British Literature

London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.y. [1915]. Small 4to. Blue cloth. 160pp. Tipped-on color frontispiece, 11 full-page tipped-on color plates, numerous line drawings. Very good. Mild edgewear. First edition. John Galsworthy introduces this nifty fundraising anthology, which includes contributions from J.M. Barrie, Joseph Conrad, Jerome K. Jerome, Ernest Thompson Seton, Mrs. Humphry Ward and other literary luminaries. One lovely color plate and a couple of line drawings are by Arthur Rackham; other color plates are by W. Heath Robinson and W. Russell Flint. more information

New York: The Modern Library, 1933. 8vo. Blue cloth. xxiii, 952pp. Very good. Spine and tope edge of binding sunned. Early (not first) printing, tight and clean. more information

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1903. Small 8vo. Grey cloth with red and blue pictorial front cover stamping. 123pp. Color frontispiece, 7 full-page color plates. Very good. Early (not first) priting, a tight and attractive copy of this sentimental bestseller. more information

Illustrations by Feliks Topolski. N.p. [London]: Methuen, 1950. Small 8vo. Orange cloth spine and marbled paper over boards. xvi, 176pp. Frontispiece, drawings. Near fine. Large ownership signature on front flyleaf of Edward Darnell, an American G.I. who befriended Acton. First U.K. edition. more information

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967. 8vo. Blue cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 242pp. Near fine/very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Reissue of this 1932 text, part of the "Crosscurrents" series edited by Harry T. Moore. more information

New York: The McCall Publishing Company, 1970. 8vo. Burgundy cloth, dust jacket. 189pp. Near fine/very good. First edition. First in the Horatio Stubbs trilogy. more information

New York: The Viking Press, 1977. 8vo. Cream coth spine and black paper over boards, dust jacket. 210pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and nice. more information

Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, n.y. Small 4to. Grey cloth spine and brown decorated paper over boards. 230pp. Near fine. Tight, handsome copy of this later printing. more information

New York: George Braziller, 1975. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 219pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket rear panel scuffed. First U.S. edition, tight and attractive. GRIER 6 (B). more information

New York: Coward-McCann, 1943. Small 8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. 335pp. Very good/very good. Ligt jacket edgewear. First U.S. edition, tight and handsome. more information

Illustrations by F.H. Townsend. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. 8vo. Blue cloth with extensive decorative gilt. ix, 426pp. Top edge gilt. Sewn-in silk page marker. Color frontispiece, 7 full-page color plates, decorative endpapers, decorative page borders. Good plus. Would rate "Very good" but for ca. 1" homely cloth Loss (abrasion) at center of rear board near hinge; mild general edgewear, with spine cloth (not the gilt lettering) sunned. Still, a tight and quite decent later (10th) printing of the popular Surrey novelist's potboiler and an example of Armstrong's appealing decorations. more information

Illustrations by Morton Sale. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. 12mo. Tan blind-embossed cloth, dust jacket. 190pp. 8 full-page plates. Very good/very good. Some jacket edgewear; ownership signature/date on front flyleaf. First of this edition of the 1922 play -- uncommon in the jacket, the front panel of which touts this as "The cheapest edition of this famous play. more information

Illustrations by Bernard Partridge. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with gold, red and green pictorial stamping. vi, 509pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear. First U.S. edition of the "Peter Pan" playwright's novel -- tight, clean, attractive. more information

New York: Grove Press, 1959. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 140pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/very good. Dust jacket slightly soiled. First printing. Clever parody of the legendary wanderings of a thirteenth century German troubadour, gloriously illustrated by Beardsley. more information

Introduction by Christopher Morley. Wood engravings by Freda Bone. New York: Cheshire Press, 1932. Small 4to. Green leather spine and marbled paper over boards. viii, 147pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Spine a bit scuffed; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight, handsome copy. Edition limited to 1200 numbered copies (this #967). more information

New York: George H. Doran, 1911. Small 8vo. Green paper over boards with green and gilt decorations, slipcase. 117pp. Very good/good plus. Spine slightly age toned, else tight and attractive; slipcase neatly, archivally strengthened along some separations. Tight, attractive first edition. more information

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1944. 16mo. Red cloth, dust jacket. x, 518pp, 4pp, 8pp ads. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Some jacket edgewear; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight, handsome later printing of #919 in Ernest Rhys' lovely "Everyman's Library" series. more information

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. 8vo. Black cloth spine and brown paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. 208pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with one edge chip and several archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears. YOUNG 361. more information

New York: The Modern Library, n.y. 12mo. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 562pp, (6pp ads). Decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive later printing of Modern Library #13. more information

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.y. Small 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 343pp. Very good. Tight, attractive reprint of this volume in G & D's "Universal Library" series. more information

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. 8vo. Red cloth spine and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 219pp. Very good/good plus. Blind-embossed ownership stamp on first few pages; small chunk missing from upper right corner offront jacket panel, which is otherwise bright and attractive. First U.S. edition of Cary's first novel. more information

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1903. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with pictorial gilt. xiv, 375pp. Frontispiece. Very good. Mild edgewear. First edition of this hip-wader, tight and attractive. more information

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945. 8vo. Tan cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 360pp. Very good/very good. Reprint of this 1944 novel, tight and attractive. Front flyleaf bears an interesting pencilled ownership signature: "Ellen Stevenson Oct. '45 / London." Stevenson (1910-72) was the wife of Illinois's two-term governor and twice presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson II -- who in the fall of 1945 had just moved to London in September 1945 with his family as deputy United States representative on the Preparatory Commission, soon to become head of the United States delegation to the U.N. General Assembly. more information

Edited by A.C. Cawley. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1958]. 12mo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 612pp, 8pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear; margin comments inked on six pages near front. Tight, handsome later printing of #307 in the lovely "Everyman's Library" series. more information

Guildford, UK: Circle Press Publications, 1978. Folio. Blue cloth. xi, 57pp. Full-page color illustrations. Portfolio laid in housing signed print. Very good/fine. Book: a discreet ex-library copy, the only markings being a slight abrasion at foot of spine, 3" X 6" wrinkled patch at center of front flyleaf from bookplate removal and small abrasion near foot of title page. Portfolio and print: pristine. Handsome copy of this hand-set letterpress volume featuring striking original screen images by Ronald King. The laid-in portfolio is titled "Knight" and is the first in the portfolio series. Inside front wrapper features a poem by Roy Fisher titled "Knight," which the included screen print illustrates. (Print is likewise numbered "I" in pencil and is initialed in pencil by illustrator Ronald King.) Though mildly ex-library, quite attractive and desireable copy of the first volume of this 20 volume set, each limited to 250 numbered copies (this #115) initialed in pencil by Ronald King. Second of this edition. more information

Dublin: W. Wilson, 1774. 16mo. Stiff grey modern hand-labeled wrapper. 84pp. Very good. Early (not first) printing of this five-act play by this 18th century playwright. more information

Introduction by J.H. Plumb. New York: New American Library, 1965. 12mo. Glazed paper over boards. xiv, 221pp. Very good. Tight, nice later (8th) printing of the Signet edition. An erotica classic. more information

Edited by J.B. Beer. London: Dent, [1966]. 12mo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 371pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear; gilt-and-black oval sticker on front flyleaf depicting Lincolnesque top hat and umbrella. Tight, handsome later printing of #43 in the lovely "Everyman's Library" series. more information

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 223pp. Very good/very good. Slight edgewear and light soiling to jacket; two ownership names/addresses inked large on rear flyleaf. Tight, attractive first edition. more information

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. 8vo. Grey cloth spine and grey marbled paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. 249pp. Near fine/very good. Some edgewear to jacket, with small chips at head of jacket spine. Tight, attractive first edition. more information

New York: Julian Messner Inc., 1953. 12mo. Green cloth spine and green patterned paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. 224pp. Very good/good plus. Some edgewear to jacket, with small chips at head and tail of jacket spine. Tight, attractive first edition. more information

Illustrations by T.M. Cleland. New York: The Heritage Press, 1959. Small 4to. Black blind-embossed cloth, slipcase. xvi, 108pp. Frontispiece, color illustrations. Very good/very good. Spine slightly sunned. Handsome "poor man's LEC," with the appropriate "Sandglass" issue laid in. more information

New York: Atheneum, 1968. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xii, 178pp. Very good/very good. Tight, handsome reprint edition . Rather uncommon. YOUNG 769. more information

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958. Small 8vo. Blue cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 240pp. Very good/very good. Tight, attractive first edition. YOUNG 777. more information

New York: Atheneum, 1969. 8vo. Green cloth spine and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Near fine/very good. Slight jacket edgewear; bookplate on front pastedown. First U.S. edition, tight and handsome. YOUNG 779. more information

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Small 8vo. Red cloth with silver gilt. 310pp, (6pp ads). Near fine. Nonauthorial 1896 gift inscription on front flyleaf. Handsome, tight first U.S. edition of this British novel. more information

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1933. Small 4to. Tan decorated cloth. xvii, 576pp. Very good. Some soiling to binding. First edition of this collection of seven plays: "Design for Living," "Cavalcade," "Private Lives," "Bitter Sweet," "Post-Mortem," "The Vortex" and "Hay Fever." more information

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1932. Small 8vo. Grey cloth, dust jacket. 101pp. Near fine/good plus. Large chip at tail of jacket spine, with mild edgewear throughout. Tight, fairly attractive early (not first) printing of this "Play about the Brontes," inscribed large and bold on the front flyleaf by the author: "for my dear Polly's / mother & father / from her friend / 'Winifred' / (Clemence Dane) / Christmas 1944." more information

London: Chapman and Hall, 1933. 16mo. Red paper over boards, dust jacket. viii, 325pp. Very good/very good. Minor staining on front jacket cover. Later printing. Humorous collection of short stories more information

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1971. Small 8vo. Grey cloth, dust jacket. 158pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit rubbed. Tight and nice first U.S. edition. more information

New York: Black Hawk Press, 1935. 8vo. Purple cloth with paper spine label. 99pp. Decorations. Very good. Spine very lightly sunned; text block lightly, evenly age toned as usual. First edition, limited to 900 copies. Tight and attractive. more information

New York: Triangle Books, 1938. Small 8vo. Green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 365pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn but colorful and attractive. Umpteenth reprint, a clean and tight example. more information

New York: The Heritage Press, 1968. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and grey patterned paper over boards, slipcase. xvi, 271pp. Illustrations, 8 full-page color plates. Near fine/very good. Tight, clean and handsome copy of this "poor man's Limited Editions Club" trade edition. more information

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1934. Small 8vo. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, decorative endpapers. Near fine/near fine. An exceptionally and unusually tight, clean and handsome first edition, in a bright crisp dust jacket remarkably free of edge tears. First trade edition of this oh-so-posthumous publication -- about as fine a copy as one can find. more information

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1921. 12mo. Pink cloth with paper spine label, dust jacket. vii, 80pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket well chipped, but overall still attractive. Tight, nice first edition. more information

London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1895. Small 4to. Vellum spine and tan cloth over boards. xi, 447pp. Numerous engravings by du Maurier. Very good. Large paper edition, consisting of 250 numbered copies (this #163) signed by du Maurier. Scarce. more information

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. 12mo. Decorated brown cloth. iv, 477pp, (2pp ads). Line drawings. Very good. Close to "Near fine," with gold and green pictorial front board stamping bright and fresh and only slightest bit of age toning to spine; nonauthorial period gift inscription on inner flyleaf. First American edition, tight and handsome. more information

New York: The Viking Press, 1978. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and black paper over boards, dust jacket. 265pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition. YOUNG 1122. more information

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1968. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 360pp. Near fine/very good. First U.S. edition. more information

New York: The Viking Press, 1974. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and black paper over boards, dust jacket. 306pp. Near fine/very good. First edition. more information