Madman's Drum by Lynd Ward - 1930: A Novel in Woodcuts

William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1935. FIRST EDITION. 8vo.(8.2 x 6.3 inches). Neat previous owners name, dated vi, 35, on the front free endpaper otherwise this is a near fine copy in the original black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt to the spine. The front board with the Author's symbol, lettering and decorative floral border, all in gilt. The rear board with the publishers Windmill logo blind stamped. The gilt and the cloth are still very bright and fresh. In the uncommon original dustwrapper, which reproduces the book front cover and spine in gold on black paper, with 8/6 price still intact on the front inner flap. Lower panel has list of works by Maugham printed in black on white. Loss to the top and bottom of the wrapper, not affecting the lettering. A couple of V shaped chipsbut generally a very ngood dustwrapper on a near fine book. Stott A49a.

Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1965-06-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in.

Dark blue cloth boards with debossed "BW" to front board. Black and white pictorial dust jacket. Stated at back: "This first edition... is limited to 5000 casebound [harback] copies." Photographs are reproduced by sheet-fed gravure with additional halftone colors. 8 sections of photographs total: Brothers, Matt Dillon, Notebook, Lifeguards, Clammers, Hall of Fame, Jeff, and On Leave in Waikiki. The Hall of Fame section are photographs taken at the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, FL. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Light creasing to dust jacket and small area of indentation to back wrap at spine. Light sunning to top and bottom edge of boards. Unpaginated. 11 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches.

BEWICK, THOMAS. A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. NEWCASTLE, 1807 8vo, wood-engravings, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original spine, slightly spottedEx Libris - NOVA VIRERE FRONDE - Harry Lupton, surgeon (d. 1861) author of LUPTON, Mr. [Harry]. The History of Thame and Its Hamlets; Including the Abbey of Thame, Prebend, Free School, etc. etc. Printed and Published by J. E. and F. Bradford. Thame. [1860]The Figures Engraved in Wood by T. Bewick. Newcastle upon Tyne:T. Bewick and S.Hodgson,1807. Fifth edition (pp. x, 525, advert). Octavo (20 cm) in full mottled leather, gilt decoration, title in compartment on spine. In the addenda, Bewick includes an early mention of two Australian species-- the figures and descriptions of two very rare animals, sent from New South Wales, by James Hunter, Esq. Governor of that settlement . The two animals are the Wombach (sic) and an as yet unnamed amphibious animal with a bill similar to that of a duck. Thomas Bewick (1753- 1828), a… Read More

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition, stated first printing. Unclipped DJ. Slight age toning to edge of DJ; Tiny nick to crown of DJ. Internally clean and square book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear at top front flap fold.

Chatto & Windus, London, 1934. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first English-language edition. 8vo. 295pp. Brown cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with a small gilt decoration. Cloth a little spotted and with just a trace of wear to several extremities. A touch of spotting to the endpapers and browning to a blank preliminary and concluding leaf, and the publisher's top edge stain just a little patchy. Really quite a nice, crisp copy, lacking the uncommon dust wrapper. The basis for John Huston's magnificent Bogart movie, this Creighton translation precedes Traven's own translation which he produced for the American issue (Knopf, 1935 - the author is on record stating his preference for this version)..

Victor Gollancz, London, 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 286pp. Blue cloth lettered in blue at the spine. Backstrip faded and tips of two corners gently knocked. Former owner bookplate to the front pastedown, alongside a small dealer plate, and five digits inkstamped to the corner of the front free endpaper (presumably a private library reference code). An extremely crisp copy. No dust wrapper. The author's second book, a collection of four novellas which received an extremely favourable reception and permitted him sufficient financial freedom to begin his seminal work, 'Native Son'. This UK edition is significantly more uncommon than the US edition which appeared a year earlier..

Jonathan Cape, London, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's third novel. 8vo. 223pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. Publisher's top edge stain very slightly faded, else a fine copy in very good Bill Botten-designed pictorial dust wrapper, clipped and re-priced by the publisher, with a little chafing to several extremities, one tiny closed tear and a small area of surface abrasion to the edge of the front panel. Former owner name and accompanying bookplate to the front free endpaper. A super copy of an uncommon book..

International Graphoanalysis Society, 1994-1997. Softcover. Very Good. Monthly graphoanalysis study guides and model answers issued by the Instruction Department of the International Graphoanalysis Society between February 1994 and December 1997. No issues published in July and August. Each issue includes a Study Guide for the graphoanalysis of handwriting specimens and a Model Answer for a specimen from a previous issue. The March 1994 specimen for the study specimen was frequently in the news for several years. The name of this Mystery Writer, his intriguing story, and his graphoanalysis are included in the May 1994 Model Answer. Each issue is a minimum of 4 pp. depending on topic. One Graphoanalysis Worksheet included. 31 issues bound in a 3-hole binder. Excellent resource for the graphoanalysis student, teacher or collector. Tight, clean copy with light shelf wear. Unmarked front to back. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.