Recent Arrivals from Dodman Books

Florence: Sansoni, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Italian translation of Lloyds 'Old Clocks', signed and dedicated by translator Dino Pavolini to fep. Handsomely produced and in near-fine, clean and bright order throughout. Smart pale brown cloth with gilt tilting to spine. Near fine unclipped d/j, with publisher's protective wrap, this chipped… Read more about this item

Leeds: Moorland Books, 1992. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Transcribed from recordings by Simpson, effectively creating an autobiography, with much about refugee life in the UK from the 1930s onwards. In VG internal order. Light wear to card covers. 8vo. 258pp

Hull: Goddard And Brown, 1834. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fascinating and detailed account of the Royal Commission's inquiry into the workings, finances and behaviour of Hull Corporation, with much surprising testimony. A great deal of information on local life is included, with a statistical appendix to rear. Also included… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Setting up home in Mexico with 'Dane Chandos' (aka Peter Lilley and Nigel Stansbury-Millett). This is an ex-lib copy, with labels to front pastedown, but otherwise in good internal order, largely unmarked. Brick red cloth a little grubby, lightly worn and… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First UK hardback edition. Bar light dust spotting to top of block, in VG+, crisp, clean and bright order throughout. Smart red boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG+ unclipped d/j. 8vo. 287pp

Newcastle upon Tyne: W Boag, 1836. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Remarkable assault on the integrity of various members of Newcastle Town Council, in the form of 52 individual and largely unflattering pen portraits. Written anonymously by a former councillor for the Radicals, clearly not enamoured by the Whigs and the 'clique' of Tories who had, until… Read more about this item

Shrewsbury: J Stockdale, 1795. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In which Sir Richard Hill attacks a rival candidate of his brother John, the sitting MP, in the forthcoming parliamentary election. The rival is a further relation, William Hill, for whose father, Lord Berwick, John was executor. The dispute arises from… Read more about this item

London: A M Philpot, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Attractively illustrated first edition, in VG, clean and bright order throughout. Former owner's name to fep. Smart green cloth, lightly worn to edges, with bright gilt titling to front and lightly faded spine. 8vo. 287pp

New York: Doubleday, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well produced and illustrated exercise in social history as related by the customers and owners of black barbers' shops in the US. In fine, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. Smart black boards with bright red titling to spine. Fine unclipped… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scarce and notorious Spanish Civil War reportage from Daily Mail journalist and Nationalist supporter Gerahty. Light spotting to edge of block, but internally all is clean and bright. No inscriptions. Smart red boards lightly bumped and a little faded… Read more about this item

London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Discursive and entertaining memoirs of life on the road as a commercial traveller. Stock toned, moreso to endpapers, but in general all in good internal order. Some pencil notation to index and occasional pencil underlining. Attractive pictorial boards a little… Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1903. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Historical sketches of Lincolnshire, well illustrated with plates. Stock toned but, bar spotting to endpapers and prelims, all in good internal order. Green boards, decorated in black to front and with bright gilt to spine, heavily worn and a… Read more about this item

New York: Julian Messner, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well written history of the American meat trade. Bar light toning to endpapers, all in VG, clean and bright internal order. Former owner's small bookplate to front pastedown. Smart blue cloth showing light edgewear only. 8vo. 243pp

Norwich: The Great Hospital, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 700 years in 56 pages. All in VG internal order. Smart pictorial boards with green cloth spine a little faded/lightly worn at extremities. Good unclipped d/j, worn to edges and marked to rear. 8vo. 56pp

London: Elm Tree Books, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed to fep by Eric Lobb, proprietor of the firm at the time this history was written. All in near fine, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Light wear only to smart dark grey boards with bright silver titling… Read more about this item

London: Chatto And Windus, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fascinating Mediterranean tour, with much on Palestine, 'Jew Versus Arab', Tunisia, Malta, Syria, Cyprus, etc. Well illustrated with photos. Spotting to edge of block and endpapers, but otherwise internally all is generally clean and bright. Light edgewear to blue… Read more about this item

Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 1986. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Excellent memoirs from leading Canadian journalist. In VG+, clean and bright order throughout. 8vo. x, 197pp

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1949. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Revised and enlarged edition in VG+ clean and bright internal order. Armorial bookplate of Lt Col Aubrey Fitzmaurice Inglefield. Newspaper obituary of Ennion laid in. Smart red cloth a little bumped and lightly faded to spine. 8vo. xvii, 109pp

London: Hurst & Company, 2014. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography of the remarkable Teague-Jones (aka Ronald Sinclair), "the quintessential British spy". In VG+, crisp, clean and bright order throughout. Smart black boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j with small closed tear at foot of… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The less common UK edition, published by Collins in its Crime Club series. Stock toned, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Smart red boards wit bright gilt titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j a little worn to edges and dulled to… Read more about this item