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London: Jonathan Cape, (1984).. First edition, 8vo, 160 pp. Inscribed from Dahl on the half title to his childhood friend Douglas Highton, and with two autograph letters also inserted. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. The first letter, on a headed postcard, was sent with the book - "This little book is published next week. You will find yourself in it..." Dahl starts, referring to a story featured on pp. 108-111 where as a schoolboy Dahl had been unfairly punished and Highton had written to his father to complain about it. It didn't help, but Dahl concludes the printed account "it was... a touching and generous gesture from one small boy to another and I have never forgotten it." He goes on (in the postcard) to admit that some parts of the book "are slightly coloured by my natural love of fantasy." The second letter, again on headed stationery, must date from a few months later, with Dahl mentioning that he has had letters complaining about the portrayal of their school… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, (1988).. First edition, 8vo, 240 pp. Black and white illustrations, owner's name to the fly leaf. Cloth, with a few spots and mild bumping, d.w., not price clipped, again with very mild bumping to extremities.

London: Jonathan Cape, (1988).. First edition, 8vo, 240 pp. Black and white illustrations, inscribed from the author on the half title. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, an excellent copy.

[N.p.]: Clare Dales, 2016.. Square 8vo. (56) pp. Colour illustrated card covers. Illustrated throughout. A little light wear to the extremities, else very good.

Milwaukee Art Museum in association with Lund Humphries, 2004.. First edition. 4to. 279, (1) pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Illustrations throughout, some in colour. Very good.

London: Printed by T. Bensley, 1815, 30, 32, 19.. Four volumes, 4to. First two volumes (Chichester and Bramber) first edition, third volume (Arundel) "New Edition", plus the very rare first edition of the Arundel volume, large 4to. 83 plates - two double page and four in colour, 19 maps and plans - 15 double page or folding and including two geological maps in the Bramber volume. Marbled endpapers and edges, bookplates of Charles and Mary Lacaita of Selham. Contemporary calf with gilt decorated borders and the arms of George Leveson-Gower, Duke of Sutherland, to the covers, rebacked to style with brown and black labels. A very scarce set due to a fire at the printers in 1819 which destroyed 300 (of 500) copies of the Chichester volume and almost the entire run of the original Arundel volume, with only 30 copies surviving. Only 200 copies of the new edition of Arundel and Bramber were published.

London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1832.. Folio, (iv), viii, (vii)-xvi, 406, (2) pp. 18 plates, including 3 not listed - one of the latter the binder is directed to transfer to the volume on Bramber, plus six maps and plans, four of which are double page, one plate hand coloured, and engravings in the text. Old signature to paste down. Original boards, edges a little worn, recently rebacked in plain green cloth. Scarce - after a fire at the printing office destroyed almost all of the 1815 first edition only 200 copies of this new edition were published.

London: Printed for T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1800.. First edition, 8vo, xxi, (iii), 526, (1 advertisement, 1) pp. Engraved second title, marginal foxing throughout, early 19th century bookseller's label, "Smith, Milsom St., Bath," to foot of paste down. Contemporary red half morocco, gilt spine, marbled boards, head of spine repaired, slightly sunned.

London: Heinemann, 1931.. First edition, 8vo, viii, 703, (1) pp. Title page designed by Rex Whistler. Inscribed on the fly leaf by the cast of the Old Vic's 1942 production of Laurence Housman's "Jacob's Ladder", including the author and both Lewis and Ann Casson. Original gilt titled buckram, very good. The inscription starts "Thank you, beautiful Clarkie, it was all your doing..." and was quite possibly to Kathleen Clark, noted as business manager for the Old Vic on a 1942 poster for the play.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010.. First edition. 4to. 178, (2) pp. Publisher's illustrated boards. Photographically illustrated throughout. An excellent copy.

The Hague: International Documentation and Information Centre (Interdoc), 1973.. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 117, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece. Inscribed on the fly leaf from the author to his fellow solider and writer Leigh Maxwell "From an amateur, to a professional, From a reservist, to a regular, In fond remembrance of many pleasant conversations... only a short time after the experiences described in this book..." Cloth, d.w., slightly faded and worn. A scarce account of the Turkish Brigade's actions on behalf of the United Nations during the Korean War.

Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1886.. 8vo, 74 pp. Foxing at the beginning and end, marbled endpapers. Handsomely bound in full green crushed morocco, t.e.g., gilt title plus fleurs-de-lis to the corners.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988.. First edition. Large oblong 8vo. 96 pp. Publisher's grey cloth, silver lettered and decorated to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. Photographically illustrated throughout, mostly in black and white. Very good.

London: John Murray, 1860.. Second edition, second issue, fifth thousand, 8vo, x, 502, 32 advertisement pp. Folding table. Original gilt titled green cloth, subtly recased, spine ends with some light rubbing, mild discolouration to the upper cover, held in a recent green cloth folding box. Freeman 376, variant a. First published the previous year. The first issue of the second edition also appeared in 1859; but for the the mention of "fifth thousand" on the title page the two issues are identical.

London: Ward, Lock, and Co., [N.d., 1890s].. 8vo. xx, 549, (1), (6) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to the spine and upper cover, later gift inscription to the verso of the frontispiece. Frontispiece plus 6 plates including two folding maps and a folding chart. Tanning to the spine, else very good. Cf. Freeman, 279 for the first of these Ward, Lock and Co. editions issued in 1890. This copy in the variant blue cloth and with the gilt to the upper cover removed in the post 1900 editions by this publisher.

London: John Murray, 1879.. Second edition, 13th thousand, 8vo, xvi, 693, (1), pp. 78 illustrations in the text, mild cracking to the upper hinge. Original dark green cloth, small patch of rubbing to the upper cover otherwise a very good copy. Freeman, 951.

London: John Murray, 1891.. Sixth edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xxvi, 365, (1, 1 advertisement, 1); (vi), 339, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece and a folding plate. Original grey-green cloth, spines slightly dull, extremities a little rubbed. Freeman 437. Published the same year as the 41st thousand of the standard issue of the sixth edition, this is the second issue of the "Library edition", which first appeared in 1888.

London: John Murray, 1882.. Sixth edition, twenty-fourth thousand. 8vo. xxi, (1), 458. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, one early inscription to the head of the title page crossed with another slightly later inscription underneath. Folding table. Neatly recased, the fore edge of half title slightly proud and ragged, else very good. Freeman, 407, with 17 titles listed in the advertisement to the verso of the title page.

London: John Murray, 1913.. 8vo, xix, (i), 1031, (1, 2 advertisement) pp. Contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original light green cloth, spine slightly sunned, a very good copy. Freeman 1018.

London: John Murray, 1904.. "Thirteenth thousand". 8vo. (viii), 298, (2) pp. Publisher's leaf green cloth, black lettered and decorated to the spine and upper board, dust jacket, New Zealand bookseller's labels to the front pastedown and the jacket spine, mid 20th century ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, the date of the first edition annotated in ink underneath the imprint on the title page. 10 plates. Jacket tanned and worn with small losses, some old repairs on the verso, Uncommon with the jacket. Freeman, 1389. A later issue with the spine title in black.