Pp. 288; boards slightly soiled, the fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and creased, edges a trifle rubbed; free endpapers faintly offset, several corners lightly creased, occasional slight soiling; Hutchinson, London, 1968. First edition. *The author's second novel, signed by her on the title page. More about ANOTHER PART OF THE WOOD
Pp. [vi]+242; dust wrapper; Viking Press, London, 2004. First edition. *Author's first novel. More about THE SARI SHOP
Pp. 316(last blank); price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly worn; fore-edges of leaves a trifle soiled; Souvenir Press, London, 1966. First edition. *Author's first novel. More about TO WIN A PRIZE ON SUNDAY
Notes on contemporary American fiction. Pp. xx+266(last blank), bibliographies; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, small surface graze to front panel, the back panel a trifle soiled; Doubleday , New York, 1963. First edition. *Ten well-known critics describe and evaluate the work of seventeen leading American writers of the... More about THE CREATIVE PRESENT
Pp. 112; boards slightly sprung; bottom fore-corner of lower board lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, the front panel slightly scratched; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves slightly soiled, including a tiny damp stain; Michael... More about THE FIRE NEXT TIME
Pp. 94(last blank); super roy. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, with French folds; Hodder Moa Beckett, Auckland, 1996. First edition. More about THE BALLAD OF FOOTROT FLATS
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 about DROLL STORIES
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 about 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 about EUGENIE GRANDET
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 about OLD GORIOT
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 about PROMETHEUS
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 about A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE STYX:
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 about THE STEEP APPROACH TO GARBADALE
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 about THE AMAZONS
Pp. [vi]+214; spine a trifle bruised at extremities; dust wrapper, slightly damp stained on reverse; Picador, London, 2000. First edition. *Banville's fourteenth novel, The Sea, won the Booker Prize in 2005. More about ECLIPSE
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 about THE UNTOUCHABLE
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 about LAND FALL
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 about A POEM AS LONG AS THE HIGHWAY
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 about SHORE LINES
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 about VISIONS OF MY GRANDFATHER
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 about SPIRIT OF YOUTH
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 about DIAMONDS IN DISGUISE
Pp. [iv]+252; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Severn House, London, 2005. First edition. More about A FINAL DISCORD
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 about THE CREST OF THE BROKEN WAVE
A Transparent Novel. Pp. [vi]+346; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Fourth Estate, London, 2004. First edition. More about CLEAR