Book VG; jacket browned and chipped t spine, o/w VG.
Map endpapers. Jacket artwork by Abbey.
£250
London, Hutchinson, 1941.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 9/6.
The second of three novels by Wheatley featuring Julian Day.
In stock
Book VG; jacket browned and chipped t spine, o/w VG.
Map endpapers. Jacket artwork by Abbey.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, 1963.
First edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
A very good first edition of this novel by Nigerian author Ekwensi, with possibly the most extensive "synopsis" to ever grace a dust-jacket's inner flaps.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, 1951.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, clipped and with price-sticker of 5/.
A very good first UK edition of this collection of seven tales by William Irish, a.k.a. Cornell Woolrich, in striking stylised jacket reflecting the pugilistic title story. Rare.
The experiences of a naturalist with the "St. George" Expedition
London, Hutchinson, [1926].
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 18/-.
A picturesque account of of travel on the yacht "St. George" among some of the little-known islands of the South Seas, from Easter Island to Rapa and the Marquesas.