Search Results: Titles starting with A from The Plantagenet King

Jonathan Cape. London: Jonathan Cape (1950). First UK edition. 8vo., green cloth boards, maroon motif to the center of the upper board, gilt lettering to the spine, with the original dust jacket; pp. [iv] 5-254 [ii]; A very good copy. The Hans Tisdall jacket hasn't been price clipped displaying 9s. 6d. net. There is edgewear to the spine ends and a corner. The lower panel has a couple of tiny chips to the bottom edge. The green cloth boards have several foxing marks to the edges. Hemingway's post war novel about a Colonel in the US army and the toll conflict has taken on him. The novel was recently adapted to the big screen.  . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1950.

George Allen & Unwin Ltd. First edition published by George Allen & Unwin in 1977. This is a very good copy. The wrapper has been price clipped and the spine has faded by a shade. The green cloth boards are in excellent condition. The side text block has a handful of foxing marks. Tenzing Norgay has signed his name on the front free end paper without dedication.  Tenzing Norgay was part of the 1953 British Expedition Team to attempt to climb Mount Everest for the first time. He had already attempted to do so with a Switzerland Expedition Team not long before this attempt and had significant experience of the mountain. It was decided by the expedition team leader that a first British pairing would attempt to reach the summit and if this failed a reserve pairing of New Zealand Bee Farmer Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa would make a second attempt. The first pairing didn't make it and had to turn back, which set about a series of events that went down in history.… Read More

Bloomsbury. London: Bloomsbury (1937). 8vo., lemon cloth boards, decorated with blue lettering to the spine, with the original dust jacket; pp. [iv] 276 [iv]; A fine copy, both the book and jacket are in as new condition. The jacket hasn't been price clipped.  The nobel Laureate's most recent and acclaimed novel about colonialism and conflict at the beginning on the 20th century.  . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2020.

Faber and Faber. First edition set published by Faber and Faber between 1957 and 1960. All four volumes are first edition and first print copies. The set consists of 1. Justine (1957) with the first issue dust wrapper without the hand print on the spine. This is a very good copy. It has a little loss and wear to the spine ends. There are small short tears to the corners. The spine is a shade browned. There is a piece of archival tape to the reverse of the jacket. Two of the corners of the book are bumped. The front free end paper has an impression of a previous owner's pencil inscription. This copy of Justine comes with its original book society wraparound band along with a card that is tucked into the front and signed by Laurence Durrell. 2. Balthazar (1958) is a very good or better copy. The spine of the jacket has browned and there is a patch of browning to the front and back panel. The book is in nice shape. 3. Mountolive (1958) is about near fine. With a browned spine and minor wear to… Read More

Macgibbon and Kee. First edition and first print published by Macgibbon & Kee in 1966. This is a near fine copy. The wrapper is usually prone to creases and wear. This wrapper has only minor and occasional creases to the panels and spine. The text block is free from foxing as are the pages. There is no foxing or spotting and no ink except for an inscription from the author, dated in the year of publication and also on the title page where he has signed his name. Overall a near fine copy.  Alfie tells the story of a young womanising man who leads a self-centred life, purely for his own enjoyment, until events force him to question his uncaring behaviour, his loneliness and his priorities. A film starring Michael Caine was released later on in 1966 to much acclaim. A rare title to find in such nice condition and signed by the author.  . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1966.

John Murray. First edition and first issue set published by John Murray in 1868. Two volumes in the original green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Binders ticket to rear paste down. A previous bookseller and previous owner's plates to the front pastedown in volume 1. The reverse of first blank end paper are two previous owner's written names, in both volumes. Volume 1 has one name crossed out and remnants of a previous booksellers remarks written in pencil. The same remnants of pencil marks are on the rear last blank end paper. Both volumes have light foxing marks to preliminary pages. Both volumes have been recased with minor repairs made to the spine ends. The set presents as very good or better.  The set is first issue with 1 line publishers imprint on the spine, 5 lines of errata in volume 1 and 7 lines in volume 2. Along with 43 in text wood engravings including impressive depictions of pigeons and fowl. Volume 1 has all the engravings. Volume 1 has ads… Read More

Picador. 8vo., brick-red publisher's boards lettered in silver to spine; pictorial dust-jacket with an illustration by Scott Garrett; pp. [vii], viii-xvi, [i], 2-319, [i]; containing numerous sketches and full-colour illustrations throughout; aside from very light creasing and a miniscule dent to the lower board, a fine copy. First edition, with full number line 1-9, signed and dated by the author to the title page in green ink pen. A collection of seven medical case histories by the renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks. Among those studied are: 'The Last Hippie' - concerning a man whose brain tumour means he has no memory of anything past the late 1960s. Sacks draws parallels here with the case of Phineas Gage, the American railroad worker who survived for eleven years after an accident in which a large iron rod was driven through his head. 'A Surgeon's Life' - the subject suffers from Tourette's syndrome, and in particular a series of ticks, which disappear when he… Read More

G Orioli. First edition published by G. Orioli in Florence in 1931. This is a very good. The fragile jacket has been price clipped and has a short tear to the top left hand corner of the front panel. There is some toning to the spine and wear to the spine and corner tips. The book with rough cut pages, has some marks to the boards of the book and the spine is a shade faded. The contents is in general clean. There is the odd foxing mark to the lower text block. Overall very good.  D.H. Lawrence's book on apocalyptic symbolism, written when he was dying. It was the last book he had published in his lifetime. This copy is rare with the jacket and in this very good condition being 1 of only 750 copies.  . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1931.

Hodder and Stoughton. London: Hodder & Stoughton (1953). Second edition. 8vo., blue cloth boards, with gilt lettering to the spine, with the original dust jacket; pp. [xx] 299 [i]; an about very good copy. The book has a lean and the corners of the boards are gently pushed. There is light wear to the spine ends. mild foxing to the preliminaries. There are newspaper cuttings tucked in about the successful everest expedition team that have caused browning marks. The dust wrapper has wear to the spine ends and a tear to the bottom left hand corner of the front panel. This copy has been inscribed by the author and expedition team leader John Hunt on the half title page to the spencer family. The inscription reads "for the spencer family, in recollection of a delightful visit on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the wayfarers club, under geoffrey's presidency, John Hunt 22/11/56."   The Wayfarers' Club was established in 1906… Read More

University Press. Edinburgh: University Press (1926). A first edition. 8vo., original paper covered patterned boards with a quarter cloth binding, a paper label to the upper board.; with the fragile original white dust jacket; pp. 192; A very good or better copy. The scarce original jacket has not been clipped. It has a tear to the top right hand corner of the front panel that has been repaired to the reverse of the jacket with archival tape. The upper and lower panels both display several spotting marks. Otherwise is is complete with nothing missing and without any other marks. The boards are sharp and without marks or wear. There is a previous owners name neatly written on the front free end paper. Overall an excellent copy and particularly rare with the jacket.  Atalanta's Garland was produced and published by the Edinburgh University Women's union to celebrate its 21st anniversary in 1926. The title comes from Greek mythology with Atalanta being a famed… Read More

David Nutt. London: David Nutt, 1887 12mo., plain card wraps with fitted dust jacket printed in red and black; outer edges untrimmed; pp. [xi], vi-xx, [iii], 4-70, [ii]; featuring a frontis by P.J. Hood behind loose tissue guard, a little creased, browned, and shelf-worn, previous owner's bookplate to ffep; very lightly cracked along gutter at p. [x-xi]; a very good copy of this unusual work.  Limited edition, one of just 500 copies printed on Japanese Paper. Translated by the author in June, and published in November 1887.  Rendered into English here for the first time by the Scottish poet and novelist Andrew Lang, Aucassin and Nicolette is a French fictional story likely written in the late 12th or early 13th century, of which just one extant manuscript still survives. A classic romantic epic featuring war and forbidden love, it combines prose and verse into what is known as a chantefable - literally translating as a 'sung story'. "He tells a love story",… Read More

Sampson, Low, Marston and Co Ltd. Large, thick 8vo., blue cloth double-ruled and lettered in gilt to upper board and spine, together with the circular 'Bula-Matari' emblem featuring a map of Africa; repeated to spine; upper edge gilt; pp. [vii], vi-xvii, [iv], 4-551, [i, ads]; together with a frontispiece photograph of the author behind mounted tissue-guard, 16 photographs within the text similarly mounted; and several folding plates, including examples of Stanley's handwriting and a map to rear showing his three African journeys; cloth a little rubbed to edges and tips, slightly creased along the spine, with endpapers lightly toned; the tissue-guards slightly foxed, but the plates themselves remaining clean; the folding map a little creased; a very good example, with contemporary ownership name and date in pencil to the ffep. First UK edition, which was edited by Stanley's wife, who chose to omit certain passages featuring salacious details concerning his love life. Sir Henry… Read More