London: Faber and Faber, [1955]. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the author's first book (first published mcmlv on copyright page). 8vo: 200pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine lettered in yellow, salmon-pink dust jacket illustrated by Pearl Falconer, who also contributed full-page line drawings throughout. Fine, square, and tight (apparently..... more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons [from 1880], 1887. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Seldom seen Second Printing (no copy appears in auction records) of this cornerstone of baseball literature. Binding and text duplicate the first printing, excepting date on title page and advertisements (eight pages vs. six in first printing). Crown..... more

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1929. First Printing. Hardcover. First American Edition of this early Christie novel, reuniting characters first introduced in The Secret of the Chimneys. 8vo (130 x 188mm): [viii],310pp. Publisher's orange cloth, patterned end papers, spine and front cover stamped in black, top edge stained orange, fore-edge untrimmed..... more

London: Hodder and Stoughton [through 1968], 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impressions of Delderfield's two-volume elegy for the traditional, pastoral society blown apart by the First World War. Thick 8vo: 1151; 475,[3]pp. Horseman: Publisher's forest green cloth, spine stamped in gold, map end papers; dust jacket with wraparound illustration by..... more

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of the second installment in Eco's trilogy of children’s books, also including The Bomb and the General and The Gnomes of Gnu Bompiani, all illustrated by Eugenio Carmi. Translated by William Weaver. Tall, slim 8vo: unpaginated, with 17 stunning..... more

London: T. Werner Laurie, 1911. First Edition. Cloth. An exemplary example of "Pain's best general short story collection." (Wilson) 8vo: [8],320,[10, advertisements]pp. Publisher's sea green textured cloth, front and back covers stamped in black, spine lettered in gilt, title page (with vignette) printed in blue and black. Light spotting to..... more

London: Michael Joseph, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the author's second novel, basis of the audio drama Breaking Point, starring Michael Kitchen. Crown 8vo (183 x 118mm): 238pp. Publisher's forest green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; illustrated dust jacket by Trevor Denning, priced 16s. A superlative copy, tightly..... more

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing (so stated) of this best-selling semi-autobiographical novel, which inspired the classic 1950 film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, remade in 2003 starring Steve Martin. 8vo: [12],237,[1] pp, with full-page illustrations by Donald McKay. Publisher's bright orange cloth, spine..... more

London: Methuen, 1940 / 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impressions of Graves's two novels of the American War of Independence, based on the actual Roger Lamb's autobiographical works. Crown 8vo (185 x 120mm): xi,[1],376; vii,[3],,314,[2]pp, with frontispieces and folding map tipped in at rear of each volume. Publisher's plum and..... 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: Boriswood, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of "this deservedly forgotten novel." (O'Brien) With a prefatory letter by T. E. Lawrence. Crown 8vo: (188 x 120): [8],11-287,[1]pp, with three publisher's promotions laid in. Original saffron linen, spine decorated and lettered in scarlet and French blue, top edge stained faded..... more

Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1985. Limited Edition. Wrappers. First Edition in book form, No. 18 of 30 copies printed on Amalfi paper (total limitation: 150 copies, of which 130 for sale). With an introduction by W. J. Mc Cormack. Royal 8vo (256 x 167mm): pp. 35,[1]pp, with three engraved vignettes..... more

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1915. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. First Impression of this supernatural fantasy, first published in The Evening News after the Battle of Mons, in 1914. Foolscap 8vo (169 x 104mm): 86pp. Heavy slate-blue pictorial boards printed in dark blue, blue end papers. Fanciful..... more