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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 96pp. Red cloth boards missing paper spine label. Very good with previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper with rubbing, foxing, and bumped spine ends and corners. Poems about World War I and its affect on the author.

Zustand: Poor. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Medium 8vo with marbled boards and black leather half binding. Raised bands, gilt decoration and gilt lettering within two brown leather panels on backstrip. Some shelf wear including bumped corners. and an inch long tear in backstrip seam. Top of backstrip peeling away with some chipping. Marbled edges and end papers. Interior is secure, clean and clear save for some foxing. A few pages have some minor chipping. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine condition, small octavo, printed title and device of the Woodland Press (by Reginald Hallward) on grey boards, plain tan canvas spine, original tissue wrapper, title page also bears Woodland Press device, printed on hand made paper, errata slip present, foxing to outer edges, 44 pages. Early work published anonymously by the Woodland Press with later attributed works by Reginald Hallward. [Hallward gave Oscar Wilde the idea for Dorian Grey]. [GENERAL INFORMATION: Photographs available - please specify. Postage and packaging at cost based on average size book and surface post outside UK. Sets and heavy items may require additional postage charges: please contact us before ordering.].

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. In excellent condition.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. 35pp. Illustrated with photographs. Stapled pictorial wrappers, the staples rusted, and the wrappers fractionally dust soiled, and with a little chafing to the natural fold. A very good copy. Prepared by Bates whilst he was serving at the Directorate of Public Relations at the Air Ministry. Eads A49. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced].

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 415pp. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in gold at the spine and with a blind-stamped vignette to the upper board. Tip of one corner knocked and the cloth at the backstrip and board margins a little tanned. Some spotting to the endpapers and occasional text leaf margins. Quite a bright copy, lacking the dust wrapper. A roman à clef of the thirties featuring thinly disguised versions of T. E. Lawrence (as 'G. B. Everest' ["my work was Snowdon to his Everest" - Williamson]), C. R. W. Nevinson ('Cahnnerson'), D. H. Lawrence ('David Torrence'), Siegfried Sassoon ('Sherston Savage'), Aldous Huxley ('Adolf Stucley'), T. S. Eliot ('P. S. Etiol)', John Galsworthy ('Holsworthy'), H. G. Wells ('Springs') and J. B. Priestley ('P. B. Bradford' - Priestley took considerable umbrage to his portrayal, taking his revenge in a review: "a great oozing slab of self-pity, bearing the wet trade-mark of Henry Williamson").

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st edition. 8" x 5". iv + 382pp + [2] pp pub cat. Bookplate of previous owner on paste down fep. Sporadic foxing, else, very good hardback in publishers original blind and gilt stamped brown cloth.

Half Bound in Blue Leather. Zustand: Poor. No Jacket. New Edition. Collection of stories by the author of 'John Halifax, Gentleman', Blue leather spine and corners over marbled boards, marbled endpapers and page edges. Five raised bands to spine with gilt design. Gilt title on red labels to segments 2 & 3. 382pp. Boards detached. Rubbing to spine, edges and corners. Text block good, uninscribed copy, but binding poor. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Half Bound in Blue Leather. Zustand: Poor. No Jacket. New Edition. Novel. Blue leather spine and corners over marbled boards, marbled endpapers and page edges. Five raised bands to spine with gilt design. Gilt title on red labels to segments 2 & 3. 432pp. Boards detached. Rubbing to spine, edges and corners, bottom section of backstrip detached and two sections loose. Text block good, uninscribed copy, but binding poor. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good condition, sextodecimo, rebound in full blue leather, four raised bands and titles stamped in gilt across spine, all edges gilt, new end papers, 273 pages. [neat penciled note on foot of table of contents re authorship.] [QP].

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Medium octavo, brown embossed cloth, wear to corners and spine extremities, title in gilt across spine, authorship on spine incorrectly attributed to Warburton, this edition was published anonymously, light water stain on each leaf, otherwise good,French bookseller's label on front end paper, x plus 232 pages. [QP].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good condition, medium octavo, red cloth blocked in black and gilt, light wear to spine extremities, top edges gilt, 282 pages. [QP.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Presumed First Edition. No stated date c1868. Presumed first edition. 160pp., frontispiece and 3 other black and white illustrations, and header and footer vignettes to each chapter. This is a story for the older child, set in France. The author is not stated but it is known to be Mary Elizabeth Gellie (1838-1919). She was born in Oxford, the daughter of chief clerk for the Admiralty John Marlett Boddy, and in 1877 she married Scottish landowner William Gellie. Before and after her marriage, Gellie wrote several novels aimed at young adult readers. The book is bound in the original green cloth covered boards with titling against a gold background and black designs on the spine and black titling and designs with a gold illustration on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and light soiling to the boards and bumping to the spine ends and top corners. There is a light dent near the top of the front board and the spine is very slightly cocked. The contents are tight and clean apart from some scattered small marks and stains from finger smudges, etc., and a few more noticeable small stains on pages 9 to 11. The back of the frontispiece, last page and the free endpapers are browned and there are remains of a partly removed school prize label on the front fixed endpaper. There is some partial splitting down the spine gutter of the endpapers.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. First Thus. First thus. Small hardback, two volumes (complete). Rebound in plain publisher's cloth with gilt titling to spines. Each 15.5 × 11cm, 302pp + 302pp. The first novel from Eleanor Frances Poynter, the daughter of architect Ambrose Poynter, and sister of translator Clara Bell (1834-1927), painter Sir Edward John Poynter (1836-1919), and author Harrietta May Poynter. Condition: A good reading copy. The cloth is faded and bumped a little to the corners with some light fraying to the joints. Internally, the pages are tanned with a little marginal loss to the first few pages but not affecting text. The inner binding is secure. Previous owner's nameplate to both books (John Foster; but I don't know if this is the John Foster who was a literary critic, close friend of Charles Dickens, and owner of a large library.).

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 1847. Presumed first edition. 115pp., frontispiece and black and white illustrations. This little book was published anonymously but we understand the author to be Charles Tomlinson (1808-1897), a British scientist who published papers on meteorology and the physical properties of liquids. He was a lecturer on experimental science at King's College School, and during the 1840s and 1850s he published several scientific works relating to phenomena of the weather for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, alongside a range of scientific and literary works. The present book is a scientific study on the nature, properties, and dangers of dew and mist across the world. It includes accounts of the historical records of the process, the science of heat, inquiries into the phenomena, illustrations and explanations, further observations, hoar frost, hygrometry, mists and fogs, and more. The book is bound in the original red cloth covered boards with gold titling on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling to the boards. The spine ends and bottom front corner are lightly bumped. The contents are tight and clean with 'Norton Parish Library' and the number 28 written on the front fixed endpaper. The ink has caused some staining on the front free endpaper and 28 has also been written on the top edge of the title-page and this has left a stain on the top of the frontispiece. There are light traces of removed labels or a cover for the book on the front and rear fixed endpapers.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 415pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with a small gilt-stamped decoration, repeated in blind to the upper board. Edges and endpapers spotted and with a little further spotting to a dozen preliminary and concluding leaves, and to occasional leaves throughout. A good copy in spotted, toned, torn and nicked price-clipped dust wrapper, split into two parts at the rear panel-spine panel join and, an inch of loss from the head of the front panel and several smaller areas of loss. A celebrated roman à clef of the thirties, with the added frisson of anonymity. Featuring thinly disguised versions of T. E. Lawrence (as 'G. B. Everest' ["my work was Snowdon to his Everest" - Williamson]), C. R. W. Nevinson, D. H. Lawrence, Siegfried Sassoon, Aldous Huxley, T. S. Eliot, John Galsworthy, H. G. Wells, Thomas Washington Metcalfe and J. B. Priestley. (Priestley took considerable umbrage to his portrayal, taking his revenge in a review: "a great oozing slab of self-pity, bearing the wet trade-mark of Henry Williamson").

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. An early edition (originally issued in 1833). viii + 563pp. Original publisher's brown embossed cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to the backstrip. With a hand-colour lithographic frontispiece, a tinted title page decoration and numerous black and white vignettes throughout. A dusty copy, quite nicked at the spine ends, the hinges tender but secure and with some quite severe foxing to the preliminary leaves, otherwise really quite bright internally. Former owner bookplate to the front pastedown.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of this anonymous collection of Great War poems by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland, author and journalist more widely known now for the small role he played in events following Oscar Wilde's trial and imprisonment (with Lord Alfred Douglas he persecuted Robbie Ross in the civil courts in a variety of actions and the two unsuccessfully sued Arthur Ransome for libelling Douglas in his 1912 book on Wilde). Small 8vo. 95pp. Red cloth with a tanned and just a little chipped paper spine label. Cloth chafed, dust marked and a little soiled, but, bar some tanning to the half-title and final text leaf, a nice crisp copy internally. Forty-two poems, several of which originally appeared in newspapers and periodicals with the remainder printed here for the first time. Reilly p. 100.

Half Bound in Blue Leather. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. W Small (illustrator). Novel, undated edition. Blue leather spine and corners over marbled boards, marbled endpapers and page edges. Five raised bands to spine with gilt design. 359pp illustrated with engraving of Edna and Letty, attributed to W Small, to frontis. Rubbing to spine, edges and corners, title rubbed off, minor loss to tail of backstrip and evidence of damp damage to early pages, otherwise fair uninscribed copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. 1838. Two titles bound and published as one. Third thousand (Three Experiments) and possible first UK edition (Elinor Fulton). 106pp. plus a 2-page catalogue; 116pp. (each work has its own title-page). Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee (1780-1865) was an American author, best known for her 1837 novelette 'Three Experiments of Living' which was published in more than 30 editions in the United States, and 10 in England. It was soon followed by the sequel 'Elinor Fulton'. Three Experiments of Living explores three different approaches to living: living within the means, living up to the means, and living beyond the means. Lee presents these three experiments as a way of examining the different ways people approach their lives and their finances. In the first experiment, living within the means, the author advocates for a simple and frugal lifestyle. This means living within one's financial limits and avoiding unnecessary expenses. The second experiment, living up to the means, involves a more moderate approach. This means living comfortably but not extravagantly, and making sure to save for the future. The third experiment, living beyond the means, is a cautionary tale about the dangers of overspending and living beyond one's financial limits. Lee provides examples and anecdotes to illustrate each of these three experiments. She also offers practical advice on budgeting, saving, and managing money. The book is bound in the original green cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with expected shelf wear and some soiling to the boards. The bottom corners and spine ends are bumped. The contents are tight and clean with a handwritten school presentation inscription, dated 1885, on the front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 415pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with a small gilt-stamped decoration, repeated in blind to the upper board. Top edge lightly dust soiled and with a tiny area of spotting to the fore edge. Tiny dealer plate to the base of the front pastedown. Very good indeed non-price-clipped dust wrapper, split into two parts at the rear panel-spine panel fold, considerably tanned at the spine panel, and with some nicking and several slivers of edge-loss. A celebrated roman à clef of the thirties, with the added frisson of anonymity. Featuring thinly disguised versions of T. E. Lawrence (as 'G. B. Everest' ["my work was Snowdon to his Everest" - Williamson]), C. R. W. Nevinson, D. H. Lawrence, Siegfried Sassoon, Aldous Huxley, T. S. Eliot, John Galsworthy, H. G. Wells, Thomas Washington Metcalfe and J. B. Priestley. (Priestley took considerable umbrage to his portrayal, taking his revenge in a review: "a great oozing slab of self-pity, bearing the wet trade-mark of Henry Williamson").

Half Bound in Blue Leather. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. J E Millais (illustrator). 21st Edition. Novel, first published in 1857. Undated edition. Blue leather spine and corners over marbled boards, marbled endpapers and page edges. Five raised bands to spine with gilt design. 430pp illustrated with engraving of Ursula March, attributed to Millais, to frontis. Rubbing to spine, edges and corners, title rubbed off and minior loss to head and tail of backstrip, otherwise fair/good uninscribed copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. The first UK edition (first printing) of the author's first book. 8vo. 183pp. Black cloth lettered at the spine and upper board and with an ornate border. Binding slightly cocked. Spine ends a little rubbed in places. A good, quite bright copy. Neat name of former owner to the front free endpaper.

Calf. Zustand: Very Good. Eighth Edition. 211 pages, beautifully bound in green calf, blind-stamping decoration with black lining and ornamentation to boards, spine with raised bands, black design and title in gilt, gilt decoration to inner dentelles, all edges gilt with dicing, a very neat pleasing binding, early gift inscription to first free endpaper.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition of his anonymous Great War story, probably his third book. This copy inscribed by the author at the head of the half-title and dated 1918 (the name of the recipient partially erased). Small 8vo. 108pp + [xvi] publisher's advertisements at the rear. Card wrappers, lettered in red and black at the upper wrapper and title page. With a frontispiece drawing by Jean Lefort. The first gathering a little tender and some tears to the fore edges where they have been inexpertly cut. Paperstock a little tanned. A nice bright example of a fragile production, handsomely enhanced by Géraldy's near-contemporary signature. Text in French. Inscribed by Author(s).

Zustand: VG/--. Small 8vo. 335+(4 publisher's ads.) pp. With a few wood-engr. plts./ills. (incl. frontisp.). Hardcover. Or. blind-stamped dark brown cloth, gilt decor. spine. (Spine ends & corners sl. dam.; lib. label (1872) on pastedown with stamp "released 1967", few scattered stamps).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by the author on the title page and dated 1942. 8vo. xv, 363pp. Reddy-brown cloth with a paper spine label (and a spare tipped-in at the rear). The cloth lightly faded at the backstrip, and with a small enclosed split to the head of the upper joint, which just impacts the spine label. Top edge lightly dust soiled, and the free endpapers very lightly toned and spotted. A very good copy in lightly dust soiled price-clipped dust wrapper, with several centimetres of corresponding loss to the head of the front panel-spine panel join, and a little accompanying creasing. The author's second book, the humorous fictional diary of a west end draper, presumably inspired by his own experiences managing the family draper business. The format of the present work is not dissimilar to the author's first book, 'The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller' (1931). The rear panel of this present dust wrapper includes some reviews of his previous effort, my personal favourite being "Badly presented, poorly edited . the outpourings of a genius". Sir William Young Darling (1885-1962) was the Unionist Member of Parliament in the House of Commons for the Edinburgh South constituency from 1945 to 1957, and also director of the Royal Bank of Scotland over roughly the same period. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Third edition. Some wear to boards, & a little scrape to the rear pastedown. This copy used to belong to Sydney Cockerell, & has his signature on the reverse of the ffep. There is also W. H. Smith's blindstamp on the ffep. The binding remains solid, but some signatures feel a little loose. Some numbers have been noted in pencil on a blank page at the end of the book. A later prospectus for the Cape edition of Butler's works is loosely inserted.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. Pp. 192. Attractive woodcut vignette on titlepage of the iron bridge, contemporary marbled calf. Lacking spine label, hinges split, extremities rubbed, owner's name on front pastedown. The book consists of a miscellany of short pieces. Those lettered "B" have been attributed to Robert Barnard, the editor also refers to passages lettered "J.M" as being original contributions by "an author the public well knows how to appreciate". This is probably James Montgomery. Binding is hardcover.

hardcover. Zustand: very good(+). 353 pages, 12mo, full mottled calf, ornately gilt spine, red edges. Amsterdam, 1749. A very good(+) copy.