First edition, first printing. Original illustrated boards with a brown cloth spine. Illustrated with 24 colour plates by the author. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities rubbed, the board corners a little bumped and worn. The contents, with some foxing to the endpapers, early pages and occasionally to the margins are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. An attractive example.

The story of the rise and fall of a rather pompous dog, illustrated with Cecil Aldin's usual effortless skill and artistry.

First edition, first printing of the Hugh Thomson illustrated edition. Publisher's original green cloth with titles and peacock design in gilt to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 160 line drawings by Hugh Thomson throughout the text. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, with a little fraying and bumping to the spine tips and rubbing to the extremities, the cloth a little spotted and marked to the rear board. The contents, with '3/6' in pen on the front endpaper, a little spotting to the pastedowns and the occasional finger mark and corner crease, are otherwise clean throughout. The inner hinges remain sound.

An attractive example, in entirely original condition, of this most desirable illustrated edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Of the four different states of the first edition binding known, this example is in the taller green cloth case, the text block with top edge gilt, the fore and bottom edges untrimmed. White endpapers (dark blue/green on the smaller, more common binding). (Gilson E78).

First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Publisher's original grey paper covered boards, illustrated in bronze to the upper board, titles in bronze to the spine, in dustwrapper. Red ribbon page marker. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears.

Signed by Phil Baker in black ink on the title page. Loosely laid in is a specially printed bookmark, as issued. The hardcover was issued in an edition of 400 copies. Aleister Crowley, 'The Great Beast', infamous author and occultist, had a love-hate relationship with London, but it was where he spent much of his adult life, and it was the capital of the culture that created him. 'City of the Beast' is not a walking guide, although many routes could be pieced together from its pages. It is a biography by sites, revealing a man, an era, and a city. Fusing life-writing with psychogeography, steeped in London's social history from Victoria to the Blitz, it draws extensively on unpublished material and offers an exceptionally intimate picture of the Beast. Through 93 locations, we follow Crowley searching for prostitutes in Hyde Park and Pimlico, drinking absinthe and eating Chinese food in Soho, and finding himself down on his luck in Paddington Green – but never quite losing sight of the illumination that drove him: "the abiding rapture", he wrote in his diary, "which makes a bus in the street sound like an angel choir!". - publisher's blurb.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Richard Hopkinson illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the boards, with a little shelfwear to the bottom edge are otherwise bright and fresh. The contents, mildly toned to the cheap quality paper stock, are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£11.95 net to the lower front flap).

The second published 'Culture' novel.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Association copy. With ALS. Publisher's original purple boards with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding firm with a little rubbing and bumping to the spine tips, the boards bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is somewhat faded to the spine and panel edges. Not price-clipped (£1.50 / 30s net to the lower front flap).

Inscribed by the author in blue ink on the front endpaper "To John and Pat / from Nina with love / October 1970". The recipient is the 'Angry Young Man' author John Braine and his wife Helen (Pat). Loosely inserted is an autograph letter "Dearest John / Here's the book that's caused me so much trouble. At least the experience it was written out of. I do hope you enjoy it. With love, Nina. P.S. It's not out until October 19th but I've got some copies early". The novel was shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize of 1970, ultimately won by J. G. Farrell's 'Troubles' in 2010.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original purple cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine. A good copy, the binding square with some bumping, rubbing and minor fraying to the spine tips and corners. The cloth is a little faded to the spine and with a few light marks. The contents are entirely complete and without loose pages. Evidence of a removed bookplate to the upper front pastedown, the inner front hinge weak. The prelims and margins are foxed, one page has a large closed tear (without loss) and there is a small ink stain to the fore-edge of the 32 page publisher's catalogue at the rear.

The author's first and best collection of supernatural tales. (Bleiler; Reginald, 01134).

First edition, first printing. Recently bound in full burgundy morocco, ruled in gilt to the upper and lower boards, with five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, and titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Original cloth spine with titles in red, bound in at the rear. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents, with the habitual toning of the cheap paper stock, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

A classic of suspence and horror fiction. The basis for the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam.

First edition, first printing. Hardcover issue. Publisher's original grey cloth with blue titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents, a little toned to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and marked dustwrapper that has two short closed tears and some toning to the spine and panel edges. Not price-clipped ($3.50 to the upper front flap).

The poet's first collection, which signalled a new beginning in American poetry and it immediately put Bly on the literary map. The first printing was issued simultaneously in softcover and hardcover, the hardcover is quite uncommon.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine. Without the dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the tips of the mildly toned spine. The cloth is bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. The top edge of the closed text block is a little dusty.

Inscribed by the author in black ink on the front free endpaper "With the author's compliments / Victor Bridges / 1930 [underlined]". (Hubin).

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 firm with a little bumping to the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a touch creased at the extremities and mildly toned to the spine. Not price-clipped (16s net to the front flap).

A Miss Marple mystery. The first edition was published in the UK on 15th November 1965, the American edition was issued the following year. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Kenneth Farnhill designed dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with mild bumping to the spine tips, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with a small previous owner's name 'Gail' to the front endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that has a couple of very short closed tears without loss. Not price-clipped (unpriced to the lower front flap, for export).

A Tommy and Tuppence Beresford thriller. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original orange cloth with black titles to the spine. Lacking the dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the extremities, the cloth with a few mild marks and some fading to the spine. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

A Tommy and Tuppence Beresford novel. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips, the cloth and gilt, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the bright original, price-clipped dustwrapper that is a little rubbed and creased at the spine tips and otherwise without fading, loss or tears.

A Miss Marple novel. The first edition was published in November 1971, the American edition followed later the same year. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. Original white paper-covered boards with titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little creasing at the head of the spine and very slightly at the foot of the spine. The contents are clean and bright throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the original dustwrapper that has just a touch of fading to the spine. An excellent example of a scarce title.

Inscribed by Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988) opposite the copyright page "To D / Yours in the Bond, / Ithell [underlined]". The recipient is an unknown druid, the 'bond' referred to is The British Circle of the Universal Bond, an alternative name for The Druid Order, a druidic spiritual group of which Colquhoun was a member. Colquhoun's only novel to be published in her lifetime, a gothic tale about a young woman who is taken to a mysterious island by her uncle who is obsessed with finding the philosopher's stone, suffused with the surrealism and esotericism that defined not only her writing but also her artwork. Born in Shillong, India and brought up in England from an early age, Colquhoun studied at the Cheltenham School of Arts and Crafts and the Slade School of Art, by which time her interest in occult and esoteric topics had already developed; during her first year at the Slade she joined the Quest Society, a Theosophical group founded by G. R. S. Mead who had been secretary to Helena Blavatsky, one of the most influential occultists of the 19th century. In 1931 Colquhoun travelled to Paris to study at the Académie Colarossi, and during her time in the city she met artists such as Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte and Marcel Duchamp, who introduced her to the possibilities of Surrealism. Immediately appealing to her metaphysical sensibilities, Surrealism, along with Symbolism, quickly became a permanent influence on her work, evident in her first solo exhibition in 1936. In 1939 she was invited to join the prestigious British Surrealism Group, only to be ejected in 1940 due to her occult beliefs. Colquhoun's eclectic and vibrant range of esoteric interests only grew and became more vital to her life and work as time went on. She gained associations with the Ordo Templi Orientis, the Druid Order and the Ancient Celtic Church. Her personal beliefs drew widely on Quabalah, Christian mysticism, mythology, Druidism, Wicca, astrology, tarot, Eastern spiritualities and nature-based religious practices, coming together to create a unique, magical world view that thoroughly married visceral physicality with profound divinity, expressed beautifully in her artwork and writings. Colquhoun published essays, poetry, travel writing and prose throughout her career, and from the 1950s onwards writing started to displace painting as her central creative focus. The most significant influence of Surrealism upon her artistic process was the concept of automatism, the use of practical techniques intended to suppress the conscious mind and empower the unconscious mind, such as scribbling randomly on a surface and allowing the mind to create shapes from the apparent chaos. These automatism techniques were also incorporated into her writing, including the present work. Interest in Ithell Colquhoun's luminous work and life, once relatively obscure, has grown over time, with previously unpublished writings, including two novels, being published posthumously. Most recently, the largest exhibition of her work to date, 'Ithell Colquhoun: Between Two Worlds', was held at Tate St Ives from the 1st of February to the 5th of May 2025 and at Tate Britain from the 13th of Jun to the 19th of October 2025.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original black paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the boards and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. The closed text block edge with a few very faint marks and a little waving. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£20 on the front flap).

Signed by Richard Dawkins in black ink on the title page. Dawkins argues against the existence of God, that religion is the root of society's ills, and asserts that believers in a personal god are suffering from delusion.

First edition in book form. Two volumes, bound in one. Contemporary nineteenth century half red morocco over marbled boards (for Henry Sotheran). Five raised bands, gilt ruled and decorated compartments, and titles in gilt to the spine. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Illustrated with 40 plates by Marcus Stone. With the engraved frontispiece illustrations, separate title pages for volume I and II and three page postscript. Bound without the adverts. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with minor rubbing to the extremities. The contents, a little spotted to the prelims are otherwise clean and bright throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. A handsome volume.

(Smith: Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth, vol. I, 15).

A complete run of the first three years of The Union Jack Detective Supplement. 191 issues bound into three volumes, as issued by the publisher. Volume I collects 87 issues published the week ending 6 May 1922 to 29 December 1923; Volume II collects 52 issues published the week ending 5 Jan 1924 to 27 December 1924; Volume III collects 52 issues published the week ending 3 January 1925 to 19 December 1925. Each volume in the original uniform blue cloth with titles stamped in blind to the upper board, and titles in gilt to the spine. Edges speckled red. Illustrated throughout. All are in very good condition, the bindings square and firm, the cloth with a few small marks but bright and fresh. The contents are variously toned and spotted with the occasional finger mark, closed or corner tear. An attractive set, scarce in this form.

A fascinating collection of crime capers and detection, fact and fiction, card sharps and con men, ripper murders and body thieves, from England to Australia.

First edition, first printing. Hardcover issue. Publisher's original laminated boards. Illustrated in colour throughout by Axel Sheffler. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Loosely laid in is a later pictorial bookplate signed by the author Julia Donaldson in blue ink and the illustrator Axel Sheffler in black ink.

The author and illustrator's most famous work, one of the scarcest and most sought after children's books of the late twentieth century. The first edition was issued simultaneously in hardcover and paperback, with the majority of the hardcover issue destined for the school and public library system. Winner of the 1999 Nestle Smarties Book Prize and Blue Peter Book Award, now a modern classic, the picture book has sold more than 13.5 million copies in over 100 languages. Adapted into the 2009 Academy Award and BAFTA nominated, animated short film, directed by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, starring Robbie Coltrane, James Corden, Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, John Hurt and Tom Wilkinson.

First edition with these illustrations, first printing. Publisher's original light brown cloth decorated with blue floral motifs to the background, titles and illustrations stamped in gilt to the upper board and spine. Floral decorated endpapers. Illustrated with 23 colour plates mounted within a decorative border, each with a captioned tissue guard. The text also with a decorative border. A very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh with just a hint of rubbing to the extremities. The contents are clean throughout and inscriptions or stamps. There are a few small marks to the closed text block edge. All plates and tissue guards are in fine condition. Housed in a bespoke blue quarter morocco solander case, with five raised bands and titles in gilt to the spine. A lovely copy.

A wonderfully illustrated selection of tales from the Arabian Nights, that include Sindbad the Sailor, Aladdin and The Wonderful Lamp, The Story of Three Calendars and The Sleeper Awakened.

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Fiona Macgregor designed dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that is a touch faded to the spine. Not price-clipped (£5.95 net to the lower front flap).

A collection of essays, stories and poems, selected by the author himself, more than half of which are published in book form for the first time. The volume spans Eiseley's writing career, from his early poems (1930-1942), through 'The Immense Journey' (1957), to his last essays, showing him at his best, as naturalist, poet, scientist, humanist and auto-biographer. "This book will be read and cherished in the year 2001. It will go to the Moon and Mars with future generations. Loren Eiseley's work changed my life thirty years ago" - Ray Bradbury.

First edition, first printing. Original illustrated pictorial paper-covered boards. Boldly illustrated throughout in black, yellow and green. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a light rubbing at the corners and spine tips. The contents are bright and clean throughout, without stamps or inscriptions. Scarce.

A humorous alphabet of giving and receiving gifts, a collaboration between the writer Isobel English and the artist Barbara Jones.

First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Garner Russell designed dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding firm with some bumping to the extremities, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is creased at the edges and otherwise without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£15.99 net to the lower front flap).

Signed by Jeffrey Eugenides in black ink on the title page, uncommon thus. The author's first novel. The basis for Sofia Coppola's 1999 feature directorial debut, starring Kirsten Dunst, James Woods, Kathleen Turner and Josh Hartnett.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author 'Mirabehn'. Publisher's original khadi cloth backed blue paper covered boards with titles in black to the upper board and spine. Portrait frontispiece and two further photographic plates. Illustrations within the text. Errata slip at p.67. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping and mild wear to the tips of the darkened spine and corners. The boards are a little marked. The contents, lightly spotted to the endpapers are otherwise clean throughout.

Inscribed in blue ink on the front endpaper "To Lucy / with love / from / Mira / (Madeleine) / Pashulok / India / 17.11.49". Scarce thus. One of 5,000 copies printed of the first edition of this collection of nearly 400 letters sent by Monhandas Gandhi to his close friend, the prominent British supporter of the Indian Independence Movement and passionate proponent of Gandhian principles, Madeleine Slade (1892-1982). The daughter of a Rear-Admiral, Slade discovered Gandhi after reading Romain Rolland's biography 'Mahatma Gandhi' in 1924. Convinced of Gandhi's arguments and philosophy, shortly after reading Rolland's work she wrote to Gandhi asking to become his disciple and inquiring whether she could come to live with him at the Sabarmati Ashram. Gandhi agreed and Slade arrived in Ahmedabad on 7th November 1925, commencing a stay in India that would last almost thirty-four years. Adopting an ascetic lifestyle, including vegetarianism, spinning and teetotalism and also learning Hindi, Slade threw herself both personally and politically into the struggle for a new, independent India. Working alongside Gandhi during a key phase in his leadership of the independence movement, Slade travelled with him to the Round Table Conference in London in 1931 and was later arrested and detained with him in the Aga Khan Palace between August 1942 and May 1944. She also played a particularly notable role in attempting to persuade foreign leaders of India's cause, meeting with Lloyd George, Winston Churchill and Eleanor Roosevelt, amongst others.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original green cloth with titles in black to the upper board and spine. No dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, with bumping and a little fraying to the spine ends, the extremities lightly rubbed. The contents, with a previous owners name to the half title and light spotting to all edges of the closed textblock, are lightly foxed mainly to the first few and last few pages and a little to the margins throughout. Scarce.

Signed and dated 1929 by Laurence Geoghegan in black ink on the half title. The first of four Hubin listed mystery novels by Laurence Geoghegan. (Hubin).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with red titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing to the extremities, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, spotted to the prelims and with a previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout. Publisher's catalogue dated 'Autumn 1932' at the rear. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a few short closed tears without loss. Correctly priced 7/6 net to the spine. Scarce thus.

(Hubin).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's navy blue cloth decorated and with titles in silver to the upper board and spine, in the author illustrated dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and tight wit a couple of small bumps at the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. A publisher's promotional postcard for the novel is loosely laid in. Complete with the bright, lightly creased dustwrapper that is a touch faded to the spine and otherwise without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£14.99 net to the lower front flap).

Gray's sixth novel, dedicated to his wife, consists of "Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M. D., Scottish Public Health Officer, edited by Alasdair Gray". Winner of the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. The basis for the multi-award winning Yorgos Lanthimos directed film of the same name starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael.

First British edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Three volumes. Publisher's full green morocco, elaborately decorated in gilt and with titles in gilt to the spine. All edges gilt. Half title in volume I. A very good copy, the bindings square and firm with rubbing to the edges and uniform fading to the spines and board edges. The contents, a little spotted to the prelims and margins are otherwise clean throughout. Scarce in this form, especially so in presentation state.

Inscribed by Henry William Herbert in black ink on the front endpaper in volume I "Anne King / In remembrance of / her friend / the author / June 1843". The first of the author's books to be published in England under his own name. An American edition was published in New York by J. Winchester, New World Press in the same year. The author's advertisement in this British first edition is dated 31 March 1843, in the American edition it is dated April 3rd 1843. The printed dedication differs in the British and American editions, here the book is dedicated to the author's father; in the American edition the printed dedication is to 'Anson Livingstone'. The best selling work of fiction by the English born novelist, poet, classical scholar, illustrator, and sports writer Henry William Herbert (1807-1858). The eldest son of the Revd William Herbert (1778-1847), dean of Manchester, and the Hon. Letitia Emily Dorothea, daughter of Joshua, fifth Viscount Allen, Henry was educated at Eton and graduated BA from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1830. Prompted by personal and financial indiscretions, after which his family refused to acknowledge his existence, he emigrated to America in 1831, settling in New York where he found employment as a classics master at the Revd R. Townsend Huddart's Classical Institute. As a classical scholar he had few equals in North America, and his translations from Greek, Roman, and French originals received high praise. In 1833 he started the 'American Monthly Magazine', which he edited, in conjunction with A. D. Patterson, and in 1834 his first novel, 'The Brothers: a Tale of the Fronde' was puplished. He is perhaps best known for his writings on sport, published under the pseudonym of 'Frank Forester'. Twice married, the breakdown of his second marriage, after just a few months, resulted in his death by suicide at the age of 51. [Van Winkle, W. M.: Henry William Herbert, A Bibliography of his Writings, p.6; not in Sadlier; ODNB]

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and a blind stamped monogram to the upper board, in the Philip Gough illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a very slight lean to the spine. The contents, with a previous owner's inscription to the half-title, some toning or offsetting to the the prelims and late pages, are otherwise clean throughout. The closed text block edge with a tiny red mark to the closed fore-edge and faint spotting to the top edge. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that is lightly toned to the spine and has a small chip to the foot of the front spine flap and some dustiness to the rear panel. Not price-clipped (10s 6d on the front flap). An attractive example, scarce in the dustwrapper.

A Regency romance novel about the daughter of a diplomat who is left to stay with her aunt in London when her father is sent to Brazil.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original white paper covered boards with titles in brown to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents, somewhat marked to the pastedowns (from the binder's glue), are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that is a touch toned to the spine and fold edges. Not price-clipped (12s 6d net to the lower front flap).

Hill's first commercially published collection of poetry, preceded only by the eight page 'The Fantasy Poets' pamphlet (1952).

First edition. Limited edition. Signed by the editor. Publisher's blue cloth with illustration, titles and borders in green, red and white to the upper board and spine. A very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth and titles, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks.

Issued in a limited edition of 350 copies, this example is numbered 90 and signed by the editor and publisher John Hirschhorn-Smith in black ink on the title page. With an introduction by John Hirschhorn-Smith and 18 contributions including 'A Pallid Devil Bearing Cypress' by Richard Gavin; 'Salmacis' by Stephen J. Clark; 'Crossing The Sea Of Night' by Mark Howard Jones; 'Mathilde' by R. B. Russell; 'Dogs' by rj krijnen-kemp; 'Tlaloc' by Angela Caperton; 'Magicians And Moonlight' by Katherine Haynes; 'Lotte Of The Black Piglet' by Colin Insole; 'The Unrest At Aachen' by Mark Valentine; 'The Naked Goddess' by Daniel Mills; 'Singing Blood' by Reggie Oliver; 'The Devil In The Box' by Orrin Grey; 'The Rites of Pentecost' by Peter Bell; 'Endor' by Michael Chislett; 'Masks: Three Vignettes' by Mark Samuels; 'White Roses, Bloody Silk' by Thana Niveau; 'The Filature' by Adam S. Cantwell; 'Holzwege' by D. P. Watt.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine. Without the dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding firm, the cloth just a little discoloured at the joints and otherwise bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

Inscribed by the author in black ink on the title page "To / My friend / H. R. ("Burt") Allen / (Herewith assistant / to the all conquering / Jimmy Walker) / from / the author / Sydney Horler / 11.4.37". The first of six crime novels to feature Gerald Frost, the cracksman and jewel thief known as 'Nighthawk'. (Hubin).

First Aubrey Beardsley illustrated edition. Quarto. Publisher's original light blue cloth over bevelled boards, decorated in gilt after a design by Aubrey Beardsley to the upper board, titles in gilt to the spine. With a frontispiece and five initial letter designs by Aubrey Beardsley. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The contents are entirely complete, clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. A few of the pages a little roughly opened at the top edge.

Issued in an edition of 1000 copies on art paper, this example is un-numbered. Commissioned to produce the artwork for Volpone in November 1897, with 24 illustrations including a frontispiece and decorative initials, Beardsley died on 16th March 1898 having only completed only the few illustrations included here. Ross's warm appreciation of the artist is an essential piece of Beardsleyana.

First American edition, first printing. Publisher's original silver cloth, decorated and with titles in black to the upper board and spine, in the Charles Winfield Meggs illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm, bright and fresh, the contents a little spotted to the prelims and stained to the bottom right corner, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has several short closed tears at the fold ends.

The author's first book, the first of three 'Obelists' novels. The British edition was published in 1932 by John Heritage. (Hubin).

First edition. Publisher's original brown cloth over card, the upper and lower covers stamped in blind, titles in gilt to the upper cover. A better than very good copy, the binding firm with minor rubbing and fraying to the extremities. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

A record of executions in York from 1379 to the time of publication, compiled from prison documents, ancient papers, and other authentic sources by William Knipe, Antiquarian, of Clementhorpe, York.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with white titles to the spine, in the Peter Blake illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents with the usual light toning to the poor quality paperstock, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper, which is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£12.99 net to the front flap).

Signed by Hanif Kureishi in black ink on the title page. The author's debut novel. Winner of the 1990 Whitbread Award and the basis for the 1993, Roger Michell directed four part BBC drama, starring Naveen Andrews in the lead role of Karim Amir, and with a theme song composed and performed by David Bowie.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Richard Taylor illustrated dustwrapper. Ilustrated with five black and white plates. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with one small mark to fore-edge of two pages in the prelims, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that remains bright and without loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($5.00 to the upper front flap).

A collection of horror stories and juvenilia by Lovecraft in addition to articles, essays and appreciations by others for the author and his work. Issued in an edition of 2,500 copies.

First edition in book form, first printing. Publisher's original light blue paper covered card printed in dark blue. Retaining the publisher's wraparound band. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some rubbing and scuffing to the edges, the upper board a little bowed. The contents are spotted to the prelims and margins throughout. Complete with the original wraparound band that is a little rubbed and toned, but without loss or tears.

A collection of stories and articles, previously published in 'The Evening News' in 1914. Of the title story, Locke writes "A celebrated short ghost story of the First World War which was at the time widely believed to be factual". (Bleiler; Locke: A Spectrum of Fantasy).

First trade edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Without the dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with a bump to the lower corner of the front board and a little rubbing to the extremities, the cloth is bright and fresh. The contents, with the ownership name of the noted literary scholar, collector (and correspondent of Arthur Machen), John S. Mayfield, written three times and dated 1925, 1932 and 1955 on the rear pastedown, are otherwise clean throughout.

Signed by Arthur Machen in black ink on the front free endpaper. A collection of eight short stories and articles. This first trade edition, published in February 1925, was preceded by a signed large paper edition of 250 copies published by Secker in December 1924. (Bleiler; Locke: A Spectrum of Fantasy).

First UK edition, first printing and first hardcover edition. Publisher's original grey cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Fiona Wylie illustrated dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding tight with a minor bump at the head of the spine, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the bright original dustwrapper that has some production creases to the laminate at the folds of the lightly faded spine, and is otherwise without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£8.50 net to the lower front flap).

The author's debut novel, published in America as a paperback original. The basis for the 1988 James Bridges directed film starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Dianne Wiest and Jason Robards.

First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Elliott Erwitt illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine dustwrapper which is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£18.99 to the front flap).

Signed by Javier Marías in blue ink on the title page. Winner of the 2012 National Literature Prize for Narrative in Spain, which he rejected, and shortlisted in 2014 for The National Book Critics Circle Award in the 'Fiction' category in the US.

First edition. Publisher's original stiff card covers printed in yellow, black and grey after a design by T. Tajari. Illustrated with 29 photographs reproduced in matt finish photogravure by Brassaï, including two double-page spreads and one photomontage. A very good copy, the binding rubbed at the edges and a little toned and marked, vertical reading crease to the spine. The contents, with faint tape marks to the inner gutters (tape no longer present), are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

A novella, based on Henry Miller's experience as a Parisian expatriate in the early 1930s, written in 1940, then revised in 1956 and first published in Paris the same year by Maurice Girodias' Olympia Press.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with a gilt illustration and border to the upper board and titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with line drawings by E. H. Shepard throughout. A very good copy, the binding firm with a little rubbing and bumping to the extremities, the spine a little rolled. slight lean to the spine. The cloth with a few tiny marks is bright, the gilt illustration a little rubbed. The contents, with faint creasing to the flyleaf, some spotting to the endpapers, prelims, closed text-block edge, and occasionally the blank margins, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

The first book of Pooh stories (followed by The House At Pooh Corner). An indisputable highlight of children's literature.

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original khaki brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Michael Hasted illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the spine a little faded. The contents, with a light mark to the bottom edge of the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased, price-clipped dustwrapper, that is a touch faded to the spine and otherwise free from loss or tears.

The author's first published work. An autobiographical account of the Vietnam War.

First edition, first printing. Recently bound in burgundy half morocco with five raised bands and titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge purple. Publisher's original green cloth spine, lettered in red, bound in at the rear. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

The first printing of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four was published on 8th June 1949 in an edition of 25,000 copies. (Fenwick A12a; Connolly 100).

First edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's quarter blue cloth over grey paper covered boards with titles in blue to the upper board and in black on a white paper label to the spine. Frontispiece illustration by John McBurney (dated 1917), decorative initials, terminal in-text illustration. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping and mild wear at the spine tips, the paper label toned and nicked at the corners. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Spare title label tipped in at rear pastedown, as issued.

Inscribed by Herbert Moore Pim in black ink on the second free endpaper "An additional copy / of this book, now / out of print, for / members use in / Ulster Arts Club / H. M. P. / 4th Oct 1937". Scarce thus. Sketches of Belfast street-people by the Irish Quaker, Catholic, Republican, loyalist, fascist, bohemian, occult fiction writer, founder and editor of 'The Irishman' and 'Young Ireland' journal.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth fresh and lettering crisp and sharp. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the bright original dustwrapper, showing just the merest of rubbing to spine tips. Not price-clipped (£1.00 net to the front flap). A nice copy.

The poems collected in 'Winter Trees' were written during the last nine months of Sylvia Plath's life and drawn from the same batch of poems as those included in 'Ariel' (1965). The volume, which is edited by Ted Hughes, also includes the slightly earlier 'Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices'.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original pictorial covers. Illustrated with colour reproductions of Paula Rego's artwork throughout. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cover with some light creasing and scratching, the corners slightly bumped. The contents, with a foxing spot to the bottom of the first few pages and two minor ink marks from the author's pen on the title page, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions.

Signed by Paula Rego in black ink on the title page. This catalogue was published for the occasion of Rego's retrospective exhibition curated by Marco Livingstone, held at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid from the 25th of September to the 30th of December 2007. The exhibition was later held at the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington from the first of February to the First of May 2008. Alongside Rego's artwork the catalogue contains an essay by Marco Livingstone, a conversation with the artist conducted by Livingtone, and commentaries to the paintings and drawings by Rego.

First edition, first printing. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original quarter green morocco over green cloth with gilt titles on a red morocco label to the spine, with staple bound chapbook, housed in card slipcase. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a little spotting to the top edge of the closed text block, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The chapbook is in near fine condition with a little creasing to the corners. Housed in the lightly marked and toned slipcase, which has a split along the top and bottom edge, but still firm and structurally sound.

One of 26 specially bound lettered copies reserved for private distribution, of which this example is lettered 'T' and signed by Keith Roberts in black ink on the limitation page. There was also a hardback 'Collector's' edition of 200 copies, also issued with the chapbook 'Kaeti's Apocalypse' and a hardback trade edition of 800 copies.

First trade edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Rigby Graham illustrated dustwrapper. Frontispiece illustration by Rigby Graham. Monochrome vignettes. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without prvious owners' marks. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Loosely laid in a publisher's prospectus for this book, their first publication, complete with order form and mailing envelope.

Signed by Iain Sinclair in red ink and dated "11 Oct. 1987" on the title page. The author's and poet's first novel, a bibliomystery in which seedy Antiquarian booksellers investigate the Ripper murders.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original dark green cloth, titles stamped in blind to the upper board and in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents, somewhat spotted to the prelims and with the publisher's circular 'presentation copy' ink stamp at the bottom of the title page, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and toned dustwrapper that has a few small chips at the spine tips and corners. Not price-clipped (6/- to the spine). Scarce in dustwrapper.

A tale of the future in which the Prime Minister saves the country from industrial unrest and civil war.

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original grey cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Art Spiegelman illustrated dustwrapper. A graphic novel, illustrated throughout in black and white. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing to the extremities and light fading to the bottom edge of the upper board. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with lightly rubbed dustwrapper, that has a vertical crease to the laminate at the spine and light fading at the edge of the front panel. It is otherwise bright and without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£9.95 to lower front flap).

The first volume of the autobiographical graphic novel by Swedish-born American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, which was the first graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. This profoundly moving work of Holocaust literature examines the author's parents' experiences during the Holocaust and the traumatic aftermath for the entire family. Known for balancing dark humour with historical accuracy and an overall reflective and anguished tone, Maus (Vols 1 "A Survivor's Tale" and 2 "And Here My Troubles Began") has been the basis of museum exhibitions and a CD with all of the taped interviews of Spiegelman's father, which were the basis of the work. First published in the USA in novel form by Pantheon Books in 1986, chapters 1-6 first appeared in a different format in 'Raw' magazine between 1980 and 1985.

First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Signed by the editor, David Tibet. Publisher's illustrated paper covered boards, in the Ania Goszczynska designed dustwrapper. Illustrated with photographs in black and white. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears.

Signed by David Tibet in blue ink on the half title. Edited and with a 30 page illustrated introduction by David Tibet, an afterword by Timothy d'Arch Smith and full bibliography compiled by David Tibet, Ray Russell and Mark Valentine. A collection of fifteen stories, including all of those in his fabled collections 'Studies of Death' and 'Child of the Soul', more than thirty poems and two essays by, in the words of W. B. Yeats, the "scholar, connoisseur, drunkard, poet, pervert, most charming of men", Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (1860–1895).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black boards with white titles to the spine, in the Steve Stone illustrated dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a touch of bumping at the spine tips, the boards bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that has the publisher's circular 'signed copy' sticker to the front panel and is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£18.99 to the lower front flap).

Signed by Adrian Tchaikovsky in red ink on the second half title, as issued.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original oramge cloth with white titles to the spine, in the Steve Stone illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that has the publisher's circular 'signed copy' sticker to the upper panel and is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£22 to the lower front flap).

Signed by Adrian Tchaikovsky in blue ink on the front endpaper.

First UK edition, first printing. Original black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and upper board, in the dustwrapper featuring a painting by the author. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the spine tips and board corners lightly rubbed and bumped. The contents are clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased original dustwrapper that has a few tiny closed tears at the edges and a British price label to the rear panel, as issued. Not price-clipped ($15.95 on the front flap). Scarce in this form.

The first British edition, incorporates the sheets and binding of the US second American printing in which the British publisher has applied their Hamish Hamilton label at the bottom of title page, and a British price sticker and ISBN number on the rear panel of the dustwrapper. A novel about the extended descent of a young college professor from romanticism into misogyny. Anthony Burgess included it in his book-length essay 'Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 – A Personal Choice'.

Thirteenth, tenth and tenth impressions of the 1954 and 1955 first editions. Three volumes. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the publisher's original card slipcase. Folding map to the rear of each volume. Top edge red. Lacking the dustwrappers. A lovely near fine set, the bindings suqare and firm with minor bumping to the extremities, the cloth and gilt, bright and fresh. The red top edges still bright. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The maps are in fine condition. Housed in the publisher's original grey card slipcase with white paper printed in red, pasted to one side, as issued. The structurally sound slipcase is a little worn to the extremities.

An early set of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece of fantasy fiction. The slipcase appears to be in the sixth state, one of the final batch of 230 sets.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the dustwrapper which features a drawing of a Númenórean helmet by J.R.R. Tolkien. Top edge burgundy. Fold-out map to the rear. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents with a few light spots to the text block fore-edge and rear endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The fold-out map with a few light spots to the extremities, is otherwise clean and without tears. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper, which is a touch toned to the flap extremities, with the blue in the titles and illustration faded to grey and is otherwise free from loss or tears. Unpriced to the front flap.

The first edition was published on the 2 October 1980 in an unknown number, quickly reprinted, the first three impressions together equalled 44,000 copies. (Hammond and Anderson A17).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original illustrated paper-covered boards, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in black and white, the plates highlighted with orange, by Pauline Baynes. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with mild rubbing and bumping at the spine tips, boards bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a small chip at the head of the spine and a little toning and spotting to the flap edges. The underside of the dustwrapper has one small piece of tape at the upper flap fold and evidence of a now extinct small piece at the head of the spine (neither visible on the printed side). Not price-clipped (13s 6d on the front flap).

(Hammond & Anderson A6a).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Publisher's pictorial card covers. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with slight rubbing and creasing at the extremities and wrinkling to the spine. The contents, with a previous owner's inscription on the first page, faint foxing to the first few pages and a dust mark to the bottom corner of the closed text-block edge, are otherwise clean throughout.

Signed by Sarah Waters in black ink on the title page. Scarce thus. Waters' acclaimed first book, a picaresque coming-of-age novel set in Victorian London about a young woman's experiences with lesbian relationships, show business and survival. It was adapted into a BBC television drama in 2002 starring Rachael Stirling and Keeley Hawes.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth decorated in blind and with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. An excellent better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing and bumping to the spine tips and corners. The cloth, with a light mark to edge of the upper board is otherwise bright and fresh, the gilt also bright. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Publisher's catalogue to the rear dated 20.09.03. An attractive example.

A collection of 13 science fiction and fantasy stories indluding 'Filmer', 'The Magic Shop', 'The Valley of Spiders', 'The Truth About Pyecraft', 'Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland', 'The Inexperienced Ghost', 'Jimmy Goggles the God', 'The New Accelerator', 'Mr Ledbetter's Vacation', 'The Stolen Body', 'Mr Brishner's Treasure', 'Miss Winchelsea's Heart' and 'A Dream of Armageddon'. (Bleiler; Locke: A Spectrum of Fantasy).