Browse by Attribute—First thus
The Silmarillion
1977, the Book Club edition but a pretty good copy
J R R Tolkien
Book Club Associates, London, 1977
£12.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Ordeal (The Sisters, 1918, and Bleak Morning)
1953, Alexei Tolstoy's momumental epic complete in three volumes
Alexei Tolstoy, translated from the Russian by Ivy & Tatiana Litvinova. Illuminations and tailpieces by V Sveshnikov
Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1953
£50.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus
Confessions (complete in two volumes)
Augustine's spiritual autobiography, published in the Loeb Classical Library
Augustine, translated by Carolyn J-B Hammond
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2014
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Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Undertones of War (1930, first revised edition)
Edmund Blunden's classic Great War memoir
Edmund Blunden
Cobden-Sanderson, London, 1930
£12.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First thus
Three Terry Pratchett Discorld Gift Editions (2017)
All are the first printing: The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, and Wintersmith
Terry Pratchett, wrappers and endpaper maps by Paul Kidby
Doubleday, London, 2017
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Berlioz and his Century (Signed by pianist Alexander Kelly)
1956, the first condensed edition of Barzun's important study
Jacques Barzun
Meridian Books, Lonfon & New York, 1956
£20.00
Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper | Association Copy | First thus
The Book of Margery Kempe, A Modern Version
The life of a 15th century laywoman, widely considered to be the first autobiography written in the English language
Margery Kempe, edited by W Butler-Bowdon, introduction by W R Chambers
Jonathan Cape, London, 1940
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Breakfast at Tiffany's (2013)
The Folio Society's edition illustrated by Karen Klassen
Truman Capote, introduced by Jay McInerney, illustrated by Karen Klassen
The Folio Society, London, 2013
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus | Illustrated | Slipcase
The Handling of Words (1927)
An early edition of Vernon Lee's studies in literary psychology
Vernon Lee, pseud. Violet Paget
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1927
£40.00
Literary Criticism | Hard Cover | First thus
George Orwell, non-fiction and selected essays & journalism (1980, first thus)
Containing Down and Out in Paris and London, Homage to Catalonia, Selections from Essays and Journalism 1931 to 1949 (including Such, Such Were the Joys and The Lion and the Unicorn), and The Road to Wigan Pier. Complete and Unabridged
George Orwell
Secker & Warburg / Octopus, London, 1980
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Psycho (1989, first Tor edition)
The first printing in very good condition
Robert Bloch, cover art by Joe DeVito
Tor, New York, 1989
£20.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | First thus
The Complete Works of Shakesperare
1954, with a signed Christmas card from Ursula and Ralph Vaughan Williams
William Shakespeare, edited by W J Craig
Geoffrey Cumberlege / OUP, Oxford, 1954
£50.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy | First thus
Corydon
A good hardback edition of Gide's Socratic dialogues on homosexuality
Andre Gide, translated with a preface by Richard Howard
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1983
£15.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Nausea, The Wall and other stories
Jean-Paul Sartre's 1938 novel and short fiction
Jean-Paul Sartre, introduction by Hayden Carruth, translated by Lloyd Alexander
MJF Books, New York, 1998
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Wind, Sand and Stars (1939, first BC edition)
Antoine de Saint Exupery's memoir, this being the first Book Club edition
Antoine de Saint Exupery, translated by Lewis Galatiere, decorated by John O'H Cosgrave, II
Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1939
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus | Illustrated
The Conquered (1927)
Naomi Mitchison's first book, a tale of the Roman defeat of Gaul
Naomi Mitchison
Jonathan Cape, London, 1927
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus
Walter Pater, four first printings in the pocket edition
Marius the Epicurean, Imaginary Portraits, The Renaissance, and Appreciations
Walter Pater
Macmillan, London, 1924
£25.00
Collections | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
En Campagne 1914–1915, Impressions d'un Officier de Legere (1918)
Marcel Dupont WW1 memoirs, this edition for English students
Marcel Dupont, edited by G-C Bosset
George G. Harrap, London, 1918
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
Armand Rassenfosse, 30 colour plates for Les Fleurs du Mal
1930, limited edition, Trente Compositions aux Crayons de Couleur de Rassenfosse pour Les Fleurs du Mal de Charles Baudelaire
Armand Rassenfosse
Dorbon-Ainé, Paris, 1930
£180.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | First thus | Illustrated | Slipcase
Thais (1948, in a unique leather binding)
With 10 colour lithographs by Suzanne Ballivet, and from the library of Gordon R Smith with a signed Lynn Paula Russell bookplate
Anatole France, illustrated by Suzanne Ballivet
Aux Editions du Livre, Monte Carlo, 1948
£120.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | First thus | Illustrated | Slipcase
Cesare Pavese, Selected Poems (Signed copy)
This copy signed and dedicated by translator and editor, Margaret Crosland
Cesare Pavese, edited and translated with a foreword by Margaret Crosland
Penguin Books, London, 1971
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Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy | First thus
The Turmoil (First thus, 1915)
From Louis Conard's Standard Collection of British and American Authors series
Booth Tarkington
Louis Conard, Paris, 1915
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus
Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and other poems
1913, a pocket hardback edition of Christina Rossetti's verse
Christina G Rossetti
Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1913
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First thus
Oeuvres de Maistre François Villon
1969, full leather, with illustrations by Émile Bernard. Printed with ink mixed with gold powder.
Francois Villon, illustrated by Émile Bernard
Jean de Bonnot, Paris, 1969
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus | Illustrated
A Bit of Blood (1959)
Twelve short stories by Arnold Zweig
Arnold Zweig
Seven Seas Books, Berlin, 1959
£10.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | First thus
