Literature & Criticism from Bird's Books

London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Good. - An Education in the Twenties -. First edition and a rare signed copy. Gift dedication on front endpaper to his friend Jeremy signed by Isherwood and dated May 1961. 8vo, blue cloth boards with black titles on spine. 312pp illustrated with frontis… Read more about this item

London: Pelican Penguin, 1940. First edition. Softcover. Very good. First edition Pelican no. 81. Softcover 158pp plus 2pp adverts at rear. Illustrated with several pages of photographs of authors/ stage sets. ‘A story of recent trends in English and European literature to the works of the most interesting younger writers of today… poets, novelists and dramatists..’

London : Lehmann, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Marie Laure. First UK Edition. 8vo, pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth boards with titles on spine. 198pp. Unclipped dust jacket chipped and with edge wear. Inner book very good and clean. Handwritten dedication on front free endpaper dated 1950. From the Modern European library series. First published in… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1941. Softcover. Very good. 16mo. Printed orange card covers with black and white titles. 156pp. Adverts on rear cover & inside. Volume 1 of the Penguin New Writing Series edited by John Lehmann. Contributors include; George Orwell, André Chamson, Christopher Isherwood, Leslie Halward, M. R. Anand, George Garrett, Louis Guilloux, William Plomer, Alfred Kantorowicz, Nikolai Ognev,… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Stephen Bone. Slim 8vo, tan cloth boards with titles on spine. 135pp with coloured frontis and other decorations by Stephen Bone. Tear to outer spine and some other edge wear. Very good + and clean inside. The first in the Orchid Trilogy. The Military Orchid is a comic masterpiece… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Good/Very good +. Slim 8vo, pictorial dust jacket over terracotta cloth boards with gilt titles on spine, upper edge red. 128pp. Dust jacket not price clipped with some edge wear and a small piece absent. Very good + / near fine and clean inside. There has been an inscription on… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. P Vinton. First edition with signed dedication to Desmond MacCarthy (British writer, member of the Bloomsbury group & critic) by author. 8vo, coloured illustrated dust jacket by P Vinten over blue grey boards with gilt titles on spine. Upper edge red. Some chipping / tears to edges of… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Julian Trevelyan. 8vo, coloured illustrated dust jacket by Julian Trevelyan over green boards with gilt titles on spine. Some chipping / tears to edges of price clipped dust jacket. 186pp. Part 3 of the Orchid Trilogy. Part fiction and part autobiography, these reminiscences ‘cover loosely linked periods in… Read more about this item

London : Grant Richards, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 8vo, black cloth boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. 260pp with colour frontispiece by Felicien Rops. 7pp publisher’s catalogue dated Spring 1915 at rear. Binding cracked inside at pastedowns. Nice and clean inside. Firbank s first novel which deals with the vain Mrs… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1940. First edition. Softcover. Good. Complete set, numbers 1-40. 16mo. Printed card covers. Some illustrated with portraits/ photographs/ photogravures/ tailpieces/ line drawings, mainly monochrome, some coloured. Mixed condition, moderate edgewear with small chips and tears, occasional parts missing from covers, some repairs/ marks, overall fair to good. Some volumes very good, some in fair condition only… Read more about this item

London : Secker & Warburg, 1952. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. First UK Edition. 8vo, original dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Previous owner's name handwritten on front endpaper in ink dated October 1952. Un price clipped jacket with chips, repairs and tears. This contains the 4 famous dialogues in which Gide defends homosexuality.… Read more about this item

Glasgow: R Robertson, 1896. Hardcover. Very good . 8vo, brown cloth boards with gilt emblem on front. 97pp with tissue guarded portrait frontispiece. Upper edge gilt. A collection of prose regarding, and speeches delivered by Mather, who took a keen interest in literary and historical figures. Spine slightly sunned, generally very good.

London : J. M. Dent, 1907. Hardcover. Good. First Edition Undated circa 1907, contemporary previous owner’s name dated February 1907 handwritten in pencil on front endpaper. Brown cloth with gilt titles and decoration on spine. Xvi + 479pp. Part of the Everyman library series. Contents include, Shakespeare with introductory matter on poetry, the drama and the stage, Notes… Read more about this item

London : Longmans, Green, & Co. , 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. And Other Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine. First edition thus. 8vo. Iii + 332pp. Original blue paper covered boards with cloth spine and printed paper label. Printed on hand made paper with the Golden Type designed by Morris for the Kelmscott Press. Printed in red… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1883. A New Edition. Hardcover. Good. Complete in 4 volumes. 8vo, half leather with green boards. Gilt titles on spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Two gift dedications on front free endpaper, one dated 1884 and the other 1932. Vol. I 662pp., vol II 598pp, vol III 558pp, vol IV 572pp. Some shelf wear,… Read more about this item

London: Printed for R. Bonwicke, Tim. Goodwin et al, 1715. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good +. Various. “Containing I. Scarronnides, or Virgil Travestie. II. Lucian Burlesqued, or the Scoffer Scott. III. The Wonders of the Peake. IV. The Planters Manual. Illustrated with many curios Cuts, all new design’d, and engraved by the best Artists.”. A collection of 4… Read more about this item

London : J. Dodsley, 1765. Hardcover. Good. Volumes 1 & 2 only in matching bindings. 8vo, full calf. An early edition of this 18th century collection of English poetry compiled by R Dodsley. Vol I 383pp including index, vol II 400pp including index. Some wear etc to binding, but generally well bound and clean inside. Ex reference… Read more about this item

Sewanee: The University of the South,, 1952. First edition. Softcover. Good +. Blue card covers with black titles, some rubbing and a couple of tears to spine. Articles on Gide, Yeats, Literature, poetry etc. new fiction and poems. Very good and clean inside.

Dublin: William Sleater, 1775. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo, original calf binding, red leather label with titles on spine. Worn at edges, small piece missing at base of spine. 197pp, also included is ”The Bard" and 2 Latin, one Italian translations as detailed below, (all not included in pagination). The "Advertisement" following the contents page states, "At the… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 662pp. A collection of essays and stories on a variety of subjects, including historical events, religious matters, the Cat's Pilgrimage, a couple of fables, Reynard the Fox etc. We also have a couple of others from the series in… Read more about this item