Fiction And Poetry from Abbey Antiquarian Books

London: Adam & Charles Black First edition, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated by 12 full page plates printed one side only by T.m.R. Whitwell.. 8vo blue pictorial cloth to cover and spine, spine with gilt title. Coloured cover shows Psmith being shouted at by his boss for his buffoonery and on the spine the young man is working on… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: James Thin/ the Mercat Press second edition, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo blue cloth silver lettered with silver lion rampant on a shield on the cover and spine. From a print run of 500 copies this No.258. Half title + James Thin title + titlepage of the 1760 second edition title +77pp +[3pp]Neat pencil name to free… Read more about this item

London: Herbert Jenkins, 10th edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo green pictorial cloth in black silhoutte [corners sl.worn/1cm split to lower hinge and similar to head of spine] viii [includes halftitle, titlepage, dedication and "fore" [which is an amusing foreword alluding to his taking up of the sport of golf etc] +[2p=contents] + 256pp. The halftitle and the last… Read more about this item

London: Bruce and Wyld, 1844. Hardcover. Good. Large Octavo half tan leather on 4 raised wide gilt decorated bands & black title label. Sides with marbled paper on boards, one-inch split to head of spine, worn and peeled, boards edge rubbed. All edges marbled. General titlepage + individual titlepages 102pp 97-500pp. The Pilot titlepage dated 1844. The Spy… Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock & Bowden 1st edition, 1896. Hardcover. Good. Frontispiece with tissue guard. . Octavo, blue cloth pictorially illustrated in green & red (tips worn/spine sl frayed to head and foot) 320pp, some pages loose/some edges worn, text & illustrations clean and book largely unused. *Le Queux was an Anglo- French journalist, a notable writer of "invasion… Read more about this item

London: James Blackwood 90th thousand, 1860s by impression). Hardcover. Good. Frontis + Pictorial Titlepage + text illlustrations by Edward Bradley. Three parts in One volume. Octavo half leather on 4 raised bands. Spine with gilt red title to spine plum pebbled cloth sides (hinges and corners rubbed/spine gilt rubbed). Frontis + Titlepage + vi +112pp +108pp +112pp Name… Read more about this item

London Everyman's Library No. 153: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. New York E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo light green blindstamped cloth, gilt title to spine (slightly faded). Half title + series title + titlepage + contents & chronology +848pp + 8pp list of Everyman's Library titles, 3 tickets from many years ago for… Read more about this item

London: Wordsworth Classics, 1992. Softcover. Very Good-. Cover after a detail of painting by John Singer Sargent.. Paperback card covers (edges rubbed) half title + titlepage + introduction +380pp + booklist. Clean tight and no loose pages or tears.

London: Faber and Faber 1st edition first pinting, 1985. Hardcover. Good/Good+. Octavo black boards silver titled to spine in dust jacket (1" of tape residue to boards where jacket secured but jacket complete with minimal wear to tips) 191pp includes half title, titlepage & dedication. Ex library with round stamp to verso of titlepage only. *This is… Read more about this item

London Everyman's Library No. 155: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. New York E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo green blindstamped cloth, gilt title to spine (slightly faded). Half title + series title + titlepage + contents & chronology +982pp including index. Tickets from many years ago for Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford laid in. Book… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber 1st edition first impression, 1941. Hardcover. Good/None. Octavo beige cloth, black lettered to spine (covers bit foxed tips worn some edge fading but sound) 160pp includes half title and titlepage. Endpapers with minor foxing but all other pages clear, paper bit tanned but not brittle, clean and supple. *Starting with Gerald Manley Hopkins and… Read more about this item

London: Simpkin, Marshall Hamilton, Kent & Co Ltd., 1904 approx but n.d.. Hardcover. Very Good. Colour frontis tipped onto vine & grape borders by Bernard Way.. 182x135mm brown cloth brightly gilt to cover and spine (slight wear to tips & hinges). Printed in red and black in 75 verses by McLagan & Cumming Chromo-Lithographers & Printers Edinburgh. Gift… Read more about this item

Paris: Bossange etc, Lefevre etc new edition, 1808. Hardcover. Fair. Plates (2 as required in this volume). . Volume II (of 3) only, 12mo half calf (spine split 2/3rds and label chipped with major loss/tips worn) 464pp. Plates offset onto text opposite, paper slightly toned but neat, tight copy.

Paris: Mme Veuve Dabo, 1823. Hardcover. Good. Volume II (of 2) only, 12mo original marbled paper over boards with white vellum spine label but without title on it (corners & edges worn/spine label lightly soiled) 412pp which include index to this volume. Some pale foxing at beginning and end with damp mark not affecting legibilty. No torn, no… Read more about this item

Cambridge: at the University Press 1st edition, 1905. Hardcover. Good. Octavo red cloth gilt bust of Shakespeare to cover (spine worn edges rubbed tips worn) xxxvi + 308pp +[4]pp & 8pp publisher's lists. A few notes and minor pale foxing, school stamp and ownership Zoe Brooks, Midsomer Norton to pastedown with Sold stamp.

Harmondsworth Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1964. Softcover. Good. Cover illustration by Philippe Julian.. Paperback in Penquin Modern Classics (tips rubbed and 1cm split to foot of spine) 192pp. Neat tight copy, no marks and no loose pages.

London: Minerva, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Thick paperback [8]+627pp +publisher's booklist. A very neat copy. *Historical fiction ..engrossing ..comic brilliance are just some of the reviews of this novel of the East India Company, the siege of La Rochelle and the eponimous classical dictionary. A neat copy no inscriptions, bright and tight..

London: Faber & Faber 1st edition, 1999. Softcover. Very Good. Cover design by Pentagram.. Paperback grey pictorial card covers [xiv] +75pp. A play on the changing ways of life based on "living memories" gathered from local interviews of villagers of Clifford Chambers in Warwickshire. The play was premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Other Place Theatre in… Read more about this item

London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1984. Softcover. Good. Paperback (tips sl.rubbed) 186pp +[6]pp publisher's book list. One ink spot to margin of 9 leaves never touching text. Slight edge tanning else neat and clean. *Seven stories of courtroom drama.

London: Hodder & Stoughton 1st yellow jacket edition, 1950. Softcover. Good. Cowboy silhouette to titlepage. . Octavo paperback (crease to cover/spine rubbed & bit wrinkled/dusty) 256pp. Paper edge browned, slightly cocked but no loose pages and no tears or marking. Blue endpapers.