Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862. 1st separate edition. 72, 16 pp. Publisher adverts last 16 pages. T.p. vignette, "Clevedon Church". 12mo. Later reddish-maroon half-leather binding with red cloth boards, marbled eps. TEG. Original printed pale green glazed front cover bound-in. Hallam a close friend to Tennyson, who, on hearing of..... More
Hull: J. R. Tutin, 1893. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED by Tutin to Arthur Quiller-Couch. x, 87, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822. 1st edition thus, being a New Edition. xxiii, [1 (blank)], 514, vii, [1] pp. 7 page index at rear. Frontispiece. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-1/2". Later 19th C. brown buckram cloth binding with black leather title label to spine. TEG. Cibber a...... More
(n.p.). 1950. 1st Printing. 16 pp. and one slip. Illustrated. 9-1/4" x 6". Blue textured, card stock wrappers, gold lettering to upper wrapper, white glossy leaves, printed in black. Stapled. One white, paper slip scotch-taped in to lower wrapper, printed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, [1897]. 1st Edition. [4], 308, 4 pp. Adverts last 4 pages. Illustrated with 16 plates. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's deep red buckram cloth binding with gilt stamping. Bevelled boards. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1891. 1st Edition (Wright 3877). Text unpaginated, though 102 pp. 4 page publisher catalogue at rear. Illustrated by Frost. 8vo. 9" x 6". Green cloth spine over green patterned paper boards, with title embossed to front board. Per Wright, "Of a city man..... More
Washington DC: The Review and Herald Publishing Association, (1917). 1st printing (presumed). 128 pp. Illustrated, primarily from photographs. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/4". Printed paper wrappers, map of Europe depicted. Rear cover with photographic image of two individuals on camels, in Egypt. More
Curtis Publishing Co., 1958. 1st Printing. Broadside, color lithographed. Artwork by John Falter. 28" x 21-3/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Falter was a mainstay artist for the Post, with his first Saturday Evening Post cover appearing September 1, 1943. So began a 25-year relationship with the magazine..... More
London: The Richards Press, 1951. 1st Edition thus (Goldstone & Sweetser 20j & 21g). 307, [1] pp. Frontispiece & 2 inserted plates. 8vo. Original publisher's brick red cloth binding, with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Red topstain. Printed grey paper dust jacket. Contains "Far Off Things" and "Things Near and..... More
London: The Classic Press, 1923. 1st edition, 2nd issue (Goldstone & Sweetser A25b). Cf. Bleiler, p. 130. 54, [2 (blank)] pp. Illustrations by Joseph Simpson. 8vo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/2". Dark green cloth with gilt lettering. TEG. Lavender marbled eps. 'Strange Roads' first published in Out and Away, Vol I, Dec..... More
San Francisco. c. 1930s (?). Two broadsides. Both leaves are 11" x 8-1/2". White and off-white paper, loose leaf, black typed lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. These seem to being trying to rally the possibly tired workers. As the initial letter states " 'Hard Times' are an opportunity..... More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1915. 1st book edition (Bleirer, p. 129; Danielson, p. 43; Locke I, p. 147; NCBEL IV, 646). 86, [2 (blank)] pp. 16mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Pale blue boards printed in dark blue. Per Locke, "A celebrated short ghost story of the first..... More
London: Martin Secker, [1922]. 1st edition (Danielson, p. 49; NCBEL IV, 646). [4], 308, [4 (adverts last 3 pages)] pp. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's black buckram cloth binding, with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Green topstain. More
London: Martin Secker, 1923. 1st edition (NCBEL IV, 646). 175, [1] pp. Unopened. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's lime green cloth binding, with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Green topstain. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. 1st US Edition (NCBEL IV, 646). 170, [6] pp. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's yellow cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine. Green & yellow patterned paper eps. More
Westminster: Imprinted for Francis Griffiths, and Published at the Sign of the Griffin, 1906. 1st edition (Danielson, p. 33). [4], 141, [11] pp. 10 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Brown quarter cloth over printed light brown paper wrapped boards. Gilt stamped spine lettering. From Machen..... More
London: The Classic Press, 1924. 1st edition thus, "Autographed Edition". #72 / 300 cc SIGNED by the author (Goldstone & Sweetser A25e). Cf. Bleiler, p. 130. [4], 63, [1 (blank)] pp. Unopened. Frontispiece of the author. Sketches by Joseph Simpson, R.B.A. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". Original publisher's vellum spine over..... More
Rawal Pindi: Printed at the Regimental Press, 1st Bn. The P. A. Somerset L. 1. 1898. 1st edition thus. [3] - 39, [21] pp. Illustrated with 4 original tipped-in albumen photographs. 8vo. 10" x 7-3/8". Original publisher's dark green cloth binding with gilt stamping to front board. Brown patterned paper..... More
London. "Sold at the Society's Apartments, Burlington House; and by Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, and Williams And Norgate." 1864. 1st Edition. iv, 254, lxxxvii pp. Illustrated with lithographs by W[alter]. [Hood] Fitch (1817-1892). 8-3/4" x 5-6/8". Period binding, spamped in gilt to back strip, black ink stain to..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1892. 1st Edition. x, [4], 164, 8 pp. Last 8 pages a publisher advert. 12mo. 6-1/8" x 4-1/2". Tomato red cloth binding with black printing. More
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1925. 1st edition. vii, [1 (blank)], 240 pp (including Index). 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. No dust jacket. Also addressed are Thackeray, Disraeli, Mrs Gaskell & Anthony Trollope. More
London, New York: William Heinemann, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908. First Trade Edition. [i-vi] 1-134 pp. 40 color plates mounted on tan paper with captioned tissue-guards, and numerous drawings in b/w. 4to. 10" x 7-1/2" Original tan cloth with gilt-pictorial and lettering to upper board, gilt lettering to backstrip. One..... More
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London, New York: William Heinemann, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908. First Trade Edition. [i-vi] 1-134 pp. 40 color plates mounted on tan paper with captioned tissue-guards, and numerous drawings in b/w. 4to., 10" x 7-1/2" Original tan cloth with gilt-pictorial and lettering to upper board, gilt lettering to backstrip, in..... More
London: The Dickens House, 1925 - 1928. 1st printing thus. ~ 48 pages. Some adverts. 8vo. Green printed wrappers. More
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1936. 1st edition. 243, [1] pp. Last page blank. Publisher announcement leaflet laid-in. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Orange cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Dust jacket. A collection of essays by divers Pickwickians (including Alfred Noyes, J. W. T. Ley, Bransby Williams, Alec Waugh, Walter Dexter..... More
