London: Printed for R. Edwards, 1792. Apparent second edition, preceded by an undated edition assigned the publication date [1785?] by ESTC. Octavo. [2], vii, [1], 178 pp. Lacking half title and final blank leaf. Recent blue paper wrappers. Wraps chipped and toned. Light toning and spotting to pages, but overall..... More
London: William Kelly, 1928. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's red printed card wrappers; 87pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear from handling, spine panel a bit toned, hinges starting, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the Modern Military History Series. OCLC locates just two copies as of June, 2024, one..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1935, 1939. First American Editions from the British sheets. Thick octavos; publisher’s cloth in printed dust jackets; Vol 1: 692pp, frontispiece, thirty-six (36) leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, hundred of text illus. throughout; Vol 2: 813pp. frontispiece, sixty-six (66) leaves of plates &..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1920. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in tan decorative dust jacket; viii,[2],233pp. Shallow chips and closed tears to jacket margins, none quite touching text, spine panel toned, endpapers foxed, else Very Good and sound.Collection of "essayettes" first published in Punch ranging in topic..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1930. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial Art Deco dust jacket; vii,[1],392,8pp. General shelf wear and some shallow chipping to jacket extremities, most notably at spine crown, jacket spine toned and lettering faded, spine cocked, light dust-soil, corners bumped, else a Very Good, still..... More
London: J. Drury, 1821. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's plum blind-embossed textured cloth, gilt-tooled spine label; [4],224pp. (lacking errata leaf); lithographed frontispiece, thirteen plates (collated complete). Cloth expertly rebacked with original spine laid down, margins a bit scuffed with exposure at corners, brief discoloration to rear cover, remnants only of 19th-century..... More
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); illustrated dust jacket with 12s 6d net price intact; boards in patterned gray cloth and black cloth spine with gilt lettering; 61pp. Jacket rubbed along edges with a small bump and crease at bottom rear, darkening to spine, and scattered foxing, with..... More
London: Collins, 1966. First UK Edition. Octavo; blue cloth boards stamped in silver foil on spine; decorative dust jacket with price intact; 224pp. Spine ends very lightly bumped, spine slightly cocked, textblock edges lightly dust soiled with some foxing to top edge and small surface scratches to fore and bottom..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1936. First US Edition. Octavo (20cm); yellow cloth boards with green stamping to front panel and spine, cream-colored endsheets; 306pp. Lacks dust jacket. Boards bumped soiled. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages toned. Ex-library copy from the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association Library with..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1936. First US Edition. Octavo (20cm); boards bound in blue wax cloth with black stamping to front panel and spine, blue topstain and decorative endsheets; 248pp. Boards bumped. Spine slightly cocked; binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages toned. Ex-library copy from the Maine..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942. First US Edition. Octavo (20cm); boards bound in blue wax cloth with dark blue stamping at front panel and spine; 234pp. Lacks dust jacket. Boards bumped; spine toned and slightly cocked. Binding remains sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages toned. Very Good or..... More
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1922. First Edition. Octavo; bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full brown morocco; five raised bands; ruled and lettered in gilt; all edges gilt; new marbled endpapers; 312pp. + [4]pp. advertisements including for "The Mysterious Affair at Styles." Lacks preliminary leaf listing author's work at..... More
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1929. First UK Edition, blue variant. Octavo (19cm); boards bound in blue wax cloth with black stamping at front panel and spine; 276pp. Boards bumped and scuffed; spine toned. Some staining to front panel. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages toned. Very..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1955. First US Edition. Octavo (21cm); boards bound in orange wax cloth with black stamping to front panel and spine; 212pp. Lacks dust jacket. Boards lightly bumped at spine ends; otherwise clean with sharp corners. Spine slightly cocked. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior..... More
Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Productions, 1988. First Edition. Signed. Quarto (27x22x0.5cm); 80pp. Ninety-four B&W reproductions of documentary photographs, maps, timetables, and railway ephemera. Photographic card wrappers.Card wrappers show some touches of shelfwear at edges and a bit of sunning near the card spine, which is uncracked. Textblock unmarred and unmarked apart..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First American Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in blue and gilt decorative dust jacket, blue topstain; [4],316pp. Some shelf wear and shallow chipping to jacket extremities, corners gently bumped and endpapers toned, else a Very Good, internally sound copy. Psychological portrait of ordinary woman..... More
London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1871. First Edition with a stated limitation of 156 copies. Two octavo volumes. 596 & 625 pp., with running pagination along bottom edge and individual volumes with their own pagination along top. Bound in modern black cloth with gilt stamping to spine and new endpapers..... More
London: Printed by C. Bensley; for F.J. Du Roveray, 1798. First Bensley Edition. Octavo; full contemporary gilt-ruled calf, spine elaborately tooled in calf, blue papier-peint endpapers; xxix,[1],79pp.; engrave frontispiece (tissue-guard) and five leaves of plates. Boards scuffed at extremities, front board rather crudely reattached, else a Very Good, internally clean..... More
London: Spanner, 1973. First Edition. Folio (42cm); 23pp. Newsprint; wraps printed with blue ink; interior text and image in black ink. Illustrations and graphics throughout. Wraps lightly toned along edges; interior pages clean. A Very Good or better copy of this work of experimental writing. More
London: Printed for W. Innys, J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt et al., 1754. Twelfth Edition Corrected and Improved. Octavo; bound in modern quarter calf with five raised bands and gitl stamping to spine; new endpapers; [16]; xxx; 375; [26] appendices, collated and complete. 14 plates, 8 of which are..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 2000. First Edition. Octavo; dark blue cloth stamped in silver; printed dust jacket; 381pp. Mild rubbing to edges of boards; binding sound. Jacket creased along edges with patchy smudging; a Very Good or better copy. More
New Haven: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 2010. Revised Edition. Quarto. 498pp. Color and black and white illustrations. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Red cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt; avocado endpapers. Dust jacket lightly worn along edges; very short tear..... More
London: Poet & Printer, 1966. First Edition. Small octavo. 35 pages. Printed wraps. Published the same year as Carter's first novel. Rubbing and light wear to edges of wraps. Rusting to staples but text unaffected. Binding sound and pages unmarked. More
Ottawa, Canada: National Gallery of Canada, 2007-2011. First Editions. Three large octavo volumes. Photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated wraps. Light rubbing to edges of wraps with a couple minor smudges to front of volume 3. Bindings are sound and pages unmarked. A Near Fine set. More
London: R. Baldwyn, 1681. First Edition. Small quarto; removed pamphlet with perished stitching and gatherings subsequently loose; 40pp. (A-E4). Extremities rather toned and dust-soiled; Good overall. Scathing religious tract questionably attributed to the early Whig politician Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683). The tract excoriates what the author..... More