Search Results: Authors starting with H from Neil Pearson Rare Books

London: Faber, 1965. 8vo, pp. 186. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine. Preliminaries age-toned and spotted, spine ends a little rubbed and worn, otherwise a near fine copy in a good only, price-clipped dustwrapper, inner and outer tape reinforcements to spine and spine ends, heavily rubbed and worn with some loss to corners. First edition, sixth impression, INSCRIBED IN 1968 TO TONY HANCOCK BY TED NOFFS, FOUNDER OF THE WAYSIDE CHAPEL, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: 'To my good friend Tony Hancock from Ted Noffs 1968.' In 1968, his life and career chasing each other ever downwards, Tony Hancock travelled to Australia to make a television series he hoped would rescue both. But the show was doomed from the start: poor scripts and the star's rampant alcoholism combined to catastrophic effect and, with only three of the projected eight episodes completed, Hancock killed himself with an overdose of barbiturates. Shortly after his arrival in Australia Hancock had been introduced to Ted Noffs, a… Read More

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1953. 8vo, pp. 276. Original pale green quarter boards, lettered in red on dark green to spine. Leading edge uncut. Illustrated dust jacket, photographic portrait of the author to rear panel. Small bookseller's label to rear pastedown, slight discoloration along lower edge of front panel. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket, a little faded at spine, and with a little light edgewear. First edition of the author's first novel, and the first in the Gregory Keen series. The black Australian Lindsay Hardy [1914-1994] began adult life as a salesman before enlisting in 1939; he suffered shrapnel injuries to his legs at Alamein, and permanent damage to his left arm from a Japanese grenade in New Guinea. He moved to the US after the war, suffered the usual writer's nightmare in Hollywood, and left for New York to write Requiem for a Redhead, drawing on the radio series featuring Gregory Keen he'd written in Australia. Refused residential status in… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. 8vo, pp. 348. Original grey three-quarter boards, lettered in silver to black spine. Illustrated dust jacket, author's photogrpahic portrait to rear panel. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket with just the lightest of edgewear. First edition of the book which introduced the world to Hannibal Lecter, and an excellent example.

London: Michael Joseph, 1951. 8vo, pp. 255. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Map fronitispiece. Illustrated dust jacket. The lightest of offsetting to endpapers, but a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a couple of small closed tears and a little wear to corners and head of spine. Dust jacket design by Patrick Gierth. First edition of the author's first novel, and first in the Mr. Cork series. Macdonald Hastings [1909-1982] was a British journalist and broadcaster (and father of Max Hastings). The Mr. Cork series of detective stories eventually ran to five novels. HUBIN, p. 196

London: Faber, 1972. 8vo, pp. 56. Original stiff paper wrappers. Small ownership signature to ffep., minimal bumping to corners, but a near fine copy. First paperback edition of Heaney's second commercially published collection, first published in 1969. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE.

London: Faber, 1972. 8vo, pp. 80. Original printed card wrappers. Some offsetting to preliminaries caused by newspaper clippings once held in the book, slight darkening to spine (which is uncreased), small ownership signature to ffep.. A better than very good copy. First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. This issue precedes the hardbound edition. This, Heaney's third full collection, is strangely scarce -- especially signed.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1976. 4to, pp. 204, index. Original mauve boards, lettered in gilt on spine. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just a little wear to head of spine. Colour and b&w photographs throughout. First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: 'For Bob Holness / with best wishes / Edward Heath / 18.XI.76'. Review copy, with press photograph of Heath at the piano laid in.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1971. 8vo. pp. 243. Original russet boards, lettered in gilt on spine. Corners very slightly bumped, but a near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, a little sunned at spine. 27 illustrations accompanying text. First edition. MALCOLM BRADBURY'S REVIEW COPY, WITH HIS SIGNED BOOKPLATE TO FFEP. With the original review slip laid in, dated 19.4.72. Bradbury's bookplate is dated '1971', which suggests he must have placed it in the book some time after his receipt of it. This US edition of the book, the true first, was sent to him on 19 April 1972, in time for his review to appear in time for the publication of the UK edition on 27 April that year. A very nice copy.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965. 8vo, pp. 253. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, author's photographic portrait to rear panel. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just a little fading to (white) rear panel and the lightest of edgewear. First edition of Herlihy's second novel. The book was the basis for one of the key films of New Hollywood. Midnight Cowboy the movie starred Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffmann and was directed by John Schlesinger in 1969. The score is by John Barry, the theme song (Everybody's Talking) is sung by Harry Nilsson, and the supporting cast features Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Bob Balaban and half of Andy Warhol's address book. It is still the only X-rated film ever to have won the Best Picture Oscar. A lovely copy.

Racine: Whitman Publishing, 1929. 8vo, pp. 254. Original pale blue boards, lettered in dark blue to front panel and spine. No rear endpaper, as issued. Illustrated dust jacket Small bookseller's label to rear pastedown resulting in corresponding offsetting to final page. More general offsetting to front free endpaper and final page, but a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with just a little light edgewear and a single small area of tape strengthening to front lower corner. First edition. A rare outing in hard covers for the prolific pulp writer Donald Bayne Hobart [1898-1970], who spent most of his career writing mystery stories and westerns for any magazine that would take them. The blurb promises us a cast list including Anatole Selden ('interesting and mysterious'), Ah Sing the Chinaman, Stambo the Negro, and Bennie the Duck ('a dangerous gangster').... Very scarce in the dust jacket (especially in such a nice example). HUBIN, p. 206

London: Faber, 1998. 8vo, pp. 198. Original pale blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. First edition. A fine copy.

London: Turret Books. 1966. 4to, unpaginated. White card covers in dark blue wrappers, lettered in black to front panel. The lightest of edgewear to top edge, but a near fine copy. First edition. No. 52 of 75 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, of a total edition of 300. Sagar & Tabor A9

London: Faber, 1999. 8vo, pp. 83. Original maroon boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. First edition. A fine copy.

Crediton: Richard Gilbertson, 1968. Small 4to, pp. 9. Original electric pink paper wrappers, lettered in black to front panel. A little light creasing to leading edge, small loss of colour to spine, but a very good copy. First edition. No. 44 of 150 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, of a total edition of 500 copies. A collection of verses written for the 1968 Harvest Festival at Little Missenden. This copy's signature is dated 3 January 1969; other copies with later numbers carry a later date (13 February).

London: Faber, 1995. 8vo, pp. 159. Original dark blue boards, lettered in silver to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. First edition. Poet and critic Anthony Thwaite's copy, with his pencilled ownership signature to front free endpaper. A collection of nine of the poet's short stories, and a fine copy.

London: Faber, 1976. 8vo, pp. 75. Original turquoise, lettered in silver to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Dustwrapper design by Leonard Baskin. First edition. A fine copy.