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Anthony Blond, London., 1966. First edition. The third novel in the Alms for Oblivion series. Octavo. 239 pages.Signed by the author on the title-page.Slight bump to bottom corner of front cover, otherwise fine in fine dustwrapper.

Rivingtons, London., 1856. New edition. Royal octavo. pp vi, 294. G.E. Hicks and J.C. Horsley also illustrate; 9 engravings from original designs by Samuel Palmer, 7 by Birket Foster; the engravers include Dalziel, E. Evans, W.T. Green and H. Harral. Nineteenth-century binding by Rivière of full black pebbled morocco with raised bands, ornate gilt spine, ornate gilt borders on both covers, inner gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Covers a little rubbed at hinges and edges. Occasional light spotting. Very good.

Chatto & Windus, London., 1974. First edition. Octavo. A 328-page novel. Signed by the author on the title-page.Edges and free endpapers very slightly spotted. Near fine in very near fine dustwrapper faintly spotted on the flaps.

Chatto & Windus, London., 1974. First edition. Octavo. pp [vi], 328.Presentation copy from the author to A.S. Byatt and her husband, inscribed on the title-page: ''for Toni & Peter with much love - Iris''. One of Byatt's earliest books was a study of Iris Murdoch and the two became great friends. Both novelists have been recipients of the Booker Prize.Near fine in near-fine dustwrapper with a couple of small marks at extreme bottom edge.

John Long, London., 1978. First edition. Octavo. A 184-page crime novel featuring Pinaud of the Sûreté.The dedication copy, inscribed on the dedication page beneath the printed dedication: ''[To Gerald Austin - but for whose encouragement, enthusiasm and help over the years M. Pinaud would not have lived so long] Pierre Audemars - On publication day Nov 20th 1978''.Fine in near-fine dustwrapper slightly rubbed at the edges.

Elek, London., 1959. First U.K. edition. The prose is translated by Alec Brown and the poems by Lydia Pasternak-Slater. Octavo. 304 pages. Frontispiece photograph of the author. Near fine in very good indeed, slightly marked dustwrapper a little darkened at the spine.

Griffith and Farran, London., 1873. First edition. Octavo. pp xx, 420. 8 pages of adverts at rear. Red cloth patterned in black, lettered in gilt. Busk anonymously translates ''The Saga of the Well-and-Wise-Walking Khan'' and ''The Saga of Ards Chi-Bordschi and Vikramaditja's Throne''.Ownership signature on front free endpaper. Someone has helpfully written Busk's name on the title-page. A press clipping tipped onto the recto of half-title page has offset onto the title-page. Spine darkened. Head and tail of spine a bit scuffed. Good, internally very good.

Viking, New York., 1992. First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 533. Cloth-backed boards. A novel, the author's first for twenty-five years, set in Alaska in the near future.Signed in bold red marker pen by the author on the front free endpaper.Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Enitharmon Press, London., 2001. First edition. Octavo. 64 pages. Purple cloth with portrait panel on front. Poems and prose pieces centred on the figure of Billie Holiday.One of 20 copies numbered and signed by the author.Fine in original acetate dustwrapper.

Victor Gollancz, London., 1928. First edition. Octavo. 287 pages. The dustwrapper design by E. McKnight Kauffer, done at the height of his powers, is printed in purple and blue-grey and is of two figures in a rowing boat and with striking Kaufferesque lettering for the title.Edges spotted. Head and tail of spine slightly faded. Very good in good, rubbed dustwrapper darkened at the spine and chipped at head and tail of spine.

St Dominic's Press, Ditchling., 1929. First edition. Small octavo. pp [iv], 62. Title-page wood engraving by David Jones. Cloth-backed silver paper boards with cover engraving by Desmond Chute. Tipped onto the front pastedown is the plate of the St. Bede's Hawkesyard Library. The covers have largely de-silvered over time. Some rubbing to edges. Sporadic spotting. Good.

The Mill House Press, no place., 1958. First edition. Octavo. 4 pages. Wrappers. Printed as a Christmas and New Year's card.Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Gathorne-Hardy inside the front cover: "One of 12 copies printed on hand-made paper. RGH. John Sparrow from Bob G-H''.Some faint creasing. Near fine.

The Fleuron, London., N.D. [1927]. First edition. Quarto. pp [viii], 65. One of 310 numbered copies. Frontispiece and four pochoir colour illustrations by Paul Nash. Cloth-backed patterned boards designed by Nash. Printed by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Three stories.Tail of spine a little bumped. Very good indeed in original plain tissue wrapper tanned and chipped at several places on the spine and at the edges.

Bernhard Tauchnitz., 1924. ''Copyright edition''. Later issue with a list on the rear cover of titles published in 1928. 12mo. pp 254, [2]. Bound in at the rear is a publisher's 32-page catalogue dated September 1928. Wrappers.Faint creasing to spine. Very good indeed.

Constable, London., 1924. First edition. Octavo. pp lxiv, 114, [ii] (adverts).Signed on the front free endpaper by four of the people involved in the 1932 Lewis Casson production of the play at the King's Theatre: Sybil Thorndyke, Lewis Casson, Christopher T. Casson and Michael Martin-Harvey. Interestingly, the latter two were both sons of Shavian actors.Endpapers partially tanned. Edges spotted. Pasted onto the half-title page is a photograph of Sybil Thorndyke in the role of Saint Joan, and pasted onto the rear free endpaper is the cast list from the 1932 production. Very good. No dustwrapper.

Constable, London., 1924. First edition. Folio. pp [vi], 183. 16 tipped-in colour plates by Charles Ricketts. One of 750 copies printed on hand-made paper. Designer binding by Gisele Aron executed by Zaehnsdorf probably in the 1950's: full cream and tan calf tooled in gilt and in blind, the title in red morocco inlaid on upper cover. Top edge gilt. Silk-covered endpapers, followed by another set of endpapers with a fleur-de-lys design.Most of the plates are creased at the bottom left corner, but only a couple of them significantly so. This seems to be a common problem with this book - we've never seen a copy where the plates haven't been affected in this way. Spine a little scuffed and tanned. Slight spotting to the prelims. Very good indeed in black buckram slipcase.

Augustin Corbé, Paris., 1658. First complete edition. pp [64], 579, [2]. Nineteen full-page engravings, including half-title, by François Chauveau; engraved head- and tail-pieces. 12mo. Period binding of full calf, raised bands, decorated gilt spine. An epic poem of over 20,000 lines. Père Pierre Le Moyne (1602-1671) was a Jesuit preacher, the author of Les Peintures morales (1640) and other works. French text. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Spine rubbed and chipped and worn at lower hinge. Good, internally bright. Rare.

Constable, London., 1957. First edition. Octavo. pp xii, 274. Eight plates. A biography of the French literary critic.The dedication copy: inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, ''For Tray with love from Harold - I hope the doriphore or doryphore or [doryphore in Greek characters] finds much munching to do - May 14 1957''. The printed dedication reads, ''To Raymond Mortimer - Mercuri - nam te docilis magistro...'' ''Tray'' was the nickname given to Mortimer by Harold Nicolson and his wife Vita Sackville-West. By this time Mortimer and Nicolson had been conducting a homosexual relationship for at least thirty years. The latter was apparently the first person to use the word ''doriphore'' in English. He borrowed it from the French where it means Colorado beetle. On the rear endpapers are a few pencilled notes by Mortimer who has also marked several passages in the text.Edges spotted. Rear cover slightly marked. Very good in… Read More

Macmillan, London., 1891. First edition. Small octavo. pp [xxx], 142, [2] adverts.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: 'My Dear Mr Vowles [sic], I remember how cordial was the recognition ''Truth'' gave to these sketches of English dissenting life on their appearance at the Vaudeville Theatre seven years ago. Yours faithfully, Henry Arthur Jones Sept 10/1891.' Horace Voules was an important contributor to the campaigning journal Truth.Small dent to fore-edge of front cover. Very good.

Faber and Faber, London., 1936. First edition with these illustrations. Octavo. 322 pages. Sixteen colour plates, fifty black-and-white chapter headings and end-pieces, and endpapers by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Original mauve silk lettered in silver with silver salmon decoration on spine. Top edge silver. This edition, which is much scarcer than the first, was never reprinted.Ownership inscription on first blank. Fine in the scarce dustwrapper, also designed by Tunnicliffe, which is very near fine with one tiny chip.