A very good copy, jacket price-clipped and a little chipped at spine ends, otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by Barnett Freedman.
£125
London, Faber & Faber, 1936.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The first UK edition of US author Saroyan’s second book, a short story collection. In excellent Barnett Freedman illustrated dust-jacket.
In stock
A very good copy, jacket price-clipped and a little chipped at spine ends, otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by Barnett Freedman.
Non-Fiction
London, Faber & Faber, 1941.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s.6d.
A thoughtful scholarly study tracing magic, astrology and the occult through history, blending translations (including from the Westcar Papyrus) with Gleadow's own interpretations.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Faber & Faber, 1971.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £1.75.
A very good first UK edition of this classic sci-fi title, first published in Galaxy Magazine, October 1967.
Modern Literature
An anthology of stories chosen by their own authors
London, Faber & Faber, 1934.
First edition. 8vo. Original purple cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
Contributors include Martin Armstrong, A.E. Coppard, Louis Golding, James Laver, H. de V. Stacpoole and Alec Waugh.
Detective Fiction
London, Faber & Faber, 1956.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards lettered in yellow. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
A Professor Daly title by prolific Irish author Eilís Dillon.
Detective Fiction
London, Faber & Faber, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
22 murder stories that only appeared in periodical form before.