FIRST LIGHT.
London Hamish Hamilton, 1989. Blue cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper. Top edge spotted, otherwise a good copy. pp. 328. More
London Hamish Hamilton, 1989. Blue cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper. Top edge spotted, otherwise a good copy. pp. 328. More
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. Red cloth gilt. In fair dustwrapper, with chipping to spine, and piece missing from top of front cover. Laid down to titlepage is a later Hutchinson's publishing bookplate, signed by the author. Edges spotted, but a good copy. pp. 192. More
London, Faber & Faber, 1973. Softback in printed card wraps. An account of a visit to China in 1938. Spine a little creased and top edge spotted, but a fair copy. pp. 272. More
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1965. Red cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper, a little faded to spine and marked to rear. Off-setting to endpapers, and edges lightly spotted, but a good copy. pp. 224. More
London, Penguin Books, 1955. Softback in green and white card wraps. Penguin No.1063. Very slight lean to spine and some staining to rear cover, otherwise a very good copy. pp. 217 plus adverts. More
London, Allen Lane 1984. Pink cloth gilt. Signed by the author with short presentation inscription to titlepage. In very good, price-clipped dustwrapper. Slight lean to spine, but a good copy. pp. 248. More
New York and Oxford, Facts on File, 1990. 4to. Softback in illustrated card wraps. A good, uncreased copy. pp. ix, 742. More
London, Cranley & Day Ltd., 1932. Black cloth with printed titles to front cover and spine. With frontispiece of contemporary art. Spine faded and covers rather blotchy, but a sound copy, good internally. pp. 25. More
London, Printed at the Conference Office by Thomas Cordeux, 1813. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Previous owners' bookplate and signature to endpapers. John Wesley's abridged and modified version of the original. Light wear to covers, and some spotting, but a good copy of the Fourth Edition. pp. iv..... More
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. Red cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper, with chipping to head of spine. Some spotting to edges, but a good copy. pp. 191. More
London, Walter Scott, No Date. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Five stories from the first two series of 'Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry'. Covers rather worn and stained. Charity shop sticker to f.f.e.p. Gutter cracked at titlepage, but firm enough. One gathering (pp. ix-xii) nearly..... More
Cawdor Castle, Angelika Cawdor, 2000. Green cloth gilt, in clear acetate wrapper. A very good copy. pp. xi, 258. More
Belize, The Audain Press, 1954. Small 8vo. Softback in light blue printed card wraps. Appears to be SIGNED by the author with initials and dedication to f.f.e.p. Spine a little worn, with rust from staples. Two creases to corner of front cover. A fair copy, good internally. pp. 76. More
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1949. Blue cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper, a little chipped, and spotted to rear cover and reverse. Top edge spotted and endpapers toned from newspaper cuttings. A good copy. pp. xii, 265. More
London, Viking, 1999. Blue cloth. In very good dustwrapper. With corner wrap-around stating 'Waterstone's Booksellers, Deansgate Manchester, Signed First Edition'. Still in the original cellophane wrapper, so not examined internally. Presumably a very good copy. More
London, Chapman and Hall, 1840. Large 8vo. Half dark green calf gilt, over marbled boards. Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly periodical based around the reading club of Master Humphrey, which started as a collection of short stories, and then developed into the full novel The Old Curiosity Shop. Barnaby..... More
London, The Chiswick Press, 1893. Quarter vellum with printed titles, over grey, paper-covered boards. In a Limited edition of 500 copies, this being No. 299. All edges uncut. With two portraits behind tissue-guards. Light marking to spine and edges rubbed. Toning to endpapers. A good copy. pp. xxiii, 120... More
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1897. Quarter morocco gilt, over green cloth boards. At sometime recased, with most of the original spines laid down. With previous owner's bookplate to front pastedowns, and presentation inscription to f.f.e.ps. The spines rubbed and worn, with one crack. Internally good, and generally sound. pp. xv..... More
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1887. Quarter scarlet morocco gilt. t.e.g. Spines a little blotchy, but generally a very good set. Separately paginated. With plates, folding facsimiles etc. More
Chicago, S.C. Griggs and Co., 1892. Quarter grained dark blue cloth, over light blue boards. Gilt title and decoration. t.e.g. With SIGNED presentation inscription from the author to his cousin, dated 1893. Some spotting to edges, but otherwise a very good copy. pp. vii, [i], 9-239. More
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1989. Blue cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper, but faded to spine. A very good copy. pp. xviii, 341. More
London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1956. Red cloth with silvered titles. In good dustwrappers. Vol. I is a First Edition of 1956, and Vol. II is the first reprint of 1959. Seven stories in all, each separately paginated. Top edges spotted, but a good set. More
London, Williams & Norgate, 1893. 4to. Green pepple-grained cloth gilt, over bevelled boards. Presentation inscription from the author to f.f.e.p. A very good copy. pp. 48. With a portrait of Chamisso. More