London, Michael Joseph, 1954.

First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15s.

Uncommon in such near fine condition. A novel tracing the experiences of Caribbean migrants arriving in Britain, exploring themes of displacement, identity, and cultural alienation in post-war London. George Lamming was a central figure in Caribbean literature, and The Emigrants is one of his most important novels. Alongside In the Castle of My Skin, it is regarded as a key work in articulating the Windrush generation's experience.

A Fantasy
London, George G. Harrap, [1923].

First UK edition. 4to. Original parchment-backed grey paper covered boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt.

One of 2,000 copies printed in Britain, from which 250 of which were sent to America. This is Timlin's only published work, but the quality of the illustrations rivals those of Dulac, Pogany, Nielsen & Rackham.

[London], , Spring 1972.

Large 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers.

The last issue in Winkfield's well-regarded poetry journal Juillard, which ran from 1968 to 1972. Uncommon.

London, George Newnes, September - November 1914.

Parts 1-3 (only, of 9) in The Strand magazine. 8vo. Without advertisements. Original pictorial wrappers.

The first three parts of the first appearance of the fourth & final Sherlock Holmes novel.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Publisher's compliments slip loosely inserted. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

Spy thriller. An American Martin Fawley in Rome is recruited by Fascist Italy's spy chief General Berati to go undercover in a mission that takes him to Nice and Monte Carlo.

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1935.

First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth blocked in black. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

Attractive jacket artwork graces this uncommon oriental thriller.

London, Arrowsmith, [1930].

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

A first-hand travel and adventure narrative recounting the author's time among Chinese pirate groups, illustrated with photographic plates.

New York, Dodd, Mead, 1929.

First US edition, first printing. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $2.00.

A Dr Thorndyke forensic mystery in which apparently minor physical evidence proves crucial to solving a murder.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1925.

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

A tale of Californian fortunes made through mining and lost through high living. Attractive jacket artwork.

London, Hutchinson, 1937.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original buckram with leather spine label. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

'Written partly as a diary and partly in novel form Thoruna tells the amusing and piquant story of Sir Reginald H - who was ordered by his doctor to take a holiday and decided to go on a trip to Sweden. By accident he met Thoruna, a bright young thing whose trustee he was and, much to his embarrassment, she decided to accompany him.' (jacket blurb)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1976.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £3.50.

Jeffrey Archer's first novel and the book that launched his career as a bestselling author. Its commercial success established the formula, slick plotting and high-stakes finance, that would dominate his later fiction.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1933.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price redacted from spine and inside front flap.

A tale of jade, jungles and justice, in an attractive jacket.