Cleveland: The J. B. Savage Company, 1938. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Exceptionally scarce First Issue with F. A. I. banner end papers, one of fewer than 100 copies from a limited edition of 1000 copies, of which this is number 116. (Hemingway so disliked the original orange end papers showing..... more

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, [1911?]. Cloth-backed Boards. First American Edition (originally printed for Duckworth & Company, London, and here issued with cancel title page of Frederick A. Stokes, New York). Demy 8vo (210 x 146mm) xiii,[1],230pp, with two color plates from autochromes mounted on grey threaded card, eight unnumbered..... more

London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd, 1915. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. First Impression of Wells's sham (and, initially, anonymous) biography of Henry James. Crown 8vo (194 x 125mm): 342,[2], with 26 charming line drawings by Wells throughout text. Publisher's dark green cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gilt, top edge..... more

New York: Macmillan, 1924. First Printing. Hardcover. First Printing of the author's first book of poetry. Small 8vo, vii, 74pp. Publisher's quarter-bound cloth spine lettered in gilt (still bright) with royal blue cloth-covered boards and a decorated paper title label, all Very Fine and now protected in a mylar wrapper..... more

New York: William Morrow, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of the author's tenth book, preceding Goodbye Mr. Chips and Lost Horizon. 8vo: [12],306,[2]pp. Publisher's brown cloth, upper cover and spine ruled and lettered in gilt, top edge stained chocolate-brown, illustrated dust jacket (by the inimitable Eugene "Gene" Thurstan, who..... more

New York: Doubleday, 1958. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated) of the author's second novel. 8vo: 354pp. Publisher's mustard-yellow linen, spine lettered in black, fore-edge untrimmed, illustrated dust jacket priced $3.95. Fine, apparently unread copy, in an about Fine jacket, head of spine panel lightly rubbed. Provenance: Inscribed in..... more

London: The Readers Library, n.d. [c. 1925]. Early Reprint. Hardcover. A smart 1920's reprint in the handsome dust jacket. Small 8vo: 253,[1]pp. Publisher's maroon linen, spine and upper cover heavily stamped in gold; illustrated wraparound dust jacket, unpriced and unclipped. About Fine (spine tail bumped, small dent to top of..... more

London: Smith, Elder, 1892. Decorative Cloth. First Edition, complete in 2 volumes. 8vo: [6],276; [6],289,[3]pp. Publisher's smooth pale greenish-blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper cover lettered and ornamented in black, pale yellow coated end papers, edges rough-trimmed. A virtually pristine set, crisp, clean, and tight. Sadleir 1727. Wolff 4772..... more

London: Cassell, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (First Published 1972 on copyright page). 8vo: 15,[2]pp. Publisher's bluish-green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, illustrated dust jacket priced £1.60 net. Inscribed by the author (and scarce such) in blue ink on front free end paper: "1972 / For My wife /..... more

London: Hogarth Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of these "Brilliant sketches of a society in decay" (Orwell). 8vo: 317,[1]pp. Publisher's coarsely woven oatmeal-colored cloth, spine stamped crimson with matching top-stain. Near Fine, cloth and edges dust-soiled, lettering slightly faded, but pages clean, tight and bright. According to Woolmer..... more

London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 52 Tavistock Square, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (one of only 1,222 copies) of this "remarkably acute and assured novel about the pre- and post-war generations, seen from both sides of the divide" (ODNB) in the uncommon first-state..... more

London: Archibald Constable, 1902. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. First (and only) Printing of one of the three landmark novels of James's "major phase." One of 4,000 copies published nine days after the American edition, which appeared in two volumes. Thick crown 8vo (185 x 120mm): [4],576,16(undated publisher's catalog)pp. Original blue..... more

London: Edward Arnold & Co. 41 & 43 Maddox Street, W. 1, May 1930. Later Printing. Hardcover. A superb Tenth Impression of the New Edition of these tales that "have come to be seen as the epitome of the English ghost story." (Literary Encyclopedia). Crown 8vo (183 x 118mm): [2],270pp..... more