London, Adam & Charles Black, 1902 [but 1915].

First reissue. 8vo. Original pictorial blue cloth lettered in gilt.

The first reissue, in colour pictorial blue cloth, using the 1902 first edition sheets. Suspicion abounds at St Austin's School when two silver trophies, or 'pots', are stolen from the cricket pavilion

London, Odhams Press, n.d..

'Deluxe' edition. 8vo. Original faux leather cloth. Dust-jacket, stating 'De Luxe'.

An attractive collected edition of Poe's short fiction, bringing together key tales of horror, psychological disturbance, and early detective narrative.

London, Michael Joseph, 1939.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.

A nostalgic novel recounting the life of a Welsh mining family through the eyes of its youngest son, charting industrial hardship, communal solidarity and social change. It was adapted into the celebrated 1941 film directed by John Ford, winning multiple Academy Awards.

Socialism and the English Genius
London, Martin Secker & Warburg/Searchlight Books, 1941.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2s.

A wartime political essay arguing for a distinctly English form of democratic socialism, written in the context of the Second World War and the threat of fascism.

London, Cassell, 1931.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6.

A polemical historical study examining the decline of the Russian imperial family, combining personal recollection with political critique of the Romanov dynasty. Radziwill was a Polish aristocrat with close connections to European royal circles.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1958.

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

An attractive first edition, about a man's realisation that he is not an island - topical themes regarding children refugees.

London, Peter Owen, 1973.

First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £2.75.

A satirical novel following an impulsive young Tokyo man sent to teach in a provincial school, by Japan's first modern novelist.

London, Heinemann, 1929.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

"A racing motor drive by night down to an empty house. A masked man, and a murder." (jacket blurb).

London, Heinemann, 1936.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.

A novel of the Irish Revolutionary period between 1916 & 1922.

London, The Literary Press Limited, n.d. [c.1902].

Early UK edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket.

The attempted conversion of a celebrated courtesan by the ascetic monk Paphnuce, a mission that exposes the instability of faith, desire and spiritual pride. One of France's best-known works.

London, Dent, 1939.

First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

A novel set against the backdrop of the American automobile industry, exploring labour relations, industrial power and economic tension in late-1930s Detroit.

...with an introduction by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris...
London, Michael Joseph, 1946.

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

A wartime memoir by the commander of RAF No. 617 Squadron, recounting his role in the 1943 Dambusters raid and other operations during the Second World War.