Aldington, Richard.: Death of a Hero. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1936. 2nd. impression of the the 1st. Penguin edn. 288pp. Binding slightly cocked. D/w chipped and worn with several closed tears otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4977) £20.00
Aldiss, Brian W.: A Rude Awakening. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1978. 1st. edn. 206pp. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges with three closed tears and some minor loss to back panel. Otherwise, a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4983) £10.00
Alexander, Patrick.: Show me a Hero. London: Macmillan, 1979. 1st. edn. 271pp. Signed and dated by the author on ffep. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges with two small, closed tears at spine head otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7370) £12.00
Andrzeyevski, George.: The Gates of Paradise. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962. 1st. UK edn. 158pp. Translated from the Polish by James Kirkup. D/w dust marked and slightly rubbed on edges and corners with some slight fraying at spine head and tail. Otherwise, a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6828) £100.00
Atwood, Margaret.: The Heart Goes Last. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. 1st. UK edn. xii,306pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7780) £10.00
Atwood, Margaret..: Oryx and Crake. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2003. 1st. edn. (12)378pp. All pp lightly tanned. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6851) £15.00
Bailey, Paul.: Gabriel’s Lament. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. 1st. edn. 331pp. Signed and dated by the author on title page. D/w very slightly creased along top edge of front panel otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7363) £20.00
Baker, Frank.: Lease of Life. London: Angus & Robertson, 1954. 1st. edn. 239pp. Inscribed by the author and also signed By Robert Donat, the actor who plyed the leading role in the film version of the book. D/w with a tiny chip in top edge of front panel and a small, closed tear in top edge of the back panel otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8131) £75.00
Ballard, J. G.: Millennium People. London: Flamingo, 2003. 1st. edn. (6)294pp. All pp lightly tanned. D/w very slightly faded on spine otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7240) £10.00
Ballard, J. G.: The Complete Short Stories. London: Flamingo, 2001. 1st. edn. x,1189pp. D/w dust marked and slightly creased on edges and spine head otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7239) £25.00
Banks, Iain.: Complicity. London: Little, Brown & Co., 1993. 1st. edn. 313pp. Signed by the author on the half-title. D/w very slightly creased along top edge otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7703) £80.00
Banks, Lynne Reid.: An End to Running. London: Chatto & Windus, 1962. 1st. edn. (8)303pp. Binding slightly cocked. D/w slightly rubbed on edges and corners with some minor loss at spine head otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5000) £8.00
Barker, Pat.: The Century’s Daughter. London: Virago Press, 1986. 1st. P/B edn. (4)284pp. The author’s third novel. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6408) £10.00
Bates, H. E.: A Moment in Time. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964. 1st. Penguin edn. 205pp. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed opn spine otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6962) £15.00
Bates, H. E.: A Crown of Wild Myrtle. London: Four Square Books, 1964. 1st. P/B edn. 160pp.Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on edges and corners and some very light spine creasing otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6960) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: A House of Women. London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. Reprint. 324pp.The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7475) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: A Little of What You Fancy. London: Michael Joseph, 1970. 1st. edn. 216pp. Signed by the author, the fifth and final title in the Larkins series. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7672) £50.00
Bates, H. E.: Catherine Foster. London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. Reprint. 208pp. The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7480) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: Charlotte’s Row. London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. Reprint. 271pp.The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7478) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: Cut and Come Again. London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. Reprint. 228pp.The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7476) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: Day’s End. London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Reprint. 286pp.The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7469) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: Dulcima. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1972. 1st. Penguin edn. thus. 90pp. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6968) £12.00
Bates, H. E.: Fair Stood the Wind for France. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970. Reprint. 255pp. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6958) £12.00
Bates, H. E.: My Uncle Silas. London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. Reprint.190pp. The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7481) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: Spella Ho. London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. Reprint. 414pp. The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7479) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: The Bride Comes to Evensford. London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. Reprint. 221pp.The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7474) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: The Country of White Clover. London: Michael Joseph, 1952. 1st. edn. 190pp. B/w illus. by Broom Lynne. Signed by the author. D/w (2nd. state?) very lightly tanned on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7673) £0.00
Bates, H. E.: The Distant Horns of Summer. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1969. 1st. Penguin edn. 268pp. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers rather faded on spine and a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6964) £12.00
Bates, H. E.: The Fabulous Mrs. V. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970. 1st. Penguin edn. 171pp. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6963) £15.00
Bates, H. E.: The Fallow Land London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. Reprint. 256pp.The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7471) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: The Four Beauties. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1972. 1st. Penguin edn. 153pp. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers a trifle ruubbed on edge4s and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6967) £15.00
Bates, H. E.: The Poacher. London: Sphere Books, 1969. 1st. Sphere edn. 156pp plus 6pp publisher’s list. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers rather faded on spine and with signs of label removal on front panel, otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6969) £12.00
Bates, H. E.: The Purple Plain. London: Corgi Books, 1969. Reprint. 222pp. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6959) £10.00
Bates, H. E.: The Triple Echo. London: Michael Joseph, 1970. 1st. edn. 80pp. B/w drawings by Ron Clarke. Signed by the author. D/w slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7674) £30.00
Bates, H. E.: The Two Sisters. London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. Reprint. 219pp.The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7470) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: The Watercress Girl and Other Stories. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1963. 1st. Penguin edn. 207pp. Signed by the author on title Page. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6961) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: The Wedding Party. harmondsworth: Penguin Books. 1969. 1st. Penguin edn. 154pp. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers creased on spine and a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6966) £12.00
Bates, H. E.: The Wild Cherry Tree. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971. 1st. Penguin edn. 172pp. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6965) £15.00
Bates, H. E.: The Woman who had Imagination. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. Reprint. 288pp.The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7477) £20.00
Bates, H. E.: Thirty-One Selected Tales. London: Jonathan Cape, 1970.. Reprint. 414pp.The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7473) £20.00
Bennett, Arnold.: Elsie and the Child. London: Cassell & Co., 1929. No. 228 of an edn. of 750. (8)86pp. Cold. plates By E. McNight Kauffer. Cream cloth boards slightly dust marked in slipcase which shows just a little shelf wear. A very good, bright copy. (Stock ref 3650) £120.00
Bernstein, Marcelle.: Sadie. London: Victor Gollancz, 1983. 1st. edn. 412pp. Inscribed by the author. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7364) £10.00
Boissiere, Ralph de.: Crown Jewel. London: Pan Books, 1981. 1st. UK P/B edn. (4)361pp. Signed by the author. Pictorial card covers a trifle dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6924) £15.00
Bowen, Marjorie.: I Will Maintain. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1943. 1st. Penguin edn. 254pp. Paper covers slightly tanned otherwise a ver clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8000) £8.00
Boyd, William.: The New Confessions. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. 1st. edn. 462pp. All pp rather tanned. D/w a little dust marked otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7653) £10.00
Brahms, Caryl.: Stroganov in Company: collected stories. London: Robson Books, 1980. 1st. edn. 288pp. Inscribed by the author. D/w a little rubbed on edges and with a closed tear in the fold of front fold-in otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5101) £20.00
Buck, Pearl S.: The Living Reed London: Pan Books, 1966. 1st. UK P/B edn. 399pp. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6856) £8.00
Burroughs, William.: Junkie. London: New English Library for The Olympia Press, 1966. 1st. UK P/B edn. 160pp. Traveller’s Companion series no. 114. Card covers a trifle rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 5374) £8.00
Butts, Mary.: With and Without Buttons and other stories. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1991. 1st. edn. 216pp. Edited with an afterword by Nathalie Blondel. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8461) £20.00
Caldwell, Erskine.: Gretta. London: Pan Books, 1959. 1st. UK P/B edn. 156pp plus 4pp publisher’s list. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6409) £5.00
Camus, Albert.: Lyrical and Critical. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1967. 1st. UK edn. vi,274pp. Selected and translated from the French by Philip Thody. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 7771) £30.00
Cartere, Angela.: Black Venus. London: Picador, 1986. 1st. P/B edn. 121pp plus 6pp publisher’s list. Pictorial card covers a little creased on front panel otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7594) £6.00
Carver, Raymond.: Where I’m Calling From: the selected stories. London: The Harvill Press, 1998. Memorial edn. xvi,431pp. With a foreword by the author. D/w verysligtly creased at spine tail otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7987) £18.00
Chevalier, Tracy.: Remarkable Creatures. London: HarperCollins, 2009. 1st. edn. 352pp. Inscribed by the author on title page. D/w very slightly rubbed on corners otjherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8347) £20.00
Cohen, Marvin.: The Self-Devoted Friend. London: Rapp & Carroll, 1967. 1st. UK edn. 150pp. Inscribed by the author to verso of half-title. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 4195) £25.00
Colette.: Cheri and The Last of Cheri. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1954. 1st. Penguin edn. 247pp plus 8pp publisher’s list. Neat ownership signature to half-title. Card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7539) £6.00
Coover, Robert.: Spanking the Maid. London: Heinemann, 1987. 1st. UK edn.102pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6816) £10.00
Cornwell, Bernard.: Rebel London: HarperCollins, 1993. 3rd. impression. (6)308pp. The first in the Nathaniel Starbuck series. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6043) £5.00
Cornwell, Patricia D.: The Body Farm. London: Little, Brown & Co., 1994. 1st. edn. (10)324pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3416) £10.00
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels: Postmortem London: Macdonald, 1990 1st UK edn. 293 pp. The first in the crime series featuring Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Binding has a slight lean and d/w is a trifle rubbed on corners and spine head and tail but, otherwise, a very good copy. (Stock ref 2020) £60.00
Cummings, E. E.: The Enormous Room. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971. 1st. Penguin edn. 269pp. Introduction by the author. Pictorial card covers ver slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 8009) £6.00
De Mandiargues, Andre Pieyre.: The Girl Beneath the Lions. London: John Calder, 1963. 1st.Uk p/b edn. 112pp. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed and dust marked otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 3949) £8.00
Deighton, Len.: SS-GB: Nazi-occupied Britain 1941. London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. 1st. edn. 350pp. D/w slightly tanned and with some light creasing at spine head and tail otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4969) £20.00
Didion, Joan.: A Book of Common Prayer. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979. 1st. Penguin edn. 224pp. Pictorial card covers a trifle creased on front panel otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8010) £8.00
Doblin, Alfred.: The Three Leaps of Wang Lun Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. 1st. edn. in English. xxxi, 419pp. Translated from the German and with an introduction by C. D. Godwin. D/w very slightly rubbed along top edge otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4773) £15.00
Drabble, Margaret.: A Summer Bird-Cage. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967. 1st. Penguin edn. 208pp. Picttorial card covers a little dust marked otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7435) £10.00
Drabble, Margaret.: The Millstone. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1968. 1st. penguin edn. 172pp. Ownership signature to ffep. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on edges and corners , a very good copy. (Stock ref 7434) £4.00
Durrell, Lawrence.: Clea. London: Faber and Faber, 1960. 1st. edn. 287pp. The final volume of the “Alexandria Quartet”. D/w slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4365) £50.00
Durrell, Lawrence.: Mountolive. London: Faber and Faber, 1958. 1st. edn. 320pp. The third title in the “Alexandria Quartet”. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4364) £30.00
Ellis, Alice Thomas.: Home Life. London: Duckworth, 1986. 1st. edn. 152pp. D/w very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6556) £8.00
Enright, Anne.: The Wren, the Wren. London: Jonathan Cape, 2023. 1st. edn. (6)276pp. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy.. (Stock ref 8495) £25.00
Forester, C. S.: Two-and-Twenty London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1931 cab11st. edn. Some light foxing to prelims and foredge. Blue cloth boards faded at spine head and tail and witha slight lean. D/w with several small, closed tears and slight chipping to corners and spine head where there is some very minor loss. Overall, a very good copy. (Stock ref 1943) £500.00
Forester, C.S.: Brown on Resolution. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1956. 1st. Penguin edn. 151pp. Pictorial card covers with small nick at spine tail otherwise a fine copy (Stock ref 7630) £8.00
Fowles, John.: The French Lieutenant’s Woman. London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. Reprint. 445pp. Signed by the author on half-title. All pp. lightly tanned. Film tie-in d/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7372) £90.00
Francis, Dick: Odds Against London: Michael Joseph, 1965 1st. edn. 256 pp. Binding with a very slight lean. D/w with three tiny tears at spine head and tail otherwise a near fine copy. (Stock ref 1947) £40.00
Fuentes, Carlos.: Terra Nostra. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978. 1st. Penguin edn. 891pp. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. Pictorial card covers somewhat rubbed and creased but a clean, sound copy otherwise. (Stock ref 7805) £8.00
Gantos, Jack: The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs. London: Macmillan, 2008. 1st. UK edn. (6)181(5)pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8460) £10.00
Gardner, John.: The Liquidator. London: Corgi Books, 1965. 1st. P/B edn. 174pp plus 2pp publisher’s list. Pictorial card covers a trifl;e rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6858) £5.00
Garnett, David.: The Sailor’s Return. London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. Ltd. edn. No. 133 of 160. 163pp.Woodcut frontis. tissue guarded. Signed by the author and artist. aeg.Maroon cloth gilt (no d/w issued). Binding very slightly cocked otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7421) £35.00
Genet, Jean.: The Thief’s Journal. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967. 1st. Penguin edn. 224pp. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. Ownership signature to half title. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8008) £6.00
Golding, William.: Fire Down Below. London: Faber & Faber, 1989. 1st. edn. 313pp. The third volume in the “Rites of Passage” trilogy. All pp. somewhat tanned. D/w very slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4935) £6.00
Golding, William.: Lord of the Flies. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1960. 1st. Penguin edn. 192pp. All pp lightly tanned. Binding slightly cocked. Pictorial card covers lightly creased on spine, slightly rubbed on corners and with some dust marking otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5124) £90.00
Golding, William.: The Spire. London: Faber & Faber, 1964. 1st. edn. 223pp. Some light spotting to top edge of text block and binding very slightly cocked otherwise a very sound copy in a clean and bright d/w. (Stock ref 4428) £40.00
Gombrowicz, Witold.: Pornografia: a novel. London: Calder & Boyars, 1966. 1st. UK P/B edn. 160pp. Translated from the Polish by Alastair Hamilton. Pictorial card covers slightly dust marked and rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5467) £15.00
Graham, Winston.: The Twisted Sword. London: Chapman’s, 1990. 1st. edn. 510pp. Signed and dated by the author on a label attached to the title-page. D/w slightly rubbed along bottom edge otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6566) £30.00
Green, Henry.: Surviving: the uncollected wrtings of Henry Green. London: Chatto & Windus, 1992. 1st. edn. xviii,302pp. Whole text block lightly tanned. D/w with one tiny, closed tear at spine tail otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 8118) £10.00
Griffin, John Howard.: The Devil Rodes Outside. London: Collins, 1953. 1st. edn. 511pp. Some light foxing mainly affecting epp and title page. D/w slightly dulled on spine with a couple of nicks and a small tear at spine tail otherwise a clean, bright copy.; (Stock ref 8515) £25.00
Haddon, Mark.: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. 2nd. Impression. (8)272pp. Signed by the auhtor on title page. D/w a little rubbed on corners and edges with two tiny, closed tears in bottom edge, a very good copy. (Stock ref 7110) £35.00
Hamsun, Knud.: Wayfarers. London: Souvenir Press, 1980. 1st. UK edn. (4)460pp. Translated from the Norwegian by James McFarlane. D/w very slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4980) £50.00
Hamsun, Knut: Hnnger. London: Picador, 1976. 1st. Picador edn. 189pp. Translated from the Norwegian by Robert Bly. Small, neat ownership signature to title page. All pp somewhat tanned. Pictorial card covers very sligtly rubbed on corners and lightly creased on back panel. A very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7902) £6.00
Harling, Robert.: The Endless Colonnade. London: Pan Books, 1958. 1st. P/B edn. 234pp plus 6pp publisher’s list. All pp rather tanned. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and creased in top corner of front panel. Otherwise, a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5880) £5.00
Hemingway, Ernest.: A Farewell to Arms. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1936. 5th. impression of 1st. Penguin edn. 288pp. All pp slightly tanned. Card covers very slightly ruubbed at spine head and tail otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4978) £10.00
Hemingway, Ernest.: A Farewell to Arms. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1936. 2nd. impression of 1st. Penguin edn. 288pp. All pp slightly tanned. Card covers very slightly ruubbed at spine head and tail otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4979) £15.00
Hemingway, Ernest.: Islands in the Stream. London: Collins, 1970. 1st. edn. 398pp. D/w faded on soine and rubbed and creased on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4372) £5.00
Herbert, James.: Sepulchre. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1987. 1st. edn. 316pp. All pp tanned and binding very slightly cocked otherwise a fine copy in a similar d/w. (Stock ref 3618) £5.00
Herbert, James.: The Secret of Crickley Hall. London: Macmillan, 2006. 1st. edn. 600pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3619) £5.00
Hesse, Hermann: Steppenwolf. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1965. 1st. Penguin edn. 253pp. Translated from the German by Basil Creighton, revised by Walter Sorrell. Pictorial card covers slighrtly rubbed on edges and tanned on spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7811) £5.00
Hesse, Hermann.: The Glass Bead Game. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1972. 1st. Penguin edn. 519pp. All pp rather tanned. Pictorial card covers a little grubby and slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a sound copy. (Stock ref 5864) £5.00
Hill, Susan.: Mrs. de Winter. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. 1st. edn. (4)374pp. Signed and dated by author to title page. All pp lightly tanned. D/w very slightly rubbed at spine head otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5006) £12.00
Hoban, Russell.: The Bat Tattoo. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008. 1st. edn. (10)238pp. D/w a trifle creased along top edge of back panel otherwise a fi8ne copy. (Stock ref 7176) £15.00
Hoyle, Trevor.: Vail. London: John Calder, 1984. 1st. UK edn. 188pp. Laminated pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7533) £5.00
Hrabal, Bohumil.: All my Cats. London: Penguin Books, 2019. 1st. UK edn. 96pp. Translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8440) £10.00
Huxley, Aldous.: Brave New World. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1955. 1st. Penguin edn. 201pp. All pp a trifle tanned. Card covers a little rubbed on edges and corners with some fairly minor loss at spine head and tail else a good, sound copy. (Stock ref 8278) £8.00
Huxley, Aldous:: Those Barren Leaves. London, Chatto & Windus, 1925. 1st. edn. 380 pp. Brown cloth very slightly rubbed on extremities else a nice, clean copy. (Stock ref 3204) £15.00
Imog, Jo.: The Demon Flower. London: Calder & Boyars, 1972. 1st. UK P/B edn. 220pp. Translated from the German by Catherine Hanf Noren. Pictorial card covers a trifel rubbed otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 5466) £20.00
Isherwood, Christopher.: A Meeting by the River. London: Methuen, 1967. 1st. edn. 160pp. D/w slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3639) £5.00
Ishiguro, Kazuo: An Artist of the Floating World London: Faber & Faber, 1986 1st. edn. 206 pp. The first issue printed by Butler & Tanner Ltd. D/w just showing a tiny bit of creasing at spine head otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 1949) £90.00
Jacobs, W. W.: Dialstone Lane. London: George Newnes, 1904. 1st. edn. 328pp. Many b/w illus. by Will Owen. Inscription by the author to his illustrator dated “Nov 1904”. Pictorial cloth boards rather grubby, particularly so on spine but clean and sound internally. (Stock ref 8421) £30.00
Jacobs, W. W.: Light Freights London: Methuen & Co., 1901 1st. edn. (8)295pp. plus 48pp publisher’s list dated July 1901. 12 b/w illus. by Stacey. Inscription by the author to his longtime collaborator Will Owen dated “Oct 1901”. Rather grubby brown cloth boards with black decoration and gilt spine lettering slightly bumped on corners and rubbed at spine head and tail. A clean, sound copy otherwise. (Stock ref 8422) £50.00
Jacobs, W. W.: Ship’s Company. London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. (1911) 1st. edn. 272pp. 23 b/w drawings. Inscription, dated Oct.1911, by the author to his illustrator, Will Owen on half-title. Front inner hinge split. Brown cloth boards with black illustration and black and gilt lettering rubbed and worn on edges and corners. A good reading copy. (Stock ref 8401) £20.00
Jacobs, W. W.: The Lady of the Barge. London: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Presumed 1st. edn. (8)300pp. 11, of 12, b/w illus. Inscription, dated Nov. 1902, by the author to Mrs. W. W. Owen, the wife of his longtime illustrator. A collection of short stories including The Monkey’s Paw. Brown cloth boards with black illustration and gilt lettering rather rubbed on edges and bumped on corners. Internally pretty clean and sound. (Stock ref 8402) £30.00
Jacobs, W.W.:: At Sunwich Port. London: George Newnes, 1902. 1st. edn. viii, 292 pp. plus 4 pp. adverts. 16 b/w illus. by Will Owen. Inscribed by the author ” To Mrs.W.W.Owen, these pictures by her husband and words by W.W.Jacobs May 1902″. Dec. cloth bds., slightly rubbed on extremities else a very good, bright copy. (Stock ref 3206) £45.00
Jacobs, W.W.:: Night Watches. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. 1st. edn. vi, 247 pp. Illus. by Stanley Davis in black,white and sepia. Inscribed by the author “To W.W.Owen with all regards W.W.Jacobs Oct.1914”. Pictorial cloth bds. somewhat grubby and slightly rubbed on extremities else a very good copy. (Stock ref 3208) £40.00
Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles in the Terai London: Brockhampton Press, 1966 1st edn. 176 pp. D/w just showing a little rubbing to spine head otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6703) £200.00
Joyce, James.: Finnegan’s Wake. London: Faber & Faber, 1939. 1st. edn. (4)628pp. pp untrimmed. Lacks d/w. Dark red cloth boards rather rubbed on bottom edges and spine tail and slightly bumped on top corners. Gilt spine lettering dull and front inner hinge weak. A fair copy only. (Stock ref 5999) £200.00
Joyce, James.: Finnegans Wake. London: Faber & Faber, 1971. 3rd. edn. reprint. (4)628pp. D/w slightly dust marked and very slightly tanned on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7975) £100.00
Kennedy, Lena.: Autumn Alley. London: Futura Publications, 1981. 1st. P/B edn. 394pp. Inscribed by the author on title page. Pictorial card coversvery slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6971) £10.00
Kennedy, Lena.: Maggie. London: Futura Publications, 1981. Reprint. 382pp. Inscribed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6970) £6.00
Kerr, Philip.: Greeks Bearing Gifts. London: Quercus, 2018. 1st. edn. (8)486pp. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8254) £20.00
Kundera, Milan.: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. London: Faber and Faber, 1982. 1st. UK edn. (8)228pp. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. D/w a trifle dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5793) £35.00
Kurkov, Andrey.: The Case of the General’s Thumb. London: The Harvill Press, 2003. 1st. P/B edn. (6)184pp. Signed by the author on title page. Pictorial card covers showing minimal shelf wear otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3584) £7.50
La Farge, Oliver.: Sparks Fly Upward. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1931. 1st. edn. (6)322pp. Red cloth boards with black lettering, spotted and dulled with bumped corners but, internally, clean and sound. (Stock ref 6835) £15.00
Larkin, Philip.: Trouble at Willow Gables and Other Fictions. London: Faber & Faber, 2002 1st. edn. xlvi,498pp. Edited by James Booth. All pp lightly tanned. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7172) £0.00
Laski, Marghanita.: The Victorian Chaise-Longue. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1962. 1st. Penguin edn. 126pp. Binding slightly cocked. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and corners else a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8277) £10.00
Le Carre, John.: Agent Running in the Field. London: Viking, 2019. 3rd. impression. (6)282pp. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7597) £30.00
Le Carre, John.: The Honourable Schoolboy. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1977. 1st. edn. xiv,532pp. Ownership signature to half-title. D/w rubbed on corners with a small, closed tear in bottom edge of back panel. A clean, sound copy otherwise. (Stock ref 7596) £20.00
Le Carre, John.: The Little Drummer Girl. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1983. 1st. edn. (8)430pp. D/w slightly creased on front panel and faded on spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8256) £10.00
Le Carre, John.: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974. 1st. edn. 349pp. Top edge of textblock slightly stained. D/w faded on spine and slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8257) £40.00
Le Queux, William.: The Mystery of the Green Ray. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1915. 2nd. edn. viii, 244pp. Ownership signature to first contents page. Pictorial blue cloth boards rather dull and slightly rubbed on edges, corners bumped. Otherwise, a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5611) £20.00
Le Queux, William.: The Valley of the Shadow. London: Methuen & Co., 1905. 1st. edn. viii, 307pp plus 40pp publisher’s list. Ownership signature to half-title. Binding slightly cocked. Red cloth boards with gilt decoration rather dull on spine and stained on front, bottom corners bumped. Internally, clean and sound. (Stock ref 5612) £20.00
Lewis, D. B. Wyndham (ed.): The Nonsensibus. London: Methuen & Co., 1936. 1st. edn. xxiv, 428pp. Contains piecesby Hilaire Belloc, Dorothy Parker, P. G. Wodehouse, the editor et al. D/w chipped and worn on edges, tanned and stained on spine with some loss at spine head and the adjacent section of the front panel. Otherwise, a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5675) £20.00
Lewycka, Marina.: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian. London: Viking, 2005. 1st. edn. 326pp. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges with a tiny tear at spine tail otrherwise a fine copy, (Stock ref 7656) £8.00
Lindop, Audrey Erskine.: The Way to the Lantern. London: Fontana Books, 1963. 1st. P/B edn. 382pp plus 2pp publisher’s list. Ownership signature to ffep. Pictorial card covers creased on spine and slightly rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6859) £5.00
Lodge, David.: A Man of Parts. London: Harvill Secker, 2011. 1st. edn. (10)565pp. Binding very slightly cocked. D/w, a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6916) £9.00
London, Jack.: Martin Eden. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967. 1st. Penguin edn. 348pp. Pictorial card covers a trifle creased and rubbed on edges and corners. A very good copy. (Stock ref 7808) £10.00
Longrigg, Roger.: A High-Pitched Buzz. harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1962. 1st. Penguin edn. 204pp. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7633) £7.00
Longrigg, Roger.: Daughters of Mulberry. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1963. 1st. Penguin ed. 234pp. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7634) £10.00
Mann, Thomas.: The Tables of the Law. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. 1st. US edn. 63pp. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. This story first appeared in a collection entitled The Ten Commandments. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners with two small, closed tears in top edge otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7265) £30.00
Mantel, Hilary.: Bring up the Bodies. London: Fourth Estate, 2012. 1st. edn. xviii, 411pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7598) £8.00
March, Joseph Moncure: The Wild Party. London: Picador, 1994. New edn. viii,112pp. B/w illus. by Art Spiegelman. Quarter grey cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards. D/w very slightly dust marked else a fine copy. (Stock ref 8239) £15.00
Maron, Monika.: Flight of the Ashes. London: Readers International, 1986. 1st. UK edn. (4)188pp. Translated frrom the German by David Newton Marinelli. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed and creased on front panel otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 3950) £10.00
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia.: Leaf Storm and Other Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1972. 1st. UK edn. (10)146pp. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. D/w a trifle rubbed on edges and corners with two tiny, closed tears in top edge of front panel. A very good copy. (Stock ref 6829) £50.00
Martin, Ralph G.: Black and White London: W. H. Allen, 1965. 1st. UK edn. 189pp. Some light fox spotting throughout. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7647) £8.00
McDermid, Val.: Killing the Shadows. London: HarperCollins, 2000. 1st. edn. (8)423pp. Signed by the author. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3488) £10.00
McDermid, Val:: Kick Back. London: Victor Gollancz, 1993. 1st. edn. 211 pp. The second Kate Brannigan title. Very slightly marked on the bottom edge of the front bd. else a fine copy in d/w. (Stock ref 3209) £25.00
McEwan, Ian.: Saturday. London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. 1st. edn. (8)280pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7210) £8.00
McMahon, Thomas.: Loving Little Egypt. London: Picador, 1988. 1st. P/B edn. 273pp. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7845) £15.00
Miller, Henry.: Black Spring. London: Panther Books, 1974. 1st. UK P/B edn. 206pp. All pp. somewhat tanned. Pictorial card covers just a little rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5778) £7.50
Mitford, Nancy.: Love in a Cold Climate. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1954. 1st. Penguin edn. 249pp plus 4pp publisher’s list. Card covers slightly tanned on spine and rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7687) £8.00
Moore, Brian.: The Statement. London: Bloomsbury, 1995. 1st. edn. (6)217pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 4074) £4.00
Mosse, Kate.: The Taxidermist’s Daughter. London Orion Books, 2014. 4th. impression. (12)409pp. Map. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8507) £10.00
Murdoch, Iris.: An Accidental Man. London: Chatto & Windus, 1971. 1st. edn. 377pp. Some staining to epp. otherwise a fine copy in similar d/w.. (Stock ref 8512) £15.00
Murdoch, Iris.: The Green Knight. London: Chatto & Windus, 1993. 1st. edn. (8)472pp. D/w with two tiny tears in bottom edge of front panel otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3867) £5.00
Murdoch, Iris.: The Italian Girl. New York: Avon Books, 1965. 1st. US P/B edn. 160pp. All pp slightly tanned. Pictorial card covers slightly tanned and very slightly rubbed on edges and corners. A very good copy. (Stock ref 7433) £8.00
Murdoch, Iris.: The Nice and the Good. London: Chatto & Windus, 1968. 1st. edn. 350pp. Gift inscription to ffep. Price-clipped d/w slightly creased along top edge with three tiny, closed tears at spine head otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8510) £10.00
Murdoch, Iris.: The Philosopher’s Pupil. London: Chatto & Windus, 1983. !st. edn. 5766pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8511) £10.00
Murdoch, Iris.: The Sandcastle. London: Chatto & Windus, 1957. 1st. edn. 318pp. D/w chipped and worn with several small, closed tears and some loss in top dge of back panel. Clean and sound otherwise. (Stock ref 8513) £25.00
Musil, Robert.: The Man Without Qualities. London: Pan Books, 1979. 1st. Picador edns. Threee vols.: xxxiv,365pp, vii,454pp andxii, 445pp. All pp somewhat tanned. Bindings of vols I and II slightly cocked. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and vol I is creased on spine but, overall, a clean, sound set. (Stock ref 4967) £25.00
Nabokov, Vladimir.: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964. 1st. Penguin edn. 173pp. Pictirial card covers just a trifle rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7815) £5.00
O’Donnell, Peter.: I, Lucifer. London: Pan Books, 1969. 1st. P/B edn. 287pp. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and corners and creased on spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6862) £10.00
Oates, Joyce Carol.: The Falls. London: Fourth Estate, 2004. 1st. UK edn. xiv, 481pp. Edges of text block very slightly tanned and bottom corners of boards slightly bumped otherwise a near fine copy in similar state d/w. (Stock ref 3398) £6.00
Orwell, George.: Nineteen Eighty-Four. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1954. 1st. Penguin edn. 251pp. Card covers, slightly tanned on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7631) £25.00
Orwell, George.: Nineteen Eighty-Four. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1954. 1st. Penguin edn. 251pp. All pp rather tanned. Card covers slightly tanned on spine and a little rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8040) £20.00
Oz, Amos.: Where the Jackals Howl and other stories. London: Chatto & Windus, 1981. 1st. UK edn. 217pp. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange and Philip Simpson. Signed by the author on ffep. D/w slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8346) £30.00
Parker, Robert B.: A Catskill Eagle. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1987. Reprint. 312pp. Signed by the author. Pictorial card covers a little creased on front panel otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6928) £15.00
Peters, Ellis.: The Heretic’s Apprentice. London: Headline, 1989. 1st. edn. (6)279pp. The sixteenth chronicle of Brother Cadfael. All pp slightly tanned. Binding slightly cocked. D/w slightly rubbed on edges. A very good copy. (Stock ref 6420) £5.00
Piercy, Marge.: City of Darkness, City of Light. London: Michael Joseph, 1997. 1st. edn. x(2)479pp. Fore-edge of text block a little stained. D/w a trifle rubbed along top edge otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7177) £8.00
Pope, Dudley.: Ramage’s Mutiny. London: The Alison Press/Secker & Warburg, 1977. 1st. edn. (8)232pp. Map. Binding very slightly cocked. D/w a trifle rubbed on edges and with spine slightly faded otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 3405) £5.00
Pope, Dudley.: Ramage’s Prize. London: The Alison Press/Secker & Warburg, 1974. 1st. edn. (8)344pp.Map, Dinding slightly cocked. D//w rubbed on edges and corners and slightly faded on spine otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 3407) £7.50
Powell, Anthony: Agents and Patients London: Duckworth, 1936 1st. edn. 272 pp plus 3 pp publisher’s adverts. The binding has a slight lean and there is spotting to the top of the text block. D/w is dust marked and has a small nick in the fold between the spine head and front panel. Overall, a very good copy of the author’s fourth novel. (Stock ref 2408) £4000.00
Powell, Anthony.: Venusberg. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1961. 1st. Penguin edn. 156pp. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7841) £6.00
Powys, John Cowper.: A Glastonbury Romance. London: Picador, 1975. 1st. P/B edn. 1120pp. All pp. somewhat tanned. Pictorial card covers creased on spine and rubbed on edges and corners with some lifting of lamination on bottom edge of front panel. Otherwise a good, readable copy. (Stock ref 7835) £8.00
Powys, John Cowper.: Porius: a romance of the Dark Ages. London: Village Press, 1974. 1st. P/B edn. xx,682pp. Laminated card covers faded on spine, rubbed on edges and corners and creased on both front and back panels. Clean and sound internally. (Stock ref 7836) £30.00
Powys, John Cowper.: Wood and Stone. London: William Heinemann, 1915. 1st. edn. xiv, 722pp. All pp lightly tanned. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling slightly bumped on corners and with a crease in front panel. There is a small split in the spine head and a larger one at the bottom of the back panel hinge otherwise this is a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 3221) £95.00
Pratchett, Terry.: Mort. London: Victor Gollancz, 1987. 1st. edn. 221pp. The fourth in the Discworld series. D/w very slightly rubbed at spine head otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 7701) £150.00
Pratchett, Terry.: Sourcery. London: Victor Gollancz, 1988. 1st. edn. 243pp. The fifth novel in the Discworld series. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7702) £300.00
Pratchett, Terry.: The Shepherd’s Crown. London: Doubleday, 2015. 1st. edn. (8)343pp. 41st. and final installment of the Discworld series. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7782) £10.00
Pritchett, V. S.: The Complete Short Stories. London: Chatto & Windus, 1990. 1st. edn. x.1220pp. Neat, dated ownership signature to ffep. D/w a trifle creased along edges witha tiny nick at spine tail otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7976) £30.00
Rankin, Ian.: Rebus: the early years. London: Orion Books, 1999. 1st. edn. (8)598pp. An omnibus edn containing Knots & Crosses, Hide & Seek and Tooth & Nail. Signed by the author on title page. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6812) £20.00
Raven, Simon.: New Seed for Old. London: Frederick Muller, 1988. 1st. edn. 188pp. The fourth volume in The First Born of Egypt saga. D/w slightly damp stainewd along bottom edge otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6542) £10.00
Raven, Simon.: Remember Your Grammar and Other Haunted Stories. Bicary: The Winged Lion, 1997. 1st. edn. vi,105pp. D/w very slightly creased at spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7021) £30.00
Raven, Simon.: September Castle: a tale of love. London: Blond & Briggs, 1983. 1st. edn. 261pp. All pp rather tanned. Price-clipped d/w rather patchily faded otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6571) £6.00
Raven, Simon.: The Islands of Sorrow. London: The Winged Lion, 1994. 1st. edn. 80pp.. D/w faded on spine otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 7022) £15.00
Raven, Simon.: The Troubadour. London: Hiutchinson, 1992. 1st. edn. 193pp. The seventh and last volume in The First Born of Egypt saga. All pp lightly tanned. D/w faded on spine otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 6544) £20.00
Reed, Jeremy.: Chasing Black Rainbows: a novel about Antonin Artaud. London: Peter Owen, 1994. 1st. edn. 184pp. Laminated Pictorial card covers a trifle dust maked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6881) £8.00
Ross, Leonard Q.: The Education of Hyman Kaplan. London: Constable & Co., 1937. 1st. UK edn. 175pp. Illustrated by C. Keeling. Binding cocked. D/e very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3217) £30.00
Roy, Arundhati.: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2017. 1st. edn. x,445pp. Signed by the author on title page. D/w very slightly creased at spine head and tail otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8425) £15.00
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de,: Flight to Arras. London: William Heinemann, 1955. New edn. (6)164pp. 24 b/w illus. by Laurence Irving. D/w slightly chipped and worn on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4699) £10.00
Salinger, J. D.: The Catcher in the Rye. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958. 1st. Penguin edn. 220pp. Card covers rather grubby and stained with some ink scribbles on back panel. Clean and sound internally. (Stock ref 6291) £7.50
Sassoon, Siegfried: Sherston’s Progress London: Faber & Faber, 1936 1st. edn. 280 pp. The final part of the Sherston trilogy. The binding has a slight lean. “Evening Standard” book of the month wrap-around band. D/w a little chipped and worn on corners otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 2021) £80.00
Saunders, Edith: Fanny Penquite London: Oxford University Press, 1932 1st. edn. 43 pp. Six cold. plates by the author, dust-wrapper design by Lynton Lamb. D/w with a few small tears otherwise a very clean, bright copy (Stock ref 1551) £50.00
Seethaler, Robert.: The Field. London: Picador, 2021. 1st. UK edn. (8)234pp. Signed by author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8250) £15.00
Singh, Khushwant.: I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale. London: John Calder, 1959. 1st. UK edn. (10)243pp. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6879) £20.00
Smith, Stevie.: Novel on Yellow Paper. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1951. 1st. Penguin edn. 215pp plus 8pp publisher’s list. All pp lightly tanned. Card covers very slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8039) £5.00
Sommerfield, John.: May Day. London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1984. New edn. 242pp. All pp somewhat tanned. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5460) £12.00
Stewart, J. I. M.: The Last Tresilians. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1966. 1st. Penguin edn. 383pp. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on edges and corners. A clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7632) £7.00
Strachey, Lytton.: Ermyntrude and Esmeralda: an entertainment. London: Antony Blond, 1969. no.187 of an edn of 250 copies. 48pp. aeg. Illus. by Erte and intoduced by Michael Holroyd. Maroon pseudo-cloth boards with gilt decoration and titling in similar slipcase. A fine copy. (Stock ref 6422) £30.00
Swift, Graham.: Out of This World. London: Viking, 1988. 1st. edn. 208pp. Signed by the author on title page. All pp slightly tanned. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3391) £10.00
Syal, Meera.: Life Isn’t all Ha Ha Hee Hee. London: Doubleday, 1999 1st. edn. 332pp. The author’s first novel and signed by her on title page. All pp lightly tanned. Binding very slightly cocked otherwise a fine copy in a like d/w. (Stock ref 5370) £15.00
Takeda, Taijun.: This Outcast Generation and Luminous Moss. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1967. 1st. US edn. 145pp. Two novelettes translated from the Japanese by Yusabura Shibuya and Sanford Goldstein. Price-clipped d/w dust marked and a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6830) £20.00
Thompson, Jim.: Wild Town. Berkeley: Black Lizard Books, 1986. New edn. vii,163(7)pp. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5884) £6.00
Towers, Frances.: Tea With Mr. Rochester: and other stories. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952. !st. Penguin edn. 206pp plus 2pp publisher’s list. Card covers alighly grubby and rubbed on edges with a small tear in top edge of back panel. Otherwise, clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6415) £8.00
Trapido, Barbara.: Brother of the More Famous Jack. London: Victor Gollancz, 1982. 1st. edn. 218pp. The author’s first novel. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4985) £8.00
Tremain, Rose.: Absolutely and Forever. London: Chatto & Windus, 2023. 1st. edn. 181pp. Signed by the author on title page. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges and corners, a very good copy. (Stock ref 8348) £20.00
Tyler, Anne.: Vinegar Girl. London: Hogarth Shakespeare, 2016. 1st. UK edn. 233pp. Signed by the author on the title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 4396) £20.00
Unsworth, Barry.: Stone Virgin. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. 1st. US edn. 309pp. D/w rather rubbed on corners and with a tear to top edge of back panel otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 3625) £5.00
Unsworth, Barry.: The Big Day. New York: Mason Charter, 1977. 1st. US edn. 181pp. D/w very slightly creased at spine head and tail otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3622) £9.00
Unsworth, Barry.: The Rage of the Vulture. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. 1st. US edn. 443pp. D/w very slightly faded on spine and a little creased at spine head and tail. A very good copy. (Stock ref 3624) £10.00
Updike, John.: My Father’s Tears and Other Stories. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2009. 1st. UK edn. 292pp. Binding very slightly cocked. D/w, a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7441) £8.00
Updike, John.: Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1965. 1st. Penguin edn. 192pp. Pictorial card covers a little dust marked otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5979) £4.00
Updike, John.: Trust Me: stories London: Andre Deutsch, 1987. 1st. UK edn. (6)249pp. D/w somewhat sunned otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3668) £6.00
Vian, Boris: Froth on the Daydream Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970 1st. Penguin edn. 188pp. Translated from the French by Stanley Chapman. All pp somewhat tanned. Neat ownership signature to half-title. Pictorial card covers just showing some light shelf-wear otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7814) £25.00
Vonnegut, Kurt.: Deadeye Dick. London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. 1st. UK edn. 224pp. Inscribed by the author on ffep. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges and with a small, closed tear in bottom edge of back panel. A very good copy. (Stock ref 7361) £300.00
Warner, Sylvia Townsend.: One Thing Leading to Another. London: The Women’s Press, 1985. 1st. P/B edn. (8)199pp. Pictorial card covers slightly creased on spine and with a little rubbing on edges. (Stock ref 5103) £15.00
Waters, Sarah.: Fingersmith. London: Virago Books, 2002. 1st. edn. (8)548pp. Binding very slightly cocked. Price-clipped d/w slightly creased on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6342) £8.00
Webb, Charles.: The Graduate. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967. 1st. Penguin edn.192pp. Pictorial card covers with the scarce, film-based d/w. Binding slightly ccoked and there is one small tear in d/w at spine tai.. Otherwise, a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6411) £8.00
Welsh, Irvine.: The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins. London: Jonathan Cape, 2014 1st. edn. x,468pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6917) £15.00
West, Morris.: The Second Victory. London: Pan Books, 1961. 1st. P/B edn. 218pp plus 6pp publisher’s list. Pictorial card coversa trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6855) £5.00
West, Rebecca.: Sunflower. London: Virago Press, 1986. 1st. edn. (8)276pp. All pp lightly tanned. D/w very slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6972) £10.00
Wharton, Edith.: The Age of Innocence. London: Virago Press, 1988. 1st. Virago edn. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4966) £7.50
Williamson, Henry.: A Fox Under my Cloak. London: Macdonald & Co., 1955. 1st. edn. 415pp. Some spotting to edges of text block. D/w slightly faded on spine and very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4401) £90.00
Williamson, Henry.: Donkey Boy. London: Macdonald & Co., 1952. 1st. edn. 400pp. Gift inscription to ffep. Edge spotting to text block.Binding slightly cocked. Price-clipped d/w rather worn and torn with loss to spine head and adjacent areas of both panels otherwise a good, sound copy. (Stock ref 4399) £15.00
Williamson, Henry:: Salar the Salmon. London, Faber & Faber, 1935. 1st. edn., first issue. 319 pp. D/w design and two vignettes by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Top of text block stained red. Ownership signature dated “16.x.35”. D/w a trifle rubbed on extremities, some minor loss to spine head and slightly dulled overall. Generally a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6125) £30.00
Wilson, Angus.: The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot. Harmondswortrh: Penguin Books, 1961. 1st. Penguin edn. 349pp. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7842) £5.00
Winterson, Jeanette.: Weight Edinburgh: Canongate, 2005. 1st. edn. 151pp. Signed by the author. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7813) £15.00
Wodehouse, P. G.: Sunset at Blandings. London: Chatto & Windus, 1977. 1st. edn. 213pp. D/w slightly faded on spine otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 8514) £20.00
Woolf, Virginia.: Night and Day. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1969. 1st. Penguin edn. 471pp. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7816) £5.00
Woolf, Virginia.: To the Lighthouse. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964. 1st. Penguin edn. 237pp. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers (by Duncan Grant) very slightly rubbed on corners and tanned on spine otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5123) £5.00
Zamyatin, Yevgeny.: We Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1972. 1st. Penguin edn. 223pp. Pictorial card covers very slightly creased on spine otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7999) £8.00
Zusak, Markus.: The Book Thief. London: The Bodley Head, 2007. 1st. UK H/B edn. (8)584pp. Fox spotting to edges of textblock otherwise a fine copy in a fine d/w. (Stock ref 6852) £30.00