Search Results: Titles starting with S from Ash Rare Books

London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1940). First edition. A young and beautiful woman on trial for an apparently open-and-shut case of murder - Poirot sits in court. "All you need to know here is that Agatha has triumphantly done it again. The same infernal ingenuity, the same devilish double-crossing, the same old new twist, the same punch in the last pages. Be thankful she doesn't take to murder in real earnest" (Daily Herald, 18th April 1940). Crown 8vo (182 x 118mm). 252,[iv]pp. Bound in a smart recent half burgundy calf, banded and gilt; a few slight spots, but a very good copy in a pleasant binding.

[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A pleasant antique print - the audience promenade by the water. Originally produced for the John Tallis part-work "Tallis's Illustrated London; in Commemoration of the Great Exhibition of All Nations in 1851. Forming a Complete Guide to The British Metropolis and its Environs" (London : 1851-1852). Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 97 x 132mm (approx. 3-5/8" x 5-1/8"). A couple of tiny spots, but otherwise in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 215/137.

London : Robert Hale, (1954). First edition. Staff writers for a monthly crime magazine investigate the strange disappearance of an unknown showgirl in small town America. Crown 8vo (20cm). Original black boards, blocked and lettered in red; some spotting of endpapers and edges; text a little tanned, but a very good and sound copy in the original dust-jacket by John Pollack (1918-1985) - the jacket with light wear, a few marks and short nicks, with some spotting and creasing to flaps, but also very good. Small bookseller's label of a Cape Town bookshop and contemporary ownership inscription of A. D. Webb.

London : Robert Hale, (1956). First paperback edition. Staff writers for a monthly crime magazine investigate the strange disappearance of an unknown showgirl in small town America. Originally published in 1954. Crown 8vo (19cm). 160pp. Original pictorial wrappers - a typical blonde by John Pollack (1918-1985); slight rubbing, creasing and wear; text a little tanned, but a good copy. No copy of this edition located in any major library.

London : George Virtue, 1831. A most attractive antique print - the great church of St. Mary the Virgin and the town of Saffron Walden from the fields. Engraved by John Rolph (1799-1862) from an original study by the ubiquitous William Henry Bartlett. Originally produced for "The History and Topography of Essex" published in parts from 1831 onwards. Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 110 x 158mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1973. First edition. Jack Flowers, Singapore fixer and pimp, in a spot of trouble with the locals - memorably filmed by Peter Bogdanovich in 1979, with Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, etc. Demy 8vo (23cm). [viii],(248)pp. Original stone cloth, blocked and lettered in blue and red; top edge pink; some spotting of cloth and edges, but a good and sound copy in the Paul Bacon dust-jacket - price-clipped, but very good, fresh and clean.

London : Dennis Dobson, (1961). First edition. Very much a London novel - starting in Stockwell and recounting the satirical tale of a spiv who suddenly finds himself possessed of the power of healing. Post 8vo (21cm). 192pp. Original black boards, lettered in silver; endpapers very slightly tanned, but otherwise a very good, clean and sound copy in the original dust-jacket - a stylish pictorial design in red, green and black on white - just a touch dusty, but otherwise very good indeed.

London : Orion Books, (2013). First edition. Rebus comes out of retirement, but reduced in rank and unrepentant - "I'm from the 80s ... I'm not the newfangled touchy feely model". Crimes present and crimes long past collide. Medium 8vo (25cm). [vi],328,[ii]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; a very good copy in an equally very good dust-jacket.

Johnstown : Charles B. Knox Co., [1909]. An attractively produced promotional pamphlet, originally published some fifteen years earlier (and still titled on the cover) as "Dainty Desserts for Dainty People", but here expanded by its new author to include a few salads and savouries - everything made with Knox Sparkling Gelatine (both the plain and the acidulated versions). Recipes include various fruit jellies, figs in claret, chartreuse of jelly; coffee jelly; snow pudding; peach snowballs; various blancmanges and creams; royal pudding; various charlotte russes; various ice creams, sherbets and mousses; Knox salad; perfection salad; aspic à la financiere; lobster salad; turkish delight, marshmallows, etc. Crown 8vo (18cm). 36pp + recto of lower wrapper numbered 37. Illustrations, including eighteen in full colour. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; slight split to wrappers; a little marked and creased; staples rusted, but a serviceable copy of a fragile and ephemeral production. Contemporary… Read More

London : George Allen & Unwin, (1947). First edition. Poems from the Cairo group - Juan Almendro, Keith Bullen, John Cromer, Erik de Mauny, G. S. Fraser, John Gawsworth, Raoul Parme, Alan Rook, John Waller, etc. Crown 8vo (20cm). 128pp. Plates. Portraits. Original red cloth, blocked and lettered in white; faint touches of fading at tips; a few slight edge-spots, but a very good copy in the original dust-jacket - a design in tan, white and black - lightly worn, and reinforced at tips.

London : Faber & Faber, (1935). First edition. The perilous journey home through Devon rivers of a twenty-pound salmon - "a rare and beautiful book that should take its place as a classic among the few that are written at once with a poet's insight and a naturalist's knowledge" (New York Times). Crown 8vo (184 x 119mm). (320)pp. Title-page and colophon decorations by C. F. Tunnicliffe. Bound in a very attractive later half russet morocco, banded and gilt with salmon, by Bayntun; top edge gilt; a few slight spots; very mild tanning of endpapers, but a very good copy.

London : Quartet Books, (1976). First British edition. The Scottish poet with a torrid tale of a far-right Japanese grouping - with the theft of some antique Japanese swords in London, the British secret services become involved. Rejoiced in by "The Library Journal" as having "too much action in this wild, hilarious, ultimate take-off on the Bond-type novel for one to bother with analysis ... If you can manage to slow down for a second, you may also notice that Macbeth can write". Demy 8vo (23cm). [x],242,[iv]pp. Original violet boards, lettered in silver; a very good copy in the Dave Roe pictorial dust-jacket - the jacket flaps lightly tanned, but otherwise also very good.

Glasgow : M. C. Publications, [ca.1948]. First edition. Music critic spellbound by tall, slender, lovely and mysterious pianist - "a creature of another world". This obscure and probably pseudonymous writer, author of at least half a dozen titles for M. C. Publications, here has his or her name mis-spelt "L'Aurnaud" on the title-page. Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; some wear and faint spotting to spine; rear wrapper a little nicked and creased; staples slightly rusted; text very lightly tanned and lightly bruised in places, but a good and serviceable copy of an uncommon Scottish title. Just a single copy (National Library of Scotland) located in major libraries worldwide.

London : George Virtue, 1840. A very handsome antique print - groups of figures on the beach - engraved by James Charles Armytage (1802-1897) from an original study by William Henry Bartlett. Originally produced for the much admired part-work series "Ports, Harbours, Watering Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain" (London : 1836-1842). Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 141 x 180mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 7-1/8"). Very faint marking to margins, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

London : William Heinemann, (1924). First edition. "A singularly interesting and well-written novel of breathless adventure ... the book is so well written, its adventures so abundant, that I would wish to end with unqualified praise and say that this should be, and will be, one of the books that all must read" (The Sphere, 8th November 1924). Crown 8vo (20cm). [viii],332pp. Original blue cloth, ruled in blind and lettered in gilt; top edge blue; very lightly rubbed; endpapers a little tanned; edges and prelims somewhat spotted, but still a pleasant copy in the original pictorial dust-jacket - the jacket a little sunned, lightly worn, with some very shallow chipping, a couple of short repaired tears and a few tiny nicks, but still an uncommon and attractive survival.

Stoke-on-Trent : Archer Press, [1951]. First edition. "The steady mumble jumble of the speeding train vibrates every nerve in my noggin just as if some wise-guy had shoved a juke-box down my earhole ... All that unfaithfulness had brought me to the bottle". A Nick Cranley tale. Crown 8vo (18cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a typical design by Reginald Heade; some very mild rubbing and creasing; a few faint marks, but a very good copy. Just two copies (Bodleian and British Library) located in major libraries worldwide.

London : Cynicus Publishing Co. / Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1892. Second edition. The first and best of Anderson's volumes of assaults on Victorian hypocrisy - mordant caricature with telling captions and verses - dedicated to the "dear deceitful world". Originally published in a larger format in 1890. Foolscap 4to (20cm). [80]pp. Illustrated throughout. Original decorative cloth gilt; all edges gilt; a little rubbed and worn; a little shaken; some marks, browning and slight signs of age and use, but a good and still bright copy.

London : Nathaniel Cooke, 1853. First edition in English of this amiable and much-quoted primary source on Victorian London. An acute overseas visitor shines a light on London street life, the London squares, life on the Thames, the London police, Newgate, the Post Office, the London of fogs and gaslight, the City, the Bank of England, Hyde Park, the haunts of fashion, the newspapers and periodicals, the theatres, and much else. Originally published as "Wanderungen durch London" (1852-1853) and here in a translation by Otto von Wenckstern (1819-1869), translator of Goethe, writer on slavery, the Schleswig-Holstein question, etc. Crown 8vo (187 x 116mm). xii,290pp. Frontispiece, extra pictorial title and six lively plates of street scenes by William McConnell (1832?-1867). Bound, without half-title, in neat contemporary half roan, ruled, lettered and blocked in gilt; marbled sides; lightly rubbed and worn at extremities; short split to upper joint; a few minor internal marks and slight… Read More

London : Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First edition. Stories, poems and occasional pieces by the gifted members of the Savage Club, assembled to finance their charitable work. Contributors include Dion Boucicault, George Manville Fenn, George Grossmith, Andrew Halliday himself, Arthur Locker, John Oxenford, J. R. Planché, George Augustus Sala, Walter Thornbury, etc. With illustrations by Frederick Barnard, George Cruikshank, Gustave Doré, Gordon Thompson, Harrison Weir and many others, all engraved by the Dalziel Brothers. Crown 8vo (20cm). 352pp. Additional decorative title (dated 1868). Plates and decorations. Music, etc. Original red cloth decorated in gilt and blind; spine a touch darkened and slightly nicked at head; some minor wear and a few slight marks, but a good and sound copy. With the contemporary armorial bookplate of Holroyd Chaplin (1840-1917), a well-to-do solicitor educated at Tonbridge School and London University.

London : Tinsley Brothers, 1867. First edition. A collection of stories, poems and occasional pieces by the gifted members of the Savage Club, assembled to afford some charitable relief to the young widow of one of their former members. Contributors include E. L. Blanchard, Andrew Halliday himself, W. S. Gilbert, Tom Hood, Arthur Locker, J. R. Planché, Clement W. Scott, Arthur Sketchley with one of his Mrs Brown stories, G. L. M. Strauss, Walter Thornbury, Artemus Ward, etc. With illustrations by a string of well-known artists, including Frederick Barnard, George Cruikshank, Gustave Doré, George Du Maurier, W. S. Gilbert, Ernest Griset, Arthur Boyd Houghton, Harrison Weir, etc. - engraved apparently free of charge by some of the best engravers in London. Post 8vo (21cm). (344)pp. Plates. Illustrations. Head and tailpieces. Music, etc. Original red decorative cloth, heavily worked in gilt and blind, over bevelled boards; all edges gilt; spine a little worn and dulled, some marks to boards; slight… Read More