Literature from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1949. 8vo. [v], 354 pp. Hardcover in unclipped pictorial jacket. Light rubbing and edgewear to jacket. Internally clean. The first portrait of the writer to be published, benefitting from the full co-operation of Joyce himself. With a portrait by Augustus John and eight full-page photo-montages. . Fine. Hardcover. 1949.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1968. 8vo. In 3 volumes. Green hardback in illustrated dust jackets. Slight creasing and a few tears to top of jackets and a few marks and scuffs but generally in very good, clean condition. Just a few creases and tears to jackets. Titus Groan volume has an introduction by Anthony Burgess. This edition is reset and… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber Limited 1958. Small 8vo. First Edition. 159 pp. Light blue cloth in unclipped jacket. . Internally clean. . Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 1958.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1928. 12mo. ix, 286 pp. Full limp blue leather, with gilt monogram to board and gilt lettering and decoration to spine; t.e.g. Minor rubbing, internally clean. Colour frontis and numerous black and white plates. Stevenson's tale of the knight Dick Shelton during the Wars of The Roses. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Leather. 1928.

London: Penguin Books 1937. 12mo. Penguin first edition #83 . 254 pp. Paperback. Slight tears at head and tail of spine. Internally clean. Bates' fifth novel, it deals with the loss of rural life. . Very Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 1937.

London: Secker & Warburg 1960. Small 8vo. First UK edition. 158, [2] pp. Hardcover in pictorial unclipped jacket. Some rubbing to jacket. Internally clean. Review copy slip insert. A murder mystery novel set in Montreal. . Very Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 1960.

London: Chatto & Windus 1960. 8vo. 4th impression. 318 pp. Hardcover in illustrated unclipped jacket. Minor chipping to jacket edges. Internally clean. The story of a a schoolmaster who begins a love affair with a painter who has been commissioned to paint a portrait of the school's previous headmaster. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 4th Impression. 1960.

London: George Allen and Unwin 1957. 8vo. 2nd impression. 80 pp. Hardcover with dragon design to board in illustrated jacket, clipped, but showing a price of 7 ; illustrated endpapers. Short tear at head of jacket's spine, which has some spotting. Internally clean. With 2 full page colour illustrations and numerous in-text black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Tolkien's… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1965. Small 8vo. First edition. 190 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine and gilt 'Sign of the Saint' to board in clipped jacket. Very slight spotting to jacket and minimal bumping to boards. Minor spotting to edges, though internally clean . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1965.

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1962. Small 8vo. First edition. 189 pp. Hardcover in unclipped illustrated jacket; gilt lettering to spine and gilt 'Sign of the Saint' to front board. Very light rubbing and edge wear to jacket. Minor spotting to edges, though internally clean. Uncommon. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1962.

London: Penguin Books 1935. 12mo. First Penguin edition. 288 pp. Penguin paperback. First section a little loose an minor wear to extremities. A couple of short tears, folding and minor water staining to edges of final 15 or so pages. Bookplate to pastedown, otherwise internally clean. . Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 1935.

London: Jonathan Cape 1963. Small 8vo. Reprint. 203 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial unclipped jacket. Offsetting to ffep. from insert, otherwise internally clean. Clipping insert from a letter from an editor at Chatto and Windus to a publication explaining why Ultramarine ended up being published by Jonathan Cape. Based on a journal Lowry kept on his… Read more about this item

London: John Murray 1956. Small 8vo. First English edition. [iv], 132 pp. Hardcover with small design to front board in unclipped illustrated jacket. Jacket very slightly edgeworn and minor bumping to ends of book's spine. Some offsetting at endpapers, otherwise internally clean. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First English Edition. 1956.

London: The Folio Society circa 2010. 8vo. xiv, 178 pp. 8 leaves of colour plates. Dark blue cloth flecked with metallic greens and silver design in blue slipcase. As this is shrink-wrapped, we have not determined which printing this is. It was first published by the Folio Society in 2010, with reprints in 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2021. .… Read more about this item

London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. circa 1920s. 16mo. xxiv, 370 pp. Rebound in quarter speckled calf over marbled boards in cloth slipcase; red title label and gilt lettering and devices to spine; top edge stained green. Very slight bumping to slipcase and light spotting to edges of text block, though internally clean. With an introduction by… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1958. Small 8vo. First edition. 190 pp. Hardcover in unclipped illustrated jacket with gilt lettering to spine. Light rubbing to jacket extremities and rear panel. Minor spotting to edges, affecting the edges of only a few pages. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1958.

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1964. Small 8vo. First edition. 192 pp. Hardcover in clipped illustrated jacket; gilt lettering to spine and gilt 'Sign of the Saint' to front board. Light rubbing and marking to spine and rear of jacket. Slight bumping and spine lean to book. Minor spotting to edges, though internally clean. Uncommon. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1959. Small 8vo. First edition. 190 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial unclipped jacket. Some staining to rear panel of jacket and minor crushing to its extremities. Minor spotting to prelims and edges, otherwise internally clean. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1959.

London: Oxford University Press 1938. 8vo. Reprinted, with corrections. ix, 378 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Minimal rubbing and bumping to extremities. Ink name dated 1943 to ffep. Some spotting to endpapers and prelims, otherwise internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 1938.

London: Chapman and Hall 1848. Small 8vo. [viii.], 344 pp. Half dark green calf binding. Gilt lettering and decoration to the spine with further gilt detail to the boards. Marbled edges and end papers. VG/ near fine condition with just some general wear to the spine and corners. Internally clean. Frontis after a painting by Geo Cattermole. . Very Good.… Read more about this item