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— P.J. O'Rourke

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1930. [Scottish Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 206 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'To | Harold Edwards | with ever regard | from | Hugh MacDiarmid. | London. | June 1934.' Publisher's blue cloth with navy..... More
Skelmorlie: The Drumalban Press, 1964. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 18cm), pp.[8]. An out-of-series copy from a numbered edition of just 55. Publisher's blue card covers, with black card fly-leaves, sewn. Light handling to covers, with a little toning to extremities. Near fine. A pair..... More
Preston: Akros Publications, 1966. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 12cm), pp.[16]. On delicate paper, with three colour illustrations. Number 98 of 100 copies thus. Publisher's plain white card covers, stapled. Paper toned, with some light handling to covers. Near fine. A poem first published in..... More
London: John Cumberland, n.d. [c.1830]. [Theatre]. EARLY PRINTING. Small pamphlet in sixes (15 x 10), pp.50. With a wood engraved frontispiece and cover illustration after R. Cruikshank by Mr. Bonner. Publisher's grey paper covers with titles, illustration and a price of 6d, sewn. Cumberland's No. 36 Minor Theatre, being a...... More
London: Griffith, Farran and Company, no date [1887]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), pp.64. Chromolithographed by Ernest Rister of Nuremberg. Publisher's quarter green cloth with glossy colour-illustrated paper over boards. Patterned endpapers. Browning to endpapers and preliminaries. Tiny damp mark to foot of upper board, rubbing..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1946. [Irish Drama] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 104. Plain grey paper covers. Light rubbing and handling to covers and edges. Near fine. More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1973. [Highland poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.64. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic yellow dust-jacket, titled in purple and priced at £2.00. Light wear, with a few small nicks and chips to jacket edges. Near fine. A collection of..... More
Edinburgh: Canongate, 1977. [Gaelic Poetry] FIRST THUS, a dual-language edition. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.x; 181 [1]. Gaelic poetry to the recto of each leaf, with an English translation facing on each verso. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Ruari McLean..... More
Edinburgh: Canongate, 1977. [Gaelic Poetry] FIRST THUS, a dual-language edition. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.x; 181 [1]. Gaelic poetry to the recto of each leaf, with an English translation facing on each verso. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Ruari McLean..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1963. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.58 [2]. Publisher's Purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pink dust-jacket titled in blue and red, priced at 12/6. Also with the scarce Poetry Book Society Bulletin announcing the book's publication, loose to preliminaries. A...... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1964. [Radio Plays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.112. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the cream and orange typographic dust-jacket, priced at 18s. Jacket lightly handled, and gently toned. Near fine. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1952. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.96. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the grey typographic dust-jacket. Lightly toned throughout; tobacco scented. Jacket toned and rubbed to spine and edges with some light chipping also, and a small ink stain to..... More
Belfast: Festival Publications, 1965. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, an early reprint. Octavo pamphlet (20 x 13cm), pp.[16]. Publisher's green card covers, showing advertisements for the first and second series of poetry pamphlets, including reprints, to back cover priced at 3s. Light wear to corners. Almost as-new. Mahon's very first publication... More
London: William Heinemann, 1942. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 12. Publisher's plain paper covers, priced at 1s. Toned to covers and throughout, with some light handling. Near fine. More
London: William Heinemann, 1931. [Verse] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[14] 256 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the blue-striped dust-jacket priced at 7/6. Jacket heavily toned to spine, with rubbing to joints and chipping to head and tail of spine and corners..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1920. [Horse Racing Poetry] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, the second printing. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 120. Publisher's green paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine and upper. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate, and a bookseller's label, to front pastedown. Offsetting to endpapers and toning to edges..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. [Television Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.175 [1]. Publisher's oatmeal cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Craig Dodd, priced at £5.95. A minor bump and a light mark to jacket front cover. A fine copy. Not to be confused..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. [American Drama] FIRST THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.128. Publisher's orange cloth with blue titles to spine; top edge orange. With the dust-jacket illustrated with a woodcut, priced at 5s. Also with a contemporary postcard promoting Cape's 'Now & Then' magazine, loose to preliminaries. A touch..... More
London: The Cresset Press, 1956. [Modern theatre] First UK edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 143; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the red and blue dust-jacket priced at 12s.6d. Slightly dusty/toned, small area of browning to rear panel, one short tear at foot. Very..... More
London: Secker and Warburg, 1966. [Drama] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 89 [1]. Publisher's purple cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Bill Botten. Associated newspaper clipping loose to preliminaries, with attendant offsetting to endpapers. Price-clipped jacket very slightly sunned to spine and..... More
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1964. [Drama] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.106 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green and purple typographic dust-jacket, priced at 16s. The lightest of handling. A lovely crisp fine copy. More
Lindfield: Lemon Publications, 1975. [Poetry] INSCRIBED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.145; [1]; unpaginated blanks to rear. Publisher's printed wrappers. Signed and inscribed on the title page: "To Guy | Have a jolly jubilee | mate | Peter | The Bend | Lindfield. 77." With a foreword by Spike..... More
Cambridge: at the University Press, 1903. [Poetical Works] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xxvi; 607 [3]. Contemporary navy full calf for The Leys School, Cambridge, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and the school coat of arms stamped in gilt to upper. All edges..... More
New York, NY: Brentano's, 1927. [Hungarian Drama] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 139 [1]. Publisher's brown cloth with titles blocked with designs in blue and green to spine and upper board. Fore-edge untrimmed. With the green dust-jacket titled in a darker green. Lightly browned throughout. Dust-jacket..... More
London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1917. Second Thousand. Octavo. Flexible paper binding, edges uncut, with black titles to front cover and illustration in modernist style of emaciated figure rising out of crowd, in turn rising out of a fallen skeleton, in black. Edges are bumped, slight rubbing to front hinge, otherwise..... More