"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
Magazines & Periodicals
Playboy Magazine. Vol. 26, no. 8.
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, August 1979. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.250. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with two staples to the spine, priced at $2.00. Light wear to covers. Near fine. Including an excerpt from Sanchez's controversial book about life on tour with the..... More
![The Beach of Dreams [and] Cambrai: The Second Phase [and] What People Laugh At! [and] "Tickets,...](/pictures/thumb/59014.jpg?v=1615484103)
The Beach of Dreams [and] Cambrai: The Second Phase [and] What People Laugh At! [and] "Tickets, Please!" [and] The Official Mind [and] The Magnificent Ensign Smith [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 57, numbers 338 to 343.
London: George Newnes, February 1919 to July 1919. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six octavo magazines (27 x 19cm), pp.[30] 77-162 [31-42]; pp.[34] 163-254 [35-46]; pp.[40] 255-346 [40-52]; pp.[40] 347-446 [41-52]; pp.[50] 447-546 [51-68]; pp.[48] 100 [49-64]. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled and illustrated in dark..... More
![The Mystery of J.H. Farrer [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 40; numbers 238 and 239. E. Temple...](/pictures/thumb/58790.jpg?v=1611596104)
The Mystery of J.H. Farrer [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 40; numbers 238 and 239.
London: George Newnes, October and November 1910. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Two octavo magazines (27 x 19cm), pp.[84] 385-508 [12]; [85-108]; pp.[90] 509-636 [91-116]. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled and illustrated in dark blue, stapled twice, and priced at 6d. Presented in a black fleece-lined..... More
Signature. A Quadrimestrial of Typography and Graphic Arts. New Series 2, November 1946.
London: Signature, November 1946. [Art Periodical] ORIGINAL PERIODICAL. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.52. With numerous black and white plates. Publisher's plain soft covers, with the original glassine jacket. Light toning to covers. Jacket lightly toned and spotted, with some light chipping and closed tears to edges. Near fine. Including a...... More
![Bodyguard to Mr. Churchill [in] Lilliput Magazine. Volume 30, Number 5, Issue 180. John WATNEY](/pictures/thumb/55897.jpg?v=1589300945)
Bodyguard to Mr. Churchill [in] Lilliput Magazine. Volume 30, Number 5, Issue 180.
London: Hulton Press, May-June 1952. [Literary Magazine] EARLY APPEARANCE. Octavo magazine (20 x 14cm), pp.128. Illustrated mainly in black and white, with occasional dichromatic lithographs. Publisher's colour paper cover, stapled, and priced at 2s. Crisp and clean, with a little bumping to head of spine, and some bleeding from oxidised..... More
![Gibraltar [and] The Humble Herring [and] Ego [in] Men Only Magazine. Evelyn WAUGH, TAFFRAIL,...](/pictures/thumb/60001.jpg?v=1624292944)
Gibraltar [and] The Humble Herring [and] Ego [in] Men Only Magazine.
London: C. Arthur Pearson, October 1936. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo magazine (19 x 13cm), pp.152. With 12 double-sided illustrated plates, many in colour, with further in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue soft covers, priced at 1s. Lightly toned throughout. Covers toned, and rubbed to edges. Very good. A withering piece on..... More
![The Art of Fiction XXX [in] The Paris Review. Volume 8, Number 30. Evelyn WAUGH](/pictures/thumb/60103.jpg?v=1631636344)
The Art of Fiction XXX [in] The Paris Review. Volume 8, Number 30.
Paris: The Paris Review, Summer-Fall 1963. [Literary Magazine] INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] 181 [9]. With 11 black and white illustrations on plates, and occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's soft cover with price in dollars, Franks, and shillings. Moderate handling and toning to covers. Very good. Containing the transcript..... More
![The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 76, number 456. P. G. WODEHOUSE,...](/pictures/thumb/58887.jpg?v=1621009870)
The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 76, number 456.
London: George Newnes, December 1928. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[94] 521-664 [95-116]. With frequent black and white, and occasional dichromatic, illustrations. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, priced at 1/6. Housed in a light blue Strand card slipcase. Heavy oxidation to staples. One folio loose just after the..... More
Playboy Magazine. Vol. 14, no. 7.
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, July 1967. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.178. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with two staples to the spine, priced at 75c. Light wear and a little spotting to covers. Very good. Including an interview with Michael Caine, and 'Uckridge Starts..... More
![Death by Diagnosis [and] Headless Horseman [in] Street & Smith's Mystery Detective. Vol. II, No....](/pictures/thumb/46814.jpg?v=1500288490)
Death by Diagnosis [and] Headless Horseman [in] Street & Smith's Mystery Detective. Vol. II, No. 5.
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., Ltd., October 1955. [Crime Fiction] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.64. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 1s. Spotlessly clean, with some very light handling. Very small chip to head of spine. Almost as-new. This gripping collection of short stories..... More
The Loved One Published in Horizon - A Review of Literature and Art, Edited by Cyril Connoly.
London: Horizon, 1948. FIRST APPEARANCE - predates the first edition in book form. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.60. Publisher's card covers, decoratively printed in black and orange, advertisements as issued. One small stain to foot of upper else fine. Subtitled 'An Anglo-American Tragedy', Waugh's 'The Loved One' is a short..... More
The New Machiavelli.
London: The English Review, 1910. [Modern Literature] FIRST APPEARANCE, original magazine parts bound as one volume. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] 286-329 [2]; 532-563 [1]; 673-715 [2]; 98-136 [1]; 270-308; 477-511 [2]; 682-702 [2]. Contemporary green half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to orange label, further gilt decoration to..... More
A Young Novelist Who has "Arrived": A Chat with Mr. H.G. Wells. [A loose leaf from 'The Sketch' magazine].
London: Illustrated London News Company, 15th September 1897. [Literary Interview] ORIGINAL ARTICLE. A single folio leaf (36 x 25cm), pp.317-318 of the issue. An interview with the author, then aged 31, about his early career and education, books then in progress (including The Invisible Man), and the significance of bicycles..... More