The Sweet Hereafter
New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. A lovely copy. Unopened and unread.
Modern First Edition
The Crest of the Broken Wave
London: Collins, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / near fine. A few small areas of minor rubbing, else fine. A novel of the life and loves of Robert Burns. Map endpapers.
The Well of the Silent Harp
London: Collins, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / near fine. The fifth title in Barke's extended fictional account of the life of Robert Burns. A beautiful copy. Published for export. Map endpapers.
The Silence Of The Girls
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the special limitation page. This is a limited edition of 100 copies, this one being number 36. A re-telling of the Iliad from the wide range of female characters depicted but given little to say in the original...
The Sense Of An Ending
London: Jonathan Cape, (2011). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. Winner of the Booker Award for 2011. Fore-edge black. A lovely copy in all respects.
King's Fool
London: Macdonald, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A fictionalized account of Will Somers, Fool to King Henry VIII. Very nice cover art by Hookway Cowles. Quite scarce in this fine condition.
The Fools of Time
New York: Doubleday, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Inscribed by the author on the ffep and signed again on the title page. A very bright and pleasing copy.
The Wooing Of The Queens
London: Cassell and Company, (1934). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original purple cloth, lettered in gilt at the spine. In the complete and quite scarce dust jacket. Contains seven stories of seven storied Queens: Maud, Philippa, Adelais, Matilda, Elizabeth (Woodville), Isabella, and Anne of Cleves. The jacket has a small chip at the foot of the spine.....
The Dead Father
New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, (1975). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this first edition. Small stain to the fore-edge. The complete jacket shows very well with a very minor area of rubbing to the lower right corner of the front panel.
A Moment In Time
London: Michael Joseph, (1964). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. In original blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. In a very fine wrap-around dust jacket with art by Richard Barton. A very clean, bright and beautiful copy of this novel telling of the impact of the new and terrible World War on a family living in Kent. From.....
Frontier of the Deep
New York: Chelsea House, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. A very clean and bright copy in the rare dust jacket. Lovely cover art by Ennis. A notoriously difficult book to find in collectible condition. Warmly inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper. Moderate chipping along the edges.
King's Contest
London: Robert Hale, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. A novel set during the English Civil War.
The Love Of The Foolish Angel
London: Collins, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / near fine. A very attractive copy of this novel. With illustrations, decorations and dust jacket art by Edmund Dulac. Decorated boards. The jacket shows a 7'/6 price on the spine. The endpapers show some general foxing, else fine. A lovely example of this title.
A Belfast Woman
New York: Morrow, 1988. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A fine copy in all respects.
Letters
Paris: N/A, 1960. First edition. Very Good. Two letters written by Beckett to a Miss Lust (really). One is hand written in blue ink and autographed, the other typed and autographed. Miss Lust was seeking to interview Mr. Beckett in pursuit of her Doctoral Thesis from a New York University.
About My Father's Business
London: Hutchinson, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Price-clipped, else fine. A lovely copy with cover art and interior decorations by Douglas Hall.
The Loud Halo
London: Hutchinson, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Wrap-around cover art by Douglas Hall. Previous owner signature on the paste-down but hidden by the front flap.
Barabbas
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / near fine. Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. First edition in English. Wrap-around vover art by Cirlin. Previous owner signature on the front paste-down, else fine.
Cage-birds
London: Methuen, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A clean and solid copy. The jacket shows some moderate wear at the spine ends. Original green cloth boards. Cover art by James Smith.
Jean Huguenot
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. A lovely copy of this title in the scarce dust jacket. The illustrated front panel and spine are fine. Approximately 40% of the rear panel is missing. Lovely period cover art by A. D. Rahn. The author's third novel.
Thornhall Manor
Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell, (2014). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A fine copy in all respects.
The Dark Road
New York: Frederick Stokes, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. The jacket is exceptionally bright. Two closed tears to the rear panel. Original red cloth. Lovely cover art. An American becomes involved in a Central American revolution.
HHhH
London: Harvill Secker, 2012. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. Title printed out on fore-edge as well. Highly anticipated and acclaimed novel of the pursuit and elimination of Reinhart Heydrich, chief of the Nazi secret services in Prague during World War II...
Horse In The Sky
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. The author's third novel and first non mystery effort.
Ten Thousand Shall Die
London: Hutchinson, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Fictionalized account of the construction of the Trans-Panama Railroad, set during the time of the California Goldrush. Very attractive cover art. Illustrated endpapers. Scarce in this condition.