ROTH, PHILIP

The Human Stain

London, Jonathan Cape. 2000, Uncorrected Proof. (ISBN: 0224060902) Paperback, 210mm Tall, 8vo. Book, 361 pages. Some slight marks on covers. Very Good.

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Book number: 005189

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0224060902 Fiction, Uncorrected Book Proof,

RUDORFF, RAYMOND

The Myth of France

Hamish Hamilton. 1970, First Edition. Hardcover, 225mm Tall, 8vo. Book, The author set out to explode myths and put many records straight about France; if you like France some of it may make you wince. 248 pages. Index. Black cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has a few small tears at edges; a few foxing marks are on page edges. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001840

Catalogue: Non-Fiction

Keywords: Arc de Triomphe, Georges Bataille, Andre Breton, Jean Benoit, French Cinema, Houses of Culture, de Gaulle, Indo-China, Alain Jouffroy, Andre Malraux, Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, Marianne Jean Nocher, Paris, French Police, Boris Vian,

RUSSELL, FRANKLIN

Season On the Plain

London, Andre Deutsch. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0233966315) Hardcover, 215mm Tall, 8vo. Book, The story of an 'island' of rock, an afterthought in some geological cataclysm which breaks the vast flatness on an African plain, and of the life which flows round it or takes refuge on it. 313 pages. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002894

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0233966315 Fiction;

SABATINI, RAFAEL

The Fortunes of Captain Blood

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1944, Services Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 180mm Tall. Book, The Fortunes of Captain Blood. First published in 1922, made into a film starring Errol Flynn in 1935, this mass market paperback 1944. 135 pages. Worn and stained covers. Spotting on inside cover and title page. Title page also has stamp:- 'The gift of The British Red Cross & Order of St. John Hospital Library War Organisation'. Browning to page margins. Fair.

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Book number: 004888

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction; Adventure; Swashbuckling;

KRUPABAI SATTHIANADHAN

Kamala: The Story of a Hindu Child-Wife

New Delhi, OUP India. 2010, Sixth Impression. (ISBN: 0195658302) Trade Paperback, 215mm Tall, 8vo. Book, First published in 1894. Edited by Chandani Lokugé. (Oxford India Paperbacks). Very Good.

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Book number: 7688

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0195658302 Women's Welfare, Indian Feminism, India Literature, Indian Literature, Hindu Marriage,

SHAPIRO, LIONEL

Torch for a Dark Journey

Garden City, Doubleday & Company Inc. 1950, First Edition. Hardcover, 215mm Tall, 8vo. Book, Inscription by author on front free endpaper. 273pp. Light shelfwear to covers and browning to free endpapers. Some creasing to spine and discolouration at base. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 002862

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction; Novel;

SIMAK, CLIFFORD D.

Time is the Simplest Thing

London, The Science Fiction Book Club. 1963, Edition Not Stated. Hardcover, 210mm Tall, 8vo. Book, General wear to blue cloth covers, with small marks. Scuffing on spine. From prelims and title page to page 102 their is a folding crease. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004871

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction;

SINGER, ERIC

Graphology for Everyman

London, Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd. 1949, First Edition. Hardcover, 220mm Tall, 8vo. Book, The study of character from the analysis of handwriting presented in a popular and readable manner. Light wear to edges of dust jacket. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 002720

Catalogue: Non-Fiction

Keywords: Handwriting, Character,

SLAUGHTER, FRANK G.

Afin Que Nul Ne Meure...

Paris, Presses De La Cite. 1954, Another Edition. Hardcover, 215mm Tall, 8vo. Book, Text in French. Dust jacket has tear at top and bottom front; wear to edges. Book cover has wear and fading to edges; dirty mark on last page. Lower page edges badly cut on pages 194/5. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 004972

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction;

SMITH, ALBERT

The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole at Home and Abroad

London, Willoughby and Co. 1111, Another Edition. Hardcover, 220mm Tall, 8vo. Ill.: Leech. Book, Not dated. Circa 1850. 512 pages. Green cloth covers. Previous owners name and address on front free endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and frontispiece illustration, occasional foxing throughout, one or two spots on most illustrations but none severe. General wear to cover edges, small nick at top of spine cover corners worn. Good.

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Book number: 003460

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Leechfiction;

MCCALL SMITH, ALEXANDER

The Sunday Philosophy Club

London, Little, Brown. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316728179) Paperback, 215mm Tall, 8vo. Book, An uncorrected bound proof copy. 279 pages. Very Good.

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Book number: 5520

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0316728179 Uncorrected Proof; Novel; Fiction; Murder;

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE

The Newcomes: Memoirs Of A Most Respectable Family

London, Bradbury And Evans. 1854, 1st Edition. Half-Leather, 225mm Tall, 8vo. Book, With 23 Plates and engravings in the text. viii, 380 pages. wear to cover extremities. Slight crack to joint of front cover. All plates affected by heavy foxing, some very heavy; text pages generally free of foxing. Good.

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Book number: 7950

Catalogue: Fiction

TINDALL, GILLIAN

The Water and the Sound

London, Pan Books. 1963, Another Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 180mm Tall, 12mo. Book, 224 pages. General light wear to covers. Good.

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Book number: 004860

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction; Novel;

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY

The Two Heroines of Plumplington and Other Stories

London, The Folio Society. 1981, Another Edition. Hardcover, 230mm Tall, 8vo. Ill.: Peter Reddick. Book, 276 pages. Wear to books cover corners with staining to top corners of page edges. Shelfwear to slip-case. Very Good/Slip Case.

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Book number: 003870

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Peter Reddickfiction;

VERNE, JULES

L'Etoile du Sud (Le Pays des Diamants). L'Archipel en Feu

Paris, Bibliothe`que d' Éducation et de Re?cre?ation; J. Hetzel et Cie. 0, Another Edition. Hardcover, 280mm Tall; 4to. Book, [1895?] From the Voyages Extraordinaires series. Two books in one volume 242/198 pages. With 60 illustrations and a map by Leon Benett. All page edges gilt, bright. Date written on top corner of half-title page 1890. Some wear to top/base of spine and cover corners. Gutters cracked to a number of pages and two blocks of pages protrude on fore-edge a little. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 7999

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Jules Verne, Collection Hetzel,