Literature from Paul Haynes Rare Books

First edition, number 28 of a limited edition of 500. Signed by both Lord Dunsany and Sydney H. Sime. G. P. Putnam's Sons. London. 1922. Quarto. (6), 322pp. Tissue guarded frontispiece, signed by the artist Sydney H. Sime. Preface signed by Dunsany. Quarter vellum, cloth. Leather label, gilt lettering a little faded, date and rules. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt.… Read more about this item

Sixteen volumes. Privately Printed by The Burton Club. n.d. [19--]. Royal octavo. Title pages printed in red and black. Illustrated by Albert Letchford (1866–1905). Vol. I: Maze calligraphy plate in Kufic script spells out the title of the translated book "Kitab Al Layla Wa Layla" with an intricate puzzle play on words. Tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of the author. xxi, 362pp;… Read more about this item

Two volumes. First edition. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. London. 1897. Octavo. 278pp; 273pp. Original blue embossed cloth, gilt. Both volumes showing rubbing and wear. Foredges untrimmed. Occasional spotting, particularly to the endpapers. Provenance: Contemporary ownership inscription to both volumes: "Edward J. O'Brien October 22, 1919 Secretum meum mihi" [The secret is mine]. Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien, published as… Read more about this item

J. Kendrew, Printer, Colliergate. York (c.1820). 10 x 6.5cm. 16pp. Illustrated with sixteen woodcuts. Sewn, with outer cover coloured yellow. Very slightly darkened to edges, a little spotting to lower cover, a nice copy. This is an original, not a facsimile Opie N 1072

Printed by J. Kendrew. Colliergate, York. [c.1820]. 10 x 6.5cm. 16pp. Cover features a woodcut illustration and poem. Illustrated with twenty-nine woodcuts. Sewn, with outer cover colourwashed yellow. A small closed nick or abrasion to the edge of the upper cover, a nice original chap book, not a reprint. Opie N700; Davis 46.

First edition. Victor Gollancz. London. 1946. Octavo. 234pp. Original green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine a little dulled, in the original (protected) dustwrapper, slightly edge chipped, sunned, soiled and spotted. Slight foxing to rear endpapers. Liam O'Flaherty (1896-1984) Irish Renaissance novelist and writer. Founding member of the Communist Party of Ireland. A native Irish speaker, O'Flaherty wrote primarily in English.… Read more about this item

Bernhard Tauchnitz. Leipzig. 1884. Small octavo. 334pp. Half calf, spine in five compartments with gilt rules and decoration, red leather label with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Some rubbing to extremities. Sunned to cloth. Cracked at title, but firm. Tauchnitz Edition. No. 2210. Armorial Bookplate of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Myles Fenton, (1830-1918), Engineer and railway magnate of Redstone Hall, Redhill,… Read more about this item

Bernhard Tauchnitz. Leipzig. 1886. Small octavo. Two volumes. 278pp; 271pp. Half calf, spines in five sections with gilt rules and decoration, red leather label with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Small surface nick to upper section of spine to Vol II. Corners rubbed, surface abrasion to upper corner of Volume II. Spotting and flecks to boards, particularly of… Read more about this item

Chapman and Hall. London. 1837. Fifth edition. 12mo. 80pp. 6 engraved plates by Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882)]. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards. Spine in 6 compartments with raised banding, gilt tooling, leather labels and gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. The original blue/green paper cover is retained within the binding. Top edge gilt. Edges untrimmed. Some ageing, toning and spotting. The… Read more about this item

The Iliad of Homer, chiefly from the text of Heyne. With copious English notes, illustrating the grammatical construction, the manners and customs, the mythology and antiquities of the heroic ages: and preliminary observations on points of Classical interest and importance connected with Homer and his writings. Second edition revised and improved. Printed for J.G. & F. Rivington. London. 1836. Large… Read more about this item

George Harrap & Co. London. nd. [1911]. 293pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Title page in red and black. Top edge gilt. Partially unopened, opened edges untrimmed. Grey endpapers. Full grained morocco. Spine in five compartments with gilt boxing and lettering. Raised banding with gilt foliar curlicues. Occasional spotting. Neat pencil signature to fep. A handsome volume. Pioneering in literary style,… Read more about this item

Limited edition of 1300 copies. The Stourton Press. London. 1983. 157, (1) pp. Original red cloth, in the original dust wrapper, an original lithograph by Glynn Boyd Hare. Contributors include Salman Rushdie, Enoch Powell, Michael Hoffman, Bernard Levin, Peter Porter, Tom Stoppard, Frederic Raphael, John Arden, Robert Burchfield, Rachel Trickett and others.

First edition. Routledge. 1942. 40pp. Original wraps, with unclipped price. A slim volume printed on yellow paper. Spine strip and edges showing a little wear, rear cover discoloured. The author's first published work. A nice copy of this scarce work of wartime poetry by the influential poet and founder editor of The New Apocalyptics with Henry Treece. James Findlay Hendry… Read more about this item

First edition thus. Signed dedication. William Heinemann. London. 2012. 312pp. Original black lettered grey cloth, in original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed dedication by the author in red ink to title page dated June 2012. A nice copy, edges slightly sunned. Translated by Frank Wynne. Alonso Cueto Caballero (1954- ). Peruvian writer and academic

First edition. Secker and Warburg. 1968. 255pp. Original gilt lettered pink cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Dust wrapper with minor wear to edges, and discoloured to rear of dust wrapper. A collection of ten stories set in Wales. A nice copy. Emyr Humphreys (1919-2020) Welsh novelist, poet and writer. He was described by the poet R. S.… Read more about this item

First edition. Collins. London. 1980. xxiii, (1), 356pp. Text illustrations. Original quarter two tone cloth, silver lettering and vignette to spine. In the original unclipped dust wrapper, a little sunned to spine. Bookplate of Clare Tritton McLaren of Coughton Court to ffep. An anthology of writings through 155 years of train travel. Recalling historic journeys, the opening of the… Read more about this item

First and only edition. The Channing Press. The Channings. Dawlish. 1935. Octavo. 300pp. + 1p publisher's ads. Original yellow cloth, a little discoloured, with spot to upper board and ink spot to lower board. Printed paper labels to spine and upper board, both chipped. Partially unopened. Edward Archibald Rathmell Wilson (1875–1955) an actor, playwright, author, traveller, art collector and dilettante.… Read more about this item

Druid Press. Carmarthen. 1947. Octavo. 325-404. 8 monochrome plates. Original paper wraps, sunned to upper edge and spine. A couple of spots, chipping to overlying cover edge. The Essence of Welsh Literature By SAUNDERS LEWIS This unpublished essay was broadcast from the Cardiff Studios of the B.B.C. and is printed here for the first time. Sir Stafford… Read more about this item

Druid Press. Llanybri, nr. Llanstephan, Carmarthen. 1945. Octavo. 100pp, 2 pp adverts. Original paper covers, a little sun-darkened to the edges. Printed on typical war-time paper. Original staples, oxidised. A nice copy. Significantly contains two poems by R.S. Thomas, both published here prior to the publication of his first volume of poems 'The Stones of the Field' in 1946. The… Read more about this item

The Druid Press. Carmarthen. Vol.VI, No. 24. Winter 1946. Octavo. 144pp. 8 photo plates. Original staple bound blue paper covers. Slightly sunned to edges, staples oxidised, tiny chip at base of spine. The original Druid Press Christmas and New Year Gift Subscription flyer printed in red is still loosely inserted. A nice crisp copy. Contains "Memories of Christmas" by Dylan… Read more about this item