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Wind, Sand and Stars. Translated by Lewis Galantiere. Introduced by Cecil Lewis. Illustrated by Linda Kitson. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BLOCKED SLIP-CASE

SAINT-EXUPERY Antoine de · 1990

£56.00 (€67.13 | $74.00 | ¥11,818)

Folio Society, 1990. 8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrated title-spread, double-page illustrations in the text and printed endpapers; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver and black, blue top, a near fine copy in publisher's slip-case.

The Great Gatsby. Afterword by Chuck Palahniuk. Illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

FITZGERALD F. Scott · 2026

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Folio Society, 2026. 8vo., with 13 coloured illustrations; pictorial cloth, printed endpapers, gilt top, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case.

Nelson. A Dream of Glory [with] The Sword of Albion. [First Paperback Edition.] SUGDEN'S 'NELSON' IN PAPERBACK; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

SUGDEN John · 20122014

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Pimlico [and] Bodley Head, [2012-2014]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous plates and maps,title of second volume lightly spotted; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean set. FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Complete set in paperback of Sugden'...

My Woodland Friends. Illustrated by Joan Rickarby. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BENSUSAN S.L. · 0

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

Blandford Press, [1947]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly spotted dustwrapper. Here the chronicler of the Marsh...

Wild Spain (Espana Agreste). Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod and Gun, Natural History and Exploration. CHAPMAN'S SPAIN IN FULL MOROCCO

CHAPMAN Abel · 1893

£485.00 (€581.43 | $640.86 | ¥102,349)

Gurney & Jackson, 1893. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 51 plates, numerous photographs and wood-engraved illustrations in the text, and double-page map in blue and black, half-title lightly browned; elegantly bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame bord...

The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

PEVSNER Nikolaus · 0

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

Penguin, [1953]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, illustrations and double-page map in the text; original printed wrappers, backstrip very lightly browned else a near fine copy. No dustwrapper was issued with the first edition. The cloth version followed some eighteen mon...

Military0

military, ww2, wwii, burma, kachin levies, ian fellowes-gordon

£1,957.00 (€2,346.11 | $2,585.90 | ¥412,985)

Three Corvettes. Comprising HM Corvette, East Coast Corvette, Corvette Command. [Fourth Edition. With new Foreword by the Author.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MONSARRAT Nicholas · 0

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

Cassell, [1953]. 8vo., Fourth Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 8 plates on 6, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original green cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by James Ho...

Inside the Third Reich. Memoirs by Albert Speer. Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Introduction by Eugene Davidson. [Second UK Impression.] BEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

SPEER Albert · 0

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1970]. 8vo., Second Impression thus, with 68 plates on 48; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by George Mayhew. Published in the same month as the first edition. Second UK impression of Speer's memoirs...

Slim as Military Commander. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

EVANS Lieutenant-General Sir Geoffrey · 0

£86.00 (€103.10 | $113.64 | ¥18,149)

Batsford, [1969]. 8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece, 48 plates on 22, 4 folding maps in red and black, 15 full-page maps, and front and rear endpaper maps; armorial cloth gilt, gilt back, blue top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter...

The Farseer Trilogy. Illustrated by David Palumbo. Introduced by Robin Hobb. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

HOBB Robin · 2020

£540.00 (€647.37 | $713.54 | ¥113,956)

Folio Society, 2020. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured illustrations and maps; red cloth blocked in gilt, all near fine copies in publisher's blocked board slip-case. The trilogy comprises: Vol. I: Assassin's Apprentice; Vol. II: Royal Assassin; Vol. III: Assass...

The Enchanted April. Introduction by Elizabeth Jane Howard. Illustrations by Debra McFarlane. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

ARNIM Elizabeth von · 20022003

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Folio Society, 2002 [2003]. Roy. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece and 6 coloured plates; original pictorial blue cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked in gilt and black, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. This edition follows the t...

Hogfather. [A Discworld novel]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

PRATCHETT Terry · 0

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Gollancz, [1996]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The twentieth Discworld novel, with dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby.

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Edited and with an Introduction by Betty Radice. NEAR FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASES

GIBBON Edward · 1983

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Folio Society, 1983. 8 vols; 8vo.,First Edition thus, with frontispieces, plates and endpaper maps; brown cloth, upper boards framed in gilt, gilt backs, red tops, a near fine set in publisher's board slip-cases. Please note that extra postage will be required for shipping out...

Eboracum, or the History and Antiquities of the City of York. Together with the History of the Cathedral Church and the Lives of the Archbishops of that See. SPLENDID LARGE PAPER COPY IN CONTEMPORARY CALF

DRAKE Francis · 1736

£745.00 (€893.13 | $984.41 | ¥157,217)

Printed by William Bowyer for the Author, 1736. Folio, First Edition, Large Paper, with fine copper-engraved portrait frontispiece, 60 fine copper-engraved plates (17 folding or double-page), and 53 engraved illustrations in the text, frontispiece neatly remargined; full conte...

Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham…With Original Anecdotes and a Summary Review of Public Affairs, written by his Widow Lucy. Now first published from the original Manuscript by the Rev. Julius Hutchinson. To whicb is prefixed the Life of Mrs. Hutchinson written by herself. Fourth Edition. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY IN PERIOD BINDING

HUTCHINSON Lucy · 1822

£168.00 (€201.40 | $221.99 | ¥35,453)

Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown, 1822. 2 vols., 8vo., Fourth Edition, with 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, engraved plate, large folding engraved plan, large folding facsimile and large folding pedigree, some faint offsetting from frontispieces to titles; attractively bou...

The Wapentake of Osgoldcross (Bibl. Harl. 800). Transcribed by Mr. Tillotson and edited by Richard Holmes. NEAR FINE COPY IN PERIOD ROAN

OSGOLDCROSS · 1894

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Bradbury Agnew & Co., [for] Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 1894. 8vo., First Edition thus, with folding coloured map as frontispiece, full-page map and folding pedigree; firmly bound in burgundy pebble-grain cloth, boards ruled in gilt, roan back lettered in gilt, gilt top,...

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan. PRESENTED TO THE LSE BY SIR WILLIAM BEVERIDGE

HEARN Lafcadio · 1905

£540.00 (€647.37 | $713.54 | ¥113,956)

Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Co., 1905. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, neat uniform contemporary stamp on front free endpapers; blue cloth, upper boards ruled and lettered in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, backstrips chafed at heads and tails else a very good, bright, clean copy....

In Lotus-Land Japan. BRIGHT, CLEAN PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY

PONTING Herbert G. · 1910

£196.00 (€234.97 | $258.99 | ¥41,362)

Macmillan, 1910. 8vo., First Edition, with fine tipped-in coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 7 fine tipped-in coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present) and 109 fine plates in monochrome (a number tinted), free endpapers lightl...

The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. [First Domestic Edition. First Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

TOLKIEN J. R. R. · 0

£184.00 (€220.59 | $243.13 | ¥38,829)

Allen & Unwin, [1977]. 8vo., First Edition Domestic, First Impression, with full-page map in red and black, 5 full-page pedigrees in the text and large folding map in red and black, fore-edge very faintly spotted; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy...