LITERATURE from Daisyroots Books Ltd

WALPOLE, Hugh A Prayer for My Son (signed 1st ed.) Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1936, SIGNED, 1st edition, hardback with blind embossed front board, VG-, boards green/gilt, 359 pp. Signed dedication from Walpole to Wallace dated Nov 1st '36. (see scans) Boards edge worn, abrasions to edges and either side of spine strip, several small splits to one side of strip, author… Read more about this item

RHYS, Jean Wide Sargasso Sea World Books, London, 1967, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards red/gilt, 188 pp. Boards clean and firm, gentle rubs to spine head and tail, two small impact marks to rear top edge, lightly sunned in places, neat inscription to front free end paper, no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean, lightly tanned. Wrapper clean and clean, rubs to… Read more about this item

ISHERWOOD, Christopher The Berlin of Sally Bowles. Containing Goodbye to Berlin with Sally Bowles and Mr Norris Changes Trains ISBN: 978071204079 The Hogarth Press, London, 1978, hardback with dust wrapper VG/vg, boards purple/gilt, 583 pp. Boards clean and firm, gently edge worn, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, slight lean to the spine, pages clean and bright, edges of text block lightly tanned.… Read more about this item

Everybody's Boswell - Being the Life of Samuel Johnson abridged from James Boswell complete text and from the 'Tour of the Hebrides'. BOSWELL, James C. Bell and Sons Limited, London, 1930, 1st Edition, hardback, GD, boards brown/gilt with small embossed gilt decoration on front board, rear end papers decorated with map illustrating 'Tour of the Hebrides' , 54 pen and ink drawings… Read more about this item

Flowers for Hitler COHEN, Leonard ISBN: 9780224008412 Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1976, Reprint, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, 154 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, top fore-edge corner of front free end paper missing, light dust staining to top edge. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners. Good clean copy. LITERATURE, POETRY, LEONARD COHEN, SINGER,… Read more about this item

MANNING, Olivia Artist Among the Missing William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1975, Re-issue of 1949 edition, hardback with dust wrapper, boards brown/gilt, 256 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, foxing to edges of text block. Wrapper clean and crisp, rubs to edges and corners, price not clipped. Good sound copy. FICTION, LITERATURE, HARDBACK, OLIVIA MANNING 46449… Read more about this item

MANNING, Olivia A Different Face William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1975, Re-issue of 1953 original edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards red/gilt, 219 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, light foxing to edges of text block. Wrapper clean and crisp, rubs to edges and corners, original price not clipped. Good sound copy. FICTION, LITERARY,… Read more about this item

ALLEN, Thomas W. (Ed) The Homeric Catalogue of Ships ISBN: 9783487128825 George Olms Verlag, Zurich & New York, 2005, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, 191 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to corners. Excellent copy. LITERATURE, CLASSICS, THE HOMERIC CATALOGUE OF SHIPS, PART II HOMERS ILLIAD, ACHAEAN ARMY, TROY 46427 LIT/CLASSICS £28.50

Bards of the Gael and Gall SIGERSON, George Phoenix Publishing, Dublin, second edition, undated, hardback, gd+, green textured boards with marble effect spine, b/ew frontis, 432 pp. Red page edges. 215x140x50 mm. Some discolouration to boards, tight binding, no inscriptions. IRISH LITERATURE, POETRY 46369 ANTI/Irish Lit £26.50

LAMB, Charles & Mary, Edit. E V Lucas The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 3 Methuen, London, 1903, hardback, VG, EX Britidsh Council library copy wit assopicated bookplate and stamps. 504 pp. Sepia frontis with tissue guard, extensively illustrated with b/w plates of mostly etchings. Smattering of foxing on page edges. No inscriptions. Pages clean, binding sound. This volume includes:… Read more about this item

Tree by Tolkein WILSON, Colin Convent Garden Press, London, 1973, Limited Edition hardback with dust wrapper, GD+/gd-, cloth boards olive green/black, 20 pp. Boards edge worn, foxing to front board, small impact mark to bottom edge of front, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, end papers foxed.Wrapper grubby, scuff marks to spine. SCARCE TITLE LITERARY CRITIQUE, COLIN WILSON, ASSESSMENT… Read more about this item

Jail Diary of Albie Sachs (Play Adaptation) EDGAR, David ISBN: 086036092x Rex Collins Ltd, London, 1982, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, 79 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, tanned, gentle rubs to edges and corners. Wraps clean and crisp, lightly tanned, rubs to fore-edge corners, reading crease on front cover. LITERATURE, DRAMA, PLAY, JAIL DIARY OF ALBIE SACHS, SOUTH AFRICA,… Read more about this item

Romantic Slievenamon in History, Folklore and Song MAHER, James (Editor) Co. Tipperary, 1954, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, GD/vg-, quarter bound boards green/black, Gaelic supplement included, illustrated from 15 b/w plates, 285 pp. Boards clean and firm, ex-lib with stamp on rear free end paper, front free end paper missing, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, slight lean to the spine,… Read more about this item

BURNEY, Frances Camilla or a Picture of Youth (Oxford English Novels) ISBN: 9780192553270 Oxford University Press, London, 1972, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, cloth boards red/gilt, black/gilt spine label, five volumes/ten books. Edited with an introduction by Edward A. Bloom and Lillian D. Bloom. Extensive introduction, 'Chronology of Frances Burney', Fanny Burney Revisions of Camilla and explanatory notes included, 956 pp. Boards… Read more about this item