LEASKA, MITCHELL; PHILLIPS, JOHN (ED.)

Violet to Vita: The Letters of Violet Trefusis to Vita Sackville-West

London, Methuen. 1989, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xii, 303pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. First edition of these remarkable letters, published in their entirety for the first time, tracing the passionate love affair between Violet Trefusis and Vita Sackville-West. Eight pages of photographic plates. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9532

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Correspondence, British Writers, Bloomsbury

LEE, LAURIE

Cider with Rosie

London, The Hogarth Press. 1959, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Ward, John. Book, 8vo. [iv] 280pp [1]. Green boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket by John Ward. An exceptional first edition first issue copy of Laurie Lee's justly popular evocation of rural life in a remote Cotswold village soon after the First World War. This is the first issue version - complete with the fire at the piano-works on page 272 - and appears to be unread, hence the excellent condition. Jacket design and pictorial drawings by John Ward. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 8910

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Ward, JohnLiterature, Novels, British Writers

LEHMANN, JOHN

Thrown to the Woolfs

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1979, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xx, (3) 164 pp. Half-cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. A fine first (US) edition of John Lehmann's stimulating memoir of his friendship with the Woolfs and of his connection with the Hogarth Press. With a special introduction written for this edition. Illustrated. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9583

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Biographies, Memoirs, Bloomsbury, British Writers, Woolf

LEONARD, ELMORE

Road Dogs

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2009, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo.[vi], 262 pp. Grey boards with white to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket by Tim Marrs. Superb first UK edition of this novel by the pre-eminent crime writer. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9644

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, Crime, American Writers

LEVI, PRIMO

The Mirror Maker

New York, Schocken Books. 1989, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 177pp. Portions first published in Italy in 1986 as "Racconti e saggi". Translated by Raymond Rosenthal. Unclipped dustjacket. Following on from The Periodic Table, this first edition collection of stories and essays showing all of Levi's perceptiveness of human nature. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9010

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Essays, Short Stories, Italian Writers

LEVI, PRIMO

The Monkey's Wrench

New York, Summit Books. 1986, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 176pp. First published in Italy in 1978 as "La chiave a stella". First English language edition, translated by William Weaver. Unclipped dustjacket illustration by Bascove. Winner of Italy's prestigious Strega Prize. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9008

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, Italian Writers

LEWIS, NAOMI (ED.)

The Silent Playmate

London, Victor Gollancz. 1979, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Jones, Harold. Book, 8vo. (7), 220 pp. Blue boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. A fine first edition of this charming collection of doll stories by various authors, including Hans Christian Andersen, Kenneth Grahame, Charles Kingsley and Katherine Mansfield, etc. Illustrated throughout by Harold Jones. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9709

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Jones, HaroldLiterature, Short Stories, Dolls

LOWRY, MALCOLM

Onder de Vulkaan (Under the Volcano)

Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij. 1966, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 427 (4) pp. Illustrated card wraps. Sewn. First Dutch edition of this famous novel. Gebrocheerd. Eerste druk van het boek dat gestalte geeft aan de totale wanhoop. Vertaald en ingeleid door John Vandenbergh. Very Good.

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Book number: 9580

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, British Writers

LUBELEY, IGNATIA

In de Provincie

Nijkerk, G. F. Callenbach. 1927, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. 238pp. Yellow illustrated cloth boards. Short stories by the Dutch writer Johanna Engelberts (1880-1953) who wrote under the pseudonym Ignatia Lubeley. Neat name to half-title and spotting to edges. Korte verhalen door Johanna Engelberts (1880-1953) die onder het pseudoniem Ignatia Lubeley schreef. Naam op Franse titel, snede vlekkerig. Good.

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Book number: 9558

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Children's Literature, Short Stories, Dutch

MACKINNON, LACHLAN

The Coast of Bohemia

London, Chatto & Windus. 1991, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 57 pp. Illustrated card wraps. A fine first edition of Mackinnon's second collection. Fine.

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Book number: 9368

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British Writers

MACKINNON, LACHLAN

Monterey Cypress

London, Chatto & Windus. 1988, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 12mo. 62 pp. Illustrated card wraps. A fine first edition of this well-known Scottish poet's debut collection. Fine.

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Book number: 9367

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British Writers, Debut

MACLEISH, ARCHIBALD

Poems 1924-1933

Boston, Houghton Mifflin. 1933, First Edition. Cloth. Book, Beige cloth with red and black to spine. Unclipped ($3.00) dustjacket. MacLeish's selection from his own work, including Conquistador, the last poem in this collection (which won him his first of three Pulitzers) and the Modernist classic, Ars Poetica: "A poem should not mean / But be". Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 8960

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, American Writers

MACLEISH, ARCHIBALD

Poetry and Experience

London, The Bodley Head. 1961, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [x], 204 pp. Orange boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket. Attractive ex-libris to front pastedown. Fine first edition of this study on the nature of poetry by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Archibald MacLeish. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 10052

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Criticism, Poetry, American Writers, MacLeish

MAILER, NORMAN

The Naked and the Dead

London, Allan Wingate. 1949. Cloth. Book, 8vo. [vii], 721 pp. Black cloth with gilt to spine. Nice fifth impression HB copy of Mailer's famous novel. Very Good.

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Book number: 10069

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, WW II, Pacific, American Writers, Mailer

MAILER, NORMAN

The Naked and the Dead

New York, Rinehart and Company. 1948, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [viii] 721pp. Black boards with white lettering to spine. First edition, first issue (with Rinehart logo to copyright page) of the critically acclaimed first novel by Mailer about his experiences during WWII and one the highlights of 20th Century literature. With only light shelf-wear to top and tail of spine. Very Good.

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Book number: 8952

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, American Writers, Mailer