Ink inscription to front endpaper; cloth slightly dulled and softened at spine; jacket with some toning, chipping to head of spine, but overall very good, especially given the age.
Jacket artwork by Percy Graves.
£150
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The author, later 1st Baron Brand of Eydon, wrote only a few fiction titles. Surviving first editions in jackets are rare.
In stock
Ink inscription to front endpaper; cloth slightly dulled and softened at spine; jacket with some toning, chipping to head of spine, but overall very good, especially given the age.
Jacket artwork by Percy Graves.
Modern Literature
London, Macdonald, [1943].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 8/6.
A light-hearted book. If you not like mean people, you will not be discouraged by the fate which overtakes the characters... (jacket blurb)
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1914
Hodder & Stoughton Sevenpenny library, first edition thus. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
First published in U.K. in 1889, this is the first edition where getting a jacketed example is feasible.
A long 'short' story featuring Allan Quatermain in which following his father's death, Allan fights with Zulus aides by Hans, rescues and marrow who becomes the mother of his son Harry, and eventually loses her because of the jealousy of the Baboon woman.
Modern Literature
London, Williams & Norgate Ltd, 1936.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced at 7/6.
An autobiographical insight into the public school traditions and ambitions from the author's youth, including a comparison with the less constricting approaches of similar schools at the time of publication.
Modern Literature
First edition, Heinemann, 1900.A pleasing first edition of this early novel by the creator of Mapp and Lucia.
Modern Literature
and other Tales of the East.
London, Heath Cranton, [1925].
First edition, first impression, signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Colour plates. Original brown cloth blocked in red.
Oriental tales in the spirit of The Arabian Nights, with five four-colour plates. The author has inscribed the front free endpaper 'to George & Edith Kydd', dated 1927.