Neale Williams Antiquarian Books: Literature (Primary)
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The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
London, Doubleday. 1999, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [x], 563 pp. Black boards with siver to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Fine first UK edition of Wayne Johnston's compelling historical novel and first to be published in Britain. As new. Fine/Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9857
€ 17.50 [Appr.: US$ 18.94 | £UK 15 | JP¥ 2970]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Novels, Canadian Writers, Wayne Johnston
Bassae and Other Verses
Chicago, The Lakeside Press. 1911, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 12mo. 58pp. Illustrated wraps. First edition collection of little known poet Herbert Jones, printed by the Lakeside Press on uncut handmade paper. Shadow of a removed nameplate and a few marginal spots. Rare. Very Good/No jacket as issued.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9313
€ 15.00 [Appr.: US$ 16.23 | £UK 13 | JP¥ 2546]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Poetry, American Writers
The Known World
New York, Amistad. 2003. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 389pp. Beige boards with silver to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. Untrimmed fore-edge. A fine copy of this amazing debut novel about the multidimensional world created by the institution of slavery. Winner of the Pulitzer and National Book Critics Award prizes. A flawless copy. Fine/Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9259
€ 20.00 [Appr.: US$ 21.64 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 3394]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Novels, American Writers, Pulitzer Prize
Mister Pip
London, John Murray. 2007, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [x] 223pp. Red boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket by Petra Borner. First edition of Lloyd Jones's first novel to be published in Britain, and which was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Set on a tropical island in the South Pacific, this unforgettable piece of writing illustrates the dangerous consequences when imagination and beliefs are challenged by weapons. A spotless first edition. Fine/Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9098
€ 45.00 [Appr.: US$ 48.69 | £UK 38.5 | JP¥ 7637]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Novels, New Zealand Writers
The Unborn
Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press. 1985, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. x, 79 pp. Illustrated card wraps. A fine first edition of Jones's second collection. Rodney Jones won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1989. Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9416
€ 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 10.82 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1697]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Poetry, American Writers
The Essential James Joyce
London, Jonathan Cape. 1977. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. (6), 534 pp. Red boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket with faded spine. Fine copy of this compilation work containing full texts of 'Dubliners' and 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man', 'Exiles' and Joyce's collected poetry, as well as extracts from 'Ulysses' and 'Finnegans Wake'. Introduction by Harry Levin. Fine/Very Good.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 10039
€ 12.50 [Appr.: US$ 13.53 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 2121]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Novels, Short Stories, Irish Writers, James Joyce
Giacomo Joyce
New York, The Viking Press. 1968, Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. Grey paper-covered boards with printed paper label and red clothbound spine with gilt. Original matching slipcase. The first edition (January 1, 1968) and only printing in this form, with four full-scale folding facsimile manuscript pages, together with reproductions of other pages and full transcription of Joyce's manuscript notebook of the love he had for one of his students between 1911 and 1914. Introduced and annotated by Joyce scholar and biographer Richard Ellmann. Both book and slipcase are in excellent condition and unmissable for any serious Joyce collection. Fine/No jacket as issued.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 8995
€ 95.00 [Appr.: US$ 102.8 | £UK 81 | JP¥ 16123]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Irish Writers, Facsimile
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
London, Jonathan Cape. 1968, First Thus. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6), 258 pp. Green boards with gilt to front and spine.Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Top-edge tinted green. A fine copy of The Definitive Text edition, corrected from the Dublin holograph by Chester G. Anderson and edited by Richard Ellmann. Fine/Very Good.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9771
€ 17.50 [Appr.: US$ 18.94 | £UK 15 | JP¥ 2970]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Novels, Irish Writers, James Joyce
Selected Letters of James Joyce
London, Faber and Faber. 1975, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. xxxii, 440 pp. Black cloth wirh gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Excellent first edition of Joyce's Selected Letters, edited and introduced by biographer Richrad Ellmann. The selection has been made to include the most interesting correspondence which shed light on Joyce's character and his literary aims. Fine/Very Good.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9769
€ 50.00 [Appr.: US$ 54.1 | £UK 42.75 | JP¥ 8486]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Correspondence, Irish Writers James Joyce
Ulysses
Hamburg, The Odyssey Press. 1932, First Thus. Cloth. Book, 12mo. (4), 792, (blank), (1) pp. Cream-white cloth with red titles to upper board and spine. Top-edge tinted grey. Printed on India paper. Superior copy of the scarce first printing of Ulysses to have been issued in cloth. Key lifetime printing, being specially revised, under Joyce's supervision, by Stuart Gilbert. Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9737
€ 650.00 [Appr.: US$ 703.35 | £UK 553 | JP¥ 110313]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Novels, Irish Writers, Joyce
The Perfect Storm
New York, W.W. Norton & Company. 1997. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xii, 227 pp. Red and grey boards. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy of Junger's true story of courage, terror and awe. As new. Fine/Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 10060
€ 12.50 [Appr.: US$ 13.53 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 2121]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Novels, American Writers, Junger
Ein Hungerkünstler
Berlin, Verlag die Schmiede. 1924, First Edition. Cloth. Book, Original green cloth with printed cover and spine labels. Includes the four stories: "Erstes Leid", "Eine kleine Frau", "Ein Hungerkünstler", and "Josefine, Die Sängerin oder Das Volk der Mäuse". Owner's neat entry on ffep and minor rubbing to boards. The last book to be published during Kafka's lifetime, which also contains one of his most famous works, "A Hunger Artist", which investigates central Kafkaesque themes of futility, isolation and failure. A scarce, much sought after title. Very Good/No jacket as issued.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 8907
€ 875.00 [Appr.: US$ 946.82 | £UK 744.5 | JP¥ 148498]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Kafka
Presences: New and Selected Poems
London, Chatto & Windus. 1987, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 112 pp. Illustrated card wraps. A fine first edition copy of this generous selection of Kavanagh's poetry. Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9328
€ 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 10.82 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1697]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British Writers
The Master of Go
New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1972, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. viii, 196pp. Yellow cloth boards with gilt to front and spine and publisher's device to rear. Top-edge tinted red, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket designed by Joseph del Gaudio. Translated and introduced by Edward Seidensticker. Quite scarce first English-language edition of the Nobel laureate's novel, which he considered to be his finest. Fine/Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9177
€ 50.00 [Appr.: US$ 54.1 | £UK 42.75 | JP¥ 8486]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Novels, Japanese Writers, Nobel Prize
The Sound of the Mountain
New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1970, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. [x] 179pp. Green cloth boards with gilt and flower design to front and spine and publisher's device to rear. Top-edge tinted blue, fore and bottom-edges untrimmed. As always a nicely produced Borzoi edition, translated as usual by Edward Seidensticker. A very nice first edition collection of these stories, originally published in Japanese in 1954 and here in English two years before his death. Very Good.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9309
€ 20.00 [Appr.: US$ 21.64 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 3394]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Japanese Writers, Nobel Prize
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