Three volume set : Volume I published 1952, Vol. II 1955, Vol. III 1957. Original Dutch text. Text of all three volumes is clean and clear. Boards show slight wear.
The true first edition, without the Times review on the front flap of the dust jacket. Black cloth boards with red lettering to the spine and heart to the front board. Dust jacket is price clipped, but price of 10s. 6d. net appears on the back flap, along with the book title and author’s name. There is some minor chipping and loss to the head and foot of the dust jacket at the spine. The dj spine is lightly sunned. The back panel has the sketch of Fleming and the blurb about his life. There is some even age toning to the back panel. Some very minor chipping to the foredges of the jacket. Black boards are clean and sharp, There is a 0.5cm closed tear to the top of the spine. Bookseller’s sticker to the bottom of the pastedown fep. A very good copy of this scarce title. Please contact seller for more images and for courier options.
The true first edition, with the Golden Gun embossed on the front board.Bookseller’s sticker and previous owners inscription to the fep. The dust jacket is worn on the front fore edge. With a small tear to the top and a small amount of loss to the bottom. There is some light insect damage to the back of the dw. Slight lean to the spine, boards clean with gilt titles to spine and front board bright. There are some light pen marks to the bottom of the text block and a bump to the boards on the top edge.
The scarce Afrikaans translation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, in one volume. Translation by Andre Brink.
No 200 of a limited edition, signed by both authors. Previous owner’s name and date on the fep.
Signed and captioned by Gregoire Boonzaier in ink to front flyleaf. Contains numerous black and white and colour plates. Foredges of leaves, the boards and DW show water damage. Boards also show some wear and bumping to the corners and top and bottom of spine. DW shows wear, chipping to the corners, spine edges and edges, some soiling, minor closed tears and scuffing.
An unread copy. Various black and white illustrations throughout.
Contains 22 black-and-white photographs. Pages slightly age toned. Boards show very little wear. Text clean and clear.
Vol I & II. : A complete, original, descriptive account of the life-history of every species occurring in the British Islands, together with their habits, descriptive account of the life-history of every species occurring in the British Islands, time of appearance, and localities. And illustrated With sixty full-page plates in colour, and four in black and white. Home made DW in poor condition. Previous owner’s name in pencil to the front feps. dated 1929. Pages show slight foxing. Boards show slight edge wear. Large items, will incur extra postage.
Date published could not be established. Contains several plates and maps. Text is in Dutch. Boards sho some wear and mild soiling. Leaves show slight darkening.
Text clean and clear. Contains various black-and-white illustrations. Cover shows some wear, scuffing and minimal soiling to the front, with significant soiling to the back and bottom, back corner torn from the cover. See scanned images for further information on contents and list of articles.
By M F for Sa: Gellibrand at the brasen Serpent in Pauls Church-yard. 1648. Previous owner’s inscription to end papers. Marginalia to back end papers. With 8 full page plates. Contemporary binding with tape repairs to both end of the spine and wear to edges. Browning to end papers. Split on hinges. Contents good with some browning to fore edges.
Cast bronze head by Edoardo Villa. Cast in 2001 under Villa’s supervision.
Previous book dealer’s label to the front endpapers. Ex-libris stamp to the front flyleaf and the half title page. Contains numerous black and white illustrations.
Incomplete set : Volumes 1 & 2 only. Ex libris of Newcastle Government School to the front fep’s. Some foxing noted, especially to the first few and last few pages. School label fixed to the front boards of both books. Contains several colour plates and maps. One closed and one open tear to the fold-out map in volume 1.
Numerous colour plates throughout. Clean copy. Dw shows very slight wear. Large item, will incur extra postage.
A first paperback edition, signed and inscribed by Bruce Chatwin.
The inscription reads: To Anne Hughes, with many thanks on a memorable day at Sterkfontein, (Bruce Chatwin) 7 July ‘84
Original copy of the Draft of a Constitution for the United Netherlands. Letterpress, 50 pages, 22.5cm x 13cm. Ex-library, with library’s bookplate and canceled stamp to the verso of the title page, and canceled stamp to the margin of one other page only. The loose sheets of this work have been stapled into a later brown card folder. Please contact seller for more info and scans.
Engraved after the original Drawing made by W.J. Burchell Esq. 23 June 1811. Contemporary hand colouring.
From Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa.
