MARTEL, YANN

Life of Pi

Edinburgh, Canongate. 2007, First Edition. Half-Cloth. Ill.: Torjanac, Tomislav. Book, 8vo. xiv, 319 pp. Half-cloth with illustrated boards. Blue silk ribbon. A superb first edition of the sumptuously 'Illustrated Edition' of the Man Booker prize-winning novel. Illustrated by Croatian illustrator Tomislav Torjanac, who won the international competition to find an artist for this publication. As new. Fine/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 9660

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Torjanac, TomislavLiterature, Novels, Booker Prize, Canadian Writers, Martel

MASEFIELD, JOHN

Midsummer Night and Other Tales in Verse

London, William Heinemann. 1928, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition. Half-Vellum. Book, 8vo. [x], 207 pp. Blue-green boards. Half vellum with gilt to spine. Top-edge gilt. Uncut and mainly unopened. Original dustjacket. Signed and Numbered Limited Edition of 275 copies. [n.d. = 1928]. An excellent copy of this acclaimed Arthurian verse-narrative by the Poet Laureate (1930-1967). Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 9628

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British Writers, Aurthurian, Masefield, Poet Laureate

MATTHIESSEN, PETER

Bone by Bone

New York, Random House. 1999, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 410pp. Brown boards with gilt to black spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. An excellent first edition of Matthiessen's culminating novel of the 'Watson Trilogy', set in the Florida everglades. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9047

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, American Writers, Peter Matthiessen

MATTHIESSEN, PETER

Killing Mister Watson

New York, Random House. 1990, First Edition. Half-Cloth. Book, 8vo. 373pp. Blue half-cloth with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. A excellent first edition of Matthiessen's first volume of the 'Watson Trilogy' depicting the fortunes of Edgar J. Watson and set in the Florida everglades at the turn of the 20th century. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9048

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, American Writers, Peter Matthiessen

DU MAURIER, DAPHNE

The Apple Tree (Incl. The Birds)

London, Victor Gollancz. 1952, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 264 pp. Red boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket by Val Biro with strengthening to verso. A first impression of Du Maurier's famous work featuring the first appearance of 'The Birds', inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film of the same name. Ffep neatly pasted down. Scarce. Fine/Fair.

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Book number: 010087

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Suspense, Horror, British Writers, Du Maurier, The Birds

DU MAURIER, DAPHNE

The Apple Tree (Incl. The Birds)

London, Victor Gollancz. 1952, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 264 pp. Red boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket by Val Biro. A first impression in excellent dustjacket of Du Maurier's famous work featuring the first appearance of 'The Birds', inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film of the same name. Scarce. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9606

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Suspense, Horror, British Writers, Du Maurier, The Birds

MAXWELL, GLYN

Tale of the Mayor's Son

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Bloodaxe Books. 1990, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 112 pp. Illustrated card wraps. A fine first edition of Maxwell's debut collection and a Poetry Book Society Choice. Fine.

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Book number: 9363

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British Writers, Debut

MAYNE, WILLIAM

The Mouldy

London, Jonathan Cape. 1883, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Bayley, Nicola. Book, 4to. [Unpaginated]. Illustrated boards. Wonderful fantasy story, illustrated exquisitely by Nicola Bayley. Fine/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 9711

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Bayley, NicolaLiterature, Children's Literature, Art, British Writers, British Artists

MCCARTHY, MARY

Birds of America

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1971, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. [viii] 344pp. Tan-brown boards with blue and black to spine. Top-edge tinted in matching dark brown. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket with photograph to rear. A very nice first edition of Mary McCarthy's excellent bildungsroman, focusing on the psychological and moral growth of its protagonist Peter Levi. Jacket with only light shelf-wear protected in archival sleeve. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9017

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, American Writers

MCCARTHY, CORMAC

No Country for Old Men

New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 2007. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [viii], 311 pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket designed by Chip Kidd. An unblemished copy of McCarthy's 'profound meditation on the corrosive effects of greed and the nature of honour in an increasingly mercenary civilisation'. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9128

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, American Writers, McCarthy

MCCARTHY, MARY

The Oasis (Horizon: Vol. 19, No. 110)

London, Horizon. 1949, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. [iii] 75-152 pp. Illustrated card wraps. Sewn. First appearance and true first edition of Mary McCarthy's second novel, published here in the February 1949 issue of Horizon (edited by Cyril Connolly) as "Winning Short Novel in 'Horizon's' Summer Competition". Very Good.

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Book number: 9579

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, American Writers

MCCARTHY, CORMAC

The Road

New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 2006. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [viii] 243pp. Black boards with copper gilt to spine. Publisher's blind-stamp design to rear, fore-edge untrimmed. Original unclipped dustjacket designed by Chip Kidd, with portrait of McCarthy on rear flap by Derek Shapton. A flawless second printing of McCarthy's post-apocalyptic masterpiece and winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9127

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Novels, American Writers, Pulitzer Prize, McCarthy

MCCOURT, FRANK

Teacher Man

New York, Scribner. 2005, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [x] 258pp. Creme boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. An excellent first edition of Frank McCourt's third instalment of autobiography. This his homage to the three decades he spent teaching English in New York, and as ever with his idiosyncratic dark humour and ever-present sympathy. As New. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9076

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Biographies, Irish Writers

MCCOURT, FRANK

'Tis

New York, Scribner. 1999, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 367pp. Blue boards with silver to white spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. An excellent first edition of Frank McCourt's second instalment of memoirs, here telling the story of his journey from impoverished immigrant at the age of nineteen to New York teacher. As New. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9077

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Biographies, Irish Writers

MCCRINDLE, J.F. (ET AL)

The Transatlantic Review 27: Borges

London, Transatlantic Review. 1967, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 144pp. Illustrated red wraps. Literary periodical Transatlantic Review no. 27, Winter 1967-68. Contains the piece "A Vindication of the Counterfeit Basilides" by Borges. Very Good/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 9202

Catalogue: Literature (Primary)

Keywords: Literature, Periodicals, Borges