London, Published by the author, 1938.

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

Fortune's fourth novel, often regarded as her most important work of fiction. An exploration of magic and the Great Goddess, she writes 'This is a book with an undercurrent: upon the surface a romance; underneath a thesis upon the theme: "All women are Isis, and Isis is all women"'.

London, Stanley Paul, 1926.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.

First published in France and the UK in 1926; somewhat worn and aged, nevertheless an attractive jacket well representing the character & mood of the immensely popular Fantômas stories, with their admirably sociopathic central antagonist.

London, George Allen, 1912.

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

Hubin listed crime thriller, distinctly uncommon in the jacket.

With a foreword Lt.Col. J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon
London, Sampson Low, Marston, [1931].

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

Charles Douglas Barnard (1895-1971) was a British pilot, who took part in 1920s air races and record-breaking flights.

and the founding of the free state: a story of work and exploration
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885.

First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, lettered in red to upper covers and gilt to spines.

Considered by the author to be his most important work, developing on his belief in the 'gospel of enterprise'. James Edge Partington was a British anthropologist, acknowledged as an authority on Pacific ethnology.

or the quest rescue and retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890.

First edition, trade issue. 8vo. 2 vols. Original pictorial cloth blocked in black & gilt.

An attractive first edition account of Stanley's last major African venture, an attempt to extract Emin Pasha, a European doctor serving as governor of a remote Sudanese province that had been cut off by a religious uprising. Between 1887 and 1889 his expedition forced a path through the Congo basin and dense, unmapped rainforest, reached the Great Lakes, and eventually made for the Indian Ocean with Emin in tow. The journey was catastrophic in human cost but geographically significant, bringing the first detailed reports of Lake Edward and the glaciated Ruwenzori mountains, long rumoured in classical sources.

London, Macmillan, 1998.

First edition, first impression. Signed presentation copy from the author, inscribed on title-page. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.

The Herefordshire village of Ledwardine, steeped in cider and secrets, braces for the discovery of a tradition of murder.

A Mystery Story
New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1919.

First edition, first printing. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, original price on spine redacted with price $1.35 printed below; further similar redaction to price on lower panel.

A wonderful example of this dark romance set amongst San Francisco society.

London, Hammond, Hammond, 1946.

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

The American author's first book, and the first of his Liz Parrott mysteries.

A Christmas Ghost Story
London, Newnes, 1904.

First edition. 8vo. Contemporary cloth.

One of the best-selling authors of her era, Corelli's supernatural and moral tales influenced popular fiction around the turn of the century. This novella is not generally ranked among her most "serious" works, rather one in the popular tradition of the Victorian era Christmas ghost stories, but it exemplifies her popular appeal and her use of moral supernaturalism. Uncommon.

New York, New Directions, 1951.

First edition in play form, first printing. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped to inside front flap.

One of McCullers's most affecting portrayals of adolescence, identity, loneliness and belonging. First published in novel form in 1946.

London, Collins, [1932].

First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on title-page. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

Uncommon, especially signed.