1. Alexander, Francesca.

The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old Stories. Told over again by Francesca Alexander.

First edition. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. 13.5 x 19.5cm. Frontispiece, (17), 234 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering in protective Mylar. Gilt tops and deckled edges. Very good condition, some minor signs of wear to spine, binding slightly shaky. Dedication to Lady Hobart by author on front free endpaper / Beautifully signed by Francesca Alexander.

2. Alexie, Sherman.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

Special Reader’s Edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. 15 x 23cm. (10), 223 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

3. Alexie, Sherman.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

Special Reader’s Edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. 15 x 23cm. (10), 223 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

4. Alexie, Sherman.

The Toughest Indian in the World.

Uncorrected Advance Proof. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000. 14 x 21cm. 229 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

5. Chabon, Michael.

Wonder Boys.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Villard Books, 1995. 14 x 21cm. 369 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author Michael Chabon on the titlepage.

6. [Eliot, T.S.] Jones, Genesius.

Approach to the Purpose – A Study of the Poetry of T.S. Eliot.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1964. 15 cm x 22 cm. 351 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth with embossed gilt lettering on spine). Former library copy in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some marking and entries to front free endpaper and marked over stamp on titlepage.

7. Follett, Ken.

A Place Called Freedom.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1995. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 405 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition.

8. Frey, Stephen W.

The Takeover.

Uncorrected Proofs Copy. New York, Dutton Books, 1995. 15.5 x 23cm. 352 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

9. Goebel, Joey

Commonwealth.

San Francisco, MacAdam Cage, 2008. 15 cm x 23 cm. 511 pages. Softcover with author photograph by Isolde Ohlbaum. Book design by Dorothy Carico Smith. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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].

15. 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].

16. 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.

17. 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].

18. 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.

19. 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].

20. Nabokov, Vladimir.

The Enchanter – His Long Lost Novel. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov.

London, Picador, published by Pan Books, 1987. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. 127 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket painting – F Vallatton, 1913. Author photograph – Philip Halfman. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor inscription by previous owner on front pastedown.