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
Literature
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
POEMS OF RURAL LIFE IN THE DORSET DIALECT.
Pp. xii+468(last blank)+44(publisher's catalogue, partly unopened), glossary (A list of some Dorset words with a few hints on Dorset word-shapes); cr. 8vo; dark green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered in gilt and decorated in black, boards a trifle scuffed, edges lightly rubbed, the spine extremities and fore-corners of boards worn..... 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
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
THE BANYAN TREE.
Pp. [vi]+238; med. 8vo; boards lightly foxed; dust wrapper with U.K. publisher's price sticker on front flap, faintly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; cancel sticker on verso of title page, a little light foxing; Ashford Press Publishing, Geneva, 1987. *Originally published by Schumacher et Cie, Geneva, in 1984..... More
THE HAPPY CAPTIVE.
Translated from the Spanish by William C. Atkinson. Vinyl-cuts by John Lawrence. Pp. 154+[2](colophon, blank), pictorial title page, text illustrations, endpaper maps; qr. burgundy leather, lettered & ruled in gilt, pictorial beige cloth, the boards a trifle sprung; top edges burgundy; within card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 1977. First..... More
DEAD, MR MOZART.
Pp. [viii]+184(last blank); demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a couple of faint indentations to upper board, top fore-corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, front panel slightly scratched; text block browned; Little, Brown and Company, London, 1995. *Murder mystery featuring an ageing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Bernard Bastable is..... More
BAR STOOL BOY.
Pp. 80; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges and backstrip faintly faded, corners a trifle rubbed; WAH publications, Bangor, 1989. First edition. *The author's first book, signed by him on the title page. After leaving school at the age of 16, Bateman joined the County Down Spectatoras a junior reporter, eventually..... More
BELFAST CONFIDENTIAL.
Pp. [vi]+410; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Headline, London, 2005. First edition. *A Dan Starkey book. More
CHAPTER AND VERSE.
Pp. [vi]+310(last blank); med. 8vo; dust wrapper with UK price sticker on front panel; text block slightly browned, tiny surface graze to top edge of upper pastedown, top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Headline, London, 2003. First edition. More
DRIVING BIG DAVIE.
Pp. vi+314(last blank); dust wrapper with UK price sticker on front panel; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Headline, London, 2004. First edition. *A Dan Starkey book. More
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
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
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