Literature
IT ALL ADDS UP From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future A Non Fiction Collection.
Secker & Warburg, 1994. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiii + 327 (page edges tanned; no inscriptions). More
MORE DIE OF HEARTBREAK
Secker & Warburg, 1995. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (top edge a little spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (some light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 335 (no inscriptions). More
THE SMASH-UP
Riverrun, 2021. 9781529409314. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered light grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, nort price clipped). Pp. 335 (no inscriptions). More
L'HOMME A LA RECHERCHE DE SON AME Témoignage d'un français sur le drame de ce temps.
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1943. Limite4d numbered edn (174 of 1000). 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG, in worn protective cover). Pp. 309, illus by Andre Jacquemin with b&w frontispiece and b&w plates (endpapers lightly spotted; no inscriptions; French text). More
ENGLISH BOOKS & READERS 1475 to 1557 Being a Study in the History of the Book Trade from Caxton to the Incorporation of the Stationers' Company [&] ENGLISH BOOKS & READERS 1603 to 1640 Study of the Book Trade in the Reigns of James I and Charles I.
Cambridge University Press, 1952 [&] 1970. 1st edn. 2 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges of vol I - otherwise VG in protective covers, vol II price clipped). Pp. xiii + 336 [&] xiv + 253 (previous owner's neat inscription on front..... More
QUEEN LUCIA Part I
Harper and Row, 1984. 006080694X. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 318 (no inscriptions). More
THE OTHER OCCUPANT
Macmillan, 1990. 9780333525098. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (tanned at spine and edges - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 167 (from Elizabeth Jane Howard's library with her bookstamp on title page; no inscriptions). More
OEUVRES COMPLETES DE P.J. BERANGER Édition Unique Revue par l'Auteur Ornee de 104 Vignettes en Taille-douce Dessinees par les Peintres les plus Celebres Tomes I-IV
Paris: Perrotin, 1834. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full maroon morocco, gilt tooled raised ribbed spines, gilt ruled boards, top edges gilt, gilt tooled inner dentelled edged marbled endpapers (headcaps worn and some light scratches on sides - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various, illus with engraved plates with tissue-guards (some..... More
THREE NOVELS Resurrection of Mozart, Waiter and the Slut, Astachev in Paris.
Chatto and Windus, 1990. 1st edn. 12mo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 215 (from Elizabeth Jane Howard's library with her bookstamp on half title; no inscriptions). More
INDECENT EXPOSURE
Hamish Hamilton, 1975. 0241891906. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (edges lightly marked - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 231 (no inscriptions). More
BALKAN SPACES Essays and Prose-Pieces (1) 1984-2020.
Shearsman Books, 2021. 9781848617537. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 469, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
IL MOBILE DEI LUMI Milano Nell'eta di Giuseppi Maggiolini Volume 1 (1758-1778)
Milano: Edizione Inlimine, 2010. 8890171928. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original white lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xix + 21-492, illus with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions; Italian text). More
LA NUIT VA BIENTOT TOMBER entretiens avec Joëlle Gayot suivi de L'encre c'est le sang conversations avec Laure Adler.
Paris: Gallimard, 2019. 8vo. Original printed card covers (softback) (mise en vente stamp on upper cover - otherwise Fine). Pp. 316 (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
WITH PREJUDICE A Selection of the Jerusalem Post Column
Carta Jerusalem Post, 1981. 9652200344. 1st edn.. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (spine and top edge of upper cover a little faded - otherwise VG, not price clipped). Pp. 256, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS A Companion for Booksellers Librarians and Collectors.
Scolar Press, 1994. 9780859679305. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xiv + 461, illus with b&w plates and photos in text (previous owner's neat inscription on front paste-down). More
PAUL ET VIRGINIE
Paris: Editions de l'Eventail, 1983. 9782881010279. 8vo. Original gilt decorated dark green and black buckram cloth (top edge dust stained, fore edge spotted), no dustwrapper. Pp. 448, illus with b&w drawings in text (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
THE GIRLS ARE GOOD
HarperCollins, 2022. 9780008503048. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 205 (no inscriptions). More
ONE SMALL VOICE
Fig Tree, 2023. 9780241582336. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 383 (no inscriptions). More
THE SAVAGE SKY
Robert Hale, 1961. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered dark blue cloth (casing with slight leant; minor marks on boards), dustwrapper (partial loss on front flap; lower cover tanned - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 192 (endpapers lightly spotted; ex public library with usual stamps and markings). More
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE Tales of Soldiers and Civilians.
New York: Modern Library, 1927. 12mo. Original gilt lettered red cloth, top edge blue (spine a little faded - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xvi + 403 (from Elizabeth Jane Howard's library with her bookstamp on verso of half title; no inscriptions). More
TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS
New York: Heritage Press, 1943. Tall 8vo. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (scuffed at corners - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xxx + 222, illus with wood engravings by Paul Landacre (no inscriptions). More
THE TORTURER'S APPRENTICE Stories
Orion, 2003. 0752846868. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (very lightly bumped at head and tail of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (lightly creased at head of spine and on top edge of upper flap, not price clipped). Pp. 176 (no inscriptions). More
BODILY HARM.
Macmillan, 1992. 0333578287. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (some light spotting on top edge - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 339 (no inscriptions). More