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eBay
17687
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"
£50.00
eBay
17173
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.
£70.00
eBay
16744
Alexander,
Ruth (Pseudonym of Ruth Rogers)
The
Ghost Train [Novel of Famous Arnold
Ridley Play]
London:
The Readers Library Publishing Co. Ltd,
66-66a Great Queen St; Kingsway, W.C.2,
January 1929 Ninth Impression first
published in this Edition in October
1926
4” x 6¾”.
253pp. Original paper-covered red boards
blocked in gilt in a torn, scuffed and
chipped d/j with some loss, head of
spine snagged, inner hinges cracked,
severely tanned pages otherwise Good.
£80.00
eBay
16880
Alverdes,
Paul [Translated from the German by
Basil Creighton]
Changed
Men
London:
Martin Secker, 1933 First English
Edition [first published in Munich in
1932]
4¾” x 7½”.
209pp. Red and black marbled cloth, no
d/j, ex-Boots Library with remnants of
shield on front boards, rear spine
gutter slightly split at head, spine
ends and corners bumped, slight spine
lean, Boots coupon and remnants of label
on rear pastedown, otherwise Very Good.
Rare.
£95.00
eBay
17328
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.
£70.00
eBay
17463
Ambler,
Eric
The
Mask of Dimitrios
London:
Macmillan, 1999 [first published 1939]
5½” x 8¾”.
[x] + 304pp. Black cloth blocked in
silver in a rubbed d/j, otherwise Near
Fine. In a 1972 letter (which was
inserted into a copy of the American
edition) Ambler describes in detail how
this classic novel was conceived. "The
Mask of D[imitrios] was started -- in
the mind anyway -- during a night train
journey from Paris to Marseille. I was
travelling 3rd class on a very hard seat
and sleep was impossible. So was reading
by the dim blue light provided. So I
thought of a journey from Istanbul to
Paris and drew a wiggly line in a
notebook to remind me later. The
journey, I thought, should be a kind of
odyssey and that the traveller should be
a criminal. When dawn came at Avignon
and I could see better I wrote down the
name 'Demetrius' spelling it then with 'e's
and a 'u.' I also put a question mark as
a precaution. Ideas evolved during
sleepless nights rarely survive the day
that follows. I wrote the book in a
Montparnasse hotel called the Liberia
which was little better than a
flop-house, but very cheap --50 cents a
night at the 1938 rate of exchange --
though I then thought it rather
expensive. However, the walls were thin
and interesting conversations could
sometimes be heard through them. The
'masterful technique' you mention came
painfully. Three times I decided to
abandon the project as rule-breaking
chaos, unlikely to prove readable; but
in the end arrogance triumphed. Besides
I was getting old -- 29 if a day -- and
it was time I broke rules."
£40.00
eBay
17504
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
£75.00
eBay
17505
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.
£50.00
eBay
17551
Ambler,
Eric
The
Mask of Dimitrios
London:
Hodder and Stoughton Limited, September
1944 [sixth impression; first published
1939]
4¾" x 7½".
320pp. Red cloth blocked in white in a
torn, scuffed and chipped d/j with some
loss, spine slightly canted, edges
lightly foxed, some pages creased
otherwise Very Good
£795.00
eBay
17631
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.
£295.00
eBay
15960
Balchin,
Nigel
The
Small Back Room
London:
Collins and The Book Society, 1943
5” x 7¾”.
192pp. Black cloth gilt in a torn,
scuffed and chipped d/j, bookplate
otherwise Very Good.
£40.00
15072
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
£15.00
eBay
16977
Baron,
Alexander (Joseph Alexander Bernstein)
From
the City, From the Plough
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1948 Fifth Impression
5” x 7¾”.
224pp. Original brown cloth blocked in
black in a scuffed and chipped d/j, gift
inscription on front end-paper otherwise
Very Good.
£95.00
13962
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.
£10.00
eBay
16204
Beeding,
Francis [Pseudonym of Hilary Aidan Saint
George Saunders and John Leslie Palmer]
The
Eight Crooked Trenches
London:
Hodder & Stoughton, 1937
4½” x 7¼”.
312pp, frontispiece, illustrations.
Blind-stamped red cloth blocked in
black, no d/j, edges foxed otherwise
Very Good.
£45.00
12265
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
£5.00
11413
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.
£6.00
eBay
17232
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"
£40.00
10012
Binding,
Tim
A
Perfect Execution
London:
Picador, 1996
344pp.
Paperback, new
£4.00
14988
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.
£15.00
eBay
18039
Blackledge,
W. J.
Lovers
in the Desert
London:
Heath Cranton Limited, 1936
4¾” x 7½”.
288pp.
£65.00
eBay
16982
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
£80.00
eBay
16659
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.
£25.00
10309
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-.
£8.00
10314
Blyton,
Enid
The
Adventurous Four
London:
Dean & Son Ltd, 1972
5" x 7½".
184pp. Laminated hardback, no d/j. Near
Fine.
£5.00
10312
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/-
£10.00
10307
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
£12.00
10308
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.
£9.00
10313
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/-
£12.00
10303
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
£20.00
10305
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
£25.00
15701
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.
£20.00
12267
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
£8.00
14336
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
£10.00
11823
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
£12.00
14256
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
£10.00
15146
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.
£25.00
eBay
17806
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
£60.00
11787
Callison,
Brian
The
Dawn Attack
London:
Collins, 1972
5¼" x 8½".
254pp. Black cloth gilt in d/j, Near
Fine
£6.00
10039
Canning,
Victor
Firecrest
London:
Heinemann, 1971
5½" x 8¾".
239pp. Ex-lib. Fair
£1.00
15170
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.
£15.00
15339
Carre,
John le
The
Secret Pilgrim
London:
Hodder & Stoughton, 1991
6” x 9½”.
£15.00
eBay
17720
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.
£75.00
14575
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
£15.00
15625
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.
£15.00
10819
Cheyney,
Peter
Sinister Errand
London:
Collins, 1945
5" x 7½".
192pp. Yellow cloth in chipped, torn
d/j, Very Good
£8.00
eBay
16937
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.
£395.00
13759
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
£15.00
14829
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
£15.00
11855
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
£4.00
eBay
16301
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.
£70.00
eBay
16014
Clouston,
J. Storer
Mr
Essington in Love The Lunatic Orders
London:
John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1927 First
Edition
4¾” x 7½”.
[viii] + 290pp + Publisher’s
advertisements. Original black cloth
blocked in white. The covers are rubbed
and scuffed, with some of the white
blocking being slightly discoloured. The
spine ends and corners are bumped. There
is a tiny piece of cloth missing from
the tail of the spine and a very small
split on the front spine gutter, again
at the tail. Finally, there is a forward
spine lean.
£30.00
eBay
17058
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.
£45.00
eBay
18166
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.
£150.00
11782
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
£3.00
eBay
16289
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.
£195.00
15822
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.
£20.00
eBay
15977
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.
£150.00
10886
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
£4.00
10254
Davdison,
Lionel
The
Chelsea Murders
London:
Penguin, 1979
4¼" x 7".
237pp. Paperback, pages slightly
yellowed, otherwise excellent.
£3.00
eBay
16507
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.
£75.00
eBay
16097
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.
£75.00
eBay
17960
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.
£295.00
10284
Deighton,
Len
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy
London:
Triad/Panther, 1977
4¼" x 7".
240pp. Paperback, pages slightly
yellowed, otherwise excellent.
£3.00
10084
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
£18.00
10273
Doctorow,
E. L.
Billy
Bathgate
London:
Picador, 1989
4¼" x 7".
323pp. Paperback, excellent, no sign of
wear.
£3.00
13577
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.
£15.00
eBay
18065
Doyle,
Arthur Conan
The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
London:
Smith, Elder & Co., 1903 [first
published 1892]
5½” x 8¾”.
£495.00
11792
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
£3.00
15695
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.
£20.00
10289
Ellroy,
James
The Big
Nowhere
London:
Arrow Books, 1990
4¼" x 7".
472pp. Paperback, excellent, little sign
of wear.
£3.00
eBay
17348
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.
£40.00
12343
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.
£10.00
11778
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
£16.00
14818
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
£15.00
eBay
16979
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.
£150.00
eBay
17833
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-.
£95.00
11241
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
£8.00
11634
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.
£7.00
11883
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
£8.00
11801
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
£14.00
11798
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
£3.00
11799
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
£8.00
10100
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
£6.00
eBay
18081
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.
£35.00
12243
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
£8.00
eBay
16822
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.
£75.00
14154
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
£20.00
10150
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.
£15.00
10151
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.
£15.00
eBay
16819
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
£40.00
10077
Gloag,
Julian
A
Sentence of Life
London:
World Books, 1967
5" x 8".
381pp. Blue boards in chipped d/j; pages
scorched, Good
£2.00
10465
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
£3.00
10684
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+
£6.00
10321
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.
£10.00
10857
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.
£8.00
12259
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
£6.00
eBay
18074
Graeme,
Bruce
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.
£75.00
eBay
17343
Grayson,
Rupert
Gun
Cotton Secret Agent
London:
Grayson & Grayson, Curzon Street,
Mayfair, 1934
4¾” x 7½”.
299pp. Original black cloth gilt, no
d/j, covers marked and rubbed, previous
owner's name inscribed, edges lightly
foxed otherwise Very Good
£40.00
eBay
18103
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.
£45.00
eBay
16781
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
£75.00
eBay
17467
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
£65.00
11795
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+
£8.00
11885
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.
£6.00
14915
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
£15.00
15691
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.
£20.00
10887
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+
£18.00
eBay
17560
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".
£40.00
eBay
17894
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."
£75.00
eBay
17874
Haslam, A.
D. [Pseud. of Cresswell, F. T.]
Cannon
Fodder
London:
Hutchinson, n.d. [1930]
5¼” x 8½”.
288pp. Rebound in brown buckram gilt, no
d/j, marbled end-papers, a few Library
stamps, tanning to pages and some pages
soiled, slight spine lean 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.
£150.00
eBay
17110
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.
£85.00
10252
Heller,
Joseph
Something Happened
London:
Corgi, 1976
4" x 7".
559pp, Paperback, pages slightly
yellowed, otherwise excellent.
£3.00
eBay
17870
Hermes [Pseud.]
The
Hornets : Tales of The Air
London:
Eveleigh Nash Company Limited, 1917
Second Impression
4¾” x 7½”.
[xi] + 176pp. Original blue cloth
blocked in black, no d/j, covers rubbed
and very slightly discoloured, spine
somewhat soiled, head and tail of spine
bumped, end-papers browned and
discoloured, edges foxed, otherwise Very
Good; a clean example. Fanciful but
realistic, if jingoistic, stories of
various aspects of Western Front flying
£40.00
10153
Hewlett,
Maurice
Little
Novels of Italy
London:
Macmillan, 1912 (third Macmillan
edition).
364pp. 5"
x 7½". [cloth. Very Good
£10.00
eBay
16785
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).
£175.00
13717
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.
£40.00
10468
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
£14.00
11221
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.
£2.00
eBay
17226
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.
£85.00
eBay
18170
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.
£495.00
12242
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
£4.00
eBay
16586
Innes,
Hammond
Dead
and Alive
London:
Collins, May 1948 Second Impression
[first published 1946]
4¾” x
7½”.\r\nOriginal red cloth blocked in
silver in a torn, scuffed and chipped
d/j, tanned pages, otherwise Very Good.
£40.00
14792
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.
£15.00
10154
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.
£12.00
15538
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.")
£15.00
eBay
16796
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.
£75.00
15609
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.
£20.00
eBay
17636
Junger,
Ernst [with an introduction by R. H.
Mottram]
The
Storm of Steel : from the diary of a
German Storm-Troop Officer on the
Western Front
London:
Chatto & Windus, 1929 [3rd imp.]
5” x 7½”.
[xv] + 319pp. Red cloth gilt, no d/j,
covers rubbed, spine faded, edges dusty
otherwise Very Good
£195.00
16120
Kingsolver, Barbara
Prodigal Summer
London:
Faber and Faber, 2000
¼½¾” x
¼½¾”. 444pp. Green cloth in a scuffed
and rubbed d/j, Very Good
£8.00
16121
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.
£8.00
10028
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.
£5.00
10033
Lascelles,
Esme
The
Italian Maze
Aylesbury:
Milton House, 1973
5" x 8".
155pp. Red boards in slightly chipped
d/j. Very Good
£1.00
13929
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.
£18.00
10293
Le Carre,
John
The
Honourable Schoolboy
London:
Pan Books, 1978
4¼" x 7".
543pp. Paperback, pages slightly
yellowed, otherwise excellent.
£2.00
eBay
15277
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.
£95.00
eBay
16800
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.
£75.00
eBay
17312
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.
£35.00
eBay
18130
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.
£95.00
11853
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].
£12.00
eBay
17661
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.
£125.00
eBay
16684
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.
£25.00
eBay
16983
Lucas,
Norman
Corner
in Crime
London:
Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1952
4¾” x 7½”.
188pp, Publisher’s advertisement.
Original red cloth blocked in black in a
torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, otherwise
Very Good.
£50.00
eBay
17078
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.
£195.00
12264
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
£5.00
15700
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.
£20.00
11876
MacLean,
Alistair
Athabasca
London:
Collins, 1980
5¼" x 8½".
252pp. Original cloth, no d/j, covers
rubbed, spine faded, otherwise Very Good
£3.00
12263
Mailer,
Norman
An
American Dream
London:
The Book Club, n.d. [first published
1965 by Andre Deutsch]
5” x 7½”.
256pp. Blue cloth blocked in black in a
scuffed and rubbed d/j, front free
end-paper creased, spine slightly canted
otherwise Very Good
£4.00
13348
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
£20.00
12292
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
£3.00
14839
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
£15.00
12260
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
£6.00
11791
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
£8.00
eBay
17014
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.
£29.00
10437
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
£5.00
eBay
17882
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.
£40.00
12247
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
£8.00
11258
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.
£2.00
10055
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
£18.00
eBay
17266
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.
£225.00
eBay
16888
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.
£40.00
eBay
17142
Morris, W.
F. [Walter Frederick Morris (1892 -
1975)]
Behind
the Lines
London:
Geoffrey Bles, June 1930 [2nd imp.
published in same month as 1st Ed.]
4¾” x 7½”.
313pp. Orange cloth blocked in black, no
d/j, covers marked and rubbed with two
small stains on front boards, gift
inscription and previous owner's name
inscribed on front end-paper, edges
lightly foxed, otherwise just about Very
Good. A novel written in the first
person about his very brave friend who,
in WWI, through a strange set of
circumstances, changes his identity.
£50.00
eBay
17566
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.
£495.00
10076
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
£6.00
10041
O'Brien,
Kate
That
Lady
London:
The Reprint Society, 1947 [first
published 1946]
5" x 7½".
361pp. Beige boards, no d/j.G
£1.00
11195
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
£6.00
eBay
16561
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.
£80.00
14327
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
£40.00
10788
Pears,
Iain
An
Instance of the Fingerpost
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1997
6" x 9¼".
698pp. Large format Softback in
excellent condition.
£6.00
eBay
17244
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.
£75.00
eBay
17053
Pertwee,
Roland
MW-XX.3
London:
William Heinemann Ltd
4¾” x 7½”.
£40.00
eBay
17936
Plivier,
Theodor [Translated from the German by
A. W. Wheen]
The
Kaiser Goes : The Generals Remain
London:
Faber and Faber Limited, 1933
4¾” x 7¾”.
368pp. Black cloth blocked in yellow, no
d/j, covers rubbed, edges & end-papers
lightly foxed otherwise Very Good. A
novelized account of Germany in the
final days of WWI, focusing on the
communist/socialist revolution, the
abdication of the Kaiser, and the
re-establishment of order in Berlin by
the Officer Corps. Plivier states that
the majority of the the book's scenes
and conversations between officers and
politicians are authentic, and that he
was driven from Germany after the Nazis
gained power.
£85.00
11886
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
£5.00
10537
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
£5.00
eBay
16567
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.
£30.00
eBay
17260
Raymond,
Ernest
The
Jesting Army
London:
Cassell and Company Ltd, February 1936
Sixth Edition [first published August
1930]
4¾” x 7½”.
[viii] + 448pp, map as end-papers. Green
cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers
slightly bowed, small tear in tail of
spine, otherwise Very Good.
£20.00
11747
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.
£4.00
eBay
13592
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
£95.00
10878
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
£2.00
10884
Reeman,
Douglas
Strike
from the Sea
London:
Arrow Books, 1983
4¼" x 7".
294pp. Paperback, spine creased, front
cover stained, otherwise Very Good
£4.00
eBay
17543
Remarque,
Erich Maria
A Time
To Love and A Time To Die
London:
Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1954 First English
Edition
5¼” x 8”.
336pp. Original blue cloth gilt in a
scuffed and chipped d/j with two tears,
edges lightly foxed, otherwise Very
Good.
£95.00
eBay
17556
Remarque,
Erich Maria
Spark
of Life
London:
Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1952
5¼” x 8¼”.
368pp. Original blck cloth blocked in
red in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j
with some loss, otherwise Very Good.
£30.00
eBay
15998
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.
£195.00
11409
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
£16.00
10036
Rundle,
Anne
Rakehell
London:
The Romance Book Club, 1970
5" x 7½".
184pp. Turquoise boards in d/j. Very
Good+
£0.00
10025
Rutherford, Jessie
The
Mind Has Mountains
London:
Heinemann, 1953
5" x 7½".
357pp. Ex-lib. in d/j. Fair.
£1.00
eBay
17760
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
£95.00
15782
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.
£20.00
eBay
18079
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.
£25.00
10287
Saul, John
Ralston
The
Birds of Prey
London:
Arrow Books, 1979
4¼" x 7".
247pp. Paperback, pages slightly
yellowed, otherwise excellent.
£3.00
10872
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.
£125.00
12245
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
£6.00
10253
Sharpe,
Tom
The
Great Pursuit
London:
Pan Books, 1979
4¼" x 7".
253pp, Paperback, pages slightly
yellowed, otherwise excellent.
£3.00
eBay
17824
Shatner,
William and Rovin, Jeff
Zero-G
: A Novel : Book One
New York:
Simon & Schuster, September 2016
6” x 9¼”.
353pp. Original black boards in d/j,,
Near Fine, signed by Shatner.
£75.00
eBay
17913
Shaw,
Bernard
Man and
Superman : A Comedy and a Philosophy
Westminster : Archibald Constable & Co.,
Ltd., 1903
4¾” x 7¼”.
£95.00
eBay
17401
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.
£395.00
11080
Shreve,
Anita
Eden
Close
London:
Abacus, 2000
5" x 7¾".
265pp. Paperback, as new.
£4.00
11851
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+
£4.00
10229
Silva,
Daniel
The
Unlikely Spy
London:
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996
6¼" x 9½".
454pp. Red cloth in d/j, Fine
£12.00
16106
Simenon,
Georges
Maigret's Rival
London:
Hamish Hamilton, 1979
5” x 8”.
154pp. Blue cloth gilt in d/j, Near
Fine.
£20.00
12244
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
£8.00
eBay
17150
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.
£295.00
15933
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.
£20.00
15601
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.
£15.00
eBay
17993
Stevenson,
D. E.
Mrs Tim
Carries On : Leaves from the Diary of an
Officer’s Wife in the Year 1940
London:
Collins, March 1943 Third Impression
[first published October 1941]
5” x 7¾”.
287pp. Original blue cloth blocked in
black on the spine, no d/j, spine faded,
rear inner hinge cracked, previous
owner's name inscribed otherwise Very
Good. Dorothy Emily Stevenson was a
best-selling Scottish author. She
published more than 40 romantic novels
over a period of more than 40 years.
Her father was a cousin of Robert Louis
Stevenson.
£40.00
12266
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
£5.00
13519
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
£15.00
eBay
17856
Strange,
J. D.
The
Price of Victory
London:
John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1930
4½” x 7¼”.
295pp. This volume is ex-Library and has
been rebound by the Library in plain
brown buckram blocked in gilt on the
spine and with a small Library insignia
near the front bottom corner. The covers
are marked and rubbed with noticeable
variation in colour, evidence of faint
old staining and some wrinkling of the
cloth. The spine is very dull again with
variation in colour and wrinkling. The
spine ends and corners are bumped and
slightly frayed. There are some
indentations along the edges of the
boards and there is a pronounced forward
spine lean.
£30.00
eBay
17331
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.
£30.00
eBay
18087
Synton,
Edward [Pseudonym of Edward Corse-Scott]
Tunnellers All
London:
Grant Richards Ltd, 1918
4¾” x 7½”.
255pp. Original salmon-pink boards
blocked in black, no d/j, covers worn
and faded with flecks of white paint on
rear cover and some staining to front
cover, spine darkened and dull, front
spine gutter split at head, spine ends
and corners bumped (heavily) and frayed,
indentations along edges of boards, "Ex
Libris" bookplate on front pastedown,
previous owners' name inscribed in ink
(plus stamp) on front free end-paper,
tanned pages, otherwise just about Very
Good.
£150.00
eBay
15454
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.
£50.00
11281
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.
£28.00
15024
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
£15.00
eBay
17748
Thompson,
Edward
These
Men, Thy Friends
London:
Alfred A. Knopf, 1927
4¾” x 7¾”.
£25.00
14522
Thomson,
June
The
Secret Documents of Sherlock Holmes
London:
Allison & Busby, 1999 [first published
by Constable, 1997]
4¼" x 7".
233pp. Paperback, As New
£20.00
eBay
17311
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.
£60.00
12262
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
£12.00
eBay
17222
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.
£40.00
10540
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+
£6.00
10652
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
£8.00
10056
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
£14.00
eBay
16364
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."
£40.00
10476
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.
£8.00
10477
Various
The
Masterpiece Library of Short Stories
vol. VI : French and Belgian
London:
The Educational Book Company Limited,
n.d.
5¾" x 9¼".
404pp, ills. Green cloth, covers marked
and rubbed, cloth bubbled in places,
contents clean and tight, Very Good.
Stories by Aldred Capus, Henri Lavedan,
Marcel Prevost, etc.
£6.00
10479
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.
£8.00
10480
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.
£8.00
eBay
17212
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.
£30.00
15694
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.
£20.00
eBay
16758
Walling,
R. A. J.
The
Stroke of One
London:
Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1937 Third Edition
5” x 7½”.
316pp. Original red cloth blocked in
black. The covers are rubbed, heavily in
places, and stained. There are a number
of faint irregular stains on the front
cover and a smaller, more prominent,
stain. The rear cover is not so heavily
stained but does have, again, some small
prominent stains. The stain, however,
is heavily stained with significant loss
of original colour in the lower half.
The spine ends and corners are bumped
and there is a forward spine lean.
There are a number indentations along
the edges of the boards.
£36.00
14199
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.
£25.00
eBay
16335
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.
£175.00
eBay
18016
Wells,
Herbert George
The
Time Machine
London:
William Heinemann Ltd, 1924
4½” x 7”.
(viii) + 152pp. Original red cloth
blocked in black. The covers are rubbed,
heavily in places, faded and dull. There
is a distinct line of fading on the top
section of the front cover, fading
around the other edges, significant
variation in colour, and the black
blocking partially rubbed away. It is a
similar situation on the rear cover,
with pronounced fading along the edges,
together with a black smudge and some
smaller areas of staining. The spine
has faded badly with total loss of
original colour and some soiling. There
is also a shallow vertical crease down
the centre. The spine ends and corners
are bumped and frayed. There is a
forward spine lean. There is a previous
owner's name inscribed prominently in
red ink capitals on the very browned
and discoloured front free end-paper.
The paper has tanned significantly with
age and there is widespread scattered
foxing, mainly confined to the margins.
Additionally, some pages have grubby
marks or small stains. There is
separation between the inner gatherings,
some of which are very badly cracked,
with that between pages 24 and 25
probably being the worst example. The
corners are very bruised from the
external bumping. The edge of the text
block is grubby, dust-stained and foxed,
with the foxing extending into the
margins.
£115.00
eBay
18076
Wells,
Herbert George
The War
in the Air
London and
Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1927
5” x 7½”.
282pp, Publisher’s advertisement.
Original paper-covered boards blocked in
black, no d/j, previous owner's label on
front free end-paper, edges foxed
otherwise Very Good.
£35.00
11611
Wells,
Herbert George
Tono-Bungay
London:
Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1914 [first
published 1909]
4" x 6¼".
383pp, frontis. Decorative boards, no
d/j, spine rubbed and quite discoloured,
front end-papers browned, otherwise
internally excellent.
£16.00
12248
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
£12.00
12249
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
£4.00
12251
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
£8.00
12252
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
£8.00
12253
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
£5.00
12257
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
£8.00
eBay
16334
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.
£250.00
15388
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.
£15.00
11762
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.
£12.00
eBay
16457
Woodward,
William Harrison
Utterthorpe: A Chronicle
Privately
Printed, 1935
5½” x 8¾”.
393pp. green cloth gilt, no d/j, covers
rubbed otherwise Very Good.
£60.00
10294
Yuill, P.
B.
Hazell
and the Three-Card Trick
London:
Penguin, 1977
4¼" x 7".
204pp. Paperback, pages slightly
yellowed, otherwise excellent.
£2.00

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