[pseud. QUENEAU, Raymond] MARA, Sally

Paris: Editions Du Scorpion [Jean Halluin], 1950

8vo, pp. 254. Original printed wrappers.

First trade edition, after 120 numbered copies on Alfa.

CARVER, Raymond

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988

8vo, pp. 393. Original browned boards, tooled in gilt on front panel and lettered in gilt at spine. Leading edge... [please click on the image or book title for more details]

OKRI, Ben

London: Cape, 1993

8vo, pp. 297. Original black boards, lettered in silver on spine.

Advance reading copy, no. 84 of 200 copies, so stamped on both dustwrapper and ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]

BROOKNER, Anita

London: Cape, 1994

8vo, pp.219. Original grey boards, lettered in silver to the spine.... [more]

GOLDING, William

London: Faber, 1989

8vo, pp.313. Original black boards, lettered in silver to spine.

First edition.

A lovely copy.

WODEHOUSE, P.G.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1957

8vo, pp. 190. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine, facsimile signature in gilt to front panel. Top edge red. Photographic... [please click on the image or book title for more details]

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2005

8vo, pp. 275. Original black boards, lettered in silver on spine.

First US edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page? [please click on the image or book title for more details]

CAREY, Peter

London: Faber, 1985

8vo, pp. 600. Original red boards, lettered in silver on spine.

First edition.
Carey's second novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

SMITH, Zadie

London: Hamish Hamilton, 2002

8vo, pp. 419. Original black boards, lettered in gilt on front panel and spine.

First edition of the author's second novel.

FORD, Richard

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990

8vo, pp. 177. Original grey boards, lettered in gilt on spine.

First edition of the author's fifth novel, SIGNED BY THE... [please click on the image or book title for more details]

BLATTY, William Peter

New York: Bernard Geis, 1960

8vo, pp. 256. Original red and tan three-quarter boards, lettered in gilt on spine.

First edition of the author's first book.
A... [please click on the image or book title for more details]

SHARPE, Tom

London: Secker & Warburg, 1976

8vo, pp. 211. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine.

First edition.

ABELMAN, Paul

Paris: Olympia, 1957

BALLARD, J.G

London: Hutchinson, 1988

8vo, pp.72. Original black and brown three quarter boards, lettered in gilt to cover and spine.... [more]

WHITE, Patrick

London: Cape, 1979

8vo, pp. 432. Original brown boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Top edge brown.

First edition.

The Twyborn Affair was... [please click on the image or book title for more details]