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
Literature
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
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
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
MYSTERY MAN.
Pp. [vi]+406; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Headline, London, 2009. First edition. *Bibliomystery, set in a Belfast bookshop. More
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
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 photographs. Pp. 192, 16 portrait plates, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle worn; bookseller's sticker on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Phoenix House, London, 1951. First edition. *Includes a chapter entitled Edward Thomas: Critic and Poet (pp. 177-188, with portrait);... More
THE GOLDEN HIND.
A Quarterly Magazine of Art and Literature. Volume 1, Nos. 1 to 4 (October 1922 to July 1923). No. 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 SMALL ODE ON MIXED FLATTENING.
Elicited by the decision of the Otago University authorities to forbid this practice among students. Pp. [4], singlefold, headpiece illustration printed in blue; light spots of foxing at edges, very slightly creased at top left hand corner; The Caxton Press, n.p. [Christchurch, New Zealand], n.d.[1967]. 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