![Thunder on the Right. [Uniform Edition]. Mary Stewart](/pictures/thumb/19671060.jpg?v=1634748726)
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1967. Third impression. Hardcover. Pages clean and unmarked: foxing to closed fore-edge visible at page edges. In the original binding of blue boards and black spine titled gilt; firm and clean, corners good. In the protected unclipped mustard dust jacket: slightly faded, with small scuffs to..... More
Somerville, Mass., USA: Candlewick Press, 2017. First edition, with complete number line. Hardcover. 312pp. As new, unread copy, unmarked. In the publisher's black paper-covered boards, spine titled green. Corners sharp, spine ends slightly blunted. In the protected unclipped (unpriced) pictorial dust jacket: unmarked and crisp, with a minuscule pucker to..... More
![Evasion. [Les Faux-Fuyants]. Francoise Sagan, Elfreda Powell](/pictures/thumb/19931040.jpg?v=1632676039)
Sutton, Surrey: Severn House Publishers, by arrangement with Alison & Busby, 1993. First English language edition. Hardcover. [vi], 201pp. Contents very clean, with some yellowing to page borders. In the original cloth-textured binding, spine titled in gilt, clean, firm and bright, corners sharp. In the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket..... More
London: Secker and Warburg, 1972. First UK edition. Hardcover. 218pp. Text pages clean with one or two small marks noted - singe mark to p.37 and small 'x' to p.13. Front free endpaper removed. Library marks to title page, and 'withdrawn from library' stamps to both half title and rear..... More
London: Blackie & Son, n.d. First or early edition. Hardcover. 224pp, with five colour plates, including the frontis. Plates and pages clean and unmarked. Front free endpaper neatly removed, gutter made good. Some foxing to half title, and rear free endpaper tanned. c.19.5x14cms, in the original quarter binding of grey..... More
Cambridge: The Oleander Press, 2009. Paperback. [viii], 131pp, [ii]. Unread copy, pages fresh like new. Gray was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, which provides the settings for these supernatural stories, which were first published by Heffer in 1919. c.22x14cms, in the original pictorial grey card covers, clean and square like..... More
Oxford University Press, 1986. First Oxford edition. Paperback. viii, 619pp, [ii]. A mighty paperback edition of the book first published in German as Hotel Shanghai in 1939: this is the first edition to include Lethbridge's Introduction. Pages clean and unmarked, though tanned. Large format, c.19.5x12.5cms. The pictorial covers have been..... More
Dublin: M.H.Gill and Son, 1887. First edition. Hardcover. [iii]-xiv, 722. Fiction, set in the late 18th century, preceded by an historical Introduction to set the scene. Contents clean and firm, with faint toning to edges. No half-title, new endpapers, top edge tinted. c.19x12cms, recently rebacked, with the original firm but..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. [iv], 266pp. Pages clean and unmarked, with tanning from the edges. 'For style without affectation, ruthlessness without the usual mindlessness, Lyall is likely to be your man.' (The Observer). In the original black cloth-textured binding titled in gilt, clean, firm and bright..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1946. First English edition. Hardcover. [iv], 3-104. Pages and endpapers clean and unmarked. Closed top edge slightly toned and foxed. 19x12.5cms, in the original binding of grey-green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Clean, corners good, slightly sunned to the top edge and where the lower panel of..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [1926]. Reprint. Hardcover. 320pp. Contents very clean and unmarked, toning to pages and closed edges. In the original red binding, decorated in blind, spine titled in black, very fresh, bright, and square: top edge of spine sunned. In the protected yellow pictorial jacket, bright and..... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, [1918]. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated [58pp]: 25 openings with a humorous verse to the left and its illustration recto; the prelims consist of illustrated openings for the half title, title, Index, and Introduction. The tone of the humour is somewhat mocking of the "Girls'..... More
London: Sampson, Low, Marston, n.d. [c.1910?]. New and cheaper edition. Hardcover. (iii)-vi, [ii], 262pp, with colour frontis and 8 plates in black and white. Contents very fresh and unmarked, with some tanning to the endpapers: 2 or 3 pages have one or two small and isolated foxing spots. In the..... More
London: Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books, 2011. First English edition (complete number line). Hardcover. xiii, 306pp. Unread copy. First published as La Peur in 1930, the novel graphically describes the terrible experiences of soldiers during the first world war. It was regarded as seditious, and was unavailable for..... More
New York: Spiral Press, for the Limited Editions Club, 1957. First thus. #792 of 1500 copies. Hardcover. xv, [ii], 333, [i] limitation page. Printing spacious, pages fresh and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to pastedown. Large format, 25x16.2cms, in the original two-tone cloth binding - buff spine, blue-green boards: upper board..... More
![The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Complete in 5 vols. [ie: ten 'volumes', bound in five books]. Edgar...](/pictures/thumb/19140110.jpg?v=1609271495)
London: Jarrold & Sons, n.d. [1914]. [Presumed only printing of this edition.]. Hardcover. A very handsome set, looks 100 years younger than it actually is. Greenough's 1914 Introduction is followed by Maria Clemm's Preface to the 1849 edition; then there are James Russell Lowell's notice of Poe's Life and Works..... More
London: Everyman, J.M.Dent & Sons. 1919. Reprints. Hardcover. xiv, 240, xiv, 237, xiv, 230pp, each with 50 full-page illustrations. Printed on firm paper, and apparently unread, all three books are internally in very fresh and firm unmarked condition. Top edges tinted blue. In the blue cloth of the 'For Young..... More
London: Grant Richards, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. viii, 414. Early ownership name to pastedown. New front free endpaper. Title page tanned, and some wear to edges of prelim pages. Text pages have some soiling and minor stains, with upper corners knocked, and slightly cockled. Firm, in the original binding of..... More
London: Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, 1898. First English edition. Hardcover. xv, [i], 336pp, + the 64 plates (incl. frontis). Contents clean and bright, with the original bright decorative endpapers. Perhaps twenty-five pages have a little spotting, and there's more intrusive foxing to about twenty others, including the title and..... More
London: Constable, 1932. 'Popular Edition'. Hardcover. [ii], 310, [2] adverts. Contents clean, with a few foxing spots up to p.24, and some heavier foxing to the last 4 pages. 1934 ownership name to front pastedown, and early price in red to endpaper. Crime fiction, first published in 1930. In the..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. [x], 260pp. Contents fresh and unmarked. Closed edges appear slightly toned. In the original black cloth-textured binding titled in silver, clean, firm and bright, corners sharp. The protected unclipped pictorial jacket is crisp and bright, slightly faded to the spine, has a...... More
Hassocks: John Spiers, The Harvester Press, 1978. First UK edition of this translation. Hardcover. xxvii, [i], 356pp. Contents clean and unmarked, with map endpapers. Laid in are reviews by Anthony Burgess and Clarence Brown welcoming this translation, and comparing the novel to Joyce's Ulysses, while the puff on the jacket..... More
[Leiston]: completelynovel.com / self published, 2009. First edition. Paperback. 293pp. Paperback in as new condition, with faint crease to edge of front cover. 21.5x13.7cms, in glossy pictorial covers. Tanner has experience of the East, and this book appears well-researched. Scarce title. More
London: Hutchinson, n.d. [1944]. First edition. Hardcover. 224pp. Very clean fresh copy, with a neat 1944 gift inscription to the front free endpaper. In the original binding of black cloth titled in gilt, clean and bright, corners sharp: 2mm rubbed at foot of spine. In the protected unclipped dust jacket..... More
![Judy [Girls' comic] 'Picture-stories, plus features for girls': 12 odd issues: numbers 406, 413,...](/pictures/thumb/19683020.jpg?v=1592358666)
London: D.C. Thomson & Co., 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970. Comic. 32pp each, 12 x 8.5 ins. Collection carefully looked after, kept flat, and clean inside, but with some browning or foxing to front covers. Very little fraying and few bent corners. Puzzles not done. One story coloured in neatly to..... More
