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AIKEN, Conrad.
King Coffin. 1935
£85
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. A very good copy in the dust jacket with just a couple of tiny nicks and a small tear to the... Read more
AIKEN, Conrad.
The Jig of Forslin 1916
£125
First Edition, First Printing, First Issue. The poet's third book.
Octavo. Original burgundy cloth, titles to upper board and spine gilt. With the pictorial dust jacket. An excellent copy in the somewhat rubbed and tanned dust jacket... Read more
AIKEN, Joan.
All You've Ever Wanted. And Other Stories. 1953
£175
First edition, first impression of the author's first book.
Octavo. Original white boards illustrated in black, titles to spine and upper board gilt. With the dust jacket. Illustrations throughout. Boards lightly rubbed and... Read more
AIKEN, Joan.
More Than You Bargained For. And Other Stories. 1955
£200
First edition, first impression of the author's second book. Inscribed by Aiken on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes from Joan 18/3/56".
Octavo. Original white boards illustrated in black, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout. A little rubbed and dulled... Read more
AINSLIE, Douglas.
Chosen Poems. 1926
£95
First Edition Trade Issue. One of 500 copies of which 70 were later pulped. There was also a signed issue of 100 copies.
Octavo. Original pink and mauve marbled paper boards, white paper title label to backstrip printed in black. Ownership signature to title page and front pastedown,... Read more
AINSLIE, Douglas.
The Song of the Stewarts. Prelude. 1909
£45
First edition, first impression.
Octavo (221 × 137 mm). Contemporary japon backed blue cloth, green morocco label, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Binding lightly rubbed with wear at the top... Read more
AINSLIE, Kathleen.
Votes for Catharine Susan and Me. [1910]
£975
First edition, first impression of a contemporary negative portrayal of the Suffrage Movement for young girls. The book follows Ainslie's two wood-doll characters as they join the...
Small quarto. Original pictorial wrappers. Housed in a green cloth box. Chromolithographs throughout. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Wrappers a little rubbed... Read more
AINSWORTH, William Harrison.
The Novels. c.1890
£750
An excellent set handsomely bound.
16 volumes, octavo (227 × 135). Contemporary dark blue half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, blue cloth boards and endpapers, top edges... Read more
AINSWORTH, William Harrison.
The Novels. 1881
£1,250
A very handsomely bound set of the novels of Ainsworth.
28 volumes, octavo (180 × 115 mm). Contemporary red half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides, endpapers, and edges. Engravings throughout.... Read more
AITCHISON, Craigie.
Out of the Ordinary. 2003
£125
First and only edition. Inscribed to George Melly by Aitchison on the half title. "George, Love from Craigie, Oct 2003." Published to coincide with the exhibition 'Out of the...
Quarto. Original illustrated stiff wrappers, titles to spine in white, titles to front cover in black. A near fine copy. Read more
al-Hamadahani, Ain al-Qudat.
A Sufi Martyr. The Apologia. 1969
£150
First Arberry edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original red boards, titles to spine in silver, red top-stain. With the dust jacket. Distributor's ticket added to title page. An excellent copy in the... Read more
ALASTAIR.
Forty-Three Drawings. 1914
£450
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition 500 numbered copies.
Tall quarto. Original white cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Tipped-in... Read more
(ALASTAIR) WILDE, Oscar.
The Birthday of the Infanta. With illustrations by Alastair. 1928
£1,750
First edition thus, no. 90 of 100 copies on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen paper (a further nine copies were on japon and four on Papier Montval).
Large quarto. Original cream card wrappers lettered and ruled in black and burgundy, all edges uncut, pages numbered in burgundy in original silver paper-covered... Read more
(ALASTAIR) WILDE, Oscar.
The Sphinx. 1920
£500
First Alastair edition, first impression.
Tall quarto. Original white cloth, titles to spine gilt, pictorial decoration to upper board in gilt and blue, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece, 10... Read more
(ALBANIA - SOE)
Albania Basic Handbook. 1943
£750
First editions. Comprises of four sections, all designated SECRET; Part I Pre-Invasion, August 1943, 92pp: Part II Post-Invasion, August 1943, 73pp; Map Section, August, 1943, 2...
Foolscap quarto. Original green and buff cord-tied binder. 4 folding maps, 2 of them coloured, 2 folding tables printed in red and black. A touch rubbed, else very good. Read more
ALBEE, Edward.
Box 1970
£40
First UK Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original red boards, titles to spine in gold. With the dust jacket. A fine copy in the lightly tanned dust jacket. Read more
ALBEE, Edward.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. A Play. 1962
£4,750
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author to the poet David Posner (1921-1985) on the front blank, "'I'm afraid that's always the case', he said, 'There's always one...
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt, yellow endpapers, red top-stain. With the dust jacket. In a red quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. Spine... Read more
ALBERS-SCHÖNBERG, Heinrich Ernst (ed.)
Röntgen-Atlas der Kriegsverletzungen 1916
£1,250
First edition of this ground-breaking work, both in the field of medical X-ray photography and of plastic surgery, showing German soldiers wounded on the battlefields of France.
Quarto. Original green cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt, green endpapers. 280 photographic illustrations, comprising 53 plates of X-rays printed mostly 4... Read more
ALCOCK, C. W., & Rowland Hill.
Famous Footballers. [1897]
£950
First edition. Originally issued in 12-page weekly parts, or as single sheets in the News of the World, this is the first book issue, bound without a title page, but in what appears...
Folio, ?publisher's black skiver-backed, matching sand-grained cloth, title and footballer device gilt to the upper board. 224 full-page half-tone illustrations from... Read more
ALCOTT, Louisa M.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. 1871
£1,250
First American edition, with the signature mark 1. (Blanck notes that the edition occurs both with and without the mark, that no sequence is established but that the reprint of 1872...
Octavo. Original green sand-grain cloth, covers blocked in blind with thick and thin rule, front cover with central lettering enclosed by oval Greek key in gilt, brown... Read more
ALDIN, Cecil.
"And when the tim'rous trout I wait ..." from the Angler's Song 1902
£175
Delightful fishing print by this acclaimed and sought after artist. Mounted with text beneath. By Cecil Alden, from the work entitled A Sporting Garland, published by Sands and Co.
Mounted size: 46 x 52 cm. Lithograph. Printed colour. In fine condition. Read more
ALDIN, Cecil.
"As inward love breeds outward talk, - ..." from the Angler's Song 1902
£175
Delightful fishing print by this acclaimed and sought after artist. Mounted with text beneath. By Cecil Alden from the work entitled A Sporting Garland, published by Sands and Co.
Mounted size: 46 x 52 cm Lithograph. Printed colour. Fine condition. Read more
ALDIN, Cecil.
"Of recreation there is none.." from the Angler's Song 1902
£175
Delightful fishing print by this acclaimed and sought after artist. Mounted with text beneath. By Cecil Alden from the work entitled A Sporting Garland, published by Sands and Co.
Lithograph. Printed colour. Mounted size: 46 x 52 cm Fine condition. Read more
ALDIN, Cecil.
"Who hunts, doth oft in danger ride; ..." from the Angler's Song 1902
£175
Delightful fishing print by this acclaimed and sought after artist. Mounted with text beneath. By Cecil Alden from the work entitled A Sporting Garland, published by Sands and Co.
Mounted size: 46 x 52 cm Lithograph. Printed colour. Fine condition. Read more
ALDIN, Cecil.
Bull terrier, Spaniel 1935.
£30
British artist Cecil Aldin had a special talent for catching the personalities, characteristics, and traits in his sketches, of dogs.
Lithograph. Printed colour. Fine condition Size: 22.5 x 29 cm. (9 x 11½ inches) Read more
