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London : J. Wallis, [ca.1814]. First edition : the second state, with the addition of plate numbers to Wallis's delightfully engraved sequence of maps. A very pretty pocket atlas of the English counties, generally dated to 1810, although surely post-dating Wallis's larger county atlas of that year and probably datable to about 1812, with the present issue (distinguished by the addition of plate numbers) probably dating from about 1814. Pott 4to (146 x 109mm). Engraved title-page, contents page, general map of England and Wales, forty-two county maps (one - Yorkshire - double-page), two regional maps of North and South Wales, and a smaller map of the Isle of Wight - all with original hand colour. Original publisher's half sheep, with the publisher's leather label on upper board; some minor wear and marking, with slight splitting; a little shaken and slightly loose; short split to double-page map; one map (Wiltshire) deftly attached or re-attached by two old metal pins, and possibly supplied from…
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WALLIS'S NEW POCKET EDITION OF THE ENGLISH COUNTIES OR TRAVELLERS COMPANION IN WHICH ARE CAREFULLY LAID DOWN ALL THE DIRECT & CROSS ROADS, CITIES, TOWNES, VILLAGES, PARKS ...
by WALLIS, James, fl.1810-1825 :
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THE WANDERER (LE GRAND MEAULNES).
by "ALAIN-FOURNIER" - [FOURNIER, Henri-Alban, 1886-1914] :
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London : Constable & Co., 1929. First edition in English : the London issue of the 1928 American sheets. Alain-Fournier's 1913 masterpiece - also known in English as "The Lost Domain" or "The Lost Estate" - translated by Françoise Roussel Delisle (1886-1974) and with a lengthy introduction by Havelock Ellis (1859-1939), at whose instigation the translation was made. "The greatest novel of adolescence in European literature" (John Fowles). Memorably filmed in 1967 with Brigitte Fossey and Jean Blaise, and subsequently in 2006 with Clémence Poésy and Nicolas Duvauchelle. Post 8vo (195 x 125mm). xxxii,306pp. Bound in an attractive recent half green morocco, banded and gilt; original cloth spine bound in at rear; a few faint spots, but otherwise a very good copy.
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WARRIOR.
by MALLINSON, Allan (Allan Lawrence), 1949- :
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London : Bantam Press, (2008). First edition. Brigadier Mallinson with a further instalment of the much-lauded adventures of Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons- South Africa in 1828, Hervey escorts an embassy to Shaka, King of the Zulus. Medium 8vo (25cm). x,(338),[ii],[2]pp. Endpaper maps. Original blue boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; very good in the pictorial Robert Papp dust-jacket - just faintly creased.
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WAS SHE POISON?
by "LINTON, Duke" - [HANSON, Victor Joseph, 1920-2001 & LOWE, Herbert Victor, 1916-1991] :
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London : Scion, (1953). First edition. Duke is swimming with a blonde and a redhead in the Gulf - and then their friend (the brunette) gets shot. Duke Linton was a Scion house-name, but American copyright records give the authors of the present title as Victor John Hanson and Herbert Victor Lowe - the first presumably Victor Joseph Hanson. Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; lightly worn and a little creased and bruised; tiny nicks and chips; text lightly tanned; faint stamp of a Vancouver bookseller on title-page, with an American copyright stamp on verso; American price over-sticker on upper cover, but overall a very good copy of a scarce and fragile production. Just a single copy (Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.
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WATCHED BY THE DEAD : A LOVING STUDY OF DICKENS' HALF-TOLD TALE.
by PROCTOR, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 :
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London : W. H. Allen & Co., 1887. First edition. An interesting study and possible solution to 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood', supplied by the prolific writer on astronomy, mathematics, etc. Crown 8vo (19cm). viii,166,[ii] + (48)pp advertisements dated December 1887. Extra engraved title-page. Original decorative cloth gilt; spine slightly tanned; slight wear to tips; endpapers cracking; a little shaken and slack, but a clean and serviceable copy. With the ex-libris label of the well known doctor-cum-actor, Eric John Llewellyn Jones-Evans (1898-1989), and the earlier dated February 1888 ownership inscription of A. M. Heathcote of Winchester - Arthur Malcolm Heathcote (1847-1934), publisher, author of verse plays for children, reciter, entertainer, etc. Loosely inserted is a stamped and receipted 1935 invoice from the booksellers H. M. Gilbert & Son of Southampton to Dr. Jones-Evans.
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THE WATER WITCH; OR, THE SKIMMER OF THE SEAS.
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London : Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First British edition. Alida de Barbérie is abducted by pirates - the brigantine "Water Witch" is pursued by Captain Ludlow. Set in and around the still half-Dutch New York of the early eighteenth century - the press was unanimous: "the mystery of the story, and the life and spirit of his characters, have, indeed, seldom been equalled, and is nowhere surpassed" (Morning Chronicle) - "Cooper, the American novelist, has no living superior" (The Scotsman). Precedes the American edition by two months, although a slightly earlier edition improbably published in Dresden is known in a handful of copies. Three volumes. Demy 12mo (188 x 114mm). viii,(322); [ii],316; [ii],308pp. Bound, without the advertisement leaves, in a smart contemporary half blue-green calf, banded and gilt; red labels; marbled sides; sprinkled edges; a few internal marks and spots, but still overall an excellent set. With the contemporary armorial bookplate in each volume of the…
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WATSONS' MODERN SHORT STORIES [COVER TITLE].
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Glasgow : J. Watson, [1943]. First edition. Two stories from James Watson - "One of Our Aircraft is Missing" and "Twins", and two from John Watson - "Workmates" and "Hogmanay". I take the latter to be the John Watson who founded the Muir-Watson publishing house in Glasgow after wartime service in the R.A.F. - here with a first attempt at publishing. Crown 8vo (18cm). 16pp. Original stapled wrappers; a few marks; staples rusted through; but a good copy of a scarce title. Just a single copy (British Library) traced in major libraries worldwide.
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THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES.
by "CHASE, James Hadley" - [RAYMOND, René Brabazon, 1906-1985] :
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London : Robert Hale, (1965). First edition. "Ira Marsh, a provocative blond teenager, arrives at Paradise City, Florida's crime-free, millionaires' playground. Her arrival sparks off a cunningly devised plan to rob the Florida Safe Deposit bank, an impregnable fortress, acclaimed as the safest bank in the world". Post 8vo (21cm). 192pp. Original black boards, lettered in silver; a very good copy in the Barbara Walton dust-jacket - the jacket with some mild wear at extremities and a few slight marks, but also very good. Ownership inscription of S. Hill.
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WEST BOW, EDINBURGH.
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[London : George Virtue, 1835]. An attractive antique print - a view of the West Bow - and a lively historical scene of Covenanters being led away. Engraved by Charles Cousen (1813-1889) from an original study by the gifted Thomas Allom. Originally produced for the part-work series "Scotland Illustrated" (London : 1835-1838). Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 190 x 117mm (approx. 7-1/2" x 4-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.
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WEST END PEOPLE : A NOVEL.
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London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1958). First edition. Wildeblood is best-known for his "Against the Law" (1955) - an account of his imprisonment for homosexuality which led more or less directly to the Wolfenden Report and decriminalisation - but he appears here in much lighter vein with an amusing novel of Soho life - gang warfare interferes with one of the area's staple industries and Cora and the working girls are obliged to found the National Youth Movement for the Prevention of Hooliganism in Soho (NYMPHS for short). Crown 8vo (20cm). 192pp. Original turquoise boards, lettered in silver; lightly marked; edges and prelims somewhat spotted; "Supplied for the Public Service" crown stamp on lower edge, but a good copy in the Charles King dust-jacket - the jacket lightly worn, slightly nicked, and a little marked and spotted - but complete and striking still.
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WESTENHANGER HOUSE, NEAR HYTHE. KENT.
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[London : George Virtue, 1829]. A most attractive antique print - the fourteenth-century moated castle and former royal palace - cattle in the moat. Engraved by John Rogers (1800?-1882) from an original study by the landscape artist George Sidney Shepherd. Originally produced for the "England's Topographer" series of Kent views (London : 1828-1831). Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 106 x 156mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 6-1/4"). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.
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WESTWARD HO! OR, THE VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF SIR AMYAS LEIGH, KNIGHT ...
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Cambridge : Macmillan & Co., 1855. First edition. Kingsley's ever-popular saga of the days of Drake, the Armada, etc. - "the most perfect romance that we have yet had from Mr. Kingsley's pen ... he is in love with the manliness, hardihood, and imagination of our forefathers" (Daily News, 4th April 1855). The first novel ever published by Macmillan and probably unique in Victorian fiction in having a holiday resort named after it (much to Kingsley's annoyance). Three volumes. Crown 8vo (185 x 120mm). [2],viii,(304); vi,356; vi,(374)pp. Bound, with half-titles and preliminary advertisement, but without the inserted catalogue sometimes found, in a near contemporary quarter roan, ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled sides; sprinkled edges; some light wear; faint cracking to vol. iii; internally, some soiling, marking and fraying - especially to vol. i; one leaf with a more extensive repaired tear; occasional pencil marks; a reasonable and modestly priced set of a difficult Victorian classic. Small library…
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WHEN THE GREEN WOODS LAUGH.
by BATES, H.E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905-1974 :
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London : Michael Joseph, (1960). First edition. The third of the Larkin novels - "A delight and worthily to be ranked with 'The Darling Buds of May', that preposterously gay and warm-blooded novel which had much the same effect as a bottle of champagne" (The Sphere, 30th July 1960). Later published in the USA as "Hark, Hark, the Lark!". Post 8vo (21cm). (158),[ii]pp. Original green cloth, blocked and lettered in gilt; faint tanning to endpapers; edges a little spotted, but otherwise a very good copy in the Broom Lynne dust-jacket, just lightly rubbed and with some mild spotting on the inner surface. Gift inscription dated Xmas 1961. Eads A90a.
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WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?
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London : Doubleday, 2008. First edition. "Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling towards her is a old friend - Jackson Brodie - himself on a journey that is about to be fatally interrupted". Medium 8vo (25cm). 348,[iv]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; silk ribbon; just a hint of bruising, but otherwise a very good copy in the dust-jacket - the jacket similarly with a hint of bruising and a half-price sticker on the front panel, but also very good.
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WHIP HAND.
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London : Michael Joseph, (1979). First edition. The second novel to feature Sid Halley, jockey turned private eye - the winner of two major crime-writing awards. Demy 8vo (23cm). (254),[ii]pp. Original black boards, lettered across spine in silver; slight spine crease; a few faint marks, but a very good copy in the dust-jacket - also very good.
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THE WHITE LIONESS.
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London : Harvill Press, (2003). First British edition. The disappearance of a blameless estate agent in Southern Sweden leads Kurt Wallander to a plot against the newly freed Nelson Mandela. First published as "Den Vita Lenjoninnan" in Stockholm in 1993 and here in the translation by Laurie Thompson first published in the United States in 1998. Medium 8vo (25cm). [viii],440pp. Maps. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; a touch bruised; edges very faintly tanned, but a very good copy in the Peter Dyer dust-jacket - the jacket just slightly nicked in a couple of places, but also very good. Waterstone's sticker on front panel.
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WHO WAS WHO IN BRITISH LIBRARIANSHIP 1800-1985 : A DICTIONARY OF DATES WITH NOTES.
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London : Library Association, (1987). First edition. A pioneering study, attempting to assemble biographical information on senior librarians from 1800 onwards from a variety of sources and much patient enquiry. Crown 4to (26cm). (xii),(92)pp. Original blue cloth gilt; very good.
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WHO WERE YOU WITH LAST NIGHT?
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London : Jonathan Cape, (1971). First edition. "When a woman tells you her past, you can be sure she intends you to be her future, you can quote me there" - the interior monologue of a very ordinary man with a mind to murder his wife. "Its theme is the habitual duplicity of civilized life. Conspiracy, says Frederic Raphael, is the inevitable partner of permanence; we share our beds with strangers". Post 8vo (21cm). (184)pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; top edge red; slight tanning to endpapers and a couple of spots, but a very good copy in the Colin Andrews dust-jacket - the jacket sunned at spine (as usual) and price-clipped by the publisher, with a revised price over-sticker, but with only a very faint suggestion of wear and also very good.
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WHORE BANQUETS.
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London : Victor Gollancz, 1987. First edition. His first novel – young Englishman trapped in Tokyo, an enforced marriage, and a collision with the world of Japanese organised crime. Winner of Somerset Maugham and Betty Trask awards. "This is a fine book, its comedy nicely underplayed, making the world seem big and frightening after reading it, and the business of crossing frontiers only for the brave" (Sunday Telegraph, 22nd February 1987).Demy 8vo (23cm). [iv],(156)pp. Original green boards, lettered in gilt; slight production flaw to pp.143-48, but otherwise a very good, crisp and sound copy in the dust-jacket – the jacket just lightly sunned to spine, but also very good.
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WIDE OPEN.
by BARKER, Nicola, 1966- :
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London : Faber & Faber, (1998). First edition. Signed by Nicola Barker on the title-page. "Barker once again pushes back the boundaries of comedy, chronicling the dark inner lives of a cast of characters straight from the pages of a social services register" - set on the Isle of Sheppey and winner of the 2000 International Dublin Literary Award. Post 8vo (21cm). [vi],290,[viii]pp. Original blue boards lettered in white; text faintly tanned as usual, but otherwise a very good copy indeed in the Boyd & Evans dust-jacket, also very good indeed - bright, clean and unworn.
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