Literature
Penny Wheep.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1926. [Scots Poetry] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 90 [6]. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the plain blue / grey dust-jacket, priced at 5s to spine. Ink ownership to flyleaf. Light toning and spotting to..... More
Poetry Like the Hawthorn. From 'In Memoriam James Joyce.'
Hemel Hempstead: Duncan Glen, 1962. [Poetry] LIMITED EDITION, the publisher's copy. Octavo pamphlet (23 x 14cm), pp.[2] 5 [5]. Number 26 of 150 copies thus, printed in 'Monotype' Bembo. Publisher's yellow card covers, sewn. Black ink ownership of the publisher, Duncan Glen, to fly-leaf. Light handling, with a hint of..... More
Sangschaw.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. [Scots Poetry] FIRST EDITION, second issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 58 [6]. Publisher's blue cloth with navy titles to spine. With the plain blue / grey dust-jacket, priced at 5s. Edges toned, with a tobacco scent. Jacket faded to grey, with some toning..... More
Sangschaw.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. [Scots Poetry] FIRST EDITION, first issue binding. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 58 [6]. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the plain blue / grey dust-jacket, priced at 5s. Light toning and spotting to edges, with some toning to..... More
Scots Unbound, and Other Poems.
Stirling: Eneas MacKay, 1932. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[12] 42 [2]. Number 127 of 350 copies SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation page. Publisher's cream quarter cloth with brown titles to spine, and gilt titles to brown cloth over boards, typographic dust-jacket..... More
Song of the Seraphim.
London: Covent Garden Press in conjunction with INCA Books, no date [1973]. [Political Poetry] LIMITED EDITION. Sextodecimo (16 x 14cm), pp.[20]. Publisher's blue cloth with navy titles to upper. With the plain dust-jacket titled in blue and black to upper. Light handling. A fine copy, almost as-new. MacDiarmid explores the..... More
Stony Limits and Other Poems.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1934. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.143 [1]. Publisher's cream cloth with titles to yellow paper label on spine, typographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s to spine. Cloth chipped to head of spine. Jacket stained and soiled, with large losses to head of spine, chips..... More
Stony Limits and Other Poems.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1934. [Scottish Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.143 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'To | S.G. Whitehorn | from | C.M. Grieve | ("Hugh MacDiarmid"), | London | June 1934.' Publisher's cream cloth with titles to yellow paper label..... More
Three Hymns to Lenin.
Edinburgh: Castle Wynd Printers, no date [1957]. [Political Poetry] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.31 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to upper. With the blue dust-jacket titled in red, priced at 5s. Jacket spine toned and chipped; front cover also toned. Very good. Three related poems..... More
Three Hymns to Lenin.
Edinburgh: Castle Wynd Printers, no date [1957]. [Political Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.31 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'To | Professor Knight | with the compliments | of the author | Hugh MacDiarmid. | 23/6/60'. Publisher's red cloth with gilt..... More
To Circumjack Cencrastus, or, the Curly Snake.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1930. [Scottish Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 206 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'To | Harold Edwards | with ever regard | from | Hugh MacDiarmid. | London. | June 1934.' Publisher's blue cloth with navy..... More
Two Poems by Hugh MacDiarmid: The Terrible Crystal | A Vision of Scotland.
Skelmorlie: The Drumalban Press, 1964. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 18cm), pp.[8]. An out-of-series copy from a numbered edition of just 55. Publisher's blue card covers, with black card fly-leaves, sewn. Light handling to covers, with a little toning to extremities. Near fine. A pair..... More
Whuchulls: A Poem by Hugh MacDiarmid.
Preston: Akros Publications, 1966. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 12cm), pp.[16]. On delicate paper, with three colour illustrations. Number 98 of 100 copies thus. Publisher's plain white card covers, stapled. Paper toned, with some light handling to covers. Near fine. A poem first published in..... More
The Doomsters.
London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., A Crime Connoisseur Book, 1958. [Detective Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.[vi]; 225; [1], blank. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced 12/6. A crisp, fine example in like jacket with one creased tear to upper. Near fine- appears unread. Another case for the..... More
The Underground Man.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1971. [Crime Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Roy Belcher, priced at £1.50. Spotting to edges. Jacket quite heavily rubbed to edges with a few small chips. Very..... More
The Godwin Sideboard. The second Tim Simpson adventure.
London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1984. [Crime adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.166 [2]. SIGNED by author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Colin Thomas, with printed price of £6.95 to flap..... More
The Gwen John Sculpture. The Gwen John Sculpture, The third Tim Simpson adventure.
London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1985. [Crime adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp. [4] 199 [5]. Signed by author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Colin Thomas, priced at £7.50 to flap..... More
Garnered.
London. Methuen. 1904. Short stories, some criminous. First Colonial Edition. 8vo. Publisher's dark green cloth titled in gilt to spine, lightly worn to extremities with tape residue to rear panel. Essentially clean, strong and bright. A collection of Marsh stories including a couple of weird and fantastic ones; A Little..... More
The Ghost City Killings.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284; [4], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth, titled and trimmed in black, striking illustrated dust-wrapper, priced 8/3 (including War tax). Some toning to edges, jacket with a few chips and tears, some creasing. Uncommon. An Anthony Trent detective mystery..... More
The Last Scourge.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1948. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth, titled and trimmed in black, striking illustrated dust-wrapper, priced at 8s. 6d. A very good, used copy; jacket with a few nicks, chipped to spine ends, sunned to same, joins rubbed. Uncommon..... More
The Achilles Affair.
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1959. [Adventure Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with superb, lengthy inscription signed by the author. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's hardcovers, illustrated duct-wrapper priced at $3.50, with promotional wraparound band with supporting quote by Erle Stanley Gardner. Inscription reads; To Tony and..... More
The Achilles Affair.
London: Collins 1959. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with superb, double-page inscription signed by the author. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by John Rose, priced at 10/6. Inscribed by the author in blue ink to flyleaf:To Anne - and Jim /..... More
The Break in the Line.
London: Collins, 1970. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.254 [2]. With a sketch-map to preliminaries. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate to fly-leaf: 'To another "sucker | for mountains" with the author's | thanks and good | wishes |..... More
The Far Eastern Trilogy: The Pagoda Tree; The Midnight Gun; Hour of the Dog.
London: Collins, 1979; 1981; 1982. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITIONS WITH LETTERS. Three volumes. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.322; pp.336; pp.346. Volume I signed by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate to fly-leaf, and with a loose autograph letter signed by the author on headed..... More
The Gold of Malabar.
London: Collins 1967. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with publisher's slip noting 'Compliments from the author'. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.222; [2], blank. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Lubrani priced at 21s. Contents clean, appears unread, jacket very lightly rubbed. A crisp, fine copy. Suspense..... More