‎Collectibles‎

‎Ian FLEMING‎

‎Casino Royale. Introduced by John Banville. Illustrated by Fay Dalton. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE‎

‎Folio Society 2015. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured frontispiece and 6 plates; grey cloth upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver and red a fine copy in publisher's pictorial board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 29027

‎Salvatore R. A.‎

‎The Sword of Bedwyr 3 Vols. SIGNED‎

‎U.S.A.: Warner Bros. 1995. 1st Editions. hardcovers. Very Good/Near Fine. Signed by Authors. Copyright dates 1995 1996 and 1996 Signed by the Author On the Title Page. All 3 volumes are 1st editions 1st printings. Book 1-Sword of Bedwyr red and dark blue cover over boards with gold lettering and design on the spine. Signature only by the author on the title page. Dust jacket no tears bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Now in a clear cover. Book 2-Luthien's Gamble Signature Only of the Author on the Title Page. Dark blue and cream colored cover over boards with gold lettering and design on the spine. A remainder Mark on the bottom page edges. Dust Jacket no tears bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Now in a clear cover. Book 3-Dragon King Signed by the Author Only on the Title Page. Green and black cover over boards with gold lettering and design on the spine. Dust jacket no tears bent flaps. Dust jacket now in a clear cover. A small Mark on the inside front cover not a remainder. All texts are bright and clean bindings are secure a solid Collectible Signed Set of Books Size: 7�" - 9�" Tall Warner Bros. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0003641 ISBN : 0446517267 9780446517263

‎Katharine M. BRIGGS‎

‎Folk Tales of Britain: Narratives. Collected and edited by Katharine M. Briggs. With a Preface by Philip Pullman. Illustrated by Hannah Firmin. FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE‎

‎Folio Society 2011. 3 vols. 8vo. with coloured frontispiece and 28 monochrome illustrations in each volume; pictorial green cloth upper boards and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and black green endpapers a fine set in publisher's illustrated board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 29056

‎Rosemary SUTCLIFF‎

‎The Eagle of the Ninth. Introduced by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev. NEAR FINE COPY‎

‎Folio Society 2005. 8vo. First Edition thus with frontispiece 11 plates and full-page map in the text; pictorial green cloth upper board and backstrip blocked in gilt white and black green endpapers a near fine copy. The publisher's slip-case is not present with this copy. Folio Society, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 29085

‎R. A. Salvatore‎

‎Night of the Hunter Companions Codex 1‎

‎U. S. A: wizards of The Coast Inc. 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Tyler Jacobson. Signed by Authors. Copyright date 2014 1st edition 1st printing. Signature only Of the Author On the Title Page. Black cover over boards with purple lettering and design on the spine. Mapped illustrations and chapter dividers. No tears bent pages nor any writing. Dust Jacket no tears bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Dust jacket now in a clear cover. Text and illustrations are bright and clean binding is secure a solid book. Size: 7�" - 9�" Tall wizards of The Coast Inc. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0003643 ISBN : 0786965118 9780786965113

‎BP. HALL ed. B. P.‎

‎Birds of the Harold Hall Australian Expeditions 1962-1970. A Report on the Collections made for the British Museum Natural History. Edited by B.P. Hall. Results of the Harold Hall Australian Expeditions No. 33. NEAR FINE COPY‎

‎British Museum Natural History 1974. 4to. First Edition with coloured frontispiece and large folding map; original printed wrappers a near fine copy. British Museum, (Natural History), unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 29237

‎Randolph CALDECOTT. Washington IRVING‎

‎Bracebridge Hall. Illustrated by R. Caldecott. SPLENDID COPY IN CONTEMPORARY TREE CALF‎

‎Macmillam 1895. 8vo. with frontispiece illustrated title and very numerous illustrations a number full-page in the text; handsomely bound in contemporary full tree calf boards with elaborate gilt frame border back with five raised bands second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments richly tooled in gilt marbled edges marbled endpapers expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a most attractive crisp clean copy. Caldecott's edition was first published in 1876. Macmillam, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 29276

‎David THOMSON‎

‎Woodbrook. Introduction by Fergal Keane. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE‎

‎Folio Society 2007. 8vo. First Edition thus with portrait frontispiece and plates; pictorial green cloth upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in cream and green green endpapers a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 29289

‎Willa Cather‎

‎Death Comes for the Archbishop‎

‎New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Copyright date 1927 first edition first printing. On page 20 16 the spelling happned instead of happened. Green cloth over boards with black lettering on a glued on label on the front and on the spine. Top page edges are tinted for edge pages and bottom page edges are not cut. No tears bent pages nor any writing. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine are moderate with light bumps to the head and the toe of the spine No Dust Jacket. Text is bright and clean binding is secure a solid collectible book of the top 100 novels of the 20th century. Size: 7�" - 9�" Tall Alfred A. Knopf hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0003704

‎George CRUIKSHANK. William COWPER‎

‎The Diverting History of John Gilpin. showing how He went farther than He intended and came Home safe again. With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. ORIGINAL EDITION IN SOLANDER CASE‎

‎Charles Tilt 1828. Sm. 24mo. First Edition with engraved frontispiece and 5 engraved plates some light offsetting to title some very light and occasional age-spotting mainly marginal; original printed wrappers sewed as issued backstrip rubbed but binding entirely sound wrappers mildly age-soiled else a crisp clean copy housed in custom-made solander case. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The plates by Cruikshank are engraved on wood by Thompson Branston Wright Slader and White. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Charles Tilt, unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 29364

‎G. Allison Phelps‎

‎Tides of Thought‎

‎Hollywood California: Inspiration Publishing Company 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Authors. Copyright date 1937 limited edition this is number 733 Signed by the Author On the Pre-Title Page. Red leather cover over boards with gold lettering and design on the front and on the spine Tooled design on the front and on the spine. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. No Dust Jacket. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine are moderate. No tears bent pages a number 35 written on the inside upper right of the flyleaf. Browning to the post flyleaf page presentation note post fly leaf page. Illustrated inside covers front and back. Text and illustrations are bright and clean binding is secure a solid book. Size: 7�" - 9�" Tall Inspiration Publishing Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0003610

‎Ronald B. MCKERROW‎

‎An Introduction to Bibliography for Literary Students. Thirteenth Impression. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎Clarendon Press Oxford 1977. 8vo. Thirteenth Impression with numerous illustrations in the text; black cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. McKerrow's classic text was first published in 1927; the revised second edition first appeared in 1928. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 28708

‎Osbert LANCASTER‎

‎The Saracen's Head. or the Reluctant Crusader. Illustrated by the Author. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎John Murray 1948. 8vo. First Edition with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations a number double or full-page throughout; original yellow cloth upper board blocked in red backstrip lettered in red a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. John Murray, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 28787

‎Patti Smith‎

‎M Train‎

‎New York: Alford A Knopf 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Signed by Authors. Copyright date is 2015 first edition first printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Also included Certificate of Authenticity. Brown cover over boards with gold lettering and design on the spine. Blind stamped initial on the front board. No tears or bent pages nor any writing. Dust Jacket no tears or bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Illustrated through out with black and white photographs. Text and illustrations are bright and clean Binding is secure a solid collectible book. Size: 7�" - 9�" Tall Alford A Knopf hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0003625 ISBN : 1101875100 9781101875100

‎Anthony TROLLOPE‎

‎Mr. Scarborough's Family. Scarborough's Family. Introduction by Richard Mullen. Illustrations by Alexy Pendle. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE‎

‎Folio Society 1998. 8vo. First Edition thus with frontispiece plates and endpaper maps; grey boards blue cloth back lettered in gilt blue top a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 28879

‎Paul GALLICO‎

‎The Snow Goose. Illustrations by Peter Scott. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎Michael Joseph 1946. 8vo. First Illustrated Edition with title and text in blue and black coloured frontispiece 3 coloured plates numerous monochrome illustrations 3 full-page in the text and illustrated endpapers neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; original pictorial blue buckram snow goose motif blocked in white and black on upper board backstrip lettered in white boards faded beneath dustwrapper losses else a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter chipped not affecting lettering at head of backstrip and with small loss affecting lettering bottom corners of front panel. The first appearance of Scott's classic illustrated edition. The frontispiece portrait of Fritha is modelled on Scott's first wife novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard: 'I stood for hours holding a pillow which he turned into the wounded snow goose' Howard's memoirs. VERY SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER Michael Joseph, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 28919

‎'SNAFFLES' pseud. Charlie Johnson PAYNE‎

‎'Osses and Obstacles. Second Impression. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎Collins 1935. Roy. 4to. Second Impression with title-vignette and numerous fine full-page plates small neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper endpapers lightly spotted ; original olive cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in brown covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good firm clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with minor loss not affecting lettering at head of backstrip. Published a year after the first impression. Collins, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 28489

‎Thornton Wilder‎

‎The Ides of March‎

‎London: Longman's Green and Company 1948. first U. K. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed by Authors. Copyright date 1948 first edition first printing. Signed by the Author On the Title Page with location and date. Blue cloth over boards with gold lettering and design on the front and on the spine. Top page edges are tinted blue for edge pages are not cut. A light fold in the cloth in the middle of the back cover a light wear spot upper right corner near the for edge light foxing to the inside front and back cover light foxing to the for for edge pages. Light bumps to the head and toe of the spine shelf wear to the edges and the head and toe of the spine are moderate. Dust jacket no bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Jacket has wear and small chips out of the head and toe of the spine wear to the for edges also along the groove front and back. Dust jacket is now in a protective clear cover. Interior text is bright and clean binding is secure a solid collectible first book by Thornton Wilder. From the estate of Martin Shuttleworth who was a literary critic a writer and a free lance editior of literary magazines such as "The Paris Review" and The Atlantic Monthly as described by his daughter in an accompying letter Size: 7�" - 9�" Tall Longman's, Green and Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0003572

‎McNish Cliff‎

‎The Silver Child Trilogy‎

‎U.S.A.: Orion Children's Books an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd 2003. 1st U. K. Editions. hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. Geoff Taylor. Signed by Authors. Copyright dates 2003 2004 and 2005 All Three Volumes are Signed by the Author. All three volumes are First editions first printings. Book 1-The Silver Child Flat Signed by the Author on the title page. Green cover over boards with silver lettering and design on the spine. No tears bent pages nor any writing. Dust Jacket no tears bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Dust jacket now in a clear protective cover. Book 2-The Silver City Signed Presentation Copy by the author on the title page. Orange cover over boards with silver lettering and design on the spine. No tears bent pages nor any writing. Dust Jacket no tears bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Now in a clear protective cover. Book 3-Silver World Signed Presentation Copy On the Title Page. Blue cover over boards with silver lettering and design on the spine. No tears bent pages nor any writing. Dust Jacket no bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Creases along the lower front edge one near the for edge one along the groove area very light scratches to the clear cover. Now in a clear protective cover. Text and illustrations are bright and clean bindings are secure a collectible signed set of young adults books Size: 7�" - 9�" Tall Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0003570 ISBN : 1842552597 9781842552599

‎Cliff McNish‎

‎Angel‎

‎Great Britain: Orion Children's Books 2007. 1st U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Authors. Copyright date 2007 first U. K. Edition first printing. Signed Presentation Copy On the Title Page. Dark blue cloth over boards with gold lettering and design on the spine. No tears bent pages nor any writing. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine are very minor. Dust Jacket no tears bent flaps nor is it price clipped. A very fine dust jacket now in a clear cover. Text is bright and clean binding is secure a solid signed children's book. Size: 7�" - 9�" Tall Orion Children's Books hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0003577 ISBN : 1842551116 9781842551110

‎Dena ATTAR‎

‎A Bibliography of Household Books Published in Britain 1800-1914. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎Prospect Books 1987. 4to. First Edition with a frontispiece and illustrations; cloth a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Already scarce. Prospect Books, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 28504

‎Spenser Edmund‎

‎The Works of Edmund Spenser‎

‎Macmillan 1904. Globe ed. Hardcover. Used; Acceptable. No dust jacket. Previous owners Annotations/Inscriptions. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1991244</p> Macmillan hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1991244

‎Helprin Mark‎

‎Swan Lake‎

‎U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Chris van Allsburg. Copyright date 1989 first edition first printing. Illustrated throughout by Chris Van Allsburg. Blue cloth over boards with gold lettering and design on the front and on the spine glued on label of the Swan landing on the lake with gold border around. Decorative inside covers front and back. No tears bent pages nor any writing. No Dust Jacket. One worn spot bottom tip of the front corner of the for edge. Shelf wear and to the head and toe of the spine are minor. Text and illustrations are bright and clean binding is secure a solid collectible book. Size: 7�" - 9�" Tall Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0003602 ISBN : 0395498589 9780395498583

‎Kennedy Caroline‎

‎Profiles in Courage For Our Time‎

‎U.S.A.: Hyperion Books 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. signed by the Author. Copyright date 2002 first edition third printing. Signed by the author on a glued on label on the inside flyleaf. Blue cloth over boards with gold lettering and design on the spine red inside covers front and back very light soiling to the top page edges shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine are minor. Dust jacket no tears bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Text is bright and clean binding is secure a solid collectible book SIGNED Size: 7�" - 9�" Tall Hyperion Books hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0003598 ISBN : 0786867930 9780786867936

‎FOLIO SOCIETY.‎

‎The Folio Book of Ghost Stories. Introduced by Kathryn Hughes. Illustrated by David McConochie. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE‎

‎Folio Society 2015. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured frontispiece and 8 plates; pictorial boards brown backstrip lettered in gilt a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 28589