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British Design from 1948: Innovation in the Modern Age.
London: V and A Publishing, 2012. [Art and Design] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 26cm), pp.400. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's purple paper-covered boards with white titles to spine. Gold endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £40. A fine, as-new copy. From the library of the writer, media and..... More
Sean Connery. The Measure of a Man.
London: Faber & Faber, 2010. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.340; [2], blank. With a suite of eight black & white photographic plates. Publisher's hardcovers, in illustrated dust-jacket priced at £20.00. Fine. Biography of the Oscar-winning Scottish actor Sean Connery (1930-2020), who portrayed Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond in seven..... More
From Russia, With Love. With an Introduction by Christopher Andrew.
London: Penguin Decades, [1957] 2010. [Spy thriller] Special Edition, with cover design by Peter Blake. FIRST EDITION thus, with strike-line '1'. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.x; 230. Publisher's illustrated card covers, plain scarlet inners, series details printed on rear. A fine, as-new copy. This copy by obtained by Fleming bibliographer..... More
James Bond and Moonraker.
London: Triad Panther Books, 1979. [Espionage novel] FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.221; [1], blank; [2] advertisement, in softcovers illustrated with movie artwork. Minor wear. Near fine. A common book, but most are well used and faded to spine. Scarce thus. This was written under licence from Ian..... More
Albyn, or Scotland and the Future.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1927. [Literary criticism] ASSOCIATION COPY, first edition. Octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.96; 19 [1]. Advertisements to rear. Publisher's purple cloth, paper labels lettered in black to upper and spine. Ownership signature of fellow Scottish Renaissance poet William Soutar (1898-1943) in black ink to flyleaf. Interior..... More
'The London Magazine'. Edited by John Lehmann, Complete Vol.6, in 12 issues, 1959.
London, William Heinemann Ltd, Printed at the Shenval Press. 1959. [Literary magazine] Bound volume collecting twelve issues (the complete year, 1959), with the general index not included in the single issues. Octavo (22 x 15cm). Red buckram, lettered in gilt to spine, institutional blind-stamp to rear cover. Contents clean, one..... More
Exhumations. Stories | Articles | Verses.
London: Methuen & Co., 1966. [Miscellany] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[12] 254 [2]. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge grey. With the grey dust-jacket illustrated by Don Bachardy, priced at 30s. Light rubbing and chipping to jacket edges, with a closed tear and crease..... More
A Meeting by the River.
London: Methuen, 1967. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.160. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in two colours, with the photographic dust-jacket by Ray Dean, priced at 21s Minor offeset to endpapers, otherwise a particularly fine, fresh copy. More
My Guru and his Disciple.
London: Eyre Methuen, 1980. [Spiritual Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 338 [6]. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Don Bachardy, priced at £8.50. Slight discolouration to spine, otherwise a crisp, near fine copy. The story of Isherwood's complex pupil-teacher..... More
Prater Violet.
London: Methuen and Co. Limited, 1946. 8vo. Publisher's violet cloth, slightly rubbed, neat name to fly leaf. Dustwrapper with one small chip to upper, spine a little browned. Near fine. FIRST EDITION. More
The Bright Cloud.
Cambridge: the Rampant Lions Press, 1961. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[32]. One of just 250 copies. Publisher's plain soft covers, sewn. Blue ink ownership to first blank. Light handling, with some toning and spotting to covers. Very good. More
This Sceptred Isle: 55 BC - 1901.
London: BBC Books and Penguin Books, 2000. [British History] INSCRIBED COPY, the fifth impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxiv; 616. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket, priced at £20.00. Lightly handled. Fine... More
Mixed Rushes.
London: Printed for the author by the John Roberts Press, 1974. [Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 14cm), pp.[16]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, and dated Christmas Day 1974. Publisher's plains soft covers, with the blue dust-jacket. Light wear to to jacket, with..... More
Wand and Quadrant.
Paris: Collection Merlin, 1953. [Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.62 [2]. Number 277 of 300 copies SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation page, and printed on hand-made paper. From a total print run of 600 copies. Publisher's plain card covers, with the textured grey..... More
In Memoriam James Joyce from a Vision of World Language.
Glasgow: William MacLellan, 1955. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.150. With occasional illustrations by Fergusson. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt decoration to upper. Top edge green. With the green dust-jacket titled in white, and priced at one Guinea. Spotting and..... More
Cornish Heroic Song for Valda Trevlyn, and Once in a Cornish Garden.
Padstow: Lodenek Press, 1977. [Poetry] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[5] 22 [1]. SIGNED by both MacDiarmid and his wife Valda, one in blue, the other in black ink to flyleaf. With three illustrations by Lorgan, including a frontispiece, and a photograph of Christopher and Valda..... More
First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems.
London: The Unicorn Press, 1931. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 12cm), pp.[10] 44 [2]. Number 221 of 450 copies thus. With a portrait illustration of the author as a frontispiece. Publisher's black quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine, and to red cloth over boards. Top edge..... More
The Burning Passion.
Glasgow: the Akros Press, 1965. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 16cm), pp.[6]. Number 2 of just 35 copies thus. Publisher's orange card throughout, sewn. A fine copy. First printed in 'First Hymn to Lenin' (1931). More
A Clyack-Sheaf.
London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1969. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 57 [5]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge brown, typographic dust-jacket, priced at 18s. A lightly sunned strip to top edge on rear cover of jacket, and some spotting to edges. Near..... More
Direadh I, II and III.
Frenich and Foss: Kulgin Duval and Colin H. Hamilton, 1974. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (31 x 22cm), pp.[2] 52 [4]. Number 22 of just 200 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear, and printed in Dante type on Magnani paper. Publisher's red..... More
A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1926. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 108. Including an extensive Glossary. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, light blue typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6 to spine. Jacket toned to grey, and heavily rubbed to spine. A number..... More
The Fire of the Spirit. Two Poems.
Glasgow: Duncan Glen, 1965. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 16cm), pp.[2] 13 [1]. Number 166 of 350 copies thus, also SIGNED by the author in blue ink to first blank. Publisher's blue card wraps with white titles, sewn. Some rubbing and handling to covers, with a...... More
The Fire of the Spirit. Two Poems.
Glasgow: Duncan Glen, 1965. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 16cm), pp.[2] 13 [1]. Number 107 of 350 copies thus. Publisher's blue card wraps with white titles, sewn. Quite heavy wear to top edge of covers; light handling otherwise. Very good. Containing 'By Wauchopeside' (1932), and..... More
A Kist of Whistles. New Poems.
Glasgow: William MacLellan, no date [1947]. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 15cm), pp.48. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Spotting to edges and margins. Light browning throughout, and some light handling to cloth. Very good. From the library of pioneering Sports Scientist Prof. N.C. Craig Sharp..... More