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The First UK printing published by Macmillan & Co., London in 1932. The Book is in near Fine condition with tight binding and only light pushing at the lower spine end. The gilt titling remains bright. Slight toning and the occasional spotting to the text-block but the green top-stain is present. Light offsetting to the end papers. Free from inscriptions and bookplates. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. Light spotting to the flaps and rear panel with slight toning to the flap edges. The Rex Whistler wrapper artwork to the front panel and the spine is very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Rex Whistler also provides a chilling B/W illustration to the title page. A very elusive title to find in such collectible condition more-so with what must be one of Rex Whistler's most striking and haunting wrapper designs. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The sole UK printing published by the Brewhouse Press, Wymondham In 1968. This is number 'eleven' of only 25 special copies which were produced in a casebound edition and signed to the final page by the illustrator Rigby Graham, the author, the printer, the binder and the typographers. There were also 300 wrappered copies which were unsigned and unnumbered. The BOOK is in Fine condition with green patterned boards, titled in gold on the spine with matching endpapers. With the addition of gold blocking to the frontispiece. Single black-and-white and 6 coloured lithographs by Rigby Graham. Accompanied by the publisher's 'Publications in Print' flyer detailing this publication and the two sided Publisher's Prospectus. Very scarce. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcome direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1936. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Light pushing at the spine ends. The binding remains tight. Light spotting and offsetting to the prelims and rear end-papers. Small light stain to the upper text-block but the pages remain clean. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Some loss at the corners and spine ends just involving the top of some of the letters of 'Summer'. Light toning to the spine and flap edges. The repeated wraparound wrapper design by M.T. Ritchie (Trekkie Parsons) looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Trekkie Parsons was an acclaimed illustrator and artist, associated with the Bloomsbury group and who went on to become Leonard Woolf's 'companion' after the death of his wife Vanessa. She undertook many commissions for The Hogarth Press. The author's very scarce fourth novel. Collectible

The First UK printing published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1932. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Marbled cloth boards with gilt titling and decorations to the spine. The gilt remains very bright. Toning to the text-block and page edges with light offsetting to the end-papers. Free from inscriptions. Four pages of adverts to the rear as called for. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition with light edge wear and some rubbing in places to the rear panel. The spine is toned with some fading of the blue lettering and some rubbing and light staining. The wrapper remains very bright in the removable Brodart archival cover. Fifteen short stories, including 'Elinor Barley', 'Some World Far From Ours' et al. with the title story being a sequel to the novel 'Mr Fortune's Maggot'. A very elusive early title more-so with the wrapper, from this acclaimed author. Reissued by 'The Tarturus Press' in 2000 with the REVIEW: 'This collection is by no means genre horror, but for those… Read More

The First UK printing published by Michael Joseph in 1957.The BOOK is in VERY GOOD++ or better condition.Slight dulling of the gilt titling.Mild pushing at the corners.Offsetting to the end papers with toning and a little dustiness to the text block.The book has a mild lean.The WRAPPER is complete and is in near FINE condition.A small closed tear to lower front spine fold.Mild soiling to the rear cover but far less than usually encountered.Few minor nicks in places.The William Belcher wrapper design looks very attractive in the removable Brodart archival protector.The book has been Inscribed and Signed by the Author.The inscription reads 'For Frank Kermode, 'Perhaps you would rephrase the question', Keith Waterhouse'.The book is accompanied by some typed notes - The notes relate to the works of Waterhouse and John Wain, Kermode's friend from his days at Reading University, and were possibly made by Kermode several years after the publication of this book, mentioning as they do both Billy Liar (1959)… Read More

A First UK Printing published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1968.The BOOK is in near FINE condition with no erasures or markings. Some fading to the purple top-stain. The purple boards are very clean. The gilt titling to the spine and the gilt double helix design on the spine remain very bright. There is a very mild crease to the spine and a little toning in places to the text block. The pages are clean. One small previous penned owner's name to the upper front end paper. The WRAPPER is in near FINE condition with very minor rubbing and edge-wear. The wrapper is notoriously fragile for becoming chipped and marked but this wrapper is one of the nicest we have handled to date. The wrapper is complete with the correct price of 35s. net. The Dorothy Judd designed wrapper looks striking and is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. This copy has been SIGNED by the Nobel Laureate JAMES D. WATSON to the title page. A copy of the ticket for the signing event accompanies this title for provenance.… Read More

A First UK printing published by Duckworth in 1930. 8vo dark blue cloth boards with silver stamped title and author name on the spine, 206pp with seven illustrations and a pictorial dust jacket. The book is a detached commentary on Waugh’s brief honeymoon with his wife, also called Evelyn during 1929.The BOOK is in VERY GOOD condition with the boards being clean with some sunning to the spine and very light bumping to the corners and spine tips. Internally there is an inscription on the front free endpaper which reads: 'To Ronnie and Mary, with love,from Wyndham, Christmas 1930'.The edge of the text block has some foxing spots and there is some scattered foxing throughout the text in places.The distinctive original cream WRAPPER is unclipped and is in VERY GOOD condition.It shows the original price of 8/6 NET and is now protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. There are spots of foxing particularly on the verso of the jacket and on the rear flap.The spine is age toned and the fore edges… Read More

The first UK printing, published by Longmans, Green and Co., London in 1936. The book is in Very Good++ or better condition with just some very light mottling to the boards. The gilt titling remains bright. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The red top stain is present. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. It is the very elusive first state wrapper. Some edge-wear with loss at the spine ends and a small chip to the upper front panel. Some light toning to the spine and mild staining to the rear spine fold. Splitting to the spine folds with some tape reinforcement to the verso. The John French wrapper artwork remains striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Before publication, Waugh objected to the publisher's blurb on the front flap of the wrapper. Longmans attempted to recall all copies hitherto distributed and stuck a card with revised printed text over the offending blurb on the front flap. This is one of the very few copies with the uncorrected wrapper that has… Read More

The First UK Printing published by Constable in 1963.The BOOK is in near FINE condition.Covers clean with bright gilt lettering.Few spots and mild toning to the text block.Small bookseller sticker to lower front pastedown.Free from inscriptions,erasures and markings.The WRAPPER is price clipped and is in VERY GOOD++ or better condition.Mild age related toning and soiling.Two superficial scratches to the front cover (which are hardly noticeable as they blend in with the wrapper artwork).The Brian Sanders wrapper artwork looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover.The author's iconic debut novel which became the runaway bestseller and successfully filmed starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman.A very sharp copy and extremely scarce as the First UK edition.Ashtonrarebooks welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Frederick Warne, London in 1933. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Light bumping to the corners. Offsetting to the pictorial end-papers. Some light creasing to the front paste-down (publisher's fault) otherwise very clean and bright internally. The scarce WRAPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. Mild edge wear with two closed tears to the lower front cover. A light vertical crease to the rear cover. Some age related marking and toning but the wrapper presents very well in the removable Brodart archival cover. Profusely illustrated throughout in tritone colour by Clifford Webb who specialised in animal drawings, and also produced the illustrations for the first two books of the 'Swallows and Amazons' series by Arthur Ransome A very nice example of a scarce Children's title. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK Printing published by Cassell and Co in 1916. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. The correct first issue with blind-stamped olive green boards and gilt titling to the spine. The titling has dulled to the spine. Mild offsetting to the end papers with light spotting to the prelims and to the page edges in a few places. Text block lightly toned and spotted. Free from inscriptions, erasures and markings. Blind-stamp 'Presentation Copy" to the title page. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. It is the correct first issue with no price sticker to the spine. Light markings and edge-wear in places. Mild rubbing and creasing to the upper spine with a small closed tear not affecting the lettering. The wrapper presents very well in the removable Brodart archival cover. First Printings are virtually never seen in the correct first issue wrapper. The novel enjoyed immense popularity during World War One with its vivid portrayal of life on the home front. Only… Read More

2 volumes. The First UK Printings published by Macmillan & Co.Ltd, London in 1941. The BOOKS are in Very Good++ or better condition. Original cloth with gilt titling. Light pushing at the spine ends. Mild offsetting to the end papers with light toning and spotting to the text-block. Some spotting to the prelims of Vol.1 and lightly to the page edges in a few places in both vols. Free from inscriptions and bookplates. The WRAPPERS are complete and are in Very Good++ or better condition. Light edge-wear with a little loss to the corners and spine tips in Vol.1. Light toning to the spines. Mild creasing to the edges of Vol.1. The wrappers present very well in the removable Brodart archival covers. 32 photogravure plates from photographs. After five years of marriage, Rebecca West was again ready for independent travel. Her opportunity came via the newly formed British Council, which sent her as a lecturer, first to the Baltic states, and then to Yugoslavia. Though she endured sexual harassment and… Read More

Limited Edition. 2 page Introduction by Anthony Rota. Number 8 of only 100 sets printed on handmade paper from the original plates with 12 plates coloured by hand according to the artist's directions (74 sets were for sale with one set on vellum). Folio. 14.5 X 10.75 ins. Original half green morocco with paper covered boards. Interior drop-back box holding title page, 2 text pages, Colophon and 25 plates. Gilt title on the spine. A Fine set housed within a Very Good++ drop-back box which has some fading of the colouring to the spine and some light rubbing to the edges. The Gilt titling remains very bright. The 1930 Cresset Press edition of 'Gulliver's Travels', illustrated by Rex Whistler, is 'one of the most handsome books ever to be published in this country (England). And the illustrations are ravishing.' ('The Twentieth Century Book' by John Lewis). The illustrative style of Rex Whistler (1905–1944), which eschewed the experimentalism of the 1920s, found its inspiration in the 17th and 18th… Read More

The sole UK printing published by the The Holywell Press in 1929. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. Number 68 of only 300 copies published. Some toning to the text-block with some spotting to the blank end-papers. Small previous owner's bookplate to inside of the front cover. The contents are clean. The fragile WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Some rubbing to the corners, edges and spine folds. A minor mark to the front cover. The book is protected in a loose Mylar archival cover. Striking wrapper design, full page frontis and 4 further B/W illustrations by Rex Whistler. Laurence Whistler's fragile first book, privately printed when he was only 17 and still at Stowe School where it was sold in the school shop. A much nicer copy than usually encountered of this very scarce publication. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Dent, London in 1938. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Very light pushing at the extreme spine ends. Gilt titling to the spine with the publisher's blind stamped details to the lower spine as issued. Some toning to the text-block and outer page edges due to the quality of the paper stock used. Some spotting to the prelims and light offsetting to the blank end-papers. Free from inscriptions. The scarce WRAPPER is neatly price-clipped and is in Very Good+ condition. A little nibbling to the upper spine tip. Some fading of the red colouring to the spine. The wrapper remains very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Florence White was the founder of the English Folk Cookery Association. Born in 1863, White's somewhat unhappy childhood, shopping 'economically for food (since the family was by then poor), waiting on her uncongenial stepmother, and teaching the three small children of her father's third marriage' (ODNB), was relieved when she was… Read More

The First UK printing published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London in 1955. The BOOK is in Very Good- condition. Light pushing at the spine ends with a little dulling of the titling to the spine. Mild toning to the text-block. Free from inscriptions. Some of the upper corner page edges have been folded and two of the page corners are partially separated along the folds, but still attached. The scarce wrapper is complete and is in Very Good- condition. It is the correct first issue with the black background banner statement across the front panel. A little loss and rubbing at the spine ends, more so the upper spine tip. A little rubbing to the corners, folds and the spine in places. Some toning to the edges of the flaps and some inevitable age related markings to the rear panel. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The classic account of the 'Montagu Case'. 'Wildeblood was arrested on 9 January 1954, and in March he was brought before the British courts charged with… Read More

The Sole UK printing published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1931. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition bound in the publisher's original red cloth with blind stamped titling. Light pushing to the spine ends and mild spotting to the text-block. Advert for other Cape books concerning Russia bound in preceding the final page of text. The WRAPPER is neatly price-clipped and is in Very Good++ condition. A little chipped at the extremities with a few nicks and mild creasing. Some light toning to the spine. The photo-montage design wrapper artwork looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been inscribed by the author to the front blank end-paper: 'To Mr and Mrs A. Kirkham, with best wishes for Christmas, and better luck for us all in 1932, from Amabel Williams-Ellis'. The recipient was Albert Kirkham, chief assistant to her husband Clough Williams-Ellis. The author, nee Strachey, was the daughter of John St. Loe Strachey, and thereby cousin (once removed) to Lytton et al. and on the… Read More

The First UK printing of the trade edition published by Putnam, London in 1927, issued alongside a limited edition of 1100 large paper copies. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with the top edge lightly dust soiled and some light toning to the blank end-papers. Light pushing at the spine ends. Free from inscriptions. The scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Lightly toned to the spine and the margins of the rear and front panels. The Hester Sainsbury wrapper artwork looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The wrapper is slightly short on the book, as issued. A sharp copy of the increasingly elusive trade edition of this classic title. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing of this special 'Signed Limited Edition' published by Jonathan Cape in 1982. This copy is number '850' of an edition of 1000 copies (the first 100 of which were not for sale). The BOOK is in near Fine condition with the original navy blue cloth with gilt titles on the front cover. Light toning to the text-block. The publisher's original clear glassine WRAPPER is present and is in near fine condition. Signed by Kit Williams on on the limitation details page as called for. Accompanied by the very scarce publisher's PROMOTIONAL POSTER which is complete and is in near Fine condition. It measures 64cm x 41 cm and has been folded. Also present is the 'Masquerade 1981 Calendar' which is complete and internally clean. 'Others still engaged in the search may find - as sometimes happens- that a thing seen casually from the corner of the eye suddenly reveals a new significance, and so welcome the daily prompt the calendar brings'(calendar blurb). A lovely copy of the famous treasure hunt… Read More

The First UK printing published by Faber and Faber, London in 1935. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Bound by Asprey, London in full dark blue/black morocco, the spine lettered in gilt, five raised bands, with tooling and decorations to the spine, hand-marbled end-leaves. All edges gilt with a few light scratches to the upper gilt text-block. Free from inscriptions. A handsome copy ofWilliamson's classic tale which is dedicated to T.E. Lawrence and V.M. Yeates. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.