THE TEACHINGS OF DON B. Satires, Parodies, Fables, Illustrated Stories, and Plays of Donald Barthelme. With an Introduction by Thomas Pynchon. Turtle Bay Books, New York 1992.
1st Ed. xxii + 352pp. + [viii]. Numerous ills. Prospectus and photograph loosely inserted, top edge of leaves lightly spotted, good in d/w. with some minor fading towards spine.
Editor’s Presentation Copy, inscribed to title page - ‘To John - Viva Barthelmesimo! and Viva first editions and good books of all kinds Kim Herzinger & Angela Ball.’
£25.00 [ref: 286741]
MAX BEERBOHM IN PERSPECTIVE. With a Prefatory Letter from M.B. William Heinemann 1921.
1st Ed. Square 8vo. xv + 185pp. Colour frontis., many plates and ills. Some very light browning, ink stamp to pastedown, bright dec. cloth backed boards, dec. d/w. chipped with minor loss.
£30.00 [ref: 254051]
THE INTERIOR CASTLE. A Life of Gerald Brenan. Sinclair-Stevenson 1992.
1st Ed. Large 8vo. xii + 660pp. 54 ills. Some light browning, dec. e.ps., chipped and sl. creased d/w.
Inscribed ‘Francis Partridge’ to title page (friend of Brenan and important member of the Bloomsbury group).
£25.00 [ref: 244965]
REFLECTIONS A Second Series of Drawings. With Introductory Comments by Laurence Binyon and W.H. Davies. Jonathan Cape 1922.
1st Ed. Royal 8vo. [xiv]pp. 24 plates each with letterpress leaf. Some light browning, ink stamp to pastedown, cloth backed boards, paper title label to spine and upper board, spine bumped, extremities rubbed.
With clipped pencil note affixed to title-page ‘With my very kind greetings Edmond X Kapp.
Inscribed to front free end paper ‘My book W.H. Davies 1922.’
£75.00 [ref: 254540]
POSTCOLONIAL HAUNTING AND VICTIMIZATION. Assia Djebar’s New Novels. Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., New York ... 2007.
1st Ed. Slim 8vo. [x] + 148pp. Very good in white lettered brown pictorial laminated boards.
From the Library of Roy Armes (born 1937) British professor emeritus and film scholar who has written numerous books on the history of filmmaking and select filmmakers.
£30.00 [ref: 291537]
IAN FLEMING The Bibliography. Preface by Fergus Fleming. Foreword by Michael L. Vanblaricum. Edited by Brad Frank. Queen Anne Press 2017.
New Ed. 4to. x + 692pp. + [i]. Port. frontis., 32pp. of colour ills., text ills. throughout. Original bright gilt lettered racing green cloth with gilt armorial device to upper board.
Signed ‘Jon Gilbert’ to title page.
Superbly illustrated with indepth analysis, an indispensable bibliography that no serious Bond collector can be without.
£175.00 [ref: 261082]
HEMINGWAY And His World. An Illustrated Biography. Viking 1989.
1st Ed. 4to. 208pp. Double page illus. title page/port frontis., profusely illus. throughout from photos., including several in colour. Very good in d/w. lightly faded towards upper joint.
£25.00 [ref: 290725]
JOYCE’S DANTE. Exile, Memory and Community. CUP 2016.
1st Ed. 233pp. + [xi]. Very good in d/w.
£30.00 [ref: 282794]
THE TRIAL OF LADY CHATTERLEY Regina v. Penguin Books Ltd. The Transcript of the Trial edited by ... To which is added the Report of a Debate in the House of Lords. Privately Printed 1961.
[vi] + 292pp. + [ii] limitation leaf. Ills. by Paul Hogarth and a selection of cartoons. Lightly spotted illus. e.ps., edges of leaves lightly spotted, original gilt lettered green cloth, minor soiling and rubbing.
No. 1506 of a Limited Edition of 2000 Copies.
Signed by Allen Lane.
£25.00 [ref: 294070]
THE TRIAL OF LADY CHATTERLEY. Regina v. Penguin Books Limited. The Transcript of the Trial by ... Penguin Books 1961.
1st Ed. Crown 8vo. [vi] + 250pp. With ills. by Paul Hogarth and a selection of cartoons. Light browning, first and last page sl. spotted, very lightly spotted original green & white pictorial limp card wrapps., some very minor rubbing to extremities and head of spine.
A Penguin Special S 192.
£20.00 [ref: 294071]