Listed below is my current stock in this subject, sorted in alphabetical order, by author. Please note that it is difficult to categorize some titles, which overlap different subjects; in these cases, the easiest procedure would be use the search box, which covers my entire stock. However, if searching for a particular title on this page only, the simplest method is to use "Control-F" to bring up the "Find" dialogue on screen. I have described the books as accurately as possible but will of course accept returns if a particular item is inadvertently not as described.

100012 Binding, Tim A Perfect Execution London: Picador, 1996 344pp. Paperback, new

100025 Rutherford, Jessie The Mind Has Mountains London: Heinemann, 1953 5” x 7½”. 357pp. Ex-lib. in d/j. Fair.

100028 Landau, Rom The Brother Vane and other stories London: Faber and Faber, 1944 5” x 7½”. 207pp. Black cloth with tatty d/j. Contents Very Good, produced to war economy standard.

100033 Lascelles, Esme The Italian Maze Aylesbury: Milton House, 1973 5” x 8”. 155pp. Red boards in slightly chipped d/j. Very Good

100036 Rundle, Anne Rakehell London: The Romance Book Club, 1970 5” x 7½”. 184pp. Turquoise boards in d/j. Very Good+

100039 Canning, Victor Firecrest London: Heinemann, 1971 5½” x 8¾”. 239pp. Ex-lib. Fair

100041 O’Brien, Kate That Lady London: The Reprint Society, 1947 [first published 1946] 5” x 7½”. 361pp. Beige boards, no d/j.G

100055 Moore, Emily Jane Wentie Armitage; or The Angel of the Hospital London: W Nicholson & Sons Ltd, nd 5¼” x 7”. 141pp. Red cloth, blind-stamped, gilt lettering, staining on fep, slight foxing on prelims, o/w Very Good

100056 Vachell, Horace Annesley Fishpingle : A Romance of the Countryside London: John Murray, July 1917 (first printed June 1917) 5” x 7½”. 348pp + 8pp of adverts. Blue cloth, faded, spine creased and slightly detached, Good

100076 Mydans, Shelley Thomas, A novel of the Life, Passion and Miracles of Becket London: Collins, 1965 [second impression] 5½” x 8¾”. 415pp. Tan cloth, no d/j, Very Good

100077 Gloag, Julian A Sentence of Life London: World Books, 1967 5” x 8”. 381pp. Blue boards in chipped d/j; pages scorched, Good

100084 Dickens, Charles Old Curiosity Shop Master Humphrey’s Clock London: W. Nicholson & Sons, nd 5” x 7½”. 445pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering and gilt embossed bust of Dickens on cover, decorated endpapers, attractive edition, Very Good

100100 Gasner, John [ed] English Comedies [The Country Wife, The Way of the World, The Beggar’s Opera, The Rivals, The School for Scandal] Eau Claire, Wisconsin: E. M. Hale & Co., nd 5½” x 8”. 360pp. Black cloth, spine slightly faded, edges of pages yellowed, no d/j, Very Good

100150 Gibbon, Charles (ed.) The Casquet of Literature, vol. I London: Blackie & Son, 1882 6” x 8¾”. 400pp, 9 engravings including “Naples from the West”. Highly decorative red cloth. Some foxing to prelims. Very Good “A selection in poetry and prose from the works of the most admired authors” with biographical information.

100151 Gibbon, Charles (ed.) The Casquet of Literature, vol. IV London: Blackie & Son, 1882 6” x 8¾”. Highly decorative red cloth. Some foxing to prelims. Very Good. “A selection in poetry and prose from the works of the most admired authors” with biographical information. With steel engravings.

100153 Hewlett, Maurice Little Novels of Italy London: Macmillan, 1912 (third Macmillan edition). 364pp. 5” x 7½”. [cloth. Very Good

100154 Jacobs, W. W. Light Freights London: Methuen & Co., 1912 (third edition) 295pp 12 ill. & 40 page Methuen catalogue. 5” x 7¾”. Russet cloth with illustrated cover. Slight foxing of prelims, bottom of spine cracked o/w Very Good. Amusing anecdotes of life on the Thames.

100229 Silva, Daniel The Unlikely Spy London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996 6¼” x 9½”. 454pp. Red cloth in d/j, Fine

100252 Heller, Joseph Something Happened London: Corgi, 1976 4” x 7”. 559pp, Paperback, pages slightly yellowed, otherwise excellent.

100253 Sharpe, Tom The Great Pursuit London: Pan Books, 1979 4¼” x 7”. 253pp, Paperback, pages slightly yellowed, otherwise excellent.

100254 Davdison, Lionel The Chelsea Murders London: Penguin, 1979 4¼” x 7”. 237pp. Paperback, pages slightly yellowed, otherwise excellent.

100273 Doctorow, E. L. Billy Bathgate London: Picador, 1989 4¼” x 7”. 323pp. Paperback, excellent, no sign of wear.

100284 Deighton, Len Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy London: Triad/Panther, 1977 4¼” x 7”. 240pp. Paperback, pages slightly yellowed, otherwise excellent.

100287 Saul, John Ralston The Birds of Prey London: Arrow Books, 1979 4¼” x 7”. 247pp. Paperback, pages slightly yellowed, otherwise excellent.

100289 Ellroy, James The Big Nowhere London: Arrow Books, 1990 4¼” x 7”. 472pp. Paperback, excellent, little sign of wear.

100293 Le Carre, John The Honourable Schoolboy London: Pan Books, 1978 4¼” x 7”. 543pp. Paperback, pages slightly yellowed, otherwise excellent.

100294 Yuill, P. B. Hazell and the Three-Card Trick London: Penguin, 1977 4¼” x 7”. 204pp. Paperback, pages slightly yellowed, otherwise excellent.

100302 Blyton, Enid [with illustrations by Stuart Tresilian] The Ship of Adventure [the sixth title of the “Adventure” series] London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1950 5¼” x 8”. 328pp. Deocrated cloth cover in chipped, torn d/j. Very Good/G

100303 Blyton, Enid [with illustrations by Maurice Tulloch] Six Cousins Again [the second title in the “Six Cousins” series] London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1950 5” x 7½”. 216pp. Blue cloth in chipped, torn d/j. Previous owner’s names on front pastedown. Very Good/G

100305 Blyton, Enid [with illustrations by Treyer Evans] The Mystery of the Vanished Prince [Being the Ninth Adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog] London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1952 [second impression] 5” x 7½”. 183pp. Grey cloth in chipped, torn d/j. Very Good+/G

100307 Blyton, Enid [with illustrations by Gilbert Dunlop] The Mystery That Never Was London: Collins, 1967 4¾” x 7¼”. Yellow cloth in d/j with single one inch tear. Very Good/G

100308 Blyton, Enid [with illustrations by Gilbert Dunlop] The Rilloby Fair Mystery London: Collins, 1950 5” x 7¼”. 256pp. Blue cloth in chipped, torn d/j with some loss. Very Good/G-. Previous owner’s name on fep.

100309 Blyton, Enid Round the Clock Stories London: Dean & Son Ltd, 1963 5” x 7½”. 182pp. Tan boards in chipped, torn d/j. Inner front hinge slightly loose. G/G-.

100312 Blyton, Enid [with illustrations by Eileen Soper] Five Go Down to the Sea London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953 4¾” x 7½”. 191pp. Red cloth, no d/j. Spine indented and cocked. G/-

100313 Blyton, Enid [with illustrations by Gilbert Dunlop] The Rockingdown Mystery London: Collins, 1949 5” x 7½”. 256pp. Ochre cloth, no d/j, child’s bookplate on front pastedown, covers marked and grubby. G/-

100314 Blyton, Enid The Adventurous Four London: Dean & Son Ltd, 1972 5” x 7½”. 184pp. Laminated hardback, no d/j. Near Fine.

100321 Goldsmith, Oliver [edited with Introduction and Notes by Austin Dobson] The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith London: Henry Frowde, 1906 [Oxford Edition: this volume is an extended and revised reprint of the “Selected Poems” of Goldsmith, issued by the Clarendon Press in 1887]. 4¾” x 7”. 278pp, 21 ills. Maroon leather, gilt lettering, marbled end-papers, previous owner’s name, spine rubbed, small tear on rear end-paper and some bubbling to rear pastedown, otherwise an excellent copy.

100437 McCutcheon, George Barr Nedra New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1905 5” x 7¾”. 343pp, publisher’s catalogue, illustrations by Harrison Fisher. Red cloth with printed insert pasted on front cover. Spine frayed at bottom corner, cover faded, front hinge splitting, Good

100465 Goldsmith, Oliver The Vicar of Wakefield London: R. E. King & Co., n.d. [c.1900] 5” x 7”. 216pp. Red cloth, blind stamped, silver lettering, a few pages badly opened else Very Good

100468 Hocking, Silas K. Sea Waif : A Tale of the Cornish Cliffs London: Frederick Warne & Co., n.d. [c.1890] 4¾” x 7¼”. 274pp, publisher’s catalogue. Pictorial red cloth, spine frayed and split at top, title page missing, aeg, some damp-staining, G

100476 Various The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories vol. XV : American London: The Educational Book Company Limited, n.d. 5¾” x 9¼”. 420pp, ills. Green cloth, covers marked and rubbed, cloth bubbled in places, contents clean and tight, Very Good. Stories by Bayard Taylor, Samuel Davis, Mark Twain, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Francis Bret Harte, Henry James, Ambrose Bierce, etc.

100479 Various The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories vol. XVI : American London: The Educational Book Company Limited, n.d. 5¾” x 9¼”. 420pp, ills. Green cloth, covers marked and rubbed, cloth bubbled in places, contents clean and tight, Very Good. Stories by George Cable, O. Henry, Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, Richard Harding Davis, etc.

100480 Various The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories vol. XIV : American London: The Educational Book Company Limited, n.d. 5¾” x 9¼”. 420pp, ills. Green cloth, covers marked and rubbed, cloth bubbled in places, corners bumped and frayed, contents clean and tight, Very Good. Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Lucretia Peabody Hale, etc.

100537 Potter, Beatrix The Complete Adventures of Tom Kitten and His Friends London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1984 8½” x 11¼”. 79pp, ills. Laminated boards in price-clipped, slightly grubby d/j, previous owner’s name inscribed else Very Good+/Very Good

100540 Uttley, Alison Little Grey Rabbit’s Storybook London: Book Club Associates, 1984 6¾” x 9½”. 160pp, ills. Laminated boards, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, else Very Good+

100652 Uttley, Alison The Knot Squirrel Tied London: Collins, 1947 [6th imp.; first published 1937] 5½” x 7”. 101pp, ills. Laminated card cover, no d/j, spine faded, covers marked and rubbed, Very Good

100684 Goldsmith, Oliver The Vicar of Wakefield London: Marcus Ward & Co. Limited, n.d. [c.1895] 4¾” x 7¼”. 264pp, ills. Decorative red cloth, no d/j, spine dull, top & bottom of spine frayed, occasional light spotting else G+

100714 Blackmore, Richard Doddridge Mary Anerley : A Yorkshire Tale London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, nd 5”x 7½”. 442pp + 4pp adverts. Red cloth, black lettering, spotting to fore-edges, otherwise Very Good

100788 Pears, Iain An Instance of the Fingerpost London: Jonathan Cape, 1997 6” x 9¼”. 698pp. Large format Softback in excellent condition.

100819 Cheyney, Peter Sinister Errand London: Collins, 1945 5” x 7½”. 192pp. Yellow cloth in chipped, torn d/j, Very Good

100857 Golon, Anne and Serge Angelique et Son Amour Paris: Collection Stendhal, Editions de Trevise, 1961 5½” x 8¾”. 350pp. Grey cloth in chipped, torn, creased d/j, edges browned, else G+/G-. French text.

100872 Shakespeare, William Cassell’s Illustrated Shakespeare : The Plays of Shakespeare : edited and annotated by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co., n.d. 7¾” x 10½”. 726pp, 600pp, 800pp. Red cloth gilt half-bound in tooled red leather, edges and end-papers marbled, corners and spines scuffed, but still a very handsome set. Internally excellent. Vol. I Comedies; Vol. II Histories; Vol. III Tragedies. Please note, as this is a very heavy set, postage will be charged at actual cost.

100878 Reeman, Douglas Go In and Sink! London: Arrow Books, 1977 4¼” x 7”. 400pp. Paperback, front cover and spine creased, some damp staining on first few pages, otherwise Good

100884 Reeman, Douglas Strike from the Sea London: Arrow Books, 1983 4¼” x 7”. 294pp. Paperback, spine creased, front cover stained, otherwise Very Good

100886 Cussler, Clive Raise The Titanic! London: Book Club Associates, 1977 [first published 1976] 5” x 8”. 314pp. Green cloth gilt, no d/j, spine cocked, otherwise Good

100887 Hall, Marie [nee Sibree] Andrew Marvel and His Friends : A Story of the Siege of Hull Hull & London: A. Brown & Sons Ltd, n.d. [10th ed.] 5” x 7½”. 469pp, ills. Decorative red cloth, no d/j, old prize label on front end-paper, edges lightly foxed, else Very Good+

101080 Shreve, Anita Eden Close London: Abacus, 2000 5” x 7¾”. 265pp. Paperback, as new.

101195 Oppenheim, E. Phillips The Man and His Kingdom London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, n.d. 5” x 7½”. 250pp. Red cloth, no d/j, spine faded, covers marked and rubbed, edges foxed, previous owner’s name inscribed, otherwise Good

101221 Holtby, Winifred South Riding : An English Landscape London: Collins, 1938 [11th imp.] 5½” x 8”. 589pp. Original cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, spine severely cocked, a reading copy.

101241 Forester, C. S. Lieutenant Hornblower London: Michael Joseph, 1952 4¾” x 7½”. 304pp. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, spine faded and cocked, previous owner’s name inscribed, else G

101258 Monsarrat, Nicholas The Cruel Sea London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1952 [8th ed.] 5¼” x 8”. 416pp. Original cloth, covers marked and rubbed, front inner hinge cracked, previous owner’s name inscribed, ffep missing, a reading copy.

101281 Taylor, William Bridlington Echoes: being a selection of Ballads, Burlesqued Reports, Satirical Skits, Parodies, Pasquinades, and Pleasantries contributed to the “Bridlington Free Press” and the “Bridlington and Quay Gazette” during the last quarter of a Century Hilderthorpe: Published by the author, 1892 4¾” x 7½”. 64pp. Blue cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, and quite dull around the edges, previous owner’s label on ffep, author’s signed presentation copy, internally Very Good.

101409 Ridge, W. Pett [Warwick Simpson] Table D’Hote : A Companion Volume to “Light Refreshment” London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911 5” x 7½”. 248pp. Blue cloth gilt with oval print laid in on front boards, spine slightly faded, edges dusty else Very Good

101413 Benson, Arthur Christopher The Altar Fire London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1912 5” x 7¾”. 309pp. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, front boards stained, edges dusty, end-papers browned, otherwise Good.

101634 Foyle, Kathleen [illustrations by Peter Fraser] The Little Good People : Folk Tales of Ireland London: Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd, n.d. 5¼” x 7¾”. 164pp, illustrations. Green cloth, no d/j, Near Fine.

101747 Raymond, Ernest For Them That Trespass London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1944 4¾” x 7½”. 348pp. Red cloth, no d/j, spine unevenly faded, front free end-paper missing, produced to War Economy Standard, otherwise Good.

101762 Wilson, G. F. Yorkshire in Prose and Verse : An Anthology London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, Ltd, 1929 5” x 7½”. [xix] + 147pp, map. Original cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, with some staining, internally clean, else G.

101778 Everett-Green, Evelyn My Cousin From Australia London: Hutchinson & Co., n.d. [c.1896] 5” x 7¾”. 312pp, frontis, illustrations. Pictorial red cloth gilt, no d/j, all-edges-gilt, covers marked and rubbed, spine dull, presentation inscription, otherwise Very Good

101782 Conran, Shirley Lace 2 London: Guild Publishing/ Book Club Associates, 1985 6” x 9½”. 384pp. Pink cloth in a rubbed d/j, spine slightly cocked, otherwise G/G

101787 Callison, Brian The Dawn Attack London: Collins, 1972 5¼” x 8½”. 254pp. Black cloth gilt in d/j, Near Fine

101791 Mather, Berkely The Road and the Star London: Collins, 1965 5½” x 8”. 320pp. Green cloth gilt in a chipped, torn d/j, edges dusty, otherwise Very Good/G

101792 Durrell, Lawrence Bitter Lemons London: Faber and Faber, 1964 [first published1957] 5” x 7¾”. 255pp. Paperback, covers rubbed and creased, spine especially so, otherwise Good

101795 Habe, Hans The Mission : A Novel London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1966 5½” x 8½”. 316pp. Red cloth, no d/j, spine faded and with a small tear at the head, covers slightly bowed, otherwise G+

101798 Garfield, Brian [in collaboration with ‘Christopher Creighton’] The Paladin London: Book Club Associates, 1981 5” x 8”. 349pp. Original cloth in a torn, tatty d/j, pages discoloured, otherwise G/Fair

101799 Gaskin, Catherine The Tilsit Inheritance London: Collins, 1963 5½” x 8”. 446pp. Blue cloth gilt in a very tatty, torn d/j with some loss, top edge of text block spotted, otherwise Very Good/Fair

101801 Gardner, John The Liquidator London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1964 [3rd imp.] 5” x 8”. 204pp. Red cloth gilt in a creased d/j with a two-square-inch piece missing from the front, otherwise Very Good/Fair

101823 Brooke, Rupert 1914 & Other Poems London: Sidgwick and Jackson, Limited, 1915 [10th imp.] 5” x 7¾”. 63pp, portrait frontis. Blue cloth with paper label on spine, covers very rubbed with some colour loss, spine label chipped, end-papers foxed, otherwise Good

101851 Sienkiewicz, Henryk Quo Vadis? London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1919 4” x 7”. 448pp, coloured frontis. Blue cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed and faded with some colour loss, spine faded, otherwise G+

101853 Lewis, Sinclair Free Air Hamburg: The Albatross, 1932 4¼” x 7¼”. 284pp. Paperback, edges lightly foxed, previous owner’s name inscribed, a little scuffed but Very Good overall. Volume 39 in The Albatross Modern Continental Library [English text].

101855 Clay, Beatrice [ed.] Stories From Le Morte d’Arthur and the Mabinogion London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1922 4¼” x 6”. 192pp. Red cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed, spine dull, previous owner’s name inscribed, ink stamp on front free end-paper, otherwise Very Good

101876 MacLean, Alistair Athabasca London: Collins, 1980 5¼” x 8½”. 252pp. Original cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed, spine faded, otherwise Very Good

101883 Furst, Alan Blood of Victory London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2002 6¼” x 9½”. 237pp, map. Black cloth in d/j, pages 13 to 20 have repaired, sealed, tears from the margin to the edge of the text with a longer tear on pages 21-2, otherwise Very Good/Very Good

101885 Hackforth-Jones, Gilbert Submarine Alone : A Story of H.M.S. Steadfast London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1943 4¾” x 7½”. 141pp, illustrations. Blue cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, front cover bowed, edges lightly foxed, produced to War Economy Standard, otherwise Good.

101886 Porteous, R. S. Cattleman Sydney & London: Australasian Publishing Company, 1964 [first published 1960] 5¼” x 8”. 247pp. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, edges lightly foxed, spine slightly faded, otherwise Very Good

102242 Howatch, Susan Sins of the Fathers London: Book Club Associates (by arrangement with Hamish Hamilton), 1981 5¼” x 8”. 671pp. Black cloth gilt in a scuffed and chipped d/j, covers rubbed otherwise Very Good

102243 Gavin, Catherine The Fortress London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1964 5½” x 8”. 383pp. Green cloth gilt in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, edges & end-papers very lightly foxed otherwise Very Good

102244 Spring, Howard A Sunset Touch London: Collins, October 1953 [2nd impression, issued in same month as 1st ed.] 5¼” x 8”. 256pp. Green cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j otherwise Very Good

102245 Sharp, Margery The Sun in Scorpio London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1965 5¼” x 8”. 231pp. Green cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, spine slightly canted otherwise Very Good

102247 Metalious, Grace No Adam in Eden London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1964 [2nd imp.] 5¼” x 8”. 288pp. Black cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, edges lightly foxed otherwise Very Good

102248 Wheatley, Dennis The Prisoner in the Mask London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1957 5¼” x 8”. 383pp. Pictorial cloth in a scuffed and rubbed d/j otherwise Very Good

102249 Wheatley, Dennis The Ka of Gifford Hillary London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1956 5¼” x 8”. 407pp. Black cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed and mottled, edges & end-papers lightly foxed otherwise Very Good

102251 Wheatley, Dennis The Rape of Venice London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1959 5¼” x 8”. 446pp. Black cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, edges lightly foxed otherwise Very Good

102252 Wheatley, Dennis The Shadow of Tyburn Tree London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1954 [4th imp.; first published 1948] 5¼” x 8”. 380pp, map as front end-papers. Red cloth blocked in black in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j with some loss at tail of spine otherwise Very Good

102253 Wheatley, Dennis Bill for the Use of a Body London: The Book Club, 1965 [first published 1964] 5” x 7½”. 251pp. Blue cloth blocked in black in a scuffed and rubbed d/j otherwise Very Good

102257 Wheatley, Dennis The Dark Secret of Josephine London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1955 5½” x 8”. 447pp. Black cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j repaired with adhesive tape (since removed), covers rubbed, edges lightly foxed otherwise Very Good

102259 Gordon, Richard Doctor at Large London: Michael Joseph, 1955 5¼” x 8”. 208pp. Black cloth gilt in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, edges lightly foxed otherwise Very Good

102260 Masters, John Trial at Monomoy London: Michael Joseph, 1964 5¼” x 8”. 348pp. Black cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j otherwise Very Good

102262 Tute, Warren A Matter of Diplomacy London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1969 5¼” x 7¾”. 184pp. Blue cloth gilt in a scuffed and chipped d/j otherwise Very Good

102264 Lyall, Gavin The Most Dangerous Game London: The Book Club, 1964 [2nd imp., by arrangement with Hodder & Stoughton] 5” x 7½”. 255pp. Red cloth blocked in black in a scuffed and chipped d/j, spine slightly canted otherwise Very Good

102265 Benchley, Peter The Island London: Book Club Associates (by arrangement with Andre Deutsch), 1979 5” x 8”. 240pp. Blue cloth gilt in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, spine slightly canted otherwise Very Good

102266 Stewart, Mary The Last Enchantment London: Book Club Associates (by arrangement with Hodder & Stoughton), 1980 5” x 8”.412pp. Red cloth gilt in a scuffed and rubbed d/j otherwise Very Good

102267 Braine, John The Vodi London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959 5” x 7½”. 283pp. Blue cloth blocked in silver in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, covers rubbed otherwise Very Good

102292 Marquand, John Phillips Thank You, Mr. Moto London: Souvenir Press, 1987 [first published 1936] 5” x 8”. 278pp. Black cloth, in d/j, ex-Library with usual stamps, front inner hinge cracked, spine cocked, front free end-paper excised, page edges browned, a reading copy

102343 Everett-Green, Evelyn True to the Last : or, My Boyhood’s Hero London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, n.d. 4¾” x 7½”. 314pp, colour plates. Green cloth blocked in black with a circular colour plate laid in on front cover, no d/j, covers worn and frayed, front inner hinge cracked, old Sunday School Prize Label (dated 1919) on front free end-paper, otherwise Good. There is a swastika blocked in black on the front cover and backstrip.

103348 Margerison, John S. Midshipman Rex Carew, V.C. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, n.d. 5” x 7½”. 346pp, colour frontis. Pictorial cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, rear inner hinge cracked, old prize label on front pastedown, a few scribbled marks on rear pastedown, otherwise Good Plus

103519 Strang, Herbert The Air Patrol : A Story of the North-West Frontier London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913 5¾” x 8½”. Pictorial cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, head of spine pulled and frayed, backstrip very rubbed, edges dusty, occasional foxing, a tired binding, otherwise Good

103577 Doyle, A. Conan Micah Clarke : His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas, & Reuben during the hard winter of 1734 London Longmans, Green, and co and New York: 15 East 16th Street, 1890 4¾” x 7½”. 421pp, frontispiece. Original red cloth blocked in silver. The covers are worn and soiled with a large saucer-shaped stain on the front cover and heavy scuffing and patchy discolouration generally. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed. The spine gutters are split for almost their entire length but the front spine gutter has been partially re-glued. There is a spine lean. The inner hinges are are badly cracked and the contents are shaken. There is an old Prize Label on the front pastedown and the front end-papers is abraded where this has been stuck down. The pages are soiled, foxed and dog-eared. A number of corners have been bent down and the contents are generally dog-eared with the edges to some pages torn. A page from the Publishers’ Catalogue at the end has been torn out.

103592 Reed, Eliot [Pseud.: Eric Ambler and Charles Rodda] The Maras Affair London: Collins, 1953 5” x 7½”. 192pp. Red cloth blocked in silver in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, edges lightly foxed, slight spine lean, previous owner’s name inscribed on d/j, otherwise Good

103717 Hilton, James Knight Without Armour London: Macmillan and Co. Limited (The Cottage Library), 1937 [first published 1933] 4½” x 7”. 315pp. Blue cloth-covered card, no d/j, covers rubbed, tanning to pages otherwise Very Good. As he can pass as a Russian, an Englishman, A.J. Fothergill, is recruited to spy on the revolutionary movement in Russia in 1913. Subsequently imprisoned in Siberia until the 1917 uprisings and amid the turmoil of the civil war between the Red and White armies, he attempts to flee Russia with the beautiful Countess Alexandra.

103759 Churchill, Winston The Crisis New York: The Macmillan Company and London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1901 4¾” x 7”. [ix] + 522pp, publisher’s catalogue. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, slight spine lean, label on front pastedown otherwise Very Good

103929 Lavengro [Illustrations by Juliet Jeffery] The Gypsy : Poems and Ballads Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Midas Books, 1973 5¾” x 8½”. 96pp, illustrations (in colour and black/white) by Juliet Jeffery. Original red cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There is a previous owner’s name inscribed on the front free end-paper. There are no other internal markings and the text is clean throughout.

103962 Barstow, Stan A Season With Eros London: Michael Joseph, May 1979 [Fourth Impression; first published in this form in 1971] 5” x 7½”. 208pp. Original grey cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed. The spine ends and corners are bumped. A Near Fine example though with a marked musty smell.

104154 George, Flight Lieutenant S. C. [Sidney Charles George] The Red Goddess London: Frederick Warne, 1939 5” x 7¾”. 256pp, frontis. Tan cloth blocked in black, no d/j, spine faded, some loss of colour on front cover, edges & end-papers lightly foxed, spine slightly canted, previous owner’s name inscribed otherwise Good

104199 Weekes, Rose Kirkpatrick Fellow Prisoners London: The Waverley Book Company, Limited, n.d. [c.1911] 4¾” x 7½”. [vi] + 314pp. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, inner hinges cracked, final page partially detached, tanning to pages, some pages soiled otherwise Very Good.

104256 Buchan, John The Thirty-Nine Steps Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons Ltd, 1931 [14th impression] 4¼” x 7”. 253pp. Red cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, head and tail of spine frayed, spine cocked, otherwise Very Good

104327 Parry, D. H. [Illustrated by Archibald Webb] With Haig on the Somme London: Cassell and Company Ltd, October 1917 [first published September 1917] 5¾” x 8¼”. [vii] + 301pp, frontis and three other colour plates by Archibald Webb. Pictorial cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed, edges lightly foxed, previous owner’s name inscribed otherwise Very Good

104336 Brereton, Captain F. S. Under French’s Command London: Blackie and Son Limited, n.d. [c.1916] 5” x 7½”. 336pp, illustrations, Pictorial cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, frontispiece and title page missing, old prize label on front pastedown, a good reading copy

104522 Thomson, June The Secret Documents of Sherlock Holmes London: Allison & Busby, 1999 [first published by Constable, 1997] 4¼” x 7”. 233pp. Paperback, As New

104575 Chatterton, E. Keble Across the Seven Seas London: Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd, 1931 5” x 7½”. 252pp, colour frontis. Red cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed and mottled, spine faded, heavy offsetting to end-papers, gift inscription on front end-paper, spine slightly canted, otherwise Good

104792 Jacob, Naomi Fade Out London: Hutchinson, c.1937 5½” x 8¾”. 352pp, publisher’s catalogue. Black cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, previous owner’s name inscribed, end-papers browned and discoloured, old “The Times Book Club” sticker on rear pastedown, otherwise Very Good.

104818 Ewart, Wilfrid Way of Revelation : A Novel of Five Years Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, 1986 [first published 1921] 4½” x 6¾”. [ix] + 534pp. Paperback, top edge stained otherwise Very Good

104829 Churchill, Winston Savrola London: Leo Cooper, 1990 6¼” x 9½”. [viii] + 212pp. Black cloth gilt in d/j, ex-Library, front free end-paper excised, usual stamps, page edges yellowed, a reading copy

104839 Marquand, John Phillips Point of No Return London: Robert Hale, nd 5¼” x 8”. 496pp. Red cloth gilt in a chipped, torn d/j, covers rubbed and faded, offsetting to end-papers, edges dusty otherwise Very Good

104915 Haggard, H. Rider King Solomon’s Mines; She; Allan Quatermain [complete and unabridged] London: Octopus Books Limited, 1979 6” x 8½”. 638pp, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt in a scuffed and chipped d/j, edges lightly foxed otherwise Good

104988 Bishop, Colonel W. A. [V.C.] & Stuart-Wortley, Major R. The Flying Squad London Bombay Sydney: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1931 [First published July 1923, Reprinted [this Edition] September 1931] 5¼” x 7¾”. 256pp, colour frontispiece, illustrations. Original red cloth blocked in black. The covers are rubbed with some patchy colour variation and the remnants of a few old stains. The covers are also quite dull. The spine ends and corners are bumped. The cloth at the head of the spine is frayed. There is a previous owner’s initials inscribed in pencil and partially erased. The paper has tanned with noticeably age. Some of the inner gatherings are cracked, particularly at pages 46- 47. However, the main defect is some obvious and very heavy foxing, affecting the edges, margins and, occasionally, the text itself.

105024 Theroux, Paul Kowloon Tong : A Novel London: Hamish Hamilton, 1997 6” x 9½”. 213pp. Original black cloth blocked in silver. The covers are lightly rubbed and the spine ends and corners are slightly bumped. The dust-jacket is scuffed (heavily in places), rubbed and creased around the edges. Also, there is a quarter-inch tear in the dust-jacket from the head of the spine panel, down the rear spine gutter

105040 Maugham, W. Somerset Ashenden or The British Agent London: William Heinemann Ltd, September 1928 [New Impression; first published March 1928] 4¾” x 7½”. 304pp. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, cloth lifting in places, spine slightly cocked, head and tail of spine bumped, edges foxed otherwise Very Good. A collection of stories based on the author’s experiences during a year’s service in Switzerland for British Intelligence during WWI, and upon the accounts of others. Not included were fourteen stories that were so close to the truth that, Maugham’s biographer notes, he destroyed them “after Winston Churchill had seen the manuscripts and informed him that they violated the Official Secrets Act.”

105072 Barclay, Florence L. My Heart’s Right There London and New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, December 1914 4¾” x 7¼”. 61pp. Decorative blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, spine faded and dull, otherwise Very Good

105146 Buchan, John Greenmantle London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1937 [first published 1916] 4” x 6¼”. [viii] + 9-376pp. Red cloth blocked in black in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, offsetting to end-papers otherwise Very Good.

105170 Canning, Victor The Golden Salamander London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1952 [first published April 1949] 4¾” x 7½”. 252pp. Blue cloth blocked in black in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j with some loss and tape repairs (also price-clipped), covers rubbed, head and tail of spine faded and bumped, otherwise Very Good.

105277 Le Queux, William Revelations of the Secret Service : Being the Autobiography of Hugh Morrice, Chief Travelling Agent of the Confidential Department of His Britannic Majesty’s Government : Chronicled by William Le Queux London: G. Bell & Sons Limited, 1911 [Colonial Edition] 5” x 7¾”. [viii] + 312pp, Publisher’s catalogue. Blind-stamped green cloth gilt, no d/j, spine ends and corners bumped and slightly frayed at the gutters, front free end-paper missing, crayon scribbles on the eight-page Publisher’s catalogue, otherwise Very Good.

105339 Carre, John le The Secret Pilgrim London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1991 6” x 9½”.

105388 Williams, Valentine Courier to Marrakesh London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, November 1944 First Edition 5” x 7½”. 256pp. Red cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed otherwise Very Good.

105454 Talbot, Ethel The Warringtons in War-Time London, Edinburgh, Paris, Melbourne Toronto, and New York: Thomas Nelson And Sons, Ltd, n.d. 5¼” x 7¾”. 233pp, colour frontispiece, illustrations. Original cloth blocked in black. The covers are heavily rubbed and somewhat worn with clear variation in colour. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There are no internal markings and the text is clean throughout, though the paper has tanned noticeably with age and there is occasional foxing, mainly confirmed to the margins. The edge of the text block is foxed and grubby. The inner hinge is badly cracked at pages 48-49.

105538 Joad, C. E. M. [With Drawings by Mervyn Peake] The Adventures of The Young Soldier in Search of The Better World London: Faber and Faber, July 1943 5¼” x 8”. 124pp, Drawings by Mervyn Peake. Original cloth. The covers are rubbed, slightly marked and somewhat discoloured. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There are some indentations along the edges of the boards. There are two previous owners’ names inscribed on the front free end-paper (Michael and Anthony Windrum). There are no other internal markings and the text is clean throughout. The War-time paper has tanned noticeably with age (as noted on the Copyright page, “This book is produced in complete conformity with the authorized economy standards.”)

105568 Childers, Erskine The Riddle of the Sands : A Record of Secret Service Recently Achieved London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1903 [Tenth Impression (Second Edition)] 5” x 7½”. [xii] + 336pp, maps, publisher’s advertisements. Original black cloth gilt blocked in white. The covers are scuffed and heavily rubbed, with noticeable colour variation, particularly on the bottom half of the front cover, where the original black is worn. As is typical with the Smith, Elder editions, the white spine lettering has been rubbed away. The spine gutters are heavily rubbed. The spine ends and corners are bumped. The inner hinges are cracked and on the rear hinge the paper has split in the centre, exposing the mull. The end-papers are browned and discoloured. There is a gift inscription, (“to M. G. Hale from Lady Bathurst 1915”) on the front free end-paper and this end-paper is also split for one-inch from the base on the inside edge. There is a small stain to the bottom corner of final chart. Still Very Good overall.

105601 Steinbeck, John The Moon is Down London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1942 4¾” x 7½”. 120pp. Red cloth, no d/j, produced to War Economy Standard, Very Good.

105609 Johns, Capt. W. E. Biggles of the Camel Squadron London: Dean & Son Ltd. By arrangement with The Thames Publishing Co., n.d. [c.1960] 5” x 7½”. 182pp. Original green boards blocked in black on the spine. The covers are rubbed and the front cover has bowed out. The spine is dull. The spine ends and corners are bumped. The dust-jacket is scuffed, heavily creased and torn around the edges, with some loss, particularly at either end of the spine panel. There are no internal markings and the text is clean throughout; however, the paper has tanned noticeably with age, particularly in the margins.

105625 Chesterton, G. K. The Man Who Was Thursday Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd, 1946 5” x 7½”. 192pp. Original black cloth blocked in yellow. The covers are rubbed and a little faded (there is a line of fading at the top edge). The spine has faded more noticeably and is also somewhat dull. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There is a slight spine lean. There is a previous owner’s name inscribed in pencil on the front free end-paper (dated 13/7/46). There are no other internal markings and the text is clean throughout. Produced to War Economy Standard and, as a result, the paper has tanned with age though not evenly throughout. Pages 1-32 and 130-end and not too badly affected by the central section has browned markedly.

105691 Haggard, Henry Rider Queen Sheba’s Ring London: Eveleigh Nash, 1910 4¾” x 7¾”. 319pp. Original red cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed, particularly the spine which is very heavily rubbed. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed with some splits to the cloth. The head of the spine is “pulled”. The front free end-paper has been removed. There is an old Prize inscription in ink on the front pastedown, dated 1921. The front inner hinge is cracked and, as a result, the colour frontispiece by Cyrus Cuneo is completely detached and is chipped and torn around the edges.

105694 Wallace, Lew. Ben-Hur; or, The Days of The Messiah London: Frederick Warne And Co., Bedford Street, Strand, 1887 4½” x 6½”. 458pp. Original pictorial grey cloth. The covers are marked and rubbed, particularly the rear cover, which is stained. The front free end-paper has been removed and the Half-Title is badly browned and discoloured. There is a small stain on the front pastedown, a small previous owner’s stamp and a small Bookseller’s label.

105695 Elliott, Janice Cave with Echoes London: Secker & Warburg, 1962 4¾” x 7½”. 224pp. Original green cloth blocked in silver in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, otherwise Very Good.

105700 Lyall, Gavin The Most Dangerous Game London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1964 First Edition 5¼” x 8”. 255pp. Original red cloth gilt in a scuffed and chipped d/j. The covers are rubbed, and there is a shallow crease down the centre of the spine. The spine ends and corners are bumped and there is a forward spine lean.

105701 Boyd, Martin The Cardboard Crown London: The Cresset Press, 1952 5” x 7¾”. 256pp. Original green cloth gilt in a scuffed and rubbed d/j. The covers are rubbed and dull. The spine ends and corners are slightly bumped.

105782 Sapper [Herman Cyril McNeile] (1888-1937) Ask for Ronald Standish London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1936 5” x 7¾”. 310pp. Original blue cloth with yellow title block to spine. The front and rear boards are scuffed and rubbed, with general variation in colour and there is an old stain on the top edge of the rear boards, from the corner down. The head of the spine is badly snagged, with a half-inch tear in the cloth in the centre and rubbing to the yellow blocking which is partially worn away. There is a prominent half-inch crease in the tail of the spine but the cloth is intact. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed, with a small tear in the rear spine gutter at the head. There is a forward spine lean.

105822 Crompton, Frances E. [With Illustrations by T. Pym] Master Bartlemy London: A. D. Innes & Co., 1892 5” x 6”. 147pp, illustrations. Original decorative cloth. The covers are rubbed and a little dull, particularly the spine which is very dull and slightly soiled. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed. The front free end-paper is missing (and the Half-Title, if there was one). The front inner hinge is cracked and there is further separation at a number of the internal gatherings, particularly at pages 64-5 with, overall, the contents being shaken and the binding slack. The paper has tanned with age and a number of pages have grubby marks. There are some scribbles in pencil on pages 54-5 which have been partially erased.

105933 Stanford, J. K. [with illustrations by A. M. Hughes] Guns Wanted London: Faber and Faber Ltd, December 1951 3rd imp [first published 1949] 5¼” x 8¼”. 348pp, illustrations by A. M. Hughes. Original red cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, covers are rubbed, slightly marked, and evenly fades. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There is a bookplate of John Morley on the front free end-paper, showing a Coat of Arms (two women holding a branch over the head of a hound) and the motto: “Fortiter Pecca”. There are no other internal markings and the text is clean throughout; however, the paper has tanned with age.

105977 Culme-Seymour, Angela Bolter’s Grand-Daughter Writersworld Ltd: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1JX [First published by Bird Island Press, 23 Oakthorpe Road, Oxford, OX2 7BD] 6” x 9”. The autobiography of Angela Culme-Seymour, grand-daughter of Trix Ruthven - a noted British High Society beauty who famously deserted her first and second husband and children and became known in those circles as ‘The Bolter’. Angela Culme-Seymour’s own life of privilege included various travels abroad, four husbands, many lovers and turbulent times between both easy wealth and her more usual precarious financial existence. This story covers a lot of ground from a conventional English education to a season as a debutante of the 30’s, part of the War spent if the WAAFs, travels in Europe and Turkey. She now lives in Scotland close to where her last husband taught and is buried.

105998 Richards, Grant Double Life London: Grant Richards Ltd, 1920 4¾” x 7½”. 318pp. Blue cloth blocked in black in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j otherwise Very Good.

106097 Dearmer, Geoffrey Poems London: William Heinemann Ltd, December 1918 Second Impression [first published July 1918] 4¾” x 7½”. [viii] + 88pp. Original blue cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed but still fairly bright. There is a small old stain on the bottom edge of the rear cover (with some colour loss). The spine is very dull and the spine ends and corners are bumped. There are no internal markings and the text is clean throughout; however, the poor quality paper available in 1918 has tanned very heavily with age. The tanning is particularly noticeable in the margins.

106106 Simenon, Georges Maigret’s Rival London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979 5” x 8”. 154pp. Blue cloth gilt in d/j, Near Fine.

106120 Kingsolver, Barbara Prodigal Summer London: Faber and Faber, 2000 ¼½¾” x ¼½¾”. 444pp. Green cloth in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, Very Good

106121 Lambert, Derek Memory Man London: Thriller Book Club, 1980 5½” x 8¾”. 207pp. Orange cloth blocked in black in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, Very Good.

106289 Crispin, Edmund Holy Disorders London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1945 5” x 7½”. 175pp. Blue cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j otherwise Very Good.

106301 Cleaver, Hylton They Were Not Amused London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1934 4¾” x 7½”. 278pp. Original pink cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j: the dust-jacket is torn and discoloured (particularly the spine panel, which is very discoloured). There are jagged tears around the edges and down the folds, with some loss, though the dust-jacket is basically intact and is not price-clipped, still showing the original price of 7/6. There are no internal markings and the text is clean throughout; however, the paper has tanned with age, the edge of the text block is foxed (a little heavily in places) and the top edge is dust-stained.

106334 Wilde, Oscar The Importance of Being Earnest London: Samuel French, Ltd., Publishers, 26, Southampton Street, Strand, n.d. [1921] 4¾” x 7¼”. 52pp. Original printed thick paper covers which are scuffed and rubbed particularly around the edges and on the corners. There is also marked discolouration, particularly around the edges, where there is a very obvious darker strip. There is a previous owner’s name inscribed on the first page “William Charles Peck, 20 Bassano Street, London SE22”). There are no other internal markings and the text is clean throughout; however, the paper has tanned with age and the corners are dog-eared.

106335 Weidman, Jerome What’s In It For Me? London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1939 First Edition 5” x 8”. 386pp. Original yellow cloth, blocked in black, no d/j, Very Good.

106364 Vahey, John Haslette Spies in Ambush London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1934 First Edition 5” x 7½”. 279pp. Red cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers rubbed, head and tail of spine frayed, otherwise Very Good. “The hero combines the unusual professions of a famous concert-hall pianist and counter-espionage in the storm centers of Europe, a job for which his unquestioned entry into all European capitals and circles makes him exceptionally well fitted. His companion at arms is a young woman violinist, and from the time when the hero is unwittingly involved in a murder in Brussels down to the unexpected end there is not a slack moment in the story.”

106457 Woodward, William Harrison Utterthorpe: A Chronicle Privately Printed, 1935 5½” x 8¾”. 393pp. green cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed otherwise Very Good.

106507 De Montmorency, J. E. G. The White Riders and Other Sketches in War-Time London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, New York Toronto, Melbourne, Cape Town, Bombay: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1918 4¾” x 7”. [viii] + 150pp. Green cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, otherwise Near Fine.

106559 Brittain, Vera Poems of the War and After London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1934 First Edition 5” x 7½”. 94pp. Original cloth with chipped paper spine label, no d/j, covers rubbed, previous owner’s name inscribed otherwise Very Good.

106561 Ornstien, Alfred Blighty : A Novel of the Great War London: Alston Rivers Ltd, 1927 4¾” x 7¼”. 285pp. Blue cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed with some staining, spine dull, slight spine lean, previous owner’s name inscribed otherwise Very Good. Rare.

106567 Potter, F. Scarlett Three Boys on the Tramp London: Ernest Nister ; New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., n.d. 4½” x 6½”. 64pp. Decorative cloth, no d/j, covers and spine dull, tanned pages, otherwise Very Good.

106592 Campbell, Ivar Poems by Ivar Campbell with memoir by Guy Ridley London: A. L. Humphreys, 1917 4¾” x 7”. 99pp, portrait frontis. Rebound ex-Library, internally clean.

106659 Blyton, Enid The Boy Next Door London: Collins, 1951 4¾” x 7¼”. 254pp. Original blue cloth blocked in silver in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j. The covers are rubbed and bowed out and, despite the presence of the dust-jacket, somewhat dull.

106684 London, Jack [Completed by Robert L. Fish from notes by Jack London] The Assassination Bureau, Ltd. London: Andre Deutsch, 1964 5” x 8”. 184pp. Original black cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, edges lightly foxed, otherwise Very Good.

106781 Gristwood, A. D. [with a Preface by H. G. Wells] The Somme (including also The Coward) London: Jonathan Cape, 1927 5” x 7¾”. 189pp. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed and faded, edges & end-papers foxed, gift inscription on front end-paper, front pastedown stained otherwise Very Good

106785 Hilton, James Lost Horizon London: Macmillan, October 1937 [Printing History: First published 1933; The Cottage Library October 1936; Reprinted April, September and October 1937] 4½” x 7”. 281pp. Original blind-stamped red cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j. The covers are rubbed but still quite bright, though there is some variation in colour. The spine ends and corners are bumped (particularly the head of the spine).

106796 Johannsen, Ernst [Translated By A. W. Wheen] Four Infantrymen on the Western Front 1918 London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1930 5” x 7¾”. 181pp, publisher’s catalogue. Fawn cloth blocked in red, no d/j, spine soiled, occasional foxing Very Good.

106800 Le Queux, William The Lawless Hand London: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd, n.d. [There is no date of publication given; however, facing the Title-Page is a column of “World’s Opinions” of Le Queux in 1927] 5” x 7½”. 284pp. Original red cloth blocked in black. The covers are marked and rubbed, with some fading and variation in colour. The spine has faded to a greater extent. The spine ends and corners are bumped and slightly frayed. There is a previous owner’s name inscribed in ink on the front pastedown and also on the top of the Title-Page. There are no other internal markings and the text is clean throughout on slightly tanned paper, the exception being the final page of text and rear blank end-paper, which are significantly tanned. The rear inner hinge is cracked. The edge of the text block is dust-stained and lightly foxed.

106819 Glaeser, Ernst Class 1902 London: Martin Secker, February 1930 Cheaper Edition [first published 1929] 4¾” x 7½”. 326pp. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, bottom corners bumped, edges dusty otherwise Very Good

106822 George Malcolm Thomson Crisis in Zanat London: Faber and Faber, 1942 4¾” x 7½”. 235pp. Original red cloth blocked in navy in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, produced to War Economy Standard, gift inscription on front end-paper otherwise Very Good.

106888 Morgan, Charles Langbridge The Gunroom London: A. & C. Black, Ltd, 1919 First Edition [First impression - with the ‘n’ missing from the word ‘And’ on page 78; and the word ‘least’ poorly printed on page 92] 5” x 8”. [viii] + 348pp. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed and faded, spine badly faded and with vertical crease down centre, head of spine snagged and another smaller split at the tail, inner hinges badly cracked, scattered foxing, just about Very Good. First edition, first impression of Morgan’s first novel, based on his experiences in the Royal Navy between 1907 and 1913. The Gunroom criticised the Royal Navy, in particular the continual mistreatment of junior officers. As a result it was unofficially suppressed and thus scarce.

106937 Churchill, Winston Savrola London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1900 New Impression 4¾” x 7½”. [ix] + 345pp + Publisher’s advertisement. Original cloth gilt. There are two obvious old stains on the front cover and some areas of colour loss along the top edge and in a vertical line near the spine. There is a smaller stain on the rear cover and a smaller area of colour loss near the tail of the spine. There is variation in colour throughout. The spine is dull, and the headband is split internally, while the tail is frayed with a minor loss of cloth. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed with smaller small splits in the cloth. There is a forward spine lean. There is a previous owner’s name inscribed on the front end-paper dated 1903. The text is reasonably clean throughout on noticeably tanned paper, but the common problem with the English Edition is foxing, with is widespread (including the text) and is occasionally very heavy indeed. The rear inner hinge is cracked and the front hinge is starting; also, the text block stands slightly proud of the covers. The edge of the text block is grubby, dust-stained and heavily foxed.

106979 Fallada, Hans Who Once Eats Out of the Tin Bowl London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1934 First English Edition 5” x 7½”. 568pp. Original blue cloth gilt. The covers are scuffed and rubbed with some variation in colour and small areas where the cloth is lifting. There are two horizontal creases across the spine. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There are no internal markings and the text is very clean throughout on slightly tanned paper. The end-papers are browned and discoloured. The edge of the text block is dust-stained, particularly the top edge which is grubby and slightly stained. There is some shelfwear on the bottom edge.

106982 Blaker, Richard Medal Without Bar London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1930 [1st. ed] 5¼” x 8”. 638pp. Original cloth with medal ribbon motif, no d/j, end-papers discoloured, previous owner’s name inscribed otherwise Very Good

107014 McCarry, Charles The Tears of Autumn London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1975 5½” x 8¾”. 276pp. Original black cloth blocked in silver. The covers are very heavily scuffed and rubbed, and there are a number fairly shallow creases, particularly on the front cover. The spine is also scuffed and rubbed and there is a forward spine lean. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There are some indentations along the edges of the boards, including a prominent dent near the front bottom corner. There are no internal markings and the text is generally clean throughout although the pages have yellowed with age and there is a noticeable musty smell.

107053 Pertwee, Roland MW-XX.3 London: William Heinemann Ltd 4¾” x 7½”.

107058 Cobb, Humphrey Paths of Glory New York: The Viking Press, 1935 First Edition 5” x 7¾”. 265pp. Original two-colour cloth with gilt bands. The front and rear boards are scuffed and very heavily rubbed, are fairly evenly faded and with some discolouration around the edges. The spine has suffered almost total loss of original colour and is extremely dull. The spine cloth has a wrinkled appearance. The spine ends and corners are bumped and slightly frayed. There is a forward spine lean.

107078 Luke Allan The Man on the Twenty-Fourth Floor London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1937 First Edition 4¾” x 7½”. 312pp, Publisher’s advertisement. Original orange cloth blocked in black, no d/j, front inner hinge cracked, some pages detached, Good only.

107110 Hein, Alfred [Translated from the German by F. H. Lyon] In the Hell of Verdun London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1930 5” x 7½”. 372pp. Black cloth blocked in blue no d/j, covers rubbed and dull, spine lean, otherwise Very Good. NOTE: scanned as 17109

107150 Squiers, Graham Dialect Monologues : 1. Aerbut and Gaertie in War-Time; 2. Aerbut Paerks of Baernegum; 3. More about the “Paerkses” Birmingham: Cornish Brothers Ltd, 39 New Street, 1917/1921 4½” x 7”. 24pp; 25pp; 31pp. This volume is ex-Library. These three short Monologues have been bound together by Cambridge English Library in plain blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine. There is a large rectangular discoloured patch on the front and rear covers following the removal of a taped Library label. This has also resulted in some discolouration to the spine.

107173 A. S. Long [Stanley Bradshaw] War Patrol London : John Hamilton Limited, n.d. [1936] The “Ace” series. 4¾” x 7½”. 224pp, frontispiece, illustrations, Publisher’s advertisement. Original red cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, edges foxed, otherwise Very Good.

107212 Walker, Rowland [Illustrated by Percival Walford] Wings over the Atlantic : A Tale of Coastal Command London: A. & C. Black Ltd 4, 5 & 6 Soho Square, 1946 Second Impression [first published 1945] 5” x 7¾”. [viii] + 181pp, illustrations. Original cloth in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, covers discoloured, spine ends and corners bumped, otherwise Very Good.

107222 Unruh, Fritz von [Translated from the German by C. A. Macartney] Way of Sacrifice London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928 4¾” x 7½”. 174pp. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers lightly rubbed, otherwise Near Fine. This volume is ex-Library (University of Lancaster). There is a bookplate on the front pastedown indicating that this volume was bequeathed by Professor C. A. Macartney*, a noted authority on this region. Carlile Aylmer Macartney (1895–1978) was a British academic specializing in the history of central Europe and in particular the history of Hungary. Macartney was a research fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. From 1936 to 1946 he was in charge of the Hungarian section of the Foreign Office Research Department. From 1951 to 1957 he held the Chair of International Relations at Edinburgh University. In 1974, Macartney was awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria.

107226 Hope, Stanton Richer Dust : A Story of Gallipoli London: Jarrolds Publishers, n.d. 4¾” x 7½”. 336pp. Blue cloth, no d/j, head and tail of spine frayed, covers rubbed, edges lightly foxed, otherwise Very Good. Rare novel of the Gallipoli campaign, of which the author was a junior officer of Drake Bn., RND, surviving to the final evacuation in Jan. 1916.

107232 Benstead, Charles R. Retreat : A Story of 1918 London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1930 Second Edition 5” x 7¾”. 318pp, publisher’s catalogue. Black cloth gilt, no d/j, some rubbing on front free end-paper, a few spots on edges, otherwise Very Good. “The moving story of a Padre who, attached to a unit of artillery, took part in the retreat of the Fifth Army from St.Quentin during the last great German offensive of March 1918”

107244 Pearson, Hesketh Iron Rations London: Cecil Palmer, 1928 4¾” x 7¼”. 270pp. Yellow cloth blocked in red, no d/j, covers rubbed and slightly marked, spine discoloured and dull, spine ends and corners bumped, edge of text block dusty, text clean on tanned paper, Very Good.

107266 Moreland, Arthur The History of the Hun : “One Hundred and Twenty Humorous Drawings” London: Cecil Palmer & Hayward, Oakley House Bloomsbury Street London W.C.1. 1917 First Edition 9¾” x 7½”. (v) + 120pp + four-page Glossary + Publisher’s advertisements. Original pictorial card covers (printed paper over thick card) with a tan cloth backstrip blocked in black. The covers are heavily rubbed, particularly the edges and corners, with grubby marks, discolouration and significant variation in colour. The cloth spine is dull and bumped at either end. The corners are frayed and bumped with the card underneath exposed. There is a gift inscription on the Title-Page from the Author (signed “Arthur” only). The drawings and text are in clean condition on tanned paper, with some creasing around the edges. There is some play in the inner hinges. There were apparently two versions of the 1917 Cecil Palmer Edition: a soft-cover version with 100 drawings which retailed for one shilling and this, superior, hard cover version, with 120 drawings, and a retail price of two shillings and sixpence. The covers show considerable scuffing, wear and discolouration, but the contents are quite clean, albeit on tanned paper. This Edition is, however, rare.

107311 Titi Macci Plauti (Titus Maccius Plautus) Comoediae Tres : Captivi : Miles Gloriosus : Trinummus Lipsiae (Leipzig): Sumptibus I. C. Hinrichsii, 1844 5” x 8½”. 326pp. Original marbled boards half-bound in brown leather with raised spine bands. The boards are heavily scuffed and rubbed with numerous, generally small, abraded patches and some areas, mainly around the edges, where there is some loss of the paper covering the card underneath. The leather sections are in worn state: the corners are very heavily scuffed and abraded, with the leather worn through in places. The spine is similarly scuffed and abraded, particularly the raised bands and spine gutters. The worst of the wear is at the ends: the leather at the tail is chipped with some loss, while there is a flap of leather only loosely attached at the head. There is a previous owner’s bookplate on the front pastedown (“Harold and Margaret Michelmore”). The inner hinges are cracked. The paper has tanned considerably with age and there is widespread and heavy foxing throughout. There are some old notes, in pencil and ink, on the last few pages and some erased doodles in the margins of pages 83-89. The edge of the text block is dust-stained and foxed.

107312 Le Queux, William Spies of the Kaiser : Plotting the Downfall of England London: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd, n.d. [c.1916] 4¼” x 6½”. 320pp, frontispiece, illustrations. Original cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed and stained, tanned pages, otherwise Very Good.

107328 Ambler, Eric Epitaph for a Spy London: Hodder and Stoughton, February 1939 Fourth Impression [first published February 1938] 4½” x 7”. 287pp. Blind-stamped red cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, spine ends and corners bumped, inner hinges cracked, letter “C” in ink on red front free end-paper, light scattered foxing otherwise Very Good.

107331 Strong, L. A. G. The Open Sky London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1939 5” x 8”. 445pp. Original cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, spine dull, Author’s signed bookplate, otherwise Very Good.

107348 Ertz, Susan The Undefended Gate London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953 First Edition 5” x 7½”. 256pp. Original red cloth gilt in a scuffed and chipped d/j otherwise Very Good; Publisher’s File Copy.

107401 Sherriff, R. C. The Hopkins Manuscript London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1939 5” x 7½”. 352pp. Original blue cloth blocked in navy blue in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, edges dusty, one page damaged otherwise Very Good.

107467 Gristwood, A. D. [with a Preface by H. G. Wells] The Somme (including also The Coward) London: Jonathan Cape, 1928 [2nd imp.] 5” x 7¾”. 189pp. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed and faded, edges & end-papers lightly foxed, previous owner’s name inscribed otherwise Very Good

107504 Ambler, Eric Epitaph for a Spy London: Hodder & Stoughton, November 1950 [7th imp.; first published April 1938] 4½” x 7¼”. 192pp. Red cloth blocked in black in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, page edges browned otherwise Very Good

107505 Ambler, Eric The Mask of Dimitrios London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1980 4¼” x 7¼”. 256pp. Rebound ex-Library in a scuffed and chipped d/j, otherwise Good.

107560 Harris, John Covenant with Death London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, February 1961 First Edition 5” x 8”. 448pp. Brown cloth blocked in white and red in a scuffed and chipped d/j, previous owner’s name inscribed otherwise Very Good. “1916 is a date which darkens the pages of British history. On war memorials in villages and cities alike, it marks the date of death for a generation. This book tells the story of a voluntary city battalion from its inception to its destruction on July 1st, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Seen through the eyes of a ranker serving in the battalion the narrative moves with majestic sweep from the days of high patriotic fervour in England to the final holocaust in France”.

107566 Mousley, Edward Mr Salt Finds Happiness London: Arthur Barker Limited, October 1933 5” x 7½”. 317pp, frontispiece, Publisher’s advertisement. Original blue cloth blocked in black in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, offsetting to end-papers otherwise Very Good.

107631 Ambler, Eric The Mask of Dimitrios London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, September 1944 [sixth impression; first published 1939] 5” x 7½”. 320pp. Red cloth blocked in white, no d/j, spine slightly canted, covers bowed, previous owner’s name inscribed otherwise Very Good. Bowed Cover - Ex Libris Katharine Rhead (Fortitude Charity Faith : Do what’s right come what may)

107661 Lipscomb, Capt. W. P. [M.C.] Illustrated by H. M. Bateman Staff Tales London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1920 4¾” x 7½”. [vii] + 214pp, 10 plates (H. M. Bateman cartoons). Original blue cloth (partially pictorial), blocked in black and red, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed (particularly rear cover), spine darkened, spine ends and corners bumped, slight spine lean, otherwise Very Good. Short stories drawn from Lipscomb’s experiences on the staff in France and one of few memoirs of staff work: “Some . . . which went the rounds of HQs during the war . . . ‘The Sincerest Form of Flattery’ is quite one of the funniest stories the war produced” Falls, awarding a star. Note: William Percy Lipscomb became a noted screenwriter post-First World War and won an Oscar in 1939 for his adapted screenplay for Pygmalion, dying in 1958.

107687 “A Naval Officer” Great Was the Fall London: John Long Limited, 1912 5” x 7¾”. 320pp, folding map. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, edges lightly foxed otherwise Very Good. Rare. There is a large decorative bookplate on the front pastedown: “Presented with the Compliments of the Home & Colonial Stores Limited 1914”

107720 Chance, John Newton Dead Man’s Knock London: Robert Hale Limited, 1957 First Edition 4¾” x 7½”. 191pp. Original black cloth in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, covers marked and rubbed, otherwise Very Good.

107748 Thompson, Edward These Men, Thy Friends London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927 4¾” x 7¾”.

107760 “Saki” [H. H. Munro] When William Came : A Story of London under the Hohenzollerns London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1914 5” x 7½”. 322pp, publisher’s catalogue. Grey cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers rubbed and stained, end-papers foxed otherwise Very Good

107806 Bywater, Hector C. The Great Pacific War : A History of the American-Japanese Campaign of 1931-33 Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1932 Second Edition 5¼” x 8¼”. [xi] + 321pp, sketch map. This volume is ex-Library. Original navy blue cloth blocked in red. The covers are rubbed and slightly marked with variation in colour and an area of old staining on the rear cover around the tail of the spine. The head of the spine is badly frayed, with a horizontal split in the cloth. The tail and corners are also frayed though not to the same extent. The corners and spine ends are also bumped. There is a small Library label near the tail of the spine, a shelf number in white ink above this, and an impressed “S” above this. There are some indentations along the edges of the boards

107833 Fores, John Flight Eastward London: Jonathan Cape, 1952 5¼” x 7¾”. 255pp. Blue cloth in a torn, stained d/j, edges dusty else Very Good/G-.

107882 McKenna, Marthe What’s Past Is Prologue London: Jarrolds Publishers (London) Limited, 1951 4¾” x 7½”. 303pp. Original red cloth blocked in black on the spine in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, otherwise Very Good.

107894 Harrison, Charles Yale Generals Die in Bed London: Noel Douglas, May 1930 First Edition 5” x 7½”. 249pp. Green cloth gilt, no d/j, covers slightly marked and rubbed, spine faded and snagged at head, slight spine lean, simple gift inscription on front end-paper dated 1930, edges dusty and lightly foxed otherwise Very Good. Great War novel. “Everything told in this book happened, but every character in it, with the exception of the author, is fictitious.”

107913 Shaw, Bernard Man and Superman : A Comedy and a Philosophy Westminster : Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd., 1903 4¾” x 7¼”.

107960 Deighton, Len The Ipcress File London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1962 Second Impression 5¼” x 7¾”. 222pp. Original orange cloth blocked in gilt on the spine in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, otherwise Very Good.

108039 Blackledge, W. J. Lovers in the Desert London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1936 4¾” x 7½”. 288pp.

108074 Graeme, Bruce [Graham Montague Jeffries] Son of Blackshirt London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd 4¾” x 7½”. 219pp. Original cloth blocked in black in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, significantly tanned pages, School Prize Label, otherwise Good.

108079 Sassoon, Siegfried Memoirs of an Infantry Officer London: Faber and Faber, September 1930 [1st Edition] 5” x 7½”. 334pp. Original cloth gilt, no d/j, covers worn and soiled, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, slight spine lean, gift inscription on front end-paper, end-papers browned and discoloured, internally clean.

108081 Gautier, Théophile The Mummy’s Romance London: Greening & Co. [“The Lotus Library”] and New York: Bretano’s [There is no date of publication given; however, the Translator’s Acknowledgment is dated 1908] 4½” x 7”. [xviii] + 254pp. Original decorative purple cloth, no d/j, covers very faded, end-papers browned otherwise Very Good.

108103 Gribble, Leonard Stand-In for Murder London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1957 4¾” x 7½”. 189pp, Publisher’s advertisement. Original red cloth blocked in black on the spine. The covers are rubbed and dull. There is a prominent gouge on the front cover, which can be seen in the image above. There are also some minor marks and old stains to front and rear and some variation in colour. The spine has faded and is very dull. The spine ends and corners are heavily bumped, with some minor fraying. There is a pronounced forward spine lean. This is quite a well-used example of the First Edition (probably from one of the large circulating libraries), in dull covers with a very marked forward spine lean, and internal staining affecting some pages; it does appear, however, to be one of the scarcer Gribble titles.

108130 Le Queux, William Secrets of the Foreign Office : Describing the Doings of Duckworth Drew, of the Secret Service London: Hutchinson & Co., 1903 First Edition 4¾” x 7¾”. [vii] + 319pp. Original red cloth gilt with white panel on front cover, no d/j, covers rubbed and damp-stained with some loss of colour from front edge, spine badly faded and very dull, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, front inner hinge cracked, end-papers severely browned, small piece missing from front free end-paper (bottom corner), light scattered foxing, edges dusty and lightly foxed, previous owner’s name inscribed on front pastedown, otherwise Very Good.

108166 Conrad, Joseph The Secret Agent : A Simple Tale London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1914 Fifth Edition 5” x 7¾”. 442pp + Publishers’ catalogue. Original blind-stamped green cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed, particularly along the spine gutters. The spine ends and corners are bumped and slightly frayed, with some splits in the cloth. The end-papers are browned and discoloured. The paper has tanned with age. Very Good overall.

108170 Houstoun-Boswall, Phoebe Echoes of Thought 1932-1935 Privately Published, 1935 5¾” x 7¾”. [vii] + 62pp. Original pale blue boards blocked in silver on the front cover, with no spine titling. The covers are rubbed, faded and dull with noticeable darkening around all edges, some old patchy staining, and a discoloured patch on the rear cover where a sticker has been removed. The spine has darkened significantly with age and is badly discoloured. The spine ends and corners are bumped. The end-papers are badly foxed, browned and discoloured. There is a previous owner’s name and inscription in pencil on the front free end-paper: “C. Bridges / Bought Hatchards / Piccadilly / XMAS 1935”. Loosely inserted is typed poem by Herbert Moore Pim (“Sonnet to Woman”) and a hand-written poem “To Charles Bridges” signed by Herbert Moore Pim, and inscribed “Village of Earl’s Court, 9th March 1923” (please see the final two images below). One poem in the book (“XI The Reply”) has been marked in pencil in the Table of Contents. For the book itself the paper has tanned with age and there is widespread, heavy, foxing throughout. The top and fore-edge of the text block has not been uniformly trimmed and is ragged, with can be seen in the images below. The edge of the text block is also dust-stained and foxed.

108200 Tey, Josephine (Pseudonym of Elizabeth Mackintosh) The Daughter of Time London: Peter Davies, 1951 First Edition 4¾” x 7½”. 222pp. Red cloth blocked in black, no d/j, spine faded severely, previous owner’s name inscribed otherwise Very Good.

108239 Burgoyne, Alan H. The War Inevitable London: Francis Griffiths, 1908 First Edition 5” x 8¼”. 313pp, short Publisher’s catalogue. Original red cloth gilt lined in black, no d/j, covers rubbed heavily and frayed around edges, spine faded and dull, spine gutters frayed, head and tail of spine frayed with tears in cloth and some minor loss, corners bumped and frayed, end-papers, including Title-Page, browned and discoloured, edges foxed and grubby, otherwise Good.

108240 Deighton, Len Billion-Dollar Brain London: Jonathan Cape, 1966 First Edition 5” x 7¾”. (v) + 312pp. Original blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and with a vertical punched paper tape device on the front cover in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j with some loss otherwise Very Good.

108254 Bramah, Ernest The Specimen Case New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925 5” x 7¾”. 313pp. Original blue cloth blocked in red, no d/j, covers rubbed, edges foxed otherwise Very Good.

108289 Doyle, A. Conan Doyle Tales of Sherlock Holmes (in two volumes) : Volume I : The Sign of the Four; A Scandal in Bohemia; A Case of Identity. Volume II : A Study in Scarlet; The Red-Headed League; The Boscombe Valley Mystery New York: American Publishers Corporation, 310-318 Sixth Avenue (Popular Edition) There is no date of publication; however, the first previous owner (Bradley Martin) has inscribed the date 1897 in both volumes 4¾” x 7½”. Volume I: 255 pages; Volume II: 211 pages (“A Study in Scarlet”), with the final two mysteries (“The Red-Headed League” and “The Boscombe Valley Mystery”“) being numbered from page 137 to page 199. Original red cloth blocked in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed but generally in good condition. There are a few scuff marks on the rear cover of Volume I. There is a small blemish on the front cover of Volume II. The spines to both a slightly faded and dull. The spine ends and corners are bumped and there are some indentations along the edges of the boards with the most noticeable being on the top edge of the rear cover of Volume I. There are two previous owners’ name inscribed on the front free end-paper of each volume. The first, in ink, is “Bradley Martin” (dated 1897); the second, in ballpoint pen, is a Lieutenant-Colonel (6EIR) whose name I cannot decipher (dated Apr. ‘77, Bulford Camp). Otherwise, the text is clean throughout on tanned paper, although the print quality does not appear to be of the highest quality (please see the images below). A few pages towards the end of Volume I (“A Case of Identity”) are chipped and creased along the fore-edge, as is page 13/14 in Volume II. The edge of the text block on each volume is dust-stained.

108310 Coward, Noel Design For Living: A Comedy in Three Acts London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1933 First Edition 4¾” x 7½”. 122pp. Original blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed and faded: there is a distinct line of fading along the top edge of the front cover below which is a band of slightly less prominent fading. The fading on the read cover is worst in a vertical panel adjacent to the spine. The spine has faded severely with total loss of original colour. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There is a forward spine lean.

108371 Hein, Alfred [Translated from the German by F. H. Lyon] In the Hell of Verdun London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1933 Cheap Edition [first published 1930] 4¾” x 7¾”. 372pp. Black cloth blocked in red on spinbe no d/j, covers rubbed and ver dull, spine lean, otherwise Very Good

108374 Louise Mack An Australian Girl in London London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1902 4¾” x 7¾”. 295pp, Publisher’s advertisement. Original red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed with patchy discolouration, inner hinges cracked, front free end-paper missing, heavily foxed otherwise Good.

108380 Nap Lombard (Pamela Hansford Johnson and Gordon Neil Stewart) The Grinning Pig New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943 Second Printing 4¾” x 8”. 277pp. Original Black cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, head of spine snagged otherwise Very Good.

108386 Layard, G. S. The Amateur Criminal London: Philip Allan & Co., Quality Court 4½” x 7½”. 303pp. Original orange cloth blocked in black on the spine. The covers are rubbed with some variation in colour but generally in reasonable shape. The spine has darkened a little with age and is dull. The spine ends and corners are bumped and slightly frayed. There is a significant forward spine lean.

108387 Bennett, Margot The Man Who Didn’t Fly London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, September 1955 Second Impression [First published June 1955] 4¾” x 7½”. 191pp. Original green cloth gilt, no d/j, edges foxed, Very Good.

108398 Sanderson, Averil D. Long Shadows London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1935 4¾” x 7½”. 311pp. Original red cloth blocked in black on the spine, no d/j, covers rubbed and faded, tanned pages otherwise Very Good.

108404 Buchan, John The Island of Sheep London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1936 7” x 7¾”. 318pp. Original green cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j with some loss. The covers are rubbed and slightly marked but have, for the most part, been protected by the sections of the dust-jacket remaining. The spine has faded slightly and there is a shallow vertical crease down the centre. The spine ends and corners are bumped with some minor fraying at the ends of the spine gutters. There is a noticeable forward spine lean.

108438 Brittain, Vera Poems of the War and After London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1934 First Edition 5” x 7½”. 94pp. Rebound ex-Library, poor.

108440 Canning, Victor A Forest of Eyes New York: M. S. Mill Co. & William Morrow & Co., 1950 5¼” x 8¼”. 248pp. Original green cloth blocked in gilt on the spine in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j otherwise Very Good.

108441 Canning, Victor The Melting Man London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1967 5” x 8”. 279pp. Original black cloth blocked in gilt on the spine in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, otherwise Very Good.

108442 Baldwin, Faith Rich Girl, Poor Girl London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd 4¾” x 7½”. 250pp. Original green cloth blocked in silver and red on the spine, in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, otherwise Very Good.

108443 Hope, Anthony (Anthony Hope Hawkins) The Prisoner of Zenda : Being the History of Three Months in the Life of An English Gentleman London: Bristol J. W. Arrowsmith, 11 Quay Street and London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company Limited, c.1896 [First Edition, possibly Fourth Issue] 4¾” x 7½”. 310pp, publisher’s advertisements. Original cloth gilt. The covers are worn and soiled. There are stains on the front and rear boards. The spine ends are chipped and frayed with some loss of cloth. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed. The spine has faded. There are two previous owners’ name inscribed. The paper has tanned markedly with age. The end-papers are browned and discoloured. Some pages are soiled or have grubby marks. Some corners have been turned down. The inner hinges are cracked and the contents shaken. Generally the text is quite clean but this volume shows clear signs of wear. There is a musty smell.

108458 Sleath, Frederick Sniper Jackson London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1919 [The Title Page has a printing date of MCMIX, clearly incorrect; the U. S. Houghton Mifflin edition shows the date as 1919] 4¾” x 7½”. 303pp. Green cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, front spine gutter split at head, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, inner hinges cracked, edges foxed, previous owner’s name inscribed in pencil on front free end-paper, just about Very Good but scarce.

108497 Forsyth, Frederick [Illustrated by Tatsuro Kiuchi; Introduced by Ken Follett] The Day of the Jackal London: The Folio Society Limited, 2014 6¼” x 9½”.

108502 Wells, Herbert George The Time Machine : An Invention London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1911 Heinemann “Popular Shilling Cloth” Edition [Printing History: First Published 1895, Popular Shilling Cloth Edition, 1911 (Twice)] 4½” x 7¼”. (viii) + 152pp. Original blind-stamped limp red cloth blocked in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed, heavily in places, faded and dull, and the front cover has bowed outwards significantly. The fading on the front cover is more pronounced around the edges; there is also some old staining, the most obvious being around the end of the Author’s name. There is a small frayed patch near the front bottom corner. There is also patchy discolouration on the rear cover, with noticeable variation in colour, and a few small old stains. The spine has faded badly with marked loss of original colour and is very dull. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed. There is a forward spine lean.

108518 Household, Geoffrey Rogue Male London: Chatto & Windus, 1941 5th Impression 5” x 7¾”. 217pp. Original c, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, spine lean, tanning to pages, annotations otherwise Very Good.

108521 Wodehouse, P. G. The Inimitable Jeeves London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, c.1925 6th Printing 4¾” x 7½”. 255pp. Original decorative cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, hinges slack, otherwise Very Good.

108527 Haslam, A. D. [Pseud. of Cresswell, F. T.] Cannon Fodder London: Hutchinson, n.d. [1930] 5½” x 8¾”. 288pp. Original red cloth ruled and blocked in black, no d/j, covers bowed and faded extensively, marked and rubbed with a number of circular stains to front cover and some colour loss, spine faded, spine ends and corners bumped and slightly frayed, “Premier Library Hampstead” stamps to front pastedown and underside edge of text block, four date stamps on rear pastedown, tanning to pages and some pages soiled otherwise Very Good. A novelized account of the Author’s services: he enlisted under the Derby Scheme in 1915 in a Welsh Regiment, to France in September 1916 & served at Ypres &c., variously as an Officer’s runner and a Lewis gunner, taken PoW in April 1918. Rare.

108537 Patricia Wentworth The Clock Strikes Twelve London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945 5” x 7½”. 207pp. Original blue cloth blocked in black in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j otherwise Very Good.

108538 Farjeon, J. Jefferson Mystery Underground London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, Fifth Impression, June 1932 [first published June 1929] 4½” x 7¼”. 246pp. Original blue cloth in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j with some loss. The covers are severely bleached with near-total loss of colour in the top section of the front and rear covers and extensive patchy discolouration in the bottom sections. The spine is also severely discoloured, both by bleaching and tape residue resulting from old taped repairs to the spine. The tape residue is also evident along the bottom edges of the covers. The spine is very dull and there is also a small tear in the front spine gutter near the hear. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed and there is a forward spine lean.

108539 Nap Lombard (Pamela Hansford Johnson and Gordon Neil Stewart) The Grinning Pig New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943 Second Printing 4¾” x 8”. 277pp. Original black cloth blocked in dull gilt on the spine, in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, covers rubbed, otherwise Very Good.

108541 Chase, James Hadley Tell it to the Birds London: Robert Hale Limited, 1963 5” x 8”. 192pp. Original brown cloth blocked in silver and red on the spine in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, edges foxed otherwise Very Good.

108577 Verne, Jules Round the World in Eighty Days London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, n.d. 4¾” x 7½”. 285pp, frontispiece, Publisher’s advertisement. Original decorative red cloth blocked in black. The covers are rubbed and dull with extensive fading, particularly around the edges. There are also a number of (generally small) old stains, front inner hinge cracked otherwise Very Good

108591 Blake, Nicholas (Pseudonym of Cecil Day-Lewis) Malice in Wonderland London: Published For The Crime Club by Collins, 14 St James's Place, September 1947 Fourth Impression [first published July 1940] Printed in Holland By Drukkerij Holland N.V. Amsterdam 4¾” x 7½”. 284pp, Publisher’s advertisement. Original blue paper-covered boards blocked in gilt on the spine in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j The covers are rubbed and suffer from extensive patchy discolouration, resulting in a blotchy appearance overall, particularly to the rear cover. The paper covering the boards is frayed along the edges and chipped at the spine ends. The spine ends and corners are also bumped.

108596 Clouston, J. Storer The Man From The Clouds Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1918 First Edition 4¾” x 7½”. [vi] + 338pp, Publisher’s advertisement. Original blue cloth blocked in black on the front cover and dull gilt on the spine. The covers are worn and soiled. There is patchy discolouration to front and rear covers, darkening of the cloth, and noticeable variation in colour. There is a prominent scratch on the front cover and the cloth has bobbled up in places.

108610 de Bernieres, Louis Birds Without Wings London: Secker & Warburg, 2004 Limited Edition 5½” x 9”. (xiii) + 625pp. Bound in full leather blocked in gilt on the spine. The leather is slightly scuffed from the card slipcase; otherwise in very good condition. This Leather-cased First Edition was limited to 100 copies, of which this is number 32, flat-signed (that is, without inscription) by de Bernières on the Title-Page. Otherwise, in Fine condition internally, and appears unread.

108616 Delderfield, R. F. A Horseman Riding By London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1966 Second Impression 5¼” x 8½”. 1,151pp, end-papers maps. Green cloth gilt, in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, spine ends and corners are bumped, musty otherwise Very Good.

108625 Andrew Forrester, Jun. Secret Service or Recollections of a City Detective London: Ward and Lock, 1864 First Edition 3¾” x 6¼”. 314pp. Half-bound in marbled boards with green leather corners and backstrip, the spine ruled in gilt, with gilt-blocked title on red leather pane. The marbled boards are scuffed and rubbed with some surface scratching. The leather corners are scuffed with the leather partially worn away on the extremities. The spine leather has faded, is scuffed noticeably at the head and tail, and there is a small snag in the leather near the centre. The spine gutters are heavily rubbed and fraying in places.

108636 Hasek, Jaroslav [Illustrations by Joseph Lada; Translated By Paul Selver] The Good Soldier Schweik London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1930 First Edition 5¼” x 8¾”. (x) + 448pp, woodcut illustrations by Joseph Lada. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed and faded, spine rebacked and very faded, head and tail of spine and corners bumped, covers bowed, edges foxed otherwise Good. Rare in this Edition.

108641 Eton, Robert (Laurence W. Meynell) Not in Our Stars : A Novel London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson Limited, 1937 First Edition 5” x 7½”. 318pp. Original blue cloth blocked in black on the spine. The covers are rubbed with patchy discolouration and variation in colour. There is some darkening of the cloth around the edges, a small stain near the front top corner and some surface scratching on the rear cover. There is a bump on the front bottom edge, visible in the image above. The spine has faded, also with patchy discolouration. There is a small frayed patch at the head of the rear spine gutter with some minor loss of cloth. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed. Finally, there is a very marked forward spine lean.

 

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