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— P.J. O'Rourke

Salisbury: Michael Russell, 1985. [Patagonia] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Small octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.62 [2]. With occasional in-text woodcuts by Williams. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and light blue endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Williams, priced at £4.50. Light handling, with a few marks to..... More
Wilton: Michael Russell, 1982. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.48. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Humphrey Stone with printed price of £3.95. Lightly handled. A fine copy. A selection of Reynolds Stone's wood engravings followed by a reflective essay by V.S. Pritchett originally..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974. [Strange Tale] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[10] 245 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the purple illustrated dust-jacket, price-clipped and repriced by the publisher twice, latterly to £10.95. Some creasing to rear cover. One heavy bump and tear to inside..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITIONS. Two volumes, one as published, one with proof or trial jacket. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.468; [2]. Publisher's red cloth titled in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jackets priced at £13.95 (one of which lacks the gold print). Some gentle toning to text..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. [American Travel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 340 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to a bookplate on the half-title. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. Top edge red. With the dust-jacket designed by Peter..... More
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, November 1971. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.286. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with two staples to the spine, priced at $1. Light wear to covers, with a small chip to head of spine, and a little oxidation to staples. Very..... More