FIRST LIGHT.
London Hamish Hamilton, 1989. Blue cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper. Top edge spotted, otherwise a good copy. pp. 328. More
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ONE FAT ENGLISHMAN.
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. Red cloth gilt. In fair dustwrapper, with chipping to spine, and piece missing from top of front cover. Laid down to titlepage is a later Hutchinson's publishing bookplate, signed by the author. Edges spotted, but a good copy. pp. 192. More
YOU CAN'T DO BOTH.
London, Hutchinson, 1994. Blue cloth gilt. In good, unclipped dustwrapper, a little faded to spine, and spotted to reverse. Signed by the author to titplepage. A good copy. pp. 306. More
CLAUDIUS TIBERIUS NERO. Old English Drama, Students' Facsimile Edition.
1913. Small 4to. Quarter white cloth over paper-covered boards. Printed label to front cover. A photographic facsimile reproduction of the original edition of 1607. Corners lightly knocked and rubbed, but a good copy. More
JOURNEY TO A WAR.
London, Faber & Faber, 1973. Softback in printed card wraps. An account of a visit to China in 1938. Spine a little creased and top edge spotted, but a fair copy. pp. 272. More
THE MAN IN THE MIRROR: A Novel of Espionage.
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1965. Red cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper, a little faded to spine and marked to rear. Off-setting to endpapers, and edges lightly spotted, but a good copy. pp. 224. More
THE EYE IN THE DOOR.
London, Viking, 1993. Black cloth with silvered title. In good dustwrapper, lightly rubbed to corners and head and tail of spine. With what appears to be the author's signature to titlepage. Although this book came from a collection of verifiable signed books, any purchaser should satisfy themselves as to the..... More
A SCANDAL IN BELGRAVIA.
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. Quarter light blue cloth with silvered title. In very good dustwrapper. SIGNED with dedication by the author to f.f.e.p. A very good copy. pp. 245. More
THE LETTERS OF SAMUEL BECKETT, Volume I: 1929-1940. Edited by Martha Dow Fehsenfeld and Lois More Overbeck.
Cambridge University Press, 2009. Black paper-covered boards with gilt title. In very good dustwrapper. With photographs. A very good copy. pp. xcix, 782. More
THE PORT OF LONDON MURDERS.
London, Penguin Books, 1955. Softback in green and white card wraps. Penguin No.1063. Very slight lean to spine and some staining to rear cover, otherwise a very good copy. pp. 217 plus adverts. More
THE SHEPHERD and Other Poems of Peace and War.
London, Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1922. Blue cloth with printed label to spine. All edges uncut. Label chipped, and spotting throughout, but a fair-to-good copy of the Third Edition, published in September 1922. pp. 86. More
THE WAGGONER and Other Poems.
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1920. Blue cloth with printed label to spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Gift inscription dated 1920 to f.f.e.p. Poems written from 1914 to 1920. Light wear to head of faded spine and label chipped. Boards faded. Occasional spotting. A sound copy of the Second..... More
WEST OF SUNSET,
London, Allen Lane 1984. Pink cloth gilt. Signed by the author with short presentation inscription to titlepage. In very good, price-clipped dustwrapper. Slight lean to spine, but a good copy. pp. 248. More
SHAKESPEARE A TO Z. The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More.
New York and Oxford, Facts on File, 1990. 4to. Softback in illustrated card wraps. A good, uncreased copy. pp. ix, 742. More
THEY NEED NO CANDLE and Other Poems.
London, Cranley & Day Ltd., 1932. Black cloth with printed titles to front cover and spine. With frontispiece of contemporary art. Spine faded and covers rather blotchy, but a sound copy, good internally. pp. 25. More
THE HISTORY OF HERNY, EARL OF MORELAND (2 Vols in 1).
London, Printed at the Conference Office by Thomas Cordeux, 1813. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Previous owners' bookplate and signature to endpapers. John Wesley's abridged and modified version of the original. Light wear to covers, and some spotting, but a good copy of the Fourth Edition. pp. iv..... More
EGYPT'S CHOICE.
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. Red cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper, with chipping to head of spine. Some spotting to edges, but a good copy. pp. 191. More
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. From This World to That Which is to Come, Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream.
London, M.M. Holloway, 1844. Landscape folio (17 x 11 inches). With crude amateur repairs to front cover and spine. Edited by George Godwin and Lewis Pocock. With 43 full-page plates with ink drawings by Henry C. Selous. The plates rather spotted, marked, and occasionally lightly stained. A few pages, including..... More
JACK MAGGS.
London, Faber and Faber, 1997. Hardback in illustrated dustwrapper. Wrap-around to dustwrapper states 'Waterstone's Booksellers, Deansgate Manchester, Signed First Edition'. Still in the sealed plastic wrapper, so not examined internally. Presumably unread and very good to fine. More
OSCAR AND LUCINDA.
London, Faber and Faber, 1988. Blue cloth with printed title. In good dustwrapper, with a few spots to creases of flaps. With wrap-around from Waterstone's, Deansgate, Manchester, stating 'Signed First Edition'. Signed by the author to titlepage. Top edge of text a little browned. A very good copy. pp. [xiv]..... More
STORIES FROM CARLETON: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY W.B. YEATS. In the Scott Library.
London, Walter Scott, No Date. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Five stories from the first two series of 'Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry'. Covers rather worn and stained. Charity shop sticker to f.f.e.p. Gutter cracked at titlepage, but firm enough. One gathering (pp. ix-xii) nearly..... More
THISTLES IN ASPIC. Leaves from the Commonplace Book of Hugh Cawdor.
Cawdor Castle, Angelika Cawdor, 2000. Green cloth gilt, in clear acetate wrapper. A very good copy. pp. xi, 258. More
AND HERE ALONE: Island Songs 1944-47.
Belize, The Audain Press, 1954. Small 8vo. Softback in light blue printed card wraps. Appears to be SIGNED by the author with initials and dedication to f.f.e.p. Spine a little worn, with rust from staples. Two creases to corner of front cover. A fair copy, good internally. pp. 76. More
BEING DEAD.
London, Viking, 1999. Blue cloth. In very good dustwrapper. With corner wrap-around stating 'Waterstone's Booksellers, Deansgate Manchester, Signed First Edition'. Still in the original cellophane wrapper, so not examined internally. Presumably a very good copy. More