The Bride of Newgate
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. FIRST. Very Good / Very Good. Some rubbing to the extremities and some creasing and a closed tear on the front panel. Price-clipped. An historical thriller.
Modern First Edition
Scandal at High Chimneys
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Previous owner signature on the ffep, else fine. A Victorian Melodrama.
The Luminaries
London: Granta, (2013). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. Highly acclaimed novel and winner of the Booker Award.
Occupational Hazard
London/New York: Severn House, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread.
The Tutor
New York: Riverhead Books, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. A novel which explores the "lost years" of William Shakespeare, here portrayed as living in Lancashire where he is employed as a tutor. An excellent read for lovers of Shakespeare.
The Eagle's Mate
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Near Fine / good. The book is very nice and the photo illustrated paste-down remains very bright and lovely. The jacket has some chips and tears. There is a long tear that bisects the fron panel thathas been repaired with tape (taped on the inside). The rear panel is illustrated with another image which.....
In The Shadow Of Lady Jane
London: Macmillan, 2006. FIRST. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. A novel of the short and tragic life of Lady Jane Grey.
The Coloured Lands
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Original green cloth. A fine copy of this lighthearted effort. It contains fairy stories, light poems, comic verse and satirical ballads while all through are interspersed Chesterton's own drawings - in black and white and some in color. Previous owner signature and date on front free endpaper.....
Burning Bright
London: Harper Collins, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. By the author of Girl WIth A Pearl Earring.
The American Girl
New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. As near flawless a copy as one could hope to find. Original green cloth with illustrated paste-down on front boards. Lettered in gilt on the spine. 16 full color plates with tissue guards, and dozens more in black and white, all by Christy.
Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
London: Scepter, (2016). First edition. Hardcover. Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. From a special limited edition of 250, this one being number 61. Signed by the author on the title page. With an additional three colorful rubber stamps, two on the title page and one on the preceding page with the actual date of 21 Apr 2016 stated. This.....
Incendiary
London: Chatto and Windus, 2005. FIRST LIMITED ED. Hardcover. Limited Edition Number 296/500. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. This book was published as a paperback original, however, 500 hardbacked copies were published two week earlier in a special limited edition. This is number 296 of this limited.....
The Unforgiven
London: The Bodley Head, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / near fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this fine novel. Dramatic wrap-around cover art. The jacket is not price-clipped. Author's inscription to his literary agent, signed and dated, on the front free endpaper.
Listen, Moon!
New York: The Viking Press, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A clean, bright and lovely copy of this scarce title. A wonderful comic novel telling of a Johns Hopkins Latin Professor, Higbie Chaffinch, as he takes off with the free spirited daughter of a very conservative minister, and a remaing cast of characters consisting of Hiltonshurley.....
The African Giant
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Some minor closed tears, else fine. A lovely copy. Illustrated endpapers.
The Soldier's Peaches
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Short stories of Africa. A lovely copy.
Paths of Glory
New York: Viking Press, 1935-06-01. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. The book is clean and square. The jacket is the second state - with comments - and has some minor edge-wear and evidence of creasing along the top edge. The rear panel has some soiling. Previous owner signature on front free endpaper.
The Rain Before It Falls
London: Penguin, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page.
Hawkwood
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. One very small chip to the top edge of the rear panel, else fine. First book in the Hawkwood series. Very nice wrap-around cover art by Johnothan Howell.
The Betrayals
London: The Borough Press, (2020). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the limitation page. From a limited edition of 750 copies with this one being number 329. With top and bottom edges sprayed red and the fore-edge with a lovely red floral motif. The number "1" is the only number.....
The Man Who Dreampt of Lobsters
New York: Random House, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Very small remaider mark on top edge. Published in the UK as The Meat Eaters. Author's first book.
The Meat Eaters
London: Jonathan Cape, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread.
A Border Station
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Author's highly acclaimed first book - a collection of short stories set in Ireland near the border with Northern Ireland.
A Border Station
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Author's highly acclaimed collection of stories set in Ireland near the border with Northern Ireland. Author's first published book.
The Run of the Country
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A lyrical tale of growing up in Ireland near the border with Northern Ireland.