Modern Literature
Conrad (Joseph) and Ford Madox Hueffer. The Nature of a Crime
London, Duckworth, 1924.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Children's Books
Introduced by Guy Paget
London, Duckworth, 1938.
First edition, first impression. 4to. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.
Humorous verse and prose by Australian-born poet and horseman W.H. Ogilvie with equestrian caricatures by noted sporting artist G. Denholm Armour.
Detective Fiction
London, Duckworth, [1916].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth.
What would you do if your doppelgänger were committing crimes and making the police believe you were the perpetrator? In Danby Croker's case, he decides to retaliate! But that is only one of the problems besetting him in this set of interlinked stories...
Modern Literature
London, Duckworth, 1950.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15s.
A novel noted for its rich character development and thought-provoking discourse on what it means to be human, making it a significant contribution to the literary landscape of its time, albeit by a writer better known as a Nazi propagandist...
War, Invasion & Spy
Translated by John Colville
London, Duckworth, 1938.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
"Here is the first great novel of the Spanish Civil War." (jacket blurb).
Modern Literature
London, Duckworth, 1913.
First edition, Roberts' second variant with integral title dated. 8vo. Original blue cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt.
A lovely first edition of Lawrence's fourth published book. Set in Lawrence's native Nottinghamshire, Sons and Lovers is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence and the clash of generations.
London, Duckworth, 1937.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket.
Of some sci-fi & fantasy interest, featuring in Bleiler's Checklist of science-fiction and supernatural fiction and Reginald's Science fiction and fantasy literature.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Story of Adams and Eva
London, Duckworth, [1928].
First edition. 8vo. Original purple cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
A rather wonderful oddity, both in terms of the jacket artwork and the contents. Bleiler in his Science-fiction, the early years found it particularly worthy of attention, calling it a 'glib and frothy account of doings among the British upper crust', before outlining the strange plot that involves a disintegrating universe and part of the Italian Tyrol being blasted off into space to form a new Eden. He finishes noting, 'The scientific nonsense might cause a reader to wonder whether the book is an elaborate exercise in irony and paradox, but author's purpose seems to be societal. In any case, the book is almost unreadable. One marvels that it has been perpetually reprinted.' One to step back and admire more then, perhaps.
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Modern Literature
London, Duckworth, 1938.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
...a critical and sympathetic picture of modern life and its social problems...is it better to escape, or to play one's part? (jacket)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Duckworth, 1939
First edition. Large 8vo. Publisher's white cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6 on front flap, overprinted with 4/6.
The first novel by the writer described by Ronald Bryden as "the most exasperatingly gifted writer in England". Hyams was a translator and author, active in various genres, fiction and non-fiction, from before World War Two. Although not widely known for his speculative work, he published several novels of Sci-Fi interest. The Wings of the Morning is a discussion novel in the style of the scientific romance set as a future war novel whose description does not very accurately anticipate the reality to come. This was his first novel written when he was 28 years old. Rare. No copies of any kind for sale at time of listing.