The Evolution of Physics
EINSTEIN, Albert & INFELD, Leopold First edition, first printing. 8vo. First issue pale blue stiff boards with gilt titles & gilt vignette (second issue has limp boards with silver gilt titles & vignette). Pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean, unmarked boards. Internally clean with contemporary ink name & date to endpaper of E[rnest] Athole Ross, May, 1938 - an MD and published author on the specific gravity of blood and tissue. Endpapers original and unsplit. The very good+ dustwrapper is complete with no loss. Some edgewear to extremities & toning to spine. Original price of 8s6dnet to front flap. An attractive copy of the first issue of this prewar Einstein title. Traces the development of ideas in physics from early concepts to Relativity and Quanta.- $625
- $625
Winnie the Pooh
MILNE, A. A. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Green boards with gilt titles & gilt vignette of Pooh to front board. Gilt topedge. A very good copy. No fraying, chipping or splitting. A few small marks to front & rear board. Internally complete. A few small occasional handing marks. Two leaves with short 0.5" closed tear to foot of blank margin. No inscriptions. Original endpapers original and unsplit. No colouring of illustrations & no loose leaves. A very good copy of the first edition of this children's classic. The classic adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends in which Pooh bear pursues honey at a sore cost, Eeyore has a birthday and Piglet meets a Heffalump.- $797
- $797
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [Deluxe Edition]
ROWLING, J. K. Still in original cellophane shrinkwrap with barcode to rear - just slit to leading edge to confirm first printing/impression status - states "First Edition" on copyright page [please be aware that some sealed copies will not necessarily be first editions as thiese early deluxe edition titles still had reprints]. First Deluxe Edition. First Printing. Purple cloth boards with gilt titles & illustrated vignette to front board. Totally "as new" copy in original shrink wrap. A big death shakes to the cores and everything about their life will change forever. One of the darkest of the Harry Potter novels.- $446
- $446
Strange Stories [rare in dustwrapper]
BLACKWOOD, Algernon First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black boards with gilt titles. A fine copy with clean boards. Internally clean and complete with no inscriptions and no marks to textblock edges. The very good+ dustwrapper is scarce with one small slither chip to top right corner of front panel and a closed tear to left corner. Normal edgewear to extremities & mild toning to spine. Orignal price of 7/6net to spine. Incredibly hard to locate in dustwrapper. Twenty six stories of the Occult.- $701
- $701
Sleeping Murder
CHRISTIE, Agatha First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black boards with silver gilt titles. Pink typographical dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. A hint of spotting to topedge o/w clean and fresh with no inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper is fresh and clean with no edgewear. Mild lightening to spine but much less than usual. Original price of £3.50net to front flap. An attractive copy. Wagstaff & Poole p.221. Gwenda moves to a new home and strange things start to happen; Miss Marple is called in to exorcise her ghosts and consequently an old crime to solve.- $172
- $172
4.50 From Paddington
CHRISTIE, Agatha First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with black titles. Grey and red typographical dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. Internally complete with no spotting to textblock edges. Usual toning to leaves. No inscriptions. The very good+ dustwrapper has some edgewear with small nick to top & bottom left spine tip/corner o/w complete. Some dustiness with a few spots to rear wrapper panel. None of the usual heavy fading to red spine & white spine lettering. The original price of 12s6dnet to front flap. Wagstaff & Poole p.207. A Miss Marple novel. Two trains pass each other in the night - a glimpse of a possible murder flashed by. On arrival at the her destination Elspeth receives little sympathy for her fleeting images but on the fortunate arrival of Jane Marple the potential investigation takes on a new level of credibility.- $338
- $338