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: 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
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1962]. First British Edition. First Printing of the First British Edition. Octavo, original grey boards titled in silver on spine. 174 pp. Upper corners very slightly bumped; touch of wear to dust jacket at extremities, one small stain, price corner (21s net) intact. A near fine..... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1964. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black boards titled in silveron spine panel. 160 pp. Faint spots to fore-edges of pages; slightly dusty, a very good copy in a lightly worn & rubbed dust jacket, (price corner with "18s net" intact). A nice copy of..... 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: 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
New York: Albondocani Press, 1971. First Edition. Octavo, original limp marbled paper boards, printed paper title label on front panel. 54 pp. Copy No 147 of 200 hand-numbered copies. With 4 illustrations by Edward Gorey. A fine copy. More
London: Quartet Books, 1991. First Edition. Octavo, original white boards, gilt titles on spine. 223 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ First edition of this selection of published and previously unpublished early material. 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 Ltd., 1923. First Edition. Review copy,, with review slip dated Jan 17, 1923 laid in at the first blank leaf. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine & front panel, Illustrated front endpaper. 224 pp., Frontispiece and title page portrait, [8] pp ads at rear..... 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
Iowa City: Typographical Laboratory, University of Iowa School of Journalism. 1966. First Edition. Tall octavo, original printed wrappers, sewn at spine. 12 pp. One of 100 copies. Corners knocked, a very nice copy. ¶ The first printing of a poem written in 1904. Benkovitz A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RONALD FIRBANK, A13(b)..... 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