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London Heinemann. 1899 1st edition (5th. impr.). Bound in original green linen covered boards with gilt titling to the spine. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing on edges. Inside endpapers & fore edges a bit foxed, pages slightly rough cut, else generally clean & tight. Size 9 x 6 inches 452pp Fitzpatrick (1862-1931, South African Statesman) acted as a go-between for Jameson & Rhodes - after the Jameson Raid he was imprisoned. Superb Account of Events in the Transvaal Leading up to the Boer War. BOER WAR.

T. Cadell and W. Davies January 1st, 1806 1806. Engraved surface 17.5 x 15.5 inches. Nice strong impression. In very good condition. Published centre fold. Attractive Hand colouring.

London, Williams & Norgate, 1926 1st. Hardback, tall, 9 x 6 inches. Green cloth with black lettering to spine and front. In dustwrapper. In very good condition (DW edges torn with chips to corner sand ends of spine, darkened. In protective sleeve.) Some fading to top page edges. Cloth cover clean and smart. Some light foxing to endpapers. Neat inscription to front "David Phillmore." Moderate dark foxing to title page and prelims. Dark foxing spots to pages throughout. Page edges rough cut. Plates with some minor tanning, else clean and bright. Else a clean and tight copy. xv + 258pp. Illustrated with 13 full-page colour plates.

Ian Allen, London. 1973 1st. Size 6.5 x 9.5 inches. In maroon cloth with silver lettering to spine. With original pictorial dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (dw loose in clear plastic sleeve.) Some light tape marks to endpapers. Inside pages clean and tight throughout. No marks or inscriptions. 175pp. With b&w photo illustrations.

Hurst & Blackett 1907 (1st.ed., 1st. issue).. Orig.orange pict.cloth gt. Monographed endpapers. Binding a trifle darkened / sl. rubbed. Some foxing inside. (6 pages have a large brown mark on margin). Very good to good. 38 ills.by WILL OWEN. 298pp; Cat.5pp. Second issue copies have plain endpapers.

Chatto & Windus. 1984 1st edition. Review Copy.. 6.0 x 9.0 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Review copy slip and signed slip loose in front. Else a very clean and tight copy. 266pp. “Wickedly erotic, ferociously funny amalgam of the psychological thriller, the rural idyll and the literary novel of romance”.

Bantam Press. 1986 1st edition.. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Author’s neat inscription to main title page. Slight browning throughout. Else a very clean and tight copy. 314pp. Karl Leon Forelock is sent to Australia where he meets a variety of colourful characters before being bitten by a Redback spider.

Jonathan Cape. 2006 1st edition.. 5.5 x 9.5 inches. In black cloth covers with red lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Maroon endpapers. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Author’s neat inscription to main title page.. Else a very clean and tight copy. 472pp. The childhood friend of a Jewish cartoonist commits a terrible crime. Years later after release, the two meet up again and the cartoonist is forced to examine his Jewishness and what it means in his family and community.

London, Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd., No date, circa 1931. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. In maroon textured cloth coverts with gilt lettering to spine and front. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW, tear and creases to top front edge, handling marks, tears to edges of spine some loss to ends, not price clipped.) Some fading to cloth on spine and top corner. Authors inscription to front endpaper “ ‘The Miners Core’ (otherwise Edith and May!) With the Authors compliments!” With dated and initialed letter “I am sending you a little memento of pleasant days in Dorchester Road...” Dated Aug. 18th 1931, and with embossed address, “Sunways, Ventnor.” Loose news clipping “Beauty Order for Hardy Country” also inside. Some minor foxing spots to edge of title page and first text page. Some foxing to pages near plates else pages very clean and tight throughout. Else a very clean and tight copy. 77pp. Illustrated… Read More

Paris, Garnier Freres, ca 1868 New Edition.. Tall hardback ,10.5 x 7.5 inches. Dark red polished morocco leather fine binding by “Lesort, Paris.” Raised banding and gilt lettering to spine. Gilt decorative ‘cross’ designs to boards. Wide inner gilt dentelles, decorative patterned gilt endpapers. Full gilt page edging. In very good condition. Stunning leather binding. Some minor slight rubbing to corners, small bump to bottom leading corner, and thin rubbed patch to bottom of spine edge under binders stamp. Binders label to corner of front endpaper. Neat inscription to front endpaper in french “Arthur Abortemart, Souvenir de la premiere communion... 1868.” Some areas of mild light foxing to some pages, else pages and plates all very clean and tight throughout. Else an excellent clean and tight copy. 588pp. With a decorative illuminated colour title page, and full page B&W engraved plates, all guarded. Each page has a wide decorative floral border illustrated… Read More

Hamlyn 1980 reprint for WH Smith.. 9.0 x 12.0 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. In very good condition with good dustwrapper. (D/W slightly rubbed around edges with small chips and tears. Price clipped). Small marks to half title page. Else a clean and tight copy. 256pp. With b/w and colour photographs and illustrations. A history of clock and watch development and manufacture through the ages.

London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1961 1st edition.. 8vo. In dark green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened. Small marks to back. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 191pp. A young acress is murdered. There are many suspects. Modern first edition.

London. John Murray. 1929 1st.. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine and gilt logo to front. In very good condition. Spine slightly rubbed at edges and bumped at ends. Mild foxing to edges and slight browning to endpapers. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 314 pp. With six b/w photographs and a sketch map. The author describes his years as a Foreign Correspondent working for the Times in the late 19th Century. His military title was gained in the Great War.

Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1982 1st.. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. In light brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Price clipped). Mild foxing to top edge. Slight browning to front endpapers. Owner’s small label to front endpaper. Neat note to one index page. Else a clean and tight copy. 178 pp. Edward James was a very rich man who was also an art collector and rumoured to be the illegitimate son of King Edward VII. This book is the result of several days spent recording conversations with George Melly.

Robert Hale. London. 1950 1st edition.. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened. Rubbing, chips & tears to ends of spine and corners. Price clipped). Bookseller label to front inside cover A.J. Coombes, Dorking. A very clean and tight copy. With b/w photographic plates. With fold out map at back. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers London, The Western Reaches. Covers Fulham, Hammersmith, Chiswick and Chelsea. Includes, Thames, White City, Theatres, Sport, Earl's Court, Stamford Bridge, Royal Hospital, King's Road, Hogarth.

London, William Heinemann, 1898 1st UK edition. Hardback, approx 7.5 x 5 inches. Publisher's decorative blue cloth (Heinemann's third standard binding), with an illustration to the front board of nine tulips in blind, lettered in gilt In good condition. Some rubbing to extremities; corners a little bumped, some darkening and rubbing to spine. Some heavy darkening to endpapers and foxing to prelims, plus gift inscription. A couple of minor handling marks to title page, else a good clean and tight rare copy. Scarce. 310pp. + 34pp adverts. A collection of two stories by Henry James, one of which marks the first book appearance of "The Turn of the Screw.".

London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1895 1st. Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Spine and edges of boards faded and darkened, some minor rubbing to edges and ends of spine, minor bumps to corners. Some darkening to endpapers and some light foxing spots to prelims. Some occasional small minor foxing spots to inside pages else a very good clean and tight copy. 416 +2pp adverts.

Methuen & Co. 1905 (1st.ed.). Bound original publisher's blue cloth with nice large floral decor. in gold on spine and front cover, lettered in gold. In good condition. Extremities lightly rubbed, a few tiny nicks ends of spine. Corners lightly bumped, with small small faint mark lower front. But still nice bright binding. A little bit of foxing, light browning inside, small name inscription on front endpaper (Adolf Offe). Else generally clean & tight. Hf. title-page. 548 pp; Forty pages of publisher's adverts to the rear, dated February 1905. Author’s last novel

Pennsylvania The Franklin Library. Pennsylvania. 1976. Size 9.5 x 6.5 inches. In brown full Morocco leather binding with highly gilt decorated spine and gilt decor to boards. All edges gilt. Silk ribbon bookmark. grey Watered silk endpapers. In near fine condition. A very clean and tight copy. light Foxing on the gilted edge. 798pp. With full page black & white frontid

Folio Society 1992 1st thus. Size 6.5 x 9.5 inches. In blue hard card covers with gilt design to front covers and gilt to spines. Illustrated endpapers. In hard pictorial card slip case. In very good condition with very good slip-case. Volume two has a few very small dots on spine. Volume One has a few very small faint marks on fore edges. Inside clean & tight. 3 vols.