1. [Burton, Sir Richard] McLynn, Frank.

Of No Country: An Anthology of the Works of Sir Richard Burton. Illustrations by Howard Phipps.

London and Sydney, Scribners, 1990. 16 cm x 24 cm. 211 pages. With several illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

2. [Rhodes, Cecil] Maurois, André.

Cecil Rhodes. Translated from the French by Rohan Wadham.

London, Collins, 1953. 13 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, 140 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Hint of foxing to fore-edge. Preowner’s name on front endpaper. [Brief Lives – No. 8]

3. Akutagawa, Ryunosuke.

Exotic Japanese Stories – The Beautiful and the Grotesque. 16 Unusual Tales and Unforgettable Images. Translated by Takashi Kojima and John McVittee. Introduction by John McVittee.

New York, Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1964. 14.9 cm x 21.9 cm. Colour Frontispiece, 431 pages. 22 Collage Illustrations: 6 Colour and 16 Black and White by Masakazu Kuwata. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. A very good+ hardcover copy in black and grey cloth stamped in silver and red gilt with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edges and very minor fading to front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Minor fraying and fading to dustjacket. From the reference library of Hans Christian-Andersen Translator Erik Haugaard.

4. Allende, Isabel.

The Stories of Eva Luna. [SIGNED with drawing by Isabel Allende]. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.

Uncorrected Advance Proof. New York, Atheneum, 1990. 13.5 x 21cm. 335 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new. Signed by Isabel Allende with a drawing of a lower by Allende beside it.

5. Arrabal, Fernando.

The Red Virgin. Translated from the Spanish and French by Andrew Hurley.

First edition. New York / London, Penguin Books, 1993. 13 x 20cm. 248 pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Inscribed / Signed by author on title page.

6. Athanassakis, Apostolos N. [Translator].

The Life of Pachomius / Vita Prima Graeca. Inroduction by Birger A. Pearson.

Missoula, Scholars Press / The Society of Biblical Literature, 1975. 15 x 23cm. (11), 201 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition other than some mild discolouration to edges. Pre-owner’s bookplate affixed. [Texts and Translations No. 7: Early Christian Literature Series No. 2].

7. Calvino, Italo.

Idilios y Amores Difíciles. Traducción de Attilio Dabini.

Primera edición. Buenos Aires, Editorial Losada, 1962. 15 x 20.5cm. 262 páginas. Encuadernación en rústica. En buen estado, la encuadernación puede presentar signos de desgaste. Páginas intonsas.

8. Esquivel, Laura.

Like Water For Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies. Translated by Carol Christensen and Thomas Christensen.

First edition. New York, Doubleday, 1992. 13 x 19.5cm. 246 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

9. Macaulay, Thomas Babington.

Lays of Ancient Rome – With Ivry and the Armada.

London / Glasgow / New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1888. 10 cmx 13.5 cm. 256 pages. Hardcover / Stunning late 19th century masterbinding with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and boards / Matching marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Manuscript gift-inscription to halftitle (dated 1896). [Routledge’s Pocket Library (No.7 of 27)].

10. Robbe-Grillet, Alain.

Ghosts In The Mirror. Translated from the French by Jo Levy.

Uncorrected Proof. New York, Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. 13.5 x 21cm. (11), 174 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.