First Editions from Jill Jones

An account of ramblings round Europe in which the author's chief object was to see the places in which her favourite authors, artists and composers, lived and died. 8 full page plates. Light browning to closed block edge. Neat insc. on fep. In dustwrapper with loss.

Pub. Heinemann, UK, 1960, 1st UK edn. Nr. Fine ( no insc.) in V.G.

Pub. Gollanz, UK, 1979, 1st edn. Nr. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. No inscription, not price-clipped.

Pub. Robert Hale, London, n.d. but 1st edition (1949) Fad. & spotting to bds. Internally Very Good. No insc. In beautiful period dustwrapper, Very Good, not price-clipped. 8/6d

Collection of short stories: Bears & Dacoits; The Paternosters; A Pipe of Mystery; White-faced Dick; A Brush with the Chinese. Follows Newbolt 42.1 in all respects except no date on t.p. However, inscription on ep has prize dedication for 1889. Gutenberg has same binding as this copy. Decoration of dots, etc in red and black with gentians in circle. Title on bd. and sp.… Read more about this item

Pub. Bugg & Sampson. 1893 (dated from binding) 1st edition. Large paper edition. Quarter bound leather by Lawrence Town of York. Raised bands and decoration to spine. Gilt title. A beautiful copy. Lawrence Town was a famous binder and author of the classic book on the subject 'Bookbinding by Hand' in 1951.

Pub. ward Lock, Great Britain, 1938, 1st edition. Very Good condition. Neat name on fep.

Pub. Faber, Great Britain, 1939, 1st edition. A revised version of the three lectures given by Eliot at Corpus Christi, Cambridge with some notes and supplementary material. Very Good condition. Neat name on fep. In dustwrapper with some tears to sp. Not price clipped.

Pub. Moore, New York. 1871, 1st edition. x, 13-268 (4)pp. 4pp of advertisments at rear.Original green coated eps. Sm. 'bite' on edge of p. 185, no loss of text. Light foxing. Tissue-guarded frontis. and dozens of other textual engravings. Binding soiled, sp. darkened, cnrs. bumped.