A very good copy; jacket with some loss to head of spine, spotting to lower panel, otherwise very good.
Plates.
£125
…compiled by Charles Eade
London, Cassell, 1942.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d.
The second volume of Churchill’s war speeches.
Out of stock
A very good copy; jacket with some loss to head of spine, spotting to lower panel, otherwise very good.
Plates.
Detective Fiction
London, Cassell, 1949.
First UK edition. First UK edition. Small 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
Attractive first UK edition of this Perry Mason title.
Detective Fiction
First edition.
London, Cassell, 1917.
A collection of eleven tales, one of which is a locked room mystery and two of which have definite weird content. Not mentioned by Bleiler.“The Mystery of Howard Romaine”
involves the disappearance of a coffin and a body from a locked room (Adey p.300)The Cuckoo Clock" is a tale of delirium involving the transmigration of a soul into a cuckoo clock. "The Fatal Fairy" is about a man who kidnaps a fairy at dawn, whereupon it turns into a monstrous baby vulture -- until he releases it a day later.Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an English actor and theatre manager. This collection appeared in the year of his death.Very scarce in jacket.
Modern Literature
London, Cassell, 1920
First edition. 8vo. Original light brown cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 8/6 net on spine.
An Allan Quatermain novel, direct sequel to The Ivory Child. An interesting way of resurrecting the character of Allan away from the period and Africa of his day.
Rare in jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Cassell, 1946.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Attractive first UK edition of this Blochman crime classic.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Cassell, 1923.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth decorated and lettered in black. Dust-jacket.
Further reflections on utopian models, by the author of War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man.