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ADBURGHAM, Alison.
Shops and Shopping 1800-1914. Where, and in What Manner the Well-dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes.
Imprint: George Allen and Unwin, London. 1964
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
First edition. DW. xx, 304pp. Ex-lib. with "Broadbents of Warrington Ltd" stamps to prelims. Frontis. + Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs and line drawings. Large 8vo. Bd. extremities sl. worn. Wrapper worn and chipped o/w VG+/VG+.
Stock number: 13908.
£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 ) |
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ADCOCK, Marion St. John. (WEBB, Mrs Sidney H.)
The Littlest One. Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant.
Imprint: George G. Harrap & Co, London 1914
Binding:
Hardback
Second impression. NO DW. Slim 4to. Colour frontis., tipped in + 3 colour plates, all tipped in. Grey illustrated cloth, white lettering to spine. Boards are rubbed, worn and soiled. Inner hinge cracked, endpapers browned, ownership inscription to verso of frontis, which has slightly offset to verso of half-title, grubby marks and foxing to contents o/w GOOD only.
Stock number: 68393.
£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 ) |
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ADDAMS, Charles.
The Penguin Charles Addams.
Imprint: 1962
Edition: First Edition
Penguin Books. 1962. First edition. Penguin paperback. Covers are a little worn, contents overall are clean and sound, some pages are a little tender at spine.
Stock number: 83802.
£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 ) |
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ADDIS, John.
Crickhowell Yesterday Volume II. Foreword by Hon. Mrs. E.S.J. Legge-Bourke, L.V.O.
Imprint: 1996
Binding:
Hardback
Author-published, 1996. Brown cloth, gilt type to spine. B/w photographs throughout. Lacks DW and with sl. grubby fore-edge but a very clean sound copy o/w.
Stock number: 89915.
£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 ) |
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ADICHE, Chimamanda Ngozi.
Purple Hibiscus.
Imprint: 2004
Edition: First Edition
First edition, fourth impression. Fourth Estate, London. 2004. DW. 308 pages. Orange Prize sticker to front of DW o/w very clean and sound.
Stock number: 91015.
£ 8.95 (approx. $US 11.65 ) |
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ADLEY, Robert.
The Call of Steam.
Imprint: Blandford Press, Poole. 1983
Binding:
Hardback
Reprint. DW. 4to. Illustrated. VG+/VG+.
Stock number: 47209.
£ 6.50 (approx. $US 8.46 ) |
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ADLEY, Robert.
Wheels.
Imprint: Guild Publishing, London. 1987
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
First Edition. DW. 4to. Illustrated. Wrapper slightly soiled and worn. VG+/VG.
Stock number: 47407.
£ 6.95 (approx. $US 9.04 ) |
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ADRIAN, Jack. (Edited by...)
The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2000. FIRST EDITION.
Imprint: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Ash-Tree Press. Ashcroft. BC. First edition. 2000. DW. Only 500 copies printed. A lovely clean and fresh copy in wrapper that is lightly sunned to spine.
Stock number: 90177.
£ 40.00 (approx. $US 52.06 ) |
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ADZ, King.
Street Knowledge. Foreword by Irvine Welsh.
Imprint: Harper Collins, London 2010
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
First edition. Hardback. No DW. 319pp. Illustrated. As New.
Stock number: 49051.
£ 6.95 (approx. $US 9.04 ) |
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AESOP.
Chwedlau Aesop. Wedi eu Troi I'r Gymraeg a'u Haddasu I Blant Gan Ceridwen Gruffydd. Y Lluniau Gan [Illustrated by] H. Norman Humphreys.
Imprint: No date (c.1966)
Binding:
Hardback
Hughes. Wrexham. No date (c.1966). Illustrated green limp boards, very lightly creased. Ownership inscription. A clean and sound copy of what appears to be a school reader of Aesop's Fables in Welsh.
Stock number: 88289.
£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 ) |
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AESOP.
Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books.
Imprint: Printed by John Baskerville for R. and J. Dodsley. London. 1761
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
Printed by John Baskerville for R. and J. Dodsley. London. 1761. First edition. Small 8vo. iv, lxiii, 204pp. + [28]pp. index of fables. Engraved frontis., vignette to title, 14 engraved plates + illustrative head and tail pieces. Rebound later in half brown morocco gilt, marbled bds, gilt bands and title to spine (late 19th century rebinding). Signs of wear to head and tail of spine and along joints and edges of bds. pages browned and lightly stained in places, small portion of outer margin to two plates absent not affecting the illustrations. The book is in three portions; Ancient Fables, Modern Fables and Traditional Fables. A lovely example of a well produced eighteenth century volume.
Stock number: 15331.
£ 250.00 (approx. $US 325.35 ) |
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AESOP. Illustrated by Edward J Detmold.
The Fables of Aesop.
Imprint: n.d. (1909)
Binding:
Hardback
Hodder and Stoughton, London. c1909. Early Edition. Hardback. No DW. Beige illustrated cloth, gilt. 4to. Colour frontis + 22 tipped in colour plates. Boards are a little worn with some fraying at extremities. Bookplate to front free endpaper. Inner hinge visible, pages a little browned o/w contents overall are clean and sound. An attractive volume with lovely illustrations.
Stock number: 77268.
£ 185.00 (approx. $US 240.76 ) |
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AESOP.
The Fables of Aesop. Translated by Samuel Croxall and Sir Roger L'Estrange. With Applications, Morals , Etc. By the Rev. G. F. Townsend and L. Valentine. With 110 Original Illustrations.
Imprint: No date. (c.1930)
Binding:
Hardback
Frederick Warne & Co. London. No date (circa 1930). Very attractive reprint of earlier 19th century editions in red cloth gilt. Boards faded to margins. No DW. Engraved vignettes to chapter headings. A very clean and sound copy.
Stock number: 87542.
£ 35.00 (approx. $US 45.55 ) |
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AGARWAL, Anil.
Mud, Mud. The Potential of Earth-Based Materials for Third World Housing.
Imprint: Earthscan. London. 1981
Edition: First Edition
First Edition. Paperback. 100pp. Illustrated. Spine sunned. VG.
Stock number: 50691.
£ 12.50 (approx. $US 16.27 ) |
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Agatha CHRISTIE; G. K. CHESTERTON; Dorothy SAYERS; Anthony BERKELEY; et al.
The Floating Admiral. by Certain Members of the Detection Club.
Imprint: N.d. [1931]
Binding:
Hardback
Hodder and Stoughton, London. [1931]. Hardback NO DW. Original blue cloth, black lettering. The Boards are a little soiled, the rear board has a small dent to outer margin, the spine is slightly faded and the outer edges of pages are foxed and slightly soiled. Some very light occasional foxing spots to o/w clean and sound contents. SCARCE.
Stock number: 85809.
£ 350.00 (approx. $US 455.49 ) |
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AGRAWALA, Vasudeva S.
Ancient Indian Folk Cults. Indian Civilisation Series No. VII.
Imprint: Prithivi Prakashan, Varanasi. 1970
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
First Edition. DW. 216pp including appendices. Boards slightly warped, rubbed and worn at extremities. Pages lightly browned. Wrapper spine sunned, with slight fading to margins o/w VG/VG.
Stock number: 57988.
£ 80.00 (approx. $US 104.11 ) |
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AGRAWALA, Vasudeva S.
Sparks From the Vedic Fire. [A New Approach to Vedic Symbolism].
Imprint: Tara Printing Works. Varanasi. 1962
Binding:
Hardback
Limp boards covered in acetate which is torn and worn to edges. Cover spine quite rubbed. From the library of Margaret Stutley writer on religion and esoterica with some pencil annotations. Internally a clean copy.
Stock number: 58929.
£ 50.00 (approx. $US 65.07 ) |
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AGRAWALA, Vasudeva S.
Vamana Purana - A Study. An Exposition of the Ancient Purana-Vidya.
Imprint: Prithivi Prakashan, Varanasi. 1964
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
First edition. Brown cloth, black lettering to spine and upper board. xvi + 183pp. 2 b/w plates, 1 fold-out map. Sunning to spine and outer margin of upper board which is also sl. warped. VG
Stock number: 57466.
£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 ) |
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AGUIRRE Carlos A. and BUFFINGTON, Robert. (Editors).
Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America.
Imprint: Scholarly Resources Inc. America. 2000
Edition: First Edition
First Edition, Paperback. Minor signs of shelf wear to covers o/w a lovely copy. VG+. Jaguar books on Latin America. Number 19.
Stock number: 65551.
£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 ) |
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AHL, Diane Cole (Edited by...).
The Cambridge Companion to Masaccio.
Imprint: 2002
Edition: First Edition
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 2002. Large format paperback, first thus. Illustrated throughout. Minor wear to top and bottom of spine otherwise a fresh and sound copy.
Stock number: 91135.
£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 ) |
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AHLBERG, Allan and Illustrated by Colin McNAUGHTON.
Monsters. A Foldaway Book.
Imprint: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
Granada Publishing. London. 1988. First edition. Square laminated pop-up book with 16 fold-out monster scenes. All in good condition. Boards have some signs of use, endpapers mottled otherwise a clean and sound copy.
Stock number: 87918.
£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 ) |
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AHMED, A. F. Salahuddin.
Bengali Nationalism and the Emergence of Bangladesh. An Introductory Outline. SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Imprint: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated
University Press Limited, Bangladesh. 1973. First edition. Hardback with DW. Slim 8vo. Wrapper scratched affecting text on front cover. Presentation copy from the author. SIGNED inscription to front free end-paper "To my teacher Mr J. B. Harrison, with warm regards - Salahuddin Ahmed 3 June 1996". A nice clean copy.
Stock number: 90411.
£ 45.00 (approx. $US 58.56 ) |
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AHMED, Sharif Uddin. SIGNED.
Dacca. A Study of Urban History and Development. London Studies on South Asia No. 4.
Imprint: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated
Curzon Press, London. 1986. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated. Wrapper spine is sunned and shows signs of shelf wear. SIGNED presentation copy from the author with inscription to front end paper; " J. B. Harrison with regards Sharif Ahmed." A nice clean and sound copy .
Stock number: 90355.
£ 60.00 (approx. $US 78.08 ) |
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AHMED, Sharif Uddin (Editor).
Dhaka: Past Present Future. SIGNED.
Imprint: 1991
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated
First edition. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 1991. Hardback with DW. 680 pages. Charts, diagrams, b/w photographs. Index. With Compliments slip SIGNED by author loosely inserted together with two-sided (but incomplete) handwritten letter from him and map of Dhaka. Wrapper spine sl. sunned.
Stock number: 90403.
£ 35.00 (approx. $US 45.55 ) |
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AHMED, Sufia.
Muslim Community in Bengal 1884-1912. SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Imprint: 1974
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated
First edition. Author-published, Dacca. 1974. DW. 425 pages. Index. SIGNED presentation copy from the author "To My Teacher, Mr J. B. Harrison, With Compliments, Sufia Ahmed London, 11th July, 1975". A few very small chips and closed tears to edges of wrapper especially around head of spine.
Stock number: 90356.
£ 45.00 (approx. $US 58.56 ) |
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AHMED, A. F. Salahuddin.
Social Ideas and Social Change in Bengal 1818-1835.
Imprint: 1965
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
E. J. Brill. Leiden (Though text is in English). 1965. First edition. No DW. Original green cloth gilt. Spine faded, endpapers and edges browned otherwise a clean and sound copy.
Stock number: 90503.
£ 40.00 (approx. $US 52.06 ) |
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AIKEN, Joan. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Mortimer Says Nothing: Containing Mortimer Says Nothing, Arabel's Birthday, Mr Jones's Rest Cure, A Call at the Joneses'.
Imprint: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
Jonathan Cape, London. 1985. First Edition. Hardback. DW. Illustrated. Pages are browned o/w a very lovely clean copy in wrapper that is lightly sunned to spine and very little signs of wear. SCARCE in such good condition.
Stock number: 77525.
£ 40.00 (approx. $US 52.06 ) |
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AIKEN, Dr.
Select Works of the British Poets, with Biographical and Critical Prefaces. A New Edition with a Supplement by Lucy Aiken.
Imprint: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. n.d. [c1875]
New edition. Beautiful tan calf binding. Lovely gilt tooling, raised bands, contrasting label. Gilt vignette to upper board. Marbled edges and end papers. Silk ribbon. 2 columns. Some pencil annotations to Index o/w a charming copy.
Stock number: 63416.
£ 150.00 (approx. $US 195.21 ) |
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[AIKIN, John].
England Delineated ; Or, A Geographical Description of Every County in England and Wales: With a Concise Account of Its Most Important Products, Natural and Artificial. For The Use of Young Persons. With Outline Maps of all the Counties.
Imprint: J. Johnson, London. 1809
Binding:
Hardback
viii, 358pp. Fold-out map frontis (rebacked with canvas) + 42 plates of county outline maps at rear. Rebound in full calf unskilfully, retaining original boards and spine. Chapter on Lincolnshire: the first 2pps (163/164) have been cut off around the margins, affecting the text. pp.15/16 have been repaired at tail. Bookplate and prev. owners name in ink to f/pastedown. Inscript. to top margin of title page. Pages browned, some occasional foxing throughout. Contents sound.
Stock number: 25826.
£ 200.00 (approx. $US 260.28 ) |
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AIKIN, Dr. and BARBAULD, Mrs.
Evenings at Home, or, The Juvenile Budget Opened. Illustrated with Fine Engravings after Harvey.
Imprint: Longman Rees & Co, London 1836
Fifteenth edition. Black calf, decorated in gilt to spine and borders, raised bands, contrasting label. Engraving to title-page. Illustrations. Ownership inscription to front end paper. Upper hinge just visible. Some creasing to front end paper with 4mm tear o/w a lovely binding.
Stock number: 63201.
£ 60.00 (approx. $US 78.08 ) |
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AILSBY, Christopher.
Waffen-SS The Unpublished Photographs.
Imprint: Sidgwick & Jackson/Bookmark. London. 2000
Binding:
Hardback
Reprint. Large 4to. DW. Profusely illustrated. VG+ in sl. worn wrapper. ISBN: 0283063750
Stock number: 41300.
£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 ) |
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AINSWORTH, Ruth.
Fairy Gold. Favorite Fairy Tales Retold for the Very Young. Illustrated by Barbara Hope Steinberg.
Imprint: Heinemann, London. 1975
Binding:
Hardback
Reprint. Hardback. DW. Illustrated. 119pp. VG+/VG in slightly worn wrapper that is sunned to spine and margins of upper panel.
Stock number: 52749.
£ 8.50 (approx. $US 11.06 ) |
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AINSWORTH, Richard.
History of Ye Olde Bull's Head Hotel. Old Market Place Manchester.
Imprint: 1923
Edition: First Edition
W.H. Smith & Son, London. 1923. First edition. Paperback, sewn binding. Frontis. + Illustrated. 44 pages + 2 pages of ads. at rear. Covers are worn and slightly chipped with small split at head of spine. Pages are slightly age browned but overall clean and sound.
Stock number: 74761.
£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 ) |
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AINSWORTH DAVIES, J. R.
The Natural History of Animals. The Animal Life of the World in its Various Aspects and Relations. Complete in 8 Volumes.
Imprint: Gresham Publishers. London. 1903
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
First edition. No DW. 4to. 8 Volumes in very attractive art nouveau style red cloth gilt. Illustrated profusely with colour and b/w plates with tissue guards and many illustrations to text. Head and tails of spines sl. crumpled, corners sl. bumped, spines very lightly sunned o/w a near fine set.
Stock number: 61067.
£ 200.00 (approx. $US 260.28 ) |
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AINSWORTH, Ruth. Illustrated by Elsie Wrigley.
The Noah's Ark.
Imprint: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
Lutterworh Press. 1969. First edition. Hardback. DW. Ex-library with remains of labels present. A clean and sound copy.
Stock number: 72114.
£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 ) |
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AINSWORTH, W. Harrison.
The Tower of London. An Historical Romance. Complete in One Volume.
Imprint: 1852
Binding:
Hardback
Chapman and Hall. Early one volume edition. 1852. Small 8vo. Very handsomely bound in later green textured calf (crocodile-skin style) gilt, patterned boards, marbled edges and endpapers, contrasting lettering piece. A very clean and sound copy.
Stock number: 73316.
£ 75.00 (approx. $US 97.60 ) |
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AINSWORTH, Harrison.
THE WORKS: Complete in 16 Volumes. Auriol. Boscobel. Crichton. The Flitch of Bacon. Guy Fawkes. Jack Sheppard. The Lancashire Witches. Mervyn Clitheroe. The Miser's Daughter. Old Saint Pauls. Ovingdean Grange. Rookwood. The Spendthrift. The Star Chamber. The Tower of London. Windsor Castle.VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND IN HALF BURGUNDY MOROCCO.
Imprint: 1895-1901
Binding:
Hardback
George Routledge and Sons. London. 1895-1901. A Complete Set in 16 very beautiful leather bound volumes. Illustrated by a number of artists including George Cruikshank, Hablot K. Browne, John Gilbert and John Franklin. Very handsomely bound in half burgundy morocco gilt, marbled boards. Top edge of pages gilt. Light small paint spots to the edges of some of the volumes and other very slight signs of use. A stunning set, internally very clean.
Stock number: 77497.
£ 1,000.00 (approx. $US 1301.40 ) |
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AIRS, Malcolm.
The Making of the Englsh Country House 1500 - 1640.
Imprint: 1975
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
The Architectural Press Ltd. London. 1975. First edition. DW. Landscape 8vo. Illustrated. Endpapers and edges soiled otherwise a clean and sound copy in a rubbed and worn wrapper that lacks portions of laminate to bottom of front panel.
Stock number: 85834.
£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 ) |
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AITKEN, Jonathan.
Pride and Perjury.
Imprint: Harper Collins, London 2000
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated
DW. Presentation copy from the author and SIGNED by him. A clean copy in slightly chipped wrapper. VG+/VG. ISBN: 0002740753
Stock number: 41508.
£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 ) |
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AIYER Sir P.S. Sivaswamy.
The Self-Defence of India.
Imprint: 1924.
Edition: First Edition
First edition. Methodist Publishing House, Madras. 1924. 30-page pamphlet in grey card cover with black tape backstrip; black type to front cover. A few marks in red and blue coloured pencil to front cover; some bracketing in blue pencil to margins of text. Previous owner's name to title-page.
Stock number: 90991.
£ 80.00 (approx. $US 104.11 ) |
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AJMAR-WOLLHEIM, Marta and Flora DENNIS.
At Home in Renaissance Italy. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION.
Imprint: 2010
V & A Publications. London. 2010. First paperback edition. Large square 4to. Illustrated throughout in colour. 420 pages. Light scoring marks to rear cover o/w a very good clean copy with minor shelf wear to extremities.
Stock number: 88137.
£ 45.00 (approx. $US 58.56 ) |
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AJWANI, Hazarisingh Gurbuxsingh.
A Short Account of the Rise and Growth of the Shri Sadhbella Tirath at Sukkur. Rendered from Sindhi.
Imprint: 1924
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
First edition. His Holiness Shri 108 Swami Harnamdasji, Sukkur. 1924. Brown cloth with dark green backstrip, gilt type to upper board. Colour frontis. + further colour and b/w plates internally. 89 pages. Exterior sl. soiled and rubbed; sl. insect damage along both gutters; stamps to prelims.
Stock number: 91163.
£ 45.00 (approx. $US 58.56 ) |
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AKED, Charles K.
Complete list of English Horological Patents up to 1853. Compiled by...
Imprint: Brant Wright Associates Limited, Ashford. 1975
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
First Edition. Orig turquoise paper covered boards. VG+. Please contact us for further information.
Stock number: 15581.
£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 ) |
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AKERMAN, John Yonge
A Numismatic Manual.
Imprint: 1840
Binding:
Hardback
Taylor & Walton, London. 1840. Bound in half black morocco with textured black boards and gilt to spine. Illustrations of coins within text. xiv, 420pp with xvii plates bound in at rear plus 4pp of adverts. Bookplate to front pastedown from the Oliver Collection No. 1439 interesting two page hand-written letter bound in to front free endpapers. Inner hinge visible with some marks and age browning and foxing to endpapers o/w contents remarkably fresh and clean. A very nice copy.
Stock number: 81417.
£ 150.00 (approx. $US 195.21 ) |
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AKHMATOVA, Anna.
Requiem and Poem without a Hero. Translated by D M Thomas. LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY SIXTY COPIES, SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR WITH A PERSONAL INSCRIPTION.
Imprint: 1976
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated
Paul Elek. London. DW. First edition, LIMITED SIGNED EDITION OF 60 COPIES ONLY, this being number 7 signed in full by Thomas. Added personal inscription by D M Thomas beneath, "Inscribed for Brian Trueman with best wishes D M. January 1976 'I was with my people in those hours, There where, unhappily, my people were.'" Slight foxing to page edges and prelims, some offsetting of red dye from rear endpaper to bottom outer edge of final page otherwise a very clean cand bright copy in price-clipped wrapper.
Stock number: 88255.
£ 500.00 (approx. $US 650.70 ) |
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AKHTAR, Ayad.
American Dervish.
Imprint: 2012
Edition: First Edition
First edition UK. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. 2012. DW. 358 pages. Very clean and sound.
Stock number: 81912.
£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 ) |
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ALABONE, Edwin W.
The Cure of Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis and other Diseases of the Chest; with Chapters on Laryngitis, Tabes Mesenterica, Post-Natal Catarrh, and Hay Fever.
Imprint: 1916
Binding:
Hardback
John Kemp & Co, London. 1916. Fiftieth Edition (abridged). Hardback, no DW. Brown boards, faded gilt type to spine and upper board. Upper board is creased, and a little bumped at corners. Pages browned, with considerable foxing to rear endpapers, and also some to individual pages through text. Some extra papers loosely inserted including an obituary, reprinted from 'The Truth', which tells the story of this controversial medical figure.
Stock number: 84393.
£ 40.00 (approx. $US 52.06 ) |
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ALADREN, Pilar de San Pio and Shirley SHERWOOD.
Old and New South American Botanical Art. The Mutis & Shirley Sherwood Collections. SIGNED BY SHIRLEY SHERWOOD.
Imprint: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated
Real Jardin Botanico. Madrid. English text edition. 2010. First edition. 4to paperback with flaps. SIGNED BY SHIRLEY SHERWOOD TO HALF-TITLE. No other inscriptions of dedications. Illustrated throughout in full glorious colour. Tiny spot to outer edge of pages otherwise a very clean and fresh copy of a very scarce item.
Stock number: 86143.
£ 250.00 (approx. $US 325.35 ) |
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ALAIN-FOURNIER, Henri.
Le Grand Meaulnes. The Land of Lost Content.
Imprint: The Folio Society. London 1979
Edition: First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
Folio Society. 1979. First Edition thus. Hardback in slipcase. Green pictorial boards. Illustrations. Apart from a small owner's label affixed to front endpaper and some fading to slipcase, a very clean and fresh copy.
Stock number: 78153.
£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 ) |
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ALAIN-FOURNIER.
Le Grand Meaulnes. Unabridged Text. With Introduction and Notes by Robert Gibson.
Imprint: 1968
Binding:
Hardback
George G. Harrap, London. 1968. Brown cloth boards, gilt type to spine and upper. Maps to end-papers. Portrait frontis. cxxxiii + 197 pages. B/w photograph plates. Extensive and very well-informed Introduction is in English; novel itself is in the original French. Spine sl. sunned but a very clean and sound copy of this excellent edition.
Stock number: 84067.
£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 ) |
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