London: Hamish Hamilton, 1969. Hardcover. Later printing of the reset edition. Red paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A tiny bump to the spine head and an ink name to the front endpaper. Dust jacket with a couple of light scuffs to the rear panel, very lightly sunned..... More
London: Macmillan, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. The first edition, printed in London in 1971. Teal paper-covered boards lettered in silver. Light bumping to the spine ends; otherwise clean and bright. Dust jacket price-clipped, with a few small nicks to the corners and edges, and a few tiny spots to..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. 8vo. Brown cloth in gilt and black, no jacket, as issued? Spine ends and one corner lightly bumped, else a fine, clean copy. Inscribed by editor John Warden to a colleague in Toronto. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First printing of this expanded and updated edition, translated by Gregory C. Richter and E. James Lieberman. Fine copy in a fine jacket, as new. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1967. Hardcover. Second printing. 8vo. Navy cloth boards lettered in gilt, tiny bump to spine foot, else fine and bright, in an excellent dust jacket. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 163. Fine and as new copy in a fine dust jacket. First hardcover printing. More
Princeton University Press/ Bollingen Series VI, 1972. Softcover. 1972 reprint. 8vo. pp. 248, 70 plates. Corners lightly bumped, spine sunned, with little nicks to the spine ends, and a faint small ink streak to rear cover, clean throughout and tight. More
London: Collins, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Corners lightly bumped, book otherwise in fine condition. Dust jacket not price clipped, with bumped corners, and lightly bumped around the spine ends. First printing. Illustrated. Jacket design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. New Naturalist Library Number 52..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1974. Hardcover. Reissued edition of 1971, second impression, 1974. Red paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on the spine. A fine, fresh copy, clean and bright throughout. Dust jacket near fine, with only a tiny inked "74" to the upper corner of the rear panel. Nice copy... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition, first printing. Brown cloth boards lettered in white on the spine, in the original dust jacket. Book and boards fresh and well-preserved, with only a touch of foxing to the top edge of the text block. Dust jacket priced..... More
Chicago: A. Kroch Publisher, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 258. Map endpapers. Blue cloth boards lettered in silver. Light wear to one corner and slight bumping to the spine ends; otherwise clean and unmarked throughout. Dust jacket with a tear extending nearly halfway down the front joint, with associated..... More
New York: Grove Press, 2001. Hardcover. 12mo. Later printing, fine, as new in same dust jacket. Shortlisted for The Book Prize 2022. Winner of The Orwell Prize. More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. Hardcover. Seventh printing, July 1969. 8vo. Blue cloth boards lettered in gilt, and metallic red and black, bright and fresh copy, dust jacket not clipped, darkened at the edges and spine, with a few little spots to the rear cover. Nice clean copy. More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Third printing. Red cloth boards, gilt spine lettering, tiny bump to spine foot, a little cocked, in a crisp jacket designed by John Rowland. More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardcover. First UK edition, second impression, 1954. Red paper-covered boards with silver lettering to the spine. A tiny bump to the lower corner of the spine foot and some foxing to the fore-edge of the text block and light foxing to endpapers; otherwise a crisp, clean..... More
London: John Murray, 1884. Hardcover. 8vo. 12 volumes. Half brown morocco over lighter brown linen boards, with top edges gilt. Spines gilt-stamped with lettering and decorative devices in compartments. Light rubbing to spine ends; no chips or loss, except for a small chip to the spine head of Vol. 9..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1909. Hardcover. Fine-Paper Edition. 12mo. Pp. x, 205, title-page in red and black. Full vellum with ornate gilt decoration to both upper and lower covers, gilt decorated spine, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, marbled endpapers, ribbon bookmark. Bookplate of Zella Evelyn Leather-Culley on front pastedown (see..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1913. Walter Crane. Hardcover. Fine-Paper Edition. 12mo. Pp. xiv, 178, title-page in red and black. Full vellum with ornate gilt decoration to both upper and lower covers, gilt decorated spine, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, marbled endpapers, ribbon bookmark. Covers a little darkened and edges age-toned..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, Printed By Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. Edinburgh & London, 1910. Hardcover. Fine-Paper Edition. 12mo. Pp. xx, 277, title-page in red and black. Full vellum with ornate gilt decoration to both upper and lower covers, gilt decorated spine, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, marbled endpapers, ribbon bookmark..... More
London, New York, Bombay, and Calcutta: Longmans, Green & Co, 1913. Hardcover. Later edition. 8vo. Pp. 247. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, bevelled edges, top edge gilt. Very lightly scuffed, good clean copy overall, front endpaper lacking. More
Windsor, Ontario: Black Moss Press, 1984. Softcover. 8vo. Hand-sewn and glued in green wrappers. Very lightly sunned at the edges, with a small bump to the upper edge. A good, clean copy. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1977. Hardcover. Second printing. Very near fine copy, clean and unmarked, dust jacket price clipped otherwise also about fine. More
London: Faber and Faber, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper boards lettered in gilt, crisp and like new in like dust jacket. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 238. The letter "R" in black marker to the front paste-down, otherwise fresh and bright copy in fine dust jacket. More
