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1998ref. 000851Silver Salamander hardcover Seattle: Silver Salamander 1998 Collection of short stories by one of Britain's best horror writers. This is #44 of 300 numbered cloth copies. The only blemish is a small tea stain found on the edge of the last 14 pages the text is unaffected. Comes in an archival protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Orders are normally processed within 24 hours.
2004ref. 000469PS Publishing hardcover Harrogate England: PS Publishing 2004 A continuation of the events described in a previous novella "Naming of Parts". One of 300 signed and numbered copies this is #152. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. I do NOT use padded envelopes. Books are normally sent within 24 hours of order often on same day.
2003ref. 000286Earthling hardcover Shrewsbury MA: Earthling 2003 One novella and two short stories that comprise a homage to Arthur Machen one of the greatest fantasy writers who ever lived. Signed by both authors. This is a "PC" copy of a limited edition. No remainder mark not price-clipped. Comes in a mylar protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and packed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed.
2009ref. 000442Ace Hardcover hardcover U.S.A.: Ace Hardcover 2009 First printing complete number line. No remainder mark not price-clipped not bumped. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Books are normally sent within 24 hours of order frequently on same day.
2001ref. 001461Midnight House hardcover Midnight House 2001 A reprint of a classic novel of 1940 that blended the whodunnit and horror genres. One of 450 copies. No remainder mark not price-clipped not bumped. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.
2007ref. 001339Cemetery Dance hardcover Cemetery Dance 2007 A man and his family are being relentlessly pursued by an unknown and invisible entity that is crushing everything in its path. One of 1000 signed copies. No remainder mark not price-clipped not bumped. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number provided with domestic orders. Note: Because this book is heavier than usual well over 2 pounds any expedited or foreign orders will require a surcharge. Regular domestic shipping is still free.
1965Folio, First Edition, title in blue, with numerous fine facsimiles in the text; original grey wrappers printed in blue, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY GIVEN ON BEHALF OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II BY MAURICE BOND OF THE RECORD OFFICE, WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE.
19638vo., First Edition thus; original buff wrappers printed in black, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Augustan Reprint Society, Publication No. 100. This facsimile is a high-quality photographic reprint of the copy in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. VERY SCARCE.
20048vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and maps throughout; original laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy. Battle Zone Normandy 11.Sutton's valuable 'Battle Zone Normandy' series provides an innovative historical survey of the Normandy landings and immediate aftermath. Each of the fourteen volumes is divided into four parts: a general introduction by series editor Simon Trew, a descriptive account by a recognised authority; detailed battlefield tours, and guides for further research. The series is well illustrated and particularly well mapped.
19528vo., First Edition, with a full-page map and 4 plates, some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, uncut, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Harcourt-Smith's classic biography of Lucrezia Borgia is based entirely on the correspondence of the period and drawn from Italian archives of the sixteenth century. With a personal bookplate on front free endpaper. Uncommon in this condition.
19758vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, top lightly mottled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly age-soiled at fold-ins and (predominantly white) rear panel. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A splendid presentation copy of the first Simon Drake novel. Extremely scarce, especially in this condition.
19808vo., First Edition, on laid paper; cloth, gilt back, fore-edges a little dusty else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy, with dustwrapper artwork by Craig Dodd. The author's first work, written in 1950 but rejected for publication for fear of libel action. It was subsequently lost for almost thirty years until a single copy of the manuscript was rediscovered in 1979.
20094to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured reproductions (the majority full-page) throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. With copies of the exhibition price list and private view invitation loosely inserted. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
1973Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 6 plates and very numerous illustrations and facsimiles (a number in colour) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. An outstanding history of a fundamentally influential press. The work includes a catalogue raisonne of books printed at the press between 1920-1932.
19678vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 11 plates, 5 facsimiles in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. A valuable selection from over half a million latters accumulated by the grand publishing house in more than a century. The eighty-four correspondents here represented include Arnold, Barnes, Barrie, Beerbohm, Carroll, Churchill, Coleridge, Gosse, Hardy, Housman, Huxley, Keynes, Kipling, O'Casey, Rossetti, Shaw, Tennyson, Trollope and Wilde.
19868vo., First Edition, with 22 plates on 16; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
20013 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in the dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: At the Edge of the World BC3500 - AD1603; Vol. II: The Wars of the British 1603-1776; Vol. III: The Fate of Empire 1776-2000.
19458vo., Second Edition, with diagrams in the text, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and browned at backstrip. Published a month after the first edition. Scarce in this condition.
20108vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, terracotta endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Tenth novel in the 'Eagles of the Empire' sequence.
19178vo., First Edition, with a full-page plan; strongly bound in contemporary red buckram, backstrip lettered in gilt, uncut, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM SIR JOHN (LATER VISCOUNT) SIMON TO MAJOR A W H JAMES WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT WRAPPER. A FINE AND RELEVANT A.L.s FROM SIMON TO JAMES IS MOUNTED ON REAR ENDPAPER. The letter is written from HQ, Royal Flying Corps, where Simon served briefly on Lord Trenchard's staff during WWI. Major James has noted the context in a neat hand on inner wrapper: 'Immediately after the trial John Simon came out to HQ, RFC, France, and was attached under instruction to my squadron, No. 6, at Abeele. I had known Simon when I was at Cambridge, and he and Ernest Burge had a hunting box at Huntingdon. John Simon, whom I got to know very well later, in the same mess at HQ. RFC, and later in the H. of C [House of Commons] was intrigued to meet someone who knew his client, Malcolm, well. John Allsebrook Simon, KC, 1st Viscount Simon (1873-1954) is one of only three British politicians to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary [under Churchill] and Chancellor of the Exchequer. In the sensational trial of Lieutenant [Douglas] Malcolm of the Royal Artillery for the murder of Anton Baumberg [Count de Borch], Simon led the Defence. After the summing-up by the Judge [Justice McCardie] the Jury retired and after twenty-five minutes' absence returned a verdict of 'Not Guilty'. RARE, AND IN THIS CASE CONTEXTUALLY UNIQUE.
20148vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 12 pages of coloured and monochrome plates; decorative buckram, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Elegant new edition of the astonishing story of William chester Minor, American Civil War surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum, who dedicated his entire cell-bound life to work on the English language. His considerable (and anonymous) contributions to the making of the OED resulted in his being unmasked by the Dictionary's editor James Murray.
19878vo., with photographs and a double-page pan; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
20118vo., Second Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised and updated version of a work first published in 2004
