St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2000. Advance Reading Copy - August 2000. Softcover (22.7 x 15.3cm); pp. [12], 401, [3, blank]; grey wraps with black text, white panel on front cover, 6 x 5.8 cm black and white illustration on rear. Minor spine lean, fore edge appears flush so this..... More
London: Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 2000. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (24.1 x 16.5 cm); pp. xvi, 559; front page edges untrimmed; hard cover, bound in black boards with quarter spine off-white fabric, titled and decorated in gilt; the illustrated dust wrapper shows details of the central panel of The..... More
Los Angeles: The Press in the Gatehouse, 1973. Minature book (7 x 5.4cm or 2 3/4 x 2 1/16 inches); unpaginated (12pp comprising; 2 blanks, title page with etching of a laughing green frog, blank, 4pp text, 4 blanks) ; soft green wraps bound with white string. Near fine, the..... More
Skokie, Illinois: Black Cat Press, 1983. Miniature Book (6.8 x 5.4cm or 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 inches); xii, 34pp, (2, colophon); engraved frontispiece, title page printed in blue and black with small vignette; tailpiece; decorated endpapers; gilt stamped blue leather (lettered on spine, device on top board. Forward, design..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2006. Signed, Collector's Edition. Leather bound. Hardcover (23.2 x 15cm); [8] 150pp; gilt stamped blue leather boards; four raised bands; lettering in ilt on spine; brown silk moire endpapers and silk bookmark; signed by Sparks on the special limitation page and with a note from the..... More
London: Secker and Warburg, 1949. First Edition. Leather bound. Recently rebound in leather. Octavo, 19 x 13cm; 312pp; top edge red; new red and green endpapers; red calf boards with single rule gilt border; lettering in gilt on spine. Top edge dye faded, edges of text block lightly marked; 5mm mark..... More
Santa Cruz: The Good Book Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Miniature Book (7.5 x 6.7cm or 3 x 2 5/8 inches); Unpaginated [4, blank] [10pp] [2, blank]; two linoleum cuts by Donna Thomas; printed on paper made by Peter; Hand-made paper over boards; lettered in black on spine; black device on..... More
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1989. Stated Collector's Edition. Hardcover (22.5 x 14.5cm); pp. [8], 170, [6]; white cloth covered boards; lettering in black on the spine; beige textured endpapers; lilac grey dust wrapper with lettering in black, designed by Christopher McVinish using an illustration by Cynthia Breusch for..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959. First U.S. Edition Thus. Hardcover (19.5 x 12.5cm); pp. 31, [1, blank]; dark brown cloth covered spine with lettering in gilt; brown patterned paper covered boards; black endpapers. Occasional minor scuffs to paper covered boards; 25mm closed tear at the bottom of pp. 3;..... More
London: Peter Davies, 1951. First Edition, Stated Third Printing. Hardcover octavo (19 x 12.5cm); pp. (222); red cloth covered boards; black embossed illustration on the front board and black lettering on the spine; family trees on endpapers; blue, green, yellow and black illustrated dust wrapper. Head and tail of spine gently..... More
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover 16mo (23.5 x 15.5cm); pp. [12], 401, [3, blank]; peach leather spine; beige marbled paper covered boards; metallic blue lettering on the front cover and borders either side of the spine; deckled fore edge; beige textured endpapers; opaque rice paper..... More
New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. Soft cover (21 x 13.5cm); pp. [2], 218, [2, blank]; red and black pictorial wraps featuring a bloodied knuckle on the front cover with lettering in white, red and blue; front pictorial endpaper featuring an eye with overlaid red stripe..... More