1. [Harris, Wilson] Adler, Joyce Sparer / Adler, Irving (Editor).

Exploring the Palace of the Peacock – Essays on Wilson Harris. Edited by Irving Adler. Foreword by Janet Jagan.

Jamaica / Barbados / Trinidad & Tobago, University of The West Indies Press, 2003. 15 cm x 22 cm. XLI, 106 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the editor Irving Adler to Ann Malamud on endpaper.

2. [Schreiner, Olive] Buchanan-Gould, Vera.

Not Without Honour – The Life and Writings of Olive Schreiner. With an Introduction by Field Marshal, The Rt. Hon. J.C. Smuts.

London, Hutchinson & Co, no year (c.1948). 14.5 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, 248 pages. 16 illustrations (including frontispiece). Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Preowner details on front endpapers: A.Allan Shearer – 10 Mount St. Wellington – 7-3-51.

3. Charhadi, Driss ben Hamed / Bowles, Paul (Recorded and Translated by).

A Life Full of Holes. A novel tape-recorded in Moghrebi and Translated into English by Paul Bowles.

New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1964. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 310 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Paul Bowles on the halftitle.

4. de Goustine, Giselle.

Contes Sous La Croix du Sud. Préface de Robert Delavignette, Governeur Général de la France d’Outre-Mer.

Paris, Editions G.-P. Maisonneuve et Larose, 1967. 16 cm x 24 cm. 205 pages. Three black-and-white portrait plates by M. Abauzit. Softcover / Broché / Reliure originale. Bon etat / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and a small library plate bottom left of title page. Some foxing along spine between front pastdown and front free endpaper. [Les Litteratures Populaires de Toutes Les Nations – Nouvelle serie – TOME XIII].

5. Griffiths, Gareth.

A Double Exile. African and West Indian Writing between two cultures. [Including a chapter: Childhood and Leavetaking: Growing Up in the Caribbean].

First Edition. London, Marion Boyars, 1978. 8°. 205 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition. (Critical appraisals series)

6. Pagan, John Hamilton.

The Flower of the Hidden Crown. And Other Letters To Boys and Girls from a South African Stoep.

Edinburgh / London, Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1913. 13 cm x 18 cm. 87 pages with a photograph of John Hamiton Pagan. Original hardcover with protective plastic cover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Pages yellowing with age and some slight stained in places. Inscribed note to the owner on title page. Also signed and inscribed by the author. A small hand written note inserted at the back. Clean inside with solid binding.

7. Schreiner, Olive [Iron, Ralph].

The Story of an African Farm. A Novel.

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1896. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 346 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Small embossment to front board. Deckled top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor bumps to board corners. Small cutout (of old name) on halftitle. Interior lightly tanned throughout but bright and clean. Binding is strong, firm and square.

8. Watson, Lyall.

Heaven’s Breath.

Japanese Edition. Tokyo, Tuttle-Mori Agency, 1984. 13.4 cm x 19.5 cm. LVIII, 411 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stain to top of spine. Only very minor foxing to edges, front and rear pastedown enpapers and enpapers. From the reference library of Hans Christian-Andersen Translator Erik Haugaard.