First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with red titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that remains without loss or large tears. Correctly priced 7/6 net to the spine.

A collection of five stories including 'Confessions of a Naturalized Englishman'; 'A Girl with a Future'; 'Portrait of a Gentleman'; 'The "Lost Generation"'; 'Nettles in Arcady'.

First edition with these illustrations. Publisher's Talwin Morris designed original blue cloth with titles in gilt and Art Nouveau decoration in grey and green to the boards and spine. Illustrated with six black and white plates by Chris Hammond. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities a little rubbed, the lower board with a small indentation to the fore-edge. There is offsetting to the endpapers and spotting to the closed text block edge a few margins, the contents are otherwise clean and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions.

A beautifully designed and illustrated edition of Jane Austen's beloved novel. Chris Hammond (Christiana Mary Demain Hammond) was a member of the Cranford School of illustration whose work was published regularly in magazines such as 'Cassell's' and 'The Quiver', she also illustrated a large number of reissues of classic novels including two others by Austen, 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Emma'.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and printed label to the upper board, with matching slipcase. Illustrated throughout with over 200 pages of colour reproductions of the artists work and two fold out pages of alphabets. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, cloth bright and fresh, the contents are clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original slipcase.

Issued in a signed and numbered limited edition of 600 copies, this example numbered 478 and signed by Peter Blake in black ink on the limitation page. Featuring 18 different alphabets created by the artist including 'Alphabet (1993)', 'A Polariod Alphabet (2003)', 'An Alphabet (2007)', 'Alphabet No 10 (2010)', 'Horizontal Alphabets', 'A Sculpture Alphabet' and 'Found Alphabets', as well as items from his personal collection of alphabets.

First edition with these illustrations. Original olive green cloth with dark blue titles and gilt-stamped illustration to upper board, titles in dark blue to the spine. Illustrated with 13 tipped-in colour plates, each with a captioned tissue guard and 15 black-and-white line drawings by Arthur Rackham. A very good copy, the binding firm with a slight lean and minor fraying to the spine, the cloth with a few light marks and some fading to the spine and board edges. The gilt remains bright. The contents, with a bookseller's label to the front pastedown, some spotting to the closed text block edge and light foxing throughout, are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps.

One of the most beautifully illustrated and sought after editions of Alice in Wonderland.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to the spine, in the Kenneth Farnhill illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. A few light spots to the closed text block edges. Complete with the dustwrapper, lightly rubbed and nicked to tips and corners, the front panel with a closed tear (c. 2 cm) to the lower edge and a couple of c. 1 cm closed tears (with associated creasing) to the upper edge. Light toning to spine and folds. Not price-clipped (10s. 6d. net to the front flap). An attractive example.

A Miss Marple novel. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original quarter red cloth over red and black speckled cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine, in the Brian Russell designed dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout. Light spotting to the page block edges. Complete with near fine dustwrapper, a little toned to the spine and with a couple of marks to the upper spine fold and front panel. Not price-clipped (16s net to the front flap).

A Miss Marple mystery. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Inscribed to, and from the library of the multi-award winning crime writer Dick Francis. Publisher's original quarter blue cloth with silver titles to the spine and blue paper covered boards, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and alas, without previous owner's marks. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper that is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($27.95 to the upper front flap). A Jack Ryan novel.

Inscribed by the author in black ink on the half title "To Dick Francis / Fellow scribe / Tom Clancy". A fabulous association copy linking two international titans of crime and espionage fiction. Throughout the 1990s, it would have been a rare occurrence not to find either Tom Clancy, or Dick Francis, who shared both US (Putnam) and UK (Michael Joseph) publishers, heading the bestseller list for fiction.

First edition. Original beige cloth with titles in blue and decorations in red to the spine and upper board. Illustrated with 24 fantastic full page plates by Harry Clarke of which 12 are in colour and 12 are black and white, with further illustrations in black throughout the text. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth with mild rubbing and toning at the extremities, and an indentation to the spine. The contents, with some offsetting to the endpapers and very light spotting to the prelims and closed text block edge, are otherwise clean and bright throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

A beautifully illustrated anthology featuring work by poets such as Rupert Brooke, Walter De La Mare, W. B. Yeats and Thomas Hardy.

First edition. Publisher's original paper covered pictorial boards, blue cloth spine. 17pp. Containing nearly 100 captioned sketches by Victorian illustrator Florence Claxton reproduced in facsimile by graphotype process of engraving. The boards are worn to the edges with some darkening and the odd mark but intact and without repair or the need for. The contents, with two-thirds of the front endpaper torn away are otherwise complete. The pages have a few finger marks and some spotting to the margins throughout. A good example of an obviously flimsy and fragile production.

A comic style satirical view of the role of women. The 'heroine' after being spurned by her lover pursues a traditional male education at Oxford. She becomes a suffragist after reading John Stuart Mill, the act destroying her looks. Now ugly, she must make her way as first a lawyer, then a politician, and finally a doctor, failing in each profession. Disappointed with her countrymen (and women) she moves to the United States and marries the polygamous leader of the Latter Day Saints, Brigham Young.

Early edition. Publisher's Talwin Morris designed original blue cloth with titles in gilt and Art Nouveau decoration in grey and green to the boards and spine. Illustrated with six black and white plates by Gordon Browne. A very good copy, the binding firm with a lean to the spine, the extremities slightly rubbed. The contents, with some light spotting to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps.

A collection of six ghost stories, Wilkie Collins' first short story collection. Gordon Browne was a prolific illustrator of magazines, novels and children's literature and the son of Hablot Knight Browne who, under the name 'Phiz' is best known for illustrating the works of Charles Dickens.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and the illustrator. Publisher's original laminated boards with gilt tiles to the spine and upper board, in the Axel Scheffler illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated in colour by Scheffler throughout. A fine copy, the binding square and firm with a light bump to the head of the spine, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine dustwrapper that is lightly rubbed and creased to the extremities with a small closed tear to the base of the spine. Publisher's sticker on the upper panel with 'signed copy'. Not price-clipped (£10.99 to the front flap).

Signed by Julia Donaldson in black ink on the title page and signed by Axel Scheffler with an original drawing in blue ink on a bookplate fixed to the front endpaper. The basis for the 2023 animated short film of the same name, shown as a Christmas Special on the BBC.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt borders and publisher's logo to the upper board, titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a short ink inscription to the front endpaper and some spotting to the closed text block edge are, otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has small chips to the spine tips, several closed tears with associated creasing, and is otherwise bright and attractive. Scarce.

A science fiction novel of crime and adventure in which a lost race of Lemurians is discovered on an Island in the South Pacific. Joseph Allan Dunn (1875-1941), was a popular pulp fiction writer who authored over 1,000 short stories and 40 books between 1914-1941. (Bleiler; Hubin; SFE, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction).

First trade edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the spine a little faded. The contents, with a few spots to the endpapers and very infrequently to the margins, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has minor loss to the head and middle of the toned spine. Not price-clipped (3s. 6d. on the front flap).

The first Annual Address to the Virgil Society, of which T. S. Eliot was the first president. This is the 'ordinary issue' was published on February 2nd 1945 in an edition of 4500 copies. There was also an issue of 500 copies in green heavy paper covers published 'early in 1945' for distribution gratis to members of the Virgil Society. (Gallup A45).

First edition, first printing. Signed by Gerry Marsden. Original navy cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with some offsetting and staining to the endpapers from old pieces of tape (no longer present), are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that is otherwise complete. Not price-clipped (15s on the front flap).

Signed by Gerry Marsden, the lead vocalist of the Merseybeat band Gerry and The Pacemakers who were managed by Brian Epstein, in black ink on two photographic plates (between pages 48 and 49) featuring his band. An autobiography of the groundbreaking music manager Brian Epstein, including the inside story of the Beatles' discovery and rise to fame.

First edition, first printing. Original burgundy cloth with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean and bright throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the slightly creased and spine-faded dustwrapper that is free from loss or tears.

An ambitious anthology collecting the work of a wide variety of female Romantic poets along with detailed introductions chronicling their lives, careers, and critical reputations.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in the pictorial dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with spotting to the margins of the prelims, heavier to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a few short closed tears and some darkening to the rear panel. Correctly priced 7/6 net on the spine.

A Hubin listed adventure story.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine. An excellent better than very good copy, the binding firm with some bumping at the tips of the slightly darkened spine, the cloth is otherwise bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown, are clean throughout.

Inscribed by the author in black ink on the front endpaper "Eric Gunstable / from / P. Anderson Graham". A science-fiction novel of disasters and of the doom of mankind. (Bleiler; Locke: A Spectrum of Fantasy).

First edition, first and sole printing. Quarto (32 x 25 cm). Original illustrated paper-covered boards. Illustrations printed by F. Vincent Brooks, Parker Street; Letterpress by Gerard T. Meynell at The Westminster Press, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. A good to very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents, except for some occasional light spotting, are clean throughout. The lightly marked and toned boards are rubbed and nicked to edges and extremities, with a number of nicks and tears to the spine and spine-folds. Offsetting to free endpapers. Priced 10/6 to the front panel. A sound copy of this beautifully produced miscellany.

'The Owl' was the brainchild of the painter, William Nicholson, who appointed his son-in-law, Robert Graves, as the journal's literary editor, Nicholson himself choosing the illustrators, in addition to subsidising production and distribution. It was expensive to produce and purchase, the cost attributable to the palpably high quality of production. Only three issues appeared, the first in May 1919, this second in October 1919, the third following (as the 'Winter Owl') in November 1923. In a period noted for its modernist, experimental and political journals, 'The Owl' is marked by what Matthew Vaughn refers to as its "purposeful conservatism", the purpose perhaps to provide comfort and escapism in the aftermath of the recent war during which many contributors to the journal had served. Contributors include Walter De la Mare, John Galsworthy, Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden, Max Beerbohm, and Graves himself; with illustrations by Nicholson, Pamela Bianco, Ernest Grist, Nancy Nicholson (William's daughter and Graves' wife), Rockwell Kent, Derwent Wood, Edwin Lutyens, and John Nash. (Matthew Vaughn, 'The Owl: An Introduction', The Modernist Journals Project, Brown and Tulsa Universities, www.modjourn.org).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in the R. H. James designed dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and tight with a small bump to the centre of the spine, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are foxed to the prelims and closed text block edge. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that is faded to the spine with a few small scuffs. Not price-clipped (7/6 net to the lower front flap).

Inscribed by Cecil Freeman Gregg in black ink on the front pastedown "To Len / With all good wishes / Cecil / Oct 19th 1931". Further signed and dated by the author on title page. An Inspector Cuthbert Higgins mystery.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Original cream boards, quarter-bound in red cloth, the spine lettered in gilt to a gilt-framed black label. Housed in the original stiff green card slipcase with upper and lower edges in red cloth. Dark green endpapers. Frontispiece colour reproduction of the opening of the only surviving manuscript of the original Anglo-Saxon poem, now held at the British Library. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents bright and clean throughout, in the equally fine slipcase. A lovely, sharp copy.

Issued in a limited edition of 300 copies, this example is numbered 122 (25 copies numbered I-XXV were reserved for the author) and is signed by Seamus Heaney in black ink on the limitation page. Dedicated to the memory of his friend, Ted Hughes, Heaney's line-by-line translation from the original Anglo-Saxon of this great Northern epic and foundational work of English and European literature was winner of the 1999 Whitbread Poetry Prize. (Brandes & Durkan A72b).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original orange and black boards with silver titles to the spine, in the James Iacobelli designed dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping to the spine tips and corners. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased duswrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($25.95 to the upper front flap). Loosely laid in is a bookplate signed by the author Mick Herron in black ink.

The second book in the critically acclaimed 'Slough House' series, the Apple TV screen adaptation of which 'Slow Horses', has also been receiving justifiably rave reviews with Gary Oldman in the lead role of Jackson Lamb. At the time of publication Herron had parted ways with Constable, his UK publisher, resulting in there being no contemporary British edition.

First edition, first printing. Original khaki cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square with a little bumping at the spine tips, the cloth with some rubbing and darkening to the extremities. A very good copy, the binding square with some bumping to the spine tips, the cloth with some rubbing and darkening to the extremities. The contents, with some toning to the endpapers and a few finger marks to the margins are otherwise clean. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper that has a couple of tiny nicks and a very thin strip of fading to the bottom edge. Also included is an original carbon typescript of the novel, 327 pages, bound in brown card with typed label to the upper wrapper; a letter from the publisher Stanley Paul, dated 2nd June 1930 requesting a blurb for the book; a typescript of the requested blurb; the string bound galley proof for the book publication; proof copy, with a few holograph emendations for the British serial publication (the title crossed out and renamed 'The Dartmoor Mystery'; the Australian serial publication in The Sun News-Pictorial (daily issues between June 4th to July 15th), housed in an envelope bearing the author's name and address. Unique thus.

A fascinating collection of material, originating from the author's archive, relating to his first crime novel. Thomas Curtis Hicks Jacobs, a man of many identities, (his surname later legally changed to Pendower) was a prolific writer of crime fiction, westerns and romance. He was a founding member of the Crime Writers Association and served as chairman in 1960-61. (Hubin).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author with multiple original drawings. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine titled in black. Illustrated throughout by the author. Text in Swedish. An near fine copy, the binding firm, bright and fresh with just a little rubbing and bumping to the corners, the spine a touch rolled. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. A lovely copy.

Wonderfully inscribed by Tove Jansson in calligraphic font "Till / Lilla / Anna-Lena / på / 21 Ars dagen! / au Nora / och / Tove Jansson [heart drawing]" underneath which she has penned an original drawing of 'Lilla' [Little My]. The front pastedown is adorned by two further original illustrations; one of Moominpapa standing in front of a giant rose, and the other, in the bottom left corner, is of 'Snusmumrik' [Snufkin]. Whilst we have been unable to ascertain the identity of the recipient it is clear from the inscription and drawing that Anna-Lena, here celebrating her 21st Birthday, at one point bore similarities to, or perhaps might even have been inspiration for, the small, mischievous and fiercely independent 'Lilla'. The character first appeared in the 1950 in 'Muminpappans Bravader Skrivna av Honom Själv' [The Exploits of Moominpappa]. The present volume collects nine Moomin stories, three of which feature Lilla. Comprising 'Vårvisan' [The Spring Tune]; 'En hemsk historia' [A Tale of Horror]; 'Filifjonkan som trodde på katastrofer' [The Fillyjonk Who Believed in Disasters]; 'Historien om den sista draken i världe' [The Last Dragon in the World]; 'Hemulen som älskade tystnad' [The Hemulen Who Loved Silence]; 'Berättelsen om det osynliga barnet' [The Invisible Child]; 'Hatifnattarnas hemlighet' [The Secret of the Hattifatteners]; 'Cedric' [Cedric]; 'Granen' [The Fir Tree].

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original deep red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with some spotting to the endpapers and closed text block edger are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of tiny chips at the edges with very little in the way of loss. Not price-clipped (25s net to the lower front flap). An attractive example in entirely original condition.

Of the 3400 copies of the first trade edition printed, 950 sets of sheets were destroyed by the publisher. (Connolly, The Modern Movement, 87; Slocum and Cahoon A47).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue cloth with bronze titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£16.99 to the front flap).

Signed by John Le Carre in black ink on the title page.The basis for the 2005 Academy Award winning Fernando Meirelles directed film starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz.

First edition, first printing. Hardback issue. Signed by the author and the illustrator. Original black cloth, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with black and white line drawings by Sarah Longley. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine, very lightly rubbed dustwrapper.

A special hardback issue limited to 500 copies, this example is numbered 406 and signed by Michael and Sarah Longley on the title page. A lovely father-daughter collaboration collecting the illustrated poems celebrating the natural world that the Longleys created for their family Christmas cards, dating from Sarah Longley's early childhood to her time at art college.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Letterpress printed and hand-bound at The Stonehouse Fine Press on 125 gsm Canaletto paper. Frontispiece reproduction of a nude charcoal study by Sarah Longley tipped in adjacent to the title page.Original plain card wraps with a colour marbled paper dustwrapper, lettered in black to a paper label affixed to the front panel. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. In the fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy.

Issued in a limited edition of 175 copies, this example is numbered 46 and signed by Michael Longley in black ink to the limitation page at the rear. A lovely anthology of fifty-six of Longley's love poems, chosen by the author, with a frontispiece of a nude study by Sarah Longley. The poems are drawn from eight collections published between 1969 and 2004, with two new poems added for good measure. "I have believed for a long time that love poetry is at the core of the enterprise", Longley writes in his short prefatory note, "if poetry is a wheel, then the hub of the wheel is love poetry. Poems that articulate all the other cares and attachments – children, tamily, friends, heroes, the dead, country, countryside, animals, art – radiate from the hub like spokes in a wheel."

First edition. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Publisher's original olive green cloth with metallic red titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Separate pamphlet laid in, as issued. The dustwrapper remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($45 to the upper front flap).

Issued in a limited edition of 400 clothbound copies, this example is numbered 289 signed by Ton Nolan and Jeff Wong and with the facsimile signature of the author as both Ross Macdonald and Kenneth Millar. A collection of twelve stories and eleven case notes, with the separately printed pamphlet 'We Went On From There', reproducing the previously unpublished twenty-ninth chapter of 'The Far Side of the Dollar'.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and artist. Limited edition. Original orange card sewn wraps lettered and illustrated in black to the front panel. Pale orange endpapers. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout.

Issued in a limited edition of 175 numbered copies (of which 150 were available for sale), this example is numbered 161 and signed by Derek Mahon and Fionnuala Ní Chiosáin in black ink to the limitation page at the rear. Mahon's English version of 'Le Cimetière marin', Paul Valéry's poem inspired by the Mont St-Clair cemetery in his home town of Sète in south-west France and first published in the 'Nouvelle Revue Française' in 1920.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Original dark green card sewn wraps lettered and illustrated in black to the front panel. Light grey endpapers. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout.

Issued in a limited edition of 175 copies (of which 150 were available for sale), this example is numbered 110 and signed by Derek Mahon in black ink to the limitation page at the rear. "I await the light we were born to love: / birds at a window, boats on a rising wave, / light dancing on dawn water, the lives we live." This was the first appearance of this long autobiographical poem, among the finest of the poet's later works. It is punctuated here with three sombre drawings by Michael Kane.

First edition, first printing. Warmly inscribed by John Mortimer to the novelist Dick Francis and his wife Mary. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Light wear to spine tips. In the lightly shelf-worn dustwrapper, toned to the spine, a touch rubbed to corners and tips. Not price-clipped (£8.50 net to the front flap). A lovely association copy of Mortimer's first volume of autobiography.

Inscribed by John Mortimer in black ink to the front free endpaper, "To Dick and Mary Francis / with thanks for a / good talk and wonderful lunch, / and with great admiration – / Ever / John Mortimer / Aug '82". The recipients are Mortimer's fellow novelist and friend Dick Francis and his wife (and writing associate) Mary. Mortimer, barrister and author, remains best known for his creation of the fictional character Horace Rumpole. A long standing admirer of Francis' writing, Mortimer published an extended review essay of the 1994 novel 'Wild Horses' in 'The New York Times Book Review' (October 2, 1994). "We live in a time when many highly regarded [...] novelists have forsaken plot", he wrote. "Stories are regarded as somewhat down-market and fit only for airport bookstands and poolside reading. [...] But the best writers, as well as the most popular, have always known that telling a story is the only way of inducing the reader to turn the pages. Dick Francis takes from Jan. 1 to May 8 each year to write a novel, and his latest, produced at the age of 73, is as compulsive as ever." Mortimer's 1982 memoir, 'Clinging to the Wreckage', dedicated to his family ("the survivors") takes the reader through the author's childhood, education, and his erratic career as a barrister and creator of a famous fictional barrister.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Letterpress printed and hand-bound at The Stonehouse Fine Press on 125 gsm Canaletto paper. Original plain card wraps with a colour marbled paper dustwrapper, lettered in black to a paper label affixed to the front panel. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. In the dustwrapper, showing the merest wear to tips and folds. A nice copy.

Issued in a limited edition of 175 copies, this example is numbered 153 and signed by Paul Muldoon in black ink to the limitation page at the rear. The short title-poem, named after a traditional Mongolian horsehead fiddle, acts as a prelude to the thirteen sonnet sequence 'Horse Latitudes' which Muldoon began writing at the start of the 2003 war in Iraq. "The poems", Muldoon explains in his note, "have to do with a series of battles (all beginning with the letter 'B' as if to suggest a 'missing' Baghdad) in which horses or mules played a major role. Intercut with those battle-scenes are accounts of a 'battle' with cancer by a former lover, here named Carlotta, and a commentary on the agenda of what may only be described as the Bush 'regime'". The poet's full-length 2006 Faber collection was named after the sequence (where it also appears).

First edition. Original grey stapled card covers printed in black. 14pp. Illustrated throughout. An excellent near fine copy, the binding firm with some toning to the extremities and light creasing. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

One of the earliest serious studies of the Loch Ness Monster.

Gouache and ink on paper. Measuring 203 x 305mm. In very good condition, the colours vibrant, the white paper background somewhat dusty and a little spotted to the extremities. Lower left corner with a small crease (not affecting the image). An attractive, seemingly unused poster design for London Underground.

Ethel 'Bip' Pares (1904-1977), best known for her British art-deco style, illustrated several posters and brochures for London Underground and over 600 book dustjackets for a variety of publishers during her career.

First deluxe edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original grey leather with gilt titles to the spine, housed in a blue cloth slipcase. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. The slipcase is also in fine condition.

Issued in a limited edition of just 30 copies, this example is numbered 5 and signed and dated by Don Paterson in blue ink on the limitation page. Winner of the Forward Poetry Prize.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the original dustwrapper that is just a touch faded at the spine and otherwise clean and without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£12.99 on the front flap).

Signed by Don Paterson in blue ink on the title page. Paterson's reinterpretation of Rainer Maria Rilke's 'Die Sonette an Orpheus' ('Sonnets to Orpheus'), a cycle of 55 sonnets which came to him in a brief creative frenzy in 1922 and is often thought of as his masterpiece, along with 'Duino Elegies'.

First edition in book form, first printing. Publisher's original brown cloth, titles stamped in blind to the upper board and in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated four start charts across two pages inserted at p.148, as issued. An excellent better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the spine tips, the cloth and gilt is bright and fresh. The contents, with mild toning and a crease to the top corner of the rear endpaper, are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very good original dustwrapper that has several nicks and small chips with a little loss at the base of the spine and top of the rear panel. Correctly priced 7/- net to the spine. A scarce title in dustwrapper.

Originally published as a serial story between November 1918 and April 1919 in The Quiver, this first edition in book form was published on 19 March 1919 in a print-run of 14,000 copies. (Whatmore F47; Bleiler; Locke: A Spectrum of Fantasy).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with orange titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, faintly spotted to the endpapers and closed text block edge are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Production fault to the fore-edge of a few pages resulting in them being irregularly cut (not affecting the text). Loosely laid in is a card promotional 'Ticket for use with "Death on the Highway" by Clifton Robbins'. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a touch of toning to the spine and is without loss or tears. Correctly priced 7/6 net to the spine.

The third of five crime novels to feature the London Barrister turned amateur detective Clay Harrison. (Hubin)

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue paper-covered boards lettered in white to the spine, in the Henn Kim dustwrapper. Ring-pull patterned endpapers. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£14.99 to the front flap). An excellent example of the true, and quite scarce, first printing (not to be confused with the Waterstones edition, issued without dustwrapper).

The author's second novel, securely consolidating the critical acclaim and success of 'Conversations with Friends' (2017). Both books have reached a wider audience as a result of recent BBC television adaptations. 'Normal People' was immediately showered with praise, winning the Costa Prize, 'Irish Novel of the Year' at the Irish Book Awards, Waterstones Book of the Year, in addition to being longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction. In her 'New Statesman' review of the novel, Olivia Laing singles out "the extraordinary pitch of Rooney's writing, the way it shimmers with intelligence. Each sentence is measured and unobtrusive, and yet the cumulative effect is a near-unbearable attentiveness to the emotional dimension of human lives, the quick uneasy weather."

First edition. Publishers original card wraps with letterpress blue titles and typographic scarecrow illustration to the upper panel. 12pp. Perfect Bound. Octavo 20.5cm x 24.5cm. Text in German. Typographic figurative illustrations throughout with alternating blue and red letterpress designs. A genuinely better than very good copy, the binding firm with some splits to the spine ends (3cm) and a little rubbing and creasing to the extremities. The poor quality paper stock is toned, as usual. The contents, with a small area of foxing to the lower corner of the inside cover and a small chip to the top corner of the first page, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. An attractive example of this fragile publication, in entirely original condition, without repair or restoration.

As an influential figure in Dadaism and the subsequent emergence of European Modernism, Kurt Schwitters was at the forefront of radical avante-garde design in the early twentieth century. He coined the term 'Merz', to describe his collage and assemblage works, which used scrap and found materials. Fascinated with language, he founded 'Merz' magazine in 1923, featuring contributions from a variety of creative disciplines, including poetry, art and advertising from key figures in Dadaism, De Stijl and Constructivism, as well as his own collage and typographic work. As an advocate for the 'New Typography' movement and a founding member of 'Ring neuer Werbegestalter' (Circle of New Advertising Designers) in 1927, alongside Jan Tschichold, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Walter Dexel [et al], Schwitters explored the creative possibilities of typography and graphic design as art. In 1925 Schwitters co-produced, the typographic children's book 'Die Scheuche: Märchen' (The Scarecrow: A Fairytale) with Theo Van Doesburg, the founder of the De Stijl movement (contributing previously to 'Merz' magazine) and Kate Steinitz, who he had collaborated with on 'Hahnepeter' (Peter and the Rooster 1924) and 'Die Marchen vom Paradies' (The Tale of Paradise 1925).  A typographically radical fairy tale was proposed (most likely by Van Doesburg), which would be designed and illustrated purely using type case elements. Schwitters wrote the story of the Scarecrow, with cane, scarf and coat (X), Rooster (O) and Peasant (B), the typographic designs collaboratively created by the trio, with the typesetter Paul Vogt, specially producing letters for the technically challenging book. Issued in three variants. Of the two which are subtitled 'Märchen', one includes the publisher's details 'Aposs No 3 Hannover' rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise (as here), the other has blank space where the publisher's details would be. The third variant replaces the subtitle with 'Merz 14/15' to coincide with the publication of this work as a double issue of 'Merz' magazine in 1925. The unconventional text arrangement, asymmetrical layout, contrasting colours and variable sans serif type, were in direct contrast to previous publication designs during the 1920s, which were still influenced by the ornamentation of Art Nouveau. A scarce typographic publication from one of the forerunners of modernism and an early example of the radical modernist principles that would provide the foundations for the development of Graphic Design in the twentieth century.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with black titles to the spine, in the Stan Terry illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping to the spine tips, the cloth is bright and fresh. The contents, spotted to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has several short closed tears and a paper price label over the publisher's price of 7/- to the spine. Scarce in the dustwrapper.

The author's second novel, for the most part set in China, following her science fiction / lost race novel 'The Perfect World'. Ned Brooks writing in 'It Goes on the Shelf 21' (January 2000) describes the novel thus "The first part of it is a standard racist pulp adventure involving two British rogues stealing a princess and a priceless jewel from a noble Chinese family in 1873—and the second part is theosophy about the karmic consequences of this adventure in 1923. Much better written than 'The Perfect World', but not as much fun!".

First hardback edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original navy cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. All edges navy. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that has some creasing at the edges and is otherwise without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£14.99 on the front flap).

Special hardback issue, signed by Graham Taylor in black ink on the title page and containing a new, additional chapter and foreword. First published as a self-published paperback original. A children's fantasy novel set in and around Whitby which has drawn comparisons to 'The Chronicles of Narnia' for its central Christian allegory and to 'Harry Potter' for its dynamic style of fantastical adventure. The first title in a four-book series.

First edition, first printing of both volumes, bound in one. Signed by the author. Inscribed presentation and association copy. Mid-twentieth century half calf for Henry Sotheran, five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and titles on red morocco labels to the spine. Brown cloth boards. Ownership initials of (Richard Kayne in gilt to the bottom right corner of the upper board. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some rubbing to the spine hinges and corners. The contents, with the bookplate of Richard Kayne to the front pastedown, and four pages of additional dialogue in the form of carbon-copy typescript (annotated in the hand of Wells), are clean throughout.

The Man Who Could Work Miracles is inscribed by the author in black ink on the half title "for Philip Charlot / H. G. Wells / April 1936". The recipient was the film editor on the 1937 Lothar Mendes production starring Ralph Richardson, Joan Gardner and Roland Young. Underneath Wells' inscription Charlot has later inscribed "for Richard Kayne / with very best wishes / Philip Charlot / October 1956". The page preceding the half title of the second title 'Things to Come' is further inscribed by Charlot "Sorry, Richard, but H.G. forgot to sign this one for me - Philip". The recipient of Charlot's presentation is the writer, composer and musician Richard Kayne (pseudonym of William Sydney Kuttner), who is perhaps best remembered for composing the haunting theme from the 1959 Horror film 'House On Haunted Hill' (starring Vincent Price). [Bleiler; Locke: Spectrum of Fantasy].