John Murray. London. 1932. First edition set in Two Volumes. Well illustrated. Very handsomely bound with turquoise morocco backstrips decorated in gilt, sunned to brown to spines. Vellum boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate. Boards slightly soiled, joints rubbed, occasional foxing. Generally a clean and very sound set. View More...
First edition. Casanova Society, London. 1925. Hardback with colour-patterned paper-covered boards, black cloth backstrip with dark red type to cream paper label to spine. Frontis. 175 pages. Extremities sl. rubbed. View More...
Reprint. viii, 504pp. Tissue guarded portrait frontis. Bound in mid-19th century brown half calf gilt. Marbled boards. Leather split at front hinge but binding sound. Lacks 1cm of leather at head of spine. Raised bands, gilt decorations to compartments of spine. Armorial bookplate and ownership signature. Pages browned. VG. View More...
First edition. DW. From the library of Prof. Maurice Cowling with extensive annotations and underlings in ink. Photographs. Some browning to outer edges. Ownership signature to front end paper. G+/VG. View More...
Nichols, Son, and Bentley, F. C. and J. Rivington et al. London. 1817. First edition thus. 12mo. vii, [i], xlviii, 294 pages. Engraved portrait frontis. of Alexander Pope which is foxed. Very handsomely bound in half olive calf gilt. Marbled boards, slightly rubbed and marbled edges. Slight wear to edges and endpapers otherwise a remarkably clean and sound copy. View More...
First edition. Heinemann, London. 1958. Hardback with DW. B/w photograph forntis. 429 pages. B/w photograph plates. Index. Wrapper a little tattered at edges. Some pages browned and sl. foxed. View More...
Andre Deutsch. London. 1974. First edition in paperback, green card covers in DW. Signed and handwritten postcard from author to address in the UK. "Dear Mr.... Sorry but to my knowledge the Aronowitz and Rolling Stone interviews about Kerouac have not been reprinted. However the Paris Review interview is out in book form in the last collection of Paris review interviews. Best wishes Ann Charters." Lean to spine, outer edge of pages slightly soiled. Wrapper has two close tears to head of spine. View More...
Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1902. Red cloth with black decoration and type to upper board. Portrait frontis. with tissue guard. 40 pages. A few small rubs and marks to boards, spine sunned. View More...
F. Pitman. First edition thus in one volume. 1879. xvi, 429pp. Original royal blue cloth gilt, spine sl. sunned and extremities a little rubbed, front endpapers sl. worn and soiled with small neat gift inscription dated 1879. Some browning to pages o/w a clean and sound copy of a scarce item. View More...
Dowlais. 1883. Brown cloth, gilt to spine, decorative frames in blind to boards. 110 pages. Extremities sl. rubbed; a nice copy of this scarce item. View More...
First edition. Piatkus, London. 1995. xxi + 312 pages. B/w plates. Index. Sl, wear and superficial creasing to cover; page edges a little discoloured and grubby. View More...
Duckworth. First edition, USA. 1979. Hardback with DW. Slight fading to head of upper board otherwise a very clean and sound copy in a wrapper that is very faded to spine. View More...
George Routledge and sons Ltd., London. 1938. First edition. Hardback NO DW. Large thick 8vo. Blue cloth boards with gilt to spine. Ex-library with remains of sticker to upper. Spine slightly faded and stained and corners are bumped. Page edges browned. Pen mark to lower edges. Ownership signature and sticker inside upper and inner hinge is visible to front and back. Overall a nice sound copy. View More...
Printed at The Stellar Press, Hatfield, for The Bodley Head. London. 1966. LIMITED TO 225 COPIES ONLY. Presentation copy from the publishers and designer. "Rosy & Richard With Love Judy, Max, John and Margaret." All signed individually. Slim booklet in cream covers which are sunned to margins and slightly foxed to front panel otherwise clean and fresh. View More...
Reinhardt Books. London. First edition. LIMITED TO 750 COPIES. Slim booklet. Presentation copy from Joan and Max [Reinhardt] "To Dot and Tony Our first publication. With lots of love. Joan and Max. Christmas 1987." Covers partially sunned otherwise a clean and fresh copy. View More...
Printed at The Stellar Press, Hatfield, for The Bodley Head. London. 1984. LIMITED TO 250 COPIES ONLY - PRESENTATION COPY FROM MAX REINHARDT AND JOHN RYLAND, "To Rosy & Richard With Love Max (in Max Reinhardt's writing and in John Ryland's writing) and from me too, of course. John." No other inscriptions or dedications. 17 page booklet in cream wrapps printed in brown. Covers slightly soiled otherwise a lovely copy. View More...
Printed at The Stellar Press, Hatfield, for The Bodley Head. London. 1984. LIMITED TO 250 COPIES ONLY - PRESENTATION COPY FROM MAX AND JOAN REINHARDT, "To Tony and Dot With Lots of Love Joan and Maxie" No other inscriptions or dedications. 17 page booklet in cream wraps printed in brown. Covers slightly soiled otherwise a lovely copy. View More...
Chatto & Windus, London. 1956. PROOF COPY. Paperback. Plain brown paper covers with paper title/author label to upper. 249 pages. 3 addresses scribbled in ballpoint in random places to cover; occasional annotations in pencil to first twenty pages or so. Spine creased and worn, cover slightly dog-eared. View More...
Barrie and Rockcliff. 1960. First edition. Hardback with DW. Frontis portrait. Upper board sunned, o/w a clean copy in a somewhat marked and sunned wrapper. View More...
Rupert Hart-Davis, London. 1955. Second edition. Hardback with DW. A very clean and bright copy in a worn and somewhat discoloured wrapper. View More...
First edition USA. E.P. Dutton, New York. 1901. Maroon cloth, gilt type to spine and gilt crest to upper board; top edge of pages gilt. Frontis. with tissue guard + further plates internally. xxi + 375 pages. Extremities sl. rubbed, spine v. sl. sunned. View More...
First Edition. DW. 186pp. incl. index. Minor pencil annot. to margins and eps. Newspaper clipping loosely insered. Bds. rather tired, wrapper rather chipped and age rubbed. Some browning to eps. o/w internally a very clean copy. View More...
