London: Art & Book Company Ltd, 1906. First edition. Hardback. This is a collection of Roman Catholic short stories. Ymal Oswin is the author's maiden name and, the initials of her forenames: Yvonne Marie Aimee Lysette Oswin. 'Ymal' pronounced 'Yimal' being a schoolgirl nickname. Her married name was Wilson. However, she occasionally used the surname 'Atkin' too.Linen-backed red paper boards, covers a little spotted and marked, a very small marginal tear in one leaf, but overall a very good copy. Bookplate to the inside board from Syon Abbey. (Monasterii S. Birgittae de Sion, Chudleigh). (viii), 123, (i) pp.
COPAC records the British Library as having a later copy, 1922; no other copy is listed.

London: Imperial College Press, 2006. First edition. Hardback in unclipped dust jacket. Small inscription to FFEP. Otherwise in spotless condition. 640 pages. 265 x 195 mm (10½ x 7¾ inches).

Sir George Porter was a highly regarded and well known British scientist. Appointed Director of the Royal Institution in 1966, Porter was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967. He was the only Director of the Royal Institution to later become President of the Royal Society.
Porter's enthusiasm for science was infectious, and in this book his peers, former colleagues, students and friends celebrate his life and work.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1923. First UK Edition. Clean yellow dust wrapper with image to the front and other titles by Vance to the rear panel. A little nicking to the top and bottom edge, and some rubbing to the front lower portion. An invisible repair to the inside top edge of the wrapper. Red cloth hardback with black titles. Fractional rubbing to the spine edge. Paper stock is very cheap and so significantly darkened throughout. Neat owner's name and date to front free end paper. Nevertheless a decent copy of this scarce UK First. "The most original cracksman since Raffles" says the dust jacket. The word cracksman was used to describe a burglar or thief. 313 pages. 180 x 115 mm (7 x 4½ inches).

London: Martin Secker, 1931. First Edition, that was limited to only 2000 copies. Hardback in publisher's original green cloth, with the spine lettered in gilt and with the image of a phoenix in gilt to the front board. Top page edges gilt, other edges left untrimmed. Last page states that it was printed in Great Britain by the Botolph Printing Works. Minus the dust jacket. There is light sun fading to the both the front, the back and the spine. Darkening to front and back blank endpapers. Text is clean binding is tight. 97 pages. 260 x 170 mm (10¼ x 6¾ inches).

London: Collins, 1956. First Edition; signed by the author, in its original dust jacket. Very good book, in green cloth. Simply signed by the author to the title page. Dust jacket unclipped with price shown as 12s. 6d - but the head and tail of spine are chipped, and lesser so to corners. Now in removable clear protective wrapping. Owner name to the front endpaper. Lightly age-toned pages. One or two small spots to prelims. 256 pp. 210 x 140 mm (8¼ x 5½ inches).

Ralph Hammond Innes CBE, was a British novelist who wrote over 30 novels, as well as children's and travel books.

London: John Murray, 1903. Scarce. First edition. Third novel by George Oliver Onions, who later wrote supernatural fiction, and the novella The Beckoning Fair One. Publisher's original green hardback boards. Boards are rubbed and stained, but binding is tight. A little foxing and finger marking throughout, and neat previous owner's name to FFEP. Last page has been partially cut, but is complete. Overall good. viii, 367 pages. 200 x 135 mm (7¾ x 5¼ inches).

London: Gollancz, 2004. First edition in hardback. Signed by the author to the title page. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. The second book in The Dark Age series. 175 pages. 240 x 160 mm (9½ x 6¼ inches).

Zürich: Diogenes Verlag, 1966. First edition. Hardback illustrated boards. Mel Juffe's tongue-in-cheek guide, in the voice of Miss Hyacinthe Phypps. The text is accompanied by Edward Gorey's wonderful b/w illustrations. Boards very good, but lightly rubbed, interior in fine condition. 40 pages. 225 x 145 mm (8¾ x 5¾ inches).

London: J.M. Dent, 1962. A corrected proof, bearing printers / proof reading corrections. Paper covers (front cover detached but present). Slight staining to covers. Includes Peake's own illustrations. 44 pages. 230 x 140 mm (9 x 5½ inches).

London: John Murray, 1948. First Edition hardback in yellow cloth. In price clipped publisher's colour illustrated dust jacket. Jacket is a little age toned at spine. The story of a young knight's adventures in the crusades. For a young adult audience. With fun in text b/w illustrations, and some colour double page illustrations. Inside clean and unmarked. 68 [1] pages. 240 x 175 mm (9½ x 7 inches).
Sir Osbert Lancaster, CBE was an English author and cartoonist, known for his work in British newspapers.

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1899. First edition. Red cloth cover with gilt title to spine. Top edge gilt. The story of a Cornish childhood. Cloth on spine is slightly sun faded. Foxing throughout. 312 pp. 200 x 140 mm (7¾ x 5½ inches).

London: Collins, 1958. First edition, in its original unclipped dust jacket. Novel is set in a country behind the Iron Curtain, probably Poland. The story of the wife of a member of a British Mission, who has been posted to one of the major provincial cities, and finds herself in a situation that is charged with comedy, tragedy, and an ever-increasing danger for all concerned. Toning to front and rear endpapers in the shape of the fold of the dust jacket. Very light shelf wear to head and tail of spine of dust jacket. No other marks or foxing. In a very good condition. 576 pp. 220 x 150 mm (8¾ x 6 inches).

New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition. Stated first printing. Hardback in neatly price clipped dust jacket - now in Mylar. Dust jacket has some light edge wear. Illustrated end papers. Pages clean. Michener had travelled widely in Asia and this book is the result of him having talked to many people he encountered along the way about their opinions of their country's religious problems, economic questions, and social revolutions. A snap shot of mid twentieth century Asia. 338 pages. 215 x 145 mm (8½ x 5¾ inches).

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946. First edition in 2nd impression dust wrapper. Wrapper is clean but somewhat darkened. A little chipping to the spine. Owner's name stamp to the front end paper. Book itself is clean, but on wartime economy paper. 438 pages. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches).

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946. First edition, in second impression dust jacket (as is often stated). Bound in red cloth, Wartime economy paper. 438 pp. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches).

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. Reprint, in original illustrated dust jacket. 256 pp. 190 by 130 mm (7½ by 5 inches).

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1952. Reprint, in original illustrated dust jacket. Toning to endpapers, otherwise in a very good condition. 288 pp. 190 by 130 mm (7½ by 5 inches).