Getting Off: A Novel of Sex and Violence.
First Edition. London, Hard Case Crime / Titan Books, 2011. 16cm x 24cm. 335 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.
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Married to a Single Life – Autobiography 1901-1938 / Slow on the Feather – Further Autobiography 1938-1959.
Two First Editions. Two Volumes (complete set). Salisbury, Michael Russell Publishing Ltd., 1983 / 1986. 14cm x 22cm. 306 and 270 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good in very good price clipped dust jackets, now inside archival jackets. Spine of volume 1 faded. Internally bright and clean.
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Amorous Fiammetta. Reprinted from the original English translation of Bartholomew Young (1587). Now Edited with an Introduction by K.H. Josling and decorated in colour by M. Leone.
Limited edition. Copy 469 of 550. London, The Mandrake Press, 1929. 28 x 21 cm. xlix, 160 pages. Illustrated with colour Plates. Dark green pictorial vellum with gilt. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping with a small material loss to rear board. Internally mildly age darkened, otherwise clean. A nice copy.
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
Limited Edition. Copy 154 of 1500. Signed by artist. New York, Garden City Publishing Company, 1949. 24 x 17 cm. Vol. 1: xvii, 309 pages / Vol.2: xv, pages 310 to 562. Both volumes complete with all Plates, as listed. Original marroon cloth. Gilt titles on spine. Light grey end papers. Top edge gilt. Fore edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. See images.
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The Works of Monsr. Boileau Despreaux. Containing: 1 Longinus’s Treatise of the Sublime. With Critical Reflections on some Passages out of Longinus, wherein Answer is occasionally made to some Objections of Monsieur Perrault against Homer and Pindar: Likewise further Remarks and Observations by Dacier, Boivin &c. / 2. Miscellanies, with a Discourse upon Satire. [Incl. Epistles / New Epistles / An Ode on the Taking of Namur, Anno 1692 / A Discourse Upon Ode / Epigrams and Other Pieces / A Treatise of the Sublime / Index].
Volume 2 Only. London, Printed for E. Sanger, and E. Curll, 1711. 19 x 12 cm. Frontispiece, Title page, 189 pages [ Epistles / New Epistles] / Odes / Epigrams and Other Pieces] / 267 pages [Treatise of the Sublime], (16) [Index and Errata]. Contemporary calf. Spine labels with gilt title. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Joints cracked, but binding remains sound. Name of previous owner (‘JohnGeoBoileau’) on first blank. Internally age darkened, but clean.
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At My Mother’s Knee.
Uncorrected Proof Copy. London, The Bodley Head, 1978. 21 x 13 cm. 137 pages. With several B&W illustrations. Limp grey paper covers with title on spine and front boards. ‘Uncorrected Proof Copy’ printed on front cover (see image). Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Short (1 cm) closed tear to half title.
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Thistles And Docks.
Limited Edition. Not signed or numbered! Tralee, Co. Kerry, Kenno Ltd. 1993. 30 x 19 cm. Unpaginated. With Illustrations in colour and B&W. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover in slip case. Gilt titles on front board and spine. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.
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