Search Results: Authors starting with R from Inklings & Yarnspinners

Bognor Regis and London: John Crowther, 1945. 1st. hardback. Very good, missing d/j, green clothbound covers, green cover/spine titling; text block firm (but front gutter loosening); pages unmarked and crisp (wartime papers). Provenance: Tenniel Evans, actor and clergyman (neat inscription on ffep). 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Radford's English etymological dictionary of the 1940s, published in the final year of World War II under wartime production restrictions and with a number of sharply topical references scattered throughout. Collection of word and phrase origins for the reader ""of ordinary means,"" with contemporary commentary of the war included: under ""Aryan,"" the reader is reminded that Hitler's association of this term with the German people is an error; under ""Monroe Doctrine,"" that ""its terms were raised as late as 1940 as an argument why the U.S.A. should take no part in the war."" Briefer than many slang dictionaries through deliberate selectivity, Radford includes ""Only… Read More

New York: OUP, 2006. 1. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, untrimmed d/j (vg), green clothbound boards, silver spine titling, text block firm (slight forward lean), pages crisp and clean, some underlinings.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). The winner of the Nobel Trize for Literature, the twentieth century's most famous poet and its most influential literary arbiter, T.S. Eliot has long been thought to be an obscure and difficult poet _ forbiddingly learned, maddeningly enigmatic. Now, in this brilliant exploration of T.S. Eliot's work, prize-winning poet Craig Raine reveals that, on the contrary, Eliot's poetry (and drama and criticism) can be seen as a unified and coherent body of work. Indeed, despite its manifest originality, its radical experimentation, and its dazzling formal variety, his verse yields meaning just as surely as other more conventional poetry. Raine argues that an implicit controlling theme_the buried life, or the failure of feeling_unfolds in surprisingly varied ways throughout… Read More

London: Penguin, 1994. 1st. h/b. Fine, 1st edition, signed to limitation page (#65 out of 100). Original glassine d/j.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). One of England's foremost poets, Craig Raine offers a ""bold, ambitious chronicle of life"" (New York Times Review) told through the stories of two families, the Pasternaks and the Raines, who touch each other and are touched by history in different ways. Like a home movie, this novel in verse masterfully conjures the world in which these families move by re-creating the texture of ordinary and extraordinary life. Blending fact, fiction, and thrilling leaps of imagination, History: The Home Movie promises to be the film you'll ever read. ""Craig Raine's History admirably reclaims poetry's narrative function, its capacity to fictionally propose a world as complex and mysterious as reality itself. A challenging, innovative, and unsettling novel in verse.""--Los Angeles Times ""A sly, surprising, brilliant, and yes, readable book.""--Boston Phoenix

Oxford: AretŽ Books, 2012. 1st. paperback. Fine, 1st edition, unread - Issue 41: The Theatre Issue. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). From flap: Over thirteen years, AretŽ has published six Nobel Prize winners: T S Eliot, William Golding, Boris Pasternak, Orhan Pamuk, Harold Pinter, and Rudyard Kipling. The distinguished roster of contributors includes Milan Kundera, John Updike, Salman Rushdie, Evelyn Waugh, Tom Stoppard, David Hare, Patrick Marber, Christopher Hampton, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, William Boyd, David Lodge, Julian Barnes, Christopher Logue, Vladimir Nabokov, Alan Bennett, Rose Tremain, Rosemary Hill, Candia McWilliam, Wendy Cope, Frances Stonor Saunders, Nicholson Baker and Rachel Polonsky. AretŽ began in the winter of 1999. Not long after, Robert McCrum, then Literary Editor of the Observer, advised his readers to buy issues of the magazine as collectors items. Because, he assured them, the magazine would shortly close down. We have reached Issue 40. This Retrospective is 500… Read More

Oxford: AretŽ Books, 2013. 1st. paperback. Fine, 1st edition. Unread.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). From flap: Over thirteen years, AretŽ has published six Nobel Prize winners: T S Eliot, William Golding, Boris Pasternak, Orhan Pamuk, Harold Pinter, and Rudyard Kipling. The distinguished roster of contributors includes Milan Kundera, John Updike, Salman Rushdie, Evelyn Waugh, Tom Stoppard, David Hare, Patrick Marber, Christopher Hampton, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, William Boyd, David Lodge, Julian Barnes, Christopher Logue, Vladimir Nabokov, Alan Bennett, Rose Tremain, Rosemary Hill, Candia McWilliam, Wendy Cope, Frances Stonor Saunders, Nicholson Baker and Rachel Polonsky. AretŽ began in the winter of 1999. Not long after, Robert McCrum, then Literary Editor of the Observer, advised his readers to buy issues of the magazine as collectors items. Because, he assured them, the magazine would shortly close down. We have reached Issue 40. This Retrospective is 500 pages of survivor guilt.

London: Dolmen Press, 1971. 1stEd, 2nd imp. hardback. Near fine, 1st ed, green boards with gilt titles to the spine, with good clipped, beige titled d/j (some tanning near edges). Pages clean and crisp. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Raine's 8th anthology

London: Victor Gollancz, 1945. 1st UK. hardback. Good, 1st UK edition, with unclipped d/j (in classic Gollancz style), clothbound boards clean, faded titling on spine, pages clean and unmarked (wartime standard paper). 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). A powerful detective story by American husband and wife team

London: Orion, 2011. 1st. hardback. Near Fine, 1st edition, 1st printing. Slight forward lean. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Malcolm Fox returns in the stunning second novel in Ian Rankin's series... Malcolm Fox and his team are back, investigating whether fellow cops covered up for Detective Paul Carter. Carter has been found guilty of misconduct, but what should be a simple job is soon complicated by a brutal murder and a weapon that should not even exist. A trail of revelations leads Fox back to 1985, a year of desperate unrest when letter-bombs and poisonous spores were sent to government offices, and kidnappings and murders were plotted. But while the body count rises the clock starts ticking, and a dramatic turn of events sees Fox in mortal danger.

London: Orion, 2001. 1st. h/b. Fine, 1st edition, signed to title: 'To Steve and Kirsty - cheers!' with Noughts & Crossses doodle.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). This is Rankin at his best, and, boy, that's saying something' TIME OUT. Rebus is off the case - literally. A few days into the murder inquiry of an Edinburgh art dealer, Rebus blows up at a colleague. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' - in other words, he's in the Last Chance Saloon. Rebus is assigned to an old, unsolved case, but there are those in his team who have their own secrets - and they'll stop at nothing to protect them. Rebus is also asked to act as a go-between for gangster 'Big Ger' Cafferty. And as newly promoted DS Siobhan Clarke works the case of the murdered art dealer, she is brought closer to Cafferty than she could ever have anticipated...

London: Orion, 2013. 1st. hardback. Near Fine, 1st edition, 1st printing. Slight forward lean, unclipped d/j (slightly bumped and chipped). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. A 30-year-old case is being reopened, and Rebus's team from back then is suspected of foul play. With Malcolm Fox as the investigating officer, are the past and present about to collide in a shocking and murderous fashion? And does Rebus have anything to hide? His old colleagues called themselves 'the Saints', and swore a bond on something called 'the Shadow Bible'. But times have changed and the crimes of the past may not stay hidden much longer, especially with a referendum on Scottish independence just around the corner. Who are the saints and who are the sinners? And can the one ever become the other?

London: Orion, 2012. 1st. hardback. Fine, 1st edition, 1st printing.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A series of seemingly random disappearances - stretching back to the millennium. A mother determined to find the truth. A retired cop desperate to get his old life back... It's been some time since Rebus was forced to retire, and he now works as a civilian in a cold-case unit. So when a long-dead case bursts back to life, he can't resist the opportunity to get his feet under the CID desk once more. But Rebus is as stubborn and anarchic as ever, and he quickly finds himself in deep with pretty much everyone, including DI Siobhan Clarke. All Rebus wants to do is uncover the truth. The big question is: can he be the man he once was and still stay on the right side of the law?

London: Jonathan Cape, 1941. 1st (5th imp). hardback. Good, missing d/j, green boards clean, spine faded with some scuffing and bumping, gilt titling clear; both gutters loose but binding intact; pages unmarked and tight; wartime papers. Colour maps on pastedowns good. wartime standard papers.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 8. Originally published in 1939, John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one. But who are the mysterious savages who lurk in the islands - and is the tribal totem they find in their campsite a threat of attack. ?

London: Jonathan Cape, 1941. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, green boards clean and gilt spine titling bright; pastedown maps good but slightly foxed; pages unmarked and tight. Slight forward lean in binding.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 10. Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them. forever.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, with unclipped d/j (some tanning and tearing on spine), green boards good, gilt spine titling bright; pastedowns with maps clean and bright colour maps; pages unmarked and tightly bound; wartime standard papers.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 11. The dreaded Great Aunt has invited herself to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends Dick and Dorothea arrive for the Summer holiday. Nancy and Peggy have to become Martyrs, wearing dresses and reading poetry (but breaking out at night), while Dick and Dorothea become Picts, secret inhabitants of the country who must never let themselves be seen. It's a desperate gamble to keep everyone out of trouble - but can it possibly work against the eagle eyes of the fearsome Great Aunt?

London: Jonathan Cape, 1941. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, green boards clean and gilt spine titling bright; pastedown maps good but slightly foxed; pages unmarked and tight.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 10. Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them. forever.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. reprint. hardback. Near fine, reprint (orig. in 1930), with v.g. unclipped d/j, green clothbound boards clean (some fading at edges); blindpressed titling on front, gilt titling on spine bright; pages unmarked and clean, binding good.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 1. The ultimate children's classic - long summer days filled with adventure. John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in store. Two fierce Amazon pirates, Nancy and Peggy, challenge them to war and a summer of battles and alliances ensues.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. 1st. hardback. Good, missing d/j, green boards clean generally, spine titling bright, guttering loose but otherwise pages v.g., unmarked and tight with minimal foxing. Neat owner's inscription on ffep. Maps on pastedowns bright. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 12. The final book in Ransome's acclaimed series. Once again, the children set out on an adventure (this one off the coast of Scotland) with a minimum of parental advice and interference. Here, the story centers on a desperate race to thwart the efforts of pernicious egg collectors threatening the survival of a pair of rare birds not previously known to nest in British waters. 45 illustrations by Ransome.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, green boards good, gilt spine titling bright with only a little rubbing; pastedowns with maps clean and bright colour maps; pages unmarked and tightly bound; wartime standard papers.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 11. The dreaded Great Aunt has invited herself to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends Dick and Dorothea arrive for the Summer holiday. Nancy and Peggy have to become Martyrs, wearing dresses and reading poetry (but breaking out at night), while Dick and Dorothea become Picts, secret inhabitants of the country who must never let themselves be seen. It's a desperate gamble to keep everyone out of trouble - but can it possibly work against the eagle eyes of the fearsome Great Aunt?

London: Jonathan Cape, 1941. 1st (7th imp). hardback. Fair, 1st edition (7th imp - orig in 1934), green boards some fading and marks, spine faded with tearing but gilt titling clear, both gutters loose, maps on pastedowns good, text block good, unmarked and tight, wartime standard papers.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 5. Tom Dudgeon has cast off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot's nest, but now the cruiser is searching high and low for him - even offering a reward. Tom accepts an invitation for a week's cruise to teach his new friends, Dick and Dorothea how to sail. You couldn't get a better sailor than Tom but can he really stay one jump ahead of his pursuers long enough to complete the voyage?

London: Jonathan Cape, 1942. 11th reprint. hardback. Good, 11th reprint (1st orig in 1931), missing d/j, green boards, cover blind-pressed, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked (a little foxing and soiling). 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 2: John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. But if they can't have the island, there's always Swallowdale, the secret valley, hidden from the world and containing an extra secret concealed within it.