London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005. First illustrated edition, limited and signed, no. 430 of 1000 copies, pictorial hardcover, map design to endpapers, marble design to title and chapter titles, 14 monochromatic plates; very slight bruise to head of spine, very slight creasing to tail of spine, signed by author to limitation page, with previous owner’s autograph inkstamp to lower margin of same page, a fresh and near-fine copy, in matching near-fine slipcase, with very minimal shelfwear to upper margins, and lightly sunned to fore-edge.

New York: Doubleday, 1930. First American edition, 8vo., pp.viii,337, black cloth lettered in red, top edges red; light foxing to inner margins of front endpapers, light creasing to cloth at head of spine, a very good copy, in a good pictorial price-clipped dust jacket, which is worn to extremities, with chipping to headband and apx. 2.5 cm of loss to the tail of the spine, several closed tears with sellotape repairs to reverse, with small yellow dot sticker to spine.

London: Macmillan, 2006. First edition, 8vo., pp.583, blue hardcover, gilt, two small marks to fore-edge slightly affecting a few margins, otherwise a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, covered with adhesive plastic which has some wrinkling.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1994. Signed first edition, 8vo., pp.(ix),308, black hardcover lettered in silver; author’s signature to title page, a very good, clean copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine, else very good.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. First edition, small 8vo., pp.296, red cloth, gilt, top edges red; foxing to prelims and edges, spine lightly rolled forward, gilt dulled, splash-marks to cloth, a good+ copy, in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is chipped with light loss to extremities, with a few closed tears to margins, reinforced with archival tape to reverse. Now in a protective cover.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1984. Signed first edition, 8vo., pp.101, quarter black cloth lettered in red, red paper-covered boards; a very good, fresh copy, ex libris Wilfrid Mellers, with signed presentation inscription from the author.

London: Reeves and Turner. Second edition, adverts dated 1890, 8vo.,pp.199,29, burgundy cloth, with paper title label to spine; ownership autograph with small inscription to front free endpaper, foxing to endpapers, lightly toned and foxed to margins with chipping to edges of text block, cracking to inner hinge with webbing visible, boards working loose to front and rear endpapers, boards rubbed to extremities with light wear to corners and to head and foot of spine, light toning and a couple of stains to spine, title label heavily rubbed and worn with a small piece missing to edge, lettering still visible, a good copy. No dust-jacket.

London: Hollis and Carter, 1952. First edition, 8vo., pp.xii,350, red cloth, gilt, top edges red; light rubbing to extremities, slight roll to spine, a very good copy, in price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has light wear and loss loss to extremities.

London: Cassell and Company, 1938. First UK edition, 8vo.,pp. viii,580, red cloth, gilt; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, foxed and off set to endpapers and to title page, light toning to margins and light foxing to edges of text block, sunned to spine and margins of boards, with some soiling to rear and light rubbing to extremities, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1939. First edition with Raverat illustrations, 8vo., pp.vii,70, marbled purple cloth, turquoise title band, gilt, colour frontispiece, colour and b/w plates throughout; mild foxing to endpapers, light sunning to edges of boards, overall a nice bright copy, in a good+ pictorial price-clipped dust-jacket, which is toned to the spine and upper margin, has closed tears to extremities which have tissue repairs to reverse and some chipping with small areas of loss to extremities.

London: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1972. 8vo., pp.191, black hardcover, gilt; very light spotting to top edges, partial toning to endpapers, slight roll to spine, a very good copy, in a vg price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket.

London: Arthur Barker, 1979. First edition in second issue dust-jacket, 8vo., pp.159, navy hardcover, gilt; slight crease to head of spine, light water-stain/toning to lower fore-margin of front free endpaper, a very good+ copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine, with pale foxing to flaps, and matching water-stain/toned area to front flap, else very good.

London: Calder and Boyars, 1966. First UK edition, 8vo., pp.124, black hardcover, gilt; just slight roll to spine, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is chipped and rubbed (without loss) to head of spine, with some rubbing to extremities, else very good.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1979. First UK edition, 8vo., pp.(iii),164, blue hardcover, gilt; slight marking/foxing to fore-edges, lower corner of rear board lightly bruised, an otherwise fresh and near-fine copy, in very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has light creasing to laminate coating where price label has been removed.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1853. First American edition, small 8vo., pp.329,6(publisher’s adverts), decoratively blindstamped textured cloth, gilt-lettered to spine; professionally rebacked preserving original spine and endpapers, ink ownership inscription to prelim blank, lacks half title, pencilled arithmetic to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to prelims, light wear to extremities, with rubbing to cloth, a good+ copy.

London: HarperCollins, 1999. First edition, signed by the author, 8vo., pp.(v),278, hardcover, gilt; author’s signature on a presentation plate to title page, toning to upper edge, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, with sunning to spine.

Edinburgh: Canongate, 2007. Signed first edition, 8vo., pp.164, hardcover, white lettering; author’s signature to title page, a near-fine copy in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities, with an adhesive stain to front where a label has been removed, and small closed but creased tear to lower margin of rear.

London/Glasgow: Collins, 1939. First edition signed by author, 8vo., pp.(xi),380, blue cloth, gilt; small, pictorial bookplate dated 1939 with neat ownership inscription to front free end-paper, signed by author with a biographical notice to half title verso, sunning to lower edges of boards, light foxing to fore edge,, a very good copy with an unclipped dust-jacket which has small closed tears, light creasing and light chipping to edges, light surface soil, otherwise very good. Now in a protective cover.

London: Boriswood Limited, 1931. First edition, 8vo., pp.271, orange cloth lettered in black, top edges black; some foxing to edges and front free endpaper, a very good, fresh copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is just lightly rubbed and chipped to upper edge.

Edinburgh/London: Printed for the Scottish Text Society by William Blackwood and Sons Ltd, 1941. 8vo., pp.ciii,191,8, quarter black leather, gilt, green cloth boards, t.e.g., b/w frontispiece; toning to free endpapers, a very good copy indeed.