Translated by Stuart Hood. Pp. 344(last blank); demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver, the boards a trifle canted, small bruise at foot of spine; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the front panel slightly creased; text block browned; Faber and Faber, London, 1992. First U.K. edition. *Originally..... More
Pp. 190; cr. 8vo; orange cloth, spine blocked in blue and lettered in silver & gilt; top edges blue; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split,; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper pastedown, the free endpapers slightly offset; Readers Union, London, 1948. Book Club edition. *Author's first novel..... More
Pp. xii+900; med. 8vo; top fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper; Faber & Faber, London, 2006. First edition. More
Translated from the French by Margaret Crosland and David Le Vay and with an Introduction by Margaret Crosland. Pp. 156(last blank), frontispiece portrait; boards slightly sprung, the fore-corners faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the front panel slightly creased near bottom edge; bookseller's sticker at foot..... More
An autobiography in fact and fiction. Translated and edited by Dan Hostadter. Drawings by Emma Chichester Clark. Pp. viii+140, coloured frontispiece plus 5 plates; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in silver; top edges navy; within cream card slipcase;The Folio Society, London, 1986. Folio 581. More
Or, The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English. The Italian text edited by Mario Casella of the University of Florence with the English version of H. F. Cary and 42 illustrations after the drawings by Sandro Botticelli. [Dual text, printed double column]. Pp. [iv]+326(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank)..... More
Translated by J. M. Cohen. Lithographs by M. Lin-Desportes. Pp. 118, black & white frontispiece, plus 6 plates printed in two colours; pictorial tan cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in black, the boards faintly soiled; top edges yellow; lacking the slipcase; armorial bookplate (Richard George De Burgh Griffith) on..... More
Translated by Leigh Hafrey. Pp. [vi]+232(last blank); qr. grey cloth, spine lettered in silver, cream cloth boards; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; The New Press, New York, 1992. First U.S. edition. More
Marguerite Duras speaks to Jerome Beaujour. Translated from the French by Barbara Bray. Pp. [viii]+144(last blank); dust wrapper; Collins, London, 1990. U.K. edition. *'Collection of her pieces - about her homes, her past, her writing, her love for a very young man and their love for each other. She writes..... More
Translated from the Japanese by Mark Williams. Pp. 232, pictorial endpapers med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly canted; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle creased, the backstrip faintly faded; name & date (1989) in ink at head of upper free endpaper; Peter Owen, London..... More
Translated by Michael Hofmann. With a Foreword by Jenny Williams. Pp. xvi+580(last blank), notes, appendix; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver, the boards a trifle canted; dust wrapper; Penguin Classics, London, 2012. First U.K. edition. *Originally published in Germany in 1931. 'One of the best fictional representations of..... More
Translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson. With an Introduction by Ernest Boyd and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Pp. xii+174+[2](colophon, verso blank), printed in red & black, coloured frontispiece, title page vignette, and 19 plates, the title page printed in red, blue, yellow, purple & black; wide demy 4to; blue cloth, lettered..... More
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The translation by Lafcadio Hearn. With an Introduction by A. S. W. Rosenbach and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Pp. viii+190+[2](blank, colophon), printed in red & black, coloured frontispiece, 8 plates, title page vignette, and pictorial headpieces; med. 4to; dull green linen, lettered in gilt and decorated in darker green, fore-corners..... More
The translation by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson, with an Introduction by Desmond MacCarthy and illustrations by Pierre Watrin. Pp. xvi+282, text illustrations, some full page, title page decoration printed in blue; super roy. 8vo; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, spine quite faded; speckled edges; within blue/grey card slipcase, edges..... More
Translated by Gamel Woolsey, illustrated by Charles Mozley and with an Introduction by Gerald Brenan. Pp. x+238, frontispiece, plus 7 full page illustrations, list of characters; cr. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, lightly foxed and browned, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of..... More
With the preface by the author, an introduction for the modern reader by Jacques Barzun and hand-colored illustrations by Andre Dugo. Pp. xlvi+300+[2](colophon, verso blank), 10 plates and 9 text illustrations hand-coloured in the studio of Charlize Brakely, the half-title and title pages printed in blue & black; impl. 8vo;..... More
Edited by David Littlejohn. Pp. [ii]+xvi+978+[8], notes and bibliography; thick med. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in red & black; top edges red, others uncut; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges slightly rubbed and split, both flaps lightly creased; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1971. First..... More
Translated from the French and with an Introduction and Notes by Wade Baskin. Pp. 136, frontispiece portrait; demy 8vo; orange papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, slight bruises to head of spine and top fore-corner of upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, the laminate..... More
Translated by Walter Wallich. Lift-ground drawings by Fritz Wegner. Pp. 152(last blank), frontispiece, pictorial headpieces; natural canvas, featuring pictorial frieze in blue by Fritz Wegner; top edges red; within card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 1965. Folio 210. *Grimmelshausen (c. 1622-1672) was the father of the modern German novel. More
Translated from the Danish by Barbara Haveland. Pp. [iv]+252; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Harvill, London, 1995. Australian edition. *By the author of Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow. More
Translated from the Danish by Barbara Haveland. Pp. [vi]+340(last blank), biographical list of real-life characters; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; The Harvill Press, London, 1995. Early export edition, first impression, printed in Australia. *Originally published in Denmark in 1988. More
A dramatic poem by Henrik Ibsen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Pp. 258(last colophon), 12 coloured plates with lettered guards, half-title and title page vignettes printed in green, black & white text illustrations and decorations, pictorial endpapers printed in brown; post 4to; full vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle..... More
by Edward Fitzgerald. Pp. [112], french-folded, the title and text within different decorative borders by Louis B. Coley, decorative initials; roy. 4to; qr. white cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards, upper board lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine slightly soiled and with tiny indent near foot; uncut;..... More
Translated by Edward Marsh. Pp. viii+88; small med. 8vo; qr. vellum, spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards, lightly soiled, fore-edges bruised near centre; uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on the upper pastedown and bookseller's sticker at foot of same, the half-title and final text page quite offset..... More
Gravures de Charles Martin. [Text in French]. Pp. [52](last colophon, verso blank), hand-coloured frontispiece and 6 pictorial headpieces, plus 6 pictorial tailpieces and 2 decorative initials printed in red, the title page printed in red & black; impl. 8vo; bound by Riviere in half light brown morocco, the spine ruled..... More