)..... More
London: Methuen and Co., [1905]. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Fourth Edition (or, more correctly, 4th printing). Issued in March 1905, one month after the first. Octavo, original blue cloth titled and ruled in gilt, small device in gilt on front panel. 151 pp, 40 page publisher's catalogue, dated March, 1905, bound..... More
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., [1921]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original dark blue cloth titled and ruled in red on spine and front panel. 252 pp + [4] pp publisher's catalogue "Mssrs. Collins' Latest Novels" bound in at rear. 750 copies printed. A clean, very good copy with..... More
London: Faber & Faber, [1929]. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo, original blue buckram titled in gilt on spine and front panel. 246 pp. Issued in a limited edition of 200 copies hand-numbered and signed by the author, this being copy No. 61. With an interesting bookplate on the front paste-down..... More
London: Faber & Faber Limited. [1930]. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo, original yellow buckram titled in gilt on spine and front panel. 313 pp. Issued in a limited edition of 200 copies hand-numbered and signed by the author, this being copy No. 78. The perishable yellow cloth has a few..... More
London: Faber & Faber Limited. [1931]. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo, original light-brown buckram titled in gilt on spine and front panel. 446 pp. Issued in a limited edition of 200 copies hand-numbered and signed by the author, this being copy No. 70. Pages mostly unopened throughout. Spine panel sun-faded,a..... More
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, Ltd., [1926]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original brick cloth titled in gilt on spine and front panel top edges stained red. 298 pp. Tiny bookseller's ticket on rear paste-down; contemporary ink name on front flyleaf; slight lightening to colouring on spine panel (almost unnoticable); small scuff..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine, publisher's device in blind on rear panel. [416] pp. Publisher's promotional postcard loosley laid in. Minor browning to endpapers, a fine copy in an attractive VG+ dust jacket, browned on the spine and with..... More
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., [1923]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth ruled in blind on spine & front panel, titled in gilt on spine. 301 pp + [8] pp publisher's catalogue "Mssrs. Collins' Latest Novels" bound in at rear. Frontispiece plus four additional full-page..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited. [1935]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original publisher's brown cloth titled in gilt on spine, pictorial (map) endpapers. 319 +[1] pp. Spine a bit leaned, light wear & some rubbing to cloth, a good / very good copy, lacking the dust jacket. ¶ Another copy, same..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited. [1935]. Advance Copy [uncorrected proof] of the First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. Original publisher's light brown wrappers titled in black. 319 +[1] pp. Tipped in slip on title page stating "With the Sales Manager's Compliments / Advance Proof / Publication date October 7th" (with the..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited. [1936]. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo. Original pale silver silk moire covered boards, silver title and vignette to spine, top edges silvered. Green pictorial endpapers. [323] pp.; 16 full page colour plates, plus black & white chapter head- and tail-pieces, all by Turncliffe. Spine..... More
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Large royal octavo (9.5 x 6.5 inches), original brown cloth with cream buckram spine, gilt lettered brown leather title label on spine framed in gilt, vertical gilt line on buckram edge on both front & back covers, top edges gilt. xii +..... More
London: The Rainbow Press, 1979. First Edition. Original wrappers. Quarto, original printed hand-made paper wrappers, French-folded, sewn at spine. Designed, hand-set and printed in 18pt Palatino by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, on Zerkall mould-made paper. 16 pp., tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Williamson by Bill Thompson. 200..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1961. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. First Edition, "Second Impression Before Publication". Octavo, original red boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 224 pp. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, a few small scuffs and slight browning to spine panel. More
London: Arthur Barker Limited. 1965. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original green boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 236 pp. A very good or better copy in a good dust jacket which shows some ragged edge-tears and scuffs and has some external tape repairs. An uncommon title. More
London: Arthur Barker Limited. 1963. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original green boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 263 pp. A near fine copy in dust wrapper, price-clipped and with slight fading to the colour on the spine panel. "A study on the implications of sexual perversion" More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1956. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original brown boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 288 pp. A fine copy in a near-fine dust jacket, lightly browned on spine and with just a touch of fraying at spine head. A superior copy of this book..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1957. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 333 pp. Spine a bit cocked, page edges lightly foxed. Bookplate (of M.F.W. Cottrill) on front paste-down. Very good copy in a very lightly soiled & rubbed dust wrapper. The..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1960. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original red boards titled in black on spine panel. 416 pp. Spine a bit cocked, a very good, sound copy in a very lightly soiled & frayed dust wrapper. The author's first crime novel. More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original blueboards titled in gilt on spine panel. [224] pp. A very good, clean copy in a very good dust jacket, somewhat browed and frayed. ¶ Essays on imaginative literature, including writings on H.P. Lovecraft, W.B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde..... More
London: Ernest Benn Limited. 1927. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original tan paper covered boards, white cloth spine, paper label titled in red on spine. [127] pp. Limited Edition of 500 copies, printed on Van Gelder paper and signed by the author. Spare spine label laid in. Mild browning..... More
London: Ernest Benn Limited. 1927. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth, paper title label on spine. 123 pp. Limited Edition of 275 copies, printed on hand-made paper and signed by the author, this being copy No. 30. Bookplate of C.R. Leighton on front paste-down; mild browning to..... More