Search Results: Authors starting with N from Ash Rare Books

London : André Deutsch, (1972). First edition. A collection of essays and articles - Naipaul on being an Indian West Indian, on London, on cricket, on India, on John Steinbeck and Monterey, on Norman Mailer and New York, on Jacques Soustelle, on St. Kitts, on Anguilla, on Mauritius, etc. Demy 8vo (22cm). 286,[ii]pp. Original navy boards, ruled, blocked and lettered in gilt; a touch of sunning to spine, but a very good copy in the original Peter Freeman dust-jacket - a design in blue, yellow, cerise and white - just slightly creased on an inner flap, but otherwise very good.

London : André Deutsch, (1971). First edition. Winner of the 1971 Booker Prize, described by the judges as "a work of great distinction, beautifully written, deeply felt, addressing itself with an often disturbing irony to the problems of uprooting and dislocation in the post-colonial world". Less a novel than a novella introduced by two short stories - an Indian servant in Washington, D.C., two brothers from the West Indies in London, two English diplomats in East Africa - all within a framing narrative. "Its revolutionary nature still remains untarnished; indeed, the experimental side seems magnified at a time when mainstream deployment of the terms avant-garde and experimental, even form, seems to have fallen into misuse" (Neel Mukherjee in the Paris Review, 20th February 2018). Demy 8vo (22cm). 256pp. Original black boards, ruled and lettered in gilt; faint spine crease and just a hint of tanning to the front endpaper, but otherwise a very good copy in the silver Sam Houston dust-jacket - the… Read More

London : André Deutsch, (1963). First edition. "Marks the first time this very distinguished West Indian author has written a novel which deals exclusively with the English against their own background. The result is completely successful ... beautifully written, restrained and sensitive" (The Sphere, 8 June 1963). Post 8vo (21cm). (160)pp. Original tan boards, ruled, blocked and lettered in gilt, top edge lilac; a handful of edge spots. but a very good, clean and sound copy in the Leonard Rosoman dust-jacket - the jacket lightly used, a touch nicked and sunned, with some strengthening and repair on verso.

London : André Deutsch, (1969). First edition. The Port of Spain and the twinned stories of the dispossessed conquistador and the later Venezuelan revolution. Demy 8vo (22cm). [2],334pp. Frontispiece plan. Endpaper maps. Original brown boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; top edge orange; very good in the original Keith Rawling dust-jacket - a design in brown, gold and orange - a little sunned and just slightly nicked.

London : Arthur Gray (Books), [1934]. First edition. "Someone once said that the parties in Hollywood sounded like school treats compared to those given by Maisie Bellamy" - film critic Peter Day knows everyone in the Elstree set - young Lucinda Carey does not. Conflicts between love and career, "the glamour of the film world; written with first-hand knowledge". Crown 8vo (19cm). (250),[ii]pp. Original jade cloth, lettered in black; a few minor marks, but a very good copy in the striking art-deco dust-jacket by H. W. Perl (1897-1952) - a little sunned, label neatly removed, but very lightly used and bright and attractive. Just two copies (British Library and New York) located in the world's major libraries.

London : Jones & Co., 1829. A pleasant antique print - the great Jacobean house at Aston. Engraved by William Radclyffe (1783-1855) from an original study by John Preston Neale. Originally produced for the part-work "Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England" (London : 1829-1831). Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 99 x 128mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

London : Jones & Co., 1829. An elegant antique print of the castle. Engraved by Charles Heath (1785-1848) from an original study by John Preston Neale. Originally produced for the part-work series "Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England" (London : 1829-1831). Line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 102 x 125mm (approx. 4" x 4-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. An attractive antique print - Lambton Castle rises above the Wear. Engraved by William Radclyffe (1783-1855) from an original study by John Preston Neale. Originally produced for the partwork series "Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen" (London : 1829-1831). Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 99 x 128mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 5"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

[London] : T. Nelson & Sons, [1889]. An attractive antique print - a view down to the viaduct, the bay beyond - originally produced for the Nelson "English Scenery" series of views and view-books. Chromolithograph on paper. Printed surface 82 x 122mm (approx. 3-1/4" x 4-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, (1991). First edition. An absorbing study of models of masculinity in (mainly Victorian) books for boys - "asexuality and virility as social ideals". Medium 8vo (24cm). [xiv],(216),[ii]pp. Illustrations. Original cloth; very good in dust-jacket.

London : Harvill Secker, (2012). First edition in English of "Gjenferd" (2011). Harry Hole is back in Oslo - but his ghosts are catching up with him. "From the moment he steps off the plane, someone is watching his every move and tracing his every call". Translated by Don Bartlett. Medium 8vo (25cm). [vi],452,[vi]pp. Maps. Original grey boards, lettered in black; a few faint signs of use, but a very good copy in the dust-jacket - also very good.

London : William Stevens, [ca.1965]. First edition. Show-girl and successful farmer on the Sussex coast. Published after the William Stevens firm moved from Crane Court off Fleet Street to St. John's Square, Clerkenwell - a move mirrored in the London telephone directories in the period 1964-1965. New Moon series - reference number on first page and lower wrapper 1038. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). (3)-50pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; some creasing and spotting; first two leaves slightly damaged at margin; a good copy. No copy located in any major UK library.

London : New English Library, (1972). First edition. Jack Manso, head of the firm, Terry Sneed, corrupt detective, etc. - a chilling and sobering fiction (with a glossary of underworld slang) dedicated to Ronnie, Reggie and Charlie, and Charlie and Eddie, and Frankie, and Billy. Post 8vo (21cm). 348,[iv]pp. Original blue boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; text faintly tanned as usual, but a very good copy in the original photographic dust-jacket by Klepth - just lightly rubbed at extremities and with one short nick. With the ownership stamp of Bill Norman.

London : Adam & Charles Black, 1957. First edition. An attractively produced history of the distinguished Scottish publishing house, compiled by an old A. & C. Black author. Post 8vo (21cm). [xiv],(116)pp. Plates, some coloured. Portraits. Original cloth gilt; spine just a touch sunned; a few faint spots, but a very good copy in the original slip-case - somewhat worn and slightly split.

London : C. Arthur Pearson, 1913. First edition. An exemplary and thoroughly illustrated guide to the art of creating amusing hand shadows - animal forms, with rabbit, wolf, elephant, tortoise, crocodile, etc. - birds, with pigeon, vulture, swan, rooster, etc. - character studies, with postman, rake, vagrant, Wellington, Bismarck, etc. - with some more complex shapes made with the aid of accessories, and finally a section on mounting a whole shadow pantomime. Crown 8vo (19cm). 109,[iii]pp - including integral endpapers with advertisements. Eighty-five diagrams. Original pictorial boards, with price revision overlays; lightly rubbed and very slightly bruised, but a very good copy of a fragile production. From the collection of magician Paul Daniels (1938-2016), with his portrait bookplate and blind-stamp on the half-title.

London : M. A. Pittman, 1831. First edition. The first book from the pen of "unquestionably the greatest hunting correspondent of all time" (Higginson) - with everything one might wish to know about high-bred racers and hunters - bran mashes, broken wind, capped hocks, Cherry's elastic pads, clipping, colic, curbs, docking, farcy, firing, founder, frog, megrims, rowels, spavins, splents and so much more - in entertaining anecdote and detailed practice. Medium 8vo (224 x 138mm). (viii),(504),[ii] + 8pp advertisements dated January 1832. Bound in a lavish later (early twentieth-century) half crimson morocco, banded and gilt with horse and horseshoes, by Root & Son; top edge gilt; ribbon marker; marbled endpapers; binding skilfully touched up in one or two places; occasional minor spotting, but a very handsome copy. Podeschi 138 - not noting the inserted advertisement leaves of the present copy.

New York : Gemor Press, (1945). First edition. "The unveiling of women is a delicate matter. It will not happen overnight. We are all afraid of what we shall find". One of 1,000 copies of the regular edition, illustrated with five woodcuts by "Ian Hugo" - Nin's husband Hugh Parker Guiler (1898-1985). This copy signed by Nin and amicably inscribed to Raymond Daum - "Hoping we may collaborate!" - Raymond Witham Daum (1923-2003), cameraman and archivist, perhaps best-known for his "Walking with Garbo" (1991). His archive documenting his friendships with Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo and other well-known figures is now housed at the Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Foolscap 4to (22cm). [iv],(184),[iv],[4]pp - including integral endleaves. Five woodblock illustrations by Ian Hugo. Original decorative boards in a Hugo design in maroon and cream; some very minor wear and a few slight marks; tiny sticker mark on rear board; endpapers a little tanned, but a very good copy.

London : Trustees of the British Museum, 1965. First edition. A full-scale catalogue of the 1965 loan exhibition, which apparently incorporated every known and genuine Grolier binding to be found in the British Isles. The 138 fully described and illustrated books are grouped under the headings of Italian bindings; the single velvet binding; early French bindings; Claude de Picques; bindings with no significant tools; the Cupid's Bow binder; other binderies, etc. Demy 8vo (23cm). xx,(76),[iv]pp. Coloured frontispiece, Plates A-K (tools) and I-CXXVIII (bindings). Original rexine gilt; mild spotting of top edge, but a very good copy.

London : William Stevens, [ca.1964]. First edition. Tania the heiress - she of the golden hair and eyes the colour of wet violets - wants a night out at the local Palais de Danse before her big society wedding. Mary Norman had been contributing to the various William Stevens series since at least 1946. New Moon series - reference number on first page 997. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). (52)pp - wrappers included in pagination. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; mild creasing; lower wrapper with large if light staining and discolouration, but otherwise very good. No copy located in any major UK library.

Cambridge : By the author, (1979). First edition. A guided tour with twenty-eight stopping places from Crystal Palace Station to Rockhills - the great urban park fully explored. Pott 4to (21cm). (24)pp. Plates. Double-page plan. Original stapled wrappers; wrappers slightly marked and faded; mild browning to opening leaves, but otherwise very good.