Marion Pitman

Porphyry the Philosopher to his wife Marcella

TRANSLATED ALICE ZIMMERN · 1896

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, George Redway. 1896, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Covers bit worn, name stamped on flyleaf. Preface by Richard Garnett. Frontispiece; pages 5-16 preface, 17 - 50 introduction; 53 - 79 text. Tan cloth gilt; tope edge gilt, others untrimmed. Half title - "The Letter o...

Tales from Shakespeare

CHARLES & MARY LAMB · 1905

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, J. M. Dent. 1905, Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Book, Covers bit worn on edges, spine a little dull, endpapers brown. Top edge gilt, a little dull, other edges untrimmed. Front pastedown is covered by a prize lable from South-Western Polytechnic, Chel...

Strathmore; or, Wrought By His Own Hand. a Life Romance

OUIDA · 1877

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Chatto & Windus. 1877, New Edition. Hardcover. Book, Cloth darkened; wear to one corner of spine, slight damage to cloth on back cover; front hinge weak and small tear to half title, small piece torn from edge of last page. No date on title page, but catalogue dated 18...

Verse and Worse

ARNOLD SILCOCK · 1982

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Faber & Faber. 1982, Reprint. (ISBN: 0571051324) Soft cover. Ill.: V. H. Drummond. Book, "A Private Collection" Some creasing to front cover. Good/No Jacket.

The Recognition of Ocular Disease

JAMES FORREST, M.B., CH.B. · 1929

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Birmingham & London, J & H Taylor. 1929, Third Edition. Hardcover. Book, Some water damage to binding, slightly affecting first and last few pages; corners knocked, ends of spine torn. 9 colour plates and engravings in text. Fair/No Jacket.

A History of Garden Design

DEREK CLIFFORD · 1962

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Faber & Faber. 1962, First Edition. Hardcover, 7.5" x 10". Book, Slight edgewear to dustwrapper, now in protective cover. Small mark in margin of one plate. Numerous b/w illustrations. Label of Henry Sotheran Bookseller. Heavyish - may need extra shipping to some locat...

The Mortdecai Trilogy: "Don't Point That Thing at Me", "After You with the Pistol", "Something Nasty in the Woodshed"

KYRIL BONFIGLIOLI · 1991

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, Black Spring Press Ltd. 1991, First Thus. (ISBN: 0948238119) Soft cover. Book, Spine creased and bears a small sticky label; some creasing to covers; page edges bit brown. Good/No Jacket.

Babel, or the Past, Present, and Future of Human Speech

SIR RICHARD PAGET, BART. · 1930

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Co. 1930, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Spine faded and label browned; part of front cover discoloured, edges and corners worn, endpapers and first and last page browned, not affecting text; slight spotting on edges; name on flyleaf. Part...

The Gateless Barrier

LUCAS MALET [ MARY ST LEGER KINGSLEY HARRISON ] · 1922

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Eveleigh Nash. 1922, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Dark red cloth, spine dull, corners a little worn; endpapers brown, some foxing, mostly on edges. Nash's Great Novel Library. 350 pages. Young man has a romance with a ghost. Short preface from Lafcadio Hearn, "..we call i...

Rural Rides

WILLIAM COBBETT, EDITED ERIC FITCH DAGLISH · 1935

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, J. M. Dent, Open Air Library. 1935, Reprint. Hardcover. Ill.: Eric Fitch Daglish. Book, Spine faded and a little worn on ends; edges of boards a little discoloured; endpapers bit brown; name on flyleaf. Foreword and two wood engravings by the editor, followed by title ...

Le Corbusier

ROBERT FURNEAUX JORDAN · 1972

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons. 1972, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Dustwrapper unclipped, appears faded on spine, a little frayed and worn at top edge; front board faintly discoloured. Contents near fine. 32 pages of photographs, 9 drawings. Jordan knew le Corbusier personally. ...

Home-Made Sweets

NELL HEATON · 1949

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Faber & Faber. 1949, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Name on flyleaf, some damage to cover, contents in good condition. Spiral binding. Good/No Jacket.

Collected Poems 1929 to 1933, Transitional Poem, From Feathers to Iron, The Magnetic Mountain

C. DAY LEWIS · 1938

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, The Hogarth Press. 1938, Fourth Impression. Hardcover. Book, Pale green cloth gilt, spine a little dull; dustwrapper frayed top edge, some marks, few small creases and tears. Collected Poems 1929 to 1933, Transitional Poem, From Feathers to Iron, The Magnetic Mountain....

Guide to the Forests of the Solomon Islands

T. C. WHITMORE · 1966

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Oxford University Press. 1966, First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library, Stamped "British Residency LIbrary" Spine ends bruised, lower corners knocked and broken a little. Dustwrapper frayed and torn at edges, small hole torn in front. British Solomon Islands Protectorate,...

The Wits and Beaux of Society

GRACE AND PHILIP WHARTON · 1883

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, George Routledge & Sons. 1883, Reprint. Hardcover. Ill.: H. K. Browne and James Godwin. Book, Cloth dull; front hinge completely broken, cover attached only at rear; flyleaf, frontispiece and title page loose; rear free endpaper missing; few spots foxing etc. Pictorial...

The Mighty Heart, a survey of England as it Is and a Vision of What it Might Be

W. MARGRIE · 1925

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Watts & Co. 1925, First Edition ?. Soft cover. Book, Covers very tatty, front cover detached. Foxing edges and ends. With a critical appreciation of the author by Bernard Shaw. "WILLIAM Margrie (1877-1960), philosopher and eccentric, was born in Camberwell, south Londo...

The Gaucho Martin Fierro

JOSE HERNANDEZ, TRANS. WALTER OWEN · 1960

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Buenos Aires, Editorial Pampas. 1960, First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Ill.: Alberto Guiraldes. Book, Adapted from the Spanish and rendered into English verse by Walter Owen, with drawings by Alberto Guiraldes. Small damp stain inner top corner of first and last few pages, small...

Poems of Passion and Pleasure

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX · 1914

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

London, Gay & Hancock. 1914, Reprint. Hardcover. Ill.: Dudley Tennant. Book, Green cloth decorated in red and gold, bit discoloured top of front cover and bottom of back, spine faded; hinges cracked; endpapers rather brown; some foxing in text, a little bit of pencilling here ...

The Deaf Schoolchild - Language and Cognitive Function

R. CONRAD · 1979

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Harper & Row. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0063180855) Hardcover. Book, Green cloth covered with sticky clear plastic, name on flyleaf, otherwise very good condition. 370 pages. by R. Conrad, Medical Research Council, Applied Psychology Unit. Very Good/No Jacket.

With a Little Help from My Friends

JOHN PELLOW · 1973

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Allen Lane. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0713906138) Hardcover. Book, Dustwrapper frayed at ends, damp stained inside at the base, where it has slightly stuck to the boards, but minimal damage. Account of the author's life as a worker-priest in Tower Hamlets from 1955. ...