Haunting Edinburgh. (SIGNED) With 16 illustrations in colour and 6 in monochrome by Katherine Cameron by KATHERINE CAMERON. Flora Grierson - 1929

Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1931. Book. Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, this copy inscribed by the author to fellow art-critic W.B.Honey. 28pp. Card wrappers, a little faded and frayed at overlapping edges. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

University of Washington Chapbooks, Seattle, 1930. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, this copy inscribed by the author to fellow distinguished art critic W.B.Honey. Small 8vo. 33pp. Card wrappers with an integral dust wrapper. In very crisp state. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

Harcourt Brace, New York, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. The first printing of the first American edition - this copy inscribed by the author: "for Alan Smith with all good wishes from John Lehmann 1976". Slim 8vo. 137pp. Blue cloth, silver lettered and ruled at the spine. Covers just a little spotted in places. A bright copy in slightly tanned and rubbed dust wrapper. A two-page foreword by the author precedes eighty-one poems. The recipient of Lehmann's inscription, Alan Smith, was a noted English bookseller and bibliographer, compiler of the Poetry London checklist..

Paris: Fayard, 1990. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Signé par l'auteur. Ed. originale. In-8. Paris, Fayard, 1990. In-8, 432 pp. - 2 ff. d'illustrations en noir hors texte, broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs. Edition originale collective et édition en partie originale. Exemplaire du service de presse (tampn en page de titre) enrichi d'un amical ENVOI de l'auteur à Jean-Jacques [Brochier]. Avant de devenir rédacteur en chef du Magazine littéraire (1968-2004), Jean-Jacques Brochier milita pour la cause de l'indépendance algérienne et fut pour cela arrêté en 1960 et condamné à dix ans de prison. "La chambre de Lyon" à laquelle il est fait référence dans l'envoi renvoie aux années de militantisme des deux hommes. Très bel exemplaire malgré d'infimes rousseurs en tranche de tête..

The Bodley Head, London, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing) of Theroux's debut novel (which was preceded by the US edition). This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 208pp. Purple cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A tiny smattering of foxing to the top edge and a single tiny blemish to the front free endpaper. Near fine in Yvonne Skargon-designed dust wrapper, non-price-clipped but fractionally marked and with a single lengthy closed tear to the front panel..

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988 Stated first printing, deluxe edition, limited to 300 signed and numbered copies, no dust jacket, as issued. Signed by Isaac Bashevis Singer directly on the colophon page. Book and slipcase in fine condition.

Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1931. Book. Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, this copy inscribed by the author to fellow art-critic W.B.Honey. 28pp. Card wrappers, a little faded and frayed at overlapping edges. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

University of Washington Chapbooks, Seattle, 1930. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, this copy inscribed by the author to fellow distinguished art critic W.B.Honey. Small 8vo. 33pp. Card wrappers with an integral dust wrapper. In very crisp state. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

Harcourt Brace, New York, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. The first printing of the first American edition - this copy inscribed by the author: "for Alan Smith with all good wishes from John Lehmann 1976". Slim 8vo. 137pp. Blue cloth, silver lettered and ruled at the spine. Covers just a little spotted in places. A bright copy in slightly tanned and rubbed dust wrapper. A two-page foreword by the author precedes eighty-one poems. The recipient of Lehmann's inscription, Alan Smith, was a noted English bookseller and bibliographer, compiler of the Poetry London checklist..

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Company, 1983. CI3 - A 2nd printing hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has price clipped, some wrinkling, chipping, crease, and some tears on the edges, corners, and some sides, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, some bumped corners, some light stains on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. A Richard Jury Mystery. The Anodyne Necklace is the third distinguished mystery by Martha Grimes, hailed as the new master of the classic British novel of deception. Once again her story features the affable, perceptive Richard Jury, whose brilliant solutions in The Man with a Load of Mischief and The Old Fox Deceiv'd have earned him a promotion from Inspector to Superintendent, Scotland Yard. 8.5"x5.75", 250 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Martha Grimes is an American writer of detective fiction. She is best known for a series… Read More