Books by SADLEIR Michael

New York: Boar's Head Books. 1949. Hardbound. good; jacket worn & chipped, In dust jacket. 496pp. ... more information

London: Constable. (1947). small 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xi, 501 pages.. A variant copy. A long novel by this bookman on the London underworld of the 1870s. This dust jacket was not drawn by Piper but his title page illustration is still present. This bears a price of 6/- rather than the original price of 12/6d. Spine and covers of book a little faded and bubbled. . ... more information

London: Constable. (1947). small 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xi, 501 pages.. First edition. A long novel by this bookman on the London underworld of the 1870s. The dust jacket and frontipiece were drawn by John Piper. Tear in jacket and chipping around edges. . ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus and Company. 1946. 496p., shelfworn dj. Farrar's erratic designation policies during this period make it impossible for us to determine edition. The British first edition is Young 3400. ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1946. Bottom right corner of front cover cloth immodestly eaten away to the boards, cover and few first leaves wormed, spine darkened, bookplate on front free endpaper/pictorial dust jacket (a bit worn). Octavo. original light green cloth, spine lettered in red, top edge stained red Presentation copy by Sadleir but not signed . ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1946.. Cloth. First U.S. edition. Small bookplate (bearing a tiny release stamp) of Wilmarth S. Lewis on front pastedown, otherwise a very good copy in a chipped and creased dust jacket. Author's memo label pasted to front free endpaper, "with greetings and compliments" added in ink. A novel set in Victorian London's underworld. ... more information

London: Constable, [1947].. Cloth. Frontis by John Piper. First edition. Neat ink name, else near fine in handsome dust jacket with darkening and tiny spot on spine. ... more information

London: Constable. 1947. 501p., first British edition, shelfworn dj. Young 3400. ... more information

Toronto: Longmans, Green and Company. 1947. (1946), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xi, 501 pages.. First Canadian Edition. Soiled and frayed dust jacket with piece of back cover missing at the top. Presentation from Sadleir on half-title "John Arlott from Michael Sadleir Dec. '46." . ... more information

London, Constable [1947].. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Color frontispiece by John Piper. Dust jacket designed by Piper (unclipped). Very good. 501 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Michael Sadleir on the front free endpaper: "For J. Sewell from Michael Sadleir, Jan '47". Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

London: Constable. (1947). small 8vo., full vellum, stamped in gilt and black, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, slipcase. xi, 501+(1) pages.. First edition, one of 25 copies bound thus (See Nowell-Smith A41). Inscribed by Sadleir on the first blank page: "one of 25 copies in vellum Mattie [Martha Smith] with love and gratitude 30.xii.46." Frontispiece by John Piper. . ... more information