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London : Private Libraries Association & the Bookplate Society, 1976. First edition. An impressive catalogue of the known labels, with an historical introduction, appendices of early American labels, printers' gifts, book stamps, etc. Royal 8vo (26cm). xxii,(186)pp. Facsimiles. Original cloth; very good indeed.

New York : Dell Publishing Co., [1950]. First paperback edition. LA at the turn of the century - "Celeste's mother, born and reared in London's slums and a former lusty Barbary Coast queen, now operates a fashionable restaurant in Los Angeles which is a cover for less reputable activities. Honest in her own way, Dolly adores her daughter and tries to shield her from all sin, the world's and her own". Originally published simply as "Celeste" the previous year. Dell 382 - in the mapback format. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). 236,[iv]pp. Original pictorial wrappers - Celeste prepares herself; all edges blue/green; just a hint of rubbing; very faint corner crease; first few leaves a little creased, with a couple of short tears, but in all other respects a very good copy.

London : Mellifont Press, [1955]. First paperback edition. The mystery of a savage jewel theft and murder in Paris unravels in the quiet of the cathedral close in Carchester - home of the "Ginger Cat" - the lissom redhead Judith Trevenna - one of the Red Trevennas. Originally published by Collins in 1929. Mellifont M21. Crown 8vo (18cm). 128pp. Original pictorial wrappers - a design by Skelton; a little rubbed, creased and worn; text lightly tanned, with a few slight creases, but a good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

Redhill : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., (1947). First paperback edition. Never married Bay Stratton has a slightly mysterious role at the embassy in Paris - Miss Sims the mannequin tells him that "An ordinary, modern girl, who knew how to take care of herself, would make you nervous". She's right. Originally published by Collins in 1935. Crown 8vo (18cm). 190,[ii]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a design by Reginald Mills; some very minor chipping, creasing and marking, but a very good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

London : Oxford University Press, 1968. First edition. A pioneering study of the pre-history, rise and influence of the literary agent in England and America - with much on Arnold Bennett, Walter Besant, Curtis Brown, William Heinemann, J. B. Pinker, A. P. Watt, etc., and an extensive bibliography of material relating to the conditions of authorship. Demy 8vo (23cm). [viii],(136)pp. Original boards; very faint spotting of edges and endpapers, but otherwise very good in a rubbed dust-jacket.

New York : Pocket Books, (1948). First trade paperback edition. Christmas party and all the young women come dressed as rag dolls. Ruth Miller dies, but Mrs Sutton knew that he hadn't jumped. Enter detective Mark East. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). [viii],279,[i]pp. Original pictorial wrappers; all edges red; a liitle rubbed; slightly creased; mild tanning to outer edges of text, but a good copy.

London : Mellifont Press, [1958]. Second edition. Murder and mannequins in a grand Paris fashion house. First published by Hurst & Blackett in 1948. Mellifont M49. Crown 8vo (19cm). 96pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; lightly worn and somewhat creased, but a good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

Austin : Humanities Research Center, (1974). First edition : limited to 1,000 copies. The third annual Lew David Feldman Lecture - on what bibliography should and should not be - "Let us admit at the outset that bibliography ranks well behind blondes, drunks, and mothers-in-law as a source of belly laughs ...". Bibliographical Monograph Series No. 6. Demy 8vo (23cm). [ii],(26),[ii],[2]pp. Frontispiece. Original cloth; faint spotting of edges, but a very good copy in the acetate dust-jacket.

Lawrence : University of Kansas Libraries, 1958. First edition. Todd with a plea for more (and more rigorous) work on the eighteenth century - with a lucid analysis of the particular pitfalls and problems of the period. University of Kansas Publications, Library Series No. 4. Post 8vo (21cm). [iv],(34),[ii]pp. Original stapled wrappers; staples very lightly rusted, some very minor wear, but a very good copy.

Oxford : Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1984. First edition. An annotated finding list of 220 typefounders' and fifty-four printers' specimens, with appendices of related material. Oxford Bibliographical Society Occasional Publication No.14. Crown 4to (25cm). 70,[ii]pp. Erratum slip loosely inserted. Original wrappers; very good.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1989. First edition. Signed by Charles Tomlinson on the half-title. A review copy, with the publisher's slip loosely inserted. A collection of forty-six poems, including "Hudson River School", "Ruskin Remembered", "Two Poems for Fay Godwin", "Moonrise", etc. Demy 8vo (22cm). viii,56pp. Original colour-printed wrappers; very good.

London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1961). Second edition : with an additional preface and an interesting appendix not contained in the original edition published the previous year. An absorbing Captain (Cook), Jackdaw (and Rook), or Joe (Hook), giving not just Cockney, but also Australian, American and Irish usages, with an important introductory essay, an index of meanings, etc. Demy 8vo (23cm). (xiv),(202)pp. Original cloth; a very good copy in a worn, torn, somewhat soiled and price-clipped dust-jacket.

London : Roberts & Vinter, (1960). First edition. Suicide of atomic scientist, illicit arms sales, and a modern Mata Hari with a taste for refined torture. Foolscap 8vo (18cm). 158,[ii]pp. Original pictorial wrappers; a few faint signs of age and use, but a very good copy. Old price inked to verso of front wrapper. Just two copies (British Library and National Library of South Africa) located in major libraries worldwide.

London : Hutchinson & Co., (1973). First edition. Memoirs of the distinguished publisher, with much incidental material on authors and their work - in particular Thomas Mann, George Orwell and Angus Wilson. Medium 8vo (25cm). (xvi),310,[ii]pp. Plates. Portraits. Original cloth; edges lightly spotted, but a very good copy in the original dust-jacket - just lightly used.

Lawrence : University of Kansas Libraries, 1959. First edition. The Bowers credo - "the intellectually bracing critical vigor" of properly applied and reasoning bibliography - with some sharp hits at some of the older literary critics and bibliographers. University of Kansas Publications, Library Series No. 7. Medium 8vo (24cm). 34,[ii]pp. Original rose stapled wrappers, lettered in blue; staples a little rusted, a touch sunned and very lightly bruised, but a good copy.

New York & Chicago : Diversey Publishing Corp., (1948). First edition under this title. "Dick Raynor was a hellion with the girls. This handsome New England chap had time, money - and the youth to go with them ... a headstrong son of a staid family sowed his wild oats as no son of that family had ever sowed them before". Originally published as "Young and Healthy" in 1931, but here in a revised edition for the Novel Library. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). [ii],186,[iv]pp. Original pictorial wrappers - blonde in a champagne glass; a little rubbed and very slightly chipped at tips; text a little tanned, but a good copy.

Oxford : Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1981. First edition. An indexed checklist of 429 items relating to the book-trade outside London, primarily listed by county. Oxford Bibliographical Society Occasional Publication No.16. Post 4to (26cm). vi,(38)pp. Original wrappers; just a touch bruised, but a very good copy.

Oxford : Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1986. First edition. A study of a dozen Durham bookbinders and booksellers, including John Aisley, Abraham Ashworth, James Dansken, Catherine Waghorn, John Waghorn, William Werdon, and the Durham Insect-Roll Binder. With the separately printed errata slip, explaining the transposition of certain of the plates. Oxford Bibliographical Society Occasional Publication No.19. Cropwn 4to (26cm). (xii),(62),[ii]pp. Numerous illustrations of bindings, tools, etc. Original wrappers; a few minor signs of age and use, but a very good copy.

Manchester : Carcanet Press, (1998). First edition of the complete collected poems, adding numerous poems from three later collections to the 1984 "Collected Poems", as well as seventeen poems previously unpublished in book form. Demy 8vo (22cm). (xviii),(526)pp. Original wrappers - a design by Stephen Raw; very minor signs of use, but a very good copy.

London : Cambridge University Press, 1972. First edition. A study of this distinctive style, with material on the gothic background, the social setting, origins, styles, embossing machines, materials, etc, with an illustrated catalogue of sixty-two examples, with indices of names, publishers, etc. Cambridge Bibliographical Society Monograph No.7. Crown 4to (26cm). viii,(96)pp. Plates. Original wrappers; lower wrapper a little creased and slightly nicked; top edge a touch dusty, but a good and serviceable copy.