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Second edition of this important historical work by Joseph Kingsmill, the chaplain of Pentonville Prison, London. In good condition. Publisher’s cloth binding decoratively embossed to front and rear, age toned to spine and edges, bumped to corners. Front endpapers clean, rear endpapers contain pencil written numerical annotation to top edge. Front… Read more…

A scarce copy of this perfect little pocket book in very good condition. Green cloth boards incorporating embossed decoration very modestly worn. Titled and embossed in gilt to near perfect spine panel. Endpapers and flyleaves clean and crisp. Title page in excellent condition. A bound in publisher’s ticket reads ‘As there is no authentic portrait… Read more…

First deluxe edition. In good condition. Now We Are Six was printed in an edition of 50,000 copies of which 5,000 were bound in leather by the Ship Binding Company and 1,500 of those bound and published in this special blue deluxe sheep binding. A charming book which has been looked after and read. Boards and spine lettered and decorated in gilt wi… Read more…

In very good condition, 16 mo, in very appealing tree calf binding modestly worn to corners. Beautifully decorated in gilt to spine panel which is a little chipped to the top. Endpapers and flyleaves clean and unmarked, very lightly spotted. Full page frontispiece and illustrated title page a little water stained to fore edges and spotted. With ‘Me… Read more…

In good condition. Written in welsh. Red cloth boards. Illustrated and titled to front and spine. Slight spine slant but text block in good condition. End papers clean front and rear. Handwritten ownership inscription in black ink to free end paper reads “Ceridwen Cain”. “Nadolig 1919”. Full page illustration on frontis piece. Decorative capitals a… Read more…

A collection of 16 short stories by Frank Norris with an introduction by William Henry Irwin, published posthumously in 1909 depicting life in San Francisco, California before the 1906 earthquake and especially the ‘terrible conditions’ in Chinatown. John Lane: London, 1909. In good condition. Deep blue boards blind ruled and titled in gilt to fron… Read more…

An essential compilation of short stories by Edith Wharton, one of the most celebrated novelists in the English language. First appearing in fashionable publications including Scribner's, Cosmopolitan and Collier's Weekly her stories exposed the excesses and hypocrisies of refined society while replete with passion, sexual politics, and the rumblin… Read more…

A charming little book intended to serve 3 purposes – provide a daily text, be a book of autographs and a record of birthdays of friends. Owned by an Italian named Amina Puccini, resident of Adelaide, Southern Australia circa 1870 and used liberally to record the names and birthdays of family and friends, the majority from within the Italian commun… Read more…

Scarce First edition with six original b/w full page illustrations in very good condition. A tale of the slums written in words of one syllable only and dedicated to the ragged school teachers of Manchester and Salford. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Hardbacked paper covered boards in good condition incorporating embossed decoration front and rear, titled i… Read more…

Scarce, beautifully printed work on lettering and writing from the 1920s bound in attractive lettered (of course) paper covered boards with a buckram spine. Bumping to corners and mild edgewear. Several examples of decorative writing laid down on the front pastedown, above a ‘Foyles’ bookshop sticker. Coloured frontispiece from the Curwen Press. Fu… Read more…

Following the formation of the Bradford Council of Social Service in 1921, a survey of the provision made for the various social needs of the city was made and published under this title with a foreword by the Rt Hon JH Whitley, Speaker of the House of Commons. Sections on the History of Bradford, Childbirth and Infancy, Adolescence, Provision for… Read more…

Georges Bataille the philosopher, art historian and literary critic was also the author of some of France’s most famous forbidden books. Ma mere/My Mother was the first of his novels to appear in Britain. First UK edition in very good + condition. Unclipped dust jacket in excellent condition protected in removable, transparent wrapper. Jacket desig… Read more…

Pleasingly bound in its original publisher’s decorative cloth, an 1825 ‘New Edition’ guide to the university city of Oxford providing a description principally designed for strangers and containing a description of the colleges, halls, public buildings, churches &c, a chronological table of the university and city, an account of the government, exa… Read more…

A 3 page hand written letter penned by the American writer, political activist and saloniste Susan Mary Alsop who writes to Scottish writer and journalist Iain Finlayson in November 1978 in a snatched moment during a busy tour to promote the publication of her latest publication, ‘Lady Sackville: A Biography’. The letter is full of warmth. ‘Thank y… Read more…

Signed copy of J G Ballard’s passionate part autobiographical, part novel portrait of the post war world. In very good plus condition. Hardcover red boards pristine, a little spine lean. Original price-clipped dust jacket like new, protected by neat and removable transparent wrapper. Endpapers crisp and clean. Author’s inscription to title page rea… Read more…

Third edition of this 18th century conduct book which provides a valuable insight into the conventions surrounding the behaviour and the expectations of women at that time. The volume contains 4 of the most popular and influential moralising stories of the day including ‘Dr. Gregory's Father's Legacy to His Daughters’, ‘Lady Pennington's Unfortunat… Read more…

pp 288 Near fine first edition in near fine jacket of Thompson's full length novel of India. Not price clipped; bright jacket over black boards. Foxing to the book edges the only minor blemish. A very nice copy. Read more…

Very good first edition of Clewes' first novel set in Wales inscribed to the author's literary agent: 'To Julian from Howard 18.1.38' A very good copy in good jacket, not price-clipped, split along the hinge between front panel and spine. A pit-head design to the dustjacket by the artist Mortimer'. The book was acquired from a distinguished collect… Read more…

First British edition: red cloth, inscribed by the author on the first endpaper: 'To Joyce and Peter with best wishes from the Author James Turner. 26th June 1961.' Very good copy, stain along the top of the first blank and visible on the verso of the jacket. A fascinating novel in its Cameron Poulter dustjacket. Read more…

An excellent first edition, near fine in near fine jacket - particularly brights and unblemished. Read more…

First Edition of Showell Styles' account of HMS Vencejo's last cruise. (Vincey Joe to her crew). The book is fine internally in fresh blue boards, just a little foxing to top edge. The dustjacket is fine with its dynamic design by Charles Mozley. Read more…

First edition in orange boards. Top edge slightly dusty, back board lightly stained. Internally very clean. Dust jacket good, 6cm tear to soiled rear panel. Small chips and nicks to edges. The intriguing plot concerns a piano marathon in a 1930's holiday camp! Read more…

First edition in red cloth. Near very good copy, some foxing to edges, foot of spine discoloured. In fair jacket, not price-clipped. Chips to head of spine, large chip to foot. Creases and closed tear across front panel with some loss. Read more…

pp286 Very good first edition in a good plus jacket. In fresh burgundy boards, the edges and preliminaries are lightly foxed, the binding is tight and the pages clean with no inscriptions. In a striking dust jacket featuring a monocled gentleman sporting daisies on his top hat. The white panels are soiled and the spine sunned with a couple of chips… Read more…

Early edition of Pope’s Dunciad in contemporary calf with faded gilt lines to the spine and blind panelling to the boards; red speckled edges to text block. Bookplate of ‘Thomas Lediard’ to the front pastedown (1685-1743, diplomat, stage designer and latterly Agent and Surveyor of Westminster Bridge, resident in Smith Square). Cracking to paper ove… Read more…