Weird & Supernatural
London, Published by the author, 1938.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Fortune's fourth novel, often regarded as her most important work of fiction. An exploration of magic and the Great Goddess, she writes 'This is a book with an undercurrent: upon the surface a romance; underneath a thesis upon the theme: "All women are Isis, and Isis is all women"'.
Detective Fiction
London, Stanley Paul, 1926.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
First published in France and the UK in 1926; somewhat worn and aged, nevertheless an attractive jacket well representing the character & mood of the immensely popular Fantômas stories, with their admirably sociopathic central antagonist.
Detective Fiction
London, George Allen, 1912.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Hubin listed crime thriller, distinctly uncommon in the jacket.
With a foreword Lt.Col. J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon
London, Sampson Low, Marston, [1931].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Charles Douglas Barnard (1895-1971) was a British pilot, who took part in 1920s air races and record-breaking flights.
and the founding of the free state: a story of work and exploration
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885.
First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, lettered in red to upper covers and gilt to spines.
Considered by the author to be his most important work, developing on his belief in the 'gospel of enterprise'. James Edge Partington was a British anthropologist, acknowledged as an authority on Pacific ethnology.
or the quest rescue and retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890.
First edition, trade issue. 8vo. 2 vols. Original pictorial cloth blocked in black & gilt.
An attractive first edition account of Stanley's last major African venture, an attempt to extract Emin Pasha, a European doctor serving as governor of a remote Sudanese province that had been cut off by a religious uprising. Between 1887 and 1889 his expedition forced a path through the Congo basin and dense, unmapped rainforest, reached the Great Lakes, and eventually made for the Indian Ocean with Emin in tow. The journey was catastrophic in human cost but geographically significant, bringing the first detailed reports of Lake Edward and the glaciated Ruwenzori mountains, long rumoured in classical sources.
Detective Fiction
London, Macmillan, 1998.
First edition, first impression. Signed presentation copy from the author, inscribed on title-page. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
The Herefordshire village of Ledwardine, steeped in cider and secrets, braces for the discovery of a tradition of murder.
American Literature
A Mystery Story
New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1919.
First edition, first printing. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, original price on spine redacted with price $1.35 printed below; further similar redaction to price on lower panel.
A wonderful example of this dark romance set amongst San Francisco society.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1946.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
The American author's first book, and the first of his Liz Parrott mysteries.
A Christmas Ghost Story
London, Newnes, 1904.
First edition. 8vo. Contemporary cloth.
One of the best-selling authors of her era, Corelli's supernatural and moral tales influenced popular fiction around the turn of the century. This novella is not generally ranked among her most "serious" works, rather one in the popular tradition of the Victorian era Christmas ghost stories, but it exemplifies her popular appeal and her use of moral supernaturalism. Uncommon.
American Literature
New York, New Directions, 1951.
First edition in play form, first printing. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped to inside front flap.
One of McCullers's most affecting portrayals of adolescence, identity, loneliness and belonging. First published in novel form in 1946.
Modern Literature
London, Collins, [1932].
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on title-page. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Uncommon, especially signed.
Detective Fiction
London, Macdonald, 1957.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Striking jacket artwork.
African literature
London, Hutchinson, 1962.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original black boards. Dust-jacket, priced 16s.
Onuora Nzekwu was a Nigerian author and educator, known for his works that explored Nigerian society and culture.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1948.
First UK edition. Inscribed presentation copy from the author to her mother. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
An attractive first UK edition of this crime thriller, inscribed by the author in the year of publication.
London, Robert Hale, 1937.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
One of a handful of thrillers by Edwards published before the Second World War, with the uncommon Youngman Carter jacket.
Horror & Gothic
London, Macdonald, 1937.First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.An attractively jacketed murder mystery from the Macdonald stable.
An account of a sporting tour of some officers of the guards in the Soudan during the winter of 1874-5
London, Smith, Elder, 1876.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth with gilt.
An account of a hunting and exploration tour in the Sudan by several officers of the British Guards during the winter of 1874–1875. Myers was a British Army surgeon attached to the Coldstream Guards.
American Literature
London, Heinemann, 1954.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.
Settle's debut novel, an acid satire about a wealthy, small-town theatrical group manipulated by a charismatic, wheelchair-bound director, blending elements of Southern Fiction and historical fiction with sharp social commentary. It marks the starting point of a career that would later encompass the acclaimed 'Beulah Quintet,' for which Settle won the National Book Award.
London, Macdonald, 1955.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 9/6.
Uncommon; the author's first book. An Orkney vacation is disturbed by macabre goings-on in this attractive crime thriller.
Detective Fiction
London, Heinemann, 1947.
Authorised edition, reprint. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
An attractive reissue of the authorised edition of Lawrence's modern classic.
Detective Fiction
London, Macdonald, 1962.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
The third of Hopkins' tales of two unworldly academics who stray into the murky world of murder...
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1949.First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.The third crime thriller by Kemp, featuring series character Jimmy Brent.
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1948.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
"A voice out of the fog, a pair of terrified violet eyes set in a pale pointed face, a coffin in a derelict store, a frightened financier and a killer who was always a good jump ahead of the police." (jacket blurb)
Modern Literature
The Education of Anthony Dare; Anthony Dare's Progress
London, Collins, 1923-25.
3 vols. First editions, first impressions. 8vo. Original blue cloth blocked in orange. Dust-jackets, priced 7/6.
A nice group of these novels, by an author whose work was popular in his lifetime and appreciated for its realism.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1947 [1948].
First edition. 8vo. Original turquoise cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 8s6d.
The first book to feature series character Detective Inspector Jimmy Brent, investigating the murder of a successful auctioneer and estate agent.
Modern Literature
London, Collins, 1933.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
More in the vein of the author's most famous work, The Blue Lagoon (1908).
Modern Literature
London, Thornton Butterworth, 1929.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, stating 'Overseas Edition'.
The first English edition of Cañas y barro, a naturalist novel set among the marshlands and fishing communities of the Albufera near Valencia.
Modern Literature
London, Collins, 1938.
First edition, first impression. Publisher's file copy. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
The ups & downs of a pavement artist in London, from the author of I am your brother.
Historical Fiction
London, Grant Richards, 1924.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
Sulky & obstinate, Typhon is not the son his well-to-do Athenian parents think he should be. Not knowing what else to do, they reach out to their friends Epicurus and Menander, the great Hellenic philosophers of old.
Modern Literature
London, Rex Collings, 1972.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced £3.50.
An epic tale of a group of rabbits seeking a new home, exploring themes of survival and freedom, far removed from the more soporific tales of Beatrix Potter. Uncommon, especially in such near fine condition.