Kettering: Woodlines Publishing, 2000. First edition. Signed dedication by the author to the half-title. Soft covers. A collection of short stories and poems. In very good condition. 90 pages. 200 x 145 mm (7¾ x 5¾ inches).

Cambridge University Press, 2001. First edition. Hardback in black cloth. In original unclipped dust jacket. Shakespeare has a rich and varied performance tradition in Japan, from the Meiji era to today. This work is concentrating on modern and post-modern theatre, roughly from the 1970s to the time of publishing. Fourteen essays on key aspects, moments and personalities in performance tradition. Plus provocative interviews with four leading directors, and one leading actor of the time. Both jacket and book are in a near fine condition. 259 pages. 255 x 180 mm (10 x 7 inches).

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).

London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842. First edition. Hardback in quarter brown leather with buckram boards, with gilt title to spine. Complete. Boards are slightly rubbed. Internally the pages are darkened, and there is some foxing. Overall fair to good. 300 pages. 230 x 145 mm (9 x 5¾ inches).

Paris: Éditions de Minuit, 1946. First Edition. Softback covers. Preface by Emmanuel D'Astier de la Vigerie. Published by "Conseil National de la Résistance" on BFK de Rives paper. Edges of the covers are slightly age toned. 42 [1] pages.

. Première édition. Couvertures souples. Précédés d'une préface par Emmanuel D'Astier de la Vigerie. Edité pour le "Conseil National de la Résistance" - BFK de Rives papier. Les bords des couvertures sont légèrement vieillis. 42 [1] pages.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1891. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Number 178 of 300 copies Edition De Luxe, on India paper, signed to colophon by publisher. In original brown cloth hardback, with gilt titles and border. Top edge gilt. Boards are a little bumped at corners, with some light soiling. Inside very clean with all tipped in illustrations. 260 pages plus adverts to rear. 250 x 200 mm (9¾ x 7¾ inches).

Ex libris to front is from library of Sir Alfred Edward Turner (1842 - 1918). Turner held administrative posts in Ireland, and was Inspector General Auxillary Forces. He was also appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).

London: Thomas Tegg, 1840. First edition. Complete two volumes, with engraved frontis to each. Signed Morrell of London binding. Three quarters tan calf, with waxed cloth boards. Gilt to spine and boards still clean and bright. Very light rubbing to corners. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Fresh and without foxing inside. A very nice set. Contents include essays on the Duchess of Berry, Charles II, the escape of the Earl of Nithsdale, The Black Hole of Calcutta, The escape of Casanova, Daring enterprises of Spanish troops etc. etc. vi [i] 424; iv, 459 pp. 160 x 105 mm (6¼ x 4¼ inches).

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First edition. No dust jacket. Orange boards faded to front and spine. Ex library, with a few stamps to front blank pages. Overall good reading copy. 311 pages. 195 x 130 mm (7¾ x 5 inches).
P.C. Wren is best known for his work Beau Geste. This story involves a woman, who thought herself a widow because her husband was officially declared dead, remarrying only to meet her 'dead' husband alive many years later. The invention of a fictional South-American country called Boruela, and its wicked dictator, only add to a strange plot.

Llandysul: Gwasg Gomer, 1972. Argraffiad cyntaf. Prin. Llyfr clawr caled mewn siaced lwch wreiddiol. Llun blaen o Sarnicol. Mae rhai geiriau wedi'u tanlinellu mewn ar dudalen neu ddwy. 100 tudalen. Mewn cyflwr da. 220 x 145 mm (8¾ x 5¾ inches).

Hove: Codex, 1997. Scarce limited first edition. This is #96 - written to rear board by Childish - limitation of 100 signed copies. Frontis b/w woodcut by Childish. Quarter mustard yellow cloth and grey cardboard hardback covers - in near fine condition. Semi-autobiographical work by the outspoken and unorthodox British poet, artist and songwriter. Contents unread and in as new condition. 190 pages. 215 x 145 mm (8½ x 5¾ inches).

Smith, Elder & Co, 1855. First thus. Ex library book. Blue three quarter buckram. Hardback. Original soft covers bound in and reinforced. With humorous illustrations. Boards in good condition. Internally, clean but pages are age toned. A scarce item. COPAC suggests 1855. 48 pages. 315 x 220 mm (12½ x 8¾ inches).
The fatal boots was originally published under title: Stubbs's Calendar, or, The fatal boots. Cox's diary was originally published under title: Barber Cox and the cutting of his comb.

London: Lockwood and Co., Stationers' Hall Court, 1860. First edition. Hardback binding is an embossed library one; a little bumped and nicked at spine, but still quite attractive. Internally, the book has some library stamps and tags to front, small stamp on bottom of title page, and security tag to rear. Overall in good shape. xxxii, 231 pp. 175 x 115 mm (7 x 4½ inches).

Babrius was the reputed author of a collection of more than 125 fables based on Aesop's Greek fables.

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

London: Dennis Dobson, 1953. First British edition. Published in hardback in original dust jacket. Russet cloth boards under jacket are clean. Dust jacket is light coloured so has some age toning and grubbiness. The first popularly written history of surrealism in art and literature which has appeared in Great Britain when it was published. Professor Fowlie deals in this book with the artists: Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Breton, Apollinaire, Cocteau, Eluard, Mallarmé, and Picasso. Previous owner's name and stamp to FFEP. Overall good copy. 203 pages. 220 x 150 mm (8¾ x 6 inches).

Almqvist and Wiksell, 1910. First edition. Hardback linen cloth boards with red morocco label to spine, stamped gilt title to this label. In very good condition both inside and out. XXXVII, 124 [1] pp. 250 x 170 mm (9¾ x 6¾ inches).