Poor Straws
London: Hutchinson, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and attractive copy of a very scarce title. Naomi Jacobs is famous as a novelist, playwright, actress, and suffragette.
London: Hutchinson, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and attractive copy of a very scarce title. Naomi Jacobs is famous as a novelist, playwright, actress, and suffragette.
London: Bloomsbury, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. Winner of the Booker Prize for 2010.
London: Collins, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Some minor edge-wear. Lovely full color dual panelled art work by Ian Robertson.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Co., 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Lovely Art Deco cover art. Concerns a strike at a Shoe Factory. A roughly closed tear on the spine at the top of the jacket, and some general wear over all. Still, a nice copy in the scarce jacket.
London: John Murray, 1963. FIRST. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Cover art by Dinkel. Some minor rubbing along the edges. The white rear panel is moderately soiled, else fine.
London: John Murray, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A lovely copy in a very nice, price-clipped dust jacket. Previous owner name on front free endpaper. An early title by this acclaimed author.
London: John Murray, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Contains eleven short stories. An early title by Jhabvala and scarce in this excellent condition.
London: Allen and Unwin, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. The author's scarce second book in a price-clipped jacket. Jacket art by Amina Ahmed.
New York: Doubleday, 1993. FIRST. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A fine copy in all respects.
New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / near fine. Previous owner signature on front paste-down. Price-clipped. Unusually bright and clean.
London: Jonathan Cape, (2020). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page. A highly acclaimed suspense novel.
London: Head Of Zeus, (2020). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author directly to the title page. Number "1" is the lowest number in the number row.
New York: The Book Society, 1949. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Identical to the Portable James Joyce published by Viking. Previous owner sigature on front paste-down, else fine. Housed in original slip-case. Edited by Harry Levin.
The Hague: Servire Press, 1934. First Limited edition. Paperback. Near Fine / fine. The original glassine is intact. The book is bright and crisp with no staining or fading. There is no browning, darkening or discoloration to the white of the covers. The original box is fragile but intact. A very fine and desirable copy. Opening letter and cover decoration.....
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928-10-20. FIRST LIMITED ED. Limited Edition Number 235 OF 850. F. AEG. Signed limited edition, 235/850. A lovely copy in all respects.
New York: Random House, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Price-clipped and previous owner inscription on ffep. A nice bright copy in a lovely dust jacket.
Dublin: Mercier Press, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Illustrated wrappers. Lowest number in the row is "1." True first edition.
Boulder, CO. Roberts Rinehart, 1992. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. The first US edition. An adventure story set in rural Ireland during World War II. As new.
Boulder, CO: Roberts Rinehart, 1992. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A lovely copy by this wonderful Irish author.
New York: Ray Long and Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original dark blue cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 278 pp. With a beautiful complete example of the dust jacket. A gothic romance.
London: Harper Collins, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Very small remainder dot on the bottom edge, else fine. By the author of Shoddy Prince.
London: Picador, (2013). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. Author's brilliant first novel. Based on facts. It's Iceland in 1829 and Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death. Hopefully, soon to be a motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1955. First edition. Near Fine / Very Good. Illustrated white paper on boards. The book remains quite lovely with some light foxing to the endpapers. The jacket has some wrinkles and closed tears but has no fading or chipping. The jacket is price-clipped and the rear panel is soiled. Endpapers show offset from the flaps. The.....
London: The Epworth Press, (1929). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Bound in original brown cloth with lettering to the spine in black. A "prize" book, awarded to a deserving student of the Main Street Methodist School in 1945. The cloth on the book has few stains but remains solid and strong. The lovely dust jacket, illustrated by.....
New York: Hawthorn, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. The lives and times of St. Rose of Lima and St. Marian of Quito.