Search Results: Titles starting with G from Peter Ellis bookseller

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London., 1972. First edition. Octavo. pp [vi], 318. One of the scarcest of the Booker Prize winners.Fine in near-fine, price-clipped dustwrapper a bit faded at the spine.

Privately printed., [c 1985]. First edition. Quarto. 135 pages, ringbound in red covers. The author is the poet's widow and this is her ''attempt to continue the story of his life from the point where he left it'' (i.e. the year 1947 which is when he ended his autobiography A Stranger and Afraid).Near fine. Scarce - no copies listed on Copac.

Longmans, London., 1960. First U.K. edition. Translated by Eva Figes. Octavo. 273 pages. This novel, the author's second, was awarded the Hermann Hesse Prize in 1957.Spine slightly faded. Near fine in very good indeed, slightly nicked dustwrapper a bit darkened at the spine.

Stanley Paul, London., 1925. First edition. Quarto. 106 pages. Twelve stories, each one introduced with a colour plate by Saida (H. Willebeek Le Mair). The title-page also carries a colour illustration. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt with the title-page design reproduced. Endpapers partially tanned. Very good indeed in very good, slightly marked and rubbed dustwrapper with several short tears at the edges.

Poet & Printer, London., 1969. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Twelve poems, each of which is accompanied by a full-page illustration by Tom Ricciardi who also designs the pictorial title-page. Printed on paper of different colours. Wrappers. Loosely inserted is a short Typed Letter Signed by the publisher Alan Talring.Covers slightly faded at spine and edges. Near fine.

Cassell, London., 1960. First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp [iv], 242. Crime. Ownership inscription, in Finnish, on front free endpaper. Very good indeed in very good, chipped and rubbed dustwrapper with a one-inch closed tear at top edge of upper panel.

The Crime Club, Collins, London., 1963. First U.K. edition. Octavo. 192 pages. A Nero Wolfe chess mystery.Spine a little pushed at head. Near fine in very good indeed dustwrapper slightly nicked and creased at top edge.

John Calder, London., 1981. First edition. Octavo. 139 pages. Glossy card wrappers. Photographs. The Tom Stoppard issue containing pieces on him by Kenneth Tynan, David Gollob, Tim Brassell, et al.Fine.

Hutchinson, London., 1983; 1984;. First editions. Octavo. Three volumes: pp 304; 381; 405.A near-fine set in near-fine dustwrappers, that of the first title being slightly nicked and that of the second price-clipped.

Peter Davies, London., 1951. First edition. Octavo. pp [iv], 260. A novel.Contemporary (1951) ownership signature on front free endpaper. Small Johannesburg bookseller's ticket on front pastedown. Slight fading to head and tail of spine. Very good in very good dustwrapper slightly marked at tail of spine and with several small chips and nicks. Scarce.

Hodder and Stoughton, London., 1975. First edition. Octavo. 192 pages. Crime.Top edge very faintly spotted. Near fine in fine dustwrapper.

Witherby, London., 1912. First edition. Royal octavo. pp xii, 159. 50 chromolithograthic plates by C.G. Davies. Period binding of half green morocco with raised bands, gilt rules, green cloth, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. On the front pastedown is the armorial bookplate of Colonel Richard Sparrow of the 7th Dragoon Guards who was a founder member of the South African Ornithologists' Union.Spine a little faded. Sporadic foxing, but the colour plates which are printed on superior paper are in excellent state. Very good indeed.

Smith, Elder, & Co, London., 1880. First illustrated edition: numerous black and white drawings in the text by Charles Whymper. Octavo. pp xii, 219. Original green gilt pictorial cloth, bevelled edges. Decorated endpapers. Top edge gilt.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the verso of the front free endpaper: ''W.H. [?] Esq - From the author - Dec. 10th. 1879''. The recipient's surname has been crossed through in ink. Covers just a little rubbed in places. Some pages clumsily opened. Very good indeed.

B.T. Batsford, London., 1948. First edition. Small quarto. pp [iv], 12. Sixteen colour lithograph plates. Boards.Free endpapers tanned. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Near fine in very near fine dustwrapper.

Country Life, London., 1918. First edition. Elephant folio. pp xii, 460. Colour frontispiece plate of a painting by George S. Elgood of the Yew Walk, Cleeve Prior; copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Upper corners just a little bruised. Very good indeed.

Country Life, London., 1927. Second edition, revised. Elephant folio. pp x, 438. Copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Original green gilt pictorial cloth. All edges gilt. Minor rubbing to cloth at head and tail of spine and at corners. Very good indeed.

The Verona Press, London., N.D. [1939]. First edition thus. Large octavo. Sixteen coloured lithographs by Marie Laurencin. Designed by Hans Mardersteig and printed at the Officina Bodoni, Verona. Patterned paper boards with leather spine label.Number 674 of 1200 copies.Fine in near fine dustwrapper faintly darkened at the spine and card slipcase which is a bit darkened at the edges.

Faber and Faber, London., 1965. First edition. Translated by Isabel Quigley. Octavo. 293 pages. The author's masterpiece, a novel set in pre-war Ferrara.Near fine in near-fine dustwrapper designed by Leonard Rosoman.

Country Life, London., [1937]. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Cover design, endpapers, title-page and with a different design at the top of each pages. Original cloth-backed paper boards. Covers tanned and spotted at edges. As usual the pale green pages are faded at edges. Very good. Very scarce and one of Bawden's most sought-after works.

A.M. Robertson, San Francisco., 1909 [i.e. 1908]. First edition. Octavo. pp xvi, 399. Numerous black andf white illustrations from photographs. Period binding of three quarter green morocco with gilt floral designs to spine, cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.Period (1908) gift inscription on first blank. Faint fading to spine, otherwise fine.