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London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1879. First edition. [vi], 287pp. Front blank inscribed 'To Mrs George Workman / with the Author's kind regards / Dunraven / Belfast / 17 Jan 1879'. Pages clean and bright, with some minimal foxing to a few pages, and a small and shallow faint stain to the edges towards the beginning of the book. With the original ash brown endpapers. In the original binding of royal blue grained cloth over bevelled boards, ruled in black, and titled and illustrated in gilt: bright, with very little discoloration or soiling. With small professional refurbishments to the inner joints and covers: a very nice copy. Very Good.

Price: £280.00

London: Siegle, Hill & Co., engraved and printed by André & Sleigh Ltd, n.d. [1910]. First edition thus. No.453 of a Limited Edition of 550 copies, signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. [blank], [6] prelims, 8 preface, [36] the quatrains, [18] about Omar Khayyam (numbered 1-16, starting verso), [22] notes. Reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Interspersing the 92 pages printed on handmade paper are 12 colour pages on coated paper, printed one side only, with illustrations by E. Geddes, ornate and romantic, some bearing more of the quatrains. Contents very bright, clean and firm (though with tiny marks to borders of two pages). Decorative endpapers. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 345 x 250mm, in the original full vellum gilt, with green morocco label to the spine, bright, sharp and clean. One of the most splendid productions of the era, and a beautiful copy. Near Fine.
[EXTRA Heavy Item]

Price: £780.00

Methuen, London, 1928. First Edition. x, (ii), 191pp + 8 adverts. Prefatory note signed by author, dated 1942 (or 1972?); he served with the 12th Royal Scots in the 9th Division. Contents clean and tight. In original binding of pale buff cloth ruled and lettered in navy. Cloth slightly mottled and with a small stain and an indentation at the spine, but otherwise very clean. Boards slightly bowed. In protected orange dust wrapper: half the width of the lower part of its spine is missing, and there is a stain to the upper part. Flaps and front and back panels are clean and complete but for a few very small edge chips. Several repairs to reverse surface with archival tape. VG / G+

Price: £95.00

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1930. No. 526 of the Limited Edition of 750 of the English issue. 175pp, with the 12 tipped-in plates, and with the additional engraving signed by Pogany, with a loose guard, as well as the signed limitation page. Title page printed in brown on ochre. Small prints are set into the decorations heading the text on many pages. Pogany set out to make the illustrations for this edition more sensual and 'modern' than his previous series done for the Rubaiyat. There is some light foxing, affecting chiefly some of the earlier pages, although not the engraving. Each plate is mounted on tinted paper which is in turn mounted on the page, and the bottom inner corner of some of these mounts has a small crease, where it has caught the facing page when being closed. The plates themselves are all fine. Quarto, top edge gilt, others edges uncut, in the original binding of green crushed morocco, with a floral decoration to the front in red, brown and black on gilt in a small roundel, the spine titled and dated in gilt, with four raised bands. Some spotting and discolouration to the green, but otherwise firm and clean. A rather lovely book. Very Good+.

Price: £350.00

London: Epworth Press, 1937. Second Impression. 166pp, with a frontis portrait. Front free endpaper signed diagonally 'C. Ensor Walters'. A little faint soiling to this endpaper, contents otherwise clean. In the original binding of red cloth, ruled and titled in black: bright and sharp, with slight puckering to spine ends. In the protected unclipped portrait dust jacket. Front panel good with a small chip at the corner, spine good with head scuffed and heavy scuffing to joints - the lower joint partly scuffed through. [The Bernard Shaw connection - he sat with Walters for some years on the St Pancras Vestry and, later, on the new Borough Council.] Very Good+ in G dust-jacket.

Price: £45.00

London: Andrew Dakers Ltd, n.d. [1941]. Revised edition. 111pp. Front free endpaper inscribed in spidery writing 'To Gran,/ with every good wish/ from the author/ John Middleton Murry/ Xmas 1945.' This is followed by a later gift inscription in biro. A little foxing to the endpapers and final text page, contents otherwise clean. 8vo, in the original blue paper covers with a printed paper label to the front: blue fading at spine and edges, and a small ink mark to the back. Good firm copy. Very Good.

Price: £32.00

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. First edition. 190pp +(2)adverts. Front free endpaper signed by author. Contents clean and unmarked, though closed edges foxed, spots encroaching slightly on page edges. In the original binding of red cloth, titled in black, very clean and bright, with knock to top front corner. In the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket, bright and clean, with a thin score mark down the front and light scuffs to edges. Scarce in jacket. Very Good in VG dust-jacket.

Price: £35.00

London: W. H. Allen, 1974. First edition. 190pp. With a rambling signed gift inscription from the author on the front free endpaper, as well as his signature 'Thom' to the title page. Contents otherwise clean. In the original bright yellow cloth-textured binding titled in red, clean, bright and firm, with very slight blunting to spine ends. In the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket: bright and clean, with some fading to the red title on the spine, and top edge slightly knocked. Very Good+ in very good dust-jacket.

Price: £25.00

London: Bloomsbury, 1992. First edition. [iv], 220pp. Very fresh, unread copy, with author's note on title page thanking the recipient, and signed 'love, Stephen'. In the original blue cloth-textured binding titled in gilt, clean, bright and firm. In the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket, very bright and fresh. Lovely copy. Near Fine in near fine dust-jacket.

Price: £30.00

Pasig City, Phillipines: Anvil Publishing, and Voluntary Service Overseas, UK (VSO), 2003. First edition. xii, (ii), 510, [2]: illustrations, mostly in colour, throughout. Title page signed by author in pencil. Very fresh clean unmarked copy. Quarto, with glossy pages, in the original binding of pictorial laminated boards, firm, square, sharp and bright: like new. Fine.
[Heavy Item]

Price: £75.00