Literature & History

First edition, first impression; small folio, (28.5 x 21 cm); colour illustrations throughout by Dr Seuss, pictorial endpapers; publisher's pictorial glossy boards, pictorial dustjacket, an excellent example.

4to, 22.3 x 16.5 cm, 4, 190, 127, 121, 11 leaves; bound without the apocrypha but with both illustrated title pages (dated 1610), colophon dated 1611, 4 maps (Garden of Eden, Exodus, the Promised Land in OT, the Holy Land in the NT, a few woodcuts in the text, small defect to first leaf of 'To the Christian Reader' affecting a few letters, small burn mark to leaves 78-81 of Old Testament in the inner largely blank margin but affecting some notes, large corners torn from leaves 160 & 161 with loss of text, short tear to blank foot of leaf 190 Old Testament not affecting text, small corner torn from leaf 76 New Testament with loss of text and a larger corner from leaf 90, short tear to final leaf of table at end, a little light soiling and old staining commensurate with age, a defective copy of Sternhold and Hopkins' Booke of Psalmes, 1610, bound in nineteenth century half calf, quite worn at spine extremities, rubbed, lacks label, a good example of a pre-King James Bible.

First edition, first issue with 2pp adverts at end; 8vo (195 x 140 mm); two illustrations of 'The Sherd of Armenartas', a few spots to half-title and following blank leaf, otherwise very clean; publishers bevelled cloth, gilt, patterned endpapers, the front free one chipped along edges since this was loose, now professionally reattached, rear hinge also restored, otherwise a near-fine copy.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Photographic illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Very slightly rolled, top edge dusty but an excellent copy in the rather frayed, chipped and somewhat tanned dust jacket.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Photographic illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Very slightly rolled, top edge dusty but an excellent copy in the nicked and somewhat tanned dust jacket.

First edition, first impression. Presentation copy to Edith Sitwell. 8vo. Publisher's burgundy boards, device to upper board in blind, titles to spine in yellow. With the pictorial dust jacket. Some partial browning to the terminal leaves, an excellent copy in the price-clipped dust jacket.

6 vols; first editions thus, first impressions, inscribed by the author; 8vo; frontispieces, Cartland's facsimile signature on titles, unused private library labels in each volume, marginal toning to leaves, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's red leatherette boards, gilt letting to spines and front covers, gilt device to front covers, corners slightly rubbed, overall a very good set.

First Edition; Folio 312 x 255 mm); music score with lyrics, decorated with pictorial vignettes, including title-page, head, tail and endpiece; mild age-toning, else near-fine; publisher's quarter cloth over papered boards, with printed paper label to upper board, pictorial dust-jacket, sunned spine, chips to extremities with small losses to tail of spine and upper, outer corner; otherwise a very good and clean copy; [vi] + 40 pp.

First edition, sole impression. 8vo. Original photographic wrappers, illustrating a production shot. Some mild toning to the text block as always, minimal rubbing to the image as ever but a superb copy and far from common in this condition.

First UK hardback editions, first impressions, inscribed by the author; 7 vols, 8vo; all unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, silver lettering to spines, with unclipped pictorial dust jackets, an excellent set.