London: Aldergate Press, 1925. First Edition. One of 250 numbered copies containing a signed original etching by Bacon (the frontispiece: “The Widow and The Grass Widow”). Additionally, signed by Bacon on the front free-endpaper. Fine. “Grass Widow,” a disparaging term, now long fallen out of favor, shares the disdain and.....
London: Ward, Lock, 1932. First Edition. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Ownership signature; about fine in a restored dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. First Edition. Some foxing; very good plus. Presentation copy; with the author’s lengthy inscription on the half-title, “Dear Edith [Watson. likely a cousin]; I intended you to have my new book ‘Over the Border’ to take with you to America, but it will not be.....
London: Chapman & Hall, 1837. First Edition; later issue. Handsomely bound in modern full red morocco by Bayntun-Riviere; all edges gilt; gilt stamped vignette portrait on the front cover; gilt stamped facsimile signature on the back board; decorated edges and rules; raised bands with gilt decorated compartments; a fine copy.....
London: Smith, Elder, 1896. First Edition. Hinges cracking; minor cloth chipping; very good. Inscribed by the author a day before publication, “With A Conan Doyle’s kind regards/ Nov 12/96.” All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1860. First Edition; three volumes; publisher’s cloth; without the ad leaf in volume one (Carter’s first state); publisher’s catalogue in volume three; endpapers replaced at what appears to be an early date (evidenced by matching foxing on the preliminaries); minor cloth wear; scattered foxing; a very good set.....
London: Gollancz, 1931. First Edition. Publisher’s printed wrappers; browned; owner’s signature; spine tape mended; fair to good. A pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1872. Bound by Riviere in full tan calf with gilt decoration. Neat ownership inscription; minor fading and wear; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
London: John Murray, 1959. First Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with minor chips. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. Laid is the four page pamphlet promoting this book. and additionally laid in is a signed holograph letter, to Perkins’s secretary, “The envelope of letters came...I read three, then I broke down and cried, I felt if.....
Florence, Italy: Francesco e Giuseppe Peinder, n.d. [c.1845]. Approximately 11 1/2 x 8 ”; publisher’s wrappers, the front of which is printed and illustrated with an engraved scene of Florence; cloth spine (likely renewed or provided at an early date); excellent condition. Consisting of 20 exceptional vibrant and detailed aquatints.....
London: Elkin Mathews, 1895. First Edition; deluxe issue. Minor foxing; small owner’s signature; covers slightly bowed; a nearly fine copy in publisher’s vellum; printed in gold on the spine and covers; one of 25 copies; a signed, holograph Blackmore letter is laid in. An especially handsome book illustrated in Pre-Raphaelite.....