Literature
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Modernism and Modernity. The Vancouver Conference Papers.
The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 2004. [Literary criticism] SCARCE RE-ISSUE. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.XVII [1] 280 [2]. With numerous in-text halftone illustrations. Publisher's pictorial softcovers. Fine, as-new. Originally published in the 1980s - around the cultural paradigm shift from modernism to postmodernism... More
Jack Maggs.
London: Faber and Faber, 1997. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 328. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Huntley/Muir, priced at £15.99. Very light handling only. A fine copy..... More
Oscar and Lucinda.
London: Faber and Faber, 1988. [Modern fiction]. SIGNED COPY, SECOND IMPRESSION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[16] 512. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's blue cloth, white titles to spine. With the pictorial dust jacket, printed price of £10.95 to flap. Moderate toning to edges..... More
The Great Spy Race.
London: Michael Joseph, 1968. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.208. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in Richard Chopping-esque pictorial dust-jacket designed by Broom Lynne. Near fine but for an unfortunate production fault to p.105, where the leaf has snagged in the gutter (text perfectly legible once..... More
The Great Spy Race.
London: Michael Joseph, 1968. [Spy novel] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the first edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.208. Publisher's printed buff wraps. Pencil ownership of bibliographer Jon Gilbert, contents clean, covers lightly handled, spine wrinkled as expected. Near fine. A risqué James Bond-style spoof, being the second adventure featuring Adam..... More
Two Ravens.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1977. [Historical Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 199; [3]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket showing an Icelandic wood carving, priced at £3.95. Textblock a little browned, with some spotting to top edge. Slight reading lean, spine ends..... More
Skytrap.
London: Century Publishing, 1983. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.222; [2]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the title page. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at £7.95 to front flap. Interior bright and clean, minor toning to top..... More
The Soldier's Wife.
London: Doubleday, 2012. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.320. Signed by the author to the title page. Publisher's dark blue cloth, titles in silver to spine, dark blue endpapers. Pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Henry Steadman with printed price of £18.99. Toned to edges, binding and wrapper..... More
Next of Kin.
London: Bloomsbury, 1996. [Modern Literature] UNCORRECTED SCARCE PROOF. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6]; 249; [1]. Illustrated soft covers with publication date of May 1996 and UK price of £15.99 printed on back cover. Loosely inserted is a publisher's promotional letter. Light toning to cover, bumping to crown of spine. Near..... More
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