1. Smiley, Jane.

A Thousand Acres.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 371 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore edge. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear to the Mylar ! Signed by Jane Smiley on the titlepage. In 1992 Jane Smiley won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for this publication !

2. Rhodes, Elvi.

Doctor Rose.

London, Corgi Books, 1989. 10.5 cm x 17.5 cm. 256 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor foxing to endpapers and edges.

3. Graver, Elizabeth.

Have You Seen Me ?

Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburg Press, 1991. 15.5 cmx 23.5 cm. 170 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. [Cork – West Cork / County Kerry History Pre-Famine] Nicholson, Asenath.

Ireland’s Welcome To The Stranger or An Excursion through Ireland in 1844 & 1845, for the Purpose of Personally Investigating the Condition of the Poor.

First Edition. New York, Baker and Scribner, 1847. Small Octavo. XV, 456 pages plus 22 pages of a catalogue for the publisher Baker and Scribner in the rear. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and ornament to covers. Recently, professionally restored. Very good condition with the usual signs of some browning and foxing to this publication. From the library of Lathrop Josiah Tracy, Honesdale, Pennsylvania (1825-1897). With his name to the halftitle. A very rare and important book !

5. Phillips, Jayne Anne.

Machine Dreams.

New York, E.P. Dutton / Seymour Lawrence, 1984. 16 cm x 24 cm. 331 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, very good+ or even better condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Jayne Anne Phillips on the titlepage.

6. Smiley, Jane.

Ordinary Love & Good Will. Two Novellas.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 15 cm x 22 cm. 197 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Jane Smiley on the titlepage.

7. Alexander, Caroline.

The Bounty – The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty.

New York / London / a.o., Viking, 2003. 16 cm x 24 cm. 491 pages. Several black and white and a few coloured plates, maps and illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Fine / As New.

8. Huggan, Isabel.

The Elizabeth Stories.

New York, Viking, 1987. 14 cm x 21 cm. 184 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Deckled fore edge.