Literature from Greystone Books

Ramsgate, Kent: Lytehouse, 1989. NrF. First Edition Thus. No d/w, (as issued). Profusely Illustrated by Walter Cullen. A LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE COMPILER, A E MATHEWS; THIS BEING NUMBER 1378. A near fine copy of a SCARCE book.. Limited Edition Numbered And Signed By Compiler. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Walter Cullen.

Ramsgate, Kent: Lytehouse, 1989. NrF. First edition thus. No d/w, (as issued). Pictorial laminate boards. Profusely illustrated by Walter Cullen. A LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE COMPILER, A E MATHEWS; this being number 1307. A near fine copy of a SCARCE book.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Walter Cullen.

Oakham, Rutland: Privately Published, 1992. Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, KATHLEEN McKINNON. Inscription reads, For ------/Enjoy these poems/Best Wishes/Kathleen'. Profusely illustrated with photographs and linedrawings by Joy N Scholes. A collection/pot-pourri of verse and prose. A fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, KATHLEEN McKINNON. . Presentation… Read more about this item

Ramsgate, Kent: Lytehouse, 1989. VG+. First edition thus. No d/w, (as issued). Pictorial laminate boards. Profusely illustrated by Walter Cullen. A LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE COMPILER, this being number 0267. A very good plus copy of a SCARCE book.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus. Illus. by Walter Cullen.

Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate, 1998. Fine/Fine. First Hardback Edition, First Printing. SIGNED TWICE BY AUTHOR. FIRSTLY AS A PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'vii.99/For -------,/some 'scribbled forms drawn with a pen'./with best wishes from the author.' And secondly SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE WITHOUT DEDICATION OR INSCRIPTION 'Nick de Somogyi'. With Notes On Procedures,… Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. VG+/VG+. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY FROM AUTHOR, LEON YUDKIN. Inscription reads, '9.3.75/Best wishes to ------ ----/from/Leon'. In this survey of Israeli literature, analysis of the political, historical and religious background is combined with aesthetic evaluation. The author looks at Israeli literature in relation… Read more about this item

La Haye, France.: Pierre Gosse, Junior, 1750. VG. 1750 French edition. TEXT IN FRENCH. Bound in later half-leather binding; raised bands on spine with gilt decorations, lettered gilt on spine. Top-edge gilt. (viii),201,(5)pp. Illustrated with etched frontispiece of dwarf jester Bertholde. Originally published in Italy, this novel of the jester, or professional fool, Bertholde (or Bertoldo) was extremely popular. Though… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 2007. Fine/Fine. First British edition, second printing (same year as first) in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'For ------ & ----/With many thanks for a/lovely stay at the Reading/Rooms/Tahmima Anam/April 2010'. The author's FIRST novel set against the backdrop of the Bangladesh War of Independence, a… Read more about this item

Wales: Gwasg Gee, 1946. VG+/VG. First edition in d/w not price clipped. Illustrated with line-drawings by W Mitford Davies. IN WELSH LANGUAGE. A children's/young adult fantasy novel. Robert John Rowlands, (1880-1967), who wrote under his bardic name Meuryn, was a pioneer of Welsh literature for children. Inscription to front endpaper dated 1946; d/w dusted; else a very good plus copy,… Read more about this item

Bratislavia: Tatran, 1972. NrF/VG. First edition in dustwrapper. TEXT IN ENGLISH. An edition of 2000 copies. 52pp. Illustrated with stunning illustrations by Ferdinand Hloznik. Foreward by Milan Rufus. Published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Kral's birth. A book about the Slovakian poet and revolutionary, Janko Kral (1822-76); including his poems, 'Spring Song', 'Strange Janko and the Enchanted Mermaid' and… Read more about this item

London: Analekta Press, 1990. VG+/VG+. First edition, first printing in d/w. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'To ----- and -----/With best wishes for the future/Moody'. Illustrated by Mike Gornall. A collection of essays covering a wide range of subjects including, beards, Brezhnev, cats, check-outs, coat hangers, diaries, health clubs, Jesuits, pencil sharpeners,… Read more about this item

Paris, France: Montgredien, 1897. VG. First edition. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, inscribed 'A Lady Dilke, Affectment homage de Bob et de Gyp'. Lady Emelia Dilke, (1840-1904), was an English author and historian of French art. Illustrated with charming colour illustrations by Bob (in fact, the author). Bound in brown cloth, with lettering in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt.… Read more about this item

Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. Fine. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. xviii,488pp. Thirty leading Victorianists from around the world collaborate here in a multidimensional analysis of the breadth and sweep of modernBritain's longest, unruliest literary epoch. Four initial chapters of historical overview focas on climactic years (1832, 1848, 1870, and 1897) in which accumulated forces for change precipitated new Victorian directions. Four… Read more about this item

Athens, Ohio, USA: Ohio University Press, 1979. NrF/VG+. First edition, first printing in d/w. This collection of essays argues that a unique development in autobiographical writing occurred in Victorian England and attempts to provide a wide ranging perception of the role not only of autobiography, but of the 'autobiographical impulse' in this period. Like contemporary poetry, the novel, painting, and… Read more about this item

Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2005. Fine. First edition, first printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, MICHAEL FLAVIN, on half-title page. Inscription reads, (For) ----/If you ever misplace your/copy of 'The Daily Sport'/you can alwys try this instead./Best Wishes/Mike'. vii,221pp. A study of Disreali's novels in order to construct a portrait of the man, his context and… Read more about this item

North Charleston, South Carolina, USA: Create Space, 2016. Fine. First edition, first printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'For ------ & ----/Merry Christmas 2016/Paul Mast'. (iv),129pp. Bob Cratchit was the ill-treated employee of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in Dicken's classic 'A Christmas Carol'. In 'A Cratchit Family Christmas' the story continues and… Read more about this item

Bradford, Yorkshire: Redbeck Press, 2004. VG+. First edition. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE EDITOR, ANDREW GRAHAM-YOOLL, TO HANIF KUREISHI, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'For Hanif Kureishi-/A little taster, while in/Buenos Aires,/with best wishes/A M Graham-Yooll/April 2006'. 107pp. Andrew Graham-Yooll (born 1944 in Buenos Aires) is an author and journalist, Hanif Kureishi (born 1954) is a British playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker… Read more about this item

Dublin, Ireland: Lilliput Press, 2013. VG+. New edition, first printing. With New Afterword. Paperback. SIGNED BY DESMOND HOGAN, without dedication or inscription on title-page. 144pp. The author, born in 1950 in County Galway, Ireland, wrote this his debut novel about a mother's unwilling recognition about her son's homosexuality. Minor bruising to head of spine; else a very good plus copy… Read more about this item

Todmorden, Yorkshire: Arc Publications, 2013. Fine. First edition, first printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE POET/AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'To Maurice/with very good/memories of our/collaborations and/hopes/of more/to come./HAPPY EASTER!/Cliff/Hull, March 2013/Mary sends her love'. Maurice is fellow Hull poet Maurice Rutherford. 89pp. A collection of poems which focus on Van Diemen's Land and its inhabitants -… Read more about this item

Sheffield, Yorkshire: The Paper/The Cherry On The Top Press, 2008. Fine. First edition. Stapled booklet. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE POET/AUTHOR, CLIFF FORSHAW, on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'To Maurice/from Cliff/Nice to read with/you at Somerby'. Maurice is the Hull poet Maurice Rutherford. (ii),15pp. Illustrated. A poem which reflects on the outlaw Ned Kelly. A fine copy of… Read more about this item