20th Century Literature

London: Bantam Press. 1988. "the Ur-text of classy bonkbusters" First edition. 240x155mm. pp. 542. Publisher's original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Original illustrated dustjacket. Crease on red cloth of spine. Tanning on pages.

First U.S. edition. Le Carré’s signature on title page. 243x170mm. pp. [8] 4-302 [7]. Publisher’s black cloth with gold lettering to spine. Original dust jacket. Fore edges untrimmed. Maps of North Asia printed onto front and back pastedown and free endpapers. In near mint condition. A lifelong rivalry pulls former British intelligence agent Tim Cranmer back into the game, putting the life he has built into jeopardy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1991.  First U.S. edition. Signed by le Carré on title page. 240x165mm. pp.[8], 335 [3]. Publisher’s black cloth, gold lettering to spine and front cover. Original dust jacket. Light fading to head of boards, corners slightly bumped. Internally excellent, overall in very good condition. As intelligence agent Ned approaches retirement, he looks back over his career in the field. Ethical disquiet is increasingly at the forefront of his mind and mentor George Smiley can only offer uncomfortable truths.

London Andre Deutsch Limited. 1955. First edition. Signed. 222x143mm. pp.(iibl) x,126, (iibl). Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Original dust jacket. Illustrated throughout; illustrations on front and back pastedown and free endpapers. One minor tear and chip to head of dust jacket. Internally excellent; overall in excellent condition. Sandy Wilson's signature in blue ink on front half-title. Beautiful, signed copy of the script for Sandy Wilson's smash hit musical, with Wilson's own charming illustrations.

London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1914.the first appearance of a new Dracula storyFirst edition. 8vo. 182x120mm. pp. [8], 200. Red cloth, decorated and lettered in blind on upper cover. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt and blind. Illustrated dustjacket in a later state with the price of 1/3net replaced with 2/- but in all other regards the jacket is the same as that of the first impression with its chilling illustration by Handforth. There is a split to the cloth at the joint with the lower cover and some fading to spine.

Cape Town: David Philip. 1981.Signed by Rive.First edition. 210x145mm. pp. [8], [8 photographs], [2], 221 [1bl]. Signed by Richard Rive on the title page. Red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Original dustjacket with photograph of Rive on upper cover. Slight soiling and light shelfwear to dustjacket but otherwise a near fine copy of Rive's "rumbustious, always perceptive autobiography" which was developed and expanded from his ground-breaking key-note speech at the University of Indiana's African Literature Association conference in 1979.

Lovedale, South Africa: Lovedale Press.. [1930].The first novel in English by a black South African. In the rare dust jacket.First edition. 8vo. 185x120mm. pp. [12], 225 [1bl]. Green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine. Original illustrated dustjacked, chipped and a little torn along top and bottom edges but overall very good and rare in any condition. Internally there is some foxing.

A Romance of the "Golden" Age.London: H.J.Gibbs.. 1850."Soul exchange"First edition. 199x120mm. pp. xii, 250 [2bl, 5 publisher's adverts, 1bl]. Frontispiece and three etchings by F.H.T.Bellew. Modern brown cloth, slight rubbing to extremities. Frontispiece is a little chipped along fore-edge and all plates are a little foxed and there is offsetting from them.

London: Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1956.First edition, first impression. 196x126mm. pp. 240. Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Original illustrated dustjacket. Some creasing to edges of jacket and slight chipping to foot of spine but otherwise in excellent condition and internally near fine. House of Dolls ran to several printings in year of publication but this first impression, particularly in the dustjacket, is rare in commmerce.Ka-Tsetnik 135633 is the pseudonym of Yehiel De-Nur who survived two years in Auschwitz. Ka-Tsetnik is Yiddish concentration camp slang for a prisoner and 135633 was his camp number.

New York: Harper Row. 1984.Signed by Kundera on the title page. First US edition and the first edition in English translation. 219x138mm. pp. [6], 314. Publishers black paper covered boards, and tan cloth, spine lettered in black. Original dustjacket.

London: George Allen & Unwin. 1924.A rare suffragette novel.First edition. 8vo. 182x120mm. pp. 378. Green cloth, lettered in red. Fading and slight soiling to spine and bumping to head and foot of spine. Edges toned and slight cracking to hinges. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Overall a very good copy of a scarce book, Worldcat recording eleven copies and no copies appearing in the auction records. The Call is regarded as on of the most important suffrage and feminist novels.

London: Secker & Warburg. 1972.Wondering what the hell's going on. First UK edition. 197x125mm. pp. 218. Publisher's blue cloth with slight damage to spine. Original illustrated pop art dustjacket designed by Paul May in the manner of Roy Lichtenstein. Some slight rubbing to the extremities of the jacket, marking to the lower cover and creasing to the spine. Internally in excellent condition throughout. A rare book and an even rarer dustjacket. Crews learnt karate in order to write this book - a typically immersive act. But the book is only partly about karate.

Zürich: Fretz & Wasmuth. 1943.Inscribed by HesseInscribed by Hesse: "Ein Gruss für Reinhard Weiss von H. Hesse". Third edition (Drei Auflage), issued the same year as the first. Two volumes. 8vo. 182x108mm. pp. 451, [1]; 441, [1]. Original pale blue cloth with HH monogram in gilt to upper covers and spine decorated in gilt with black label lettered in gilt. Original dust jackets. Spines of dustjackets browned and a little soiled with slight chipping to the foot of the jacket of volume one. Housed in a cardboard slipcase. A very nice copy.