Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original black grained cloth on boards, with lettering in red to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 240pp. A really sharp copy, with a solid binding and true corners. A very well looked after volume. A slightly larger format than either Captain Blood or Captain Book.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original black grained cloth, with lettering in red to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 296 pp. The lettering on the spine is rubbed. Illustrated endpapers. Small, and likely original, previous bookseller sticker to the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is price-clipped. There is some.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original black cloth, lettered in red to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 356pp. A genuinely excellent copy. One would be hard-pressed to find a nicer example. The book is solid, the corners true and has been cared for over the many years. The bright dust jacket.....
New York: Vantage Press, (1960). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original black boards, lettered in gilt to the spine. Illustrated map endpapers. A clean, bright and pleasing copy. "First Edition" statement to the copyright page.
New York: William Morrow, (2022). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Number row with 1 as the lowest numeral and "First Edition" statement - both to the copyright page.
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth on boards, decorated and lettered in black to the front panel and spine. Twelfth Printing statement to the copyright page. Bookseller sticker to the front paste-down. The jacket has a few closed tears and minor soiling to the spine. A very clean, bright and solid copy.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth on boards, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. Dating information from McIlvaine, A23B. Previous bookseller sticker to the front paste-down. The jacket, with cover art by Smith, has the 5' sticker affixed to the spine over a printed 4' price. A really nice.....
London: A. & C. Black, (1950). Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original teal cloth boards with lettering in dark red to the spine. 5' price to the spine of the jacket and again to the jacket flap. There is some offsetting to the endpapers caused by the jacket flap. The book is solid and very nice. The jacket shows.....
London: A. & C. Black, (1950). Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original teal colored cloth, lettered in dark red to the spine. 5' price to the spine of the J. H. Hartley dust jacket. Some offsetting to the endpapers from the jacket flap. Very minor edge-wear. A very clean, bright and solid copy.
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth, decorated and lettered in black to the front panel and spine. Dating information from McIlvaine A34A and B/Notes. A 5' price sticker is affixed to the spine over a printed 4' price. A really sharp copy of this reprint edition. Previous Bookseller sticker to the front.....
London: Methuen and Company, (1950). Seventeenth Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the spine. In a bright example of the Frank Marston illustrated dust jacket. There is some spotting to the top edges.
London: Herbert Jenkins, (1947). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. In a bright example of the Frank Ford dust jacket. The jacket shows minor edge-wear. Previous owner signature to the front free endpaper. The jacket is not price-clipped. "First Printing" statement to the copyright page.
London: Methuen & Company, (1948). Seventeenth Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. Original red cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. McIlvaine A21A. Bertie Wooster and Jeeves first appear in a story contained within, "Extricating Young Gussie." The book is solid and tight with some spotting to the top edge. The jacket has edge wear and closed.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in dark brown to the front panel and spine. Stated fourteenth printing to the copyright page. McIlvaine estimates the thirteenth printing to be from 1935, hence my guess. A 5' price sticker to the spine. A clean, bright and solid copy. Edges a bit dusty.....
New York: Scribners, (2014). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page.
New York: Doubleday, (1996). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A clean, bright and solid copy of this first edition. Some minor spotting along the top edge.
New York: John Day, (1958). Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original pale blue cloth boards, with decoration to the front panel and lettering to the spine. The dust jacket is bright and complete. A closed tear at the bottom edge of the rear panel.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. An extremely clean, bright and solid copy. Townshend's first book.
London: The Bodley Head, (1938). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. 8vo - 297pp, 4pp of ads. In a very nice example of the complete dust jacket. Original wood engravings to the dust jacket by Joan Hassell. There is a large image on the front panel and a smaller.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (2014). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. One of the great books of 2014 and, in my opinion, of the new young century. Very difficult to put down. This one will cost you sleep. Complete number row to the copyright page -.....
London: Picador, (2014). First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author directly to the title page. A fine and bright copy in all respects. This prescient book was highly regarded at its inception. Then, with the enormous success of the HBO series the title is in even higher demand. This.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author directly to the title page. A fine and bright copy in all respects. This prescient book was highly regarded at its inception. Then, with the enormous success of the HBO series the title is in even higher demand...