Il Decameron.
Amsterdamo: [Elsevir], 1665. First Elzevir edition. Early red calf elaborately stamped in gilt and blind.
Amsterdamo: [Elsevir], 1665. First Elzevir edition. Early red calf elaborately stamped in gilt and blind.
London: Gibbings and Co. Ld. 1895. First Brangwyn edition. One-half green crushed morocco over marbled boards spines simply gilt with title and central devices.
London: Methuen & Co., 1908. First edition, first printing. Publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth, fore- and lower edges untrimmed, top edge trimmed and gilt. This is the first appearance of one of the most important imaginative texts of the 20th century. Kenneth Graham's beautifully bucolic bedtime-story-turned-book rests in the influential background.....
London: Methuen & Co., 1908. First edition, first printing. Contemporary blue half-calf backed blue cloth, six-paneled spine, title and author panels in red and green, respectively, gilt decorations. Fore- and lower edges untrimmed, top edge trimmed and gilt. Margins remain wide and largely unaffected. This is the first appearance of.....
Doubleday, 1970. First edition, first printing. Introduction by Graham Greene. Scarce early collection of short stories from one of the masters of psychological thriller.
London: Nonesuch Press, 1931. First edition thus. Full tan and brick red morocco, five raised bands to spine, gilt title panel, double gold filleting to front and rear boards. Fore- and lower edges untrimmed, top edge trimmed and gilt. Marbled endpapers. Lacking slipcases. Limited to 1450 copies (Iliad) and 1300.....
Faber and Faber, 2000. First UK edition, first printing.
Thornwillow Press, 2021. Limited edition. Leaf patterned paper-covered boards over yellow cloth spine and corners. #117/250 copies signed by the publisher on the colophon page. Laid in are several publisher's printed pamphlets including a list of subscriber's to the press, in separate mylar sleeve.
Little, Brown and Company, 2013. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Number 43 of Powell's Indiespensable Series. Interview booklet included.