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
Literature
THOMAS BECKET.
Pp. xvi+366, coloured frontispiece plus 16 plates (13 coloured), 5 text diagrams, index; purple cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; within purple card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 2002. Folio 60/1110. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his book label on upper pastedown. Originally published by Weidenfeld..... More
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THOMAS BECKET
, Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury. Based on the account of William fitzStephen his clerk, with additions from other contemporary sources translated and edited by George Greenaway. Illustrations from an early thirteenth century French verse life of Becket. Pp. 172, 8 plates, armorial endpapers, appendix, index; roy. 8vo;..... 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
BEAUTIFUL JUST!
Decorations by Douglas Hall. Pp. 174(last blank), pictorial double title page, text illustrations, vocabulary; bottom edges and top fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; text block browned, a little light foxing; Hutchinson, London, 1975. First edition. More
BRUACH BLEND.
Decorations by Douglas Hall. Pp. 192, pictorial double title page, text illustrations; dust wrapper; Hutchinson, London, 1978. First edition. *The seventh book about the Hebridean village of Bruach and its inhabitants. More
LIGHTLY POACHED.
Decorations by Douglas Hall. Pp. 192, pictorial double title page printed in green & black, text illustrations; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly discoloured; endpapers faintly offset, a couple of spots of foxing; Hutchinson of London, London, 1973. First edition. *The author's fifth..... More
A ROPE - IN CASE.
Decorations by Douglas Hall. Pp. 182, pictorial double title page, printed in orange & black, pictorial headpieces; lower board a trifle tape marked and with 2 small surface chips to bottom edge; dust wrapper, 2 closed tears to bottom edge of back panel tape repaired on reverse; a couple of..... More
THE SEA FOR BREAKFAST.
Illustrated by Douglas Hall. Pp. 192, pictorial double title page, printed in green & black, pictorial headpieces; upper board decorated in gilt; top edges turquoise; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and chipped; free endpapers faintly offset, a couple of spots of foxing; Hutchinson, London, 1967. Eighth impression. *The author's..... More
THE SPUDDY.
Decorations by Victor Ambrus. Pp. 96, pictorial double title page, full page illustrations; pictorial boards; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; Hutchinson, London, 1974. First edition. More
COMPLETE WORKS.
Edited with a memoir by Sir Edmund Gosse and decorated by The Dance of Death of Hans Holbein. In two volumes. Pp. [ii]+xxxvi+258(last blank)+590, frontispiece portrait (lightly offset), decorated title pages & headpieces; roy. 8vo; qr. black buckram, printed label on spines (slightly discoloured, edges a trifle chipped), patterned papered..... More
WHATEVER THERE IS OF LIGHT.
Five poems. Pp. [4](last blank); printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1975. Trade edition. *With publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. More
SELECT POEMS, Divine and Humane.
Pp. [vi]+52(last blank)+[6](notes)+[2](colophon, verso blank); demy 12mo; limp parchment secured with pigskin thongs, lettered and decorated in gilt; uncut and partly unopened; within plain card slipcase, which is slightly soiled; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1928. Edition limited to 1,250 numbered copies, printed on Van Gelder hand made paper. McKitterick 54..... More
THE ILLUSTRATED ZULEIKA DOBSON.
Or, an Oxford Love Story. With 80 illustrations by the author and an introduction by N. John Hall. Pp. [xxviii]+352, 18 coloured plates and numerous text illustrations, sepia pictorial endpapers; burgundy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, with the Folio Society monogram at foot of spine; top edges grey (faded);..... More
ZULEIKA DOBSON.
Or, an Oxford Love Story. With illustrations by the author. Pp. 228, coloured frontispiece and 7 plates, coloured pictorial endpapers; yellow cloth, spine blocked in brown and lettered in gilt, the upper board decorated in brown, small damp stain to lower board, the spine slightly faded; top edges brown; within..... More
SIR MAX BEERBOHM.
Bibliographical Notes. Pp. xiv+122(last blank), title page vignette, 10 full page illustrations, errata, index; med. 8vo; gilt lettered navy cloth, slightly flecked and marked, the top fore-corners bumped; dust wrapper, silverfished (very heavily on back panel) and slightly soiled, edges and backstrip faded; a little light foxing; Harvard University Press..... More
TRIBULATIONS AND LAUGHTER.
A memoir. Pp. [viii]+338, 26 illustrations, mostly full page, index; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; inked initials on upper free endpaper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1972. First edition. *Includes memories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, W. Somerset Maugham, Arnold Bennett, Noel Coward, a.o. More
ADA CAMBRIDGE, TASMA & ROSA PRAED.
Pp. 48, notes and references, bibliography; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, backstrip a trifle creased; small stain to top edge of several leaves; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1979. First edition. Australian Writers and their Work series. *'These three novelists - Ada Cambridge, "Tasma" (Jessie Catherine Couvreur) and Rosa Praed - were..... More
INOOK AND THE SUN.
Pp. 78(last blank), 5 full page illustrations; boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges split; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1974. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Australian writer Thomas Shapcott), dated 1980, on upper free endpaper. More
ON BRITISH FREEDOM.
Pp. [vi]+86+[2](blank, colophon); qr. blue & black patterned cloth, printed paper title label on spine, pale blue/grey papered boards, edges faintly faded, the spine with small circular faded patch below label; fore and bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper, foxed and browned on reverse, slightly soiled, the edges and backstrip browned..... More
AFTER-THOUGHTS.
Pp. viii+62; qr. canvas, printed label on spine, spare label at end, brown papered boards; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, price cut from backstrip, lightly chipped and split at edges; Methuen, London, 1929. First edition. *Inscribed by author on upper free endpaper. More
THE SECRET LEMONADE DRINKER.
Pp. [vi]+154(last blank); top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, short closed tear to front panel near backstrip; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Secker & Warburg, London, 1986. Reprinted. *Originally published by Martin Secker in 1977. More
A CONVERSATION WITH AN ANGEL and other essays.
Pp. 286(last blank); post 8vo; olive green/brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt; bottom edges uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, soiled and lightly worn, the edges chipped and split; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper pastedown, the outer leaves faintly offset; Jonathan Cape, London, 1929. Second printing. More
THE FOUR MEN.
A farrago. Pp. 812(last blank), text illustrations, full page sketch map; cr. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the upper board with blind ruled border; t.e.g.; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with bookseller's sticker near bottom fore-corner of front panel and again on..... More
THE MISSING MASTERPIECE.
A novel. With forty-one drawings by G. K. Chesterton. Pp. 320(last blank), frontispiece, plus 40 full page illustrations; cr. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in white, the boards slightly canted, fore-corners a trifle bruised, small lightly faded patch at head of spine; top edges brown; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on..... More