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AMIS, Martin.
The Moronic Inferno. 1986
£125
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on the half-title.
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket A fine copy in the price-clipped jacket with over-price sticker to front flap. Read more
AMIS, Martin.
Yellow Dog. 2003
£40
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on the title page.
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. A fine copy in the dust jacket. Read more
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.
To Be or Not to Be? 1857
£4,750
First edition in English (the Danish version had been published in Copenhagen earlier that year). With the author's signed presentation inscription in Danish on the front free...
Octavo. Original purple cloth, boards blocked in blind, titles and decoration to spine gilt, yellow-coated endpapers. Binder's ticket on rear pastedown. Housed in a... Read more
ANDERSON, Frederick Irving.
The Notorious Sophie Lang. 1925
£750
First Edition, First Impression. This first of the author's three novels filmed in 1936. Sophie Lang was a jewel thief. Not published in America. Scarce.
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt. Mild even browning to endpapers, spine very slightly faded but a really smart copy. Read more
ANDERSON, Hans Christian.
A Poet's Bazaar. 1846
£600
First edition. An account of the author's travels across Europe, beginning in Germany and visiting Italy and then Turkey before travelling back up the Danube through Eastern Europe.
3 volumes, octavo (198 × 120 mm). Early 20th-century red half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, red cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Portrait... Read more
ANDERSON, Maxwell.
Key Largo. A Play in a Prologue and Two Acts. 1939
£625
First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page.
Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to spine and upper board in red, pictorial endpapers, grey top-stain. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the lightly... Read more
ANNUAL REGISTER.
The Annual Register, 1777
£2,000
A superb uncut copy of the most sought-after single volume of the series. Begun in 1758, The Annual Register is an annual survey of the past year (traditionally focusing on history,...
Octavo (9 × 5¾ ins), pp. iv, 112, *115–*192, 113–270, [ii], 259, [9] index. 19th-century quarter calf, drab paper boards, edges uncut. Backstrip a... Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
Contact Highs. Selected Poems 1957–1987. 1989
£65
First edition, first printing, hardback issue. From the library of the author.
Octavo. Original light blue boards, titles to spine in white. With the dust jacket. A fine copy in the dust jacket. Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
Contact Highs. Selected Poems 1957–1987. 1989
£150
First edition, first printing, paperback issue. From the library of Alan Ansen, with his handwritten corrections to the front free endpaper.
Octavo. Original white wrappers printed in black with an illustration from a photo. Wrappers lightly rubbed and a little toned along the edges, edges to contents a... Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
Disorderly Houses. A Book of Poems. 1961
£25
First edition, first printing, paperback issue. From the library of the author.
Octavo. Original white wrappers printed in black, pink, orange, and blue. Wrappers a little rubbed and toned, scratch and sticker residue to front cover. A very good... Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
Disorderly Houses. A Book of Poems. 1961
£25
First edition, first printing, paperback issue. From the library of the author.
Octavo. Original white wrappers printed in black, pink, orange, and blue. Price sticker to rear cover. Wrappers tanned and very lightly rubbed. A very good copy. Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
Disorderly Houses. A Book of Poems. 1961
£30
First edition, first printing, paperback issue. From the library of the author.
Octavo. Original white wrappers printed in black, pink, orange, and blue. Price stickers to rear cover. Wrappers lightly rubbed and creased. An excellent copy. Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
Disorderly Houses. A Book of Poems. 1961
£30
First edition, first printing, paperback issue. From the library of the author.
Octavo. Original white wrappers printed in black, pink, orange, and blue. Price sticker residue to rear cover. Wrappers lightly toned, slight markings to half-title.... Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
Disorderly Houses. A Book of Poems. 1961
£30
First edition, first printing, paperback issue. From the library of the author.
Octavo. Original white wrappers printed in black, pink, orange, and blue. Wrappers lightly toned, rear cover scratched where price sticker removed. An excellent copy. Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
Field Report. [1963]
£125
First edition, first impression. From the library of the author.
Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. Wrappers tanned to spine and edges witha few small marks. An excellent copy. Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
Field Report. [1963]
£125
First edition, first impression. From the library of the author.
Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. Wrappers tanned at spine and edges, slight warping of contents near the spine. A very good copy. Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
Field Report. [1963]
£100
First edition, first impression. From the library of the author.
Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. Wrappers lightly rubbed and tanned to spine and edges, dampstain to lower spine, wrappers separated from contents. A... Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
The Cell. 1983
£45
First edition, first impression. From the library of Alan Ansen.
Large octavo. Original blue wrappers printed in black. Wrappers lightly rubbed and marked, a very good copy. Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
The Old Religion. 1959
£75
First edition, first printing. From the library of the author.
Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. Wrappers rubbed and marked, contents a little toned and warped. A good copy. Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
The Old Religion. 1959
£125
First edition, first impression of the author's first book. One of a limited edition of 300 copies. With an inscription by the author on the cover recording the address of the poet...
Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. Wrappers rubbed and marked and, along with the contents, a little warped, mark to limitation leaf. A good copy. Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
The Old Religion. 1959
£75
First edition, first printing. From the library of the author.
Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. Wrappers lightly rubbed and marked, contents a little toned. A very good copy. Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
The Old Religion. 1959
£75
First edition, first printing. From the library of the author.
Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. Wrappers rubbed and marked, contents a little toned. A very good copy. Read more
ANSON, August.
When Woman Reigns. [1938]
£675
First edition, first impression. A science fiction novel in which women rule Earth in the year 2525 AD, in the scarce dust jacket with a fantastic illustration of a woman in uniform...
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine and upper board in black. With the dust jacket. Cloth unevenly faded, spotting to edges, endpapers, and title pages. A... Read more
(ANTHOLOGY.)
New Paths. Verse, Prose, Pictures 1917–1918. 1918
£125
First edition, first impression. One of 6 out of series copies intended for presentation, out of a limited edition of 130 stated copies.
Quarto. Original yellow boards, printed paper label to spine, titles and pictorial decoration to boards in black. Frontispiece and 20 plates, hand-coloured... Read more
(ANTI-JACOBIN)
The Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin. 1801
£2,100
Extra illustrated editions are very rare.
Quarto, pp. vi + 256. Finely bound in full brown morocco with gilt title and decoration to spine. Raised bands. Gilt boarding rules on boards. Top-edge gilt, others... Read more
