Neale Williams Antiquarian Books: Literature (Primary)
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The Prince and the Wild Geese
London, Hamish Hamilton. 1983, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Gagarin, Grégoire. Book, 8vo. (5), 63 pp. Blue boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. A fine first edition of this enchanting rendition of a love affair between Prince Grégoire Gagarin and an Irish girl driven to seek her fortune on the Continent. As new. Fine/Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9713
€ 15.00 [Appr.: US$ 16.24 | £UK 13 | JP¥ 2544]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Gagarin, GrégoireLiterature, Biography, British Writers, Brigid Brophy
Andrina and Other Stories
London, Chatto & Windus - The Hogarth Press. 1983, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 155 pp. Green boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped paper dustjacket. An excellent first edition of Mackay Brown's fourth collection of stories, several of which concern his native Orkney Islands and provide his quintessential mixture of themes and atmosphere. Fine/Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9147
€ 35.00 [Appr.: US$ 37.88 | £UK 30 | JP¥ 5937]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, British Writers
Closing Time
New York, Random House. 1973, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. [xii], (4), 111 pp. Black cloth with gilt and silver titles. Clipped illustrated dustjacket. A good copy of this unusually penetrating work. The pattern of Finnegans Wake is loosely derived from the Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico (1668-1744). Closing Time is more than an effort to penetrate the great minds of Vico and Joyce, it is written as a profound and original continuation of their own dialogue. Very Good/Good.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9762
€ 25.00 [Appr.: US$ 27.06 | £UK 21.5 | JP¥ 4241]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, James Joyce, Giambattista Vico
The Golden Bird: Two Orkney Stories
London, John Murray. 1987, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [xii], 226 pp. White boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. A fine copy of these two long stories set in the Orkney Islands in the late nineteenth century when the pattern of island life, little changed since Viking times, was beginning to be threatened. Fine/Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 010105
€ 35.00 [Appr.: US$ 37.88 | £UK 30 | JP¥ 5937]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, British Writers
Collected Poems
London, Hutchinson. 1988, First Thus. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. xi, 272 pp. Illustrated card wraps with photograph by Claire McNamee. A very good copy of the 1988 updated paperback edition of Alan Brownjohn's collected poems. Very Good.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9385
€ 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 10.82 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1696]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British Writers
The Incredible Journey
London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1961, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Burger, Carl. Book, 8vo. (8) 119 pp. Green boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Top-edge tinted yellow. Unclipped (12s 6d net) dustjacket illustrated by David Rook. Illustrated by Carl Burger. The realistic account of two dogs (Luath and Bodger) and a cat (Tao) and their adventurous travels across Canada. Filmed by Disney in 1963 and remade in 1993 as 'Homeward Bound'. Dustjacket shows light shelf-wear and age-toning. Very Good/Very Good.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 8957
€ 30.00 [Appr.: US$ 32.47 | £UK 25.75 | JP¥ 5089]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Burger, CarlLiterature, Novels, Canadian Writers
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Die Vier Apokalyptischen Reiter
Bonn, Expanded Media Editions. 1984, First Edition. Soft cover. Ill.: Kohlhofer, Christof. Book, 8vo. 80 pp. [= 35 + 45 pp.]. Original illustrated card wraps. Printed head-to-toe and back-to-back in English and German. Burroughs's speech delivered in 1980 on the occasion of the Institute of Ecotechnics's Planet Earth Conference in Aix-en-Provence. Illustrated throughout by Christof Kohlhofer. In fine condition. Fine/No jacket as issued.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9320
€ 40.00 [Appr.: US$ 43.29 | £UK 34.25 | JP¥ 6785]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Kohlhofer, ChristofLiterature, Speeches, American Writers, William Burroughs
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron
London, Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh. 1885. Half-Leather. Book, 16mo. Gilt-stamped navy half-leather. All edges gilt. Complete 12 volume set. No date = circa 1885. A very nice complete set of Byron's work in richly illustrated gilt half-leather. Very Good/No jacket as issued.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9314
€ 100.00 [Appr.: US$ 108.24 | £UK 85.25 | JP¥ 16963]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British Writers, Byron
The Faber Book of Contemporary Latin American Short Stories
London, Faber and Faber. 1989, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xiv, 188 pp. Black boards with white to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. An excellent copy of this collection of twenty short stories by Latin American writers, many published here in English for the first time. Fine/Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9648
€ 12.50 [Appr.: US$ 13.53 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 2120]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Latin America
Death Is an Anxious Mother
Saskatoon, Thistledown Press. 1986, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 64 pp. Illustrated card wraps. Fine first edition of Canadian writer Anne Campbell's second collection, nicely produced by the Thistledown Press. Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9411
€ 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 10.82 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1696]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Poetry, Canadian Writers
The Grass Harp
London, William Heinemann. 1952, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 12mo. [xiii] 192 pp. Light tan cloth. A very good copy of the rare UK first edition of Capote's second novel. Dustjacket unclipped (10s 6d net) with slight edge rubbing and chipping and minor closed tears. A nice example in protective sleeve. Fine/Very Good.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 010107
€ 75.00 [Appr.: US$ 81.18 | £UK 64 | JP¥ 12722]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, American Writers, Capote
Jack Maggs
London, Faber and Faber. 1997, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [viii] 328 pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. Peter Carey's thrilling reworking of Dickens's Magwitch character, set in Victorian London and showing many attributes of his illustrious 19th century forebear. Fine/Very Good.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9092
€ 22.50 [Appr.: US$ 24.35 | £UK 19.25 | JP¥ 3817]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Novels, Australian Writers
My Life As a Fake
New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 2003, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [x] 278 pp. Red boards with gilt to black spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket designed by Chip Kidd. An excellent first edition of Carey's novel, based on the celebrated 'Ern Malley' literary hoax. Fine/Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9096
€ 20.00 [Appr.: US$ 21.65 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 3393]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Novels, Australian Writers, Peter Carey
Oscar and Lucinda
London, Faber and Faber. 1988, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [xvi] 512 pp. Blue boards with white to spine. Illustrated unclipped jacket by Pierre le Tan. An excellent first edition in protective sleeve of Carey's first Booker Prize winning novel, which was also made into a successful film. Fine/Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9095
€ 45.00 [Appr.: US$ 48.71 | £UK 38.5 | JP¥ 7633]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Novels, Australian Writers, Booker Prize, Peter Carey
Theft
London, Faber and Faber. 2006, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [x] 274 pp. Brown boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. A very good first edition, showing Carey's amazing flair for humour and language in a story interlacing people, environment and circumstance. Fine/Fine.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 9090
€ 20.00 [Appr.: US$ 21.65 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 3393]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Novels, Australian Writers, Peter Carey
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