Peter Davies

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£180



London, Peter Davies, 1940.

First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait, plates. Original cloth. Photographic dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.

A scarce find in the dust-jacket. The book chronicles Anahareo's adventures with the faux apache 'Grey Owl' as they travelled along the waterways of Northern Ontario, having met in Canada when she was 19. Not to be confused with the later Devil in Deerskins: My Life with Grey Owl, which is written after she had purportedly become aware that Grey Owl was in fact an Englishman named Archibald Stansfeld Belaney... Anahareo did not achieve the same fame as Grey Owl, but she played an important role in the conservation and animal rights movement, something she had been passionate about throughout her life.

£350



London, Peter Davies, 1935.

First edition. 8vo. Original tan cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

The Ventriloquist, by E. Belasyse, is a much better crime story. It is written with a commendable simplicity, for one thing. If it is a first novel, it is unusually well planned and executed. The people are real." (Illustrated London News, vol.187).

£95



London, Peter Davies, 1960.

First edition. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket, priced 13s6d.

Ace private detective Carolus Deene is on the case in the village of Gladhurst.

£225


First edition.
London, Peter Davies, 1930.

The author’s first novel, the bizarre, satirical humour of which shocked many. Listed in Bleiler.

Modern Literature

Taylor (Elizabeth) Angel

£425



London, Peter Davies, 1957.

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

Essential reading for anyone with literary authorial leanings.

£135



London, Peter Davies, 1952.

First edition. 8vo. Original light brown cloth. Dust-jacket, 10s6d.

The author's last novel, featuring her famous Inspector Alan Grant, published posthumously.