Signed First Editions

First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author; 8vo, (22.3 x 14 cm); internally fine, signed letter from Cartland folded once and tipped in; publisher's russet cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with price-clipped pictorial dust jacket, an excellent copy; [xiv], 159pp.

First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author; 8vo; publisher's blue-grey boards, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket. A very nice copy in the dust jacket with some mild browning to the verso.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's red cloth, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. Very mild spotting to the top edge, light partial browning to the endpapers, an excellent copy in the little toned dust jacket just a touch faded at the spine.

First edition, first printing, inscribed by the photographer; 4to; Publisher's black boards, titles to upper board and spine in white. With the dust jacket. A superb copy in the dust jacket.

First edition thus, one of 2 copies on Imperial vellum numbered xx, from a total edition of 22, Prokosch's own copy with his signed bookplate, also signed by him on the colophon; 12mo; original hand-coloured illustration by Frederic Prokosch signed by him in pencil and mounted as frontispiece; original patterned brick red and gilt wrappers, gilt label to upper cover, with Prokosch's manuscript 'Bibliographical Note' on blue paper, preserved in blue marbled folding case and quarter morocco slipcase. A fine example.

Second printing, presentation copy inscribed by the artist; 8vo; Publisher's photographic wrappers. With the original unprinted glassine. Very minor blemish ton the upper wrapper, but excellent in the little worn glassine.

First edition thus, one of 2 copies on red Florentine numbered xx, from a total edition of 22, Prokosch's own copy with his signed bookplate, also signed by him on the colophon; 12mo; original hand-coloured illustration by Frederic Prokosch signed by him in pencil and mounted as frontispiece; original silver foil wrappers, brick red label to upper cover, with Prokosch's manuscript 'Bibliographical Note' on blue paper, preserved in black folding case and quarter morocco slipcase. A fine example.

First edition thus, one of 2 copies on Imperial vellum numbered xx, from a total edition of 22, Prokosch's own copy with his signed bookplate, also signed by him on the colophon; 12mo; original hand-coloured illustration by Frederic Prokosch signed by him in pencil and mounted as frontispiece; original patterned light brown wrappers, gilt label to upper cover, with Prokosch's manuscript 'Bibliographical Note' on blue paper, preserved in blue marbled folding case and quarter morocco slipcase. A fine example.

First edition, first impression, limited issue no. 449 of 500 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author. 8vo. Original cloth backed boards, original tissue wrapper. A fine copy in the tissue jacket.

First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo, (20.8 x 14.5 cm); vignette to title page, pencil interlinear textual annotations, unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, black and white dustjacket printed in yellow and red, jacket a little chipped at edges, overall a very good copy; 69pp.