Literature
DOCTOR CRIMINALE
New York: Viking, 1992. 0670846775. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown/cream cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 343 (no inscriptions). More
SPRING A Folio Anthology.
Folio Society, 2017. 8vo. Original gilt lettered cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (Fine), no slipcase. Pp. x + 85, illus with coloured plates (no inscriptions). More
THE SISTERHOOD
Simon & Schuster, 2023. 9781398519114. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 454 (no inscriptions). More
THE SECOND INHERITANCE
Secker & Warburg, 1966. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered olive green cloth (a little faded at head of spine - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (lightly chipped at head of spine and some wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped)..... More
THE SOLDIER'S RETURN
Sceptre, 1999. 0340751002. 1st edn 1st printing signed and inscribed by author on title page with author's letter loosely inserted. 8vo. Original silver gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 346 (previous owner's armorial book-plate on front free endpaper). More
A SON OF WAR
Sceptre, 2001. 0340734159. 1st edn 1st printing signed and inscribed by author on title page. 8vo. Original silver lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 426 (previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper; no other inscriptions). More
A COMPANION TO THE VICTORIAN NOVEL
Blackwell, 2002. 9780631220640. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xii + 513 (no inscriptions). More
WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT
Hutchinson, 2020. 9781786332349. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original white lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 326 (no inscriptions). More
THE SCHOOL IN THE FOREST
Blackie & Son, c. 1944. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth, top edge green (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (creased with partial loss at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 288, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
THE SECRET OF THE BORDER CASTLE
Blackie & Son, c. 1943. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth, top edge red (faded at tail of spine otherwise VG), dustwrapper (creased at edges with partial loss at top edge of upper cover and tail of spine - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 192, illus with b&w plates..... More
A FELL-SIDE PARSON Joseph Brunskill and his Diaries 1826-1903
Canterbury Press, 2012. 9781853111044. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (top edge dust stained and spotted, small stain on fore edge - otherwise VG). Pp. 257, illus with b&w photos and map (no inscriptions). More
THE LITTLE GREY SHOE
Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1930. 8vo. Original green decorated oatmeal cloth (bright VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. 320 (endpapers partly tanned and fore-edge lightly spotted; no inscriptions). More
VICTORIA-BESS AND OTHERS Comprising Victoria-Bess, Aunt Sally's Life, Racketty-Packetty House.
Victor Gollancz, 1968. Gollancz Revivals edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 141 (no inscriptions). More
ANTHONY POWELL Twaynes English Authors Series
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1974. 0805714545. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on verso of half title. 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark red cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 231 (no other inscriptions). More
A MERRY SCOUT And Other Stories
Rand McNally & Co., 1937. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (rubbed at edges). Pp. 64 (front free endpaper removed; previous owner's neat inscription on half title page), illus with coloured and b&w drawings by Garada Clark Riley. More
NOT DEAD ONLY RESTING
Victor Gollancz, 1984. 0575034386. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 176 (previous owner's initials on front free endpaper). More
A SERIES OF MURDERS
Gollancz, 1989. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 187 (no inscriptions). More
RAAG LEAVES FOR PARESH CHAKRABORTY
Shearsman, 2008. 9781905700776. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on title page. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Unpaginated, with red silk page marker, illus with b&w frontispieces (no other inscriptions). More
JOHN BRICK NOVELS 8 Volumes Troubled Spring The Rifleman The King's Rangers Jubilee The Apple-Knockers Panther Mountain The Strong Men The Richmond Raid.
Farrar Straus and Co. [&] Doubleday [&] Collins, 1950-1963. 1st edn. 8 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered cloth (some vols with toning on page edges and light scuffs at edges of boards; small pen marks on top edge of The Rifleman - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges -..... More
THE FAIRIES IN TRADITION AND LITERATURE
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered light blue cloth (a little faded at extrems - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (rubbed at extrems with small closed tears - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. x + 261 (ex acedemic library with usual stamps and markings). More
INFINITE RICHES Dulwich College Poets 1950 to the Present Day.
Dulwich College, 2016. 9780953949342. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original silver lettered black spine cloth with blue laminated boards (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. 143, illus with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY Volume 82 1992 Lectures And Memoirs
Oxford University Press [&] British Academy, 1993. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. vi + 524, with b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY Volume LXXV 1989
Oxford University Press [&] British Academy, 1990. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 393 (no inscriptions). More
WARTIME CHRONICLE Vera Brittain's Diary 1939-1945.
Gollancz, 1989. 0575045175. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 352 (no inscriptions). More