London: Cassell, 1916. First edition. hardcover. [vi], 433pp. Wells' masterpiece of the wartime experience in south eastern England (to quote Wikipedia). A very nice copy with no soiling. There is foxing to the closed edges of the text block, some spots encroaching a few mm onto the page edges. There..... More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968. Third impression. Hardcover. 184pp. Pages and endpapers all very clean and unmarked - appears never to have been read. In the original carmine cloth-textured binding, spine titled silver. Very bright, corners sharp, slight blunting to spine ends. In the unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Jeffery Lies..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2009. First Folio Society printing. Hardcover. xvi, 225pp, with a frontis and five other illustrations by Sam Weber. Extremely fresh unread and unmarked copy. In the bright red and black (and silver) illustrated cloth: all bright and sharp, as new. In its equally pristine black slip-case..... More
London: Cape, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 255pp. Contents very fresh and unmarked, may be unread. In the original black cloth-textured binding, spine titled gilt, very bright and fresh, corners and spine ends sharp, all like new, though with some light foxing to the closed top edge, and a small spot..... More
London: Bodley Head, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 269pp: pages clean and unmarked: ownership name to front free endpaper. In the original binding of brown cloth-textured boards, spine titled in silver: corners and spine ends sharp. However, a 7mm strip along the bottom edge of the binding is sunned, and there's..... More
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: 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
