Literature

London: Simon and Schuster, 1859  New and Complete edition. Large 8vo. 225x145mm. pp. x, 827, [1bl]. Very handsomely bound in green half calf, cloth covered boards. Spine with four raised bands, second compartment with a maroon label lettered in gilt. the other four compartments are lavishly decorated in gilt on tan, cream, green and maroon calf onlays. Head and foot of spine decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges stained red. Front pastedown has ticket of T.M. Hepworth, Printer, Stationer and Bookseller, Church.

London: W. Foulsham. c1940. 8vo. 185x120mm. pp. 224. Original red cloth with a black checkerboard design. Original illustrated dustjacket. Some rubbing to edges and some creases and closed tears to the dustjacket but overall a very nice copy of this wartime edition of perhaps the most popular literary novel in the English language. Published as part of the Foulsham's Boy and Girl Fiction Library.[ref.

London: John Lehmann.. 1948. The warm south First edition, first printing with the green panel on the spine. 233x165mm. pp. xiv, 15-189 [1bl]. Yellow buckram, spine with dark green panel lettered in gilt. Corners are rubbed with a slight bump to the head of front board. Some minor soiling across both boards. Original dust jacket illustrated by John Minton who did the extensive illustrations throughout the book. Some repairs and some creasing to the edges of the jacket and corners rubbed. Internally very good with only slight foxing to edges.

London: Ward & Downey. 1887. First edition. 250x140mm. pp. [7],387,[3]. Publisher's original blue cloth with black illustration and chain-link border design, lettered in gold on front board and spine. Rubbed and bumped at corners and spine. One or two spots of soiling on back board. Internally lightly foxed over first 6 pages but otherwise very good. Overall a very nice copy of an important historical and sociological text.

London: Granada Publishing. 1980. Signed by Sammy Davis Junior. First UK edition. pp. 215 [1bl]. Publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. Original illustrated dustjacket protected by a plastic wrapper. Some light shelfwear and wear to head and foot of spine of jacket but otherwise in very good condition. Verso of half title is inscribed "All my best. Sammy Davis Junior. P.S. SO. DO.

London: W H Allen. 1986. The son writes the father's wrongs. Presentation copy. 240x150mm. pp. [25],414,[6] Publisher's original black cloth. Lettered in gilt on spine. Near fine save for some rubbing at head and foot of spine. Original illustrated dust jacket near fine with just some minor creasing at head of cover. Internally fine. Inscribed by the author on half title page "For Mr. Brian Harrison with best regards from the author W R Hess, May 1986"Written by his son, this biography of Rudolph Hess recounts his infamous solo flight to Scotland on a dubiously conceived peace mission.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1959. A Chilling Account First edition in English. 225x145mm. pp.[16], 252,[2]. Publisher's original black cloth. Lettered in silver on the spine. Slightly bumped at head of spine but otherwise near fine. Original illustrated dust jacket is near fine with just some very small creasing at head of spine. Internally fine. This chilling first-hand account chronicles the bureaucracy and day-to-day operations of the largest Nazi concentration camp. Written by Hoess whilst awaiting execution, the book offers a disturbing report into the logistics of mass murder. [ref.

London Thames & Hudson. 2003. The Female Gaze First edition. 290x225mm. pp. [6] 256 [2]. Publisher's original grey cloth.Author and title in silver gilt lettering on spine. A fine copy.Germaine Greer's controversial 2003 book examines the representation of male youthfulness and by centring the female gaze sought "to advance women's reclamation of their capacity for and right to visual pleasure." Containing some 200 photographs and pictures of boys from classical mythology to Kurt Cobain, Greer views the aesthetics of youthful masculinity through a radically feminist lens.[ref.

New York: Harry N. Abrams. 1970. Inside the mind of the great surrealist First edition. 200x145mm. pp. [14],156,[6]. Publisher's original beige cloth. Title and publisher lettered in black on spine. Title in a border lettered in black at top right of the front board. Very good condition save for a slight stain along the foot of boards and spine. Original illustrated dust jacket is in excellent condition save for very slight chipping to edge of front cover and slight bumping at the corners of head. Reverse of dust jacket shows patches of foxing. Internally very good.

London: Jonathan Cape. 1979. Second edition. 240x165mm. pp. [10],377,[3]. Publisher's original blue cloth. Lettered in gold on spine. Front and back boards have bumping to extremities and head and foot of spine show a degree of rubbing. Original dust jacket has signs of shelf wear at the top edge of front cover and foot of spine. Back cover has a small, closed tear at joint with head of spine. Book plate displaying inscription of Lauren Bacall's signature on front loose leaf. Internally near fine. An entertaining and wittily written book by one of the twentieth century's most glamorous stars.[ref.

New York: Ben Abramson. 1946. An irregular quarterly of Sherlockiana 2 volumes, 4 issues in each. 230x150mm. pp. [vol. 1] 516. [vol. 2] 507 [1]. Vol. 1, No.1 has some blue staining on front of paper wrap and Vol. 1, No.4 has a slight dent to front of paper wrap but otherwise each individual issue is in excellent condition. Internally each issue is fine. A very nice, well looked-after set. The Baker Street Journal is the leading publication for essays and stories about Sherlock Holmes.

London Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1930. Exceptionally bound edition of a scarce Norfolk guide Fourth edition, revised. 225x165mm. pp. [1bl] x, 408 [8bl]. 46 colour plates, 23 in monotone by SOUTHGATE, Frank, R.B.A. Calf leather intricately tooled in black, with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Six compartments and five raised bands on spine. Title in second, author's name in third and illustrator's name in fifth compartments. Binding by Syd. A. Howe, Guildford. Marbled fixed and free front and back endpapers. Foxing to all edges and internally.  A beautiful, privately bound edition of a classic Norfolk text.

A TragicomedyNew York: Poseidon Press. 1990. Flexing tragicomedy muscle First edition. 220x145mm. pp. 240. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth with cream boards front and back and cream lettering to spine. Original dust jacket. One bump to foot of dust jacket spine. Two creases to front flap. Internally excellent; overall in very good condition.  Set in the obsessive, extreme world of U.S. bodybuilding, Crew's characters play out the minor tragedies and dramas of everyday life in his characteristic Southern Gothic style.[ref.

London: Penguin Books.. 1972. "too didactic to be artistic" Presentation copy with illustration of a clockwork orange on title page. 180x112mm. pp. 143 [1]. This is a reprint from the same year as the first Penguin paperback edition of A Clockwork Orange. In the highly distinctive David Pelham designed wrappers. Some rubbing to wrappers and soiling and toning to edges. Hinges delicate and slightly creased. Inscription in blue ink reads "(the last chapter is missing) To Kristian with kindest regards Anthony Burgess London 8.2.90", with Burgess's line drawing of a clockwork orange. A unique copy of a controversial novel.

London Penguin Books. 2006. Beautiful edition of an infamous classic, designed and signed by Sir Paul Smith Limited edition. No. 78/1000. Signed by Sir Paul Smith on title page. 245x170mm. pp. xxxvi, 364. Publisher's purple cloth with white lettering to spine and front cover. Textile dust jacket with embroidery to spine, front and back covers. Front and back pastedown and free endpapers printed with botanical illustrations in purple ink. Text printed in purple ink. In excellent condition throughout. To mark their 60th anniversary, Penguin commissioned notable British creatives to design new editions of five classic texts.

New York: The Viking Press. 1980. What if Carrie had kids? First edition. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper. 242x163mm. pp.[14], 428 [2bl]. Quarter red cloth, black paper covered boards. Red and gold lettering to spine and front cover. Slight rubbing to cloth spine. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Dust jacket has slight chipping to foot of spine and two tears to top edge of back cover and a repaired closed tear to bottom edge of back cover. Internally very good but with a small mark at foot of pp. 1-10.

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.

The Third Volume of the Life and Adventures of Timothy Ginnadrake, containing a concise account of the City of Bath, From the Year 1670 to the Present Time. Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, for the author.. n.d. but volume 3 is dated 1771.18th century Bath. History and SatireFirst edition. Three volumes. 12mo in 6s (166x90mm). pp. [xvi], iii-xviii, 168; 204; xiv, 15-240, [12, list of subscribers]. Engraved frontispiece portraits to volumes one and two. List of subscribers at beginning of volume one and at the end of volume three. Armorial bookplate of William John Mercer to front pastedowns.

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.

London: William Heinemann Ltd.. 1949."sitting in the kitchen sink"First edition. 182x120mm. pp. [4], 338. Illustrated with engravings by Ruth Steed from drawings by Dodie Smith herself. Blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Fading to spine and to edges of boards. Illustrated dustjacket (supplied from another copy) with some creasing, chipping and closed tears.

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. 1831. Third edition published with the first illustration of Dr Frankenstein's monster Third edition, published as volume IX of Standard Novels series issued with the first part of The Ghost-Seer. 162x100mm. pp. xii, 202; [2], 163 [5]. Frontispiece and illustrated additional title page. Black half calf, marbled paper covered boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Housed in a green cloth covered dropback box. Rubbing to boards and scuffing to head and foot of spine. Corners bumped. Internally very good but with some foxing and slight soiling.

London: Hutchinson and Co.. 1942.Rare supernatural crimeFirst edition. 184x130mm. pp. 184. Pale blue cloth, lettered in red. Original illustrated dustjacket. Top and bottom edges of jacket a little chipped and two small closed tears to foot of jacket. Internally very good but with some toning to the edges. Overall a very good copy. Rare (Worldcat recording ten copies) and especially so in the dustjacket.Margaret Long wrote under seven pseudonyms, principally as Marjorie Bowen. As Joseph Shearing she wrote crime mysteries, based on true stories overlaid with the supernatural.

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.

London: Chapman & Hall.. 1882.First edition. Two volumes. Small 8vo. 178x115mm. pp. vi, 199 [1bl]; vi, 208. Collates complete although the pagination in signature H of volume is somewhat awry, the printer having mixed up some pages - but the text is all present. Green cloth, brown morocco label on spine, lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Decorated, floral endpapers. Front pastedown has the armorial bookplate of Sir William Eden Bart whose ownership inscription is in both volumes. Slight rubbing to corners but otherwise in fine condition throughout.