British Literature from Grimalkin Books

Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2009. This Paperback First Edition includes a "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in New, Fine unread condition. It is a mash-up that extends the original Jane Austen classic to include scenes with giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and similar monstrosities. The book measures 5 3/8 by 8… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2007. The First Edition with a "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing is another wonderful interpretation of the teen years by the celebrated author of About a Boy and High Fidelity. Nick Horny has everything going for him, including the real-life girl of his dreams. And then disaster strikes.... The… Read more about this item

New York: Faber and Faber, 2009. One of England's most talent young poets, Keith Douglas was killed in Normandy in June, 1944. His poems bear testimony to the carnage around him he witnessed every day. This First American Edition Thus is printed on non-acidic paper that won't yellow. It is bound on violet-covered boards with white spine titles. The book… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898. Published between 1898 and 1903, this handsome set includes ALL 13 volumes that comprise Thackeray's complete works and are listed below. The books are in Very Good+ condition (click on photo) and are bound in dark blue cloth, with decorative front and rear panels, gilt spine lettering, and top-edge gilt. The books show… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1919. This book of Arthurian legends uses source material based on the work of Chrétien de Troies, Sir Thomas Malory, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The book is suitable for adults, young adults or older teens. The book includes four handsome full-page color illustrations by the aptly named artist, Lancelot Speed. The book is in… Read more about this item

BenBella Books for Borders, 2007. This proudly unauthorized book takes an edgy critical look at Phillip Pullman's trilogy of the Golden Compass books with numrous essays, including Lord Asriel: Dad from Hell or Heroic Rebel? by Sophie Masson, Hot Sex and Horrific Parenting in His Dark Materials by Maureen Johnson, A Short History of Hell and the Crabby Old God… Read more about this item

Cambridge, U.K.: Worth Press, 2008. This Winchester Austin edition of Sense and Sensibility is a lovely collectible for any Austen admirer. The edition is named after the city of Winchester, near which Jane Austen spent most of her life and where she is buried in the cathedral. The book is in Fine, unread condition. The book is bound in a… Read more about this item

Pleasantville, New York: Reader's Digest, 1995. This complete, unedited and handsome edition of Stevenson's famous adventure novel was first published in 1888. This handsome edition includes a frontis color portrait of the author by John Singer Sargent and color illustration throughout by Walter Paget (most famous as the Sherlock Holmes illustrator). The book is in As New condition. It… Read more about this item

Pleasantville, New York: The World's Best Reading/Reader's Digest, 1993. This handsome edition of Doyle's two most famous Sherlock Holmes novels in one volume, A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles, are in As New, unread condition and includes the complete text of all eleven stories. In addition, the book includes new black-and-white illustrations by David Johnson and… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. This Stated First Edition has a "number line" starting with a "2". The book is in Fine condition with a Fine price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. This sequel to "The Commodore" has Jack Aubrey as an impoverished landowner, with his fortunes on both land… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1950. This clean, bright oversized paperback copy is in Very Good+ condition with only one previous owner, whose name is on the first page. The text is clean throughout, except for one small ink notation in the Preface. The Preface was written by Christopher Morley. A small corner area has been repaired on the… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1966. This is the first British edition, translated from the French by Frances Partridge, and published by John Murray, London. (The original French edition was awarded the Prix Guizot by the Academie Francaise.) The book is in close to Fine condition with a close to Fine non-price clipped dust jacket. The book is bound in a light… Read more about this item

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1991. Phineas Redux is the fourth novel of six in the Palliser series by Trollope. This paperback of the Centenary Edition includes an Introduction by F.S.L. Lyons and illustrated drawings by T.L.B. Huskinson. The book is in close to Fine condition and does not appear to have been read. However, it has a light crease… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Books, 2004. This special Graham Greene Centennial 1904-2004 Edition is a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. It's an oversized softcover in Fine, unread condition, with only minimal signs of shelf wear. The original wraps have flaps and the text is printed on quality paper. The book is a First Edition Thus with a "number line" starting with a… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. This Jack Aubrey-Stephen Maturin series adventure is in Very Good+ condition. It is a First Printing Thus oversized paperback from Norton. The book has been read only once and read gently with some light scratch marks on the rear panel. (Click on photo.) The binding is tight and secure, with no break… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. This is the sixteenth of the Jack Aubrey-Stephen Maturin series adventures and is in Fine, unread condition. It is a 8th Printing oversized paperback from Norton. The book measures 5 1/4 by 7 3/4 inches and includes 261 pages. The binding is tight and secure. The pages are clean and bright throughout. .… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991. This is the fourth of the Jack Aubrey-Stephen Maturin series adventures and is in Fine, unread condition. It is a 3rd Printing oversized paperback from Norton. The book measures 5 1/4 by 7 3/4 inches and includes 348 pages. The binding is tight and secure. The pages are clean and bright throughout. .… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. Prior to the Jack Aubrey-Stephen Maturin series, this was Patrick O'Brian's first historical sea adventure featuring Commodore Anson's fateful circumnavigation of the globe in 1740 and Peter Palafox, son of a poor Irish parson who signs on as a midshipman. The book is in close to Fine condition, having only been read once… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd./Faber and Faber Ltd., 1957. This First Edition is in Fine condition with a Very Good+ dust jacket. In these letters from one poet, Dylan Thomas (October 27, 1914 - November 9, 1953) to another, Vernon Watkins (June 27, 1906 - October 8, 1967), not only does the story of a close friendship spanning many… Read more about this item

London: Penguin Books, 1993. First published in 1861, this paperback edition is a First Edition Thus in The Penguin Trollope series, Number 11, with a complete "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book does not appear to have been read and shows only minimal shelf wear. This series of stories deals with Trollope's own travels… Read more about this item