BELFAST CONFIDENTIAL.
Pp. [vi]+410; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Headline, London, 2005. First edition. *A Dan Starkey book. More about BELFAST CONFIDENTIAL
Literature
CHAPTER AND VERSE.
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 about CHAPTER AND VERSE
DRIVING BIG DAVIE.
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 about DRIVING BIG DAVIE
EMPIRE STATE.
Pp. 512; med. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of upper board bumped; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned, top edges of leaves lightly foxed; HarperCollins, London, 1997. First edition. More about EMPIRE STATE
THE HORSE WITH MY NAME.
Pp. vi+282(last blank); med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Headline, London, 2002. First edition. *A Dan Starkey book. More about THE HORSE WITH MY NAME
I PREDICT A RIOT.
With illustrations by John McCloskey. Pp. [vi]+536(last blank), half-title and title page decorations, 5 pages of illustrations; med. 8vo; faint bruise at foot of spine; dust wrapper, a trifle marked; Headline, London, 2007. First edition. *'Murder, extortion & carrot cake' [wrapper blurb]. More about I PREDICT A RIOT
MURPHY'S REVENGE.
Pp. [vi]+314; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves faintly foxed, the lower free endpaper slightly soiled; Headline, London, 2005. First edition. More about MURPHY'S REVENGE
MYSTERY MAN.
Pp. [vi]+406; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Headline, London, 2009. First edition. *Bibliomystery, set in a Belfast bookshop. More about MYSTERY MAN
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 about OF WEE SWEETIE MICE AND MEN
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 about THE CRUISE OF THE BREADWINNER
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 about THE FACE OF ENGLAND
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 about A HOUSE OF WOMEN
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 about THE POACHER
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 about SOMETHING SHORT AND SWEET
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 about THE VICTORIANS AND AFTER, 1830-1914
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 about THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
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 about BERLIN HOTEL
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 about THE LANDSCAPE OF NIGHTMARE
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 about FAMILY MONEY
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 about SOME I KNEW WELL
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 about THE GOLDEN HIND
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 about A TRAP FOR THE BURGLAR
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 about HAND LUGGAGE
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 about BUSH STUDIES
DEAR ZOE.
Pp. [viii]+198(last blank); tiny bruise to bottom edge of lower board; dust wrapper; Viking Press, New York, 2005. First edition. *Author's first novel. More about DEAR ZOE