THE BALLAD OF FOOTROT FLATS.
Pp. 94(last blank); super roy. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, with French folds; Hodder Moa Beckett, Auckland, 1996. First edition. More
Literature
THE DROWNED WORLD.
Introduced by Will Self. Illustrated by James Boswell. Pp. xviii+107(last blank), coloured frontispiece and 6 plates; pictorial dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & bronze; within navy card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 2013. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Folio Society book label..... More
DROLL STORIES.
Collected in the monasteries of Touraine and given to the light by Honore de Balzac. Translated into modern English by Alec Brown. With drawings by Mervyn Peake. Pp. viii+408, frontispiece plus 23 plates printed in two colours; roy. 8vo; brown canvas, lettered in gilt and decorated in darker brown &..... More
EUGENIE GRANDET.
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
EUGENIE GRANDET.
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
OLD GORIOT.
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
PROMETHEUS.
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
A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE STYX:
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
THE AMAZONS.
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
THE UNTOUCHABLE.
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
LAND FALL.
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
A POEM AS LONG AS THE HIGHWAY.
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
SHORE LINES.
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
VISIONS OF MY GRANDFATHER.
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
HELL.
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
SPIRIT OF YOUTH.
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
DIAMONDS IN DISGUISE.
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
A FINAL DISCORD.
Pp. [iv]+252; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Severn House, London, 2005. First edition. More
THE CREST OF THE BROKEN WAVE.
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
THE DISPOSAL OF THE LIVING.
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
CROSS CHANNEL.
Pp. [viii]+212(last blank); dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1996. First edition. *Short stories. More
THE LEMON TREE.
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
LOVE, ETC.
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
HWOMELY RHYMES.
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