Literature
Suspense
London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. First British Edition. 8vo. Maroon cloth boards with dulled gold spine lettering. Some crimping to pages 158-165 from a printing error, resulting in some irregularities in the printing quality, with some type not visible or darker or lighter..... More
The Deerslayer
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1983. Leather. Red leather with gilt lettered spine and gilt stamped boards, all edges gilt, with silk moire endpapers. A couple of very light bumps to the spine bands and edge of one board, all barely visible, else a fine and tight copy. More
The Last of the Mohicans
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. Leather. Light brown/orange leather with gilt lettered spine and gilt stamped boards, all edges gilt, with silk moire endpapers. Gilt along the fore-edge of text block chipped or dulled and the spine a touch sunned, else a clean and tight copy in excellent..... More
The Last of the Mohicans
Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1979. Leather. Full brown leather with gilt lettering and gilt stamped design to front board, all edges gilt, illustrated by Edward A. Wilson. A few light scuffs to the gilt sides, else a fine and unread copy. More
Coryat's Crudities; Reprinted from the Edition of 1611. To which are now added, His Letters from India, &c. and Extracts Relating to Him, from Various Authors: ... Together with his Orations, Character, Death &c., with Copper-plates. In Three Volumes
London: Printed for W. Cater; Samuel Hayes; J. Wilkie; and E. Easton, 1776. Full Leather. Octavo. 3 volumes, pp. vol. 1: [208], 304; vol.2: [4], 484; vol. 3: [4], 91, [375], with 8 plates and 4 large text illustrations, all have half-titles. Full smooth calf, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt..... More
Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley; In Two Volumes: With a Preface and Notes By the Editor
London: Printed By W. Bowyer and J. Nichols: For T. Cadell, 1772. First Edition. Full Leather. 12 mo. Two volumes. Vol 1 - pp. xiii, 240.; Vol 2 - pp. vii, 279, [1] - publ. advert., engraved portrait to both title-pages, half-titles present in both. Original full speckled calf, 5..... More
Contes du Lundi
Paris: Editions D'art Les Heures Claires, 1980. Henry Lemarie. From a total edition of 3650 copies. Exemplaires sur Grand Velin de Rives comportant les illustrations dans leur etat definitif. Numerotes de 699 a 3650. Exemplaire 1774. This edition with the illustrations in their final state. Loose gatherings, as issued, in..... More
Tartarin de Tarascon
Paris: Editions D'art Les Heures Claires, 1980. Henry Lemarie. From a total edition of 3650 copies. Exemplaires sur Grand Velin de Rives comportant les illustrations dans leur etat definitif. Numerotes de 699 a 3650. Exemplaire 2150. This edition with the illustrations in their final state. Loose gatherings, as issued, in..... More
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
London: Secker & Warburg, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Pp. [x], 437, cream cloth in dust jacket. Slight tanning to text margins, otherwise a near fine, clean copy. Dust jacket clean and bright with only very minor rubbing to flap tips, otherwise near fine. More
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
London: Secker & Warburg, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 437pp. Cream cloth in dust jacket. Slight tanning to margins, otherwise a near fine, clean copy. Dust jacket clean and bright with a price sticker to front flap. More
Broomsticks & Other Tales
London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1925. BOLD. Hardcover. Signed. 8vo. Quarter linen over grey paper boards. Gilt lettered spine, with title in gilt on brown leather label. Light wear to the corners and the spine foot bumped, clean throughout and the binding tight and square. Bookplate of Norman Endicott designed..... More
The Fleeting and other Poems
London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. 8vo. Quarter linen over grey paper boards, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Gilt lettered spine, with title in gilt on green leather label. Top edges bumped, clean throughout and the binding tight and square. Edition limited to 150 signed..... More
The Return
London: W. Collins & Sons, 1922. Hardcover. Signed. 8vo. Quarter linen over grey paper boards. Gilt lettered spine, with title in gilt on green leather label. Corners bumped and worn, spine ends bumped, and the leather spine label a little chipped around the sides, the cloth worn through near the..... More
Stuff and Nonsense
London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1927. BOLD. Hardcover. Signed. 8vo. Quarter linen over grey paper boards. Gilt lettered spine, with title in gilt on green leather label. Corners lightly bumped, leather spine label sunned. Bookplate of Norman Endicott designed by Leo Wyatt to the rear endpaper. Edition limited to 275..... More
The Works of Garcilasso de la Vega, Surnamed The Prince of Castillian Poets, Translated into English Verse, with A Critical and Historical Essay on Spanish Poetry, and A Life of the Author By J. H. Wiffen.
London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxii, [1], 407, [2]- blanks. With 2 blanks at the beginning, half-title and frontis portrait. Half green morocco over marbled boards, date stamped in gilt to the spine foot, with gilt lettering on two compartments. Boards scuffed and edges with..... More
Bibliotheca Curiosa. A Nocturnal Expedition Round My Room
Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1886. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. Pp. 70. Original purple cloth heavily sunned around the edges and spine, spine with paper title label heavily chipped, corners bumped and spine ends chipped. Binding worn and endpapers darkened but interiors clean and bright. One of 75 large-paper copies. 275 small-paper copies..... More
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Easton Press, 1976. Leather. Full navy leather with gilt lettered spine and gilt stamped boards, all edges gilt, with silk moire endpapers. Easton Press bookplate to half-title, else appears unread and in fine condition. More
The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner:...[WITH] A collection of Pamphlets
London: Printed for W. Taylor, 1719. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Two volumes in uniform contemporary calf, raised spine bands, red leather spine labels with gilt title. Speckled edges. [iv], [1 folding map], 364, [4 pp. ads]; [viii], 348, [4 pp. ads]. Book 1 has famous engraved frontispiece portrait of Crusoe by..... More
Irish Short Stories
London: The Folio Society, 1999. David Rooney. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. One volume in a slipcase. Little nick in the paper slipcase, otherwise as new. More
The Leopard
London: The Folio Society, 2000. Hardcover. Fourth printing of this edition in a new binding. Black and gold lettering and design to front board and spine, housed in a red card slipcase. As new copy. Translation by Archibald Colquhoun. Illustrated by John Holder. More
The Leopard
London: The Folio Society, 2000. Hardcover. Fourth printing of this edition in a new binding. Black and gold lettering and design to front board and spine, housed in a red card slipcase. As new copy. Translation by Archibald Colquhoun. Illustrated by John Holder. More
Loba, Part 1
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. 12mo Pp. 31. One of 100 numbered copies, signed by di Prima, this being #15. Number Ten in the Yes! Capra Chapbook Series. A fine copy, as new and still cracks when you open it. More
Bleak House (The Nonesuch Dickens)
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., 2005. Cloth. 4to. Thick 8vo. Quarter black spine over beige cloth boards, with gilt lettered spine label. In plastic jacket and wrap-around band. Very near fine copy, about as new. More