London: Jonathan Cape, 2012. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. A debut of darkly urban, stark and unflinchingly real elegies. Some resonance of James Kelman in its staccato brutality. Not what you might expect from a Canadian writer whose collection of short stories this is. Book is in.....
Flamingo, 2001. Edition: 1st UK, 4th impression, signed. Book Condition: Very good. Another of Tan's inter-cultural and inter-generational stories, this time between mother and daughter and San Francisco and China. A beautifully measured read. Scarce in UK hardback, doubly so signed. In the book, there is some tanning to page edges.....
Heinemann, 1989. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine, In our opinion this book's design is far more attractive than the US version from Putnam. Such was the interest in Tan's debut that the rights had been sold to Heinemann UK (as well as other foreign publishers) before the.....
Faber, 1985. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Contains publisher's review/compliments slip from March 1985. Stunning novel from Lee dealing with the coming of age - and emerging political consciousness - of a young, black middle class woman in France and the United States. The book is.....
London: Walker Books, 2018. Edition: 1st UK thus, 1st impression. Book Condition: As new. Special UK edition of the bestseller, with an additional author's essay and details on the text. As new in as new jacket all protected in book film.
New York: The Phoenix Bookshop, 1975. Edition: Revised edition. Book Condition: Good. Generally recognised as the definitive guide to Kerouac's work. No marks or inscriptions but foxing to all page edges, to endpapers and preliminaries; only intruding to pages very occasionally.
Picador, 1985. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Good. Very rare UK first edition. Picador was the first to take on (and only in paperback) this unknown 20-year old's debut about a rich-but-unhappy student on the US West Coast. Then there was a film and the author went on to.....
Jonathan Cape, 1968. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. This appeared in the UK very shortly after the first American edition, and in a far more interesting and rare dust jacket. Here, the Irish-Canadian author of Judith Hearne portrays the differing personae and versions of herself that Mary.....
Picador, 2023. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression, signed. Book Condition: Fine. Very scarce UK first printing. Signed without dedication to a publisher's tip-in page. It's an old story - that of love, sometimes forbidden, across the divide - but Rabess brings it right up to date here in what appears.....
London: Picador, 1994. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Second instalment in McCarthy's Border trilogy, this book is fine condition to both book and jacket with only a little faint marking to the top of the jacket, front. Presenting very well with text block square, tight, and clean.....
Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Complete with stuck-in bird photo to free front endpaper. There is slight toning to the text block edges. Pages tanned to edges and some chipping to the jacket edges.
Bloomsbury, 2002. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Follow-up to The Secret History, but this could not be more different in context and character, although retains the addictive allure of a page-turning mystery. Slips out slowly like a southern summer. Superb. There is a little mark to board recto.....
Bloomsbury, 2006. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Gamers inherit an amoral purgatory where anything goes in the name of progress. Coupland's Generation X have grown up a bit but he's right on the money again with this tale of the Zeitgeist. 1st UK printing in nice.....
London: Fourth Estate, 1992. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. The author's first published novel , almost instantly referenced as a new American classic. This book is in fine condition with no marks or inscriptions with a jacket showing only minor shelf and handling wear, all now protected in professional covering.....
Grayson & Grayson, 1954. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Another great collection of stories in this well-regarded and highly collectable series. The book is in very good condition generally with some foxing to text block edges and some discolouration to end papers. No marks or inscriptions.....
Bantam, 2024. Edition: 1st UK thus, 1st impression. Book Condition: As new. This is the 'new' 2024 edition and is signed to the title page by the presumed author. Subject of the eponymous film, or is it the other way round?
Bantam, 2024. Edition: 1st UK thus, 1st impression. Book Condition: As new. This is the 'new' 2024 edition and is signed to the title page by the presumed author. Subject of the eponymous film, or is it the other way round?
Viking, 2000. Edition: 1st UK, 1st edition. Book Condition: Fine. Super example of characteristic Leonard romp.
Bloomsbury, 2002. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression, signed. Book Condition: Very good. Dedicated "To Saira" and signed in large black felt tip on title page. An acclaimed modern love story on a road trip, Hawke presents an uncompromising vision of contemporary America. "A cracking writer," said the Guardian of Hawke, and.....
Harper, 2021. Edition: 1st US, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Redolent of Mad Men, this clever novel enters the glamorous world of 1950s New York publishing. .
John Murray, 1968. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. A murder-mystery set in Hollywood, featuring one of the fast sports cars Sagan favoured. The book has a little spotting to the top edge and the jacket also a little bumping there.
Viking-Penguin, 1987. Edition: 1st US, 1st impression, signed. Book Condition: Fine. Signed by the author to the title page. This is only the second Lake Wobegon book published, the stories derived from the author's radio shows. Observant and deadpan, Keillor takes a uniquely humorous but ultimately loving look at the.....
Faber, 1991. Edition: 1st UK, 3rd impression. Book Condition: Very good. Vintage Keillor - 'the funniest writer around' (Observer) - his observations and reminisces. There is some common (Faber) yellowing to text block edges and the jacket has some creasing and bumping to extremities.
Viking, 1991. Edition: 1st US, 2nd impression, signed. Book Condition: Fine. Signed by the author to a plate stuck down to half title page. Nice 2nd impression of true US first edition. Comic, poignant, and slightly steamy novel which shows Keillor at his best.
London: Gollancz, 1968. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. A posthumous collection of stories and a novella assembled by the publisher and also including those written with collaborator August Derleth. Book is fine with red boards clean and bright. No marks or inscriptions, no spotting nor foxing. .....