Race of Scorpions
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Previous owner inscription on first blank page. Else fine. As bright and crisp as first issued.
Modern First Edition
The Wordsmith's Tale
London: Beautiful Books, (2011). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page with an extensive line quote along the top of the title page. From a very small edition of 200 copies. Highly regarded and very difficult to find. A fine copy in all respects of this.....
In the Hands of the Senecas
Boston: Little, Brown, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Price-clipped jacket. Some minor rubbing to the edges of the jacket's spine. A nice bright copy. Illustrated endpapers.
Manhattan Beach
New York: Scribner, (2017). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page. Highly acclaimed novel from this Pulitzer Prize winning author.
Dante
London: Faber & Faber, 1929. FIRST. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A near fine copy. Original illustrated boards with matching dust jacket design by Rex Whistler. The jacket is price-clipped and has some light toning along the edges and some loss at the head of the spine. Laid in is signature of Eliot on a fragment of a typed.....
Fit-Up
London: Gerald S. Swan Ltd., 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A lovely copy of this novel of an old theatrical Fit-Up touring company. Beautiful period cover art. Extremely scarce in this fine condition.
Cinderella's Daughter
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. Only a few minor smudge marks to the jacket. No chips or fading and it is not price-clipped. Illustrated by Graham Erskine.
Galahad
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. One small chip, the size of a horizontal grain of rice along the bottom edge of the front panel and another similar chip at the base of the spine, else fine. Listed in Bleiler.
Penelope's Man The Homing Instinct
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A brilliant clean and bright copy that's about as nice an example as one could ever hope to find. Illustrated endpapers by D. Putnam Brinley. Listed in Bleiler.
D. A Tale Of Two Worlds
London: Doubleday, (2020). First edition. Hardcover. Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page. A first edition first issue. Ilustrated boards. Issued without a dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers.
The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps
London: Canongate, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Signed by the author at the half-title. Color illustrations. A lovely copy of a compelling novella.
The Blasphemer
London: Doubleday, (2010). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and solid copy. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. Evidence of the removal of some kind of sticker to the dust jacket.
Full House
London: Collins, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. In original green cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. In a bright example of the exceedingly scarce dust jacket. The jacket shows some minor wear to the spine ends. The cover art is by Lars (or perhaps Lara) Foster. The author was born Mary Nesta Skrine in Kildare.....
Go Down, Moses
New York: Random House, 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of the Third Printing. Black cloth. The jacket has some minor rubbing and is not price-clipped.
Light In August
London: Chatto & Windus, 1933. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. 480pp. A very clean, bright and solid copy. The rare and complete dust jacket is very lovely. It has received some minor restoration at the spine ends. Compelling art work by Goetz. From a relatively small print.....
Vision In Spring
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Fine in all respects.
Engleby
London: Hutchinson, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page.
Jeeves And The Wedding Bells
London: Hutchinson, (2013). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. An homage to P.G. Wodehouse - and brilliantly done!
Salute to Cyrano
New York: Longmans, Green & Company, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. The further adventures of D'Artagnan and Cyrano. Cover art by Frank McIntosh. A beautiful copy - book and jacket alike. There is some very modest foxing to the front and rear free endpapers.
The Big Over Easy
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. With post-card. The smaller trade issue.
The Big Over Easy
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. With post-card. This is the larger format Collector's Edition.
Lost In A Good Book
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A fine unopened and unread copy, signed by the author on the title page. Included is a promotional post-card.
One Of Our Thursdays Is Missing
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. One of the larger sized "collectors" copies. With promotional post card present.
Something Rotten
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A fine copy of the less expensive but (in my opinion) more interesting illustrated dust jacket. The first time Hodder has published a "Trade Edition" simultaneous with the "Collectors Edition" with this series. With postcard. The fourth title in this highly amusing series...
The Woman Who Died A Lot
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. A Thursday Next novel.