JOYCE JAMESThe Essential James Joyce.
pub. Lond. Jonathan Cape 1948 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.534. "This volume contains the full text of four books
Joyce published before and during the First World War: 'Chamber Music,'
the early poems which appeared in 1907,'Dubliners,' 'A Portrait of the
Artist as a Young Man,' and 'Exiles,' a three-act play he wrote in
1914. In addition there are representative extracts from his later
books…" d/w. price clipped, backstrip to d/w. very sl.
stained. Price: $35.00
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JOYCE JAMES (Ed. by Stuart Gilbert). Letters Of James Joyce.
illus. with frontis. (photo of the Joyce family in 1924) and two
facsimile reproductions, index. pub. Faber Lond. 1957 1st.ed.
roy.8vo. pp.438. A collection of more than 400 letters and notes
written by Joyce to other authors, publishers, acquaintances and
relatives, giving valuable insight into his life and his works. The
editor was a long-time friend of Joyce. Fore-edge foxed, price clipped
else very good in near fine d/w. Price: $100.00
JOYCE JAMESStephen Hero.
Part of the first draft of `A Portrait of the Artist as a
Young Man' Includes an additional fragment published here for the first
time. pub. Lond. Jonathan Cape 1969 ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo.
pp.254. Fine. Price: $25.00
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KEROUAC JACKThe Subterraneans.
pub. Lond. Andre Deutsch 1960 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. Picture
of Leslie Carron, who starred as Mardou in the movie, on front panel;
cr.8vo. pp.158. Sticky tape marks on both pastedowns and endpapers,
small tear to top of d/w., it is a sideway tear, about 5cm down and
across spine, but the rest to the d/w. is very good almost fine, boards
are very fine. Price: $115.00
KEROUAC JACKThe Subterraneans.
pub. Lond. Andre Deutsch 1960 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. Picture
of Leslie Carron, who starred as Mardou in the movie, on front panel;
cr.8vo. pp.158. 'The Subterraneans' is a tale of dark alleys and smoky
rooms, of artists, visionaries, and adventurers existing outside
mainstream America's field of vision. Very slight fade to spine, almost
mint copy. Price: $400.00 Convert Currency
KEROUAC JACK Visions Of Cody.
pub. N.Y. McGraw Hill 1972 stated 1st. ed. with the number line 2
through 9 noted on the copyright page, tan end papers, or.cl.
d/w. (dustwrapper is printed in various colors and has a black
& white portrait of Kerouac by William Burroughs on the back
panel). 8vo. pp.XII.398. First time pub.
in its entirety. Actually written in 1951-52, this novel
wasn't printed until after Kerouac's death in 1969. It features America
in the late forties and early fifties by the author who knew it well.
Dustwrapper v/sl. rubbed at lower spine, else near fine.
Price: $100.00
KING STEPHENThe Dark Half. pub. Lond. Hodder & Stoughton 1989 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.412. Price:$35.00
KING STEPHEN Ed. by Beahm George The Stephen King Companion
illus. with 50 photographs. pub. London Macdonald & Co 1990 1st.
ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.366. With over 100 articles, interviews,
profiles and synopses. provides essential information on all Stephen
King books, films, collectables available. King's works, including
appendices which provide an invaluable reference section.
Fine. Price: $40.00
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KIPLING RUDYARD Soldiers Three.
The Story Of The Gadsbys In Black And White. pub. Lond. Sampson Low,
Marsdon & Co. 1892 or. dark blue cl. gilt decorated cover, gilt
lettering & design spine, cr.8vo. pp.296. Originally published in
pamphlet form in Allahabad in the 1880s. little rubbing, lettering
faded to spine, pencil to front free e/paper, else good
copy. Price: $100.00
KIPLING RUDYARD A Song Of The English.
illus. by W. Heath Robinson; 16 mounted colour plates and many small
black and white drawings each faced by or followed by a few lines of
verse from poems written by Kipling in 1896. pub. London: Hodder &
Stoughton, nd. [1915] or. blue cloth with gilt lettering & cover
design. a very good copy. Price: $200.00 (See picture-press )
KIPLING RUDYARD illus. by Donald Maxwell East Of Suez illus. with 12
colour plates & b/w vignettes by Maxwell, pub. London Macmillan,
1931 1st. ed. or. blue cloth, 4to. pp.72 illustrated selection of
Kipling poems, on Calcutta, Bombay, Rangoon, Singapore, Hong Kong etc
etc. Neat name to f/free e/paper, little shelf wear else very good
copy. Price: $75.00
KNIBBS GEORGE HANDLEY Book 1 Voices Of The North And Book II Echoes Of Hellas.
pub. London. Alston Rivers. 1913 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.292 The
author was Commonwealth Statistician 1906-1921 and wrote technological
and mathematical works. Some browing to e/papers else fine, d/w. fine.
Signed by the author. Price: $100.00 Convert Currency
KOESTLER ARTHURDialogue With Death.
Translated by Trevor and Phyllis Blewitt. pub.
Collins with Hamish Hamilton nd.(1954)? first
pub. in 1937 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222. A journalist, Koestler was
arrested in 1937 by the fascist Franco, during the Spanish Revolution,
and sentenced to death. This is a journal of his harrowing prison time,
written after his release. d/w. sl. chipped else very good.
Price: $35.00
KOESTLER ARTHURArrow In The Blue.
An Autobiography. pub. Lond. Collins with Hamish Hamilton 1952
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.308. Koestler recalls his early life in
Budapest to his most important commitment of youth: his conversion to
Communism in 1931, sl. spotted to edges, two short closed
tears to d/w. otherwise near fine. Price: $50.00
KOESTLER ARTHURThe Invisible Writing.
Autobiography 1931-53. being the second volume of Arrow In The
Blue. pub. Lond. Collins with Hamish Hamilton
1954 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.432. Closed tear to d/w.
at top of spine, slightly shelf worn price clipped otherwise very
good. Price: $45.00
KOESTLER ARTHURThe Trail Of The Dinosaur & Other Essays.
pub. Lond. Collins 1955 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.253. Crease
in d/w. very slight shelf wear otherwise near fine. Price:
$55.00
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KOESTLER ARTHURReflections On Hanging.
pub. Lond. Gollancz 1956 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.193. Draws on his experiences while imprisoned under
sentence of death during the Spanish civil war & his subsequent
abolitionist activities in Britain to raise an impassioned argument
against capital punishment. d/w. chipped at lower spine, 3 short closed
tears otherwise v/good. Price: $55.00
KOESTLER ARTHURThe Sleepwalkers.
pub. Lond. Hutchinson 1959 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.624. Near fine,
d/w. has short closed tear, price clipped, shelf wear, slight spotting
of pages to fore-edge. Price: $70.00
KOESTLER ARTHURThe Lotus And The Robot.
Essays. pub. Lond. Hutchinson 1960 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.296. price clipped d/w. else very
fine. Price: $75.00
KOESTLER ARTHURDrinkers Of Infinity.
Essays 1955-1967. pub. Lond. Hutchinson 1968 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.291. A near fine copy of the first collected
edition, price clipped. Price: $45.00
KOESTLER ARTHUR The Ghost In The Machine
pub. London Hutchinson, 1967 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.384. The
author's third volume - preceded by "The Sleepwalkers" and "The Act of
Creation" - in his study of the mind of man, here investigating the
urge for self-destruction. Dustwrappper with very minor wear to
extremities, edges, short closed tear to rear of d/w. otherwise
v/good. Price: $70.00
KOESTLER ARTHURThe Case Of The Midwife Toad.
illus. with frontis. & 4 full page plates pub. London
Hutchinson Publishers 1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.188.
a short closed tear to front of d/w. at spine, tape mark to
past-down front e/paper under d/w. otherwise fine. Price: $40.00
KOESTLER ARTHURThe Call Girls.
a Tragi-Comedy. pub. N.Y. Random House 1973 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.167. Price clipped, slight browning to edges else near
fine. Price: $35.00
KOESTLER MAMAINELiving with Koestler.
Mamaine Koestler's Letters 1945-51. Ed. by Celia Goodman
illus. with 8 full page plates pub. Lond.
Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1985 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.204. Fine. Price: $35.00
KOESTLER ARTHURThe Story Of A Friendship.
by George Mikes. pub. Lond. Andre Deutsch 1983
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.80. 30 years of friendship
between George Mikes and Arthur Koestler is explored.
Price: $25.00
KOESTLER ARTHURArthur Koestler A
Literary and Biographical Study by John Atkins. pub.
Lond. Neville Spearman Ltd. 1956 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.224. chipped & short closed tears
to d/w. otherwise fine. Price: $30.00
LANG ANDREW (Ed.) The Blue Poetry Book.
Illus. with numerous in-text steel engravings by H.J. Ford
and Lancelot Speed. pub. Lond. Longmans 1891 1st. ed. glt.dec.cl.
bright picture in gilt embossed on front board of a youth playing a
lyre with a leopard and lions and a lizard at his feet. black
endpapers. a.e.glt. cr.8vo. pp.352. Contains works by Marlowe, Poe,
Shakespeare, Burns, Longfellow, Shelley and others. Owner's neat ink
name and prize for music, on verso of front flyleaf. Light shelf wear
top & bottom of spine otherwise v/good with a little light
internal spotting. Price: $150.00
LAWRENCE D.H. Mornings In Mexico.
pub. N.Y. Alfred Knopf 1st.ed. August 1927 this ed. 2nd. printing
pub. August 1927 or.dec.cl. 8vo. pp.188. Travel essays written by
Lawrence for several publications, including Travel, The Adelphi, The
Theatre Arts Monthly, and The Laughing Horse. This was his fourth book.
title on spine sl. faded light spotting to edges. Price:
$50.00
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LAWRENCE D.H.Last Poems.
Ed. with an introduction by Richard Aldington pub. Lond.
Heinemann nd.1933? or.blk. cl. to spine col. paper covered bds. 8vo.
pp.182 glt. top. sl. silverfished to side near spine, f/free e/paper
cut, otherwise very good. Price: $60.00
LAWRENCE D.H. The Letters Of D.H. Lawrence.
Edited and with an Introduction by Aldous Huxley. Frontispiece plate of
D. H. Lawrence. pub. London William Heinemann 1956 or.cl. gilt embossed
lettering to the front board and spine; d/w. 8vo. pp. XXXIV.890. Closed
tear to d/w. at spine, repaired with old tape from inside, off white
d/w. little toned with age, else v/good. Price: $75.00
LAWRENCE D.H. Ed. by Harry T. Moore. The Collected LettersOf D.H. Lawrence. 2 Vols. pub. Lond. Heinemann 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w's. 8vo. pp.1038.II 2
Vols. Very good set. Price: $75.00
LAWRENCE D.H. The Collected Letters Of D.H. Lawrence. 2 Vols. pub. Lond. Heinemann 1977 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.1308. II Vols. fine sm. closed tear vol.II. Price: $85.00
LAWRENCE FRIEDANot I, But The Wind.
illus. with 14 b/w. full page plates t/out. pub. Toronto: Macmillan,
1934 1st. Canadian edition. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.298. Memoirs of
Frieda Lawrence's 18 years with her husband, D.H. Lawrence with
eighty-nine letters, poems and other material written by D.H. includes
assortment of correspondence between Lawrence and family members. A
fine copy in d/w which printing is faded on the spine.
Price: $85.00
LAWRENCE T.E. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom.
A Triumph. illus. with frontis. & 45 full page plates t/out.
3 folding maps, pub. Lond. Jonathan Cape 1935
1st.ed. trade edition or.brn.cl. glt.ltg.
to spine & front bd. 4to. pages rough cut to fore-edge
& tail, pp.672. sl. bump to spine at top leaving small pin
hole in cl. else fine. Price: $250.00
LAWRENCE T.E.The Mint.
A day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December
1922 with later notes by 352087 A/c Ross. pub. Lond. Jonathan Cape 1955
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.206. d/w. very sl. marked to front, and
browned to spine. Price: $145.00
LAWRENCE T.E.Minorities.
ed. by J.M. Wilson. Poems selected
by T.E. Lawrence A personal anthology. illus. with
frontis. (portrait) pub. Lond. Jonathan Cape 1971
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.272. An anthology of poetry that
appealed to Lawrence and which was collected by him between 1919 and
1927 for his private use. price clipped d/w else fine.
Price: $75.00
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LE CARRE JOHNThe Looking Glass War.
pub. Lond. Heinemann Publishing 1965 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.246. The fourth of the Smiley books; Near fine in
the price clipped d/w. Price: $75.00
LE CARRE JOHNA Small Town In Germany.
pub. Lond. Heinemann Publishing Group 1968
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.306. price
clipped d/w. else near fine. Price: $75.00
LE CARRE JOHNA Small Town In Germany
pub. Lond. Heinemann 1968 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.306. price clipped d/w. slight tear to
surface of front free e/paper else near fine. Price: $55.00
LE CARRE JOHNThe Naive And Sentimental Lover.
pub. Lond. 1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.416. A
successful business man encounters a charming if wayward couple who
lead him to passions he has been lacking. price clipped else fine. Price: $50.00
LE CARRE JOHNThe Naive And Sentimental Lover pub. U.S.A. Knopf 1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.455. Slight crease to crease on inner front flap, else near fine. Price: $50.00
LE CARRE JOHNTinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
pub. Lond. Hodder & Stoughton 1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.350. Very slightly sunned to lower spine, slight
closed tear to rear & front of d/w. at top edge otherwise
v/good. Price: $60.00
LE CARRE JOHNThe Honourable Schoolboy.
pub. Lond. Hodder & Stoughton 1977 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.532. George Smiley is chief of the battered British
Secret Service at a time when the betrayals of a Soviet double agent
have riddled the spy network. Smiley wants revenge. His method is
attack, the quarry Karla, the battleground Hong Kong, and the choice of
weapon the Honourable Jerry Westerby. Slight crease to crease on inner
front flap, Price clipped else fine. Price: $40.00
LE CARRE JOHNSmiley's People.
pub. Lond. Hodder & Stoughton 1980 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.327. Concluding novel in the Smiley Spy series.
Near fine copy. Price: $45.00
LE CARRE JOHNThe Little Drummer Girl.
pub. Lond. Hodder & Stoughton 1983 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.430. Fine copy. Price: $35.00
LE GUIN URSULAThe Farthest Shore.
illus. with e/paper maps pub. Lond. Victor Gollancz
1973 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.206. v/fine in the
price clipped d/w. Price: $75.00
LE GUIN URSULA The Farthest Shore.llus.
with e/paper maps pub. Lond. Victor Gollancz 1973
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.206. Publisher's not adhered
to front free e/paper, neat name to front free e/paper else
fine. Price: $75.00
LEIBER FRITZThe Swords Of Lankhmar.
pub. Lond. Rupert Hart-Davis 1969 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.224. Two sl. foxing spots to top-edge pages, fine in fine and bright
dustwrapper. Price: $275.00
LENNON JOHNA Spaniard In The Works.
illus. with line drawings by Lennon t/out. some two-tone
pub. Lond. Jonathan Cape 1965 1st.ed. or. pictorial, laminated
boards 12mo. no d/w. as issued pp.94. eighteen short stories written by
John Lennon. A near fine copy. Price: $150.00
LENNON JOHNIn His Own Write
illus. with frontis. drawing by Lennon, foreword by Victor Spinetti
pub. New York Simon & Schuster 1968 1st. ed. or. coloured
pictorial, boards as issued 8vo. pp.36. prev. Felt pen ownership
signature on free e/paper otherwise fine. Price: $115.00
LENNON JOHNSkywriting By Word Of Mouth.
And other writings, including The Ballad of
John and Yoko. illus. with several dwgs.
t/out. pub. Lond. Pan Books 1986
or.illus.bds. issued without d/w. 12mo. pp.200. Fine copy.
Price: $40.00
LESSING DORISThe Sun Between Their Feet.
vol.II of Doris Lessing's collected African stories.
pub. Lond. Michael Joseph 1973 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.317. Fine. Price: $55.00
LESSING DORISRipple From The Storm.
Book three of `Children Of Violence'
pub. Lond. Hart-Davis, MacGibbon 1977 or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.300. some staining to side edges. Price: $25.00
LESSING DORISCanopus In Argos:
Archives. Documents relating to the Sentimental
Agents In The Volyen Empire. pub. N.Y. Knopf 1983 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.178. Fine. Price: $30.00
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LEVIN IRA The Stepford Wives.
pub. Lond. Michael Joseph 1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.159. Levin's best-selling novel about an upper-class suburban
town in which all the women become domesticated automatons after four
months of living there. His fourth book and basis for the movie
starring Katherine Ross and recently remade into a movie starring
Nicole Kidman. f/free e/paper sl. rubbed otherwise
fine. Price: $50.00
LEVIN IRAVeronica's Room. A Melodrama. (play) pub. Lond. Michael Joseph 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.87. fine copy. Price: $30.00
LEVIN IRAThe Boys From Brazil.
pub. London Michael Joseph. 1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.254.
By the author of The Stepford Wives and Rosemary's Baby a tense
thriller of former SS men despatched from South America by "The Angel
of Death." d/w. minor shelf wear else fine. Price: $35.000
LEWIS C.S.Till We Have Faces.
A Myth Retold. pub. Lond. Geoffrey Bles 1956 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.320. A story to two princesses and their
transitions. A mythical tale of the past. Light browning to
endpapers from dustwrapper; light shelf wear to rear of d/w. else near
fine. Price: $275.000
LEWIS SINCLAIR Cass Timberlane.
A novel of Husbands & Wives. pub. Lond.
Jonathan Cape 1946 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.375. d/w. price clipped and
sl. chipped - internally repaired with tape. Price: $50.00
LEWIS WYNDHAMThe Demon Of Progress In The Arts.
pub. Lond. Methuen 1954 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo.
pp.98. First Edition of this aesthetic essay by Wyndham Lewis, in
which the author criticises arbitrary innovation in the arts, and warns
of the potentially detrimental effects of 'subversive politics' and
technology; 5cm tear to rear of d/w. otherwise near
fine. Price: $55.00
LINTON ELIZA LYNNThe Girl Of The Period.
A biography by Herbert Van Thal illus. with frontis. pub.
Lond. Allen & Unwin 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.X.246. Eliza Lynton "became the first
woman to be paid a salary on a famous daily newspaper, whilst her first
novel Azeth the Egyptian (1846) was published when she was only 24.
From the time when Landor praised her second novel Amymone (1848) she
became involved in a circle of famous contemporaries. In addition to
Landor and Henry James she met and corresponded with Dickens, Herbert
Spencer, George Eliot, Swinburne. Frank Harris, Rider Haggard, Sir
Walter Besant and many other eminent Victorians."
Fine. Price: $35.00
LIPTON JAMES An Exaltation Of Larks.
Or, The 'Venereal' Game. illus. with b/w. engravings in facsimile, pub.
London, Angus and Robertson 1970 First UK edition. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.120. fine copy. Price: $45.00
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LONDON JACK Written by A Grove Day. Jack London In TheSouth Seas. illus. with several plates t/out. some full page pub. N.Y. Grove Day 1971 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.174. Price: $35.00
LONGFELLOW HENRY WADSWORTH - Eangellie.
with col. frontis & 32 elegant drawings t/out, some full page and
lightly coloured, several full page col. plates, pub. U.S.A. Bobbs
Merrill 1905 or.glt.dec.cl cr.4to. pp.132. very good copy. Price: $185.00. Convert Currency
MACAULAY ROSE Last Letters To A Friend 1952-1958.
Ed. by Constance Babington Smith. illus. with frontis.
& 3 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Collins 1962
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.288. price clipped d/w. otherwise
almost fine copy. Price: $40.00
MACLEAN ALISTAIR H.M.S. Ulysses.
with illus. e/paper maps at front and diagram at rear. pub. Lond.
1955 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.320. unclipped pictorial
dustwrapper designed by John Rose. Two short closed tears
to d/w. at spine otherwise near fine. Price: $60.00
MACLEAN ALISTAIRThe Guns Of Navarone.
pub. Lond. Collins 1957 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.318. On the
small island of Kheros off the Turkish coast 1200 British soldiers are
trapped and doomed to die unless the venomous, deadly accurate guns of
Navarone can be silenced. Navarone, the grim bastion guarding the
straits, is an apparently impregnable iron fortress that is the supreme
obstacle to any rescue attempt made by the Royal Navy. very sl. shelf
wear, short closed tear to rear of d/w. otherwise near
fine. Price: $50.00
MACLEAN ALISTAIRSouth By Java Head.
pub. Lond. Collins 1958 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.320. Story deals with aftermath of the fall of Singapore
to the Japanese & adventures of refugees, sl. chipping to d/w. top
of spine else near fine. Price: $40.00
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MACNEICE LOUIS - The Burning Perch
pub. Lond. Faber & Faber Ltd., 1963, 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.58. gilt spine lettering. .Poetry:collection of 26 poems. Auden
contemporary. Very sl. faded to pink d/w. one very short closed tear
otherwise fine copy, price clipped. Price: $75.00
MACNEICE LOUIS One For The Grave
A Modern Morality Play. pub. Lond. Faber & Faber Ltd., 1968, 1st
ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.90. written by Louis Macneice in 1958-9. It is
unrevised and is printed here as he left it. The world premiere was
given at the Abbey Theatre Festival during the Dublin Theatre Festival
1966. gilt spine lettering. d/w. sl. browned else fine
copy. Price: $75.00
MAILER NORMANAn American Dream.pub.
Lond. Andre Deutch 1965 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.271.
Mailer's fourth novel describes a 32-hour period in the life of Stephen
Rojack, war hero, professor and politician, as he undertakes an
existential journey amid the good and evil of New York City in the
1960's; the basis for a film starring Stuart Whitman and Janet Leigh.
Extremities top of d/w. at spine sl. chipped, else fine.
Price: $35.00
MAILER NORMANCannibals & Christians.
pub. Lond. Andre Deutch 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.334. Collected here are Mailer's now famous interpretation of the
Goldwater Convention in San Francisco; his devastating analysis of the
United States' policy in Vietnam; his views on sexual attitudes in
America; the classic interview he gave to the Paris Review; a sheaf of
new poems; a new and startling philosophical dialogue; and two briliant
short stories. Two short closed tears to d/w. Name to f/free e/paper
else near fine. Price: $40.00
MAILER NORMANThe Armies Of The Night.
History as a novel, the novel as history. pub. Lond. Weidenfeld
and Nicolson 1968 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.288. Chronicles
author's experiences during four days of Vietnam anti-war
demonstrations in Washington D.C., October 1967. Winner of both the
Pulitzer Prize and 1969 Non Fiction National Book Award. Price clipped
else near fine. Price: $50.00
MAILER NORMANThe Prisoner Of Sex.
pub. U.S.A. Little Brown 1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.240. Mailer takes on the Women's Movement. Nominated for the
National Book Award. Price clipped d/w. previous owner's name in
ink on front endpaper. sl. rubbed top and bottom of spine, otherwise
very good. Price: $40.00
MAILER NORMANThe Prisoner Of Sex.
pub. Lond. Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1971 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. cr.8vo. pp.240. one very sl. chip to print on lower
d/w. else fine. Price: $40.00
MAILER NORMANThe Executioner's Song.
The Story of Garry Gilmore. pub. Lond. Hutchinson & Co.
1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.1056. It is the true story
of Gary Gilmore, who in 1977 became the first person executed in the
United States since the reinstitution of the death penalty. Gilmore, a
violent yet articulate man who chose not to fight his death-penalty
sentence, touched off a national debate about capital punishment. Price
clipped else near fine. Price: $45.00
MAILER NORMANTough Guys Don't Dance.
pub. Lond. Michael Joseph 1984 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.231. Story of Tim Madden, an unsuccessful writer addicted to
bourbon, cigarettes & blondes with money. Fine. Price: $30.00
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MALAMUD BERNARDThe Fixer.
pub. Lond. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.352. The Fixer is a story of a man who becomes a victim of
unjust arrest and imprisonment. Winner of both the National Book Award
and the Pulitzer Prize, price clipped d/w. sl. spotting to
edges, price clipped d/w. otherwise very good.
Price: $50.00
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSETPenelope. A comedy in three acts. pub. Lond. Heinemann 1912 1st.ed. or. red cl. sm.8vo. pp.213. Near fine. Price: $125.00
MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET Screenplays by R.C. Sherriff. Quartet.
Four Stories. illus. with frontis. pub. Lond.
Heinemann 1948 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.VIII.244.
Quartet is a mixture of stories by Maugham and screen-plays by
Sherriff. Name on f/free e/paper, shiort closed tear to
d/w. at spine, sl. browned to d/w. at spine. Very
good. Price: $45.00
MAUGHAM W. SOMERSETA Writer's Notebook.
pub. Melbourne London Toronto Heinemann 1949 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.349. A collection of random thoughts from Maugham's notebook
from 1892 to 1944. Very sl. chipped d/w. small stain, price clipped,
v/good. Price: $30.00
MAUGHAM W. SOMERSETTrio.
Three Stories. with frontis. & 3 full page plates t/out. from
films, pub. Melbourne, London Toronto Heinemann 1950
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.145. Three of Somerset
Maugham's short stories - The Verger, Mr Know-All and Sanatorium -
reproduced together with their screen adaptations (by Maugham, R.C.
Sherriff, and Noel Langley). d/w. very short closed tear top of
spine, else fine copy. Price: $45.00 Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
MAUGHAM W. SOMERSETTrio.
Three Stories. with frontis. & 3 full page plates t/out. from
films, pub. Melbourne, London Toronto Heinemann 1950
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.145. Three of Somerset
Maugham's short stories - The Verger, Mr Know-All and Sanatorium -
reproduced together with their screen adaptations (by Maugham, R.C.
Sherriff, and Noel Langley). d/w. sl. chipped at top of
spine, lacks piece, price clipped, else very good. Price:
$35.00
MAUGHAM W. SOMERSETEncore.
Stories. with frontis. & 3 full page plates t/out. from
films, pub. Lond. Heinemann 1951 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.165.
Screen adaptations by T. E. B. Clarke, Arthur Macrae, and Eric Ambler,
of three stories. Stories are 'The Ant and the Grasshopper, ''Winter
Cruise, ' and 'Gigolo and Gigolette. ' They were adapted for the film
'Encore, ' produced by J. Arthur Rank. Price clipped, very
fine. Price: $45.00
MAUGHAN W.SOMERSETThe Vagrant Mood.
Six essays. pub. Lond. Heinemann 1952 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.241. 6 essays - Augustus / Zubaran / The Decline and
Fall of the Detective Story / After Reading Burke / Reflections on a
Certain Book / Some Novelists I Have Known. Price clipped, in the
sl. worn, torn d/w. Dustwrapper spine is sl. faded, small piece lacking
at lower spine, a very good clean copy otherwise. Price:
$30.00
MAUGHAM W.SOMERSET10 Novels And their Authors.
pub. Melbourne London Toronto Heinemann 1954 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.306. Maugham's celebrated essay 'The Art of Fiction', and profiles
novels by Fielding, Austen, Stendhal, Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert,
Melville, Bronte, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy. fine in sl. torn d/w.
Price: $25.00
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSETPoints Of View.
pub. Lond. Heinemann 1958 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.256. Maugham's last book, a collection of five literary
essays, (The Three Novels of a Poet; The Saint; Prose and Dr.
Tillotson; The Short Story; Three Journalists.) Price clipped, two
short closed tears to top of spine, else fine. Price: $40.00
MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET - Purely for My Pleasure
illus. with 32 full-page coloured plates pub. London: William
Heinemann, 1962 1st ed. or.cl. . gilt d/w. 4to. pp.28 pages of text; 32
plates, including Picasso, Matisse, Renoir, Monet, Gauguin and
Toulouse-Lautrec. A Near Fine Volume with just a small inscription to
f/free e/paper prior owner's neat inscription Mr. Maugham's anecdotes
about the personalities with whom his collecting and purchases threw
him into contact with. Price: $65.00
MAUGHAM W. SOMERSETA Baker's Dozen.
Thirteen Short Stories. The 13 famous Maugham stories
chosen by B.B.C. TV. pub. Lond. Heinemann 1969 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.292 Selecting thirteen stories from such a prolific and
versatile writer is not an easy task. The final choice of Maugham's
writing, have divided the stories into three categories. The first,
'Rule Britannia', the second, 'Women of the World' and finally 'Victims
of Fate' which contain 'A Man with a Conscience''. Signature
f/free e/paper d/w. sl. creased
& sunned to backstrip, price clipped.
Price: $25.00
MAUGHAM W. SOMERSETA Second Baker's Dozen.
Thirteen short stories. pub. Lond. Heinemann 1970 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.368. sl. splash marks to lower edge of
pages. Price: $25.00
MECKIER JEROMEAldous Huxley.
Satire And Structure. pub. N.Y. Barnes & Noble 1971 or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.223. fine copy. Price: $30.00
MELVILLE HERMAN Omoo illus. with eight colour plates by Mead Schaeffer pub. London,
Hodder and Stoughton,; n. d. c.1924 or. light green cloth, gilt titles
to spine, gilt pictorial decoration and black stamped titles to front
board, pictorial end papers cr.4to. pp. XIII.299. fine
copy. Price: $100.00
MILLER ARTHURThe Misfits.
pub. Lond. Secker & Warburg 1961 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. Photographic dustwrapper designed by A. B. Saunders depicts Clark
Gable & Marilyn Monroe in a scene from the film & a portrait of
Arthur Miller on the back. cr.8vo. pp.152. closed tear front of
d/w. (ab. 6cms long), extremities at spine sl. rubbed, price clipped,
v/good otherwise. Price: $145.00
MILLER ARTHURAfter The Fall.
(play) pub. Lond. Secker & Warburg 1965 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. sm.8vo. pp.128. price clipped, light
spotting to past-down e/papers and free e/papers otherwise
fine. Price: $45.00
MILLER ARTHURAfter The Fall.
(play) pub. Lond. Secker & Warburg 1965 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. sm.8vo. pp.128. price clipped, very fine.
Price: $100.00
MILLER ARTHURThe Creation Of The World And OtherBusiness.
pub. N.Y. Viking Press 1973 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.106. d/w. returns creased, sl. w/stain to f/bd. &
d/w. Price: $35.00
MILLER ARTHURTimebends.
A Life. illus. with 32 full page plates t/out. pub. London
Methuen 1987 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.614. Born 1915, a year
after the outbreak of the First World War, aged 14 at the time of the
Wall Street Crash, a teenager during the Depression, a student under
the New Deal, Miller's story told with astonishing vividness and skill.
Near fine copy. Price: $45.00
MILLER HENRYStand Still Like The Hummingbird.
pub. N.Y. New Directions 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.194.
dustwrapper little chipped, rubbed top & bottom of spine,
else very good. Price clipped. Price: $55.00
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MILNE A.A.Chloe Marr.
pub. Lond. Methuen 1946 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
12mo. pp.300 The story of Chloe Marr, beautiful, desirable
and elusive "-- and of the men who are in love with her. The scene is
London, and Mr. Milne's characters move with elegance and grace through
Mayfair and the publishing and theatrical worlds." Milne also wrote
four adult novels and many plays, essays, novels, articles and most
popularly for children's books. Author of Winnie-the-Pooh stories. This
was his last novel. sl. spotty, d/w. very
sl. chipped. Price: $35.00
MITFORD NANCYVoltaire In Love.
illus. with frontis. & 18 full page plates t/out. pub.
Lond. Hamilton 1957 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.288. Author tells the love story of Voltaire and the Marquise du
Chatelet, known as the divine Emilie. Their alliance lasted 11 years,
he being the the paramount genius of 18thC. Europe, and she an equally
remarkable woman of that age. price clipped, very sl.
marked d/w. otherwise very good. Price: $60.00
MITFORD NANCYFrederick The Great.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page
& col. pub. Lond. Hamilton 1970 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
4to. pp.304. fine. Price: $40.00
MOORE GEORGE (Translator). The Pastoral Loves Of Daphnis& Chloe.
Done into English by George Moore with etchings by Marcel
Vertes. pub. Lond. Folio Society 1954 or.cl. 4to.
pp.95. sl. discolouring of cloth, some browning to top edge -
v/good. Price: $35.00
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MOOREHEAD ALAN The Villa Diana.
illus. by Osbert Lancaster. pub.
Lond. Hamish Hamilton 1951 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.150. good
copy in the worn d/w. Price: $45.00
MORRIS WILLIAMThe Earthly Paradise A Poem. In Twelve Parts. illus. with frontis. Vol.I. Prologue: The Wanderers. II. Atalanta's Race. The Man Born to be King. III. The Doom of King Acrisius. The Proud King. IV. The Story of Cupid and Psyche. The Writing on the Image. V. The Love of Alcestis. The Son of Crcesus. The Watching of the Falcon. VI. Pygmalion and the Image. Ogier the Dane. VII. The Death of Paris. The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon. VIII. The Story of Acontius and Cydippe. The Man Who Never Laughed Again. IX. The Story of Rhodope. The Lovers of Gudrun. X. The Golden Apples. The Fostering of Aslaug. XI. Bellerophon At Argos. The Ring Given to Venus. XII.
Hellerophon in Lycia. The Hill of
Venus. pub. London Longmans Green & Co.
1905, 12 volumes bound separately in cloth backed paper covered
grey boards. The spines are all titled in red and the fronts of the
boards are titled in black 12mo. pp.100-200 per vol.. sl. sunned
& rubbed to spine. Price: $125.00
MORTIMER JOHNLike Men Betrayed.
pub. Lond. Collins (The Book Society Choice) 1953 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.256. An early work of Mortimer, the
award-winning playwright and screenwriter, author of the Rumpole
stories, this novel features Christopher Kennet, a middle-aged lawyer
trying to find his son in London's sleezy night world; short closed
tears to d/w. bottom & lower spine, lacks f/free
e/paper. Price: $50.00
MURDOCH IRISThe Unicorn.
pub. Lond. Chatto & Windus 1963 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.319. Two small insect marks to front of d/w. & return on rear of
d/w. (almost fits into design) slight flecking to small section for
front board, small neat inscription on f/free e/paper. else
v/good. Price: $75.00
MURDOCH IRISThe Italian Girl.
pub. Lond. Chatto & Windus 1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
cr.8vo. pp.214. Pictorial dustwrapper by Reynolds Stone. Against a
hallucinatory background real emotional violence keeps breaking out.
Slight wear to d/w. short closed tear at spine & price
clipped., otherwise v/good. Price: $55.00
MURDOCH IRISThe Red And The Green.
pub. Lond. Chatto & Windus 1965 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.319. Set in Dublin, Ireland in 1916 on the eve of the Easter
Rebellion, when the whole world was at war. d/w. tape mark upper rear
& sl. old tape stains to e/papers. Very good otherwise. Price:
$45.00
MURDOCH IRISThe Red And The Green.
pub. Lond. Chatto & Windus 1965 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.319. Set in Dublin, Ireland in 1916 on the eve of the Easter
Rebellion, when the whole world was at war. d/w. slightly chipped to
top of spine. Very good otherwise. Price: $50.00
MURDOCH IRISThe Time Of The Angels.
pub. Lond. Chatto & Windus 1966 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.254. Lovely copy of this 44 year old novel, price clipped.
Very fine. Price: $50.00
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MURDOCH IRISBruno's Dream.
pub. Lond. Chatto & Windus 1969 or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.293. Bruno lives in a dream world and is obsessed with spiders. One
closed tear to d/w. at fore-edge, top of spine sl. chipped.
Price: $45.00
MURDOCH IRISAn Accidental Man.
pub. London Chatto & Windus 1971 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.377. The story of the comic and yet relentless
struggle for survival of Austin Ginson Grey, who needs to survive by
destroying others. Fine copy in the price clipped
d/w. Price: $65.00
MURDOCH IRISAn Accidental Man.
pub. Lond. Chatto & Windus 1971 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.377. The story of the comic and yet relentless
struggle for survival of Austin Ginson Grey, who needs to survive by
destroying others. Name to f/free e/paper, price clipped, short closed
tear, minor chipping else to d/w. else v/good. Price: $40.00
MURDOCH IRISThe Sacred & Profane Love Machine.
pub. N.Y. Viking Press 1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.374. d/w. lacks small piece at lower spine &
bump to lower spine. A good reading copy only. Price: $25.00
MURDOCH IRISA Word Child.
pub. Lond. Chatto & Windus 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.391. A story of a poor boy, Hilary Burde, who is rescued
from a delinquent childhood. Lavender dustwrapper designed by
Christopher Cornford with sticker of "£8.95 net U.K. Only" at the
bottom of the inside front flap. Very fine. Price:
$45.00
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NAIPAUL V.S.An Area of Darkness
pub. Lond. Andre Deutsch 1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.182. Record
of the author's trip to India, his ancestral homeland and a new nation
in the aftermath of Empire. Price clipped, short closed tear to top of
d/w. & lower fore-edge else v/good copy. Price: $85.00
NAIPAUL V.S. A Bend In The River. pub. Lond. Andre Deutsch 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.296. The
novel is set in Africa, and follows the fortunes of Salim whose
forbears originally lived in India. Near fine copy. Price:
$65.00
NASH OGDENThe Private Dining Room & Other Verses. pub. Lond. J.M. Dent 1953 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. by Maurice Sendak 8vo. pp.146. Price clipped, fine. Price: $45.00
NASH OGDEN Many Long Years Ago.
Verses. pub. Lond. Dent 1954 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.198. a little spotting to d/w. bottom edge of back strip
little faded, price clipped, - v/good copy otherwise. Contains poems
from his first five books of verse. Price: $40.00
NASH OGDENYou Cant Get There From Here.
with numerous text illus. with over 60 drawings
by Maurice Sendall. pub. Lond. Dent 1957
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.179. These were first in magazines, like
Harper's Bazaar, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, New York
Herald Tribune TV and Radio Magazine, the Saturday Evening Post, etc.,
and this work presents them in book form, collected. From bank tales,
nature notes on such improbable creatures as the Squid and the Manatee,
to comments on life and family by a poet who was very "hot" during the
1950's. d/w. light shelf-use, price clipped, else near
fine. Price: $45.00
NASH OGDENCollected Verse From 1929 On. pub. London J.M. Dent 1961 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.508. price clipped else near fine. Price: $45.00
NICHOLS BEVERLEY Selected by. A Book Of Old Ballads.
with e/papers col. frontis. & 15 full page plates t/out.
illus. by H.M. Brock R.I.
pub. Lond. Hutchinson
1934 or.glt. dec. suede cl. 4to. pp.XXXIX.280. Price: $125.00
O'BRIEN EDNA August Is A Wicked Month.
pub. Lond. Jonathan Cape 1965 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.221. Set in
the South of France this novel by O'Brien is about the plight of women
in a man's world & the plight of everyone who lives by the pursuit
of love. Photos on cover by Lord Snowdon. Price clipped else near
fine. Price: $50.00
O'BRIEN FLANNThe Dalkey Archive.
pub. Lond. MacGibbon & Kee 1964 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. cr.8vo. pp.222. Dalkey is a little town by the sea, yet it
is the scene of great events. Irish humour at its best. d/w.
price clipped, very sl. shelf wear at rear of d/w. almost
fine. Price: $135.00
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O'CASEY SEANWithin The Gates.
A play of four scenes in a London Park. pub. U.S.A.
Macmillan & Co. 1934 or.grn.cl. 8vo. pp.203. sl.
spotting sl. chip to cl. otherwise v/good. Price: $60.00
O'CASEY SEANUnder A Coloured Cap.
Articles Merry and Mournful with Comments
and a Song. pub. Lond. Macmillan 1963 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.277. O'Casey's positive attitudes as a writer - added also are
his combative discussions of orthodox beliefs and the myths and
mysteries behind them intermingled with a couple of tragic Dublin
stories and a few cheery verses from the Green Crow. Slightly faded to
spine else near fine. Price: $50.00
ORMOND LEONEE George Du Maurier.
illus. with numerous plates and illustrations, green endpapers,
indexed; pub. London: Routledge & Kegan, 1969 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w.
roy.8vo. pp.516. Critical biography. (Du Maurier, the Victorian
cartoonist and novelist, was friendly with James Whistler and Henry
James). Fine. Price: $50.00
ORWELL GEORGE The English People.
(No.100 in the Britain in pictures series) with col. plates &
17 b/w. illus. pub. Lond. Collins 1947 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. sm.4to. pp.48. Gift inscription to f/free
e/paper, v/good copy in the lightly shelfworn d/w. Price: $75.00
ORWELL GEORGEEngland Your England.
And Other Essays. pub. Lond. Secker & Warburg
1953 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.224. sl.
fading to spine, lacks sm. piece of d/w at top of spine otherwise
v/good. Price: $65.00
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ORWELL GEORGE The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell.
four vols. Vol.I. An Age Like This 1920-1940,
Vol.II. My Country Right Or Left
1940-1943, Vol.III. As I Please 1943-1945, Vol.IV. In Front
Of Your Nose 1945-1950. all illus. with frontis. or.cl.
d/w.'s 8vo. pp. approx. 490 per vol. price clipped, a fine set. Price: $300.00
ORWELL GEORGE Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript.
Edited by Peter Davinson. Preface by Daniel G. Siegel. pub. Secker
& Warburg / M&S Press, 1984 or.cl. d/w. folio pp.XIX.382
Facsimile of the original manuscript is accompanied by a typescript and
a brief history of the novel's creation. Fine copy.
Price: $100.00
PEAKE MERVYNThe Glassblowers.
pub. Lond. Eyre & Spottiswoode
1950 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.40. lacks rear
f/e/paper, sl. water damage rear top of cl. & d/w. sl. traces of
damp internally to top of several pages, small figures to f/free
e/paper else good in reasonably good dustwrapper. Price:
$200.00
PEAKE MERVYNA Book Of Nonsense.
illus. with text dwgs. t/out. pub. Lond. Peter Owen 1972
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.88. A collection of writings and
drawings by Mervyn Peake assembled by his widow Maeve Gilmore, none of
it -apart from one short extract - has been published before. It
includes poems and other pieces, from" The Dwarf of Battersea" to the
unfinished " Adventures of Footfruit" written over a period of some
thirty-five years. With an introduction by Maeve Gilmore. price clipped
else fine. Price: $40.00
PEAKE MERVYN by John Watney Mervyn Peake.
A biography. with frontis. & 234 b/w illus. pub. Lond.
Michael Joseph 1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.255. Small
neat mane to f/free e/paper else fine. Price: $45.00
PEARSE PADRAIC H. Plays Stories Poems
illus. with frontis. portrait, pub. Dublin: The Talbot Press, reprint
October 1950; or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XX.342 appendix.VIII. fine
copy. Price: $50.00
PERCY J.C. EditorBulls, Ancient& Modern illus. with drawings by Oswald H Cuningham, pub. Dublin Mecredy Percy and Co 1912 2nd
ed. or. illus. boards, green cloth to spine, 8vo. pp.148.30.advts. with
illus. for cars from 1912, motor bikes, shell motor Spirit etc, and
other motoring advts. Deals with Irish satire, repartee, wit, humour.
Little shelf worn, well handled, front past-down illustration partly
lacking piece at corner, book is firmly bound, good condition for
age. Price: $60.00
PIRSIG ROBERTM.Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle
Maintenance. An Inquiry Into Values. pub. Lond. The
Bodley Head 1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.412. small damp stain to f/free e/paper, little
foxed to page edges otherwise very good, in a near fine
dustwrapper. Price: $90.00
PIRSIG ROBERTM.Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle
Maintenance. An Inquiry Into Values. pub. Lond. The
Bodley Head 1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.412. Minor shelf wear otherwise near fine. Price: $175.00
PLATH SYLVIA Johnny Panic & The Bible Of Dreams.
Short Stories, Prose & Diary Excerpts. pub. New York, NY, U.S.A.
Harper & Row 1979 Stated 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo.
price-clipped; pp.314. Short closed tear to rear of d/wrapper, near
fine. Brings together the best of Plath's surviving
stories. Price: $45.00
PLATH SYLVIAThe Journals Of Sylvia Plath
1950-1962. illus. with frontis. & 8 full page
plates pub. N.Y. the Dial Press 1982 or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.XIV.370. previous owner's name to f/free
e/paper, price clipped, return on d/w. crease else v/good. d/w.
folded. Price: $45.00.
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POUND EZRADrafts And Fragments Of Cantos CX-CXVII.
pub. Lond. Faber 1970 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.32. small
rust spot to title page otherwise fine (paper fault?). Price: $55.00
PYLE HILARY Yeats.
Portrait of an Artistic Family. profusely illus. with plates
throughout, some full page and col. and index. pub. Lond. Merrell
Holberton. 1997 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.304. This book is both a
catalogue of the Yeats family collection of paintings and a companion
to the family's remarkable talents in the visual sphere. Fine copy. Price: $125.00
PYM BARBARAA Few Green Leaves.
pub. Lond. Macmillan 1980 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo.
pp.250. In this last novel, completed shortly before her
death, Barbara Pym examines in her own ironic and highly individual
style the quiet revolution in English village life.
Fine. Price: $40.00