Hutchinson & Co. London. 1928. First edition. No DW. Blue hardback with skeleton hanging from scaffold illustration to front cover. Very professionally rebacked with original spine laid down, spine sunned with slight rubbing to head. Prelims and edges foxed otherwise a clean and sound copy of a very scarce item. View More...
Bowes & Bowes. Cambridge. 1923. Original patterned stiff card boards, worn and frayed to extremities. Small vertical split to spine, not very visible. Illustrated with 3 plates. Occasional foxing otherwise a clean copy. View More...
First Edition. Paperback. SIGNED, presentation copy. from Anna Benson "Best wishes Anna P Benson 22nd January 1988". Slim volume 31pp. staple binding. Illustrated. Crease to upper corner o/w a very nice copy. VG+. View More...
J. Burrow & Co, Cheltenham. 1925. Second edition. Paperback. b&w plates, other illustrations and one fold-out map. Adverts to front and rear. Card cover is grubby and creased and very worn to spine. Internally clean and attractive. View More...
D. Appleton and Company. New York. First edition, US. No DW. Original green cloth, decorated with yellow rose motifs to spine and front cover. Spine faded and lightly marked. Splash marks that look suspiciously like red wine to margins of front cover, lighter marks to rear cover. Contents unusually clean and fresh. A very sound copy. View More...
Longmans, Green and Co. No DW. First edition. 1933. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, no recipient's name "With all good wishes from E. F. Benson - Lamb House: Rye. Nov. 29. 1934." The book was a prize for History and Literature awarded to Helen Newberry in September 1934 from Rye Collegiate School and has the award bookplate to the inside of the front cover. The author, who was the Mayor of Rye in 1934, signed it for her on the opposite page but without her name. We bought this item from Helen's daughter. Her mother died just recently in her 90s. Original black cloth gilt, spine faded, slightly creas... View More...
Privately printed Black Swan Printing/Transworld. 1986. This edition only 750 copies printed. NO DW. Silver silk effect covered boards, dark grey cloth spine with silver lettering. Boards are lightly soiled, the edges are a little bumped and outer edges lightly foxed. Contents are clean and sound. A lovely copy. View More...
First Edition. Original dark red boards, attractive black and gilt decoration to spine and upper. Extremities bumped and rubbed, with tears to spine including 2.5cm to joint at head. Spine sunned, with sight soiling. Binding cocked. Pen owner inscription to front free end page. End pages browned with occasional foxing o/w a nice clean copy. Good only. View More...
Longmans Green and Co. London. Second Impression. Hardback. DW. Spine is slightly soiled. Gift inscription and slight rubbing to front free endpaper o/w internally a clean copy in price clipped wrapper that is a little chipped and worn at extremities and lacks small portions from head and tail of spine, slightly affecting text. SCARCE in this condition. View More...
First edition for India. George Bell and Sons, London and Bombay. 1896. Pale brown cloth, gilt type to spine. 348 pages. Extremities of spine sl. rubbed; pre-lims and last few pages foxed; inscription to fly-leaf. View More...
First edition. William Heinemann, London. 1913. Khaki cloth, gilt type to spine, black type with small black ills. to upper board. 316 pages + publisher's list. Period bookseller's label neatly to upper board; 1913 inscription to front free end-paper. Extremities a little rubbed. View More...
Dean & Son Ltd. London. 1903, 1904 and 1905. All volumes: First Edition. Hardback. No DW. Green cloth, gilt and silver lettering and decoration. Two tone colour illustrations. The boards are a little worn and rubbed o/w contents are overall clean and sound, with some light foxing and age browning. A lovely set. View More...
All-Fiction Field, Inc. Chicago. December 1946. Illustrated. Cover bright but long verticle crease on upper cover and worn and creased edges on both the upper and rear covers. Joint connecting rear cover detatched from the top quarter, pages browned but otherwise generally a clean and sound copy. View More...
Frederick Warne & Co. London. 1962. Reprint. Hardback. DW. Colour frontis and wrapper by Margaret Tarrant. Small slim 8vo. A nice clean copy in slightly worn wrapper. View More...
All-Fiction Field, Inc. Chicago. April 1946. Illustrated. Covers bright but rear cover cotains two long verticle creases and edges worn at top of upper cover. Spine faded with tears and wearing. Pages browned but otherwise a clean and sound copy. View More...
Chas. Perkins, The "Times" Office, Marlborough. 1888. First edition. Hardback, no DW. Slim 8vo. 105 pages. Original blue decorated cloth, gilt. Board extremities a little rubbed and worn. Title page and rear endpaper browned o/w contents very clean and sound. A lovely copy. View More...
First edition. DW. SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE - no other inscriptions or names. Maps to endpapers. Pages browned o/w near fine in wrapper. ISBN: 0333402472 View More...
First edition. DW. Maps to endpapers. Pages browned o/w near fine in price clipped wrapper that is sl. creased along upper edge. ISBN: 0333427378 View More...
