11. Hersey, John.

A Single Pebble.

London, Corgi Books, 1966. 11 cm x 18 cm. 143 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Discolouration to pages throughout but mostly to endpapers and inside covers. Spine sunned.

12. Hickam, Homer H., Jr.

Rocket Boys: A Memoir.

Advance Uncorrected Proof. New York, Delacorte Press / Bantam Doubleday, 1998. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 378 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

13. Howes, Wright.

U.S. IANA (1650-1950): A Selective Bibliography in which are Described 11,620 Uncommon and Significant Books Relating to the Continental Portion of the United States.

Revised and Enlarged Second Edition compiled by Wright Howes. New York, R.R. Bowker Company for The Newberry Library, 1985. 17.2 cm x 25.4 cm. 652 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor tanning to edges. Otherwise excellent, clean copy. Binding strong. From the library of former specialist Bookdealer ‘Codex Books’ – with their black ink stamp to front free endpaper.

14. Huxley, Aldous / Foreman, Michael (illustrator).

After Many a Summer.

London, The Folio Society, 1980. 16 cm x 23 cm. 239 pages with many illustrations. Original hardcover with slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small mark on cover. Clean inside with solid binding.

15. Irving, Washington.

Knickerbocker’s History of New York & Knickerbocker Miscellanies.

New York, P.F. Collier & Son, No Year (c. 1920). 14.5 cm x 20 cm. 450. Frontispiece illustration – engraving entitled ‘Dutch Weight’. Original Hardcover. (Black cloth with embossed decoration on front board – title embossed in gilt on spine.) Very Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor pencil markings on rear endpaper. [The Works of Washington Irving].

16. Irving, Washington.

The Sketch Book, Legends of the Conquest of Spain / [Including the Biography of Irving:] “A Life of Washington Irving” by Richard Henry Stoddard.

New York, London The Co-operative Publication Society, Inc., No date (c. 1920). 14.5 cm x 20 cm. 561 pages. Frontispiece illustration – portrait of Washington Irving dated 1851. Original Hardcover (black cloth with embossed decoration – title embossed in gilt on spine). Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Front board a little shaky. Some minor pencil markings on back free endpaper. [The Works of Washington Irving].

17. Kinsolving, William.

Mister Christian: The Further Adventures of Fletcher Christian, Legendary Leader of the Bounty Mutiny.

Advance Reader’s Proof. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 380 pages. Original softcover in protective cover. Excellent condition. Signed by author on title page.

18. L’Amour, Louis.

To Tame A Land.

Advance Reading Copy. New York, Bantam Books, 2007. 13 x 19cm. 255 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new. [The Louis L’Amour Legacy Editions].

19. McNair, Cici.

Detectives Don’t Wear Seat Belts: True Adventures of a Female P.I.

Advance Reading Copy. New York / Boston / Nashville, Center Street Press, 2009. 14 x 21cm. (8), 354 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

20. Melville, Herman.

White Jacket: Or, The World in a Man-of-War. With an Introduction by William Plomer.

New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1956. 13.5 x 20cm. (16), 376 pages. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, spine joint beginning to loosen, otherwise in very good condition. Minor text annotations. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. [Evergreen, No. E43].