SELECTION DAY.
Picador, 2016. 9781509806232. 1st edn 1st printing signed by author. 8vo. Original black lettered tan cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 330 (no other inscriptions). More
Literature
THE WHITE TIGER
Atlantic Books, 2008. 9781843547204. 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 321 (no inscriptions). More
LES FABLES D'ESOPE Phrigien avec celles de Philelphe avec celles de Philelphe Traduction nouvelle Enrichie de Discours Moraux & Historiques & de Quatrains a la fin de chaque Discours
Paris: Michel Brunet, 1703. 2 vols. 16mo (6½ x 4¼ ins). Rebound in later half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spines gilt ruled in six compartments with gilt lettered labels, blue sprinkled edges (a little rubbed at edges of boards - otherwise a VG set). Pp. [xx] + cxxxv +..... More
THE THREE OF US.
Jonathan Cape, 2023. 9781787334083. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original white lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 188 (no inscriptions). More
IRISH PAGES A Journal of Contemporary Writing 13 Volumes Volume I Numbers 1 and 2, Volume II Numbers 1 and 2, Volume III Number 2, Volume IV Number 2, Volume V Numbers 1 and 2, Volume VI Numbers 1 and 2, Volume VIII Number 2, Volume IX Number 2, Vol
Irish Pages, 2002-2018. 9780993553264. 13 vols. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers, some with printed wraparound bands (softbacks) (VG). Pp. various (no inscriptions). Volume I Numbers 1 and 2, Volume II Numbers 1 and 2, Volume III Number 2, Volume IV Number 2, Volume V Numbers 1 and 2, Volume..... More
BARROCO TROPICAL
Paris: Editions Métailié, 2011. 9782864247135. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 275 (no inscriptions; French text). More
A PAIR OF SINNERS
Granada Publishing, 1980. 0246113251. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 41, illus with coloured and b&w etchings by John Lawrence (no inscriptions). More
THE WANDERING FALCON
Hamish Hamilton, 2011. 9780241145159. 1st edn 1st printing signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered beige cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 181 (no other inscriptions). More
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO COMICS (Cambridge Companions to Literature).
Cambridge University Press, 2023. 9781009255684. 1st edn. 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. xviii + 386, with b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Didaktisches Handbuch 1 2 & 3
Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 1982. 3 vols. 8vo. Original printed card covers (softbacks) (Fine). Pp. 1099 (no inscriptions). [German text]. More
TEXT CULTURE RECEPTION Cross-Cultural Aspects of English Studies
Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, 1992. 3533045137. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (some faint spotting on top edge - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 633 (no inscriptions). More
JUVENILE CORRESPONDENCE OR LETTERS Designed as Examples of the Epistolary Style For Children of Both Sexes
Baldwin Cradock and Joy, 1816. 2nd edn. 12mo. Rebound in recent gilt titled quarter green calf on marbled paper-laid boards and new endpapers (spine a little faded - otherwise VG). Pp. ix + 198 + publisher's advertisement (front prelims spotted; pages a little browned; pencil inscriptions on front and rear..... More
JOHN OF DAMASCUS
Unicorn Press, 1903. 3rd edn revised and enlarged signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. 8vo. Original gilt lettered parchment-laid boards, top edge gilt (spine darkened - otherwise VG). Pp. viii + 335 (dedicatee's engraved armorial bookplate on front paste-down). More
THE SPENDTHRIFT A Tale
George Routledge and Co., 1857. 8vo. Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, gilt ruled compartments with gilt lettered label (a little scuffed at corners - otherwise bright VG). Pp. v + 332, no half title, illus with 8 b&w plates by Hablot Knight Browne (prelims and plates lightly toned;..... More
THE TOWER OF LONDON A Historical Romance.
George Routledge & Co., c. 1893. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (spine tanned and mottled; spine ends and corners bumped and scuffed). Pp. xiv + 439, illus with b&w drawings in text by George Cruikshank (pastedowns and endpapers have been replaced; original front prelims tanned and spotted; previous owner's..... More
THE MAN WHO... Stories by Detection Club Authors.
Bristol: Scorpion Press, 1992. Limited numbered de luxe edn (1 of 125) signed by all the authors and the illustrator on tipped-in b&w frontispiece plate. 8vo (8¾ x 5¾ ins). Original silver lettered quarter goatskin on marbled paper-laid sides, in matching marbled paper-laid slipcase (Fine). Pp. ix + 230, illus..... More
A THOUSAND CRANES FOR INDIA Reclaiming Plurality Amid Hatred
Seagull Books, 2020. 9780857427441. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 162 (no inscriptions). More
THE POETICAL WORKS OF MARK AKENSIDE Collated with the Best Editions in Two Volumes.
Printed at the Stanhope Press by Charles Whittingham for John Sharpe, 1805. 16mo (5¼ x 3¼ ins). 2 vols in 1. Contemporary full speckled calf, spine elaborately gilt tooled in six compartments with contrasting labels, boards with double gilt fillet border and gilt tooled at edges, blue marbled edges (lightly..... More
A RUSSIAN GENTLEMAN
Folio Society, 1976. 8vo. Original beige Japanese sack cloth with gilt lettered leather title label on spine (Fine), slipcase (VG). Pp. 239, illus with lithographic plates (no inscriptions). More
THE LOST DOMAIN Le Grand Meaulnes (World's Classics Edition).
Oxford University Press, 1959. 12mo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (small mark at top edge of upper board - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 283 (from Elizabeth Jane Howard's library with her bookstamp on front paste-down; no inscriptions). More
THE SOCIOLOGY OF ART AND LITERATURE A Reader.
Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1982. 9780715613627. 1st edn 2nd imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xiv + 752 (publisher's neat pencil inscription on title page). More
THE CHASE Or a Long Fatal Love Chase.
Century, 1995. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 242 (from Elizabeth Jane Howard's library with her bookstamp on verso of half title; no inscriptions). More
JOYEUX AMIS Maitre Coin-Coin.
Paris: Hachette, 1925. 1st edn. 8vo (7¾ x 7 ins). Original paper-laid boards with coloured plate on upper board (poor - backstrip perished and boards almost detached - in protective cover). Unpaginated, illus with 5 coloured plates, pictorial endpapers and b&w drawings in text by Cecil Aldin (previous owner's neat..... More
THE HAPPY ANNUAL
William Heinemann, 1907. Folio (14 x 10 ins). Lacks boards and prelims, pp. 3-46 present, illus with full page coloured plates (pp. 3 and 46 torn at edges). More