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
Literature
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
A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10 1/2 CHAPTERS.
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
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
THE PORCUPINE.
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
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
THE AFFECTIONATE SHEPHERD.
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 Shepheard was originally published anonymously in..... More
STRANGER IN GALAH.
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
THE ENTRANCING LIFE.
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
PRINCESS MARY'S GIFT BOOK.
All profits from sale of are given to The Queen's "Work for Women" Fund, which is acting in conjunction with the National Relief Fund. Pp. [vi]+140, hand-tipped coloured frontispiece portrait and 13 plates, numerous black & white illustrations (some full page), monogrammed endpapers; narrow cr. 4to; light green cloth, lettered..... More
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE Bart., O.M.
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
BEHIND THE SOCIAL EYE.
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
THE WOLF AT THE DOOR.
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