20th century

First edition, first impression; 8vo; slight offsetting to endpapers, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, blue lettering to spine, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket by Tony Palladino, slight rubbing to corners and spine ends; a very good copy overall.

First edition, one of 500 copies, inscribed by Joseph Blumenthal to Harold Corbin; royal 8vo; bookplate to front pastedown, internally fine; publisher's cloth-backed grey paper boards, printed paper title label to spine, fore and bottom edges uncut, housed in grey card slipcase, edges browned, slightly rubbed, further housed in green cloth slipcase, printed paper title label to spine, spine slightly faded; a near-fine example.

First edition; 8vo; single leaf, bifold, printed on all 4 pages, text in English and Italian, light edge-wear, else near-fine.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; minor age-toning, light spotting and offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, small puncture to rear cover affecting terminal leaves, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket, front panel slightly marked, rear panel slightly sunned, slight edge-wear; very good.

First edition, one of 300 copies; 12mo; unmarked internally; original blue wrappers, black lettering to upper cover, spine a trifle sunned, otherwise near-fine.

First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo; 7 coloured plates on thick coloured paper by Eric Kennington, slight age-toning to leaves, otherwise unmarked internally, 'First Pharos Editions' list tipped in; publisher's orange cloth, blue lettering to spine and upper cover, pictorial endpapers, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket, somewhat toned, loss to top edge of front panel (affecting title), slight loss to head and foot of spine; very good overall.

First UK edition; 8vo; previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper, minor offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's green cloth, silver lettering to spine, with the pictorial dustjacket, price-clipped, slight rubbing to extremities; a very good copy.

Limited edition, one of 58 copies, inscribed by Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning; large 8vo; 11 full-page black and white lithographs by Max Ernst, a further 11 black and white reproductions in appendix, of which one is mounted in-text, light toning to leaves, else unmarked internally; publisher's green pictorial wrappers, unevenly sunned, light creasing to extremities, some loss to spine and corners, rear panel slightly marked, else very good.

First edition, sole impression; 8vo; publisher's printed stapled self-wrappers string-tied into original cloth-backed pictorial board folder, cover illustration after design by Lewis, boards with dust soiling, chipped corners, and scattered staining; staples rusted.

First edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author; 8vo (21 x 14.5 cm); presentation inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto, photo-illustrated title; publisher's cloth, light fading to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket with slight rubbing and minor creasing to head and tail, light rubbing to lower panel, overall a near-fine copy.