Literature
NEVERMORE.
Pp. [iv]+310(last blank)+[6](advertisements); gilt lettered dark green cloth, slightly marked and worn, the fore-corners and head of spine a trifle frayed; upper hinge starting, bookseller's blind stamp on upper free endpaper, the endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; Macmillan, London, 1892. Colonial edition. *Originally published..... More
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF LEWIS CARROLL
(Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, M.A.). Pp. xiv+142+[4](advertisements), 8 full page facsimiles, addenda, index; roy. 8vo; qr. dark brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt, lighter brown cloth boards, corners a trifle rubbed, spine faintly creased; top edges brown, others uncut and partly unopened; upper hinge starting, lower free endpaper offset, occasional slight..... More
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF LEWIS CARROLL.
(Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, M.A.). [Facsimile edition]. Pp. xii+142+[4](advertisements), 8 full page facsimiles, addenda, index; Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, CT, 1999. *Facsimile of the original 1924 edition published in a limited edition of 700 copies by The Bookman's Journal. More
FLIGHT INTO DANGER.
A novel of suspense. Pp. 162; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Souvenir Press, London, n.d.[1971?]. Reprinted. *Novelisation of the television script which launched Arthur Hailey's writing career. The story of a plane..... More
RIGBY'S ROMANCE.
A "Made in Australia" Novel. Preface by A. G. Stephens. Pp. xii+276; pictorial paper wrappers, lightly soiled and worn, edges slightly creased and split, the backstrip chipped and split at extremities; large damp stain to fore-edge of several leaves and smaller stain to bottom edge of first few leaves, a...... More
RIGBY'S ROMANCE.
A "Made in Australia" Novel. With Foreword by R. G. Howarth. Pp. xxii+262; corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and browned, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back panel slightly silverfished; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, top edge of a couple of leaves slightly..... More
THE BULN-BULN AND THE BROLGA.
With a Foreword by R. G. Howarth. Pp. xii+144; cr. 8vo; light brown cloth, spine lettered in red, the boards a trifle canted, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly browned; a couple of spots of..... More
FROM EARLY LIFE.
Pp. [iv]+170(last blank); demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper; Macmillan, London, 1990. First edition. *Memoirs. William Cooper was the pseudonym of Harry Summerfield Hoff (1910-2002). More
SCENES FROM MARRIED LIFE.
Pp. vi+250; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip lightly faded; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, the text block slightly browned; Macmillan, London, 1982. *The second volume in Cooper's series of semi-autobiographical novels; first published in 1961. William Cooper was the pseudonym..... More
SCENES FROM METROPOLITAN LIFE.
Pp. [x]+214; demy 8vo; dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the top fore-corner of upper board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, the text block browned; Macmillan, London, 1982. First edition. *William Cooper was the pseudonym of Harry Summerfield..... More
ACT OF GRACE.
Pp. [vi]+306; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Chatto & Windus,London, 1988. First edition. More
THE ISLE OF FORGOTTEN PEOPLE.
With Four Illustrations in Colour and Black-and-White by John de Walton. Pp. viii+214(last colophon), coloured frontispiece, plus 3 black & white plates; cr. 8vo; light brown cloth, spine and upper board lettered and decorated in in black, with oval coloured pictorial onlay on upper board, the boards a trifle canted..... More
THE KING WAITS.
Pp. [4]+22; qr. cloth, marbled paper boards; t.e.g, others uncut; endpapers very slightly offset and foxed; price-clipped dust wrapper; Heinemann, London, 1929. One of 275 numbered copies, signed by the author. More
THE UNIVERSAL SINGULAR.
Translated from the French by Erik de Mauny. Pp. 256; dust wrapper; edges of leaves foxed; Grey Walls Press, London, 1950. First U.K. edition. *First edition in English. Autobiography of the French poet. More
GENTLEMEN IN THEIR SEASON.
Pp. 288(last blank); printed paper wrappers, short closed tear to head of spine; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, closed tear to head of backstrip; half-title page lightly soiled; Hutchinson, London, 1966. Uncorrected Proof Copy. More
PRETTY DOLL HOUSES.
Pp. 264(last blank); head of spine and fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed; top fore-corner of last couple of leaves a trifle creased, edges of leaves slightly soiled; Hutchinson, London, 1979. First edition. *Gabriel Fielding was the pseudonym of Alan Gabriel Barnsley (1916-1986). More
SILKEN CORDS AND IRON FETTERS.
An Australian Tale. Pp. [vi]+220(last blank)+[10](last blank); f'cap. 8vo; dark green textured cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, slightly soiled and worn, upper joint starting, light fracture across upper board below title, the fore-corners and spine extremities chipped; early binder's ticket ('bound at the Register Adelaide') at head of upper..... More
THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE: OR MONTHLY INTELLIGENCER. For August, 1733.
( Pp. [ii]+[391-442+[2], printed double column, title page woodcut view of St. John's Gate, ornamental headpiece, 3 small decorative initials; post 8vo; backed with paper tape; a few stab holes visible; printed for the author and sold by F. Jefferies, London, 1733. *A single issue, disbound, of the influential monthly..... More
MONEY FOR MURDER.
A Solo Malcolm thriller. Pp. 184, tailpiece decoration; boards slightly canted, edges lightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, with a vertical crease to front panel, edges rubbed and slightly split; the free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; John Long, London, 1966. First edition. *Neill Graham was..... More
IT'S 'ARD TO BE GOOD IN THE BLACKOUT.
Illustrations by Anne Drew. Pp. [viii]+48, pictorial title page, text illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers with flap folds, slightly soiled, edges rubbed; a little light foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1943. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on verso of half-title page. Kay Grant was the pseudonym of Nelle..... More
BLOOD ON THE STRAND.
Pp. [vi]+458(last blank), endpaper map; dust wrapper; faint mark near fore-edge of upper free endpaper; SpectatorPublishing Co., London, 2008. First edition. *The second Thomas Chaloner book; signed by the author on the title page. Susanna Gregory is the pseudonym of Cambridge academic Elizabeth Cruwys. More
THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLES.
Pp. [viii]+488(last blank), full page map; black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in cream, top fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, top fore-corners slightly creased; Sphere, London, 2008. First edition. *The fourteenth chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew; signed by the author on the title page. Susanna Gregory is the pseudonym of..... More
THE BAXTER TRUST.
Pp. 256; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; a little light foxing; Donald I. Fine, Inc., New York, 1988.First edition. *The first book in the Steve Winslow series. J. P. Hailey is the pseudonym of mystery writer Parnell Hall, author of the Stanley Hastings series. More
THE DARK RIVER.
Book Two of The Fourth Realm Trilogy. Pp. xii+368, pictorial double title page and headpiece decorations printed in grey & black; med. 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, with 3 small circular die-cut holes to front panel, revealing part of the illustration on the board below; Doubleday & Company..... More