Recent Arrivals from Clearwater Books

Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London, 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition ("Third Thousand"). Tall 8vo. xvi, 743pp + [iv] advertisements. Red cloth lettered and ruled in gold at the spine with blind-stamped double rules to the upper and lower boards. With a tissue-protected photographic frontispiece, two plates, fifteen full-page photographs and reproductions, and twenty-nine further illustrations in the… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph Ltd., London, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 4to. 235pp. Brown cloth lettered in gold at spine. A little discolouration to the board margins. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, which is a little dust soiled, toned and rubbed with a single tiny nick. Various clippings and ephemeral items laid-in. A… Read more about this item

Private Libraries Association, Pinner, 1972. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. An off-print from 'The Private Library', limited to 500 copies. Slim 8vo. 64pp. Printed card wrappers with a small Ardizzone illustration to the upper wrapper. Illustrated throughout with twenty-six Ardizzone illustrations and decorations, as plates and in the text. Wrappers lightly toned at the margins. Publication date inked… Read more about this item

Published for the Agatha Christie Centenary Trust by Belgrave Publishing Ltd.,, 1990. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 4to. 98pp. Glossy card wrappers, lightly marked in places, and the whole gently creased at the tip of one corner. A very good copy of this publication issued to accompany the celebrations of Agatha Christies' centenary. Includes… Read more about this item

The Adelphi Press Ltd., London, 1910. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 77pp. Card wrappers, lettered and ruled in black and red at the upper wrapper. Some dust soiling to the wrappers, with a little wear and nicking to the spine ends and corner tips. Former owner name neatly inked to the head of the… Read more about this item

Enitharmon Press, London, 2017. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by the author on the title page. Tall 8vo. 269pp. Cloth-backed boards lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs and reproductions. A fine copy. No dust wrapper called-for..

Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1917. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1917. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 71pp. Blue cloth with a tanned, chaed and partially illegible paper spine label, and a pristine spare tipped-in at the rear, as called for. Free endpapers fractionally spotted, and with just a little bruising to the backstrip ends. A… Read more about this item

Fourth Estate, London, 2012. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued the same year as the considerably more common US edition. This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 468pp. White boards with black-outlines white lettering to the spine. A trace of very light toning to the leaf margins,… Read more about this item

Faber, London, 2021. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued the same year as the US edition. 8vo. 783pp. Light grey paper-covered boards lettered in black at the spine. A vritually fine copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with a tiny closed tear to the head of the front panel. Auster's hefty biographical study of the… Read more about this item

Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London, 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 4to. xvi, 212pp. Blue cloth lettered and bordered in gold at the spine and upper board with a red, black and gilt stamped armorial motif. Top edge gilt. With a tissue-protected colour frontispiece and various plates of photographs, plans, drawings, and reproductions, plus a… Read more about this item

The National Book League and the Poetry Society, London, 1971. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies printed on handmade paper (this particular example un-numbered). Slim 4to. 43pp sewn into red card wrappers, very slightly marked, faded and creased, with a little creasing to the yapped edges. A nice bright copy. The first appearance… Read more about this item

Sidgwick &Jackson Ltd., London, 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The deluxe issue of the first edition, limited to 525 specially bound numbered examples (this being #95). 4to. xix, 182pp. Brown buckram with bevelled edges, with a gilt lettered and ruled leather spine label and the author's holograph signature gilt-stamped to the upper board. Top edge gilt. With a… Read more about this item

Bloomsbury, London, 2015. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued the same year as the US edition. This copy inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Anna. My heart in hardback. Best regards John Lahr". 8vo. xxi, 569pp. Red boards lettered in silver at the spine. A trace of soiling… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1930. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 288pp. Black cloth lettered in yellow at the spine. The binding gently cocked, and the cloth at the backstrip a little frayed and nicked, with some considerable discolouration. Free endpapers very toned. A trace of light spotting to a dozen preliminary and concluding leaves, and… Read more about this item

The Dolmen Press, Dublin, 1958. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 47pp. Olive cloth lettered in black at the spine. The cloth spotted and with just a trace of light partial toning to the endpapers. A good copy, very crisp internally, in non-price-clipped dust wrapper split into two parts at the front panel-spine panel joint,… Read more about this item

Collins, London, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 256pp. Two-tone cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A narrow strip of very light partial toning to the free endpapers, and a little moisture marking to the base of the rear pastedown. Former owner details inked to the head of the front pastedown (and partially… Read more about this item

Frederick Muller Ltd., London, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A facsimile edition of the original 1672 Nathaneal Brooke edition, here limited to 100 numbered copies (this being #38). 4to. [iv] + [xiv] + 720pp + [102pp appendix] + [i] errata leaf. Blue smooth-weave cloth lettered in gold at the spine, and with a blind-stamped border and gilt decorative device to… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus, London 1960, 1964 & 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Editions (first printing). Individual volumes as follows: 'Border Country'. A novel (1960). First edition. 8vo. 351pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Very good indeed in the striking pictorial dust wrapper designed by G.J.Galsworthy, non-price-clipped but with a touch of minor wear to… Read more about this item

Vision. The Magazine of the Gloucester Society of Artists. Vol. 2, no. 1. Summer, 1930. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition. Small 4to. 36pp stapled into card wrappers, the staples rusted and the wrappers very slightly spotted and faded. Some occasional quite light spotting, and a light crease to one corner. Faint name of former owner pencilled… Read more about this item

Faber, London, 1937. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 305pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge lightly spotted with a touch of wear to the cloth at the backstrip ends, and the binding slightly cocked. Pencilled ownership signature of architect Sir Colin St John Wilson to the front free endpaper. A good… Read more about this item