Pp. 184(last blank); top fore-corners of boards bumped, bottom fore-corner of upper board bruised; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed; top fore-corners of last few leaves a trifle creased; The Crime Club/Collins, London, 1985. First edition. *Published in America as Fete Fatale. More
Pp. [viii]+212(last blank); dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1996. First edition. *Short stories. More
Pp. [viii]+312(last blank), folding coloured plate; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, the flaps slightly foxed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1989. First edition. More
Pp. [viii]+214(last blank); boards a trifle canted; dust wrapper, faintly creased at top edge; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 2004. First edition. *Short stories. More
Pp. [viii]+118+[2](blank, advertisement); dust wrapper, back panel a trifle soiled; Jonathan Cape, London, 2013. First edition. More
Pp. [viii]+230(last colophon, blank); fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2001. First U.S. edition. *A sequel to Talking It Over. More
Pp. [vi]+138; dust wrapper; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1992. First U.K. edition (and first edition in English). *Originally published in Bulgarian, under the title Bodlivo svinche, by Osbidian of Sofia. More
Pp. [vi]+150; fore-edges black; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; Jonathan Cape, London, 2011. First edition. *Winner of the Booker prize in 2011. The basis for a 2017 film starring Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling. More
Pp. [viii]+274(last blank); boards faintly soiled; dust wrapper; a little light foxing; Jonathan Cape, London, 1991. First trade edition. *Winner of the Prix Femina (Etranger), in 1992. More
A second collection of poems in the Dorset dialect. Pp. viii+208, 1 pictorial headpiece, endpaper advertisements; purple cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, boards decorated in blind, lightly rubbed, corners worn, edges and spine fading to brown, piece chipped from crown, the spine also starting to chip and split at... More
poet and philologist. By his daughter. Pp. xvi+358+[2](advertisements), mounted photographic frontispiece with tissue guard, appendices; olive green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in black, edges lightly rubbed, corners bruised; uncut; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers offset, scattered light foxing; Macmillan, London, 1887... More
Pp. 58, illustrated throughout; narrow super roy. 4to; beige papered boards, lettered and decorated in grey; uncut; within tan cloth portfolio; occasional light foxing; Old Stile Press, Llandogo, Gwent, Wales, 1998. Edition limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. *The Affectionate Shepheardwas originally published anonymously in 1594... More
Pp. 224(last blank); boards a trifle canted, the top fore-corners faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and chipped; bottom fore-corners of last couple of leaves slightly creased, a little light foxing; Longmans, Green, London, 1958. First edition. Loder 11; Hubin p. 52. Author's third book. More
Address delivered on installation as Chancellor of Edinburgh University October 25, 1930. Pp. 22; cream cloth, the upper board lettered and ruled in navy, fore-corners faintly bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, small name in ink at head... More
A comedy in four acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Pp. [ii]+viii+198+[2](colophon, blank), 22 hand-tipped coloured plates within tinted borders and with lettered pictorial guards, black & white pictorial title page and text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; tall post 4to; purple cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle foxed, the spine... More
Pp. 146, frontispiece, 4 full page illustrations, chronological list of Barrie's works, addenda, index; gilt lettered navy cloth, slightly flecked, edges a trifle rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut; free endpapers faintly offset; The Bookman's Journal, London, 1928. First edition, limited to 520 numbered copies. *With loosely inserted related ephemera. More
Pp. [x]+30; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled; faint stain to blank preliminary leaf; the author, Adelaide, 1980. *Author's first book of poetry, inscribed by him on blank preliminary leaf. More
A novel. Pp. [viii]+300; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Faber & Faber, London, 2008. First edition. *Winner of the Irish Novel of the Year and the Costa Award in 2009. More
Illustrated by the author. Pp. 208, title page vignette, text illustrations; bottom edge of boards slightly bumped; price-clipped dust wrapper, back panel a trifle soiled; a little faint foxing; Michael Joseph , London, 1946. First edition. *Satirist's autobiography. More
Pp. [vi]+238; med. 8vo; boards lightly foxed; dust wrapper with U.K. publisher's price sticker on front flap, faintly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; cancel sticker on verso of title page, a little light foxing; Ashford Press Publishing, Geneva, 1987. *Originally published by Schumacher et Cie, Geneva, in 1984. More
Translated from the Spanish by William C. Atkinson. Vinyl-cuts by John Lawrence. Pp. 154+[2](colophon, blank), pictorial title page, text illustrations, endpaper maps; qr. burgundy leather, lettered & ruled in gilt, pictorial beige cloth, the boards a trifle sprung; top edges burgundy; within card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 1977. First... More
Pp. 80; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges and backstrip faintly faded, corners a trifle rubbed; WAH publications, Bangor, 1989. First edition. *The author's first book, signed by him on the title page. After leaving school at the age of 16, Bateman joined the County Down Spectatoras a junior reporter, eventually... More
Pp. [vi]+410; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Headline, London, 2005. First edition. *A Dan Starkey book. More
Pp. [vi]+310(last blank); med. 8vo; dust wrapper with UK price sticker on front panel; text block slightly browned, tiny surface graze to top edge of upper pastedown, top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Headline, London, 2003. First edition. More
Pp. vi+314(last blank); dust wrapper with UK price sticker on front panel; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Headline, London, 2004. First edition. *A Dan Starkey book. More