"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht
Literature
![Stamboul Train [Orient Express]. Graham GREENE, 1904 - 1991](/pictures/thumb/57348.jpg?v=1594368424)
Stamboul Train [Orient Express].
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1932. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm) pp.307. Usual corrected state of text. Half black morocco over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments, traditional raised bands. This thriller was entitled 'Orient Express' in the US. Very light and occasional spotting, exterior unmarked..... More
The Valley of Fear. A Sherlock Holmes Novel.
New York, NY: George H. Doran Company, 1914. [Detective fiction] TRUE FIRST EDITION, prior to UK first printing, which was not illustrated. Post octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. With seven full-page illustrations by Arthur I. Keller, including the frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth blocked in gilt. Contents clean, cloth lightly handled..... More
The Captain's Death Bed. And Other Essays.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1950. [Literary Essays] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge brown. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Vanessa Bell, priced at 10/6. Offsetting to endpapers. Spine and board edges toned to purple; gilt titles completely oxidised..... More
The Complete Hornblower Novels. The Happy Return (1937); A Ship of the Line (1938); Flying Colours (1938); The Commodore (1945); Lord Hornblower (1946); Mr Midshipman Hornblower (1950); Lieutenant Hornblower (1952); Hornblower and the Atropos (1953); Hornblower in the West Indies (1958); Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962); Hornblower and the Crisis (1967)
London: Michael Joseph, 1937-67. [Naval fiction / Historical Fiction] ALL FIRST EDITIONS. Eleven volumes bound as ten, octavos (19 x 13 x 33cm). The complete series, bound uniformly in recent navy blue half morocco, twin red morocco title labels lettered in gilt, with gilt 'tall ship' motif, blue marbled paper-covered..... More
Traffics And Discoveries.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1904. [Strange Tales] FIRST EDITION, second issue, with ads correctly dated '25.8.04'. Octavo, pp.vi; 393; [1], blank; [6], advertisements; 16, catalogue. Original red cloth, gilt. Illustrated bookplate to patedown, some spotting to edges, minor wear to cloth. A very good copy. A quality collection of short..... More
A Rough Shoot.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. [Spy Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] 156. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Lew Keller, priced at $2.50. Spotting to top edge. Jacket lightly bruised and chipped to edges, with some closed..... More
The Crime of Colin Wise.
London: Macdonald, 1964. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189 [3]. Publisher's dark brown cloth with yellow titles to spine. With the red and green illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. Light handling. A fine copy. The story of a cold premeditated murder and its unravelling... More
The Lost Childhood. And other Essays.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. [Literary Essays] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 191 [3]. Recent burgundy half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge burgundy. Slightly toned throughout. Very good. Greene's collection of literary essays about authors such..... More
A Small Town in Germany.
New York, NY: Coward-McCann, 1968. [Spy Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.383 [1]. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt facsimile signature to upper. Top edge orange. With the dust-jacket designed by Lennie Slonevsky, priced at $6.95. Gilt oxidised to spine. Some light marks..... More
Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mistress.
London: Souvenir Press, 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.254. Publisher's cyan cloth with silver titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £2.20. A clean, near fine copy. The sixth full-length Modesty Blaise thriller, developed from the popular comic strip series chronicling a streetwise refugee-turned undercover..... More
Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers.
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1970. [Satire] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 153; [1], blank. Publisher's oatmeal cloth blocked in black, brown endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket by Milton Glaser, priced at $5.95. Minor handling, wrapper a touch short. Near fine. Two essays concerned with the conflict between..... More
Nova Express.
New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1962. [Experimental novel] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.187. Publisher's orange cloth boards, pictorial dust-jacket by Roy Kuhlman priced at $5.00. Trivial wear only. A lovely fine copy. Nova Police take on the Nova Mob, who want to addict the world. Massively..... More
Get Shorty.
New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1990. [Gangster crime caper] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 292; [2], blank. Publisher's quarter white cloth, black sides, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $18.95. A clean, near fine copy. Debt-collecting shenanigans set in Hollywood. Basis for the entertaining 1995 comedy-thriller movie for which John..... More
Moonlight Mile.
New York, NY: William Morrow / Harper Collins, 2010. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 325; [3], blank. Publisher's navy blue paper over boards with black cloth spine titled in bronze, navy endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by May Schuck, priced at $26.99. Clean and fresh, with..... More
The Gabriel Hounds.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1967. [Gothic adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's green cloth with titles to spine in gilt and red, top edge red, illustrated dust-jacket by Bruce MacDonald with printed price of 21s. Slight dustiness, flyleaf with faintest of soiling. A clean, bright..... More
Demon Road Trilogy. Demon Road; Desolation; American Monsters.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2015-2016. [Young Adult Fantasy] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS, two volumes SIGNED. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] 508 [4]; pp.460 [4]; pp.362 [6]. Volume I SIGNED by the author in black marker to 'Signed Limited Edition' leaf; volume III SIGNED by the author in black marker..... More
By Its Cover.
London: William Heinemann, 2014. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[8] 237 [11]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black paper-covered boards with gilt titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £17.99. A fine, as-new..... More
End Zone.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. [Satire] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.[8] 242 [6]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and upper. Top edge green. With the black dust-jacket illustrated by Paul Bacon, priced at $5.95. Spotting to top edge and some light handling. A fine..... More
Five Screenplays. The Servant; The Pumpkin Eater; The Quiller Memorandum; Accident; The Go-Between.
London: Methuen & Co., 1971. [Television Screenplays] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[6] 367 [3]. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the orange dust-jacket priced at £3.75. Very light handling. A fine copy. Four television dramas adapted by Pinter from novels by other authors..... More
The Pious Agent.
London: Eyre Methuen, 1975. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2] 252 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £3.25. A fine copy. A Catholic assassin is recruited to hunt down Soviet agents in London. More
The Book and The Brotherhood.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1987. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 601 [1]. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Phillips. Signed by the author to the title page. Quite heavily browned low-grade paper-stock. Some light handling. Jacket price-clipped..... More
Coming Up For Air.
New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. [Modern Literature] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo, pp.[6] 278 [4]. In publisher's light blue cloth with darker blue titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket, priced at $3.00. Lightly toned to spine and edges. Jacket rubbed to edges and joints, with moderate general..... More
L.A. Confidential.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Press, 1990. [American Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 496 [6]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black quarter cloth with silver titles to spine, black paper over boards, and black endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated..... More
![The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [and] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan DOYLE, Sir,...](/pictures/thumb/57266.jpg?v=1594140785)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [and] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, 1906. [Sherlock Holmes] FINELY BOUND SOUVENIR EDITION, later printings. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 341 [3]; pp.[10] 296. Each volume with engraved illustrations by Paget, including frontispieces. Recent navy half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spines and matching cloth over boards. Top edges..... More
The Prince of Tides.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. [Southern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 567 [1]. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey paper over boards, and light brown endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Wendell Minor, priced at $19.95. A fine, as-new copy. A...... More