READING HILARY MANTEL Haunted Decades
Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. 9781350072558. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (a little bumped at head of spine - otherwise Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. ix + 230 (no inscriptions). More
Literature
THE POETICAL WORKS OF MATTHEW ARNOLD
Macmillan, 1908. 8vo (8 x 5¼ ins). Rebound in contemporary half morocco, spine gilt tooled in six compartments, top edge gilt (VG). Pp. xii + 510, illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard (Chas Sawyer's ticket at bottom edge of front paste-down; previous owner's neat pencil inscription on front prelim). More
THE SCHOLAR-GIPSY
Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1933. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered tan cloth (edge of spine a little frayed - otherwise VG). Unpaginated, illus with tipped-in coloured and b&w plates and pictorial endpapers (no inscriptions). More
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THE CIRCUS(Cambridge Companions to Theatre and Performance).
Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108719223. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xxxv + 292, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
CONFRONTATIONAL READINGS Literary Neo-Avant-Gardes in Dutch and German
Legenda, 2020. 9781781884010. 1st edn Lightning Source printing. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 234, with b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
SOME PAPERS OF LORD ARUNDELL OF WARDOUR 12th Baron Count of the Holy Roman Empire &c
Longmans Green & Co., 1909. 1st edn. 8vo. Original blind-ruled gilt lettered green cloth (light wear on extrems; page edges spotted - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xix + 291, illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard (endpapers and prelims spotted; no inscriptions). More
DOODLES AND DOGGEREL
Ove Arup Partnership, 1989. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered cloth-backed pictorial boards (Fine in printed glassine cover). Pp. 159, with coloured and b&w illus throughout (small mark on front endpaper; no inscriptions). More
CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM LONGFELLOW
Raphael Tuck & Sons, c. 1914. 1st edn. Tall 8vo (9¾ x 7½ ins). Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (corners lightly rubbed - otherwise VG). Pp. 143, illus with 10 coloured plates and b&w plates and drawings in text (no inscriptions). More
MOONRISE The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures (British Library Science Fiction Classics)
British Library Publishing, 2018. 9780712352758. 8vo. Original printed card covers (softback) (Fine in protective cover). Pp. 348, with b&w frontispiece (no inscriptions). More
QUEENS OF THE ABYSS Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird.
British Library, 2020. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine in protective cover). Pp. 350, illus with b&w frontispiece (no inscriptions). More
PRIZE FOR THE FIRE
University of Oklahoma Press, 2022. 9783899550405. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered orange cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. x + 369 (no inscriptions). More
LOST IN THE NEW WEST Reading Williams McCarthy Proulx and McGuane.
Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 9781501349522. 1st edn. 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (VG), no dustwrapper issued. Pp. 243 (no inscriptions). More
AS RICH AS THE KING
Pushkin Press, 2023. 9781782278900. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered purple cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 223 (no inscriptions). More
THIRSTY ANIMALS
Hodder & Stoughton, 2023. 9781529342154. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 358 (no inscriptions). More
AFTER A FUNERAL
Jonathan Cape, 1986. 9780224028349. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (top edge dust stained and fore edge lightly spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 158 (no inscriptions). More
THE BRITISH SPY NOVEL Styles in Treachery.
John Calder, 1984. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 287 (pages a little tanned at edges; no inscriptions). More
BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM
Doubleday, 1995. 1st edn signed by author on title page with a handwritten postcard dated 22 April 1996 loosely inserted. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 332 (no other inscriptions). More
TRANSCRIPTION
Doubleday, 2018. 9780857525888. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 336 (pages a little tanned at edges; no inscriptions). More
CASTAWAY CAMP
The Children's Book Club, 1952. Book club edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (sunned at head of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (rather worn and creased with small of partial loss - in protective wrapper, not clipped). Pp. 208, illus with b&w drawings by Charlotte Hough (small perforation at..... More
HUNTER'S MOON.
Children's Book Club, 1953. Book club edn. 8vo. Original black lettered blue cloth (spine and extrems sunned - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (spine sunned; minor loss at spine ends - in protective wrapper). Pp. 222, illus with b&w drawings by Charlotte Hough (endpapers tanned; no inscriptions). More
BRIEF LIVES
Folio Society, 1976. 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered cloth (VG), slipcase (VG). Pp. 324 with b&w plates throughout (no inscriptions). More
SECOND CHANCE Tales of Two Generations
Victor Gollancz, 1971. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (top and fore-edeg spotted - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 262 (endpapers lightly spotted; no inscriptions). More
ROM@ Roman
Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2011. 9782070123216. Signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original printed card covers (softback) (tiny nick on fore edge of rear free endpaper - otherwise near Fine). Pp. 234 (no other inscriptions) [French text]. More
COLLECTED LONGER POEMS
Faber and Faber, 1975. 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (top edge spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 356 (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper). More
THE ENGLISH AUDEN Poems Essays and Dramatic Writings 1927-1939.
Faber and Faber, 1977. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. xxiii + 469, illus with b&w frontispiece (no inscriptions). More