Updike, John.

The Witches of Eastwick.

First Trade Edition. New York, Alfred R. Knopf, 1984. 21 x 14 cm. 307 pages (4). Original purple cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the Author on front free end paper.

Wolkonsky, Prince Serge.

My Reminiscences.

First Edition. London, Hutchinson, [1924]. 23 x 15 cm. Vol.1: 313 pages w/ eight Illustrations / Vol.2: 276 pages w/ eight Illustrations -complete. Original dark blue cloth. Gilt titles. Inside original pale blue dust jackets, now inside clear archival jackets. Near fine in very good dust jackets. Losely inserted letter by Peter Wolkonsky M.D., dated 1992. Also losely inserted two newspaper clippings about the dicovery of the Tsarist graves in 1992. A very nice set. See images.

Blackwell. [Pub].

The New Decameron. Four Volumes. Volume I: Containing The Prologue and The First Day, Volume II: Containing The Second Day, Volume III: Containing Stories by Compton Mackenzie, D.H. Lawrence & Vita Sackville West, Volume IV: Edited by Blair and Containing Stories by L.A.G. Strong, D.H. Lawrence & J.D. Beresford.

4 Volumes (of 6 Volume Set). Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1919 / 1920 /1922 /1925. 13 x 20cm. 225 / 183 / 231 / 269 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover. Foxing to edges and age darkening to endpapers. Bumping and slight splitting to corners. Spine label worn on Volume I. Text in good condition.

Colquhoun, Ithell.

The Crying of the Wind. Ireland.

First Edition. London, Peter Owen Limited, 1955. 20 x 13 cm. 169 pages. Library Binding. Hard cover. Front and rear part, plus spine of original dust jacket have been laminated onto the boards. Fair condition. Library Binding. Dust jacket incomplete (no flaps). Ex Library with several stickers, labels and numbers to end papers and verso of frontispiece and title page. Text block clean, without markings. Rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled.

Lysaght, Sean.

The Marram-Clocks [Signed].

First Edition. Limited to 100 copies. Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland, Published at Corratowick, Printed by Simon King, Cumbria, UK, 1997. 26 x 18 cm. 12 pages, (2). Original dark green and brown paper wrappers. String bound. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Outside wrappers mildly damp stained (see images). Signed and dated, inscribed ‘to Sue’ on title page. Internally bright and clean. From the libary of poet and artist Sue Minish.

Grantham, Sybil.

Silent Songs.

First edition. London, Gay and Hancock, Ltd., 1915. 16 x 10 cm. vii, 119 pages. Small vignette on title page. Contemporary pale white cloth, hard cover with dark green title on front board and spine. See images. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated 1917. Internally very mildly foxed otherwise clean. A very nice copy of this scarce book.

Lysaght, Charles Edward.

Brendan Bracken. A Biography by Charles Edward Lysaght.

First Edition. London, Allen Lane, 1979. 23 x 15 cm. 372 pages. Illustrated. Original black cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good; inside very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

Millar, Florence M.

The Lone Kiwi.

First Edition. Dublin, Dawson Publications, 1948. 18 x 12 cm. 234 pages with six full page B&W Illustrations. Original orange cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Cloth binding dust dulled with minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket has some large paper losses to spine and rear (see image). Marked by colour pens on front cover. Dust jacket now inside archival jacket.

Ingram, Kenneth.

The Steep Steps. A Detective Story.

First Edition. [London], Philip Allan, 1931. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 319 pages. Original red cloth with title on spine. Black line decorations. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and faded / stained. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Two names of previous owners on front free end paper (in pencil). Internally clean.

Healy, John.

Nineteen Acres.

First Edition. Galway, Kennys Bookshops & Art Galleries Ltd., 1978. 14 x 21 cm. 138 pages. Original hardcover in original unclipped dustjacket, now in archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Minor edge wear to dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.