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"..... More

London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1772. Second Edition. Octavos (20 cm); xi, 244pp; vii, 276pp +1ad. Both volumes full bound in contemporary mottled calf with red and brown spine labels and gilt stamping. Marbled endsheets. Both bindings generally scuffed and rubbed at all edges..... More

Portland, ME: Thomas Bird Mosher, 1913. First Thus, Limited to 700 copies. Octavo; publisher's parchment over boards in original white dust jacket, paper-covered slipcase; xxxv,[1],295pp. Minor wear to jacket extremities including a few small chips and closed tears, spine panel a shade toned, slipcase even more so toned at extremities..... More

Mexico: Tezontle, [1951]. First Edition Stated, Limited to 1000 copies. Slim octavo (22cm.); publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers printed in black and green; 132pp. Light wear and dust-soil to wrappers, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good, unopened example. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper... More

Mexico: Tezontle, [1948]. First Edition Stated. Slim octavo (22cm.); publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers, yapp edges; 224pp.; illus. Light wear and soil to wrapper margins, top edge of upper cover slightly darkened, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Inscribed and signed by the author..... More

New York: Roy Publishers, 1954. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 140 pages. Black and white photographs including La Belle et la Bête frontis. Price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Green boards with spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is chipped along edges with soiling and rubbing throughout, predominantly to edges. Spine..... More

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1859. First Edition, Large Paper Issue State B without plates. Octavo (21cm.); BAL binding variant A, publisher's brown pebble-grained blind-embossed cloth, all edges gilt, reddish-brown glazed endpapers; viii,373pp. Margins rather scuffed with loss at spine foot affecting most of imprint, hinges cracked and rather crudely..... More

London: Edward Moxon, 1836. Reprint. Three volumes; octavos; publisher's brown cloth, printed spine labels. Extremities rather scuffed with shallow chips at spine ends, corners softened, spine labels browned and chipped, 19th-century bookseller description crudely taped to Vol. I front free endpaper, contemporary ownership signature of a George G. Washington to..... More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. First American Edition. Quarto (17 cm); 208pp. Publisher's illustrated cream and orange dust jacket with price intact ($22.00/ $35.00 CA). Boards quarter bound in orange paper and navy blue cloth with gilt stamping to spine and blind to front panel. Dust jacket lightly..... More

London: Martin Secker, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in cream photo-illustrated dust jacket printed in maroon; 215pp. A number of small losses and closed tears to jacket extremities, none approaching text, tiny damp stains to spine panel, light dustiness to top text block edge, else a Near Fine..... More

London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1936. First Edition, First State with "A Flood in the Office" still present. Octavo; publisher's cloth in cream pictorial price-clipped dust jacket, grey topstain; viii,351pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few tiny losses and closed tears, split along bottom third of rear spine..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. First Edition. Octavo. 330 pages. Black boards stamped in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. A series of biographical sketches on such figures as Frederick the Great, Bismarck, and Machiavelli. Boards are lightly worn at edges with some general scuffing. Binding gives a little..... More

[Winnipeg]: University of Manitoba Press, 1970. Offprint from Mosaic 3, vol. 4. Signed by John Fowles at start of essay, dated 1997. Octavo. [31] - 41. Stapled wraps. Light rubbing to edges of wraps. Binding sound and pages unmarked. More