Handsome Folio Society edition of de Bergerac's posthumously published 1657 proto-science-fiction stories, along with his Story of the Birds. With b/w illustrations throughout by Quentin Blake, with an introduction by John Wells. Decorated end-papers. Compl [more...]
Second printing of Kipling's collection of short stories, including The Ship that Found herself - an intriguing piece that sympathizes with the machines that powered the Empire and the industrial revolution. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing and light marking to s [more...]
120th edition of the Ambit literary magazine. Featuring poetry, prose and artwork from a variety of contributers including Ken Cox, Fleur Adcock, Edwin Brock, Michael Foreman and more. Dust-jacket has some toning and shelfwear. But contents are clean and p [more...]
115th edition of the Ambit literary magazine. Featuring poetry, prose and artwork from a variety of contributers including Mathew Sweeney; Sam Burnside; Sydeny Bernard Smith and more. Dust-jacket has some toning and shelfwear. But contents are clean and pr [more...]
121st edition of the Ambit literary magazine. Featuring poetry, prose and artwork from a variety of contributers including Robert McAulay; Prosper Dowden; Ken Cox and more. Dust-jacket has some toning, marking and shelfwear. But contents are clean and prim [more...]
116th edition of the Ambit literary magazine. Featuring poetry, prose and artwork from a variety of contributers including Robert McAulay; Martin Bax; Charles Shearer and more. Dust-jacket has some toning, marking and shelfwear. But contents are clean and [more...]
First edition of Sapper's Collection of short stories concerning world war one and the battle at Ypres. Spine is toned. Rubbing to extremities. But binding holding sound, contents clean. Fair overall. [more...]
39th year. Gilt decorated pictorial cloth covers with beveled edges. All edges gilt. Features numerous tissue guarded colour illustrations. Various markings and rubbing to covers. Binding a little slack but contents generally clean. Good overall. [more...]
No date but c. 1940. Edifying children's stories with charming colour illustrations by Rene Cloke plus further b/w illustrations within the text. No DJ. Mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Splendid Folio Society edition of some of the great French short stories by France's greatest authors including Jules Verne, Alexandre Dumas, Guy de Maupassant, Emile Zola and others. With b/w illustrations by Veronique Bour and an introduction by Brian Master [more...]
Football annual with articles about the game, results and reviews of the year plus short stories, some rather speculative. No DJ. Some marking to covers. Bumping to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Folio society volume featuring Melville's great short story Bartleby the Scrivener, the novella Benito Cereno and his final work, the novella Billy Budd. With wood engravings by Garrick Palmer. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear and toning to slip [more...]
Handsome edition featuring thirteen short stories of Doyle's great detective, including The Dancing Men. Quarter cloth with decorated boards. b/w illustrations throughout. Very Good condition. [more...]
Handsome edition featuring Doyle's most famous Sherlock Holmes adventures. Quarter cloth with decorated boards. b/w illustrations throughout. Very Good condition. [more...]
Half leather library binding with silk moire paper to boards. EX-Military-Library with numbers in gilt to spine. Library rules to front pastedown. Rubbing to leather. with loss to top of spine. Binding stout and contents clean. Fair/good overall. [more...]
First uniform edition of Kipling's collection of short stories. Top edge gilt. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Tanning and slight spotting to fore-edge. Binding sound and contents clean. Fair/good. [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of London's perennially popular short describing a dog's return to the wild. With 8 other stories including John Barleycorn and the Mexican. From the 'Books that have shaped Man's thinking' series. Quarter cloth with elaborate gilt [more...]
Everyman's library volume no. 958. Contains England my England, The Woman who rode away and others. DJ is toned to spine, with small tears. Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Selection of lively retellings of historical events. Some light foxing to page edges. Mild bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Collection of stories for Children by the author of the Secret Garden. With b/w illustrations. Neatly rebacked with original covers laid down. Occasional light spotting within, else clean and tight. Good. [more...]
