Handsome Heron edition of Leskov's short stories. In red faux-leather with elaborate gilt decoration and titling. With terrific b/w illustrations by Michael Treganza. Foxing to top edge. Small nick to top edge of front board. Contents clean and prim. Go [more...]
First reprint of Milne's collection of children's fantasy stories. With illustrations by A. H. Watson. No DJ. Mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
Twenty one of Kipling's best short stories, Contains Beyond the Pale, The Brush-wood boy and more. With b/w illustrations by Ian Ribbons. complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some toning and rubbing to edges. Toning to spine. Contents clean and tight. G [more...]
Splendid Folio Society volume of selected crime stories that appeared in the Strand Magazine. Including How the Brigadier came to the Castle of Gloom by Arthur Conan doyle; The Lost Legion by Rudyard Kipling; Mirage by W. Somerset Maucgham; The News in Englis [more...]
Nice cloth edition of Kipling's Stalky and Co., an episodic novel based on the author's schooldays. Top edge gilt. Some bumping and rubbing to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Handsome edition of Weyman's 1901 collection of short stories. Red cloth with gilt decoration, Top edge gilt Some light bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
With colour illustrations. Includes East o' the Sun and west o' the moon, Dapplegrim, Rich Peter the Pedlar and more. Markings to covers. Previous owner's name to ffep. Binding sound and contents clean. Fair+ [more...]
The twelve monthly issues of The Prize for 1901 bound together (though starting with marching and finishing with the title page and Jan & Feb). Each issue comes with a charming colour frontispiece, and numerous b/w illustrations throughout, along with poems a [more...]
A creamy selection chosen by Michael Cox from the writings of Noel Coward. Features extracts from his plays and his poems. Fun gold cloth binding. Illustrations by Helen Smithson. Complete with slipcase. Small nick to spine. Contents crisp and clean. V [more...]
A selection of Thurber's best auto-biographical sketches. With b/w illustrations. Complete with slipcase. Light marking to spine and covers. Very faint toning to spine. Volume is clean and prim. Good+ overall. [more...]
Kipling's collection of humorous tales including Pig and The Legend of Mirth. With 23 full page b/w illustrations by Reginald Cleaver. 8vo. 512pp. With ads to rear. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Sunning/toning to covers. Rubbing to joints with te [more...]
Pleasant Folio Society edition of the great Czech writer's 1926 collection of quirky short stories. With b/w illustrations by Karel Svolinksy. Complete with slipcase. Very light toning to spine. Very faint foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean and tight. V [more...]
117th edition of the Ambit literary magazine. Featuring poetry, prose and artwork from a variety of contributers including David Belbin; Harry Guest; Lyn Kramer and more. Dust-jacket has some toning and shelfwear. But contents are clean and prim. Very goo [more...]
A selection of short stories by the welsh novelist. A foreword by Michael Parnell. Some light shelfwear. Very light foxing to top-edge. Clean and tight. Good/very good condition. [more...]
Twenty one of Kipling's best short stories, Contains Beyond the Pale, The Brush-wood boy and more. In protective wrapper. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
Pleasant folio Society edition of Balzac's series of short stories, Les Cent Contes drolatiques, published between 1832 and 1837 and written in an archaic romantic style - though rendered into plain English here. With jaunty illustrations by Mervyn Peake. [more...]
Twenty one of Kipling's best short stories, Contains Beyond the Pale, The Brush-wood boy and more. With b/w illustrations by Ian Ribbons. complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some toning and rubbing to edges. Toning to spine. Light marking to spine and f [more...]
A Folio Society selection of some of the best writing by Dorothy Parker. Silver cloth covers. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some mild sheflwear. Peculiar creasing to cover, most likely a production fault. Volume is pristine. Good overall. [more...]
Nice reprint of Kipling's short story collection. Top edge gilt. Blue cloth with gilt to spine. Some rubbing and creasing to cover. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]