The Wallet Of Kai Lung

London: John Baker, 1971. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition eighth printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean. Title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with a light toning to edges. Feels gently read, and is still tightly bound. Bumped to head… Read more about this item

London : Penguin , 1936. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first thus, paperback, 256 pages, pages browned otherwise very good in rubbed very good unclipped dustwrapper. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf N11

London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1923. Limited edition, number 131 of 200 copies signed by the author. xi, [1], 299pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's tan cloth-backed grey paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, printed paper dust-wrapper. Very slight chipping to dustwrapper, light browning to endpapers, else clean and crisp. A signed, limited edition of the first book in Ernest… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards, 1923 . Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 7". None. A very smart signed limited edition of Ernest Bramah's collection of fantasy short stories. Number seventy-four of two hundred copies produced, signed by the author.A captivating fantasy novel following the reoccurring protagonist 'Kai Lung', as he recites numerous tales regarding ancient China. The books in the… Read more about this item

NY: George H. Doran & Co. . VG. 2nd American Edition. Hardcover. Second U.S. edition, undated but 1923, bound in orange cloth and picto rial boards. A very good copy. Rubs to the book's edges. Chipping alon g the head of the spine and a small bump at its base. Mild dust soilin g to the covers. Light tanning to… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. About Very Good, lacking the jacket. Green cloth, rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, toned endpapers with the former owner's name at the front, clean otherwise. The first collection of stories to feature Kai Lung, including the much-anthologized "The Vision of Yin," and… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards, 1923. New edition, one of 200 large paper copies signed by the author. xii, 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth backed boards, leather spine label. Near fine copy without dust jacket (some light mottling of spine; gift inscription with verse extract on flyleaf). New edition, one of 200 large paper copies signed by the author.… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 1930. Reprint. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some… Read more about this item

London.: Jonathan Cape.. Reprint.. 1971.. xi + 299pp, front free endpaper signed by previous owner, dustjacket rubbed and foxed on reverse, now protected, overall a good copy. Novel set in China. .

London: Grant Richards, 1923. New edition, one of 200 large paper copies signed by the author. xii, 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth backed boards, leather spine label. Fine copy without dust jacket (some light mottling of spine). New edition, one of 200 large paper copies signed by the author. xii, 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Elegantly produced… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Co, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Second American edition, and first edition issued by this publisher (originally published in the US in 1900 by L.C. Page & Co. Spine label rubbed, faint soiling at foot of spine, else a near fine copy in good dust jacket with a 1 1/2-inch chip at crown several… Read more about this item

Grant Richards, 1923. 1st edition. Hardcover. Limited edition, no 10 out of 200 such copies. Signed by the author. Original grey cloth with quarter-bound cream linen spine slightly mottled, gilt title lettering on black spine label, pages with sporadic spotting, endpapers a little browned. Bramah was an extremely skilful writer, in several different fields, and this was the… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards Limited. Very Good. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. First issue. Green decorated cloth, light wear and rubbing at spine ends and corners, rubbing/wear along lower fore edge showing a bit of the boards - about 1/2" long, foxing on endpapers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages .

London: Richards Press, 1946 Yellow cloth titled in black on spine and front board. Tidy, an ownership name in front. Dust jacket is unclipped, small gaps to folds and spine ends, light rust stain to spine, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Methuen & Co., 1919. 2nd edn. 8vo. Rebound in gilt decorated tan leather binding with marbled endpapers (VG). Pp. 254 (pages rather tanned and small reparied tear at top corner of rear page; previous owners' neat inscriptions).

John Baker, 1971. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1971. Reprinted. 299 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is bright and clear.… Read more about this item

Grant Richards, London, 1923., 1923 Limited edition, #88 of 200, signed by Bramah. 8 3/4 x 6 3/4, 299 pp. Good (moderate edgewear and bumping of corners; edgewear mostly at corners, where the tan paper covering the boards is eroded, exposing the underlying board; also modest soiling/darkening of boards/cloth spine; 3/8 inch superficial scrape to paper of rear board; wear… Read more about this item

Grant Richards, London., 1900. First edition. Octavo. pp [vi], 337. Original green pictorial cloth. The first Kai Lung novel.Small snag to head of spine. Endpapers and title-page tanned and brittle. Front free endpaper a bit chipped and with a repair tear at top corner. Very good indeed, the cover design being unusually bright.

Penguin Books, 1954. Paperback. Acceptable. 1954. Reprinted. 223 pages. Orange striped penguin cover. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Moderate water staining to top edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Moderate tanning and wear marks to spine and covers.

THE WALLET OF KAI LUNG, Grant Richards, 1900, first edition., some rubbing to the top and bottom board edges, some tanning to the end-papers and pastedowns, small loss to the upper fore edge corner tip, else a tight vg copy in pictorial cloth of this, the authors 2nd book and first work of fiction. This copy bears the… Read more about this item