101. Marryat, Frederick.

Peter Simple.

London, George Routledge, 1873. 18 cm. 448 pages with frontispiece portrait of Marryat and 6 plates. Hardcover / Half leather of the early 20th century with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Binding slightly detached from the excellent condition bookblock. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

102. Manning, Anne.

Deborah’s Diary. A sequel to ‘Mary Powell’. By the author of Mary Powell.

London, A. Hall, Virtue, & Co., 1860. 12 cm x 19 cm. 192 pages. Original hardcover. Good and firm condition but with signs of external wear. There is noticeable wear to the outer spine, and occasional foxing. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard.

103. [Viereck, Peter] Abse, Dannie.

Dannie Abse.

First Edition. London, Vista Books, 1963. 11,2 cm x 18,9 cm. 48 pages. Original softcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Dannie Abse to american writer Peter Viereck: “To Peter – A poor exchange for the books you have been kind enough to give me, and which I so value – Dannie – Amherst, April ‘68”. [The Pocket Poets].

104. [McAfee, Mildred Helen] de la Mare, Walter.

Ding Dong Bell.

London, Selwyn & Blount Ltd., 1924. 13 cm x 19 cm. IX, 76 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and fully signed by de La Mare to American academic Mildred Helen McAfee Horton on front free endpaper: “Helen McAfee with all good wishes from Walter de la Mare – June 1924”.

105. Greenwood, James [Harry McCalmont / Hugh McCausland].

Fair Phyllis of Lavender Wharf – A Realistic Romance in Ten Thrills.

Bristol / London, J.W. Arrowsmith / Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited, No Date (c.1890) 10cm x 16.5 cm. 184 pages. Original Hardcover. Very Rare Book ! Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Discoloration and minor foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owners name in pencil on endpaper and bookplate of Harry McCalmont with his family crest on pastedown. Speckled decorative edges. Bottom of spine entirely detached and top of spine partially detached. [Number 39 in Arrowsmith’s Bristol Library Series].

106. Boyd, William.

An Ice-Cream War.

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1982. 14 cm x 22 cm. 370 pages. One black and white map. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author William Boyd on the titlepage.

107. Eliot, T.S.

The Cocktail Party. A Comedy by T.S. Eliot.

Second Impression of the First Edition ! London, Faber and Faber Ltd., MCML [1950]. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 167 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

108. Dickens, Charles.

American Notes for General Circulation.

First single-volume edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1850. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece by C. Stansfield, XIII, 175 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Endpapers and pastedown with original publisher’s advertising. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Unusual in this excellent and firm condition.

109. Golding, William.

The Brass Butterfly: A Play in Three Acts.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1958. 13 cm x 21 cm. 80 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

110. Snow, C.P.

Corridors of Power.

First Edition. London, Macmillan & Co., 1964. 12.5 cm x 19.5 cm. VIII, 408 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

111. Dickens, Charles.

Sketches By Boz.

Volume 1. New York / Cambridge, Hurd and Houghton / Riverside Press, 1869. 12 cm x 17 cm. VIII, 338 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with some clear signs of wear. Contains inscription and plate by pre-owner.

112. Lewis, Wyndham.

One-Way Song.

London, Faber and Faber, 1933. 15 cm x 23 cm. 132 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective mylar. Volume in very good condition. Multiple small tears and missing patches from edges and spine of dustjacket. Browning of volume cover and page-edges. Two inscriptions by pre-owners.

113. Le Clerc, M.E.

Mistress Beatrice Cope or Passages in the Life of a Jacobites Daughter.

London, Hurst and Blackett, Ltd. No date (c.1900). 13 cm x 19 cm. 335 pages. Original hardcover Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some wear along cover-edges. Browning and spotting of page-edges. Binding slightly strained in places but intact. Clean inside.

114. Huxley, Aldous.

Eyeless in Gaza.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1936. 15.5 cm x 21 cm. 620 pages. Original Hrdcover / Publisher’s cloth. Excellent, very good + condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding firm ! Name of preowner in pencil to endpaper.

115. Armitage, Simon [translation].

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Illustrations by Diana Sudyka.

London, The Folio Society, 2008. 25.5 cm x 32 cm. 114 pages. Original Hardcover with original slip case. Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Unusually excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

116. Wells, H.G.

Marriage.

London, Thomas Nelson, no year [c. 1920]. 12cm x 18cm. 430 pages. Original Hardcover. Some minor stains to the front cover and slightly dogeared. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

117. Thomas, Alan.

The Director.

London, Victor Gollancz, 1958. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some foxing to the page edges. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

118. Dickens, Charles.

Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne.

Later Edition of the original 1857 – edition. London, Chapman & Hall, 1889. 23 x 15 cm. XIV, 625 pages with thirty-nine engraved plates by H.K.Browne. Hardcover / Original dark green cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Recently professionally repaired binding with new endpapers but also the original endpapers retained and the original Exlibris mounted to pastedown. Excellent condition after restauration. Ex-Libris (dated 1915) of sporting specialist Hugh McCausland on front endpaper. A lovely late-nineteenth century copy of Dickens’ classic novel. Manuscript entry in ink by McCausland: “Some of the illustrations in this book are probably reproductions of those by Phiz in the 1st edition”. An important, society-critical Dickens Novel, still highly relevant.

119. Stone, Harry.

Fairy Tales and Ogres : Dickens’ Imagination and “David Copperfield”.

Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1964. 8°. 7 Pages (pp. 24-30). Stapled blue wrappers (softcover). Good condition. Some rust marks from staples. “DICKENS” and “Sincere regards, HS” (Harry Stone) written in pen on front cover. Some text markings. [Offprint from: “CRITICISM, a Quarterly for Literature and the Arts, Vol.VI, No.4, 1964.]

120. [Cary, Joyce] O’Connor, William Van.

Joyce Cary.

First Edition. New York & London, University of Columbia Press, 1966. 8°. 47 Pages. Original brown and blue illustrated wrappers, stapled (softcover). Very good condition with minor external signs of wear. No text markings, pages clean. [Columbia Essays on Modern Writers. Number 16.]

121. Bain, F.W.

The Descent of the Sun – A Cycle of Birth.

London, James Parker and Co., 1903. 23.2cm x 17.7cm. XIV, 108 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear and some foxing. Tear to endpaper. Rare ! Early illustration of the moon.

122. Trollope, Anthony.

Phineas Redux.

2 volumes. London, Ward, Lock and Co., no date [c.1884]. 17.4cm x 11.8cm. IV, 595 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

123. Langland, William.

The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman. According to the version revised and enlarged by the author ca. A.D. 1377. Edited by the Rec. Walter W. Skeat.

Tenth, revised edition. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1962. 11,5 cm x 17 cm. XLVIII, 216 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

124. Durrell, Gerald M.

The Overloaded Ark. With illustrations by Sabine Baur.

Fourth impression. London, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1959. 14.5 x 22cm. 238 pages, with maps and line-drawn illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition, other than minor signs of wear to dustjacket including small tear to spine, edges very slightly foxed. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

125. [Woolf, Virginia] Sterne, Laurence.

A Sentimental Journey Through France And Italy: with an introduction by Virginia Woolf.

[First Edition. Limited printrun of 5000 copies. Kirkpatrick B 7]. London, Oxford University Press, 1928. 9.5 x 15.5cm. (17), 233 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of shelf wear. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper. [Oxford World’s Classics, No. 333].

126. [De Foe, Daniel] Chadwick, William.

The Life and Time of Daniel De Foe with Remarks Digressive and Discursive.

New York, Burt Franklin, 1968. 14.5 x 22cm. Frontispiece, (8), 464 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition, as new other than some very mild spotting to top edges. [Burt Franklin: Research and Source Works Series 328, Essays in Literature and Criticism, 19].

127. De Bernières, Louis.

Corelli’s Mandolin. [Captain Corelli’s Mandolin].

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Pantheon Books, 1994. 14.5 x 22cm. 437 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, with only very minor signs of shelfwear.