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London, Constable, 1912.
First edition, first impression. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10/6.
A travel narrative of a journey through the Carpathian mountain region, of interest as a pre-First World War account of a part of Central Europe that would soon be radically transformed.
Non-Fiction
London, Constable, 1937.
'New edition'. 8vo. Original cloth.
First published in 1922, Belloc's controversial study argues that the Jews constitute not a minority religion but a separate nation.
American Literature
London, Constable, 1935.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The first volume of what became known as the 'Williamsburg Trilogy', followed by Homage to Blenholt (1936) and Low Company (1937). Uncommon.
Modern Literature
London, Constable, 1936.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An adventure novel set in the French Foreign Legion milieu, by American journalist and adventure writer Rourke.
Modern Literature
London, Constable, 1932.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Brandane continues his exploration of Highland life, rural character and social change, themes for which he was well-known as both a playwright and a novelist.
Detective Fiction
London, Constable, 1958.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Modern Literature
London, Constable, 1935.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
A sprawling novel of music, ambition, and complex relationships. It features composer Edmund Abbey, his wife, and her admirer, with interwoven flashbacks across the artistic and operatic world. In attractive Barbosa jacket.
Modern Literature
London, Constable, 1932.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in red to spine. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Sports & Pastimes
Fergusson (W.N.) Advenure Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes
London, Constable, 1911.
First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth lettered in gilt to spine.
This work chronicles the journeys of Lieutenant John Weston Brooke through China and Eastern Tibet between 1906 and 1908. Based on Brooke's diaries and supplemented by W.N. Fergusson's observations and photographs, the narrative offers insights into the challenges and experiences of early 20th-century exploration in these regions. Tragically, Brooke was killed by Lolo robbers in December 1908.
Modern Literature
A novel
London, Constable, [1949].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Guy McCrone was a Scottish author, renowned for his novels depicting Glasgow society in the early 20th century.
Detective Fiction
London, Constable, 1931.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
An early title by Gielgud, seemingly his third, exceptionally rare in the dust-jacket. The search for missing Russian imperial treasure amidst the 1917 Revolution.
Modern Literature
London, Constable, 1947.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, priced 9/6.
Very good first edition of this novel set in 1943 in the fictional town of Thames Lockdon (based on Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire).
London, Constable, 1934.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Uncommon title in jacket, from the pen of the creator of Inspector Artifex of Scotland Yard.
Detective Fiction
London, Constable, 1977.
First edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £3.75.
West Country thriller by Roger Longrigg with a charismatic local character getting caught up with a protection racket organised by an old nemesis.
American Literature
London, Constable, 1932.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth stamped in yellow. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
The first UK edition of the second in Dos Passos's 'USA Trilogy', in which he evaluates the damage done by World War I. Nineteen Nineteen focuses on the fear and social unrest on the home front.
Detective Fiction
London, Constable, 1955.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6.
Equestrian murder mystery.
Detective Fiction
London, Constable, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Suitably ominous jacket artwork on this uncommon first edition; one of at least three works by Scottish author Curle, better known today for his friendship with and works about Joseph Conrad.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Constable, 1927.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Uncommon first edition, with witchcraft in large part serving as a metaphor for womanhood; the main character is not magical, but has been stigmatised and shunned by her community for her illegitimate children and for practising abortion.
Detective Fiction
London, Constable, 1931.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Tales of Chinatown and Limehouse: "horrible, ironical, whimsically aloof"
London, Constable, 1931.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in white. Dust-jacket, priced 2s.6d.
A first-class mystery... a story of dark doings, with a pleasant background of East coast life... (Daily Telegraph). Attractive jacket artwork, and a scarce first edition, here in a slightly later issue jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Constable, 1924.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6, with publisher's 'file' sticker to spine. Publisher's promotional card loosely inserted.
A tale of mild villainy and opportunism featuring a parasitical couple on the fringes of cosmopolitan society. Attractive jacket artwork by A. Mary Ryland.