A very good copy; dust-jacket a little rubbed but really a very good copy.
Frontispiece portrait.
£225
London, Will Goldston, [1921].
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth blocked in gilt. Dust-jacket.
The first edition of this comprehensive work on the ventriloquist’s art, by a then leading British proponent of the artform. Scarce in the jacket.
In stock
A very good copy; dust-jacket a little rubbed but really a very good copy.
Frontispiece portrait.
Sports & Pastimes
Calcutta, Thacker, Spink, 1897.
First edition. 8vo. Blind-stamped 'with the author's compliments' to title-page. Original green cloth, gilt.
Seemingly scarce book on horses and horse-training from the Punjab.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Ernest Benn, 1933.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth, dust-jacket.
Intriguingly uncommon title, in attractive jacket.
Sports & Pastimes
Its Wild Tribes, Big-Game and Bird-Life
London & Edinburgh, Gurney & Jackson, 1921.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered and stamped in gilt.
Chapman narrates his expedition from Khartoum to Uganda via the White Nile, detailing hunts from gazelle in Sudan to elephant near the Zeraf River. His adventures also include encounters with buffalo, hippo, and rhino near the Blue and Dinder Rivers.
Modern Literature
London, Arthur Gray, [1934].
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.
Striking jacket artwork on this seemingly uncommon title.
Children's Books
London, Collins, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
The second book in White's series 'The Once and Future King'. It continues the story of the newly crowned King Arthur, his tutelage by the wise Merlyn, his war against King Lot, and also introduces the Orkney clan.