Seker & Warburg, 1991. Edition: Hardback. Book Condition: Very good. Flat-signed by author to title page. Anxiety, misguided compassion and thwarted desire permeate these stories, all in Kelman's usual brutal and spare style. There is some tanning to the page edges.
Edinburgh: Polygon, 1984. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Kelman hit the 1980s literary scene like a Glaswegian bus - hard, unflinching and entirely metallic in style. This is a scarce and fine example of his first novel, in an equally fine jacket, with only some sunning to.....
Polygon, 1985. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression, signed. Book Condition: Fine. Flat-signed and dated (1989) to the title page. This stark novel considers Tammas, whose gambling stakes range from £50 in the casino, to much smaller ones at the dogs, using 10p coins meant for his sister's electricity meter. .
Canongate, 2016. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. A departure to the American South marks possibly a softer style here from Kelman in this father and son quest for meaning and validity in their parallel lives. This book is very lightly read, if at all, and is.....
Hamish Hamilton, 2008. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Powerful evocation of boyhood in working class Glasgow from one of Britain's most influential post-war writers. The jacket is a little grubby with some nicks to top.
Hamish Hamilton, 2008. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression, signed. Book Condition: Fine. Signed and dedicated on title page. Powerful evocation of boyhood in working class Glasgow from one of Britain's most influential post-war writers. In the jacket, some areas of loss to front and a little marking to rear.
Polygon, 1983. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. The first collection of Kelman's stories published in book form. Accompanying it is a publisher's laminated invitation to a launch party for Kelman and Alasdair Gray, a close writer colleague of Kelman's. This is dated for the 7th February.....