POE A Life Cut Short
Chatto & Windus, 2008. 9780701169886. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 170, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
Biography
WILKIE COLLINS
Chatto & Windus, 2012. 9780701169909. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. vii + 199, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
ALBERT FREDERIC ACTON A Victorian Gentleman
Privately published, 2000. Signed and inscribed by author on inside front cover. Tall 8vo. Original printed card covers (softback) (marks on lower cover - otherwise VG). Pp. 123, illus with b&w photos (no other inscriptions). More
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
Headline, 2002. 1st edn 1st printing signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 373, illus with coloured and b&w plates (no other inscriptions). More
CHARLES LAMB English Men of Letters
Macmillan, 1908. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth, top edge gilt (small mark on upper board - otherwise bright VG). Pp. x + 191 (previous owner's armorial bookplate on front paste-down; no inscriptions). More
CRABBE English Men of Letters
Macmillan, 1903. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth, top edge gilt (VG). Pp. viii + 210 (previous owner's armorial bookplate on front paste-down; no inscriptions). More
CHARLES R. BOXER An Uncommon Life Soldier Historian Teacher Collector Traveller
Goa: Fundação Oriente, 2001. 9727850235. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on half title. 4to. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (upper cover torn at head of spine; a few spots and minor marks on page edges). Pp. 616, with b&w photos (no other inscriptions). More
THE BRIGHTFOUNT DIARIES
Remploy, 1978. New edn signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (spine lightly sunned - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). More
GERTRUDE LAWRENCE AS MRS A An Intimate Biograpy of the Great Star by Her Husband
Odhams Press, 1955. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (spine a little faded - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 351, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's inscription on front endpaper). More
ROY CAMPBELL A Critical Biography.
Oxford University Press, 1982. 0192117505. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. x + 277, illus with b&w photos (previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper). More
THE SOUL OF A BUTTERFLY Reflections on Life's Journey
Bantam Press, 2004. UK 1st edn 1st printing signed by authors on front free endpaper. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 221, illus with b&w photos (no other inscriptions). More
THE POET AS SPY The Life and Wild Times of Basil Bunting
Aurum Press, 1998. 1854104772. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xvi + 221, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
W.B. YEATS The Man and the Milieu
John Murray, 1998. 0719554209. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. xvi + 388, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
TITCH The Founder's Tale
Banbury: Live Wire Books, 2007. 9780955312434. 1st edn signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 280, ilus with b&w and coloured photos (previous owner's address sticker on front pastedown; no other inscriptions). More
KIPLING SAHIB India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling 1865-1900
Little Brown, 2007. 0316726559. 1st edn signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original red lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (rumpled on top edge of upper cover - otherwise Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xix + 426, illus with coloured and b&w plates and maps (no other..... More
KIPLING SAHIB India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling.
Little Brown, 2007. 0316726559. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red lettered brown cloth (upper board lightly marked - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xix + 426, illus with coloured and b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions). More
SALMAN RUSHDIE A Memoir
Jonathan Cape, 2012. 9780224093972. 1st edn 1st printing. Tall 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. x + 633 (no inscriptions). More
EVERY SECOND COUNTS
New York: Broadway Books, 2003. 9780385508711. 1st edn 1st printing signed by author on half title. 8vo. Original blue lettered blue/cream cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 246, illus with b&w frontispiece (no other inscriptions). More
TRELAWNY A Man's Life
Robert Hale, 1941. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 352, illus with b&w portrait frontispiece (no inscriptions). More
I AM FIFTEEN AND I DO NOT WANT TO DIE
Collins, 1956. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered light blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (light wear on extrems; spine sunned - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 127 (endpapers and prelims lightly tanned; previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown). More
THESIGER A Biography
Viking, 1994. 1st edn 1st printing signed and inscribed by Wilfred Thesiger on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxiv + 582, illus with coloured photos and b&w maps (no other inscriptions). More
ADVENTURES IN THE STRAND Arthur Conan Doyle and the Strand Magazine
British Library, 2016. 9780712309844. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 288, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
GETTING MY KNEES BROWN
Privately published by author, 1996. 9780952912408. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 271 (no inscriptions). More
EYEBALL TO EYEBALL
Quorum, 1996. 9780948726019. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 177, illus with coloured drawings (no inscriptions). More
THE CINGALESE PRINCE
Hurst & Blackett, 1938. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (lightly marked on upper board), no dustwrapper. Pp. 287 + 15, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's long gift inscription on front free endpaper). More