The Gold Tree
London, Martin Secker, 1917. With initials designed by Austin O. Spare and cut in wood by W. Quick. Number 36 of 500 copies signed by the author. More
London, Martin Secker, 1917. With initials designed by Austin O. Spare and cut in wood by W. Quick. Number 36 of 500 copies signed by the author. More
London, Macmillan, 1918. More
Sydney, Tyrrell's Limited, 1918 (second edition)/ 1918. The recto of the frontispiece is inscribed and signed in ink by George Taylor ('From Mrs and Mr George Taylor, 1919', incorporated into a small sketch of the couple); the recipient is Eva Wunderlich, former wife of Otto Wunderlich, of the manufacturing family..... More
Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1918. Huxley's third published work, and the third title in the 'Initiates Series of Poetry by Proved Hands'. Bromer A3 (750 copies). More
London, Andrew Melrose Ltd. (with the tipped-in Chatto & Windus slip indicating that Chatto were now the publishers), 1918 (first English edition). Powys' second book, and his first with Chatto & Windus, who would remain his principal English publisher. More
Melbourne, The Specialty Press, 1918. The lengthy subtitle is 'Showing in simple words the passage of a not uneventful life animated throughout by an inborn and unconquerable love of the sea and a most ardent patriotism'. The front flyleaf of this copy is signed and warmly inscribed by the author..... More
London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1919. With the ownership signature of Professor Heinz Kent. More
Melbourne, Byrne and McCubbin, 1919 [first edition]. The frontispiece is a tipped-in plate of the triptych 'The Pioneers', by F. McCubbin. More
London, Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, [1919]. More
Paris, Georges Crès et Cie, 1919 (first thus). Number 701 of a total edition of 1700 copies, this being one of 1650 copies on 'vélin de Rives' paper (numbered 51-1700). The fifth title in the Le Théâtre d'Art series. More
Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1919. One of the Talbot Press Booklets series. 'The play is about the Buddha, in the days before he became a god: and about Binzuru who was his favourite disciple, and who might have become even as the Buddha, only that he saw a woman passing..... More
London, Martin Secker, 1919. More
London, Constable, 1920. Each volume is signed by the author and limited to 210 copies; Volume 1 is number 152 and Volume 2 is number 76. More
London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1920. Frederick William Harvey (1888-1957), English poet and officer in the 5th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment; 'he was captured on 17 August 1916 and spent the remainder of the war in prisoner-of-war camps. His first volume of poems, "A Gloucestershire Lad", was published shortly after..... More
London, Chatto and Windus, 1920. More
Westminster, Beaumont Press, 1920. Number 198 of 264 copies on hand-made paper (a further 66 copies were printed on vellum or Japanese vellum paper). This is the thirteenth book issued by the Beaumont Press. 'The cover and decorations designed by Randolph Schwabe; the typography and binding arranged by Cyril William..... More
London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, [1920s, abridged]/ [1910]. Happy Hour Stories series. More
London, The Bloomsbury Press, 1920. More
Sydney, Published for the Author by 'Art in Australia', 1920. One of 120 copies (of which only 100 were for sale), with an original signed etching by Norman Lindsay tipped in (Number 39). Provenance: R.M. Chirnside, with his John Shirlow-designed bookplate (featuring the racehorse 'Linass') on the front pastedown... More
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1920. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink on the front free endpaper. The inscription reads; 'The Proprietors of the "Register". Please accept this volume as a very inadequate expression of gratitude to you for the help you afforded in making its publication possible..... More
London, Thorton Butterworth, 1921 [first edition]. Fiction set in Polynesia. More
London, Collins, 1921. Number 96 of only 210 copies signed by the author. More
Melbourne, Wyatt and Watts, 1921. Illustrations by W.H. Taylor (Late AIF). More
[Paris], Éditions du Sablier, 1921. Number 372 of a total edition of 512 copies, this being one of 445 copies on 'hollande van Gelder' paper (numbered 1-445, the last 20 hors-de-commerce). This is the 17th volume in the Le Sablier series. More
Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1921. More
Kensington, The Favil Press, 1921. More
London, Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society Ltd., 1921 (first thus). Number 244 of 1025 copies on Riccardi hand-made paper (of which only 1000 were for sale), printed in the Riccardi Press fount at the Chiswick Press (a further 14 copies were printed on vellum). More
London, T. Werner Laurie, 1922. Number 21 of 600 copies signed by the author and "privately printed for subscribers only". With a comprehensive bibliography by Henry Danielson (pages 231-283). More
London, Collins, 1922 [revised edition]/ 1910. Number 218 of 250 copies signed by the author. More
London, William Heinemann, 1922 to 1928. Number 453 of 780 sets (750 for sale), with the first volume signed by the author. The titles are 'The Works of Max Beerbohm'; 'More'; 'Yet Again'; 'A Christmas Garland'; 'And Even Now'; 'Zuleika Dobson'; 'Seven Men'; 'Around Theatres l'; 'Around Theatres ll'; and..... More
London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1922 [later edition]. The cover design (repeated on the dustwrapper) is by Aubrey Beardsley, and the text follows the revised translation of Lord Alfred Douglas (neither is acknowledged). More
London, George Allen & Unwin Limited for 'The Society of Bookmen', 1922. More
Paris, Éditions de la Banderole, 1922 [first thus]. Number 165 of a total edition of 700 copies, this being one of 594 copies on vélin d'Arches' paper (numbered 107-700). More
London, Jonathan Cape, 1922. Number 40 of only 110 copies of the large-paper edition signed by both the poet and the artist (of which 100 were offered for sale). More
London, Martin Secker, 1922 [deluxe edition]/ [1917]. Number 109 of 150 copies of this deluxe large-paper issue on blue paper signed by the author. Loosely inserted is an autograph postcard initialled by Norman Douglas, addressed to his friend Ralph Straus, prolific novelist and biographer: 'c/o T. Cook & Son, Via..... More
London, Privately printed for The Navarre Society Limited, 1922 (first thus). Margaret of Navarre (1492-1549), consort of King Henry II of Navarre, is best known for this classic collection of short stories. 'This translation is from the authentic text of M. le Roux de Lincy, and was first issued by..... More
London, Humphrey Milford, and Oxford, Oxford University Press, [circa 1923]. A large 1936 Kilvington Girls' Grammar School, Ormond, prize plate is mounted on the half-title. The book was awarded to Betty Paterson; the plate is signed by Florence Muriel Fysh, the principal from 1934 to 1943. More
London, Selwyn & Blount, 1923 ('Limited Edition', first thus)/ 1919. 'One hundred copies have been issued of this book with seven hand-coloured woodcuts by Agatha Walker'; this is an unnumbered copy, possibly out of series. More
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923 (second impression)/ 1923. American novelist and dramatist Harry Leon Wilson (1867-1939) was part of the Bohemian colony at Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, which included Jack London, Mary Hunter Austin, George Sterling, Upton Sinclair, Xavier Martinez, Ambrose Bierce, Alice MacGowan, Sinclair Lewis, Francis McComas, and Arnold..... More
London, Duckworth & Co., 1923. The balance of the text on the title reads 'Music by several popular composers, with harlequinade, transformation scene, cinematograph effects, and many other novelties, as well as old and tried favourites. Decorated with designs engraved on wood by Paul Nash'. More
London, Chatto & Windus, 1923 (first edition). A spare title-label is tipped in at the rear. More
London, Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, 1923. 'Of this Edition on hand-made paper 230 copies have been printed, of which not more than 200 are for sale in Great Britain. This is number [Overseas 19].' Signed by the author beneath the preface. [2 items]. More
Glasgow, W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1923. More
Melbourne, The Lothian Book Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1923. Front cover illustration by Victorian artist Eileen Pearcey. Muir 540: 'Although classified by the publishers as a children's book, this story of the activities of an imaginary adopted child does not appear to have been intended for children.'. More
London, Blackie and Son Limited, 1923. More