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The First UK printing published by E. Pankhurst, Lincoln's Inn House in 1913. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Light pushing at the spine ends with a bump to the lower rear edge. The covers are very clean for their age and the gilt titling remains very bright. Early bowing to the rear cover. Some offsetting and spotting to the prelims. Toning and spotting to the text-block with some encroachment onto the page edges due to the quality of paper stock used. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The very scarce casebound edition as the majority of copies were issued in wraps covers. Contents complete with 'thirteen reasons why you should join and subscribe to the Women's Social and Political union' appendix and the subscription form for 'The Suffragette' intact at the rear. A very scarce title dealing with Christabel Pankhurst forthright views on how sexual disease is to be managed. Collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

A Three Vols. set of 'The Gormenghast' Trilogy. All three volumes are The First UK Printings published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London. They are all free from inscriptions and erasures. All three Mervyn Peake designed wrappers are protected in removable Brodart archival wrappers. Vol.1: 'Titus Groan' published in 1946. The BOOK and WRAPPER are in near Fine condition. Light toning to the text block and light pushing at the spine ends. The correct first issue wrapper with no reviews. Light toning to the spine and rear upper cover of the wrapper. A small nick to the upper spine end. Vol.2: 'Gormenghast' published in 1050. The BOOK and WRAPPER are in near fine condition. A little dustiness to the lower text block. Light toning to the spine of the wrapper. Vol.3; 'Titus Alone' published in 1959. The BOOK and WRAPPER are in exceptional fine condition and the book appears unread. Just a hint of fading to the red lettering on the spine but No toning. The nicest copy of this title that we have handled to date.… Read More

The Second UK printing published by Simon & Schuster, London in 2006. This is the First issue of the Trade edition, having been preceded by the 'Exclusive limited numbered first edition'. This limited edition had the full printing details number line ending in the number '1'. This, the subsequent Trade edition printing details number line commenced with the number '2'. The BOOK is in near Fine condition and appears unread. A hint of pushing at the spine tips. Some toning to the text-block and outer page edges due to the quality of the paper stock used. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. It is correctly priced at '£18.99'. A tiny small mild crease to the upper front spine fold but barely discernible. The wrappers used were identical for both the first and second printings. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed by Pele : 'Pele' to the half-title. Loosely inserted is a copy of the advert for the signing event,… Read More

The First UK printing published by Simon & Schuster, London in 2006. This is the scarce first issue - The exclusive limited numbered first edition. This is number '262' of only 1000 copies issued. It is identical to the trade edition in all respects except that it has the extra numbered edition limitation page, and has the full printing details number line which ends in the number '1'. The publishers's original yellow card slipcase, which the book was originally housed in, is not present with this copy. The subsequent Trade edition printing details number line commences with the number '2'. The BOOK is in near Fine condition and appears unread. Just a hint of toning to the text-block and outer page edges due to the quality of the paper stock used. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. It is correctly priced at '£18.99'. The wrappers used were identical for both the first and second printings. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover.… Read More

The First UK printing published by Simon & Schuster, London in 2006. This is the scarce first issue - The exclusive limited numbered slipcased first edition. This is number '641' of only 1000 copies issued. It is identical to the trade edition in all respects except that it has the extra numbered edition limitation page, is housed in the publisher's illustrated slipcase (with a printed price of £30 to the rear cover) and has the full printing details number line which ends in the number '1'. The subsequent Trade edition printing details number line commences with the number '2'. The BOOK is in near Fine condition and appears unread. Just a hint of toning to the text-block due to the quality of the paper stock used. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. It is correctly priced at '£18.99'. The wrappers used were identical for both the first and second printings. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book is housed in the… Read More

One of only 150 sets produced by Simon Lawrence at the Fleece Press. The Box, bibliography booklet and engravings are all in Fine condition. Five engravings all housed within their own individual printed folder. Paper size 40 x 32 cm. The engravings are : 'The Return 1925', 'The Carol Singers 1930', 'Marsh Marigolds 1930', 'The Smithy 1930', 'The Mother 1931'. The 16 page bibliography on hand made paper is housed within its own folder. It details and references amongst other things, the bibliographic details of each of the engravings. A very scarce production. With the scarce Ashmolean Museum 'Claughton Pellew Wood Engravings' 1987 Exhibition Catalogue 1987. This pictorial card catalogue is in Fine condition with 35 B/W plates. The Fleece Press are due to release : 'Ploughshare & Hayrick, the Life and Work of Claughton Pellew and Kechie Tennent later this year. 'Claughton Pellew was born in Redruth, Cornwall; he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London alongside Paul Nash and Nash's brother… Read More

The First UK printing published by Serpent's tail, London in 2016. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. A very mild crease to the upper spine. The wrapper artwork looks striking in the removable Brodart cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) to the title page and a ticket for the signing event accompanies this book as provenance. 'The Essex Serpent', was a number one bestseller, 'Waterstones Book of the Year 2016' and both 'Fiction book of the Year' and 'Overall Book of the Year 2017' at the British Book Awards. It was then nominated for a further eight literary prizes, including 'The Costa Novel Award 2017', and 'The Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2017'. Very scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by George Routledge & Sons, London in 1938. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Light pushing at the spine ends. The gilt titling remains bright. Some spotting to the text-block but the pages remain clean. Some light spots to the prelims. Free from inscriptions. The purple top-stain is present but uniformly faded. The scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. Mild edge-wear to the spine ends with a slither of rubbing at the upper spine tip. A small closed tear to the front upper cover edge and the rear lower cover edge. Light toning to the spine. The William Kermode wrapper artwork looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Sergiusz Piasetski 'was one of the best known Polish language writers of the mid 20th century. His crowning achievement, 'Lover of the the Great Bear' was first published in Poland in 1937 and was the third most popular novel in the Second Polish Republic. Following World War II, Piasetski's books were banned by communist… Read More

The First UK Printing published by Encore Publishing Co.Ltd. in 1959. This edition was published solely as a wraps edition. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. A little creasing along the spine and a small crease at the upper front cover adjacent to the spine. The book remains tight and is free from erasures, inscriptions and markings. The book has been simply Signed without dedication on the title page by Harold Pinter. The Birthday Party was first staged in the spring of 1958 at the Arts Theatre in Cambridge, before playing in Oxford and Wolverhampton. It opened in London, at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, in May 1958 and infamously closed after only eight performances. It's failure is said to have caused Pinter to consider ending his ambition to be a playwright but subsequent revivals have cemented it's status as a classic. In 1959 the play received it's first such re-evalution when it was performed by the Tavistock Repertory Company at the Tower Theatre in Islington, London. This… Read More

The sole UK Printing published by Horseshoe Publishing Co. Ltd in 1924. The BOOK is in VERY GOOD + or better condition. The binding is tight and is free of inscriptions. Some light offsetting to the end- papers. The boards are a little rubbed and bumped in places. The girl titling is slightly dulled. There is a small splash mark to the front cover (see images). The pages are clean with just a little light scattered spotting throughout. The page edges are lightly toned as expected with the quality of paper used. John Piper has provided five decorations to his poems and also one for the title page. No wrapper as issued. The book is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The author / artist's first book and extremely scarce. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Collins, London in 1942. Number '34' in the 'Britain in Pictures. The British People in Pictures' series. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just some light offsetting and spotting to the prelims. Free from inscriptions and erasures. A hint of rubbing at the spine tips and edges. The WRAPPER is complete and is exceptional near Fine condition. The wrapper is protected in a removable archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by John Piper to the title page. A handsome production with 8 plates in colour and 28 illustrations in black & white. Scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing of this illustrated edition published by Gay and Bird, London in 1901. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with the original publisher's grey boards, black impressed cover titles, and vellum spine with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt with others uncut. Some offsetting to the blank end-papers. Neat contemporary penned gift inscription to the upper front blank end-paper. Light age related markings to the boards with a hint of pushing to the spine tips. Elaborately illustrated and decorated by the artist 'T. R. R. P.' with a striking font printed within intricate woodcut border designs. The Initial letters of each verse presented in relief within bright red squares. Full-page woodcut illustration in B/W at the beginning and at the final verse. Each verse is printed on a single side of each page and on the verso of each is the verse number with a vignette decoration. No wrapper as issued. The books is covered in a removable plastic protector. A very scarce and handsome production of… Read More

The First UK printing of the first trade edition, published by Faber & Gwyer, London in 1928. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition with just some light pushing to the spine ends and a little toning to the text-block. Light offsetting to the blank end-papers. Penned name of 'Geoffrey Tillotson', May 1932' to the front blank end-paper. Tillotson was formerly professor of English at Birkbeck College, London and a fellow of the British Academy. His penned and pencilled annotations are present to the front pastedown, rear end paper and also to the page margins in the chapters 'Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (life and contacts) and 'The Introduction by T.S. Eliot'. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good- condition. It has archival tape repairs to the verso to the spine folds as the panels have become detached from the spine. Some losses at the upper spine end, the middle of the spine and the rear upper edge. Some splitting to the folds. Toned to the spine with a lightly penned scribble to the front panel.… Read More

The sole UK printing published by The Scolar Press, London / LaNana Creek Press, Nacogdoches, Texas in 1999. Number '145' of a limited edition of 210 numbered copies (of which 200 were for sale) signed by Omar Pound and the designer and printer, Charles Jones. The BOOK is in Fine condition in a Fine matching slipcase, with a printed title label pasted to the spine. Charles Jones printed 200 copies on a Vandercrook Universal III press, on Magnani Biblios mould made white wove paper. The edition is hand-bound in Harmatan's tan leather with Japanese bookcloth covered boards, and slipcased. In the late 1930s, Ezra Pound planned an edition of the 'Cantos' to be illustrated by his wife, the artist Dorothy Shakespear. She created the designs, but for various reasons, the edition was never published. This volume presents them in a limited edition based on a selection of pages from the 'Cantos'. The selection has been made by Omar Pound, the son of Dorothy Shakespear and Ezra Pound. The edition has been… Read More

The First UK printing published by Cassell in 1939.The BOOK is in near FINE condition.Original publisher's brick red cloth with electric blue titling.Slight bumping and fading to the spine tips.Very minor handling wear to edges.Binding remains tight and square.Faint offsetting to the end papers.Light toning and spotting to the text block.Free from markings and erasures. Presentation copy: Inscribed and Signed by the Author to the front blank end paper:'James Tucker, from, Anthony Powell,rather late in, the day, May, 1990'.The book has additionally been Signed by the Author to the title page.The recipient, James Tucker was a writer and bibliographer who had published 'The Novels of Anthony Powell' in 1976.Genuinely recognised as the author's scarcest title.Fewer than 1000 copies had been sold prior to the destruction in the Blitz of Cassell's stock at La Belle Sauvage near St. Paul's. Powell's scarce fifth novel, set within the world of publishing and critiquing the fad for spiritualism. An extremely… Read More

The First UK printing published by Doubleday in 2008 - The Special Numbered Limited Edition. This is number 142 of a limitation of 275 copies. The BOOK is in Fine condition and retains the promotional Band ( In Fine condition) to the rear cover. The book has been Signed by Terry Pratchett to the title page and the flyer for the signing event at Waterstones bookshop in Piccadilly accompanies the book as provenance. This special edition was published on 11th sept 2008 to celebrate the publication of 'Nation' and the 25th anniversary in the UK of the 'Discworld' series. Increasingly scarce. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

A 2 Vols. set : The First UK printings published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1925. Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff. From the personal collection of literary agent David Higham with his neat penned name to the front blank end-papers of both volumes. Both BOOKS are in Very Good++ condition with the publisher's original cloth and top-stain still present. Gilt titling to the spines. Many pages remain unopened. Slight toning to the text-block and page edges. Some very mild spotting to the text-block. The WRAPPERS are in Very Good+ condition. Some toning, especially to the spines, folds and to the edges in both wrappers. Vol.1 wrapper has a small marginal tear to the rear lower edge and rear lower flap fold. Mild edge-wear to the spine ends. Vol.2 wrapper has a 5cm closed tear along the upper front spine fold and a much larger closed tear across the front panel. The extremities are lightly worn with a tiny area of loss to the lower front spine fold. Despite the description, both copies present very… Read More

The First UK printing published by Transatlantic Arts in 1946.The BOOK is in near FINE condition.Small slim 8vo, 30 pages including endpapers which form part of the text.Original blue cloth lettered in red.Slight push to the lower spine end.Free from erasures,markings and inscriptions.The WRAPPER is complete and is in near FINE condition.A little rubbing at the lower spine end with a small nick to the upper front spine fold. Light soiling to the rear cover.The wraparound wrapper artwork looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover.Stunning lithograph illustrations by Suzanne Einzig throughout in the text with full-page and double-page plates in color and black and white. Einzig came to note as a book illustrator having illustrated the Carnegie Prize winning title "Tom's Midnight Garden'.A colleague of John Minton, she is regarded as one of the 20th Century's great book illustrators.A charming story in verse about a young girl in the care of her ten maiden aunts, who is returned to the… Read More

The First UK printing published by Doubleday, London in 1995. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. A minuscule rub to the rear lower spine fold otherwise the book is in excellent condition. The binding remains very tight. The laminated boards remain very bright and there is NO fading of the yellow lettering to the spine which is commonly encountered. A title page from another first edition copy has been signed (without dedication) by Philip Pullman and affixed to the front blank end-paper. Profusely illustrated throughout in B/W by Nick Harris. No wrapper as issued. The book is protected in a loose archival Mylar cover. One of the scarcest Pullman titles with most copies having entered the library system. Accompanied by the Lyric Theatre Flyer for the theatre adaptation of this story which is loosely inserted and is in Fine condition. Collectible. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Chatto & Windus, London in 1982. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with very light pushing at the spine tips. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the Author on the title page. A ticket for the signing event accompanies this title as provenance. One of the rarest of Philip Pullman titles with most copies ending up in libraries and not to be confused with the re-issue of this book in 1991 by Doubleday. A sharp copy. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.