Search Results: First & Early Editions from Loe Books

London: John Long Limited, 1935. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New and Revised Edition. 8vo. 285 pages. Original dust jacket very good with slight wear and dust soiling, chipped to the top of the spine, not price clipped. Hard back binding very good. Contents clean and tight, light spotting to the page edges, toning to endpapers. A very good copy in a striking dust jacket..

Italy: BVLGARI (BULGARI), 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Limited Edition. 8vo. The First limited edition in original Solander box; this copy is no. 210 of 750 copies - as numbered to the last page. Original box very good, slightly worn and slightly marked. Dust jacket fine, hardback binding, fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine tight copy..

Italy: BVLGARI (BULGARI), 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Limited Edition. 8vo. The First limited edition in original Solander box; this copy is no. 210 of 750 copies - as numbered to the last page. Original box very good, slightly worn and slightly marked. Dust jacket fine, hardback binding, fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine tight copy..

London: Faber and Faber, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 106pp. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, dj somewhat browned to spine and edges, a little edgewear, now protected in an archival sleeve, a very good first edition copy..

London: Faber and Faber, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 105 pp. Dust jacket a little edge-worn and a little browned to the spine, now protected in an archival sleeve, not pc, contents clean and tight. A very good copy..

Not Noted Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. . Colour and b/w illustrations/plates. Original burgundy cloth binding with gilt lettering and black decoration, bevelled edges to boards, a little general wear and rubbing only, spine somewhat faded. Original brown patterned end papers. Contents clean and tight, inscriptions, minimal spotting. A very good copy. 0.

London, 1855. Book. Illus. by The Etching Club. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp 46 + 2 adverts, interleaved with blank pages, Title page with b/w woodcut vignette, other & b/w woodcuts throughout, original yellow end-papers. All edges gilt. Original navy-blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and blind stamped decoration, boards with bevelled edges, a little edge-wear, spine and edges a little darkened. Contents clean and tight, a little scattered spotting mostly to prelims, neat contemporary inscription dated March 27 1855, a couple of pages with some edge-creasing. A very good copy in original binding..

London: Collins, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering in very good condition. Dust jacket edge-worn and chipped with a piece missing from the bottom of the spine, not price clipped, now protected in an archival sleeve. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy in a fair to good dust jacket..

Aultbea Publishing Company, 2004. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 8vo. First Cased Bound Edition, limited to 500 copies only. This copy No 265. Signed and dated by the author - 12/05/05. A superb new copy of this collectable limited first hardback edition that is now out of print..

Aultbea Publishing Company, 2004. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 8vo. First Cased Bound Edition, limited to 500 copies only. This copy No 22. Signed and dated by the author - 12/05/05. A superb new copy of this collectable limited first hardback edition that is now out of print..

Aultbea Publishing Company, 2004. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 8vo. Limited First Cased Bound Edition. Signed and dated by the author - 12/05/05. A new copy of this collectable limited first hardback edition..

London: J. M. Dent & Co.,, 1909. Book. Illus. by Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, Thus. 8vo. A very good to near fine bright volume in the publisher's highly decorative vellum binding, extravagent gilt-decoration to front board and spine (to Brock's design). Tissue-guarded a little foxed, colour frontispiece plate clean, a total of 24 colour plates, internal hinges a little tight, repair to front creased endpaper, faint name to front blank. A very good copy in a particularly attractive binding of this very rare edition..

London: Andrew Dakers Limited, 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Dust jacket with some general wear and a few marks, slight chipping to head/tail of spine, not price-clipped, now protected in an archival sleeve. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy; R. Hunter, 1825. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. Small 8vo. Complete in four volumes, vol. I: xviii, 287pp; vol. II: 340pp; vol. III: 319pp; vol. IV: 336pp. Half leather bings, polished calf with tooled patterning to the spine, gilt on leather spine labels, bright. Marbled paper-covered boards, some surface rubbing, edges and corners rounded. Binding firm. Contents good and tight, matching green endpapers to all volumes, contemporary fine, small signature dated 1825 to the top of the half title of each volume, otherwise unmarked. A very good first edition set..

London: Robert Hale, 1956. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. Gift inscription from the author to the title page: "For Vera With love & best wishes for Xmas & the New Year Jean Plaidy Dec. 1956". 253 pages + adverts. Original dust jacket good, with little rubbing and a little chipping to edges, not price-clipped, now presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding good, slightly water marked. Contents very good and tight, end papers lightly marked with minimal transfer of colour to lower edges from binding; a little foxing; spotting to page edges, paper lightly toned. A good to very good first edition copy, signed by the author..

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Eighth Edition, Revised. 12mo. Inscribed by the author to the title page. 249pp 8 pp of publishers adverts. In very good condition, the boards are a little rubbed only. An interesting association copy. The appeal of this copy is the superb inscription by Milne, to Marion Cran, the notable gardener, and famous for her many books on gardening. Her books include "The garden of ignorance" , "I Know a Garden", "The Garden of Experience" "The Gardens of Good Hope", "The Squabbling Garden", "The Joy of the Ground" " The Story of my Ruin" etc. The inscription is typically witty, Milne reverses their reputations and alludes to a number of these titles. 'For Marion Cran dramatist and author of children's stories, August 12th 1927'. Under the author's name on the title page he writes '- the well-know gardener, author of… Read More

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. viii, 336 + [8 publisher's adverts]; original patterned end-papers. Original red cloth binding with black lettering and designs to the front board, gilt to the spine, good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, cloth a little marked and a little faded to the spine, cloth to head/tail of the spine slightly chipped. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A good to very good good tight copy..

London, New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1865. Book. Illus. by Sir John Gilbert. Very Good. Hardcover. Illustrated Edition. 8vo. Dated using the publisher's address timeline of 1865. A very good copy in a handsome decorative Victorian binding of red cloth with bevelled edges to the boards, blocked in black and gilt; 469 pages plus Routledge adverts to the rear; b/w frontispiece plate with tissue guard, further b/w plates. Binding very good. Contents clean and tight, original brown endpapers, just a few faint spots to the first blank, no inscriptions. A very good early copy..

Bombay: Thacker & Co. Ltd, 1941. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Impression. 8vo. Published in April 1941 one month after the first edition. Original coarse black cloth binding with pasted-on title label to front board, very slight edge-wear and a few marks. Contents clean and tight, neat signature to front end paper, and engraved bookplate to front paste-down, no foxing. A very good copy of this rare title..

London: The Woman's Book Club Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. no date, assumed first, pp 191,Dust jacket complete but with some edge-wear and a large tear to the front panel which, at some stage, has been repaired on the reverse with sellotape, the dj now protected in an archival sleeve. Contents clean and tight. A very good copy..