De Labessade, L?on: Le Droit du Seigneur et la Rosiere de Salency. Paris: Librairie Ancienne et Moderne Edouard Rouveyre, 1878. First edition, inscribed by the author. 8vo., pp.[vii], xvi, 245, [iv], 248-253, [viii]. Title page in red and black. Original wrappers bound in, includes half-title and advertisements at rear. Contemporary binding of fleur-de-lys-patterned paste paper over boards, edges uncut. Spine toned, cover paper splitting at joints but still firm, corners bumped, very good. Author's inscription of "Hommage" to Edouary Gratpauche to preliminary blank. 'No. 197' pencilled to ffep. Ref: 53844show full image..
Deaver, Jeffery: Carte Blanche. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. First, limited edition. Signed by the author. 8vo.. Still in the original shrink-wrap. Hardback book housed in a printed box designed to open in a way reminiscent of a cigarette packet. Fine. Limited edition of 750. Commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications, Carte Blanche is the 37th original James Bond novel. Ref: 54858show full image..
Dryden, John: Original Poems. Glasgow: printed by Robert & Andrew Foulis, printers to the University, 1775. 2 vols. bound as 1. 12mo., pp.viii, 251, [ix]; viii, 255, [iii]. Variant on the better, medium-quality paper. Vol.I with half-title, and 4-page printer's catalogue at rear. Occasional light foxing. Contemporary calf, gilt spine, raised bands, red morocco label, marbled endpapers. Spine dry and a little creased, a bit rubbed, very good. Inscription of J.H. (possibly John Hamilton) to title-page, dated 1780. Vol. I contains: Verses in Praise of Mr Dryden; Poems on Several Occasions. Vol. II contains: Poems on Several Occasions; Epistles; Prologues and Epilogues; Elegies and Epitaphs; Songs. ESTC T124935; Gaskell 582. Ref: 54580show full image..
Dryden, John: Original Poems. Glasgow: Printed and sold by Rob. & And. Foulis, 1756. 2 vols. 8vo., pp.[vii], 237, [iii]; vii, [i], 240. Vol. I with half-title, each section with divisional title-page. Some codes in various hands to each paste-down. Vol. II with some faint foxing, tiny holes where the page number should be to I8, O8 and P8. Contemporary tan calf, spines gilt, labels lost leaving on impression of titles, edges sprinkled red. Spines dry and rubbed, vol. I head cap a little worn, very good. Ownership inscription of John Hamilton in an old hand to title-page of each volume. Vol. I contains: Verses in Praise of Mr Dryden; Poems on Several Occasions. Vol. II contains: Poems on Several Occasions; Epistles; Prologues and Epilogues; Elegies and Epitaphs; Songs. ESTC T124934; Gaskell 312. Ref: 54579show full image..
Fleming, Ian: The Man With the Golden Gun. London: The Book Club, [1966.] Foyles Book Club edition. 8vo., pp.152. Only very lightly toned, nice and clean inside. Blue cloth, black title to spine,again very nice and clean, top corners only very lightly bumped, edges a bit foxed but still very good overall. Dust-jacket very lightly creased along top edge with one tiny nick. Altogether an unusually bright and crisp copy, very good indeed This early edition published in the summer of 1966 by the The Book Club (a Foyles company), having originally been published by Jonathan Cape the previous year. Ref: 55023
Fleming, Ian: Thunderball. New York: Viking Press, 1961 First American edition, first printing. 8vo., pp.[viii], 248. A few toned marks to margins, pp. 23-4, 73-4 and 119-20 all with a fragment of the top corner margin lost but text unaffected. Yellow cloth, red title to spine, top edge pink. Four small patches of toning to cloth and some toned marks to endpapers all seemingly from old tape, good. Dust jacket very slightly worn at top edge, to rear flap two small tape marks and a short ms note, but very good overall. To ffep, bookplate of Ben and Carole Palmer. Ink stamp of Ben Palmer to ffep, p.101 head margin and rear pastedown. Dust jacket design by S.A. Summit, Inc. First American edition of the ninth story in Fleming's James Bond series. The first (U.K.) edition appeared in March of the same year. Ref: 54702show full image..
Fraser, George MacDonald: Flashman on the March, from the Flashman Papers 1867-8 Edited and Arranged by George MacDonald Fraser. With an Appreciation by Allan Mallinson and an Afterword by Anthony Price. Gladestry, Herefordshire: Scorpion Press, 2005. Limited edition, first thus. Signed by the author. 8vo., pp. x, [ii], 317, [xi]. Quarter red leather, gilt title to spine, marbled boards, top edge coloured light green, blue endpapers. Fine. Limited edition of 100 numbered, author-signed copies, of which this is number seven. Additional Appreciation and Afterword. Last of the twelve Flashman novels. Ref: 54864show full image..
Fraser, George MacDonald: Flashman on the March, from the Flashman Papers 1867-8 Edited and Arranged by George MacDonald Fraser. London: HarperCollins, 2005. First, limited edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine, printed endpapers, ribbon bookmark. A very tiny dent to the rear board, near fine. No dust jacket as issued. Matching slipcase with gilt to spine and both sides, some very light shelf wear to the bottom of the case but still near fine. Limited edition of 1000 author-signed copies, of which this is number 464. Last of the twelve Flashman novels. Ref: 54870show full image..
Greenwood, James: Odd People in Odd Places; or, The Great Residuum. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1883]. 8vo., pp.xii, 244. Very mildly toned. Half dark blue sheep, blue cloth boards, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers. Title page with previous owner's address label stuck to its centre, partially obscuring the subtitle, and a patch of toning from the newspaper clipping pasted in opposite. Endpapers etc with multiple newspaper clippings attached. Scuffed, joints and head-cap a bit worn, corners frayed, still a good sound copy. Recent ownership label of Mrs S. M. Plumridge of Portobello Road to title-page. A collection of 'pen pictures', first published in the Daily Telegraph, of 'the lower grade of the great community' of London. James Greenwood (1832?1927) was an English social explorer, journalist and writer whose focus was the plight of London's working poor. He was one of the first journalists to research his stories by going undercover, and is regarded as a pioneer of investigative journalism. In this copy of his penultimate book the front and rear endpapers, the final page, and several blanks (15 'pages' in total) are covered in pasted-in newspaper clippings of interesting or amusing stories, mostly related to crime and court proceedings. Four are dated: 1898, 1909, 30th December 1897 and July 30th 1904, but most are dateless. Ref: 55087show full image..
Ha?ek, Jaroslav: (Lada, Josef, illus.:) The Good Soldier Svejk and his Fortunes in the World War. London: William Heinemann in association with Penguin Books, 1974. First UK edition, third printing. 8vo., pp.xxii, [x], 752. Maps and illustrations in the text. Bright yellow cloth, red title to spine and small illustration to upper board. Endpapers very slightly toned, top edge a little dusty, near fine. Dust jacket a little yellowed with a few tiny marks, price-clipped, very good. Illegible ownership inscription to ffep. Unabridged translation by Cecil Parrott. Ha?ek had originally envisioned a total of six volumes of ?vejk. By the time of his death in 1923 he had completed the first three and was partway through the fourth, which was later finished at the request of the publisher by the journalist Karel Vanek. The volumes are as follows: Behind the Lines (V z?zem?, 1921); At the Front (Na fronte, 1922); The Glorious Licking (Slavn? v?prask, Ref: 54675
