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First edition, first impresion. 8vo. Publisher's brown boards, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. A very nice copy in the price-clipped dust jacket.
£125 -
First edition in English, first impression. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the photographic dust jacket. An excellent copy in the little sunned dust jacket, with a small internal stain at the foot of the spine panel. Nice.
£225 -
First UK edition, first impresion. 8vo. Publisher's black and white boards, titles to spine in black. WIth the dust jacket. An exemplary copy in the minimally sunned dust jacket.
£125 -
First UK edition; 8vo; publisher's printed note tipped in; endpapers a little foxed; publisher's yellow cloth, spine lettered in red, printed dust-jacket with photographic halftone illustration, a very good copy; [8], 9-94pp.
£750 -
First edition, one of 150 copies only; large 8vo (268 x 175 mm.); 5 plates by Charles Ricketts, internally very good; original burgundy morocco, elaborately ruled & blocked in gilt to a design by Ricketts, with his monogram to the foot of upper & lower panel, a little rubbed at spine-ends, but really an exceptional copy, top edge gilt, others uncut.
£950 -
2 vols, one of 600 copies & 550 copies respectively; 8vo; titles printed in red & black, vol. I with 5 etched plates by Charles Ricketts, 1 engraved bookplate design by William Bell Scott, tissue guards; vol. II with 16pp. advertisements at end; both in publisher's gilt-patterned green cloth, an attractive, clean pair.
£200 -
Number 773 of 800 copies; tall 8vo (260 x 155 mm.); title with vignette printed in red; original near-white cloth gilt, designed by Ricketts, top edge gilt, others uncut, an excellently bright & sharp copy.
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First trade edition, first printing following the limited edition original, inscribed presentation copy signed by the author, 8vo. Publisher's white paper wrappers printed in black and blue. Wrappers somewhat marked, contents a little browned as always. An excellent copy.
£1,250 -
First edition, first impression, one of 1100 numbered copies, (of 1130). Presentation copy inscribed by Beckett. 8vo; publisher's white wrappers printed in black and blue. Wrappers rather used and marked, with some wear to the backstrip.
£2,750 -
First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo; publisher's black and white cloth-covered boards, a near fine copy.
£2,250