Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage. With an Introduction by Richard Aldington and illustrations by Rene ben Sussan. Pp. xviii+272(last blank), coloured frontispiece, title page vignette, 6 plates (1 double page), and text illustrations; roy. 8vo; qr. green cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, patterned cloth boards; within card..... More
Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage. Introduction by Frederic R. Jameson. Pp. xxxvi+238(last blank)+[4](advertisements, last blank), series patterned endpapers, notes, select bibliography, chronology; maroon cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered & ruled in gilt; partial dust wrapper (as issued, comprising a front panel and flap only, with no..... More
Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage, with an Introduction by Francois Mauriac, and illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan. Pp. xviii+318(last colophon), coloured frontispiece, title page vignette, and text illustrations (some full page); narrow impl. 8vo; qr. navy morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, corners a...... More
The Life of Balzac. Translated by Norman Denny. Pp. 574 frontispiece portrait, plus 32 plates, bibliography, chronological list of works, index; bottom fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; top edges red; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, with stains from several tape repairs on reverse; bookseller's sticker at foot..... More
Being some account of the divers doings of the associated shades. Pp. [viii]+172(last blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 7 plates; f'cap. 8vo; pictorial olive green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, red & black, lightly worn; inked ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, the upper hinge starting, tiny ink..... More
Pp. [viii]+390; med. 8vo; fore-edge of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Little, Brown & Company, London, 2007. First edition. More
A novel. Engravings by Clifford Webb. Pp. 252+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, 7 full page illustrations, pictorial tailpiece, 3 full page maps; impl. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half brown morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, the top fore-corners slightly bruised; t.e.g., others..... More
Pp. [vi]+408(last blank); dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Picador, London, 1997. First edition. *Banville's fourteenth novel, The Sea, won the Booker Prize in 2005. More
Pp.[30](including final blank); pictorial glazed paper wrappers with flap folds, slightly soiled; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed;Delta Canada, Montreal, 1971. Buckbook series. *From the library of Australian writer Thomas Shapcott, with the author's signed presentation inscription to him (dated 1980) on the half-title page. More
Pp. [34]; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, the lower wrapper slightly silverfished; a little light foxing; The Quarry Press, Ontario, 1971. *Inscribed and signed by the author, to Australian poet Judith Rodriguez, on Dedication page. More
Pp. 56, decorations; printed paper wrappers, the edges and backstrip faintly faded;Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1979. *Inscribed and signed by the author, to Australian writer Thomas Shapcott, on half-title page. More
Pp. [40](last blank); printed stiff paper wrappers, a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing; Golden Dog Press,Ottawa, 1977. *From the library of Australian writer Thomas Shapcott, with the author's signed presentation inscription to him (dated 1980) on the dedication page. More
Translated from the French by Robert Baldick. Pp. viii+268; edges of boards a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly faded; a little light foxing; Chapman & Hall , London, 1966. First edition thus. *Originally published in French as..... More
Children's Anthology. With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Wavell. Pp. [136], frontispiece, plus 14 plates, index; f'cap. 4to; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, the backstrip browned, torn at extremities and slightly tape marked; name in ink on upper..... More
Pp. [iv]+218; pictorial papered boards; dust wrapper, front panel a trifle creased; Severn House, London, 2009.First edition. *A Crown Prince Gregory mystery. More
Pp. [iv]+252; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Severn House, London, 2005. First edition. More
A novel of the life and loves of Robert Burns. Pp. 320; endpaper map; dust wrapper, backstrip browned, edges lightly split and chipped; edges of leaves quite foxed; Collins, 1953. First edition. *Fourth and penultimate novel in the series based on the life of Robert Burns. More
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]+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
