Children's Books
Dulac (Edmund).- Quiller-Couch (Sir Arthur) The Sleeping Beauty
and other fairy tales from the old French
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1910.
First Dulac edition. Deluxe issue, one of 1000 numbered copies signed by the artist. 4to. Original brown morocco gilt.
A handsome copy of the superior issue of Dulac's rendering of these fairy tale classics.
Modern Literature
London, Nicholson & Watson, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Attractive jacket artwork on this uncommon first edition about the divisive effect a legacy gift has on a town.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Jonathan Cape, 1965.First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original plain black boards. Dust-jacket, priced 18s.A very decent first edition of the last full-length James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, in the plain second state boards. Under the heat of the Caribbean sun, Bond faces a seemingly impossible task: win a duel against Scaramanga, the Man with the Golden Gun, and regain M's trust.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Jonathan Cape, 1963.
First edition. Small 4to. Original cloth-backed boards. Dust-jacket, priced 30s.
An attractive first edition of Bond-creator Fleming's adventure-charged visit to the world's most exciting, exotic and sinful cities. Includes snapshots of Hong Kong, Tokyo, Honolulu, Las Vegas, New York and Monte Carlo.
or, The Phantom Mines
London, Vizetelly, 1887.
First edition. 8vo. Original printed stiff card wrappers, priced one shilling.
A scarce little parody of H. Rider Haggard's fantastical works, particularly uncommon thus in the original wrappers.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Pan, 1967.
First Pan edition. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers, priced 3/6.
Set apart from the other books in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, The Spy Who Loved Me is told from the perspective of a femme fatale in the making, Vivienne Michel.
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1962.
First edition. 8vo. Original patterned wrappers.
An excellent insight into food and diets in Nigeria, written by the then Inspector of Education (Home Economics). Uncommon.
Non-Fiction
London, Chatto & Windus, 1943.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 5s.
A very good first edition of this post-war prediction that seeks to outline the difficulties Europe in particular faces once the Second World War is over.
Detective Fiction
London, Boardman, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Redhead reporter Rufus Reed and editor Asaph Clume at their finest, plus excellent jacket artwork.
London, John Gifford, [1949].
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
An Inspector Littlejohn story.
Detective Fiction
Bellairs (George, pseud. Harold Blundell) Close All Roads to Sospel
London, John Gifford, 1976.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced £2.50.
A British travel group is stranded in France when the tour conductor is shot, and the bus driver is accused of murder. Luckily, Inspector Littlejohn is holidaying nearby and is on hand, both to interpret the annoyed tourists and to solve a baffling double crime.
Modern Literature
Translated from the Spanish by Vivian Verst
London, Stanley Paul, [1926].
First English edition. 8vo. Original pale yellow cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A vivid account of Madrid society life, a bestseller in Spain upon publication.
Modern Literature
London, Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.
First UK edition (on US sheets). 8vo. Original grey boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
A socialist novel set in the fictionally titled " Atlas Iron Works". Uncommon.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, [1934].
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A shipwreck leads to the formation of a new community. Uncommon in jacket.
London, Jarrolds, 1957.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 18s.
A motorcycle tour through Switzerland and Italy to the continent of Africa.
Biography
more uncensored celebrities
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10/6.
A stunning, sharp example of this 1919 publication, by the editor of John Bull magazine and wrote a number of biographies of British political figures and celebrities.
Children's Books
London, Lutterworth Press, 1947.
First edition. 8vo. Original pale brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6s.
Lovely wrap-around jacket artwork on this lesser-known Blyton tale about an interfering aunt.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, [1930].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Attractively jacketed novel by the author of Wax Image and other weird tales.
London, Warne, [1931].
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
The Story of Electrical Communications.
Modern Literature
London, John Long, 1938.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The author's first novel, a tale of a neglected housewife and her internal struggle with making the right choice when tempted by an affair.
Modern Literature
A Novel in Three Episodes
London, The Labour Publishing Company, 1924.
First edition. 8vo. Original pale green cloth. Dust-jacket,
A romance set against the backdrop of the 18th & 19th century 'Enclosure Acts', and the Peterloo massacre. Wilson was a prolific author who had enjoyed literary success since 1900, as well as some controversy for her 1916 Sci-Fi book, The Last Weapon, A Vision, the anti-war sentiment contained within resulting in the book being banned. Wilson was a founding member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Modern Literature
London, Lincoln Williams, [1934].
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
"The discovery of his wife's unchastity provides the shock which sends him questing backwards, seeking to revive his dead illusions". Nice jacket artwork.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1936.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A very good first UK edition of one of Zane Grey's popular westerns.
Victorian Literature
(P'tit Bonhomme)
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, n.d. [c.1900].
'New and Cheaper Edition'. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth.
A heart-warming story of a young Irish orphan's trials and tribulations in the late 19th century.
Detective Fiction
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
First edition (stated on copyright page). 8vo. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The first edition of this classic of US crime literature, widely recognised as an outstanding novel of the 20th century. The jacket is price-clipped, but the titles listed on the back panel conform to the first printing, and the inside front flap includes the disclaimer about no cheaper printings being issued before Spring 1935.
Detective Fiction
London, Faber & Faber, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
22 murder stories that only appeared in periodical form before.
Detective Fiction
and other stories
London, Hutchinson, [1934].
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, 'Blue Star Library' issue.
Further crime thriller fiction based in the Pacific from the author of The Tales of Mynheer Amayat.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., [1929].
First edition. 8vo. Original dark red cloth. Dust-jacket.
A collection of Farnol's shorter fiction, including the tale 'Black coffee' with it is Ancient Egyptian themes. A popular author for weird & supernatural anthologies. Scarce in the jacket. Stories featured:
The Shadow.--Captain Hector.--Retribution.--The heir.--Black coffee.--Upon a day.--A boy and the man.--An episode.--Jasper Railton.--The cupboard.--Fortune's fool.--A change of mind.--Journey's end.--The great quietude.--Sir Pertolepe the Red.--The divine Phyllidia.--A woman's reason.
Children's Books
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, [1888].First UK edition. 8vo. Original pictorial teal cloth decorated in black, silver and gold.Set in Germany, Otto of the Silver Hand was one of the first historical novels written for children by an American, influencing many later historical novels for children.