Literature from Thompson Rare Books

London: T. Fisher Unwin, Paternoster Square, MDCCCXCI [1891]. Second Edition.. Tall narrow octavo, 7 x 3½ inches. Issued as a volume in the publisher's Pseudonym Library. Bound without covers along with two other works in the same series in pebbled red cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine. Pp iv., 196; half-title with publisher's monogram and the words… Read more about this item

London & Boston: George Allen & Unwin Ltd / Houghton Mifflin Company., [1973].. First Edition, Tenth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Dust Jacket. Tenth impression. Octavo, original tan boards titled in dark blue on spine, design of a dragon in dark blue on front panel. [79] pp. Decorative endpapers, frontispiece and one additional colour plate, black & white… Read more about this item

London & Boston: George Allen & Unwin Ltd / Houghton Mifflin Company., [1973].. First Edition, Tenth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Dust Jacket. Tenth impression. Octavo, original tan boards titled in dark blue on spine, design of a dragon in dark blue on front panel. [79] pp. Decorative endpapers, frontispiece and one additional colour plate, black & white… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W., 1935. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red cloth stamped in gold. [320] pp. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY, Inscribed by the author on his heraldic bookplate affixed to the inner front cover: "To Mrs. Tatersall with all best wishes for Happy Xmas from P.C. Wren". Loosely laid in a the publisher's 4 pp… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1903.. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, publisher's original brown cloth stamped in white and gilt, top edges gilt. 191 pp, decorative title page. The correct first printing with code (1) at end of final leaf of text. Emily Murphy's copy with her signature on the front free endpaper "Emily F. Murphy… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W., 1937. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red cloth stamped in gold. 384 pp. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on his heraldic bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Two tape ghosts to front endpaper and two more to the rear, obviously from someone's homemade dust jacket protector, otherwise a fine, sharp, clean… Read more about this item

Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 210 Victoria Street, 1928. Reprint. Octavo, original grey cloth stamped in black on spine panel and in blind on upper cover. 316 pp. AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR loosly laid in, addressed to Miss Cond, The Dell, Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire: "I'll send you one already signed, if you let me know which… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 24 Russell Square, [1958].. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth lettered and decorated in red on spine panel. 208 pp., frontispiece and 14 additional inserted black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name and acquisition date in ink on front pastedown (underneath the jacket flap); one upper corner slightly bumped, a very… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original black cloth, gilt lettering on spine panel, author's facsimile signature in gold on front panel. 308 pp. First edition, first printing with 1950 date on both the title page and the copyright page while also having the Scribner's seal / and the letter "A" present on copyright… Read more about this item

Boston: Dana Estes and Company, Publishers., [1893]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original light brown cloth stamped in dark brown and gold. 210 pp. frontispiece with tissue guard, eleven additional full page plates inserted within the text. Ink inscription on front free endpaper "To Katherine from Ruth Teal Aug 1908", later name "Joanna Hagar" in pencil on the… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1916. First American Edition. Octavo, original purple cloth lettered and ruled in gold. 335 pp. First American Edition, utilizing the UK Sheets of the Hodder and Stoughton Edition, London, 1916; the title leaf is a cancel and the printer's note on page (336) states "Printed by William Brendon and Son, Ltd, Plymouth, England". … Read more about this item

London: Centaur Press., 1934. First Edition . Octavo, original yellow buckram cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. Issued in a limited edition of 60 copies of which 50 are for sale; this copy unnumbered. 84 pp, frontispiece and two additional full-page plates by Easton printed on white coated paper. This limited and illustrated issue was printed from… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First American Edition. Otavo, original grey boards with grey cloth spine blocked in black and lettered in silver. 250 pp. Very good clean copy in the original pictorial dust jacket, s;ight sotting to spine on jacket, minor wear, price corner($3.75) intact. A pretty nice copy. ¶The controversial authors first book, a novel of… Read more about this item

New York: Atheneum, 1963. First American Edition. Octavo, original grey cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel.stamped in blind on upper cover, dark blue endpapers. 238 pp. A very good clean copy in the original pictorial dust jacket, slightly rubbed and scuffed, minor wear at spine tips. A pretty nice copy of this scarce book. ¶ The… Read more about this item

London: John Ollivier, 59, Pall Mall, 1845. Third Edition. Octavo., bound in early Twentieth-Century dark blue calf over marbled paper boards, the spine with raised bands, elaborately decorated in gold, contrasting leather title label lettered in gold, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers Pp [i-v]; vi-xiii] [xiv blank] [blank] [1] 2- 424. With two superb hwo hand-colored lithographic plates by… Read more about this item

London: Elliot Sock, 62 Paternoster Row, E.C., No Date [Circa 1885]. First Printing of this Edition. Octavo, bound in full vellum, front & rear panels decorated in green, front panel lettered in gold, light brown floral endpapers. 31 unnumbered leaves, each text leaf delicately illustrated by Fenn; with a facsimile of one of the author's manuscripts for the poem… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Cadell and Davies.... Etc, and Samuel Bagster, 1807. 12mo, bound in full tree-calf, spines ruled and with contrasting leather labels lettered in gilt. 122 of 124 volumes, bound two volumes to one (61 books); lacking Vols 117-118. Most volumes with one or two attractive portrait engravings. This edition, usually referred to as "Bagster's Edition", is a… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear's Head, over against Katharine-street in the Strand, 1719.. Early Printing. 12mo, contemporary calf. [i-ix]; [blank]; [1], 2-420; frontispiece [engraved portrait by M. van der Grucht after Marshall].Decorative head-and tail-pieces throughout. The work is divided into seven books, each with it's own seperate title-page dated 1719, but they are not different publications… Read more about this item

New York: Ace Books, Inc, [1959]. First Paperback Edition (& 1st printing). Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). 191 pp., ads. Issued as Ace Star K-109. Light rubbing & mild wear at edges of covers, one light cvertical crease along front spine hinge. light browning to text block. A very good to near fine copy, the hinges uncracked,… Read more about this item

London: Martin Secker, Number Five John Street, Adelphi, [1911]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Small octavo, original brown cloth with printed paper title label on spine panel. 168 pp. Light scattered foxing, contemporary ink name on front free endpaper, cloth lightly bumped & with slight wear at edges, spine label slightly rubbed & chipped. A very good, sound copy,… Read more about this item