Literature
SECRET HISTORY
Northwestern University Press 9780810141223. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 109 (no inscriptions). More
BRITISH MYTHS AND LEGENDS Volume I Marvels and Magic Vlome II Heroes and Saints Volume III History and Romance
Folio Society, 2005. 7th printing. 3 vols boxed set. 8vo. Original gilt lettered quarter maroon buckram cloth on pictorial boards, slipcase (Fine/ Fine). Pp. 708 (pages numbered in sequence), illus with b&w plates by John Vernon Lloyd (no inscriptions). More
BRITISH MYTHS AND LEGENDS Volume I Marvels and Magic Vlome II Heroes and Saints Volume III History and Romance
Folio Society, 2005. 3 vols boxed set. 8vo. Original gilt lettered quarter maroon buckram cloth on pictorial boards, slipcase (Fine/ Fine in publisher's unopened shrinkwrap). Pp. 708 (pages numbered in sequence), illus with b&w plates by John Vernon Lloyd (no inscriptions). More
PIERRE GUYOTAT Revolutions & Aberrations Seven Texts 1994-2015
Vauxhall & Company, 2016. 9780992835521. Limited numbered edn (mise en vente of 500 - review). 8vo. Original card covers in printed wraps (softback) (Fine). Pp. 63 (no inscriptions). More
EUPHORMIO'S SATYRICON
The Golden Cockerel Press, 1954. Limited numbered edn (66 of 260). 4to. Original gilt lettered red cloth quarter laid on grey paper laid decorated boards, with rough cut page edges (spine lightly sunned and minor marks - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 158, illus with b&w 10 woodcut engravings by..... More
THE LOST DUCHESS
Ebury Press, 2013. 1st edn 1st printing signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original red lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 433, illus with b&w map (previous owner's neat inscription on half title). More
DIMINUTIVE DRAMAS
William Heinemann, 1925. Collection edn series. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (bright VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 183 (no inscriptions). More
TINKER'S LEAVE
William Heinemann, 1927. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated tan cloth (spine ends bumped; fore-edge lightly spoted), no dustwrapper. Pp. 348, illus with coloured frontispiece with tissue-guard (front and rear prelims tanned and spotted; previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper; newspaper cutting [obituary] glued to front prelim). More
THE LORD OF THE RUSHIE RIVER And Simon the Swan
Frederick Warne, 1992. 1st edn 1st pritning thus. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 88, illus with coloured plates and b&w drawings in text (no inscriptions). More
THE TRUE CONFESSION OF GEORGE BARKER
Parton Press, 1957. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (bottom corner of upper board scuffed - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (upper cover lightly stained and spine slightly darkened; lightly chipped at head and tail of spine - in protective wrapper, not price-clipped). Pp. 40 (some faint spotting on front rear endpapers..... More
THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF GEORGE BARKER
Parton Press, 1957. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 40 (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper). More
THE BRONTES A Life In Letters
Viking, 1997. 0670872121. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered purple cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xxx + 414, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper). More
MYSTERY AT MERLING BAY
Dennis Dobson, 1968. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 200, illus with b&w drawings by A.E. Barnard (no inscriptions). More
POLITICAL SUICIDE
Collins, 1986. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 181 (no inscriptions). More
ARTHUR & GEORGE
London Review Bookshop [&] Jonathan Cape, 2005. 0224077031. Limited numbered 1st edn 1st printing signed by author (22 of 125). 8vo. Original gilt lettered quarter bound orange cloth on decorative paper-laid boards, top edge orange (Fine), orange cloth slipcase (Fine). Pp. 360 (no other inscriptions). More
CROSS CHANNEL
Jonathan Cape, 1996. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original red lettered black cloth (top edge spotted - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, price clipped). Pp. 211 (no inscriptions). More
NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF
London Review Bookshop [&] Jonathan Cape, 2008. 9780224085236. Limited numbered 1st edn 1st printing signed by author (94 of 125). 8vo. Original gilt lettered quarter bound Harmatan fine grain crimson leather on decorative paper-laid boards top edge blue (Fine), brown cloth slipcase laid with matching paper (Fine). Pp. 250 (no..... More
THE SENSE OF AN ENDING
Jonathan Cape, 2011. 9780224094153. 1st edn 5th printing signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 150 (no other inscriptions). More
MURDER IN PRINT A Guide to Two Centuries of Crime Fiction
Barn Owl Books, 1986. 0950905747. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xii + 244 (no inscriptions). More
DORSET POEMS.
Folio Society, 1989. 8vo. Original gilt lettered cloth-backed Moire silk sides and hand-marbled endpapers, top edge gilt (some faint spotting on top edge - otherwise Fine in glassine wrapper). Pp. xii + 83, illus with b&w frontispiece and William Barnes' woodcuts in text (some light spotting on fore-edge; no inscriptions)..... More
GIPSY MORROW
Victor Gollancz, 1937. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (boards lightly marked along top edge - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (some small nicks to edges and light pitting to spine, not price clipped - in protective wrapper). Pp. 448 (no inscriptions). More
PETER AND WENDY
Hodder & Stoughton, c. 1920. 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue cloth (spine a little faded and worn at edges - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 267, illus tipped-in coloured frontispiece, b&w pictorial title and 12 b&w plates (plates lack tissue-guards; plate facing p. 144 reattached with sellotape; some pages cropped..... More
A WINDOW IN THRUMS
Hodder and Stoughton, 1892. Limited numbered edn (284 of 550). Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue buckram cloth (a little bumped at corners - otherwise bright VG). Pp. xiv + 217, illus with 18 plates with tissue-guards by William Hole (some pages uncut; previous owners neat inscription and bookplate on..... More