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Hunter of the Moon. Poems of John Loveridge.
Sharrington, Norfolk: Clement (Publishers) Ltd, 1983. First edition. In original unclipped dust jacket. Protected in protective clear wrap. Light rubbing to the covers of the dust jacket, some small areas of loss. Inside a neat previous owner's name to FFEP. Otherwise clean pages, no other markings. Sir John Warren Loveridge (9 September 1925 – 13 November 2007) was a British Conservative M. P. He was also a published poet and an abstract sculptor. 150 pages. 225 x 145 mm (8¾ x 5¾ inches).
Book ID: 2887More details Price: £38.00 -
Hurrah for St Trinian's and other lapses
London: Macdonald, 1954. Early reprint (11th impression) of this St Trinian's illustrated work. Red, white and black illustrated dust wrapper, a little fading to the spine and slight nicking to the top edge. Red boards are clean and tidy. Internally clean with an owner's inscription to the half title. 96 pages. 205 x 130 mm (8 x 5 inches).
Book ID: 2796More details Price: £15.00 -
Images in Winter - signed
London: Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, 1979. First Edition. Ted Hughes said 'On a first reading I enjoyed every poem' (taken from a letter from Ted Hughes in September 1980). Hardback in publisher's unclipped dust jacket. In fine condition. Signed by Traynor to the front FFEP. Appears unread. 41 pages. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches).
. Première édition. Ted Hughes a déclaré : "A la première lecture, j'ai apprécié chaque poème" (extrait d'une lettre de Ted Hughes datant de septembre 1980). Livre relié avec jaquette de l'éditeur. En très bon état. Signé par Traynor sur la page de garde. Ne semble pas avoir été lu. 41 pages. 220 x 140 mm
Book ID: 4944More details Price: £20.00 -
Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises. First series.
London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886. Scarce edition. Hardback in dark green / grey cloth, with black floral decoration to border of boards. Gilt title to spine. Top edge gilt. In good condition, inside and out. iv, 603 pp. 265 x 180 mm (10½ x 7 inches).
Book ID: 3945More details Price: £30.00 -
Innocent Blood
Edition: Modern First Editions,
London: Faber & Faber, 1980. Very nice copy of this first edition. Clean and tidy dust wrapper, Fractional handling only. Neatly price clipped Clean and tidy red hardback boards with minor bumping only. 276 pages.
. Très bel exemplaire de cette première édition. La jaquette est propre et en bon état, avec une légère manipulation. Les planches de la couverture rigide rouge sont propres et en bon état et ne présentent que de légères aspérités. 276 pages.
Book ID: 4816More details Price: £30.00 -
Kristus Mysterium Díl první
Book ID: 3917More details Price: £20.00 -
La Femme et le Pantin.
Book ID: 2571More details Price: £50.00 -
Le livre de sa vie.
Book ID: 3152More details Price: £130.00 -
Le siège de Calais / Histoire d'Eustache de Saint-Pierre
Book ID: 4166More details Price: £175.00 -
Les caractères de La Bruyère suivis des Caractères de Théophraste, traduits du grec par le même, précédés d'une notice sur La Bruyère, considéré comme écrivain et comme moraliste, par M. J. Simonnin. Tome I & Tome II
Paris: Emler Frères, 1829. First Edition. Two volumes, uniformly bound in lovely half red Morocco with gilt title to spines and red marbled boards. Bards lightly rubbed at corners only. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Contents have some areas of light to medium foxing. Overall a good set. Tome I: xxxvi, 366 pp. Tome II: 388 pp. 230 x 140 mm (9 x 5½ inches). Première édition. Deux volumes, reliés uniformément en beau maroquin demi-rouge avec titre doré aux dos et plats marbrés rouges. Bardes légèrement frottées aux coins seulement. Gardes et bords de pages marbrés. Le contenu présente certaines zones de rousseurs légères à moyennes. Dans l'ensemble un bon ensemble. Tome I : xxxvi, 366 pp. Tome II : 388 pp. 230 x 140 mm
Book ID: 3590More details Price: £100.00 -
Les Etrangers à Paris; par J. Janin, Old-Nick - Stanislas Bellanger - E. Guinot, Marco Saint-Hilaire - E. Lemoine - Roger de Beauvoir - Ch. Schiller - A. Frémy - F. Mornand - P. Merruau - A. de Lacroix - A. Royer - Destigny - L. Couailhac - L. Huart - Capo de Feuillide. Illustrations de MM. Gavarni - Th. Frère - H. Emy - Th. Guérin - Ed. Frère
Book ID: 3143More details Price: £150.00 -
Letters of George Wyndham
Book ID: 4392More details Price: £170.00 -
Literary Blunders. A Chapter in the "History of Human Error".
London: Elliot Stock, 1893. Large paper edition. On of a small (but unspecified) number of copies on superior quality paper. Half leather. The spine has cracking to the edge of this, and across the back. Has been lightly repaired with archival glue. Green buckram boards. End papers are somewhat darkened, but the rest of the book is in good clean condition. xii, 226, [ii]. pages.
Book ID: 3348More details Price: £70.00 -
Little Constructions
Book ID: 4223More details Price: £80.00 -
Little Gidding
London: Faber and Faber, 1942. In original printed mauve card stock, with sewn binding. 16 pp. 230 mm x 150 mm (9 x 6 inches). Covers show some fading / light bumping around the margins. Internally fine with only small previous owner's name in pencil to front blank.
Book ID: 2214More details Price: £50.00 -
Lobe.
London: Allison & Busby, 1977. First Edition. Black cloth hardback in original unclipped dust jacket. Set in The Balkans and spanning a period of thirty-four years, this novel tells of the wanderings of a certain Lobe Obblemun. As World War II starts, and the Germans invade, Lobe experiences war, repression, revolution, love, politics and suffering. This is a story packed with incident, and unforgettable characters. Dust jacket has light soiling the back, and slight age toning to the edges. Inside the book is clean and tidy. 225 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches).
This was Tom Mallin's first book - his other published novels are: 'Dodecahedron', 'Knut', 'Erowina', and 'Bedrok'.
Book ID: 4007More details Price: £40.00 -
Londres Secret et ses Fantômes.
Paris: Editions Ergé, 1946. First edition, soft back illustrated with 95 drawings by the author. This is one of 4000 numbered copies on imitation Japan. In original glassine wrappers, in good condition. Some offsetting to inside pages from illustrations. Overall a good, clean example. Text in French. 151 pages. 290 x 230 mm (11½ x 9 inches). Edition originale, dos souple illustré de 95 dessins de l'auteur. Il s'agit d'un des 4000 exemplaires numérotés sur faux Japon. Dans des emballages en verre d'origine, en bon état. Quelques décalages vers les pages intérieures des illustrations. Globalement, un bon exemple propre. Texte en français. 151 pages. 290 x 230 mm
Book ID: 2102More details Price: £30.00 -
Love By Accident.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1929. First edition. Bound in rust / orange cloth, and in its original dust jacket. The book cloth is looking a little faded. The dust jacket is age-toned, and has some very minor chipping to top and bottom of spine. Internally, the book has virtually no foxing. A very good copy. 288 pages. 190 x 130 mm (7½ x 5 inches).
Louis Marlow was the pseudonym for Louis Umfreville Wilkinson, a British author, lecturer and biographer.
At the time, The Observer's reviewer thought this story, turning on the protagonist's self-imposed celibacy, was an inadequate vehicle for the book's more serious injunctions against warmongers and literary censorship.
Book ID: 2323More details Price: £90.00 -
Low-Lands
London: Aloes Books, 1978. First edition, first printing with the 60p price printed to its rear cover. This short story was first published in Epoch Magazine in 1960. Epoch was a literary magazine published by Cornell University. This stapled paperback pamphlet style edition was produced in just 1,500 copies. Front cover illustrated by Louise Nevett, from a photograph by Richard Mock. In a very good condition, with slightly age toned pages and back cover. 32 pages. 190 x 120 mm (7½ x 4¾ inches).
Book ID: 3046More details Price: £40.00 -
Lucian and the Tragic Performances in his Time.
Edition: First Edition
Athens: A. Sideris and Co: 1961. First edition. Soft cream covers. Stapled. Handwritten note to the top of the cover "For review in the Classical Review". Printed from ΠΛATΩN Vol XII. 1960 Fasc. A. A very nice clean copy. Soft cream wrappers. The staples are a little rusted. Otherwise in excellent condition. author [ MINΩΣ KOKOΛAKHΣ ] was a Greek author and academic who specialised in the work of Lucian. 45 pages.
Book ID: 1283More details Price: £12.00