Modern Literature
London, Longmans, 1960.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 13/6.
Inspired by a visit to the Andamans in the 1930s, when Kaye's friend's father was posted there as Chief Commissioner. Due to the outbreak of World War II, the book didn't get published until 1960.
Children's Books
London, Longmans, Green, 1896.First edition. Landscape 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards.The second book in the series by the Uptons, and considered by many one of the most collectable, understandably perhaps given it also features bicycles.
Modern Literature
London, Longmans, Green, 1957.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, price sticker of 8/- to inside front flap.
Kaye's second major historical novel. Although first published in 1957, it was reissued in 1979 after Kaye's success with The Far Pavilions. Set against a backdrop of the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857.
Sexuality & Erotica
London, Longmans, 1969.First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.The rare supressed edition of the story of Antonio Valli, a brilliant young Italian philosopher who arrives in England for a year's research. He lodges with Dick Thompson, a successful middle-aged novelist. Antonio's charm and impulsive nature captivate Dick, leading to complex emotional entanglements.
Modern Literature
A Dream Story
London, Longmans, Green, 1911.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original red pictorial cloth blocked in black. Dust-jacket, with 2/6 price label to spine.
One of the Allan Quartermain creator's more existential works, scarce in the original jacket.
Modern Literature
London, Longmans, 1960.
First edition. 8vo. Original grey boards. Dust-jacket, priced 16/-.
Storey's debut novel, a raw and powerful depiction of working-class life in Northern England which helped to usher in a new wave of realism in British literature, and cinema with Lindsay Anderson's 1963 film.
Detective Fiction
Frome (David, pseud. Zenith Jones Brown) The Body in Bedford Square
London, Longmans, 1945.
Third edition. 8vo. Original grey/green cloth. Dust-jacket, with 5/- price-sticker to inside front flap.
An attractive reissue of this classic London-based murder mystery.
Detective Fiction
London, Longmans, 1937.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Murder and political intrigue at the Home Office...
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Sports & Pastimes
London, Longmans, 1957.
First edition. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket, price sticker of 15/- to inside flap.
A very good first edition of this uncommon cookery book, "not merely a collection of recipes, but a compendium of useful information on every aspect of cookery. No Nigerian home should be without it." (jacket). The pink here is fresh and bright in the main.