Modern First Editions. from Paul Foster Books

Chapman & Hall, London. 1948. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.1 inches). With illustrations by Stuart Boyle. Publishers dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Dark blue marbled endpapers. Near fine copy with a neat previous owner's initials to the front blank endpaper, in a very good original dustwrapper with illustration by Boyle to the front panel. One… Read more about this item

Chapman & Hall, London. 1953. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.3 inches). Publishers red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and illustration to the front board. very good copy with a neat previous owner's name to the front blank endpaper, in a very good original dustwrapper with an illustration to the front panel. A little toning and rubbing to… Read more about this item

Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1938. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.1 inches). First state of the text with the incomplete number 8 in the publication date to the verso of the title page and the s present on the last word of page 88. A bright and clean copy in the red and black snakeskin design cloth with gilt… Read more about this item

Chapman & Hall Ltd. London 1942. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.2 inches). A little light foxing to the first few leaves otherwise a bright and clean copy in the publishers oatmeal cloth with dark blue lettering to the spine. In the original colour illustrated dustwrapper which has been price clipped to the front inner flap. Repair to the reverse… Read more about this item

Duckworth. London. 1930. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.9 inches). Frontispiece illustration after a drawing by Waugh, double-page route map, sketch map of Port Said and seven mono photographs on 3 leaves. Publishers purple cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Attractive illustrated bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which has… Read more about this item

Duckworth. London. 1928. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.9 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with 8 full page mono plates. Neat previous owner's initials to the front, and some offsetting to the other blank endpapers, otherwise a bright, tight and clean copy throughout. In publishers burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. A little rubbing to the very bottom of the spine… Read more about this item

Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1934. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.1 inches). Illustrated mono frontispiece of Hetton Abbey by J. D. M. Harvey. Some minor foxing, mainly to the fore edge and to the margins of a couple of dozen pages otherwise a very good copy in original black and red snakeskin patterned cloth, with the spine lettered in… Read more about this item

Alfred A Knopf. New York. 1930. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.4 inches). viii,268pp. A bright clean copy internally in the publishers original grey cloth with Falcon design in black to the front board, within a single black ruled line border. Blue and black lettering and symmetrical design to the spine. Publishers Borzoi books logo on rear board… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber. London. 1965. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.7 inches). A little foxing to the blank endpapers otherwise generally a clean, bright copy. Red cloth with gilt ruled lines and lettering to the spine. The gilt is bright and gleaming. In a very good original colour dustwrapper. Spine a little darkened. Some light stains to the… Read more about this item

Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London. 1929. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. (7.2 x 4.8 inches). Finely bound in recent full brown morocco. Spine with raised bands. Red title label, gilt. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. A Lovely copy.

Saccone & Speed Limited. London. 1947. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). Two colour illustrations by Whistler within the book plus colour decoration on boards showing three men cowering behind a wine barrel. Both pastedown endpapers browned by the binders glue, as usual. Some light creasing to the very top of the spine but generally a fine bright copy.

Andersen Press. London. 2000. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED ON HALF TITLE BY STEADMAN. 4to. (11.6 x 8.8 inches). Fine copy in fine colour printed boards.

Herbert Jenkins. London. 1923. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. First state with only 10 titles listed on the advert leaf opposite the title page. Neat previous owner name, dated 1923, on the front blank pastedown endpaper. Some spotting to the page edges but overall a very good copy in the original publishers green cloth with dark green lettering and illustrations.

Alfred A Knopf. New York. 1930. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.6 inches). viii,268pp. A bright clean copy in a fine recent leather binding. Full black morocco. Spine with raised bands. Red title label, gilt. Compartments with gilt lettering, ruled lines and decoration. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Original cloth front board, with Falcon design in black, and decorative… Read more about this item

Random House. New York. 1934. FIRST AUTHORISED AMERICAN EDITION. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.8 inches). Finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco leather binding. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Decorative gilt roll border on boards. Top edge gilt. Original cloth front board bound in at the end of the book. --- This edition contains… Read more about this item

Bloodaxe Books Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne. 1992. FIRST EDITION. (8.5 x 5.7 inches). A fine copy in publishers printed wraps.

Arrow books Limited. London. An Arena book. 1985. FIRST EDITION. (7.6 x 5 inches). Several mono full page illustrations throughout by Ahmet. Very good copy in publishers colour printed wraps. Some very minor rubbing to the edges and a small black ink mark to the bottom of the fore edge but overall a very good copy.

Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1932. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.1 inches). Illustrated frontispiece of a map of the Azanian Empire. A fine clean and fresh copy in original black and red snakeskin patterned cloth, with the spine lettered in gilt. Some very minor rubbing to the extremities of the cloth and a hint of fading to the red… Read more about this item

Chapman & Hall Ltd. London. 1939. FIRST EDITION. Tall 8vo. (8.7 x 5.9 inches). A very good, bright and clean copy throughout in the publishers dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. The gilt is bright and vibrant. A little rubbing to the edges of the binding but overall a very good copy indeed.

Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1936. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.1 inches). Illustrated frontispiece, reproducing the front cover of the dustwrapper, by Thomas Derrick. Some minor foxing to about a third of the pages. Overall a very good copy in original black and red snakeskin patterned cloth, with the spine lettered in gilt. Some minor rubbing to the extremities… Read more about this item