Recent Arrivals from Island Books

Dent,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and several monochrome illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, rose top, backstrip a little dulled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly rubbed dustwrapper. The City of London arises from the ashes of WWII. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.

HMSO,, 1939. 8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, front wrapper age-soiled and with minor loss at corners else a bright, clean copy. Cmnd 6120. Germany No. 2 (1939). UNCOMMON.

Herbert Jenkins,, [1923]. 8vo., First Edition, First State; top and fore-edge mildly dust-soiled; original dark green pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, an unusally bright, crisp copy. First state of the first appearance of Wooster and Jeeves. This collection of eleven immortal short stories introduces Bingo Little and includes 'The Great Sermon Handicap'. VERY… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph,, [1994-97]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 58 plates on 32; original cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The definitive life of 'Darwin's bulldog' and unlikely now to be surpassed.

Collins,, [1958-57-59]. 3 vols., 8vo., with 3 coloured frontispieces, 6 coloured plates, numerous line illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original cloth (green/ivory/ivory respectively), backstrips lettered in silver and black, coloured tops, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped but heavily worn and rubbed dustwrapper. The set comprises Spyri (J). Heidi. A New Translation by M. Rosenbaum,… Read more about this item

Anthony Blond,, [1962]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and large folding map, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, tiny neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter reinforced at edges. VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.120.

Folio Society,, 2023. 8vo., Second Impression thus, with frontispiece, 7 colour illustrations (one double-page), chapter headings in monochrome and endpaper maps; blocked metallic cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in publisher's printed board slip-case.

Folio Society,, [2019]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations (two double-page) and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked slip-case. VERY SCARCE.

Hurst & Blackett,, 1939. 8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece, title, top and fore-edge lightly browned as often; original blue cloth, eagle & swastika device blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, an unusually bright, clean copy. SECOND IMPRESSION OF MURPHY'S UNEXPURGATED TRANSLATION. Murphy's translation was first published by H&B in unexpurgated form in March 1939; this second… Read more about this item

Bantam,, [2019]. 8vo., Second Impression, with plates, maps, charts and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR [WITHOUT DEDICATION] ON TITLE. SCARCE.

Macmillan,, 1914. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and folding map coloured in outline, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original series binding of blue cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Hogarth Press [with] Gollancz [with] Harper Collins [with] Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, 1978[-2001]. 7 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates, final volume with coloured endpapers; cloth (brown/brown/red/blue/green/green/brown respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. THE FIRST VOLUME IS A PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO GEORGE HEYWOOD HILL AND LADY ANNE GATHORNE-HARDY.… Read more about this item

Andre Deutsch Ariel Press,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 16 plates; ivory cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed and reinforced at edges. Published simultaneously with the German edition: 'Grosse Liebe zu Orchideen'. THE ENGLISH EDITION IS VERY SCARCE.

Arms & Armour Press,, [1986]. 8vo., Second Edition, with 18 plates on 8; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. In the war in North Africa, LRDG (Long Range Desert Group), forerunner of the SAS, won a reputation out of all proportion to its size and short existence. Lloyd Owen's classic account of Y2 Patrol… Read more about this item

Hamish Hamilton,, [1974]. 8vo., First Edition, with 71 plates on 32, 10 maps (6 double-page) in the text, and endpaper maps; red cloth, Pegasus blocked in blue on upper board, gilt back, top and fore-edge lightly tanned else a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The best modern account of the epic action, and the basis of Richard… Read more about this item

Allen & Unwin,, [1977]. 8vo., First Edition Export, First Impression, with full-page map in red and black, 5 full-page pedigrees in the text and large folding map in red and black; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright, crisp copy of the [Clowes] Export edition (preceding domestic edition) with no price on… Read more about this item

Collins,, [2023]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON BLANK PRELIMINARY.

Folio Society,, 1996. 6 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispieces and plates; patterned boards, brown cloth backs lettered in gilt, green endpapers, a near fine set in publisher's printed board slip-case. Splendid FS illustrated edition of the novels. SCARCE.

[Privately Printed, Kingston upon Hull],, [1999]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Horrocks called 50 Div 'the most experienced battle-fighting division in the British Army'; its 'Tyne Tees' badge became a watchword from France to Sicily and onward through North-West Europe. This detailed account covers Sicily and NW… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus,, [2001]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.