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ALLAIS, Maurice.
Économie & Intérêt; 1947
£8,500
First edition, presentation copy to his former pupil Gerard Debreu, inscribed by the author at the head of the first title, and with Debreu's ownership inscriptions to each front...
2 volumes, octavo. Original printed paper wrappers, neatly rebacked to style, small portion at head of first front wrapper renewed without affecting printed area.... Read more
ALLAN, Luke.
Scotland Yard Takes a Holiday. 1934
£375
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. Ownership inscription to title page, but an exceptional copy in the rubbed and nicked... Read more
ALLAN, Luke.
The Black Opal. 1935
£275
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. Spine rolled, spotting to edges and contents. A very good copy in the price-clipped,... Read more
ALLAN, Luke.
The Traitor. 1933
£425
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine in yellow. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the lightly rubbed jacket with toned spine panel, spotting to the... Read more
ALLEN, Gardner W. (ed.)
The Papers of Francis Gregory Dallas. 1917
£75
Limited edition of 700 copies of which this is number 151.
Octavo. Quarter vellum, blue paper boards, titles to spine, device to front board, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 4 monochrome plates. Spine is a little spotted... Read more
ALLEN, Lewis M.
Printing With the Handpress. 1969
£150
First trade edition, first printing. Originally published in a limited edition of 140 hand-printed copies, with the trade edition offset from proofs of the limited edition.
Large octavo. Original brown cloth, titles to spine and pictorial decoration to upper board in black, orange endpapers. Diagrams throughout. Lightly rubbed at the... Read more
ALLEN, Thomas.
The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent. 1827 - 1829
£400
First edition. George Virtue issued an updated 2nd edition in 1837 with a 5th volume covering the suburbs. In vol.1 the illustration plate titled ' Map of Roman London' is bound as...
4 volumes, octavo (210 × 133mm). Contemporary black half calf over marbled boards, red morocco spine label, spine decoratively blocked in blind and gilt-ruled in... Read more
ALLEN, Woody.
Getting Even. 1971
£750
First edition, first printing of the author's first collection of essays and humorous pieces. One of a very small number of copies specially bound for the publishers for presentation.
Octavo. Original publisher's blue morocco presentation binding, titles to spine and top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Binding lightly rubbed, spine and top edge of... Read more
ALLINGHAM, Margery.
Traitor's Purse. 1941
£2,750
First edition, first impression. A fabulous piece of book design and exceedingly scarce in the dust jacket.
Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. Annotation to list of titles opposite title page, but an exceptional copy in the... Read more
(ALMANAC)
Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of our Lord God 1767. 1767
£500
Rider's British Merlin was a very popular almanac, first published in 1656 and continuing annually until the nineteenth century. Cardanus Rider is often said, though probably...
Duodecimo (132 × 77 mm). Contemporary red morocco, gilt panel spine with saltire design, covers tooled in gilt all over to a cottage-roof design, Dutch floral... Read more
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(ALMANACK) THE GENTLEMAN’S DIARY,
or the Mathematical Repository; an Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1804 [1805] [1810] [1813] [1814] [1815] [1816] [1820] [1824] [1825] [1826] [1828]. 1804–28
£1,200
A most attractive collection, each volume containing 6 different almanacs for the above years, viz. The Gentleman's Diary; Vox Stellarum: or, a Loyal Almanack by Francis Moore; Old...
12 volumes, 16mo, 168 × 99mm. Bound in full contemporary straight-grained red morocco, gilt, bands, borders and edges, marbled endpapers. Very good throughout. Read more
ALMAZAN, Emmanuel Louis Marie Guignard, vicomte de Saint-Priest, duc d'.
La Turquie. Son Gouvernement et ses Armées pendant la Guerre d'Orient. 1860
£475
Originally published as a two-part article in the Revue des Deux Mondes, this is essentially a detailed study of the fall of Kars. Almazan had served with the Russian army in the...
Octavo (237 × 151 mm) Contemporary red pebble-grain morocco from the library of Henry V de France, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord, title gilt to spine, raised... Read more
ALTOLAGUIRRE, Manuel.
Nube temporal. Poemas... 1939
£750
First Edition, First Printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the first blank, "To Nancy, Manolo". The recipient was Nancy Cunard who has noted in pencil...
Small octavo. Original cream wrappers printed in black and green. Backstrip a little cocked, red mark to upper wrapper but an excellent copy. Read more
ALVAREZ, A.
Twelve Poems. 1968
£50
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original white wrappers printed in orange and black. Lightly rubbed, small mark to upper wrapper. An excellent copy. Read more
ALVAREZ, Walter C.
Practical Leads to Puzzling Diagnoses. 1958
£45
First Edition. Quirky diagnostic manual by the author of Minds that came back. This copy inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Ross with kindest regards & happy memories of a...
Octavo. Original tuquoise cloth with red faux label and gilt lettering to the spine in dust jacket. The jacket a little rubbed and frayed, else very good. Read more
ALVERDES, Paul.
The Whistler's Room. 1929
£65
First edition, first impression. The novel of a soldier's recovery from a throat injury, based on the author's own experiences during the First World War.
Octavo. Original blue and white cloth, titles to spine and upper board in dark blue, red top-stain. With the dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket and pencilled ownership... Read more
AMBLER, Eric.
The Levanter. 1972
£3,250
Proof copy printed on rectos only, page size 25 mm wider than the first edition. Bound for Ambler in the style of the first edition. Together with a copy of the first edition....
Octavo. Original grey boards, titles to spine in purple. Housed in a blue cloth solander box. A few spots to top edge but an excellent copy. Read more
AMBLER, Eric.
The Mask of Dimitrios. 1944
£175
Fifth printing, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To the Hobbes with all my love Eric Ambler (Mr.)".
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine in white. Lightly rubbed at extremities, a little mild fading to spine. An excellent copy. Read more
(AMERICA; Revolutionary period)
Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis... Decimo Sexto. 1776
£650
First edition. In a final attempt to bring to heel the "Many Persons" in the above states who have "set themselves in Open Rebellion and Defiance to the just and legal Authority of...
Quarto. disbound. Large wood-engraving of the Royal Arms to the title page. Light browning, some foxing, but overall very good. Read more
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION)
The North-American and the West-Indian Gazetteer. 1776
£975
First edition. "This compact little book was … printed for the use of officers going over during the American War. If all the book is as reliable as the information given under...
Small octavo (173 × 98 mm). Recently rebound to style in quarter sprinkled sheep, marbled boards with vellum tips, red morocco label. 2 folding maps - North... Read more
(AMERICANA)
Leyden Documents relating to the Pilgrim Fathers. 1920
£200
Limited Edition of 400 copies, this number 182. Published in celebration of the Tercentenary of the departure of the Speedwell from Holland.
Folio. 74 full-page "phototypic" facsimiles. Endpapers browned, the free endpapers particularly so, hinges a little tender, otherwise very good in the original cream... Read more
AMERY, Leo (ed.)
The Times History of the War in South Africa, 1899-1900. 1900-09
£1,250
Volume I second edition, the rest firsts. Volumes I and II inscribed on the front free endpapers by Joseph Chamberlain to William Crowninshield Endicott the Younger, son of the...
Octavo, 7 volumes including index, original red cloth with titles and gilt medallions to the spines, tope edges gilt. Photogravure frontispieces to all text volumes... Read more
AMIS, Kingsley.
A Case of Samples. 1956
£125
First Edition First Impression. A collection chosen by Amis as the best of his poetry. It is easy to forget that Amis both in his published poetry and in his personal associations...
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to upper board and spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Boards just a touch bowed but a very nice copy indeed in an unusually fresh... Read more
AMIS, Kingsley.
Ending Up. 1974
£45
First Edition.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Read more
AMIS, Kingsley.
Lucky Jim 1953
£9,750
First edition, first impression. Amis's epochal first novel. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "Sincerest good wishes to James and Elsa...
Octavo. Original green boards, titles to spine in gold. With the dust jacket probably supplied from another copy. Housed in a quarter green morocco solander box made... Read more
