AUDEN, W.H.

Thank You, Fog

London, Faber and Faber. 1974, First Edition. Half-Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6), 57 pp. Blue half-cloth with gilt to spine. Price-clipped dustjacket with photograph to rear. An excellent first edition of the great poet's last poems. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9837

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British Writers, W.H. Auden

AZZOPARDI, TREZZA

The Hiding Place

London, Picador. 2000. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 282 pp. Green boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. Debut novel and shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2000. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 9257

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, Debut, British Writers, Azzopardi

BAKKER, GERBRAND

The Twin

London, Harvill Secker. 2006, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 283 pp. Brown boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. An excellent first English language edition of this prize-winning debut novel. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9885

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, Debut, Dutch Writers, Gerbrand Bakker

BALDWIN, JAMES

The Evidence of Things Not Seen

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1985, First Edition. Half-Cloth. Book, 8vo. xvi, 125 pp. Black half-cloth with silver to spine. Unclipped dustjacket. Fine first edition of this work in which Baldwin uses the notorious Atlanta child-murder case to tackle the subject of racism and the plight of Blacks in White America. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 10067

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, History, Racism, American Writers, James Baldwin

BALDWIN, MICHAEL

King Horn

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1983, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. x, 118 pp. Printed card wraps. First edition of this Cholmondeley Award-winning collection. Ted Hughes wrote that Baldwin was 'an original, wholesome talent going his own way, creating his own style.. a man speaking his own language'. Fine.

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Book number: 9399

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British Writers

BALLARD, J. G.

The Day of Creation

London, Victor Gollancz. 1987. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 254 pp. Black boards and unclipped dustjacket, both in fine condition. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9061

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, British Writers

BALLARD, J. G.

Empire of the Sun

London, Gollancz. 1984, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xiii, 278 pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Original unclipped dustjacket with photograph of author to rear flap by Fay Godwin. First impression jacket with two reviews to rear. True first edition of Ballard's autobiographical novel set in Japanese occupied Shanghai and winner of The James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1984. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9146

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, British Writers

BALLARD, J. G.

Das Reich Der Sonne (Empire of the Sun)

München, R. Piper GmbH. 1985, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 320 pp. Yellow boards with black to spine. Original illustrated dustjacket with photograph of author to rear flap. First German edition of Ballard's autobiographical novel set in Japanese occupied Shanghai and winner of the British James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1984. Translated by Juliane Gräbener und Marianne Menzel. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9182

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, British Writers

BANTOCK, NICK

Griffin & Sabine, an Extraordinary Correspondence

London, Macmillan. 1992, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Bantock, Nick. Book, 8vo. [Unpaginated = 48 pp.] Illustrated boards. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. First UK edition of the book that started the Nick Bantock obsession. The story is told through the strange and intriguing correspondence of Griffin and Sabine. Since each letter must be pulled from its own envelope, the reader has the delightful, forbidden sensation of reading someone else's mail. Griffin & Sabine is like no other illustrated novel, appealing to the poet and artist in everyone. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9708

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Bantock, NickLiterature, Art, Illustrated Novels, British Writers, Nick Bantock

BANTOCK, NICK

The Museum at Purgatory

New York, HarperCollins. 1999, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Bantock, Nick. Book, 8vo. xii, 115 pp. Illustrated blue boards. Illustrated dustjacket. Part narrative, part surreal catalogue, following the post-death journey of the mysterious Curator Non. Excellent condition and contains the postage stamps and envelope to rear paste down. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 010098

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Bantock, NickLiterature, Art, Illustrated Novels, British Writers, Nick Bantock

BANTOCK, NICK

Sabine's Notebook, in Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues

San Francisco, Chronicle Books. 1992. Hardcover. Ill.: Bantock, Nick. Book, 8vo. [Unpaginated = 48 pp.] Illustrated boards. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Second volume of Intriguing correspondence between Griffin Moss and Sabine Strohem. Told in the same format as its predecessor, 'Sabine's Notebook' is filled with delicately macabre drawings and notations, the notebook adds a darker element of visual intrigue to their complex and mysterious world. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9707

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Bantock, NickLiterature, Art, Illustrated Novels, British Writers, Nick Bantock

BANVILLE, JOHN

Ghosts

London, Secker & Warburg. 1993. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 245 pp. Black boards with silver to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. A very good copy of theatrical fiction from the award-winning author. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9106

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, Irish Writers

BANVILLE, JOHN

Mefisto

Boston, David R. Godine. 1989, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 234 pp. Grey boards with gilt to cloth spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. An excellent first edition from the renowned award-winning Irish writer. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9108

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, Irish Writers

BANVILLE, JOHN

The Untouchable

London, Picador. 1997, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [vi] 408 pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. A flawless first edition of this novel which deals with the most pervasive themes of our times with unerring depth and rare understanding. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9105

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, Irish Writers

BARNES, JULIAN

Arthur & George

London, Jonathan Cape. 2005. Cloth. Book, 8vo. [vi], 360 pp. Illustrated cloth. Includes vertical wraparound. As new. Fine/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 9655

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, British Writers, Barnes