Book itself very good; jacket a little rubbed with minor dust-soiling visible to lower panel, spine slightly faded, overall VG.
Jacket artwork by Peter Edwards.
£975
London, Heinemann, 1960.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 13s6d.
The first edition of this tale of Lagos corruption by Nigerian writer Achebe, the scarce second volume in his landmark ‘African trilogy’.
In stock
Book itself very good; jacket a little rubbed with minor dust-soiling visible to lower panel, spine slightly faded, overall VG.
Jacket artwork by Peter Edwards.
Sexuality & Erotica
London, Heinemann, 1936.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
What would happen? On this lively supposition Author Winter has written a tale that is blurbed as another 'South Wind' but is more like Somerset Maugham's spiteful 'Cakes and Ale' (Time Magazine, 1936)
Modern Literature
London, Heinemann, 1935.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original black cloth, lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6. With publisher's review slip loosely inserted.
A poetic novel from the pen of influential US poet, writer and educationalist Van Doren.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Heinemann, 1896.
First UK edition, first impression, issue with rear advertisement for The Time Machine on terminal leaf preceding publisher's list, beginning with The Nigger of the "Narcissus" and ends with Chun-ti-Kung by Claude Rees. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, with publisher's monogram in black to lower board.
A very good first UK edition of Wells' "weird science" classic, contemplating the blurred lines between man and beast, civilisation and savagery...
Weird & Supernatural
London, Heinemann, 1936.
First edition. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket.
A good first edition of Dunsany's classic humorous novel about an alcohol-loving clergyman who thinks he is the reincarnation of a dog...the jacket artwork says it all.
Historical Fiction
London, Heinemann, 1966.
First edition. 8vo. Original terracotta boards. Dust-jacket, priced 30s.
The first volume of Scott's famous 'Raj Quartet'.