Literature from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1965. Small 8vo. First edition. 190 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine and gilt 'Sign of the Saint' to board in clipped jacket. Very slight spotting to jacket and minimal bumping to boards. Minor spotting to edges, though internally clean . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1965.

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1962. Small 8vo. First edition. 189 pp. Hardcover in unclipped illustrated jacket; gilt lettering to spine and gilt 'Sign of the Saint' to front board. Very light rubbing and edge wear to jacket. Minor spotting to edges, though internally clean. Uncommon. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1962.

London: Penguin Books 1935. 12mo. First Penguin edition. 288 pp. Penguin paperback. First section a little loose an minor wear to extremities. A couple of short tears, folding and minor water staining to edges of final 15 or so pages. Bookplate to pastedown, otherwise internally clean. . Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 1935.

London: Jonathan Cape 1963. Small 8vo. Reprint. 203 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial unclipped jacket. Offsetting to ffep. from insert, otherwise internally clean. Clipping insert from a letter from an editor at Chatto and Windus to a publication explaining why Ultramarine ended up being published by Jonathan Cape. Based on a journal Lowry kept on his… Read more about this item

London: John Murray 1956. Small 8vo. First English edition. [iv], 132 pp. Hardcover with small design to front board in unclipped illustrated jacket. Jacket very slightly edgeworn and minor bumping to ends of book's spine. Some offsetting at endpapers, otherwise internally clean. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First English Edition. 1956.

London: The Folio Society circa 2010. 8vo. xiv, 178 pp. 8 leaves of colour plates. Dark blue cloth flecked with metallic greens and silver design in blue slipcase. As this is shrink-wrapped, we have not determined which printing this is. It was first published by the Folio Society in 2010, with reprints in 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2021. .… Read more about this item

London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. N. D.. 16mo. xxiv, 370 pp. Rebound in quarter speckled calf over marbled boards in cloth slipcase; red title label and gilt lettering and devices to spine; top edge stained green. Very slight bumping to slipcase and light spotting to edges of text block, though internally clean. With an introduction by… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1958. Small 8vo. First edition. 190 pp. Hardcover in unclipped illustrated jacket with gilt lettering to spine. Light rubbing to jacket extremities and rear panel. Minor spotting to edges, affecting the edges of only a few pages. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1958.

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1964. Small 8vo. First edition. 192 pp. Hardcover in clipped illustrated jacket; gilt lettering to spine and gilt 'Sign of the Saint' to front board. Light rubbing and marking to spine and rear of jacket. Slight bumping and spine lean to book. Minor spotting to edges, though internally clean. Uncommon. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1959. Small 8vo. First edition. 190 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial unclipped jacket. Some staining to rear panel of jacket and minor crushing to its extremities. Minor spotting to prelims and edges, otherwise internally clean. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1959.

London: Oxford University Press 1938. 8vo. Reprinted, with corrections. ix, 378 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Minimal rubbing and bumping to extremities. Ink name dated 1943 to ffep. Some spotting to endpapers and prelims, otherwise internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 1938.

London: Chapman and Hall 1848. Small 8vo. [viii.], 344 pp. Half dark green calf binding. Gilt lettering and decoration to the spine with further gilt detail to the boards. Marbled edges and end papers. VG/ near fine condition with just some general wear to the spine and corners. Internally clean. Frontis after a painting by Geo Cattermole. . Very Good.… Read more about this item

London: Calder and Boyars 1966. 8vo. First reprint. 418 pp. Blue hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in unclipped, illustrated dust jacket. Some marks to jacket and light rubbing to extremities. A little bit of sunning to spine ends of book, otherwise clean boards and spine. Internally clean. 'The Trilogy' was written in French between 1947 and 1950, concurrently with… Read more about this item

London: Secker & Warburg 1974. 8vo.Review Copy. First UK edition. [vi], 310 pp. Hardcover in unclipped pictorial jacket. Some crushing to jacket's extremities and minor bumping to book's extremities. Internally clean. Review copy with slip insert from publishers and clipping of Time Magazine's review. 0436187892 . Very Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 1974.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd. 1897. 8vo. First English Edition. viii, 245, [2] pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine and front board, AEG. Some rubbing to extremities, including spine decoration. Gilt to front board bright. Minor scattered foxing. Full-page black and white illustrations. Publisher's short catalogue at rear. Kipling's only novel set entirely in North… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1861. 8vo. First Edition. [iv], 364 pp., bound without half title or publisher's catalogue. Previous owner's signature at the head of the title page, 'J W Ogilvy'. Modern smart tan cloth, with a red leather title label, gilt lettering and decoration. Speckled edges. Some foxing. An attractively bound first edition of Eliot's third… Read more about this item

Glasgow: The Limited Editions Club at the University Press 1938. 8vo.Signed Limited Edition. Signed limited editions, limited to 1500 copies of which this set is 1087. 6 volumes bound in decorative red cloth with illustrated endpapers. Small areas of loss to spine ends of 4 of the volumes, with slight rubbing to extremities. Slight loss to p. vii of volume… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1969. 8vo. First edition, review copy from Andrew Salkey's library. 187 pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Some yellowing to jacket and minimal creasing/ rubbing to edges. Internally clean. This is the first Max Curfew spy novel of John Brunner. Includes a publisher's review slip dated 1969. Back panel has a black-and-white portrait of the author. .… Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd 1909. 16mo. 373 pp, Bound in publisher's gilt lettered burgundy cloth, with top edge gilt. Some rubbing and bumping to extremities. Foxing to endpapers, with 'La Belle Sauvage' stamps at front and rear and stamp of James G. Watson at front. Internally clean otherwise. 16.5 cms tall . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Spine. 1909.

London: William Heinemann 1929. 16mo. Contains all volumes in the Modern Comedy trilogy, 'The White Monkey', 'The Silver Spoon' and 'Swan Song'. xviii, 1088 pp. Half blue calf Riviere binding over cloth with red morocco title label, raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. Some fading to edges of boards and minor wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, binding sturdy. Slight… Read more about this item