Children's Books
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1934.
First UK edition. Small 4to. Original pictorial boards. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
"Story and Illustrations by the staff of the Walt Disney Studios".
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Pan Books, 1955.
First reprint of the first paperback edition. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers.
The first paperback edition of Fleming's first James Bond book, the blonde Bond adorning the cover seemingly anticipating Daniel Craig's eventual adoption of the role...
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Pan Books, 1963.
First paperback edition. 8vo. Original wrappers.
The first paperback edition of Fleming's ninth James Bond book.
London, Thornton Butterworth, 1928.
First English edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A very nice, jacketed first edition in English of Diehl's novelised take on the life of Heinrich Heine.
Modern Literature
London, Eveligh, Nash & Grayson, [1922].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The continuing Wodehousian adventures of adventures of Mr. Francis Mandell-Essington, the basis for the 1927 silent film The Lunatic at Large.
Modern Literature
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1927.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered and ruled in pink. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An attractive first edition by this Scottish author, one of his 'lunatic at large' series of books.
Historical Fiction
and his wife Messalina
London, Arthur Barker, 1934.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10/6.
The continuing story of the Roman Empire as told from the perspective of the (now) Roman Emperor Claudius. Uncommon in the dust-jacket.
From the outbreak of war with Turkey to the Armistice
London &c., Hodder & Stoughton, 1919.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An uncommon book in the original jacket.
Detective Fiction
Neville (C.J., pseud. Cynthia Franklin) Salifu the Detective
London, Macmillan, 1950.
First edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth lettered in red. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The exciting story of an adventurous young African boy whose main ambition is to join the Gold Coast Police Force, encountering smugglers and other wrongdoers in the process.
Detective Fiction
London, Methuen, 1952.
First edition. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth. Dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped.
An attractively jacketed first edition of this crime thriller featuring Gregg's recurring detective, Inspector Cuthbert Higgins.
American Literature
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1958.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d.
The first UK edition of Capote's famous novella, filled out famously for the film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard.
Detective Fiction
London, Francis Aldor, 1946.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
A good first edition of this '40s adventure of Aboriginal Australian detective DI Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte.
African literature
London, Grayson, 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A collection of particularly good short stories of Africa, the mysterious, elusive, charming, fascinating and cynical. Previously published in Blackwood's magazine.
New York, Stackpole, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $2.00.
The first edition of this account of big band swing by one of the leading band leaders of all time, his concert at Carnegie Hall in 1938 described by one contemporary critic as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music." Swing began to lose favour after this time, so this book marks an interesting period in 20th century popular music.
Children's Books
London, Newnes, 1936.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
Maritime treasure-hunting thriller for children; listed in Hubin.
London, Seeley, 1910.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt, gilt vignette to upper cover, top edge gilt.
An important account of the Rendille peoples of the northern Eastern province of Kenya, near Lake Stefanie. Uncommon.
Modern Literature
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1931.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original grey cloth. Dust-jacket.
The first UK edition of this work by prolific Austrian author Baum, originally published in German the year before.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
or, a Captain at Fifteen
New York, A.L. Burt, n.d..
8vo. Original pale green cloth. Dust-jacket.
An attractive early Burt edition of this Verne tale revolving around African slavery.
Weird & Supernatural
London & Edinburgh, Chambers, 1929.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
A rare book in jacket; a collection of tales and stories dealing in a popular way with haunted Scottish houses, historic ghosts of Midlothian, and similar subjects, including werewolf interest.
Weird & Supernatural
New York, Liveright, 1952.
First combined edition. 8vo. Original grey cloth lettered in brown. Dust-jacket.
Two classic titles by US author Merritt that showcase his ability to create suspenseful, eerie atmospheres and blend genres to keep the reader engaged in a world of mystery and the supernatural...
Victorian Literature
London, Sampson Low, Son, & Co., 1862.
First edition. 3 vols. 8vo. Original blind tooled red cloth, spine lettered & decorated in gilt.
A very good first edition set in the original cloth of this epic tale of disinheritance and illegitimacy, originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round.