2nd-hand Books from Inklings & Yarnspinners

New York: Flatiron, 2022. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new (d/j in protective sleeve).. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). In They Knew, New York Times best-selling author Sarah Kendzior explores the United StatesÕ Òculture of conspiracy,Ó putting forth a timely and unflinching argument: uncritical faith in broken institutions is as dangerous as false narratives peddled by… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Fireside, 1983. 1st (1st print). p/b. Very good, 1st edition (1st printing), text block firm, one crease in spine, pages crisp and clean but occasional underlining.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). This book paints an inspired portrait of history's greatest violinists. From Tartini, Corelli and Vivaldi, to the legendary 19th-century genius Paganini, to… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Methuen & Co, 1942. 1st. p/b. Near fine booklet, 1st edition (2nd printing) pink paper covers (some marking on back); stapled pages, crisp and unmarked.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Discovering Real Purpose, Peace, and Fulfillment at Work. A Christian Perspective.Transcript of an Address Delivered at Eastbourne, April 23rd, 1942.

Berlin: Ch. Links verlag, 2011. 1st. p/b. Fine, as new.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Where did the Berlin Wall actually stand? Why was it built? How did people keep managing to escape across it? And how many died in the attempt? Why did it come down in the end? Numerous previously unknown photographs document… Saber más sobre este artículo

London & Oxford: Macmillan, 1997. 1st. p/b. Near fine, 1st edition, crisp and clean copy. Small label residue on cover.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The autobiography of Yoweni Kaguta Museveni. Museveni led a guerilla war to liberate his country from tyranny and, as President of Uganda, has established a reputation as one of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: William Heinemann, 1919. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, limited (29 out of 525); vellum boards (some bumping and grubbiness), gilt cover/spine titling; text block firm, untrimmed pages crisp and unmarked; some foxing on endpapers.. 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6_""). A poetical anthology of lyrical work by English poet, playwright, novelist,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Faber & Faber, 1958. 1st. p/b. Good, 1st edition (1st printing), d/j spine split and grubby, pages crisp and clean (staple binding vg).. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). The work began as ""a short prose piece, written about 1954-55, a step towards a novel soon abandoned"" and Beckett's ""first text written in English… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Methuen & Co, 1947. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some wear and chipping); red clothbound boards, white spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Some foxing.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). The Greatest Drama Ever Staged, Triumph of Easter, Strong Meat, The Dogma is the Drama, Why Work?,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Faber & Faber, 1971. 1st thus. h/b. Near Fine, limited numbered edition (#83 out of 500, on penultimate back endpaper); red slipcase, red printed title plate; red buckram boards, gilt signature on cover & spine titling (spine faded); text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; printed in black & red, b/w photographs throughout.. 8vo: imperial (290 _… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Little, Brown, 2019. 1st UK. h/b. Fine as new.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A group biography of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers and the Oxford women who stood at the vanguard of equal rights. In 1912, Dorothy L. Sayers and five friends founded a writing group at Somerville College, Oxford; they dubbed… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Victor Gollancz, 1939. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve; some chipping both ends of spine); blue/grey clothbound boards (slight stain on edges), gilt spine titling; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; doner's inscription ffep (Chrismas 1939).. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Being the Famous History of John Faustus… Saber más sobre este artículo

Portland, OR: Amadeus, 2000. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (library spine label), blue clothbound boards, silver spine titling; text block firm, pages crisp and bright; some neat underlinings or marginalia.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Jean Langlais (1907-1991) was among the foremost French musicians of his time. He was the successor to… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York & Oxford: OUP, 1999. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, small water stain cover; text block firm; pages crisp and bright with occasional neat markings; owner's inscription ffep.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). This book draws upon both musicology and cultural history to argue that French musical meanings and values from… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: George Newnes, n.d. (?1926). 1st (4th issue). h/b. Good, 1st edition (4th issue), no d/j; brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, (moderate scuffing & bruising to extremes; spine, cracking to rear hinge; text block firm, pages crisp and clean; v light foxing to edges.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Of the eight… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Bloomsbury, 2023. 1st. h/b. Fine as new.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Sometimes it only takes a stranger in a dark place... to say we have the right to be here, to make us warm in the coldest season. In 2019, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Faber & Faber, 1930. 1st. h/b. Very good 1st edition, no d/j, green boards/brown spine (sunning at edges and spine); gilt decorations and titling clear; untrimmed pages very good, clean and unmarked, only a little foxing on endpapers and edges. Very good copy. Signed to half title, 'With all good wishes, Walter de la Mare, March 2 1931""..… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Faber & Faber, 1935. 1st (1st print). h/b. Near fine, 1st edition (1st printing), unclipped d/j (some chipping and wear, in protective sleeve), purple clothbound boards good; gilt spine titling bright; text block firm (some endpapers uncut), pages unmarked and crisp.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Eliot's brilliant dramatisation of the killing of Thomas… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John C Nimmo, 1893. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, original blue buckram boards, spine titling on panel; text block firm, untrimmed pages crisp; with 4 photographic plates and portrait; numbered and limited: 147 (of 208). Ex-Repton school library with just a few stamps otherwise unmarked. Foxing on edges and endpapers.. 8vo: royal (250 x… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston, MA: Northeastern Uni. Press, 1985. 1st. p/b. Good, 1st edition, text block firm and pages crisp / clean; spine split twice, and cover some damage; owners' inscriptions/plate on ffep.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Murray's penetrating biography is the first comprehensive treatment of the life of the French composer and organist Marcel DuprŽ. The… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Methuen & Co, 1943. 1st. p/b. Very good, 1st edition, yellow card covers (some foxing); stapled pages, crisp and unmarked.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). An Address Given to the Public Morality Council at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on October 23rd, 1941