Ackerman, Diane.

The Zookeeper’s Wife – A War Story.

New York / London, W.W. Norton & Co., 2007. 14.5cm x 21.5cm. 368 pages. Includes photographs. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Agate, James.

Around Cinemas (Second Series).

First Edition. [Amsterdam], Home & Van Thal Ltd., 1948. 21 x 14 cm. 284 pages plus ten pages Index. With a frontispiece. Original pale cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Edges and end papers dust dulled/foxed. Names of previous owners on front free end paper. Internally clean.

Aherne, Brian.

A Proper Job. Illustrated with Photographs.

First Edition, First Printing. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. 21 x 14 cm. xi, 355 pages. With photographs. Original light blue cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on front board and spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the Author on the front free end paper. A very nice clean inscribed copy (see images).

Airth, Rennie.

River of Darkness.

London, Macmillan, 1999. 8°. 386 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in excellent condition. From the library of painter, photographer and Margot Fonteyn – expert Keith Money.

Al Aswany, Alaa.

The Yacoubian Building. Translated from Arabic by Humphrey Davies.

Cairo / New York, The American University in Cairo Press, 2004. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. 253 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Alder, E.C.

The Disciple.

London, Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd. Not dated (c.1930). 18 x 12 cm. (4), 304 pages. Original paper covered boards. Hard cover with black title and decoration. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Mild foxing to edges. Ex Library (Convent of Mercy – Ballinasloe) with an embossed stamp on title page and some writing (Convent School Libary) on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. Front top hinge cracked on 2 cm (see images).

Alegria, Claribel.

Family Album. Signed. Translated by Amanda Hopkinson.

Willimantic, Curbstone Press, 1991. 8°. 191 pages. Softcover. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Near Fine.

Aleksin, Anatolii.

A Late-born child. Translated by Maria Polushkin. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.

New York, World Publishing, 1971. 8°. 75 pages. Original cloth with dustjacket. Near fine condition.

Allende, Isabel.

Inés of My Soul. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.

First Edition. New York, Harper Collins, 2006. 16cm x 23.5cm. 321 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition. Deckled edges.

Allende, Isabel.

The Stories of Eva Luna.

New York, Atheneum, 1991. 24.2cm x 16.1cm. 331 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Allende on the front endpaper.

Alther, Lisa.

Blood Feud – The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance.

Guilford, Connecticut, Lyons Press, 2012. 16cm x 24cm. XVII, 286 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Alvarez, Julia.

¡YO! [Signed].

First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Algonquin Books, 1997. 13 x 18.5cm. 309 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new. Signed by the author.

Anderson, Barbara.

Portrait of the Artist’s Wife.

London, Secker & Warburg, 1992. 22.3cm x 14cm. 309 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Ansay, A. Manette.

River Angel.

First Edition. New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1998. 24 x 16 cm. 243 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Anstruther, Ian

The Scandal of the Andover Workhouse.

First Edition. London, Geofrey Bles, 1973. 22 x 14 cm. 176 pages. With a folding red & black map and various B&W Plates. Original black cloth in original decorated dust jacket. Decorated end papers. Very good in good dust jacket. Dust jacket with a few closed tears and minor paper loss to the front (see image), now inside protective jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. Inscribed by the Author on the half title page. Small closed tear to bottom of half title page. Internally bright and clean.

Arenas, Reinaldo.

Singing from the Well.

New York, Viking Penguin Inc., 1987. 23.8cm x 15.7cm. 206 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Armfelt, Nicholas.

Catching Up.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1971. 21.5cm x 13.5cm. 245 (5) pages. Original Hardcover with original, unclipped dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Bainville, Jacques.

Dictators. Translated from the French by J. Lewis May.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1940. 20 x 14 cm. 268 pages. Original green cloth with silver titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous onwer (‘Michael Tierney’) on half title page. Internally clean. The Life and Letters Series No. 96.

Barker, George.

Eros in Dogma.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1944. 14.5cm x 22.5cm. 61 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Bayne-Powell, Isabella.

Death Enters the Ward.

First Edition. London, Francis James Publishing, 1947. 18 x 12 cm. 192 pages. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Paper somewhat age darkened / browned. Name of previous owner on front paste down. A nice clean copy of this scarce book.

Belitt, Ben.

The Double Witness – Poems: 1970-1976.

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1977. 22.4cm x 16.4cm. X, 71 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Bell, Don.

Bookspeak.

Limited edition of 120 copies. Francestown, Typographeum, 2000. 24,5 cm x 16,5 cm. 25 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Bell, William (Editor), Drummond, Allison / Larkin, Philip / King, Francis et al.

Poetry from Oxford in Wartime.

First Edition. London, The Fortune Press, 1945. 19 x 12 cm. 94 pages plus two pages publishers list. Original dark blue cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Benford, Gregory / Niven, Larry.

Bowl of Heaven.

First Edition. New York, Tom Doherty Associates, 2012. 8°. 412 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

Black, Baxter.

Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy.

New York, Crown, 1997. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. IX, 275 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

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.

Blakey, John A.

The Tale of Lundravar the Dragon.

Limited Collectors Edition. Copy No. 33 of 650. Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland, Wee Hills Publishing, [2008]. 30 x 21 cm. (6), 207 pages with colour illustrations throughout. Extensively decorated brown leather with coloured and blind decorations. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Inlaid natural stones on front board. Raised Bands. In plain, dark green padded presentation case with gilt title on front. All edges gilt. Two coloured book mark strips with natural stone decorations. Signed and numbered on half title page. Loosely inserted ‘Certificate of Authenticity’. Marbled end papers. Decorated brass clasp. A unique presentation binding (see images). Fine. As New.

Block, Lawrence / Emerson, Jill.

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.

Bodett, Tom.

The Free Fall of Webster Cummings.

First Edition. New York, Hyperion, 1996. 16cm x 24cm. 366 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Boland, Bridget.

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.

Bowen-Colthurst, Paddy.

Paddy’s Memories.

First Edition. Colchester, Privately Published, 1998. 23.5 x 15 cm. 333 pages, xiv. Illustrated in B&W. Modern cloth. Hard cover with gilt title and decorations on spine. Fine. Edges a little dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. With a losely inserted hand-written letter, signed ‘Sue’.

Bratby, Michael / Scott, Peter.

Through the Air. Adventures with Wild Fowl and Small-boat Sailing.

First Edition. London, Country Life, 1941. 24 x 18 cm. 127 pages. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Peter Scott, including 20 original drawings in blue ink, of which one is a full page drawing. All drawings are signed or initialed. Blue Morrocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London. Gilt line decorations and gilt title on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to binding. Minor material losses to lower front board. Internally dust dulled and foxed. Text block clean. Inscribed by Michael Bratby ‘To the Field Marshal’. 20 original drawings by Peter Scott.

Breathnach, Micheál.

Pros Na Fiannaidheachta.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Comlucht Oideachais Na hEireann, Teor., ND [1932]. 18 x 12 cm. 184 pages. Original cloth with blind celtic decorations and black titles to front board and spine. Very good condition. Edges dust dulled. Very few neat pencil notes. A very nice copy. See images.

Bridges, Robert.

The Testament of Beauty. A Poem in Four Books.

Second Edition, with the Author’s final corrections. Oxford, Clarendon Press, [1930]. 22 x 17 cm. 175 pages. With a frontispiece showing the author and a losely inserted ‘Publisher’s note on the Text’. Quarter vellum over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Hard cover. In original dust jacket. Very good with good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket shows some edge wear with minor paper losses and a few tears. Now in protective archival jacket.

Brin, David.

Existence.

First Edition. New York, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2012. 8°. 556 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

Brown, Ivor.

Masques and Phases.

First Edition. London, Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1926. 19 x 13 cm. xv, 229 pages. Original red cloth with paper label on spine. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Spine label darkened. Large Exlibris to front pastedown. Internally dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed. A few closed tears. Otherwise internally clean.

Bullen, Frank T.

Fighting the Icebergs.

London, James Nisbet & Co., Limited, 1910. 20cm x 13.4cm. VIII, 372, 31 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition. Front free end paper missing. Edges and end papers age darkened and mildly foxed. Internally clean.

Bullock, Shan F. / Niall Ó Domhnaill (Translator).

Muinntir Chois Locha. (The Loughsiders).

First Irish Edition. Dublin, 1934. 18 x 12 cm. 371 pages. Original dark blue cloth with black titles on front board and spine. In original dust jacket, now in clear archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. Spine a little faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Short biro pen line on fore edge. Stamp with name of previous owner on front free end paper. Dust jacket a little dust dulled and with a few short closed tears. Very minor paper losses to corners and head of spine. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Bunyan, John / Watson, Jean.

The Pilgrim’s Progress in Modern English. Retold by Jean Watson. From the Story by John Bunyan. Illustrated by Peter Wane.

[London], Galley Press, 1978. 22 x 15 cm. 142 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original cloth with gilt title and decorations. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some edgewear to dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Butler, Sir William.

The Light of the West. With some other wayside Thoughts. 1865 – 1908.

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1909. 19 x 12 cm. (4), 246 pages. Original red cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. All edges deckle. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding both faded and age darkened (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.

Carr, Antony.

Strange Harmony. Detective Novel by Antony Carr.

First Edition. Bournemouth & London, William Earl & Company, ND (c. 1950s). 18 x 12 cm. 296 pages. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Silver title and author on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled and very mildly foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean.

Cherburne, Edward / Congreve, William et al. / Masefield John & Constance (Editors).

Lyricists of the Restoration. From Sir Edward Sherburne to William Congreve. Selected and Edited by John and Constance Masefield.

[First Edition]. London, E. Grant Richards, 1905. 12.5 x 8 cm. xxiv, 282 pages. Original velum covered paper boards with inserted leather strips (see images for better understanding). Black title and decoration on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing / staining. Overall a very nice copy in an unusual binding.

Chuilleanain, Eilean Ni.

Acts & Monuments.

First Trade Edition. Dublin, Gallery Books, 1972. 22 x 14 cm. 44 pages. Original decorated paper wrappers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally clean.

Clancy, Tom.

Rainbow Six.

New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons / Rubicon, 1998. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. 740 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Clarke, Austin.

Later Poems.

First Edition. Dublin, Dolmen Press, 1961. 20 x 14 cm. (4), 96 pages. Errata slip tipped in on page 96. Original cloth inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Dust jacket age darkened. Small closed tear to top of spine. Small damage to spine. (see images). Internally clean.

Cleugh, James.

Tuscan Spring. A Novel About Sandro Botticelli (1444 – 1510).

First Edition. New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1939. 20 x 14 cm. 328 pages. Original cloth hard cover with gold paper label on spine. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped and slightly faded on spine. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Clifton, Harry.

Comparative Lives.

First Paperback Edition. Dublin, Gallery Books, 1982. 21 x 14 cm. 57 pages. Decorated paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. A clean copy.

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.

Colum, Padraic (Introduction).

Broad-Sheet Ballads. Being a Collection of Irish Popular Songs with an Introduction by Padraic Colum.

[First Edition]. Dublin and London, Maunsel & Company, [1913]. xvi, 76 pages. With a frontispiece reduced from a drawing by Jack B. Yeats. Original green cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine. Blind line decorations. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping to corners and spine. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional foxing, otherwise internally clean. A nice copy.

Compton, David.

The Acolyte.

First edition. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996. 24 x 16 cm. 398 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author.