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£150



London, Macmillan, 1977.

First edition. 8vo. Original black boards. Dust-jacket, priced £3.50.

The scarce third Inspector Morse title.

£100



London, Macmillan, 1950.

First edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth lettered in red. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.

The exciting story of an adventurous young African boy whose main ambition is to join the Gold Coast Police Force, encountering smugglers and other wrongdoers in the process.

£80


An Edwardian Mystery
London, Macmillan, 1939.

First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7s6d.

A nice jacketed example of this "piquant and persuasive study in the macabre" (Sunday Times). Royde-Smith was the first woman literary editor of the Westminster Gazette and in that capacity published the early work of such writers as Rupert Brooke, Graham Greene, Elizabeth Bowen, and Rose Macaulay. Rare.

Modern Literature

Spark (Muriel) Memento Mori

£150



London, Macmillan, 1959.

First edition. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15s.

A series of insidious phone calls lead to reflection by a cast of characters as they try to establish who is behind them. Uncommon in such condition, with the excellent jacket artwork by Reinganum, an artist famously associated with Spark's novels.

£75


An Anthology of Mystical Verse
London, Macmillan, 1932.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

An interesting and ambitious work, compiling mystical poems from English and non-English traditions. Scarce in the dust-jacket.

Illustrated Books

Austen (Jane) Mansfield Park

£175



London, Macmillan, 1897.

Illustrated edition. 8vo. Original gilt decorative cloth.

An attractive illustrated edition of Austen's most underrated work, with an introduction by Austin Dobson.

Modern Literature

Berners (Lord) Count Omega

£95



London, Macmillan, 1941.

First edition. 8vo. Original pink cloth. Dust-jacket.

The story of a young composer who, under the auspices of a mysterious millionaire, looks forward to a sumptuous production of his first symphony. Nice copy.

£125


First edition.
London, Macmillan, 1914.

A collection of three long tales and a couple of short stories. The weird fiction historian ST Joshi has acclaimed Incredible Adventures as possibly "the premier weird collection of this or any other century’’.

£395


and Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there
London, Macmillan, 1911.

8vo. Original red cloth lettered and stamped in gilt.

A pleasing copy of Alice's adventures, including sixteen colour plates by Tenniel.

£495



London, Macmillan, 1975.

First edition. 8vo. Original brown boards. Dust-jacket.

A distinctly uncommon example of the first edition of the first Inspector Morse novel, notoriously hard to find in such good order, the text-block terribly prone to browning, and the book often turning up after being through the public library system, something this copy has thankfully been spared!

£75


and other stories
London, Macmillan, 1948.

First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.

'Short stories reflecting a wide field of human emotion' (jacket), by Irish playwright, novelist and short story writer MacMahon.

£295



London, Macmillan, 1928

First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly price of 7/6 on front flap.

Satirical science fantasy of a visit to another planet and the second volume of Eimar O'Duffy's Cuanduine (Spectrum of Fantasy p168)

Uncommon in a jacket. No copies for sale online currently.

£175



London, Macmillan, 1961.

First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.

The first edition of Mrs Spark's most famous work, introducing one of 20th century literature's most iconic, and complex, characters - at once admirable and sinister, benevolent and conniving.

£495



London, Macmillan, 1961.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue/green cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.

"Safety does not come first. Goodness, Truth, and Beauty come first. Follow me." A very good first edition of Muriel Spark's most famous novel.

£135



London, Macmillan, 1961.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue/green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 13s6d.

"Safety does not come first. Goodness, Truth, and Beauty come first. Follow me." A first edition of Muriel Spark's most famous novel.

£150



London, Macmillan, 1953.

First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket.

A penetrating satire on the life of a street in a seaside town, capturing the seedy gentility of the permanent residents of Barcelona Road.