Source Books
A Coffin for Dimitrios.
New York: Knopf 1939. [Spy thriller] FIRST US EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[xiv]; 281; [1], ad. Publisher's pale green cloth blocked in red, top edge red, illustrated dust-wrapper. Contents clean but for marginal grease mark to final gathering, endpapers a little toned/marked, ink name and label to..... More
Send No More Roses.
London: Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, 1977. [Spy thriller] PROOF COPY of the first edition. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.269; [1], blank. Publisher's illustrated orange wraps, with provisional details printed in black to front panel. Minor spine lean else near fine. Acclaimed thriller from a master of the genre, regarded as one..... More
Bartholomew's Reference Atlas of Greater London. Eighth Edition, Revised.
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd., 1948. [Cartography] Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.128 [Maps]; 264 [Index]. Illustrated with colour map section and sample frontis. Publisher's pink blind-stamped cloth. Contents clean, stamp to endpaper partially erased, covers used/soiled as expected for a reference book. Post-war street map of London, similar to..... More
The Shotgun History & Development.
London: A & C Black, 1985. [Firearms] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. With photographic illustrations throughout. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, original pictorial dust-jacket priced at £15. Some light handling, near fine. Geoffrey Boothroyd was a British expert on firearms who wrote several standard reference..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson, including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides. By the Right Hon. John Wilson Crocker. A New Edition, Thoroughly Revised, With Much Additional Matter. With Portraits.
London: John Murray, 1900. [Literary biography] FINELY BOUND. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.874. Illustrated with engravings. Contemporary full red morocco by R. Grant & Son, Edinburgh, with raised bands, full gilt backs, seal of Fettes College stamped in gilt to upper, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of William John..... More
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The Island of Sheep. [A Richard Hannay Novel].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.318; [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt 'JB' monogram to upper board, cartographic front endpapers, pictorial jacket priced at 7/6. In inscription to free endpaper (mostly obscured by map), edges toned, jacket..... More
The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [no date] c.1940. [Modern Literature] VINTAGE HARDCOVER REPRINT, Hodder and Stoughton Yellow Jacket edition. Tenth printing. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 2s. Stickman illustration to title page. Neat ownership (Easter 1941) to endpaper, jacket..... More
The Saint Goes West. Some Further Exploits of Simon Templar.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1942. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.222; [1], advert. Publisher's pale blue cloth in original dust-wrapper priced at 8/6. Contents clean, discreet ink note to top corner of endpaper, jacket with a small amount of wear to spine ends, fresh panels..... More
The Dark Street.
London: Collins, 1944. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191; [1], blank. Publisher's yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. A near fine copy in a lightly used jacket with a couple of chips to spine ends. Shows well. A counter-espionage adventure from a...... More
From Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy.
UK: Alan Sutton, 1991. [Military history / autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xvii; 184. Illustrated with a suite of black and white plates. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket, priced at £14.95. A clean ex-library copy with small stamp and shelf number to copyright page..... More
Nature Cure Explained.
London: Health for All Publishing Co., 1950. [Bondiana] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[1-8] 9-185, [3]. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in with black, dust-wrapper priced 7/6 to spine and flap. Contents clean, small tear to cloth at crown, jacket lightly handled with a couple of small chips to..... More
Nature Cure Explained.
London: Health for All Publishing Co., 1950. [Bondiana] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[1-8] 9-185, [3]. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in with black, dust-wrapper priced 7/6 to spine and flap. Bookseller ticket to pastedown. Edges a little spotted, no inscriptions, in a good jacket, soiled to rear (and..... More
These Horned Islands. A Journal of Japan.
London: Collins, 1962. [Travel/culture] FIRST EDITION, and PROOF COPY of the First Edition. 2 vols. Octavo, pp.444; 448. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial jacket, proof in red softcovers with printed label to upper. Both in very good used condition (jacket a little spotted, neat inscription to hardback). 'You Only Live..... More
The Sixth Column. A Singular Tale of Our Times.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951. [James Bond Source Book] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket. An espionage novel which greatly influenced Casino Royale, and in which Peter wrote of Britain's need for a buccaneering hero. With printed dedication; "To My Brother Ian"- the..... More
Nippon-To, The Japanese Sword.
Tokyo: Japan Sword Company Limited, 1948. [Japanese culture] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (27 x 18cm), pp.xvii; 222. Illustrated with 97 monochrome plates, folding map of Japan at rear. Publisher's maroon cloth in jacket. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author to endpaper in black ink, with his red 'chop' inked..... More
The Third Hour.
Lonsdon: Chatto & Windus, 1937. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.452. Green cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt. This is a secondary binding for The Times (stamped as such to rear endpaper). No other stamps/inscriptions, contencts clean, spine lettering a little dulled; very good. The author's first mystery for..... More
Official Secret. The Remarkable Story of Escape Aids - their Invention, Production - and the Sequel.
London: Max Parrish, 1960. [Espionage] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.196. Illustrated with full page monochrome plates. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-wrapper priced 18s. Contents clean, jacket bright and fresh. A particularly crisp, fine copy. One of the most remarkable figures..... More
How to Play Your Best Golf All The Time.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. [Sport] FIRST EDITION, first printing, REVIEW COPY. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii; 152. Illustrated by Lealand Gustavson. Printed in red and black throughout. Publisher's hardcovers blocked in silver, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $2.95. A publisher's advance or review copy with two printed response cards..... More
A Round of Golf with Tommy Armour.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1960. [Sport] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[12]; 145; [3]. Illustrated by Merritt D. Cutler. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced 15s. Discreet ink ownership to first blank leaf, otherwise a fine copy in a near fine, lightly..... More
Tommy Armour's ABC of Golf.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1967. [Sport] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.187; [5], blank. Illustrated by Henri Arnold. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced 21s. Contents clean, jacket lightly handled with minor wear to extremities. An informal instruction manual from one of..... More
Best Stories of Phyllis Bottome. Chosen with a Preface by Daphne DuMaurier.
London: Faber & Faber, 1963. [Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.318. Publisher's red cloth blocked in gilt, typographic dust-wrapper priced 18s. A clean ex-library copy with one stamp to endpaper, shelf number written to copyright page, otherwise rather lightly used, jacket with a couple of neat tears at..... More
The Belated Reckoning.
London: Collins, 1927. [Fiction] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.243; [1], imprint; [6], ads. Publisher's blue cloth trimmed in red. Author's inscription to endpaper 'To Bill with love from Phyllis' followed by a four-line quote from Blake. Contents and page edge clean, joints rubbed, some fraying..... More
The Lifeline.
Boston: Little Brown, 1946. [Adventure novel] INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 352; [2], blank. Reprint (same month as the first printing). Publisher's tan cloth blocked in burgundy. With signed, dated presentation note to free endpaper, including a Shakespeare quote 'What a piece of work is Man!'..... More
The Lifeline.
London: Faber & Faber, 1946. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[309; [3], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth blocked in gilt. No inscriptions, minor spotting. Very good indeed, without wrapper. A particularly scarce book. Phyllis Bottome (1884-1963), novelist and story writer, educator and mentor to Ian Fleming. The Lifeline..... More
A Servant of Reality.
New York: The Century Co., 1919. [Fiction] FIRST U.S. EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.454; [2], blank. Publisher's tan cloth trimmed in black. Author's inscription to endpaper 'To Albert Elkins - / with the author's compliments / Phyllis Forbes Dennis. Contents and page edges clean, backstrip gently..... More