Modern Firsts and Fiction

  1. 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
  1. Aldington, Richard.: Roads to Glory. London: Imperial War Museum, 1992. No. 90 of a New edn. of 300 copies. xxxii,278pp. Arts and Literature Series No. 7 with an introduction by David Wilkinson. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5777) £20.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Bates, H. E.: A Breath of French Air. London: Michael Joseph, 1969. 5th. impression. 159pp. Signed by the author, the second in the Larkins series. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7669) £20.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Bates, H. E.: Oh! To be in England. London: Michael Joseph, 1971. 3rd. impression. 167pp. Signed by the author, the fourth in the Larkins series. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7671) £20.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Bates, H. E.: The Darling Buds of May. London: Michael Joseph,1970. 12th. impression. 158pp. Inscribed by the author. The first in the Larkins series of novels. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7668) £20.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Bates, H. E.: The Stories of Flying Officer “X”. London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. Reprint.190pp.The Evensford Edition. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7472) £20.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Bates, H. E.: When the Green Woods Laugh. London: Michael Joseph, 1971. 4th. impression. 158pp. Signed by the author, the third in the Larkins series. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7670) £20.00
  1. 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
  1. Bernstein, Marcelle.: Sadie. London: Victor Gollancz, 1983. 1st. edn. 412pp. Inscribed by the author. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7364) £10.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.: Tarzan the Magnificent. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1939 1st. edn. 318pp. B/w frontis. Grey cloth with blue lettering a trifle rubbed on edges , stained on spine and with a small puncture whole in front board. Otherwise, a clean. sound copy. (Stock ref 5145) £10.00
  1. 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
  1. Byatt, A. S.: The Children’s Book. London: Chatto & Windus, 2009. 7th. impression. (6)617pp. Signed by the author on title page. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6915) £15.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Coover, Robert.: Spanking the Maid. London: Heinemann, 1987. 1st. UK edn.102pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6816) £10.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Davies, Robertson.: The Cunning Man. London: Viking, 1995. 1st. UK edn. 469pp plus 3pp publisher’s list. D/w very slightly creased at spine head otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7600) £8.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Du Maurier, Daphne.: Don’t Look Now and Other Stories. London: The Folio Society, 2007. 1st. Folio edn. xvi,331pp. Introduction by Patrick McGrath, Illustrated by Helen Smithson. Decorated cloth boards. A fine copy in a very slightly dust marked slipcase. (Stock ref 8021) £15.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Fowles, John.: Mantissa. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. 1st. edn. 192pp. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7985) £8.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Golding, William: Close Quarters London: Faber & Faber, 1987 1st. edn. (4) 281 pp. The second book in the “Rites of Passage” trilogy. D/w a trifle dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5602) £6.50
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Herbert, James.: The Secret of Crickley Hall. London: Macmillan, 2006. 1st. edn. 600pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 3619) £5.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Ishiguro, Kazuo.: The Remains of the Day. London: The Folio Society, 2007. 1st. Folio edn. (8)226pp. Cold. illus. by Finn Campbell-Norman. Pictorial cloth covered boards. A fine copy in a very slightly dust marked slipcase. (Stock ref 8023) £25.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Joyce, James.: Giacomo Joyce. London: Faber & Faber, 1969. Reprint. With an introduction and notes by Richard Ellmann. D/w very slightly faded on spine and adjacent parts of front panel otherwise a very c.lean, sound copy (Stock ref 7948) £15.00
  1. Kafka, Franz.: The Castle. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957. 1st. Penguin edn. 298pp. Translated from the german by Willa and Edwin Muir with additional material translated by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7538) £8.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Larkin, Philip.: Jill. London: Faber & Faber, 1975. 1st. P/B edn. 247pp. Card covers a trifle tanned and very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7834) £10.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Le Carre, John.: The Little Drummer Girl. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1983. 1st. edn. (8)430pp. All pp lightly tanned. D/w slightly faded on spine with a couple of tiny nicks in top edge of back panel otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 6738) £15.00
  1. Le Carre, John.: The Secret Pilgrim London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1991. 1st. edn. 335pp. Price-clipped d/w otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7837) £8.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Lewis, Wyndham.: The Apes of God. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1965. 1st. Penguin edn. 650pp. All pp rather tanned. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on edges and with a small stain to back panel otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 3781) £15.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. London, Jack.: The Call of the Wild. London: The Folio Society, 2011 1st. edn. thus. xiv,91pp. Illustrated by Abigail Borer with an introduction by David Vann. Pictorial cloth covered boards. A fine copy in a similar slipcase. (Stock ref 8026) £15.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Mallowan, Agatha Christie: Star Over Bethlehem and other stories. London: Collins, 1965. 1st. edn. 79pp. Decorations by Elsie Wrigley. Neat gift inscription to ffep. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6201) £10.00
  1. Mann, Thomas.: Little Herr Friedemann and Other Stories. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1972. 1st. Penguin edn. 208pp. Pictorial card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7810) £6.00
  1. 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
  1. Mantel, Hilary.: Bring up the Bodies. London: Fourth Estate, 2012. 1st. edn. xviii, 411pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7598) £8.00
  1. Mantel, Hilary.: The Mirror & the Light. London: Fourth Estate. 2020. 1st. edn. xx,904pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7992) £10.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. McEwan, Ian.: Saturday. London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. 1st. edn. (8)280pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7210) £8.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Milne, A.A.:: Toad of Toad Hall London: Methuen, 1929 1st. edn. xv, 167 pp., 8 pp. adverts. t.e.g. D/w a trifle grubby and somewhat rubbed and frayed on extremities and with small tears in front and back panels otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6109) £60.00
  1. 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
  1. Moore, Brian.: The Statement. London: Bloomsbury, 1995. 1st. edn. (6)217pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 4074) £4.00
  1. Mottram, R. H.: The Spanish Farm Trilogy Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979. 1st. Penguin edn. 542pp. All pp lightly tanned.Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5863) £10.00
  1. Murakami, Haruki: 1Q84: book one and book two. London: Harvill Secker, 2011. 1st. edn. 623pp. D/w a trifle rubbed on top edge with a tiny, closed tear at spine head otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7988) £20.00
  1. Murdoch, Iris.: Nuns and Soldiers. London: Chatto & Windus, 1980. 1st. edn. (6)505pp. Ownership signature to ffep. D/w very sli9ghtly creased along top edge otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8078) £10.00
  1. Murdoch, Iris.: The Green Knight. London: Chatto & Windus, 1993. 1st. edn. 472pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7547) £10.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Nabokov, Vladimir.: Pnin. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1960. 1st, Penguin edn. 160pp. All pp tanned. Pictorial card covers rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7844) £6.00
  1. 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
  1. O’Brien, Flann.: The Third Policeman. London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1975. 4th. impressionn. 200pp. D/w a trifle scratched and very slightly rubbed along top edge otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7784) £20.00
  1. 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
  1. 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) £9.00
  1. Orwell, George.: Animal Farm. London: Secker & Warburg, 1995. 50th. Aniversary Edn. (8)180pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and b/w by Ralph Steadman. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8092) £15.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Perutz, Leo.: The Master of the Day of Judgement. London: Harvill, 1994. New edn. (first published in UK in 1929). xii,148pp. Translated from the German by Eric Mosbacher. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7595) £8.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Powell, Anthony.: From a View to a Death. London: Fontana Books, 1968. 1st. Fontana edn. 220pp. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers slightly faded on spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7843) £5.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Raven, Simon.: An Inch of Fortune. London: Blond & Briggs, 1980. 1st. edn. 176pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6573) £7.00
  1. Raven, Simon.: Before the Cock Crow. London: Muller, Blond & White, 1986. 1st. edn. 274pp The third volume of The first Born of Egypt saga. Binding very slightly cocked and d/w very slightly faded on spine otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6541) £6.00
  1. Raven, Simon.: Morning Star. London: Blond & Briggs, 1984. 1st. edn. 264pp. All pp lightly tanned. The first volume in The First Born of Egypt saga. D/w somewhat faded on spine and slightly rubbed on top edg otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6539) £9.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Raven, Simon.: The Face of Waters. London: Blond, 1985. 1st. edn. 250pp. The second volume of the First Born of Egypt saga. D/w slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6540) £6.50
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Rushdie, Salman.: The Satanic Verses. London: Viking, 1988. Uncorrected advanced proof copy. (10)547pp. All pp slightly tanned. Card covers somewhat rubbed with creases to spine and back panel otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 3626) £125.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Sapper.: The Black Gang. London:Hooder & Stoughton, 1941. 44th. edn. 318pp. Ownership signature and address to ffep. Whole text block tanned. Dust marked d/w a trifle frayed at spine head and slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8086) £10.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Simenon, Georges.: The Rich Man. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1971. 1st. edn. (4)150pp. Translated from the French by Jean Stewart. D/w a little rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6807) £20.00
  1. 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
  1. Smith, Dodie.: I Capture the Castle. London: The Folio Society, 1997. 1st. edn. thus. 335pp. Introduction by Valerie Grove with illustrations by Aafke Brouwer. Pictorial cloth covered boards. A fine copy in very slightly dust-marked slipcase. (Stock ref 8033) £12.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Vonnegut, Kurt.: Jailbird. London: Granada Publishing, 1982. Reprint. 239pp. Signed by the author. Card covers a trifle rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6926) £30.00
  1. Vonnegut, Kurt.: Palm Sunday. London: Granada Publishing, 1982. 1st. UK P/B edn. 302pp. Inscribed by the author. Card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6925) £45.00
  1. Vonnegut, Kurt.: Slaughterhouse-Five. London: Triad/Granada, 1981. Reprint. 143pp. Inscribed by the author. Card covers, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6927) £30.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Winterson, Jeanette.: Weight Edinburgh: Canongate, 2005. 1st. edn. 151pp. Signed by the author. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7813) £15.00
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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