TYPED LETTER SIGNED, 1 leaf, 112 words, dated March 8th, 1921 on the author's notepaper embossed with his return address "85, Cadogan Gardens, S.W." in black ink, signed in full "Alfred Noyes". To E.H. Visiak. "Dear Visiak, The two books have just reached me here and I have been reading..... More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, One Leaf, dated 27th June 1913. On the author's embossed letterhead addressed "Boham's, Blewbury, Didcot, Berkshire". 70 words, Signed in full "Kenneth Grahame". Addressed "Dear Sir", it goes on with "It was very kind of you to take the trouble to write to me so pleasantly about..... More
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, Dated July 2, 1902. On the artist's letterhead, return address Upper Cross, East Hagbourne, Berks - Didcot Station. To a collector of booDiscusses recent bookplates designed by Bell, with descriptions. "Dear Sir, The above is my present address, I have left Liverpool for some time.... lists 18..... More
London: 1933. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original printed wrappers, stapled at spine. [32] pp, including covers. This copy is INSCRIBED BY M.P. SHIEL at his contribution "HOW TO BE HAPPY" on p. 28: "M.P. Shiel / For F.A." "F.A." Is Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong. a.k.a. "John Gawsworth". Staples..... More
London: Martin Secker, 1922. One leaf, folded to make 8 pages, unsewn and unused, from Volume One of THE CAERLEON EDITION OF THE WORKS OF ARTHUR MACHEN. Comprises 8 leaves: half-title leaf, (blank), the title page for Volume One (The Great God Pan, The Inmost Light, & The Red Hand)..... More
One page, typed, Signed in Full "J. Masefield". On the author's letterhead addressed "Pinbury, Cirencester". A short Note, to a Mr. Kernahan: "Dear Mr. Kernahan, Many thanks for your letter. I am sorry to be unable to help, ut it is not possible for me to examine into the case..... More
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, Dated 17 VII 1956, on the author's printed letterhead, return address "21 Adelaide Crescent, Hove, Sussex". 80 words, signed in initials ""E.H.V.". "My Dear John, You may have wondered at my silence about my Milton proofs. The explanation is thatthe publication has been postponed until february, and..... More
New York: Dutton Children's Books, [1994]. Quarto, original blue boardslettered and ruled in gilt on spine, small design of Pooh in gilt on front panel, silk ribbon bookmark. 344 pp. Full colour illustrations by Shepard throughout, including the Map of the 100-Acre wood at the rear. A fine copy in..... More
London: London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1925. First Edition, Third Impression. Hardcover. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine and front cover lettered in brown. [200] pp. Bookplate of Stuart B. Schimmel on inner front cover. Covers slightly marked; a very good copy, clean and tight. Very uncommon in decent condition. ¶..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1919. First Edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Octavo, original dark grey cloth, spine and front cover lettered in blue, front cover with blue spider web design. 152 pp. Some light rubbing to cloth at edges; a near fine, bright clean copy. ¶ James' third ghost story collection..... More
London: Edward Arnold. 1912. First Edition, Second Impression. Octavo, original gray cloth titled in black on spine and front panel, design of a flying bat on front cover. 274 pp. + [2] pp reviews of 'Ghost Stories of an Antiquary' + 8 pp publisher's catalogue 'Selections From Mr. Edward Arnold's..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 41 & 43 Maddox Street, Bond Street W., 1912. First Edition, Sixth Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original tan rough buckram cloth titled in black and ruled in red on spine and front panel. 270 pp. + 16 pp publisher's catalogue at rear, dated Spring, 1912. Frontispiece with tissue..... More
[London]: Macmillan, [1977]. First British Edition. Octavo, original red boards, gilt letters on spine. [40] pp., frontispiece, facsimiles (of Dodgson's letter to Tenniel, corrected proofsof the supressed portion, etc). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, price corner on lower front flap clipped. ¶ An episode cut from the..... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers, 52-58 Duane Street. No Date (circa 1898-1900). Early Edition. Octavo, original maroon straight-ribbed cloth lettered & decorated in gilt on spine panel. 364 pp. Formerly, Sherlockian John Ruyle's copy, with his bibliographical notes in pencil at the front. Ink name and a bookstore stamp..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin. [1977]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth titled & decorated in gilt on spine panel, top page edges stained blue. 365 pp, map of The Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar inserted facing page 121, large folding map..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1937]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine & in blind on upper cover. 351 pp., colour pictorial map endpapers, plus a black & white frontispiece and numerous drawings throughout the text, some full page, all by the author. Ink..... More
London: Seeley, Jackson, Halliday, 54, Fleet Street, 1873. Octavo; bound in an elaborate full leather publisher's binding, the front panel with Egyptian motifs stamped in gilt and blind, the title embossed with raised lettering over reverse-gilt blocking, elaborate decorative borders; spine panel with four raised bands and small gilt decorations..... More
Dusseldorf: ZAGAVA, 2016. First Edition, Lettered Issue. Quarto [20 x 30 cm). Bound in full black leatherette, front panel with title in gilt, plain spine & rear panel, red endpapers, silk ribbon page marker, all edges gilt. 211 + VII pp., six full-page colour plates by Erika Seguín Colás. This..... More
London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, Sold at the British Museum, and by Longmans & Co.; Bernard Quaritch; Asher & Co.; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.; and Henry Frowde. 1899. First Edition (& 1st printing). Elephant folio, 560 x 390 mm ((23 x 15 inches). Bound in the..... More
London: HarperCollins Publishers, [2011]. Octavo, original glossy pictorial boards. 309 pp, Appendices, map. This is the first printing of the HarperCollins Edition. A fine copy in dust jacket. ¶ Originally published in 1931, THE FLOATING ADMIRAL is a collaborative detective novel written by fourteen members of the Detection Club. The..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1959]. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo, original mauve cloth with pictorial paper label on front panel, spine lettered in sliver, pictorial endpapers. 105 pp. Coloured title leaf and 12 additional full-page colour plates printed on glossy paper inserted throughout the text; plus over 100 small black..... More
London: Marcus Ward, c1870s-1880s. First Printings. Various sizes (2 x 2½ inches to to 5 x 7 inches). Eighty individual chromolithographed cards, some forming complete or partial sets. Printed in full colour, in a variety of shapes and formats, including: straight and scalloped edges, fan-shaped cards, fold-out "double" cards, and..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1954]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original brick paper-covered boards with black cloth spine lettered in white. 358 pp., frontispiece, Map, Index. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, price corner clipped. ¶ Non-fiction; BLACK POWER is an impassioned chronicle of the..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1932]. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel. 307 pp. Scattered foxing to page edges, front free endpaper neatly excised; gilt spine lettering slightly rubbed and cloth mildly worn. This is the 2nd issue of the first edition. In the 1st..... More
Toronto: Random House of Canada, [1993]. First Canadian Edition. Large thick octavo, original brick cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel. 672 pp., Notes, Bibliography, Index. 365 pp. A fine copy in dust jacket, as new. Massive biography of Malcolm Lowry, the British novelist who lived for a time in..... More