Handsome Folio Society edition of Goldsmith's letters, purportedly from an outsider, satirizing the manners of the English. Quarter cloth with marbled boards and decoration by Cecil Keeling. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some light toning and rubbing [more...]
The complete collection of Clerihews, an invention of the author, being a four line biographical poem. Illustrated here with drawings by G. K. Chesterton. DJ has tears to edges with minor loss. Contents clean and binding tight. Good+ [more...]
Early Folio Society edition of Goldsmith's popular 18th century novel, With illustrations by Margaret Weathebee. Decorative boards with decorative edn-papers. No slipcase as issued. Some toning to spine and Some tanning to page edges but otherwise is clean, p [more...]
Redesigned Folio Society edition of Goldsmith's popular 18th century novel, With illustrations by Margaret Weathebee. Decorative boards with decorative end-papers. Complete with slipcase. Some very light sunning to spine. Mild shelf-wear and rubbing to edge [more...]
Fascinating philosophical, and frequently humourous, account of one man's nascent career with London Underground. Crisp and clean with light shelfwear. Very good/near fine condition. [more...]
Amusing volume of witty definitions from various scientific fields. The first book by Punch writer Ellis. With numerous b/w illustrations. No DJ but front cover tipped in to ffep (so the removed appendix joke is restored). Light foxing to page edge. Other [more...]
Amusing Folio Society volume featuring 61 culturally significant lists including what are the seven wonders of the world and what are the seven ages of man according to Shakespeare. Each list is supported with context and background information. With b/w dec [more...]
Splendid Folio Society volume featuring the wit of Oscar Wilde via selections from his poetry, essays, plays and novels. With illustrations by Ian Archie Beck. Decorative blue cloth. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some mild shelf-wear. Contents cri [more...]
Selected pieces from Surtees' sporting novels. Decorated cloth with matching DJ. Toning to DJ, rubbing to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Very good overall. [more...]
A creamy selection chosen by Michael Cox from the writings of Noel Coward. Features extracts from his plays and his poems. Fun gold cloth binding. Illustrations by Helen Smithson. Complete with slipcase. Small nick to spine. Contents crisp and clean. V [more...]
Kipling's collection of humorous tales including Pig and The Legend of Mirth. With 23 full page b/w illustrations by Reginald Cleaver. 8vo. 512pp. With ads to rear. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Sunning/toning to covers. Rubbing to joints with te [more...]
Called his most ambitious novel since Fight Club, Pygmy is cult author Palahniuk's tale of a diminutive secret agent who leaves his totalitarian homeland to inflitrate the US as a foreign exchange student. Written in the stunted english of the agent nicknamed [more...]
First edition of Townsend's follow up to the Secret Diary. DJ is price clipped. Page edges slighted tanned, else crisp and clean. Very good/near fine. [more...]
With 24 colour plates. rubbing and bumping to edges. Cracking to front hinge. Tanning to page edges and occasional foxing within. otherwise sound. Fair [more...]
Hardcover with Dustjacket, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951. First edition of Bair's satirical novel of the invasion of a lakeside town by exploitative prospectors. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Some slight bumping and browning but text-block is [more...]
