The Box of Delights; or When the Wolves were Running. by JOHN MASEFIELD - 1935

Faber, London, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition - one of the deluxe issue of seventy specially bound, numbered and signed copies printed on handmade paper - this copy unsigned and marked 'Out of Series'. Green parchment-vellum, lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated with fifteen full-page wood-engravings, eighteen tailpieces and two vignettes by C.F.Tunnicliffe. Boards lifting a fraction and vellum quite faded at the backstrip. Internally in fine state. No dust wrapper, as issued. One of the scarcest editions in the Williamson canon. This deluxe issue was originally to be limited to fifty copies but the print run was increased quite late in the publication process necessitating the disposal of the first gathering which Williamson had already signed. Included with this volume is one of those original fifty signed colophons..

Cornucopia Press, London, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. The second edition of Carr's classic, with a slightly revised text and a new foreword by the author. Issued in a limitation of 300 numbered copies signed by the author and by Ronald Blythe who provides an introduction (this being #282). Printed on mould-made paper by The September Press. Crown 4to. 105pp. Green cloth with paper spine and title labels. Top edge gilt. Former owner gift inscription to the half-title, else a fine copy in the original unprinted acetate protector, just a little nicked at the head of the spine panel..

Chapman & Hall, London 1962 and 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first English editions (first printings) of the author's debut and the subsequent sequel, the former retaining the original unaccredited controversial Andy Warhol dust wrapper design which had also graced the US edition of 1961. 8vo. 144pp and 214pp. Original publisher's boards. Top edges lightly spotted and dust soiled, else lovely crisp copies in non-price-clipped dust wrappers, the first designed by Andy Warhol (his last wrapper design - pop super-stardom was just around the corner), a little tanned, soiled and chafed at extremities with two or three tiny portions of loss to the spine ends and two or three small areas of staining; the second wrapper, designed by William Belcher, is very lightly dust marked in several places. Very good copies of the author's uncommon satirical novels, equally loved and loathed upon publication (Richard Aldington and Nancy Mitford being amongst those who got the joke)..

The Egoist Press, London, 1921. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's uncommon first book: a collection of forty poems and sixty prose pieces which was reputedly limited to 500 copies. 8vo. 79pp. Navy blue cloth lettered in lighter blue at the spine and upper board. Cloth chafed at the spine ends and corner tips. Front free endpaper very lightly browned, and the half-title and final text leaf tanned and with a hint of spotting. Very good. No dust wrapper called for..

Jonathan Cape, London, 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 164pp. Red cloth lettered in silver at the spine. Cloth a little mottled and rubbed at the head of the backstrip. Printed on very slightly substandard wartime paperstock, yet still a very crisp and bright copy in non-price-clipped Hans Tisdall-designed dust wrapper, a little dust soiled, chipped and edgeworn, with some fading to the publisher's red spine panel colouring. The author's first book..

Faber, London, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition - one of the deluxe issue of seventy specially bound, numbered and signed copies printed on handmade paper - this copy unsigned and marked 'Out of Series'. Green parchment-vellum, lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated with fifteen full-page wood-engravings, eighteen tailpieces and two vignettes by C.F.Tunnicliffe. Boards lifting a fraction and vellum quite faded at the backstrip. Internally in fine state. No dust wrapper, as issued. One of the scarcest editions in the Williamson canon. This deluxe issue was originally to be limited to fifty copies but the print run was increased quite late in the publication process necessitating the disposal of the first gathering which Williamson had already signed. Included with this volume is one of those original fifty signed colophons..

Cornucopia Press, London, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. The second edition of Carr's classic, with a slightly revised text and a new foreword by the author. Issued in a limitation of 300 numbered copies signed by the author and by Ronald Blythe who provides an introduction (this being #282). Printed on mould-made paper by The September Press. Crown 4to. 105pp. Green cloth with paper spine and title labels. Top edge gilt. Former owner gift inscription to the half-title, else a fine copy in the original unprinted acetate protector, just a little nicked at the head of the spine panel..

Chapman & Hall, London 1962 and 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first English editions (first printings) of the author's debut and the subsequent sequel, the former retaining the original unaccredited controversial Andy Warhol dust wrapper design which had also graced the US edition of 1961. 8vo. 144pp and 214pp. Original publisher's boards. Top edges lightly spotted and dust soiled, else lovely crisp copies in non-price-clipped dust wrappers, the first designed by Andy Warhol (his last wrapper design - pop super-stardom was just around the corner), a little tanned, soiled and chafed at extremities with two or three tiny portions of loss to the spine ends and two or three small areas of staining; the second wrapper, designed by William Belcher, is very lightly dust marked in several places. Very good copies of the author's uncommon satirical novels, equally loved and loathed upon publication (Richard Aldington and Nancy Mitford being amongst those who got the joke)..

The Egoist Press, London, 1921. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's uncommon first book: a collection of forty poems and sixty prose pieces which was reputedly limited to 500 copies. 8vo. 79pp. Navy blue cloth lettered in lighter blue at the spine and upper board. Cloth chafed at the spine ends and corner tips. Front free endpaper very lightly browned, and the half-title and final text leaf tanned and with a hint of spotting. Very good. No dust wrapper called for..

Jonathan Cape, London, 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 164pp. Red cloth lettered in silver at the spine. Cloth a little mottled and rubbed at the head of the backstrip. Printed on very slightly substandard wartime paperstock, yet still a very crisp and bright copy in non-price-clipped Hans Tisdall-designed dust wrapper, a little dust soiled, chipped and edgeworn, with some fading to the publisher's red spine panel colouring. The author's first book..