Pp. [x]+196(last blank); narrow cr. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, backstrip lightly faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the text block slightly browned; Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 1995. First edition. *Boyd's second collection of short stories. More
Pp. [xii]+370, full page map; demy 8vo; dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly canted and with a couple of small edge bruises; dust wrapper, browned on reverse, edges a trifle creased, the back panel slightly soiled, backstrip lightly faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on..... More
Pp. [viii]+374(last blank); med. 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Viking, London, 2018. First edition. More
Pp. [x]+462; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the back panel faintly soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, the text block quite browned; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987. First edition. More
Pp. 58(including upper endpapers, last blank), frontispiece portrait; tall demy 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt and upper board decorated in blind, lower board and spine slightly flecked and rubbed; top edges green; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on the upper pastedown; Bridgewater Press, London, 2018. First edition..... More
Pp. 256(last blank); demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, flaps slightly foxed and browned, backstrip faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, text block browned, the endpapers lightly offset, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Hamish Hamilton, London..... More
The Many Lives of Amory Clay. Pp. x+448+[4](last colophon), text illustrations, pictorial pastedowns; med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle creased, tiny split at head of backstrip; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Bloomsbury, London, 2015. First edition. *Signed..... More
Pp. 352(last blank), text map; med. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; Allison & Busby, London, 2009.First edition. *Signed by the author ('Jack Ludlow') on the half title page. 'Jack Ludlow' is the pseudonym of Scottish nautical historical novelist David Donachie. Book two of the..... More
The illustrated Para Handy. Illustrated by Hamish Haswell-Smith. Pp. [vi]+154, illustrated in colour throughout (several full or double page); square 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Black & White Publishing, Edinburgh, 2003. First edition. *Scottish journalist, editor, and author Neil Munro (1863-1930) is today best known for..... More
Pp. [vi]+226; cr. 8vo; orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with publisher's device at foot in silver; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges chipped and split; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Readers Union, London, 1950. Book Club edition. *Originally published by Heinemann in..... More
Pp. [x]+282; dust wrapper; leaves browned and edges quite foxed; Faber & Faber, London, 1999. First edition.*The Scottish author's second book and first novel. Shortlisted for the 1999 Man Booker Prize. More
Pp. [viii]+328; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves very faintly foxed; Faber & Faber, London, 2003. First edition. *Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. More
Complete in 48 volumes, totalling approximately 18,000 pages, each volume with an engraved frontispiece and vignette title page, several extra plates (see footnote), an engraved dedication leaf Volume I, folding plan (of Kenilworth Castle) at the end of Volume 23, glossary Volume 48; post 12mo; bound by Kerr & Richardson..... More
A bibliographical history, 1796-1832. Pp. xx+1072(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, appendices, indices; thick, cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE., 1988. More
Pp. [viii]+294; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; dust wrapper; a little light foxing; Canongate, Edinburgh, 2002. First edition. *Author's debut novel, winner of the Crime Writer's Association 2002 John Creasey Dagger for a first crime thriller, and joint winner of the Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the Year Award in..... More
Pp. [viii]+296(last blank), 2 maps; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2005. First edition. *A Marcus Corvinus mystery. More
Pp. viii+260; med. 8vo; fore-edge of boards slightly marked; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2008.First edition. *A Marcus Corvinus mystery. More
Pp. x+308, full page map; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2006. First edition. *A Marcus Corvinus mystery. More
