London: Chatto & Windus, The Hogarth Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 121pp, [4] publishers' ads. Text clean, no foxing, although the closed top edge of the text block is foxed. Upper half of front free endpaper has an irregular surface, as if a label had been removed: no other indications..... More
London: Calder & Boyars, 1966. First UK edition. Hardcover. 144pp. Inscriptions to front free endpaper. Contents clean and unmarked. In the original binding of grey boards, spine titled gilt: clean, corners good, foot of spine slightly puckered, small mark to lower joint where jacket split. In the protected unclipped red..... More
London: Jarrolds, [1923]. First edition. Hardcover. 229pp, with a glossary on the following page, and the publishers' ads facing on rear pastedown. Faded ownership name to front pastedown. The pages adjacent to the boards have some tanning and, but for small stains at pp35-37, all the rest of the pages..... More
London: Gollancz, 1965. 21st impression. Hardcover. 222pp. Pages very fresh and clean. Occasional small foxing spots within 1 or 2mm of the top edge of some pages, not visually encroaching. In the original blue cloth-textured binding, spine titled in gilt. Closed top edge of text block dulled and spotted. In..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1967. first edition. Hardcover. 191pp. Pages fresh and immaculate, no marks. In the original brown cloth-textured binding, spine titled silver on black. Firm, corners sharp, head of spine rounded, dark mark half way up spine, and three small spots to upper board. In the protected unclipped pictorial..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1967. Reprint (first published 1965). Hardcover. 204pp. Would be a reasonable, jacketed, ex-library copy of this rare title, but that it has suffered some localised abuse. The library marks to the front pastedown and the copyright page are few and light, although the number stamp shows..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. 222pp. Fine copy, clean, fresh and unmarked. Bookseller's miniature label to pastedown under jacket flap. In the original orange cloth, spine titled gilt: fresh, bright and sharp, without blemish. In the protected unclipped dust jacket. This has some minimal signs of handling..... More
London: Cape, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. 189pp. Contents clean and unmarked - but for a small faint stain to the inner margin at p154-5. In the original binding of dark pink textured boards, corners sharp; spine slightly faded, and with a pale edge at the foot, and a pale patch..... More
London: Gollancz, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 239pp. A book which has lived in a glass-fronted bookcase. Contents fresh and unmarked. Similarly the red cloth-textured binding, spine titled gilt: all bright, corners sharp, minimal blunting of spine ends. In the protected unclipped yellow dust jacket: slightly knocked to the top edge..... More
London: Nelson, 1936. First UK edition. Hardcover. [viii], 276pp. Contents fresh and clean like new. Faint tanning to endpapers, and with a gift inscription 'In memory of the best film you ever saw'. In the original binding of pale orange cloth, spine titled black: bright, corners good, spine extremities slightly..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins, [1931]. Fourteenth printing. Hardcover. 320pp. Contents clean and unmarked, with faint toning to pages. In the Jenkins orange cloth titled black, unmarked, bright and fresh, corners sharp, rear lower corner having a tiny indentation and, the foot of spine having been snagged, it is faintly puckered and..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins, [c.1931-32]. Thirteenth printing. Hardcover. 313, [6]ads. Contents startlingly fresh and clean, like new. In the orange cloth, titled black, very bright and fresh, corners sharp. Slight binding fault ridge towards fore-edge. In the unrestored protected pictorial dust jacket, whose large white areas show some light soiling, grey..... 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
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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
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
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
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: 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
[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
London: Gollancz, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. [iv], 284pp. Contents clean and unmarked. Front fly bears the 1952 ownership name of Mary Colquhoun in an assured hand. Closed fore-edge has a dark patch which doesnt impinge on the margins at all. In the original red cloth-textured binding, clean and bright, spine..... More
London: The Modern Publishing Company, n.d. [1930s]. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. 254pp, with endpaper and prelim advertisements. Pages clean, and age-tanned. In the original binding of red cloth-textured boards, bright and firm, slight fade to spine, head of spine slightly puckered, ad on back and spine title in black. Very..... More
London: Harvill Press, 1998. First printing of UK paperback edition. Paperback. [viii], 296pp, illustrated with photos in the text. Complete number line. Unmarked. An apparently unread copy, with an inch of sunning to the foot of the spine. Fine and square, with french flaps. More
London: Collins, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 252pp +[4] adverts. Contents clean and unmarked, with spotting to the closed edges, and a little to the first and last few pages. A thriller, and Parker's first novel. In the original binding of blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, clean and firm, rather..... More
Bognor Regis: New Horizon, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. The author's first book, on Pioneer Farming, 'was never published because the editors considered it contained too little sex. He vowed if he wrote another book it would consist of nothing but sex and this is the result.' 127pp. Contents very fresh..... More
