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Eyre and Spottiswoode. London. 1946 - 50 - 59, 1946. FIRST EDITIONS. Three volumes. 8vo. First two volumes with a small illustration by the author on title pages. Third volume with full page frontispiece by the author. A near very good set of books in publishers red cloth with gilt..... More
Victor Gollancz. 1967, 1967. Publishers copy, marked up on every page with production notes in ink and pencil for a new edition, to be issued in three volumes. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper with the bottom inch of the spine missing and some chipping to..... More
Faber and Faber. London. 1939, 1939. FIRST EDITION. Tall 8vo. (9.6 x 6.6 inches). Finely bound in recent full burgundy morocco leather. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt, other page edges untrimmed. Aside from some..... More
The Heritage Press. New York. 1938, 1938. FIRST HERITAGE PRESS EDITION. Large 8vo. (9.5 x 6.6 inches). Complete text with five volumes in one. Illustrated throughout by Lynd Ward with full page and smaller illustrations. Fine late twentieth century leather binding of full burgundy morocco. Spine with raised bands. Compartments..... More
Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. 1926, 1926. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated throughout with beautiful line drawings by E. H. Shepard. Decorative map endpapers. A neat previous owner address has been blind stamped to the front blank endpaper and there are a few minor marks to a...... More
George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1961, 1961. THREE VOLUMES. Large 8vo. (9 x 5.9 inches). Early printings. 11th/8th/7th impressions of first editions. Each volume with fold out map at end. Publishers red cloth, spines gilt. Top edges dyed red. A remarkable, fine set. Pages clean and bright in all..... More
Hodder & Stoughton, Limited. London. 1957, 1957. 8vo. Bright, clean copy finely bound in mid twentieth century full red morocco leather binding by Morrell. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Spine compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Ronald Knox's Monsignor coat of arms with the motto "Lux in..... More
Cassell & Co. ltd. London. 1948-54, 1948. SIX VOLUMES. FIRST EDITIONS, 1st impressions. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated throughout with maps and plans, many folding. A near fine, bright set of books. Publishers black cloth with gilt lettering to the spines. Top edges dyed deep red, which is faded..... More
Hodder & Stoughton. London. No date. (1924), 1924. NEW EDITION. Small 4to. (9.6 x 6.7 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with 16 tipped in colour plates, pictorial title page, plus 25 full page and 100 smaller line drawings. A hint of browning to the blank endpapers but generally a very clean..... More
Hodder & Stoughton Limited. London. 1928, 1928. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.1 inches). A fine bright copy in publishers original blue cloth with printed paper labels on front board and spine. In the scarce original dustwrapper, lettered in blue and red. The wrapper is near to very good with..... More
Oliver & Boyd. Edinburgh. 1833, 1833. SECOND EDITION. 8vo. (6.9 x 4.5 inches). Folding map and nine engravings by Jackson. A clean copy in original publishers brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Yellow coated endpapers. Inner hinges cracking. Some gatherings still unopened. Spine a bit rubbed and with some..... More
Adam and Charles Black. London. 1905, 1905. NEW EDITION, reprinted with minor alterations in December 1905, shortly after the first printing of October the same year. 4to. (9 x 6.6 inches). Fully illustrated with fifty three colour plates. each with a printed tissue guard, and ninety mono illustrations. A fine..... More
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1894, 1894. The Peoples edition. Twenty-third thousand. 8vo. (7.3 x 4.9 inches). Illustrated with fifty line illustrations by John Tenniel. Some foxing to the plain tissue paper guard over the frontispiece and a few minor spots throughout but overall a very clean and bright copy..... More
Chapman and Hall. London. 1945, 1945. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.1 inches). A bright and clean copy Finely bound in quarter burgundy morocco leather. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Marbled endpapers. Housed in a custom made slip-case covered in morocco grained paper. A fine..... More
Orion Books. New York. 1991, 1991. FIRST EDITION, with bookplate signed by the author. 8vo. (9.2 x 6.3 inches). x, 310pp, including an index. A printed red and blue bookplate stuck onto the front free endpaper states that this is a special autographed copy and it has been signed by..... More
Baynard Press. London. 1940, 1940. FIRST EDITION. Printed stapled wraps. 16pp. (9.5 x 6 inches). Some minor creasing otherwise this is a very near fine, bright, crisp and clean copy throughout. Overall a much better copy than is usually found of this fragile pamphlet. ---- Housed in a felt lined..... More
Hodder & Stoughton Limited. London. 1928, 1928. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.1 inches). A fine bright copy in publishers original blue cloth with printed paper labels on front board and spine. In the scarce original dustwrapper, lettered in blue and red. The wrapper is near fine with just a...... More
Rebel not taken publishing, London. 2018, 2018. FIRST EDITION. One of 1,000 copies, numbered and signed by Osborne and Reichardt and with each artist's embossed stamp beneath their signature. Large 8vo. (9.8 x 7 inches). 172pp. Beautifully printed and illustrated throughout in full colour alongside essays and descriptions from multiple..... More
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1968, 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. Original dustwrapper with one small chip..... More
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1968, 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 good copy with previous owner's name and date (May..... More
Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1872 - 74, 1872. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Previous owner armorial bookplate (Isaac Holden, politician and inventor of a wool-combing machine, who received a Baronetcy in 1893) and also ink name and address stamped to the front blank free endpapers..... More
The Folio Society. London. 1978, 1978. FIRST PRINTING OF THIS EDITION. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.7 inches). Finely illustrated by Virgil Burnett with full page frontispiece and 75 head pieces, printed in red. A fine copy in a fine unique leather craft binding. Full mid brown morocco. Front board with blue..... More
Alfred A Knopf. New York. 1930, 1930. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.4 inches). viii,268pp. A few leaves spotted and a small area of loss to the bottom of one page, just on the margin and well away from the text. Feint mark to the top outer corner of the..... More
Cassell & Co. ltd. London. 1948-54, 1948. SIX VOLUMES. FIRST EDITIONS, 1st impressions. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated throughout with maps and plans, many folding. A near fine, bright set of books with some neat annotation to a handful of pages in volume one. Publishers black cloth with gilt..... More
Printed by R. Tullis, for A. Constable and Co. Edinburgh. 1804, 1804. TWO VOLUMES. 6mo. (7.32 x 4.3 inches). Vol.1; xii, 287pp - Vol.2; iv, 275pp. Bound in contemporary full tree calf with gilt ruling and red morocco volume numbers and title labels to spines. Trinity College Dublin arms in..... More