MYSTERY MAN.
Pp. [vi]+406; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Headline, London, 2009. First edition. *Bibliomystery, set in a Belfast bookshop. More
Literature
OF WEE SWEETIE MICE AND MEN.
Pp. 334; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned, top edges of leaves lightly foxed; HarperCollins, London, 1996. First edition. *A Dan Starkey book. More
THE CRUISE OF THE BREADWINNER.
Pp. 64(last blank), the title page border, headpiece decoration and pictorial endpapers printed in brown; black cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, faintly scuffed; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a couple of spots of foxing Michael... More
THE FACE OF ENGLAND.
With 40 photographs in colour by A. F. Kersting. Pp. 128, coloured frontispiece and 39 plates (within pagination); cr. 4to; bottom fore-corner of upper boards faintly bruised price-clipped dust wrapper with coloured pictorial onlay on upper wrapper, the wrapper a trifle soiled and lightly rubbed at edges, with a couple... More
A HOUSE OF WOMEN.
Pp. 324+[8](publisher's catalogue); green cloth, spine and upper board lettered in blue, bottom fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, with the Daily Mail Book of the Month wrap-around (slightly soiled and browned); bottom edges uncut; edges of leaves lightly... More
THE POACHER.
Pp. 304(last blank); brown cloth, spine and upper board lettered in green, fore-corners faintly bruised; bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, small number stamp at foot of back panel, the backstrip faded and slightly browned; last couple of pages slightly cropped, edges of leaves... More
SOMETHING SHORT AND SWEET.
Stories. Duplicate Proof for Retention. Pp. 288; printed paper wrappers, a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed, tiny snag at foot of backstrip; a little light foxing; Jonathan Cape, London, 1937. Proof copy. See Eads A28. More
THROUGH THE WOODS.
The English Woodland - April to April. With 73 engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Pp. 142, pictorial title page and numerous text illustrations (8 full page); narrow cr. 4to; edges of boards lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and chipped, with closed tear at foot of backstrip; edges... More
THE VICTORIANS AND AFTER, 1830-1914.
With a chapter on the economic background by Guy Chapman. Pp. xx+360, bibliographies, index; bottom fore-corner of upper board faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, small surface graze near top fore-corner of front panel, small mark from sticker removal on front flap; The Cresset Press, London, 1962. Third... More
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY.
Translated from the French by Jeremy Leggatt. Pp. [viii]+132+[2](blank, colophon), frontispiece; qr. grey cloth, spine lettered in silver, grey papered boards, with tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse, faint signs of sticker removal from head of front flap; minor production fault (2... More
BERLIN HOTEL.
Pp. 182; boards a trifle soiled and creased, the fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and scuffed, edges lightly worn and split; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; The Book Club, London, 1946. Book Club edition. *Originally published in German in 1943; a sequel to Baum's best-selling Grand Hotel... More
THE LANDSCAPE OF NIGHTMARE.
Studies in the Contemporary American novel. Pp. [xvi]+174(last blank), selective bibliography; boards very lightly spotted; dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn, lower panel lightly soiled; Peter Owen, London, 1966. First U.K. edition. *A study of nine contemporary novelists: Robert Penn Warren, Saul Bellow, J.D. Salinger, Ralph Ellison, Flannery O'Connor, Bernard..... More
FAMILY MONEY.
Pp. 250; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse; text block slightly browned, the first couple of leaves faintly creased, a little light foxing; Victor Gollancz, London, 1991. First edition. More
SOME I KNEW WELL.
With sixteen photographics. Pp. 192, 16 plates, index; cloth a trifle bubbled; dust wrapper; free endpapers a trifle offset; Phoenix House, London, 1951. First edition. *Includes a chapter entitled Edward Thomas: Critic and Poet (pp. 177-188, with portrait); also studies of W. B. Yeats, "A.E.", Arnold Bennett, Havelock Ellis, Aleister... More
THE GOLDEN HIND.
A Quarterly Magazine of Art and Literature. Volume 1, Numbers 1 to 4 (October 1922 to July 1923). Number 1: Pp. [iv](advertisements)+48, erratum slip tipped-in before title page; October 1922. *Contributors include Ford Madox Hueffer, Havelock Ellis, and E. L. Grant Watson; with illustrations by John Austen, Robert Gibbings, John... More
A TRAP FOR THE BURGLAR.
A novel. Specially illustrated with fifteen original drawings by Arthur Boyd. Pp. 220, frontispiece plus 14 full page illustrations; upper board featuring an Arthur Boyd illustration in gilt (repeat of dust wrapper), the boards lightly bruised at edges, with a small frayed section near bottom fore-corner of upper board; dust... More
HAND LUGGAGE.
A personal anthology. Pp. xxxiv+190(last blank), text decorations, index of authors; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; Continuum, London, 2001. First edition. *An annotated compilation of those passages of poetry and prose which have meant the most to the distinguished literary critic, culled from a.... More
BUSH STUDIES.
Pp. [viii]+156(last blank); pictorial green paper wrappers with flap folds, slightly soiled and worn, edges and backstrip faded to brown, the backstrip quite brittle and chipped; hinges cracking, a little light foxing and soiling; Duckworth, London, 1902. First edition, paper wrappers. The Greenback Library series. Miller & Macartney p. 55;... More
UNDER THE HILL.
Or the story of Venus and Tannhauser, in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of state held by Madam Venus, goddess & meretrix, under the famous Horselberg, and containing the adventures of Tannhauser in that place, his journeying to Rome, and return to the loving mountain... More
AUBREY BEARDSLEY AT THE V & A.
Contained in Encounter, Vol. XXVII, No. 4, October 1966. Edited by Frank Kermode and Melvin J. Lasky. Pp. 96(printed double column)+[2](coloured central advertisement sheet), the Beardsley article comprising pages 3-16 and including 2 illustrations; small cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers printed on both sides, slightly worn; several leaves faintly creased;... More
IF THE INVADER COMES.
Pp. [viii]+374; dust wrapper, edges lightly creased; Fourth Estate, London, 2001.First edition. *A novel set in wartime Britain. More
BELLA OF BARINA.
Pp. [x]+68, frontispiece; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Mulini Press, Canberra, 2002.First separate edition. Small Tales of Early Australia, No. 6. *Story about smuggling on the New South Wales coast near Port Macquarie, originally included in The Settlers of Karossa Creek and other Stories of Australian Bush Life(c. 1907). More
HIS NATIVE WIFE.
Pp. 202+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, title page with decorative border, a couple of text decorations; cr. 12mo; light green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and dark green, a trifle canted, slightly soiled and foxed, corners faintly bruised, the cloth occasionally slightly bubbled; t.e.g.; endpapers slightly offset, hinge tender at..... More
ABOUT MY FATHER'S BUSINESS.
Decorations by Douglas Hall. Pp. 192, pictorial double title page printed in orange & black, pictorial headpieces; edges of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1971. First edition. *Autobiography, set in the years between the... More