London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION thus. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.221; [3], blank, illustrated by Eric Fraser. Publisher's mid-green bookcloth, blocked in blue. Contents clean, page edges toned, jacket flap tucked in as bookmark, spine darkened/toned. Very good. The tale of a corrupt eighteenth-century rake, mixed with..... More

New York: Macmillan [Printed and bound in Great Britain], 1963. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION THUS (published simultaneously with the British edition). Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197; [1], blank. Publisher's smooth cloth-effect paper over boards, with gilt titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper. No inscriptions..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Historical Fiction] Octavo. Publisher's red wrappers, with printed blurb on a white label affixed to the front panel. Frontispiece illustration. A very good copy indeed, rubbed, spine faded and creased, otherwise a well-preserved proof copy. Uncorrected proof copy, one of 35 copies only, with an introduction..... More