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Click here to subscribeMrs R. L. STEVENSON. 'The Cruise of "Janet Nichol" Among the South Sea Islands,' first UK edition, original cloth, frontis photograph, b+w photographs throughout, Chatto & Windus, London, 1915; Mrs M. I. STEVENSON, 'Letters from Somoa 1891-1895,' first edition, original cloth, spotting to endpapers and edge of textblock, Methuen & Co, London, 1906. (2)
GERTRUDE BELL. 'The Letters of......,' first edition, two vols, repaired unclipped dj's, original cloth, Ernest Benn, London, 1927. (2)Remnants of old tape and loss to dj, mostly to top and bottom of spine, vol II with large tear to front panel dj, ink owner name to front panel dj, graphite boo description to free endpaper, textblock clean and tight with a small amount of spotting to edges.
T. E. LAWRENCE. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a triumph,' first trade edition, unclipped dj, tears and nibbles to dj, original cloth, Jonathan Cape, 1935.The dust jacket is in a delicate state but has been offered a second chance by glassine wrap etc. The cloth is rubbed with some small scratches. Some spotting to textblock throughout, particularly with the plates. Plates ad pages are complete.
DEREK TANGYE. 'A Cat in the Window,' signed and inscribed, first edition, unclipped dj, toning and spotting, Michael Joseph, 1962; 'Cottage on a Cliff,' signed, first edition, clipped dj, Michael Joseph, 1972; 'The Cherry Tree,' signed, first edition, unclipped dj, 1986; 'Jeannie,' signed and inscribed, unclipped dj, Michael Joseph, 1988; 'The Evening Gull,' signed, first edition, unclipped dj, Michael Joseph, 1990; plus two unsigned first editions. (7)
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 'The Excursion, Being a Portion of The Recluse, a Poem,' second edition, rebacked loose from textblock, Longman et al, London, 1820; W. M. THACKERY. 'The History of Henry Esmond,' first edition, three vols, boards and spine loose, good clean textblock, Smith, Elder, & Co, London, 1852; JAMES MONTGOMERY. 'The Poetical Works of....,' four vols, original cloth, engraved frontis, Longman et al, London, 1841; With eight other works. (16)
LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K By JM Coetzee (1983) Secker and Warburg. First edition (Booker Prize winner). Together with DISGRACE By JM Coetzee (1999) Secker and Warburg. First edition. Together with YOUTH By JM Coetzee (2002) First edition. Together with SLOW MAN By JM Coetzee (2005) Secker and Warburg First edition. All in protective wrappers. (4)
THE HISTORY MAN By Malcolm Bradbury (1975). First edition. Together with RATES OF EXCHANGE (1983) First edition. Together with DOCTOR CRIMINALE (1992) First edition. Spine sun faded. All by Malcolm Bradbury. Published by Secker and Warburg and in protective wrappers. Together with NO, NOT BLOOMSBURY By Malcolm Bradbury(1987) Andre Deutsch. First edition Fep missing. Not price clipped (4)
GEORGE ORWELL. 'The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius,' first edition, original cloth, Searchlight Books, Secker & Warburg, London, 1941; 'Nineteen Eighty-Four,' first edition, original green cloth, sun bleached cloth, Secker & Warburg, London, 1949; 'Burmese Days. A Novel,' reprint, original cloth, unclipped dj, Secker and Warburg, 1949. (3)
ALDOUS HUXLEY. 'A Brave New World,' first edition, original cloth, slightly rubbed to top of spines, slight bleaching to spine edge of boards, small amount of spotting to front papers including title page and edge of textblock, Chatto and Windus, 1932; 'Proper Studies,' first edition, original cloth, small of spotting, Chatto and Windus, 1827; Plus a reprint of 'Brave New World Revisited. (3)
JOHN WYNDHAM. 'The Day of the Triffids,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj with 'Daily Graphic Book find of the Month' warp around, chip to spine of wrap around, slight spotting to top of textblock, vg, Michael Joseph, London, 1951; 'The Kraken Wakes,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, spotting to endpapers and edge of textblock, original purchase receipt, Michael Joseph, 1953; 'The Chrysalids,' first edition, original cloth, lacks dj, Michael Josephs, 1955; 'The Seeds of Time,' first edition, original cloth, spotting to endpapers, Michael Joseph, 1956; 'The Midwich Cuckoos,' first edition, original cloth, spotting to endpapers, Michael Joseph, 1957; 'Trouble With Lichen,' third imprint, original cloth, unclipped dj, ex libris with stamps etc, Michael Joseph, 1960. (6)Day of the Triffids, DJ with foxing tiny nibbles to spine panel DJ wrapped with glassine. tear and loss to Daily Graphic paper border graphite number inscription on endpaper.
W. H. AUDEN. 'The Complete Works of....,' vol III, first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, un clipped dj, Faber and Faber, 2008; JOHN UNTERECKER. 'Voyager: A Life of Hart Crane,' unclipped dj, original cloth, Anthony Blond, 1970; DYLAN THOMAS. 'Collected Poems 1934-1953,' revised edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, J. M. Dent, 1996; With eight other books. (11)
EDMUND DULAC Illustrations. 'Stories from The Arabian Nights,' original cloth with gilt decorations, loss of spine panel to unclipped dj, spotting throughout, twenty tipped in colour illustrations, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots, London, n.d; CECIL BEATON. 'The Book of Beauty,' first edition, staining to original cloth, tide mark to edge of colour frontis, spotting throughout, three leaves rebound, Duckworth, 1930.
ANTHONY POWELL. 'A Question of Upbringing,' first edition, original cloth, spotting to edge of textblock, William Heinemann, London, 1951; 'The Acceptance World,' first edition, original cloth, rubbed label, unclipped dj, tear and nibbles, some staining, William Heinemann, London, 1955; 'Casanova's Chinese Restaurant,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, heavy spotting to edge of textblock, William Heinemann, 1960; With six other first edition Powells's in various conditions, plus one other. (10)A question of upbringing is in an F/G condition some shelf wear losses to DJ unclipped, library stamp, light foxing, Hearing Secret Harmonies G/VG partial ex libary ink stamp and removal of pasted library insert DJ unclipped, Hearing Secret Harmonies VG DJ in glassine unclipped slight foxing to text block edge, Books do Furnish a Room G tear to DJ on top of spine glassine degraded at spine foxing to text block edge, The Military Philosophers, G shelf wear small losses to DJ at head and foot four library ink stamps heavy stain to text block edge that bleeds onto several pages unclipped, Temporary Kings G slight discolouration to DJ spine graphite inscription partial and full library ink stamp unclipped, the Kindly Ones F glassine type cover to DJ tear at DJ spine tear to pastedown hinge library ink stamp foxing to text block edge Unclipped, the Acceptance World F/G pg 196ink correction to the text DJ shelf wear unclippedCasanovas Chinese Restaurant G shelf wear unclipped foxing to text block edge glassine degraded at edge,A Question of Upbringing lacking DJ text block bumped at foot foxing on text block edge.
D. H. LAWRENCE. 'Pornography and So On,' first Faber edition, original cloth, Faber and Faber, London, 1936; BRIAN W. ALDISS. 'The Brightfount Diaries,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Faber and Faber, 1955; PAUL SCOTT. 'The Birds of Paradise,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1962; With twelve other books. (15)
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE. 'A Song of Itlay,' first edition, original blue cloth, eight page press opinions to the front, advertisements to the rear, John Camden Hotten, 1867; COVENTRY PATMORE. 'The Angel in the House,' first edition, two vols, original green cloth, MacMillan and Co, 1863; MATTHEW ARNOLD. 'Poems,' second series, original cloth, 1855; 'New Poems,' first edition, original cloth, MacMillan and Co, 1867; 'Essays in Criticism,' first edition, original cloth, MacMilan and Co, 1865; With five other books. (11)
ARTHUR RACKHAM Illustrations. 'The Springtide of Life,' first edition, bubbling to original cloth, William Heinemann, London, 1918; 'The Romance of King Arthur,' first edition, original coth, bumped and rubbed, MacMillan and Co, London, 1917; 'A Dish of Apples,' original cloth, cloth panel to spine loose, colour illustrations pasted in, Hodder & Stoughton, London; With two other reprint Rackham's and seven other works including Walter Crane, Harry Clarke, Maxfield Parrish. (12)
CHARLES DICKENS. 'A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas,' first edition, second impression, yellow endpapers, title page printed in red and blue, Stave One on p1, original cloth, eight illustrations three of which are plates, advertisements, Chapman & Hall, 1843.There are four plates, one of which is the frontispiece. 'The Last of the Spirits' opposite p150 is present. There is a small amount of spotting to each plate and the opposing leave. Plate 'Scrooges third Visitor' is loose from the binding.
CHARLES DICKENS. 'The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In,' vignette titlepage, original cloth, chip to top of spine, contemporary ink inscription to endpaper, gilt edge to textblock, Bradbury and Evans for Chapman and Hall, 1845; 'The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home,' original cloth, rubbed slight chipping to end of spine panel, illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title, advertisements, Bradbury and Evans for the Author, 1846; 'The Battle of Life. A Love Story,' first edition, second issue, original cloth, chips to spine panel, Bradbury and Evans, 1846; 'The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time,' original cloth, chips to ends of spine, advertisements, Bradbury and Evans, 1848; With another first 'The Battle of Life'. (5)All of the cloth spine panels will need some attention, with chips and rubbed ends. 'The battle of Life' front board is dull with the rest of the works being bright and crisp. The texblocks are generally in vg condition with a slight amount of toning and very little spotting.
CHARLES DICKENS. 'Dealings with the Firm Dombey and Sons, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation,' first edition in book form, rebound half leather (uniform), tight clean textblock with timing to 38 illustrations by H. K. Browne, Bradby and Evens, London, 1848; 'The Personal History of David Copperfield,' first edition in book form, rebound half leather (uniform), tight clean textblock, spotting to 38 engravings by H. K. Browne including half title and frontis, Bradby and Evens, London, 1850; 'Little Dorrit,' first edition in book form, rebound half leather (uniform), capital 'W' in 'when' page 197, no end quotes for those preceding 'very' page 200, 39 illustrations by H. K. Browne including half title and frontis, clean and tight text block with some toning and spotting to illustrations Bradby and Evens, London, 1857; (3)
ANTHONY TROLLOPE. 'Orley Farm,' first edition, two volumes, original red cloth with embossing, rebacked, loose frontis, sporadic toning and spotting throughout, Chapman and Hall, London, 1862; 'Can You Forgive Her?' first book edition, two volumes, contemporary rebound in half green leather, with marbled boards and red morocco labels, frontis, some toning and spotting, Chapman and Hall, London, 1865; 'The Way We Live Now,' first book edition, two vols, contemporary rebound in half green leather, with marbled boards and red morocco labels, sun bleaching to spine, sporadic spotting, Chapman and Hall, 1875; 'The Last Chronicle of Barset,' first book edition, two volumes, original cloth with gilt embossed decorations, rebacked, toning to edge of texblock, Smith, Elder and Co, London, 1867; With six early other works (seven books) by Trollope. (15)
JOSEPH CONRAD. 'The Arrow of Gold. A Story Between Two Notes,' first edition, original cloth, spotting to edge of textblock and title page, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1919; 'The Rescue,' first edition, original clot, cracked joints and slight loosening of textblock, J. M. Dent and Sons, 1920; 'The Rover,' first edition, original cloth, spotting throughout, T. Fisher Unwin, 1923; With eleven other early editions by or about Conrad. (14)
JOHN HANNING SPEKE. 'Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile,' first edition, original cloth with pictorial gilt tribesman to front board, bound by Edmonds & Remnants (ticket to rear pastedown), slight rubbing to boards, cracking to joints, 25 plates, 46 illustrations in the text, 2 maps of which one is in rear pocket, frontispiece engraving, William Blackwood & Sons, London, 1863.
H. G. WELLS. 'In the Days of the Comet,' first edition, fine original cloth, advertisements, light spotting to edge of textblock, MacMillan and Co, 1906; 'The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman,' first edition, original green cloth, Macmillan and Co, 1914; 'Men Like Gods,' first edition, original green cloth, some water damage to cloth, Cassell and Company, London, 1923; With eight other works by Wells including two 'Penguin Specials'. (11)
Capt MARRYAT. 'The Pirate, and the Three Cutters,' first edition, full leather, frontis and title page engraving, spotting to illustrations throughout, leaf 87-90 loose, ex libris label, Longman, Rees et al London, 1836; 'Poor Jack,' first edition, half black leather, chips and rubbed, gilt tooled clippers in compartmentalized sections of spine, Longman et al, London, 1840. (2)
BINDINGS. 'Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative,' edited by Miss Jane Porter, three vols, Longman, Rees et al, London, 1831; D Junii Juvenalis et Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae,' full calf rebacked, ex libris label for John Bennet of Bodmin, J. Nicholson et al, London, 1715; WILLIAM HAZLITT. 'Lectures on The English Poets,' full leather with gilt decorations to spine, Taylor and Hessey, London, 1818; 'Lectures on the English Comic Writers,' full leather with gilt decorations to spine, Taylor and Hessey, London, 1819; Mrs TROLLOPE. 'Jessie Phillips. A Tale of the Present Day,' half green leather with marbled boards, frontis engraving, spotting throughout, Henry Colburn, 1844; Sir WALTER SCOTT. 'Paul's Letters to His Kinsfolk,' first edition, half leather, chipped and rubbed, cracked joints, Longman et al, Edinburgh, 1816; 'Chronicles of The Canongate,' second series, three volumes, rebound, Cadell and Co, Edinburgh, 1828; With eighteen other works including 'Tales of my Landlord,' (1818 and 1832), 'AHistory of Sandford an Merton,' (1801). (32)
EDWARD WHYMPER. 'The Ascent of The Matterhorn,' first edition, original cloth with gilt tooled Matterhorn to front board, maps and illustrations, John Murry, London, 1880; W. A. B. COOLIDGE. 'Alpine Studies,' first edition, original cloth, 16 plates, Longmans, Green and Co, 1912; EDWARD WHYMPER. 'Scrambles Amongst the Alps,' sixth edition, original cloth, embossed library stamp to title page and proceeding leaves, John Murray, Lond, 1936; FREDERICK BURLINGHAM. How to Become an Alpinist,' original cloth, spotting throughout, T. Werner Laurie, n.d; WILFRID NOYCE. 'first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj with chips, William Heineman Ltd, 1954. (5)
RUDYARD KIPLING. 'The Naulahka: A Story of West and East,' first edition, original orange cloth, owners ink signature to title page, William Heinemann, 1892; 'Departmental Ditties and Other Verses,' original red cloth with gilt embossed letters to front board, Thacker, Spink, and Co, Calcutta, 1890; 'The Seven Seas,' second edition, original cloth, bleached spine, Methuen and Co, 1896; 'The Five Nations,' original cloth, bleached spine, Methuen and Co, 1903; with seventeen other works by Kipling. (21)
H. RIDER HAGGARD. 'Colonel Quaritch,' first edition, three vols, original cloth, rubbed with some staining, toning to edges of leaves, Longmans, Green and Co, 1888; 'King Soloman's Mines,' thirty-seventh thousand, original cloth, staining tho front board, Cassell & Company, 1887; With twelve other works by Haggard. (17)
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. 'Kidnapped. Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751,' original green cloth, rubbed and bumped, fold out map for frontis, Cassell & Company, 1886; 'the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,' original maroon cloth, spotting throughout, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1896; 'The Wrong Box,' first edition, staining to original cloth, toning to leaves, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1889; With six other works by Stevenson. (9)Kidnapped- 1887 5G 7.88The Wrong Box- 1889- Vailima Letters- second edition- 1895- St Ives- second edition- 1898Weir of Hermiston- 1896- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde- 1896- Kidnapped- 1886- 5G- 7.86The Black Arrow- 1888- 5G. 7.88Island Nights Entertainments- 1893- 7 G-3.93
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. 'Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero,' first edition, fine tree calf binding, rebacked, steel and wood engravings by author, paper yellow wrap (no. 7) bound in, Bradbury and Evans, London, 1848; 'The History of Pendennis,' first edition, two volumes, rebound, lacking frontis, Bradbury and Evans, 1849-1850; 'The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century,' first edition, two vols, contemporary half leather binding by E. Paul of Southampton, engraved frontis and titlepage, Bradby and Evans, 1858-1859. (5)
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