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Arthur L. Humphreys. London. 1911. FIRST PRINTING OF THIS EDITION. Small 8vo. (5.9 x 4.7 inches). viii/64pp. Illustrated with 6 fine miniature sepia plates, not by Blake, pasted in. Printed on Waldorf laid paper. Capital letters printed red. In fine clean condition throughout. Fine binding in the 'Arts & Crafts'... More
John Lane The Bodley Head. London. 1933. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo (8.5 x 6.9 inches). Fully illustrated with a full colour frontis and 75 line drawings by Heath Robinson. Some small patches of light foxing to a few pagers, mostly to the margins, otherwise a very good copy in a.... More
Macmillan and Co. London. 1899. EARLY THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.2 inches). 40 full page line illustrations by Thomson. Blank endpapers a little spotted but the text pages are clean throughout. Publishers salmon coloured cloth with elaborate floral decoration to front board and spine in dark red. Spine and... More
Ward, Lock & Co. London. 1888, 1888. FIRST EDITION in book form of the first Sherlock Holmes novel and the Author's first book. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). Published the year before in Beetons Christmas annual. Green & Gibson A1, a.i. (second impression). Publisher's preface with missprint 'youuger', para 2... More
Privately printed. Oxford. 1876. FIRST EDITION, first issue. Single sheet, folded to make four, sixteenmo pages. Neat repair to a split to the entire length of the hinge. Small hole to the top margin of the front panel. A couple of small rust marks, probably from a paper clip, to... More
Macmillan and Co. London. 1867. EARLY EDITION. 8vo. (7.2 x 5 inches). Illustrated with forty-two line illustrations by John Tenniel. Early leather binding of half black calf. Spine with raised bands, each with decorative gilt design. Compartments ruled in gilt and decorated in blind. Red title label, gilt. marbled paper... More
Macmillan and co. Ltd. London. 1904. EARLY THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with 40 full page line drawings. Publishers original burgundy cloth with decorative blind stamped floral design to both boards, the front board lettered and ruled in gilt. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Page edges... More
Macmillan and Co. London. 1903. EARLY THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with 40 full page line drawings. Publishers original burgundy cloth with decorative blind stamped floral design to both boards, the front board lettered and ruled in gilt. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Page edges untrimmed... More
Macmillan and Co. London. 1906. EARLY THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with 40 full page line drawings. Publishers original burgundy cloth with decorative blind stamped floral design to both boards, the front board lettered and ruled in gilt. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Page edges untrimmed... More
Macmillan and Co. London. 1905. EARLY THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with 40 full page line drawings. Publishers original burgundy cloth with decorative blind stamped floral design to both boards, the front board lettered and ruled in gilt. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Page edges untrimmed... More
Macmillan and Co. London. 1907. EARLY BROCK EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with 40 full page line drawings. Publishers original burgundy cloth with decorative blind stamped floral design to both boards, the front board lettered and ruled in gilt. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Page edges untrimmed... More
Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. London. 1887. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.2 x 4.9 inches). vi, 178pp. Inscribed on the half title by the Author's half sister, to her future husband; "W H C Rees from Mary Gwendoline Naden". Above this the inscription "Herbert from G" has been crossed through. A.... More
G. Bell & Sons. Ltd. London. 1915. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.5 inches). viii, 43pp. Publishers printed card wraps. Pages are a little bumped to corners and with a few minor marks but overall very good. The green card wraps are printed in black to both panels. The edges... More
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1898. FIRST SIXPENNY EDITIONS. 8vo. (8.4 x 6 inches). Both volumes are the first printings of the Macmillan sixpenny series. Illustrated with forty two and fifty line illustrations, respectively, by John Tenniel. Publishers original red printed paper wraps with adverts on the rear panels. Page... More
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1968. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.7 inches). Illustrated with 19 half-tone photographic plates, including six pages reproducing Watson's letter to Max Delbruck, telling of the Double Helix, and 11 diagrams within the text. A very bright, clean copy in publishers purple cloth with gilt decoration... More
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1968. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.7 inches). Illustrated with 19 half-tone photographic plates, including six pages reproducing Watson's letter to Max Delbruck, telling of the Double Helix, and 11 diagrams within the text. A very bright, clean copy which has been finely bound in full... More
George Allen & Unwin. London. 1937. SECOND IMPRESSION. 8vo. The first printing with Tolkien's colour plates. Colour frontispiece, 4 full-page plates from drawings by the author (3 in colour, one monochrome: "Mirkwood"), 8 full-page line drawings. A very good copy in the original green cloth. The spine and covers lettered... More
John Grant. Edinburgh. 1905, 1905. FIRST EDITION of the Thornton Edition. 12 VOLUMES. Large 8vo. Includes Mrs Gaskell`s life of Charlotte Bronte. Illustrated throughout with mono plates. All volumes are affected by some foxing to some of the pages but nothing serious and overall this is still a very good... More
Thomas Nelson. London. 1851. NEW EDITION. Originally published in 1831. 8vo. (7.2 x 5 inches ). Illustrated with folding map, frontis, engraved title page an four other plates. In an attractive contemporary fine leather binding by E. Watson and with their ticket inside back cover. Full red morocco , Gilt... More
Doubleday, Page & Company. New York. 1923. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9.2 x 6.2 inches). Colour endpapers and decorations by Edward Everett Winchell. Original white paper covered boards with decorative gilt and multi colour decoration to front board. Original glassine wrapper. A fine, bright copy in the publishers original silk pattered... More
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London 1902. Reprint of 1896 Sullivan edition. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). Illustrated with Frontis and 78 fine engravings, plus two fold out colour maps of Rugby at the rear of the book. Fine copy in the publishers green cloth binding with elaborate gilt lettering and... More
The Gregg Publishing Co. Ltd. London. 1931. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.6 inches). Colour frontis by Herbert Cole. Some very light spotting to some leaves at the beginning of the book but overall a fine clean copy in a fine craft leather binding by F. A. Marland. Full dark... More
John Lane The Bodley Head. London. 1921. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Inscribed presentation copy from Vita Sackville-West's mother to the Aviator Amy Johnson on the front free endpaper; "To Miss Any Johnson from the mother of "Ad Astra", page 59. With all admiration for Miss Johnson's wonderful pluck and success. From... More
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1939, 1939. EARLY EDITION. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.8 inches). Some offsetting to the blank free endpapers and neat previous owner name, dated 1939 to front free endpaper otherwise a very good clean copy in the publishers original delux leather binding of full purple roan leather... More
