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  • Now a Stranger by WOLFE, Humbert
    WOLFE, Humbert
    Now a Stranger

    London, Toronto, Melbourne, and Sydney: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1933. First Edition. In this intimate study of his own childhood, Humbert Wolfe presents a vivid snapshot of life in Bradford, England, during the late 19th century. It covers the nature of children's friendships, school days, and his passionate determination to fit in. In hardback cloth boards, with original publisher's unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket has light age toning, and handling. Spine a little darkened. Inside clean and bright. 202 pages. 195 x 130 mm (7¾ x 5 inches).

    . Première édition. Dans cette étude intime de sa propre enfance, Humbert Wolfe présente un instantané vivant de la vie à Bradford, en Angleterre, à la fin du XIXe siècle. Il…

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    London, Toronto, Melbourne, and Sydney: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1933. First Edition. In this intimate study of his own childhood, Humbert Wolfe presents a vivid snapshot of life in Bradford, England, during the late 19th century. It covers the nature of children's friendships, school days, and his passionate determination to fit in. In hardback cloth boards, with original publisher's unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket has light age toning, and handling. Spine a little darkened. Inside clean and bright. 202 pages. 195 x 130 mm (7¾ x 5 inches).

    . Première édition. Dans cette étude intime de sa propre enfance, Humbert Wolfe présente un instantané vivant de la vie à Bradford, en Angleterre, à la fin du XIXe siècle. Il aborde la nature des amitiés enfantines, les journées d'école et sa détermination passionnée à s'intégrer. Livre relié en toile, avec la jaquette originale non fermée de l'éditeur. La jaquette présente de légères altérations dues à l'âge et à la manipulation. Le dos est légèrement assombri. L'intérieur est propre et brillant. 202 pages. 195 x 130 mm

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    Book ID: 4227
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  • On Swallowing the Anchor. by DUFF, Douglas V.
    DUFF, Douglas V.
    On Swallowing the Anchor.

    London: John Long Limited, 1954. First Edition in original dust jacket. A memoir written by Douglas Valder Duff, once a British merchant seaman, Royal Navy officer, police officer, and author of over 100 books, including memoirs and books for children. Red cloth hardback book, with a photographic b/w frontis and several other b/w plates throughout. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed and soiled, but in good shape. Book in very good shape, with some light foxing inside, and to page edges. Also includes a loosely inserted letter from a couple called Mac and Phyllis gifting the book to their friends for Xmas 1954. The letter reveals that Mac was going with his friend Fatty Duff - as the letter calls…

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    London: John Long Limited, 1954. First Edition in original dust jacket. A memoir written by Douglas Valder Duff, once a British merchant seaman, Royal Navy officer, police officer, and author of over 100 books, including memoirs and books for children. Red cloth hardback book, with a photographic b/w frontis and several other b/w plates throughout. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed and soiled, but in good shape. Book in very good shape, with some light foxing inside, and to page edges. Also includes a loosely inserted letter from a couple called Mac and Phyllis gifting the book to their friends for Xmas 1954. The letter reveals that Mac was going with his friend Fatty Duff - as the letter calls him - to Palestine in the following February at the request of the Israeli government. 224 pages 220 x 145 mm (8¾ x 5¾ inches)

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    Book ID: 3190
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  • Palmers Green. by CAVEN, Stewart
    CAVEN, Stewart
    Palmers Green.

    London: G.P. Putnam's, 1912. Scarce First Edition in dust wrapper. Signed to the front end paper by the author, and dated April 1914. Olive green wrapper with coloured vignette to the front of the wrapper, adverts for Putnam fiction to the rear. The author's first novel.
    Wrapper is clean, but with a little chipping to the edges, and with a touch of loss to the head and tail of the spine. The boards of the book are spotless, with just a touch of bumping to the edges. Internally clean and tidy, with a little foxing to the end papers. 376, iv pages. 190 by 130 mm (7½ by 5 inches).

    Book ID: 2499
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  • Penelope. A Comedy in Three Acts. by MAUGHAM, W. S.
    MAUGHAM, W. S.
    Penelope. A Comedy in Three Acts.

    London: William Heinemann, 1912. First edition. 8vo. Original tan card wrappers, titles to spine and upper cover in brown. Slight creasing to spine and minor chip to bottom edge. Separation to bottom inch of front cover. Slight foxing to the cover and title page. The rest of the book is clean. [vi], 214 pp. 180 x 130 mm (7 x 5 inches).

    Book ID: 2378
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  • Pere Jean and other Stories by HINGSTON, Aileen.
    HINGSTON, Aileen.
    Pere Jean and other Stories

    Edition: First Edition

    London: Burns and Oates, 1910. First edition. Hardback. Pale brown cloth covers with gilt titles. Book plate of Syon Abbey to the inside front board. Three black and white illustrated plates. Rough cut page edges. There is a touch of fading to the cloth and a very pale cup ring to the front board. Slight bowing to the boards only. Internally clean and tidy throughout, with very slight foxing to the end papers. [vi], 78 pp. + plates

    There is an anonymous biographical memoir of Hingston at the beginning of the book, written in a rather florid, late Victorian style. It is recorded here that she died in a tragic boating accident in 1907. In fact, her death was…

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    London: Burns and Oates, 1910. First edition. Hardback. Pale brown cloth covers with gilt titles. Book plate of Syon Abbey to the inside front board. Three black and white illustrated plates. Rough cut page edges. There is a touch of fading to the cloth and a very pale cup ring to the front board. Slight bowing to the boards only. Internally clean and tidy throughout, with very slight foxing to the end papers. [vi], 78 pp. + plates

    There is an anonymous biographical memoir of Hingston at the beginning of the book, written in a rather florid, late Victorian style. It is recorded here that she died in a tragic boating accident in 1907. In fact, her death was the result of a suicide pact, agreed with her fiancee Shirley Davidson, the son of Sir Charles Peers Davidson, Chief Justice of the Quebec Supreme Court. He refused to allow the marriage, as Aileen was a Roman Catholic. Ironically, in 1912, another son, Thornton Davidson - Shirley's older brother, was to die on the Titanic.

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    Book ID: 1194
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  • Poems New & Old by SITWELL, Edith
    SITWELL, Edith
    Poems New & Old

    London: Faber and Faber, 1940. Second impression. In original price clipped dust jacket. Hardback in publisher's brown boards. This anthology of poems Dust jacket has light edge wear and age toning Slight offsetting to endpapers from dust jacket, and neat Christmas gift inscription to half title; otherwise clean and tidy inside. 190 x 125 mm (7½ x 5 inches).

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    Book ID: 4221
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  • The Story of a Nymphet with 33 full-paged illustrations after indian ink or pencil drawings.
    POHÁDKA O NADŠENÍ. SATIRICKÝ ŽERT by HOLÁREK, Emil; Jasoslav Kvapil
    HOLÁREK, Emil; Jasoslav Kvapil
    POHÁDKA O NADŠENÍ. SATIRICKÝ ŽERT

    Prague: Antonín Víte, 1906. Original cardboard cover with embossed pale blue cover title and textile hasps. First and only edition of this visually charming, yet as regards the story also pertinently disturbing bibliophile edition, with 33 full-paged illustrations after indian ink or pencil drawings by Czech symbolist painter and printmaker Emil Holárek (1867-1919) after a fairy tale by Jaroslav Kvapil. The story is about a nymphet, who wears herself out between various institutions of state and society and the wickedness of their protagonists, finally ending up as a supposed culprit on the scaffold. The reproductions of Holáreks drawings are skilfully arranged by the Prague based printmaker Antonín Vítek by contrasting them with a ochre surface and ornamental frames and…

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    Prague: Antonín Víte, 1906. Original cardboard cover with embossed pale blue cover title and textile hasps. First and only edition of this visually charming, yet as regards the story also pertinently disturbing bibliophile edition, with 33 full-paged illustrations after indian ink or pencil drawings by Czech symbolist painter and printmaker Emil Holárek (1867-1919) after a fairy tale by Jaroslav Kvapil. The story is about a nymphet, who wears herself out between various institutions of state and society and the wickedness of their protagonists, finally ending up as a supposed culprit on the scaffold. The reproductions of Holáreks drawings are skilfully arranged by the Prague based printmaker Antonín Vítek by contrasting them with a ochre surface and ornamental frames and elegantly printed on cream machine-mould paper. Apart from minor wear to the cover and a few foxing stains inside, present is a very clean copy of this attractive bibliophile publication.

    Holárek's unique and to some extent irritating style is marked by 'a sombre pessimism'. He embodied a sense of sarcastic moralism in most of his series, reflecting on a deep tragic and romantic conception. Except for his connection to [Max] Klinger [whom he met when studying in Munich] he never allied with any school, nor did he have any followers. (Urban).

    Otto M. Urban: Mysterious Distances. Symbolism and Art in the Bohemian Lans, 1880-1914. Catalogue on the occasion of the Exhibition in the Olomouc Museum of Art 201/15. Olomouc/Prague: 2014, pp. 106-09, with 7 illustrations, whereof 3 of comparable ink or pencil drawings; Thieme/Becker, vol. XVII, 326.

    320 by 250mm (12½ by 9¾ inches). 4Mo. 35, [5]. pages.

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    Book ID: 2379
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  • Portrait of a Man with Red Hair. by WALPOLE, Hugh
    WALPOLE, Hugh
    Portrait of a Man with Red Hair.

    London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1925. First Edition (Indian and Dominions Edition - simultaneous with First). Beautifully coloured hardback rebind, with each colour made from inlaid coloured cloth. Good clean condition, with a touch of handling only. No titles to spine. Internally clean and tidy throughout with just a touch of darkening to the pages. xii, 264 pages. 190 by 130mm (7½ by 5 inches).

    Book ID: 3338
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  • Progress at Pelvis Bay. by LANCASTER, Osbert
    LANCASTER, Osbert
    Progress at Pelvis Bay.

    London: John Murray, 1936. First Edition. Hardback in its original illustrated dust jacket. The detailed account of the metamorphosis of a fictitious seaside town from poverty stricken fishing village to flourishing resort. Osbert Lancaster uses his words and illustrations to enable the reader to follow the architectural changes. Dust jacket is age toned, particularly to spine. A small nick to jacket at head of spine. Illustrated endpapers with small previous owner's name to front. Inside pages very fresh and clean. Overall in good condition. 68 pages. 200 x 145 mm (7¾ x 5¾ inches).

    Book ID: 3359
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  • Rawdon's Roof. by LAWRENCE, D. H
    LAWRENCE, D. H
    Rawdon's Roof.

    London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1928. Signed limited edition. This is one of 530 copies signed to limitation by D.H. Lawrence. Copy 342. Hardback boards in original dust jacket. Jacket has small closed tear to base of spine (now repaired with archival tape). Offsetting from dust jacket to both front and rear endpapers. Overall in great shape. 32 pp. 205 x 150 mm (8 x 6 inches).

    Book ID: 3824
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  • Rebecca. by DU MAURIER, Daphne
    DU MAURIER, Daphne
    Rebecca.

    London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1938. First Edition, first impression. In publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and front board. Like many other copies, this book lacks the dust jacket. Light bumping to head and tail of spine. Slight crease to spine, and gilt on spine somewhat rubbed. Has a bookplate by Robert Gibbings for The Book Society to front pastedown. Page edges moderately browned, with small stain to top right corner of pages 131 - 146. Not affecting text. Page 47 / 48 has had a small tear at the bottom, now neatly repaired with archival tape. Overall good +. 446 pages. 200 x 135 mm (7¾ x 5¼ inches).

    Book ID: 3986
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  • Revolt. by HOOD, Robina
    HOOD, Robina
    Revolt.

    London: B M Marvel, 2010. Signed First Edition. In hardback cream cloth, under original unclipped dust jacket. The UK's Guardian newspaper said of this novel: Welcome to the satirical sledgehammer of small-mindedness that is Revolt. Robina Hood is apparently the pseudonym for one of Britain's best known, best loved television and radio presenters - and this tale of distopian England is their first novel. In very good condition. Signed to half title by the author. 190 pages. 225 x 145 mm (8¾ x 5¾ inches).

    Book ID: 3997
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  • Robinson Crusoe: A Bibliographical Checklist of English Language Editions (1719-1979). by LOVETT, Robert W.and Charles C.
    LOVETT, Robert W.and Charles C.
    Robinson Crusoe: A Bibliographical Checklist of English Language Editions (1719-1979).

    New York, Westport, Connecticut, London: Greenwood Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardback in publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped title to spine and front board. No dust jacket, as issued. In very good condition. 240 x 165 mm (9½ x 6½ inches).

    Book ID: 3518
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  • Rose O' The River. by DOUGLAS WIGGIN, Kate
    DOUGLAS WIGGIN, Kate
    Rose O' The River.

    London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, 1905. First edition. Second impression. Red cloth boards with gilt stamped title and decoration. Tissue-guarded colour frontispiece, plus nine other colour plates illustrated by George Wright. Signed and dedicated by the author to the FFEP, dated 1909. Boards lightly bumped to edges. Pages and tissue age toned, with some foxing. 224 pages + publishers advertisements. 190 x 130 mm (7½ x 5 inches).

    Book ID: 2637
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  • Seventeen Reasons: An Essay of Contingent Acts. by FRASER, Carolyn
    FRASER, Carolyn
    Seventeen Reasons: An Essay of Contingent Acts. Or, Short Theoretical Stories.

    Oberlin, Ohio: Idlewild Press, 1999. From a numbered and signed edition of only 35. Letterpress, illustrated with seven colour photographic transfers from images by the author. In red cloth over boards, gilt-stamped; English mould made Somerset book paperstock with endpapers of zerkall nideggen sand. There is a light water stain to the boards, not very noticeable, otherwise the red boards are clean and tidy. Crinkling to the front and rear paste-down, with a little staining to the front paste-down. Would appear to have been stored in a damp environment. Text block is in excellent, clean condition. This book was designed, printed and bound during Fraser's apprenticeship at Yolla Bolly Press in Covelo, California. Fraser is now one of the…

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    Oberlin, Ohio: Idlewild Press, 1999. From a numbered and signed edition of only 35. Letterpress, illustrated with seven colour photographic transfers from images by the author. In red cloth over boards, gilt-stamped; English mould made Somerset book paperstock with endpapers of zerkall nideggen sand. There is a light water stain to the boards, not very noticeable, otherwise the red boards are clean and tidy. Crinkling to the front and rear paste-down, with a little staining to the front paste-down. Would appear to have been stored in a damp environment. Text block is in excellent, clean condition. This book was designed, printed and bound during Fraser's apprenticeship at Yolla Bolly Press in Covelo, California. Fraser is now one of the curators at Victoria State Library in Australia. 40 pp. 270 by 155 mm (10¾ by 6 inches). Édition numérotée et signée de 35 exemplaires seulement. Typographie, illustrée de sept transferts photographiques en couleur à partir d'images de l'auteur. En toile rouge sur les plats, estampillé en doré ; papier de livre Somerset fabriqué en Angleterre, avec des pages de garde en sable zerkall nideggen. Il y a une légère tache d'eau sur les planches, pas très visible, sinon les planches rouges sont propres et bien rangées. Les planches rouges sont propres et bien rangées. Les contre-plats avant et arrière sont froissés et le contre-plat avant est légèrement taché. Il semblerait qu'il ait été stocké dans un environnement humide. Le bloc de texte est en excellent état. Ce livre a été conçu, imprimé et relié pendant l'apprentissage de Fraser à Yolla Bolly Press à Covelo, en Californie. Fraser est aujourd'hui l'un des conservateurs de la Victoria State Library en Australie. 40 pages. 270 x 155 mm

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    Book ID: 2505
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  • Signed First Edition.
    Shadowheart. by BARCLAY, James
    BARCLAY, James
    Shadowheart.

    London: Gollancz, 2003. Very nice copy of this first edition, signed and dated) by the author to the title page. Spotless cloth. Clean and tidy dust wrapper, now held in archival protection. 240 by 160mm (9½ by 6¼ inches). 421 pages

    Book ID: 2356
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  • Sing Sing Nights. by KEELER, Harry Stephen
    KEELER, Harry Stephen
    Sing Sing Nights.

    London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co, [1932]. First edition. Hardback in original colour illustrated dust jacket. Unclipped. A respected war correspondent is found murdered. Inside him are three bullets; fired by three different guns. Three men are arrested, confess, are convicted and sentenced to death for his murder. Inside Sing Sing Prison a criminologist sets out to solve the mystery of which one is actually guilty. An exciting whodunit based on their three revolving stories. 255 pages. 170 x 120 mm (6¾ x 4¾ inches).

    Book ID: 3517
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  • Six Fairy Tales, from the Brothers Grimm with original etchings by HOCKNEY, David
    HOCKNEY, David
    Six Fairy Tales, from the Brothers Grimm with original etchings

    London: Petersburg Press / The Kasmin Gallery, 1970. First Edition. Bound in publisher's blue leather with silver titles to front board. Thirty-nine b/ w engravings: etchings, aquatints, and dry points, created for six of the Grimm's fairy tales. Each was chosen by the artist and translated into English by Heiner Bastian. Very clean and neat copy. No markings or entries inside. 110 x 75 mm (4¼ x 3 inches).

    . Première édition. Reliure en cuir bleu de l'éditeur avec titres argentés sur le premier plat. Trente-neuf gravures en noir et blanc : eaux-fortes, aquatintes et pointes sèches, créées pour six des contes de Grimm. Chacun a été choisi par l'artiste et traduit en anglais par Heiner Bastian. Exemplaire très…

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    London: Petersburg Press / The Kasmin Gallery, 1970. First Edition. Bound in publisher's blue leather with silver titles to front board. Thirty-nine b/ w engravings: etchings, aquatints, and dry points, created for six of the Grimm's fairy tales. Each was chosen by the artist and translated into English by Heiner Bastian. Very clean and neat copy. No markings or entries inside. 110 x 75 mm (4¼ x 3 inches).

    . Première édition. Reliure en cuir bleu de l'éditeur avec titres argentés sur le premier plat. Trente-neuf gravures en noir et blanc : eaux-fortes, aquatintes et pointes sèches, créées pour six des contes de Grimm. Chacun a été choisi par l'artiste et traduit en anglais par Heiner Bastian. Exemplaire très propre et soigné. Aucune marque ou inscription à l'intérieur. 110 x 75 mm.

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    Book ID: 4238
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  • Six of Them. by SIDGWICK, Mrs. Alfred
    SIDGWICK, Mrs. Alfred
    Six of Them.

    London: W. Collins Sons& Co Ltd, 1929. First edition. Blue hardback boards. The story of six sisters, narrated by their mother, and written by Cecily (Ullmann) Sidgwick. Undated but circa 1929. Boards are slightly handled. Inside book is in good, clean state; with some light foxing throughout. From the library of the author Maarten Maartens. Small stamp to top of half title: Het Maarten-Maartens Huis. 249 pages. 160 x 105 mm (6¼ x 4¼ inches).

    Cecily was a British novelist, born to German Jewish parents. She published 45 novels, mostly about the Jewish experience in England and Germany; with subjects including Jewish family life, anti-Semitism, interfaith marriage, and suicide.

    Book ID: 4014
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  • Small Island. by LEVY, Andrea.
    LEVY, Andrea.
    Small Island.

    London: Headline / Review, 2005. Signed first edition thus. The first edition was in 2004, this limited signed edition followed a year later. This was issued without dust wrapper in a red hardback with tipped in photograph & gilt titles. In addition to the author's signature, this special edition includes additional material: An interview with Andrea Levy; Material on the Empire Windrush; Reading Group discussion questions; and a short story. The red paper covered boards have a touch of rubbing to the corners, but are in very good condition. Internally, the book is in excellent condition. [x], 534, [32]. pp. 205 by 135mm (8 by 5¼ inches).

    Book ID: 3281
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