Fiction from David Ford Books

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd,1915 Hardcover book, first edition , Signed by Victoria Sackville and dated 23rd Sept 1915 and with her personal bookplate's from Knoll Sevenoaks. A Very Good copy with faded spine and light wear to top of spine. No dustjacket. The odd foxing spot but generally clean. Pictures available.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1929 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. 283 pages. Hughes classic tale of the last pirate schooner to sail in Caribbean seas. A Very Good copy in a Very Good unclipped dustjacket. Bright green covers with lightly worn dustjacket with two large stains to rear panel. Pictures available.

London, Collins and the Book Society, 1953 Hardcover book, first edition thus ( published on first publication by the Book Society April 1953) Signed by the author to Half-title page. A near Fone copy in a Fine unclipped dustjacket designed by Gerald Wilkinson. Very light tanning to foredge tofront endpaper. Pictures available.

New York, Grosse & Dunlop, n.d. Hardcover book, 304 pages with a striking 1920's dustjacket in blue green and orange. A Very Good copy in a Very Good lightly edge worn dustjacket. Old price in biro to front endpaper. Pictures available.

London, Mandrake Press Ltd. 1930 Hardcover book , first edition in dustjacket. 62 pages. A Fine copy with very slight tanning to front endpaper in a Very Good dustjacket. Very light edge wear to top edge of jacket, no inscriptions, pictures available.

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1934 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket, 317 pages. Light green, cloth covered boards with white dustjacket illustrated with a photograph of a gull. The jacket and front end-paper are drawn by Ben Nicholson. A life story of Shirin le Breton told with intervals of ten yearly periods. a… Read more about this item

London: Secker & Warburg, 1954 First English edition. Hardcover book . Blue cloth, gilt titles, with dustjacket. 446pp. With Notes by Max Brod. Covers aged with faded top to spine Owner's name and date to flyleaf. Light foxing to end-papers and half-title. Jacket has edge wear to top edge and spine with small losses. Spine… Read more about this item

London, Chatto & Windus, 1975 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket, 223 pages. Novel by Rumer Godden's elder sister set in Kashmir and Pakistan. A Fine copy in a Fine un-clipped dustjacket, No inscriptions , nice copy. Pictures available.

London , Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1937 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. 343 pages. The story of two English brothers and a secret society plotting the assassination of Napoleon III. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. Spine of book sunned . Light foxing to prelim pages and to closed page edges. . Nice complete jacket… Read more about this item

London, Allan Wingate, 1953 Hardcover book, First edition( UK) in dustjacket. A saga of the U.S. Marines in World war II. The author fought with the marines at Guadalcanal and Tarawa. A Very Good copy with slightly dull red covers in a Very Good unclipped dustjacket with light edgewear and small closed tear to front. Pictures available.

London: Heinemann, 1957 Hardcover book first edition in dustjacket. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, 249pp. Probably one of Shute's best known novels A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. Previous owner's inscription. Jacket has very light edge wear. Pictures available.

London: Faber and Faber, 1987. First edition Follow-up to "Rites of Passage", the second in this trilogy. Hardcover book , 1st ed, 281pp. A near fine copy and Dustjacket Pictures available.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1990 First edition thus . Hardcover book . Pale green cloth, and dustjacket designed by Liam Hanley. 224pp.The first unexpurgated edition since the trial in 1934. A novel based on some of Hanley's experiences of life at sea . The book was withdrawn in 1935 after the publishers had been found guilty of obscene libel. … Read more about this item

London, Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1929 Number eighteen in the Woburn Books Series. Hardcover book in dustjacket . A Signed limited edition of 530 numbered copies. This is number 58. Set in hand in Monotype 12-point Imprint and printed by Robert Maclehose & Co Ltd at the University Press Glasgow. A lovely copy .… Read more about this item

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935 Hardcover book with dustjacket No 6 in the Grayson books series of Signed Limited first editions. Signed and dedicated to John Tilley 'the prince of comedians' by Patrick Kirwan with another dedication. Number 15/285 . A near Fine copy in a Good but worn dustjacket.… Read more about this item

London, William Jackson Joiner & Steele Ltd, 1931 ' A Long short story' Hardcover, book Limited edition. Signed first edition in the Furnival Books series. with dustjacket. Author's inscription and dedication to front end paper. Signed again on limitation page No 391 of 550 copies. Small Ex libris book plate of John Lewis FSIA to… Read more about this item

London, William Jackson Books Ltd, 1930 Hardcover book, first edition Signed by the author. With a woodcut by Robert Gibbings and a foreword by the author. This is No 3 in the Furnival Books seriesof signed limited editions and is Number 163 of 550 copies. A near Fine copy . Pictures available.

London, Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1929 Number nine in the Woburn Books Series. Signed by E.F. Benson Hardcover book in dustjacket . A Signed limited edition of 530 numbered copies. This is number 18. Set in hand in Monotype 12-point Scotch Roman, and printed by Robert Maclehose & Co Ltd at the… Read more about this item

London, E. Lahr, 1931 Hardcover book , first edition in dustjacket, Signed by John HampsonA Limited edition of 25 signed copies on special paper of which this is No. 2. A Fine book in a Very Good dustjacket with light handling wear. Pictures available

London, Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1929 Number twelve in the Woburn Books Series. Hardcover book in dustjacket . A Signed (with Initials) limited edition of 530 numbered copies. This is number 313. Set in hand in Monotype English Poliphilus and printed by Robert Maclehose & Co Ltd at the University Press Glasgow. A lovely… Read more about this item