"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht
New Arrivals
Pompeii.
London: Hutchinson, 2003. [Historical thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.342. Publisher's hardback cloth binding, illustrated map endpapers printed in two colours, pictorial dust-jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Edges toned, covers a little bumped, jacket fine. Harris' acclaimed novel about the Roman Empire and... More about Pompeii
By Way of Introduction.
London: Methuen and Co. 1929. [Sherlockiana] FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii, 208; [8]. In publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, lower edges untrimmed, printed dust-wrapper priced at 6s. Contents clean, jacket toned to spine, lightly rubbed at joints. Very good indeed... More about By Way of Introduction
Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1945. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304. Publisher's pink cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip. Without jacket. Contents clean, a few short tears to upper edge of some leaves, edges of text block toned, neat owner name to margin of flyleaf, spine a.... More about Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
The Darling Buds of May.
London: Michael Joseph. Ltd., 1958. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Crown Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.158; [4], blank. Original pink cloth lettered in black and gilt, illustrated dust-jacket by Broome Lynn, priced at 12/6. Contents clean, edges of text block toned, mark from a removed label to pastedown, slightly short jacket... More about The Darling Buds of May
Hornblower and the Crisis.
London: Michael Joseph, 1967. [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.175. Publisher's bright blue cloth. Pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Ivan Lapper priced at 25s. Three small ink numbers to flyleaf else a fine copy of the book in slightly edgeworn, near fine wrapper. Contains the uncompleted last Hornblower... More about Hornblower and the Crisis
The Little Sister.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1949. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by C.W. Bacon, priced at 8s. 6d. net. Some dustiness to edges, jacket with a few small nicks and tears, lightly soiled. Hamish Hamilton headed... More about The Little Sister
The Stealer Of Souls.
London: Neville Spearman, 1963. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.215. Publisher's orange cloth binding lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper by Nicholls, priced at 15s. net. A little dustiness to edges, jacket lightly soiled with a few small nicks. Publisher's review slip to flyleaf... More about The Stealer Of Souls
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The Works of Shakspere [Shakespeare], Revised from the best Authorities: with a memoir, and essay on his Genius, by Barry Cornwall: Annotations and Introductory Remarks in the Plays, by many distinguished writers: Illustrated with Engravings on Wood, from Designs by Kenny Meadows.
London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1844. [Drama and Poetry] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, second thus. Three volumes. Octavo (27 x 18cm), pp.[4] xxxiv; 602; pp.[6] 570; pp.[6] 498 [20]. Illustrated with frequent in-text wood engravings by Meadows. Contemporary or slightly later full burgundy morocco with raised bands, gilt titles... More about The Works of Shakspere [Shakespeare], Revised from the best Authorities: with a memoir, and essay...
The Satanic Verses.
London: Viking, 1988. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 547; [3]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket showing a detail from 'Rustam Killing the White Demon' with printed price of £12.95 net. Slight dustiness to top edge, cloth and wrapper lightly handled. An excellent fresh copy. Near fine. More about The Satanic Verses
The Middle Passage. Impressions of Five Societies — British, French and Dutch — in the West Indies and South Africa.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1962. [Caribbean Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.232. Colour illustrated maps to endpapers. Top edge light blue. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by William Belcher, priced at 25s. Light spotting to edges and preliminaries. Jacket a little bruised... More about The Middle Passage. Impressions of Five Societies — British, French and Dutch — in the West...
Mount Analogue: An Authentic Narrative.
London: Vincent Stuart, 1959. [Para-Surrealism] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[6]; 106. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket designed by Audrey Cruddas. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Spotting to edges. Gilt to spine somewhat oxidised. Some light bruising and spotting... More about Mount Analogue: An Authentic Narrative
The New Amphion. Being the Book of the Edinburgh University Union Fancy Fair, in which are contained sundry artistick, instructive, and diverting matters, all now made public for the first time.
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1886. [Miscellany] FINELY BOUND AND PRINTED. Duodecimo (13 x 8cm), pp.xvi; 240. With sixteen wood engravings by various artists. Publisher's vellum with fine gilt decoration all over, including title to spine, and the university arms to boards. Oxblood endpapers; all edges red; later green cloth ties. Internally... More about The New Amphion. Being the Book of the Edinburgh University Union Fancy Fair, in which are...
The Swoop! Or, How Clarence Saved England.
London: Alston Rivers, 1909. [Satire/humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (17 x 12cm). Pp. 122; [6], advertisements. With illustrations. In an elegant vintage binding of quarter native red morocco over patterned paper covered sides, leather-tipped corners, gilt titles and decoration to spine, original colour-printed wraps bound in, marbled endpapers. A lovely fine... More about The Swoop! Or, How Clarence Saved England
The Brushwood Boy. With Illustrations by F. H. Townsend.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1907. [Fantasy] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm). With ninety-two numbered leaves printed on rectos only. Illustrated with sixteen plates in colour, frontispiece with tissue guard present. Mid blue cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt. Ink name/date, very light and occasional spotting, some moderate... More about The Brushwood Boy. With Illustrations by F. H. Townsend
Select Pieces from the Poems of William Wordsworth.
London: Edward Moxon, no date, [inscribed 1854]. [Romantic poetry] Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[x]; 264. Full green morocco, boards panelled in gilt, titles in gilt and extra gilt to spine; gilt turn-ins, recent yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. The yellow endpapers have been applied over the existing endpapers, so the... More about Select Pieces from the Poems of William Wordsworth
Youth: A Narrative and two Other Stories. [Youth: A Narrative; Heart of Darkness; The End of the Tether].
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1902. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, first issue (with earliest ads). Octavo (14 x 19cm), pp.[viii]; 375; [1], blank; 32, advertisements dated 10/02. Publisher's light green cloth decoratively blocked in gilt and black. Vintage related news-clipping neatly tipped in to endpapers. Endpapers toned, some occasional spotting... More about Youth: A Narrative and two Other Stories. [Youth: A Narrative; Heart of Darkness; The End of the...
Phoenix. New Quarterly Series. A Review of Poetry / Criticism / the Arts. Summer 1967. Number Two.
Belfast: Pheonix, 1967. [Poetry Periodical] ORIGINAL PERIODICAL ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 17cm), pp.64. With occasional black and white photographic illustrations. Publisher's orange card covers, with two staples. Corners thumbed; light wear to spine. Very good. An early appearance of Heaney's 'The Wife's Tale'. More about Phoenix. New Quarterly Series. A Review of Poetry / Criticism / the Arts. Summer 1967. Number Two
A Ray of Darkness.
London: Arthur Baker, 1952. [Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.191 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to flylef. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, as well as the rare red and yellow 'Recommended by the Book Society' wrap-around band... More about A Ray of Darkness
Wheels and Butterflies. New Plays.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1933. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[x]; 181; [1], imprint; [2], blank. Publisher's gilt-embossed green cloth, edges untrimmed, in original printed dust-wrapper, priced at 6/- net. Page edges toned otherwise a fine copy of the book, in a very good wrapper, toned to spine... More about Wheels and Butterflies. New Plays
Islands in the Stream.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.466. Publisher's gilt-titled green cloth, cartographic yellow endpapers, with dust-wrapper. A few light marks, discreet label removal to pastedown, price-clipped jacket is clean and bright; near fine. The novel chronicles the life of artist Thomas... More about Islands in the Stream
The Cuckoo's Calling.
London: Sphere, 2013. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.449; [7], blank. Black cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99 with Val McDermid quote to upper and quotes to rear from Mark Billingham and Alex Grey. A fine, unread copy. First of the Cormoran... More about The Cuckoo's Calling
The Little Drummer Girl.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. [Spy Novel] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (27 x 19cm), pp.[14] 430 [4]. Number 419 of just 1048 copies specially produced for the Book-of-the-Month Club, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's tan quarter buckram with green cloth over... More about The Little Drummer Girl
Joan Haste.
London: Longman's, Green, and Co., 1895. [Romantic Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.x; 425; [3], blank; 24, catalogue dated July 1895. With a frontispiece illustration and nineteen further plates. Publisher's blue-grey cloth, bevelled edges, gilt titles, black endpapers. Some mild spotting/toning; generally fresh in a crisp binding. Most... More about Joan Haste
Collected Shorter Poems.
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.351; [1], blank. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket. Gift inscription to flyleaf, price inked out, jacket very lightly handled; near fine. More about Collected Shorter Poems
Atlantic Fury.
London: Collins, 1961. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.318; [2], blank. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey priced at 16s., illustrated map endpapers. Very good in a slightly chipped and torn jacket. Shows well. A naval thriller set in the Western Isles. More about Atlantic Fury