Translated from the Japanese by Alfred H. Marks
London, Secker & Warburg, 1968.

First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.

Mishima's groundbreaking novel, Forbidden Colours (original Kinjiki, 1951), explores same-sex love, aesthetic obsession, misogyny and social constraints in post-war Tokyo, the title being a euphemism for erotic, forbidden love and colours once restricted by Japanese court rank.

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1933.

First edition. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 35s.

This copy has been inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, dedicating it to H.M. Budgett (1882-1951), Master of Hounds and author of a comprehensive treatise on olfactory tracking, Hunting by Scent, which Hatfield declares himself a fan of in the inscription.

Henry Stafford Hatfield (1880–1966) was himself a chemist, broadcaster and inventor, and the author of several books on science, automatons and inventions. A scarce first printing of this title (later to be published by Pelican in 1948).

London, Robert Hale, 1973.

First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £1.70.

The thirteenth McGee title sends the detective to Costa Rica coastlines, investigating contraband and political upheaval under a deceptively soft, tropical-sounding title.

London, Robert Hale, 1971.

First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £1.30.

The eleventh novel in the iconic Travis McGee series. McGee & Meyer head to Mexico to investigate the death of a young woman, Bix Bowie, who fell in with a dangerous hippie drug circle.

London, Robert Hale, 1972.

First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Dust-jacket, priced £1.80.

This twelfth Travis McGee mystery returns entirely to Florida, beginning with McGee accidentally driving into swamp water after swerving for a mysterious barefoot woman in lavender nightwear.

London, Robert Hale, 1965.

First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 15/-.

The inaugural entry in MacDonald's Travis McGee series, an iconic Florida-based "salvage consultant" character. Marked a major shift in American detective fiction. Uncommon.

London, Robert Hale, 1974.

First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £1.75.

The author's debut novel, first published in 1950 as a Gold Medal paperback original and first in hardcover in the UK in 1974. The theft of $750,000 in jewellery and a murder, set against the seedy, sensual backdrop of a Florida Beach Town.

London, Robert Hale, 1975.

First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £2.50.

In this fourteenth McGee novel, the detective is lured into investigation by a precious turquoise collection linked to murder and jewellery theft.

London, Faber & Faber, 1941.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s.6d.

A thoughtful scholarly study tracing magic, astrology and the occult through history, blending translations (including from the Westcar Papyrus) with Gleadow's own interpretations.

[London], Downey & Co., [1895].

First one-vol. edition. 8vo. Original dark green cloth lettered & decorated in gilt.

A lyrical Gothic novella, weaving traditional supernatural intrigue around familial curses, hidden loves and symbolic unlocking - common motifs in Le Fanu's oeuvre.

London, Robert Hale, 1970.

First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 21/-.

This UK hardcover collects two novellas, Border Town Girl and Linda, originally published as paperback originals in 1956. The stories combine rustic Florida settings with MacDonald's signature social undercurrents.

London, New English Library, 1971-72.

12 issues (complete). Folio (c. 300 x 230 mm). Original pictorial wrappers.

A very good set of this uncommon fantasy & horror magazine, this UK edition complete in 12 issues (the original Spanish edition ran on to 60 issues). A hardback collected edition was published subsequently Scarce complete and in such good condition.