London.
George Newnes, [1928].
First edition.
8vo.
251pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and marked, spotting to edges. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 24750
London.
George Newnes, [1924].
First edition.
8vo.
250pp, [2]. With two final pages of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned, spotting to edges. Early inked gift inscription to FEP, light scattered foxing. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 24753
London.
Adam and Charles Black, 1904.
First edition.
Quarto.
[8], 105pp, [3]. Without the (rarely seen) dustwrapper. With a colour frontispiece and a further 15 colour plates. Original publisher's pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Scattered foxing. Presentation copy from the illustrator Philip Dadd, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Kathleen Debenham / from the artist'. With two letters in his hand loosely inserted, one with an original drawing, the ... More >
£ 1,500.00
Antiquates Ref. 24565
London.
John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1905.
First edition.
8vo.
111pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. Bookplate of William Barclay Squire to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: 'W. Barclay Squire, Esq. / with R. Garnett's / very best regards / November 1904.' More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 27858
London.
George Newnes, [1927].
First edition.
8vo.
261pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spotting to edges. Light scattered foxing. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 24749
London.
Printed for Private Circulation by Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to The Medici Society, 1919.
First edition.
Quarto.
Limited edition of 505 copies on handmade paper, of which this is number 165. 93pp, [3]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and five further photographic plates. Uncut in original publisher's cream buckram-backed light blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Endpapers browned, near contemporary inked gift inscription to FEP. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 29014
London.
George Newnes, [1929].
First cheap edition (not so stated).
8vo.
256pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spotting to edges. Endpapers and half-title browned. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 24751
London.
Smith, Elder, & Co., 1879.
First edition.
8vo.
xii, 387pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's green cloth, blocked in black, gilt, and blind. Extremities rubbed. Upper hinge exposed, bookplate to FEP, inked ownership inscription to recto of half-title, very occasional light spotting/chipping to margins. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 20807
London.
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816.
Third edition.
12mo.
12, x, [2], 132pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an initial publisher's advertisement catalogue. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, chipping to lettering-piece. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 27715
Karachi.
Oxford University Press, 1995.
First edition.
Quarto.
xxxiii, [1], 298pp. With 104 plates of colour photographs. Original publisher's cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, short closed tear to foot of dustwrapper spine panel. Ink library 'damaged' stamp to title page, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 23214
London.
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971.
First edition.
8vo.
[viii], 169pp. Original publisher’s plain brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Boards sharp, internally bright, fresh, and clean. Presentation inscription to Laurence Olivier from Shaw to the front free endpaper: 'To Larry, a small return for a great many evenings - Irwin'. More >
£ 130.00
Antiquates Ref. 31183
London.
Henry Frowde, 1906.
Quarto.
Unpaginated. Two calendar dates to a page with quotations opposite, both with red borders and fleur-de-lis decoration to corners. Finely bound in contemporary red half-morocco, vellum boards, stamped and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and discoloured, corner's bumped. Marbled endpaper, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, partially completed, two charmingly naive watercolour illustrations pasted in. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 23357
New York.
Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938.
First edition.
8vo.
xxii, 218pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Boards a little rubbed, spine faded. Contemporary bookplate of former British prime minister Clement Attlee to front pastedown; loosely inserted is the publisher's subscription postcard. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 31817
London.
James Ridgway, 1831.
First edition.
8vo.
25pp, [3]. With three terminal pages of publisher’s advertisements. Modern grey paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Stab-stitch holes to gutter margins, initial six leaves of text detached. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 30614
London.
Hearing Eye, 1996.
8vo.
[12pp] A5 staple-bound pamphlet, in the original peach card wraps lettered in black. Smoke damage to wraps, internally bright and clean. Inscribed ‘For John [struck through] For Olwyn’. With an additional poem ‘Sailor Ashore’ added within the text in blue ink, and repeated on a loosely inserted green record card. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed; the smoke damage is the result of ... More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 29575
Girard, Kansas.
Haldeman-Julius Publications, [1947].
8vo.
32pp. Original publisher's printed orange paper wrappers. Light rubbing and creasing to extremities. Leaves toned and spotted, occasional pencil markings to margins. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 16880
London.
Jarrolds Publishers Limited, [1945].
First edition.
8vo.
128pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the unclipped green dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, chipping to edges, losses to spine with some further marks. A note on the front free endpaper in Williamson’s hand: 'I rewrote a rather crude TSS for a newcomer, & I suppose about 60% of this is mine - but not the characters. I did dialogue & improved some ... More >
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref. 27240
London.
Smith and Elder, Fraser, Weale, Williams, and Reid, 1839.
Second edition.
8vo.
58pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's printed mauve wrappers. Rubbed and dulled, backstrip worn. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to upper wrapper: 'The Revd. Canon Conway / Rector / from the Author'. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 28825
London.
Adam and Charles Black, 1904.
Quarto.
Limited deluxe edition of 250 copies signed by the publisher, of which this is number 108. vii, 147pp, [1]. With 21 colour plates by John Fulleylove. Uncut in original publisher's decorated cream buckram, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 23310
Barnstaple.
Avery, Printer, [1817].
Dimensions 160 x 190 mm.
Single leaf broadside, edges uncut. Lightly creased and spotted, central vertical fold. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 21431