THE QUEER CAPTAIN
Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1995. 071562654X. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 181 (no inscriptions). More
Literature
THE WIZARD OF BOLAND
Edmund Ward, 1959. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red lettered blue cloth (bright VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 128, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by the author (no inscriptions). More
THE WIND IN THE WOOD
Hollis & Carter, 1952. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original silver gilt lettered blue cloth (worn at head and tail of spine, small tears at tail of spine, endpapers lightlty spotted, excision of part of front free endpaper), no dustwrapper. Pp. 142, illus with coloured frontispiece and with coloured plates by..... More
THE JOLLY BOOK OF BOXCRAFT
George G. Harrap & Co., 1918. 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (some light scuffs to edges - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 201, illus with coloured frontispiece, b&w plates and drawings in text (endpapers tanned; no inscriptions). More
THE GREEN LACQUER PAVILION
Collins, 1926. 1st edn 6th imp . 8vo. Original gilt decorated brown cloth (spine ends bumped - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 319, illus with b&w woodcut plates and vignettes in text by Edmund Dulac (prelims lightly tanned; previous owner's bokplate on front paste-down). More
THE WORKS OF FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER In Ten Volumes
Cambridge University Press, 1905-1912. Cambridge English Classics edn. 10 vols. 8vo. Original uniform gilt decorated red cloth, top edges gilt (headcaps chipped and small scuffs and nicks at edges; library accession numbers on spines). Pp. various (ex academic library with usual bookplates stamps and markings; no inscriptions). More
HIS COLDEST WINTER
Fourth Estate, 2005. 0753174618. 1st edn 1st printing 8vo. Original gilt lettered purple cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 265 (no inscriptions). More
THE LETTERS OF SAMUEL BECKETT Volume I 1929-1940
Cambridge University Press, 2009. 9780521867931. 1st edn 2nd imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xcix + 782, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
THE EPISODES OF VATHEK
Stephen Swift, 1912. 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue cloth, top edge gilt (some wear to and marking of lower board), no dustwrapper. Pp. xxxi + 207 + 127 + advts., illus with b&w frontispiece (previous owner's armorial plate on front pastedown; English and French text). More
THE ADVENTURES OF MR VERDANT GREEN
James Blackwood, c. 1865. 94th thousand. 8vo. Contemporary gilt tooled half calf on marbled paper-laid boards with marbled edges and endpapers (scuffed at extrems, chipped at fore edge of upper board). Pp. vi + 112, illus throughout with the author's b&w drawings (endpapers and prelims spotted; no inscriptions). More
YORUBA GIRL DANCING
William Heinemann, 1991. 9780434055579. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered orange cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 184 (no inscriptions; pages tanned). More
AN EXALTATION OF SKYLARKS In Prose and Poetry
SMH Books, 1995. 0951261975. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (price clipped - Fine), Pp. 227, illus with b&w drawings and photos (some corners turned; previous owner's light pencil inscription on front free endpaper). More
AND EVEN NOW
Heinemann, 1924. 1st edn 5th imp. 8vo. Original yellow buckram cloth with paper spine label (VG), dustwrapper (lightly chipped at edges - in protective wrapper). Pp. 320 (no inscriptions). More
A CHRISTMAS GARLAND
Yale University Press, 1993. 0300058098. New edn. 8o. Original gilt decorated blue cloth (top edge very lightly dust soiled - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. lxxx + 197, illus with b&w plates by the author (noinscriptions). More
MORE THEATRES 1898-1903
New York: Taplinger Publishing, 1969. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth, top edge red (small indentation on top edge of upper board - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (small tears and wear at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 624, illus with b&w frontispiece (top corner of front..... More
THE WORKS OF MAX BEERBOHM
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. 1st edn. 8vo. Original elaborately gilt decorated olive green cloth, top edge gilt (bright VG). 165 (faint water stain running through all pages at fore-edge; previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down and pencil inscription on front endpaper). More
THE WORKS OF MAX BEERBOHM 8 Volumes Zuleika Dobson More Seven Men A Christmas Garland Yet Again Around Theatres 2 vols A Variety of Things
William Heinemann, 1922 - 1928. Limited edn (780). 8 vols (of 10 lacks Works of Max Beerbohm and And Even More): Zuleika Dobson (1922); More (1922); Seven Men (1922); A Christmas Garland (1922); Yet Again (1922); Around Theatres 2 vols (1924); A Variety of Things (1928). 8vo. Original variously coloured..... More
BEERBOHM'S LITERARY CARICATURES From Homer to Huxley
Allen Lane, 1977. 0713910666. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 295, illus with 104 b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
THE DANCE OF THE BIRDS A Legend from the Gazelle Peninsula New Guinea
Design Productions Nigeria, 1973. Oblong 8vo. Original printed card covers (softback) (covers creased). Unpaginated, illus with coloured plates (no inscriptions). More
PORTUGUESE LITERATURE
Oxford University Press, 1970. 0198153961. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper). Pp. 395 (previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper; no inscriptions). More
BLACK MARIGOLDS.
Collins, 1953. 1st edn 2nd imp signed by author on front endpaper. 8vo. Original decorated black cloth, top edge black (VG), duswrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 192 with b&w illus in text by John Verney (no other inscriptions). More
THE STORY OF LEON BARENTZ
Alvin Redman, 1963. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper. (edges lightly worn and with previous owner's small addess sticker on lower cover - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 251 (small biro mark on front free end paper, no inscriptions). More
THE CARAVAN AGAIN
George G. Harrap & Co., 1960. 1st edn 6th printing. 8vo. Original red decorated green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 79, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by E.J Showell (previous owner's bookplate and small date stamps on half title)..... More
THE CARAVAN CHILDREN
George G. Harrap & Co., 1961. 1st edn 13th printing. 8vo. Original red decorated blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small tears at edges - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 95, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by Barbara Moray Williams (previous owner's bookplate and small date stamps on half..... More
THE CARAVAN COMES HOME
George G. Harrap & Co., 1961. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original red decorated green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small tear at top edge of lower cover - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 78, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by Jennetta Vise (no inscriptions). More