A very good copy, in very good jacket.
Jacket artwork by Kenneth Burrows.
£395
London, MacGibbon & Kee, 1962.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 18s.
A very good first edition of the author’s scarce second book, a comic study on national service.
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A very good copy, in very good jacket.
Jacket artwork by Kenneth Burrows.
Modern Literature
London, Cassell, 1920
First edition. 8vo. Original light brown cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 8/6 net on spine.
An Allan Quatermain novel, direct sequel to The Ivory Child. An interesting way of resurrecting the character of Allan away from the period and Africa of his day.
Rare in jacket.
Modern Literature
and other Tales of the East.
London, Heath Cranton, [1925].
First edition, first impression, signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Colour plates. Original brown cloth blocked in red.
Oriental tales in the spirit of The Arabian Nights, with five four-colour plates. The author has inscribed the front free endpaper 'to George & Edith Kydd', dated 1927.
Modern Literature
London, Macmillan and Co, 1940.First film tie-in edition.
Modern Literature
Wheatley (Dennis) Mediterranean Nights – with signed photograph
First edition, [1942].A collection of Wheatley's short stories, rare in the dust-jacket.Included with this is a signed photograph of the German singer & actress Renate Müller (1906-1937), who was the inspiration for the Wheatley short story 'Espionage'. A tragic life cut short on the back of a blossoming career, either being murdered by the Gestapo or intimidated by them sufficiently that she seemingly took her own life. The story and a short discussion of the incident involved are included in this collection.
Modern Literature
First edition, Heinemann, 1900.A pleasing first edition of this early novel by the creator of Mapp and Lucia.