Literature
THE GHOST ROAD
Viking, 1995. 1st edn 7th printing signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (casing with slight lean and page edges a little tanned - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 277 (from Elizabeth Jane Howard's library with a gift inscription..... 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
DEATH IN PURPLE PROSE
Collins, 1987. 9780002321167. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 183 (no inscriptions). More
THE DISPOSAL OF THE LIVING
Collins, 1985. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped)., Pp. 183 (no inscriptions). More
ARTHUR & GEORGE
London Review Bookshop [&] Jonathan Cape, 2005. London Review Bookshop limited numbered 1st edition (25 of 125) signed by author. 8vo. Original quarter bound in brown cloth with patterned sides from a design by Enid Marx for the Curwen Press, top edge brown (Fine), slipcase (Fine). Pp. 360 (no other..... More
LEVELS OF LIFE
Jonathan Cape, 2013. 1st edn 2nd printing signed and inscribed by author to Elizabeth Jane Howard on title page. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (small marks on spine - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 117 (from Elizabeth Jane Howard's library with her bookstamp..... More
THE NOISE OF TIME
London Review Bookshop [&] Jonathan Cape, 2016. Limited numbered 1st edition 1st printing (22 of 75) signed by author. 8vo (9¼ x 6 ins). Original quarter bound in Hamatan yellow 30 goatskin on Atlantic cloth sides with decorative endpapers (Fine), in matching patterned and red-lined slipcase (Fine). Pp. 183 printed..... More
THE ONLY STORY
Jonathan Cape, 2018. 022407198X. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (small nick at top edge of lower cover - otherwise Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 212 (no 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 (VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. xii + 244 (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
THE SEVEN PSALMS A Commentary on the Penitential Psalms Translated from French into English by Dame Eleanor Hull (Early English Text Society 307).
Oxford University Press [&] Early English Text Society, 1995. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xl + 326, with errata letter looselt inserted, illus with b&w frontispiece (no inscriptions). More
THE POETICAL WORKS OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING In Six Volumes.
Smith Elder & Co.,1890. 1st edn. 6 vols. 12mo (7 x 4¾ ins). Rebound by Deighton Bell in contemporary gilt decorated full calf, all edges gilt and marbled endpapers (headcaps chipped and spines and corners rubbed - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various, illus with b&w plates, frontispieces with tissue-guards..... More
WILD HOUSES
Jonathan Cape, 2024. 9780224099851. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 254 (no inscriptions). 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
PETER PAN
Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. 7th imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (boards and page edges spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (rubbed at edges with small tears - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 192, illus with b&w drawings by Nora Unwin (previous owner's gift inscription on front endpaper)... More
MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE DRAMA IN ENGLAND An Annual Gathering of Research Criticism and Reviews Volume II
New York: AMS Press, 1985. 0404623026. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (top edge lightly spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper). Pp. xiii + 364, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
CITY OF BOHANE
Jonathan Cape, 2011. 9780224090575. Signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 277 (no other inscriptions). More
LA DERNIERE EPOUSEE D'AMMON
Paris: L'Edition d'art H. Piazza, c. 1926. 7th edn. 12mo (6¼ x 4½ ins). Rebound in quarter calf on marbled paper-laid boards and marbled endpapers with original cover bound-in (worn at corner, very small tear on front prelims - otherwise VG). Pp. 148, illus with coloured frontispiece (no inscriptions; French..... More
DEAR OLIVER An Unexpected Friendship with Oliver Sacks.
Ithaka, 2024. 9781804184905. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered white cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 259 (no inscrptions). More
THE DIARY THAT CHANGED THE WORLD The Remarkable Story of Otto Frank and the Diary of Anne Frank.
Biteback Publishing, 2022. 9781785906152. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xiv + 289, illus with b&w/coloured plates (no inscriptions). More
