London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1948. Reprinted 1948. Quarter morocco. Second Printing, 1948. Octavo. Finely bound in quarter brown morocco over cloth boards, the spine with raised bands and with blind ruling and gilt lettering. Decorative floral endpapers.Top edge gilt. 255 pp, decorated title page, 12 illustrations, 11..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine. 174 pp, illustrated throughout. Publisher's promotional card laid in. A fine copy in dust jacket, lightly browned on spine panel. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine, "MW" device in red on front panel. 63 pp, illustrated throughout. Light foxing to endpapers, a near fine copy in like dust jacket that shows some minor browning, has a couple of very tiny..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled and with a small decoration in gilt on spine and front panel. 38 pp + [82] pp plates. Small booksellers label on front paste-down, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Contains a long essay..... More
Pinner, UK: Private Libraries Association, 1985. First Edition, Deluxe Issue. Quarter Leather. Royal octavo, Quarter black morocco, grey cloth boards. Patterned endpapers. Top edge gilt. No. 47 of 110 numbered copies, specially bound, signed by Joan Hassall. pp lxiii, 161, [7] plates,numerous reproductions of Hassall's wood-engravings throughout with an additional..... 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
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1931. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth, spine panel titled in gilt. 376 pp. Ink name and bookstore stamp on front free endpaper; a bright, very good copy. More
London: Martin Secker, [1922]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original light green cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. [160] pp. Spine panel faded to a lighter shade of green, cloth slightly soiled, small (tiny) book label on front past-down; a very good, sound copy. More
No Place [California]: Three Hands Press. 2018. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original purple cloth decorated in gilt on front panel, gilt titles on spine. 88 pp + Bibliography. 500 hand-numbered copies printed. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, as new. ¶ Beyond its vulgar..... More
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company. 1900. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. This US edition precedes the UK edition by 14 years. Octavo, original green cloth titled and decorated in darker green. 443 pages, complete. A good to very good copy. Hinges tight, cloth with light general dust soiling, some..... More
London. Gollancz. 2018. First UK Edition, Deluxe Issue. Full Leather. Large thick octavo, bound in full blue leather titled and decorated in gilt, full colour endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, slipcased. 992 pp, 56 illustrations (including seven colour plates), maps. ONE OF ONLY 30 COPIES, this being copy No. 8. A...... More
London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1927. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth titled & ruled in gilt on spine panel. 208 pp. Minor browning to endpapers; a fine copy. In the original printed dust jacket which is heavily reinforced both front & back with old sellotape..... More
London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., [1943]. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original yellow cloth stamped in red on spine panel. 291 pp, decorated title page printed in blue and black. A very good, bright copy in like dust jacket, price corner intact. An attractive copy. ¶ Reincarnation novel, or what..... More
London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., [1945]. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original light gray cloth stamped in red on spine panel. 264 pp, decorated title page printed in red and black. Bookplate on front free endpaper, dated 1945; otherwise a very good / near fine copy in dust jacket that..... More
Totham [England]: Printed by Charles Clark at his Private Press. 1847. First Printing. Octavo; original green printed wrappers. 14 unnumbered leaves printed in black letter on rectos only, title page printed in red & black ; 22 cm. Minor creasing; a very good, sound copy in the original printed wrappers..... More
London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. First Edition, First Printing, Deluxe Issue. First edition, Deluxe Issue, limited to 500 hand numbered copies signed by both Lord Dunsany and Sidney Sime, of which this is number 212. Large Quarto. Quarter vellum spine with brown cloth boards with single gilt..... More
North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2012. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo, original red pictorial boards blocked in gilt on upper cover and titled in gilt on spine; red endpapers. 250 pp. 300 copies printed. A few minor scuffs to the jacket else a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..... More
Marlborough, UK: Libanus Press, 2001. First Edition Thus. Original cloth. Folio, original pale blue cloth boards with gilt titles to upper board and to spine. 180 copies printed, of which this is copy No 82 of 120 "standard" copies bound in cloth. Unpaginated. Four page colour supplement containing a description..... More
London: Selwyn & Blount Ltd, 1924. Signed, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, original grey boards with buckram spine, leather label on spine titled in gilt. Printed on fine handmade paper. 274 pp, colour frontispiece and 11 addition full-page black & white illustrations throughout the text. Issued in a limited edition of..... More
Eton, Windsor: The Shakespeare Head Press. 1959. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original brown cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 92 pp, title page printed in red & black. A fine copy in a very slightly frayed dust jacket, price on inner front flap blacked out. ¶ Although both..... 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: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1935. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 483 pp. Rubbing to black cloth boards, spine ends and corners a bit rolled; upper fore-edge corners very slightly bumped. A very good, sound copy with no internal markings and..... 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: George Newnes Limited. [1920]. First Edition, First Impression. Half Leather. Two Volumes, Quarto. The "Library Edition", bound up from the parts in half brown morocco over brown cloth boards, the spines with raised bands and gilt titles, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Original pictorial covers bound in at the..... 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