Search Results: UK Literature from High Park Books

Toronto: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A catalogue from an 1999 / 2000 exhibition selected from the Joseph Brabant Collection. Brabant (1925 - 1997) donated his massive collection of Lewis Carroll / Charles L. Dodson publications, memorabilia, correspondence in 1997, shortly before his death. 108 pages with many colour & B&W illustrations. Grey & white, stiff, illustrated wraps. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor edgewear. Internals fine.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine -/Very Good. Published November, 1949. Three lectures delivered under the Chancellor Dunning Trust in Kingston by the distinguished Scottish philosophy professor. Published November, 1949. Red boards with black type on spine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slight foxing on upper pages edge, otherwise clean, tight & unmarked. Yellow dust jacket with red type has 2 closed very short tears and minor soiling on back.

1969. Soft cover. Near Fine. Late poetry by the poet, prospector & public servant (1864 - 1941) who wrote in the Doric dialect of Scots. Published for Charles Murray Memorial Trust by Aberdeen University Press. Preface and Notes by Alexander Keith. Appreciation of Charles Murray by Nan Shepherd. 1970 REPRINT. Brown card covers with black & gilt lettering with gilt illustration. (xxii) 30 pages with glossary & chronology. Frontispiece + 3 illustrations. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Slight corner wear.

Northumberland, UK: Bloodaxe Books, 2002. Soft cover. Fine. Poetry by a 1999 winner of an Eric Gregory Award for poetry. 80pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

London, England: The Playwrights' Press, 1987. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Five plays by British female authors. Includes The Cleanup by Juliet Akroyd, The Ungrateful Dead by Anne Caulfield, Casino by Elizabeth Cowans, Corryvrecken by Claire Schrader & Alarms by Susan Yankowitz. 150pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. U.S. & Canadian edition distributed by Routledge. Slight edgewear, name on inside cover and a crease to corner of one page. Uncommon.

London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The second of John Gardner's 007 adventures. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Color pictorial jacket illustrated by Bill Botten. Housed in paper / mylar cover. 255pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: The Musson Book Company. Good +. Originally published by S W Partridge, London in 1910. The Irish-born author (1861- 1931) who moved to England after her marriage was a poet and prolific novelist. This Canadian edition is undated but thought to be have been published within 5 years. Original owner's name on inside cover and dated 1915. 344pp. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Inside blank front page is missing, greying to page edges & a slight partial crack to inside front cover at spine Pages are tight and unmarked. The grey decorative boards are in nice shape. Books looks better than described.

London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine +/Near Fine. The first of John Gardner's 007 adventures. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Color pictorial jacket illustrated by Mon Mohan using a commissioned Richard Chopping water-colour painting. Housed in paper / mylar cover. 270pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dust jacket has slight rubbing to top back corner.

London: Faber & Raber , 2015. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lyrics / poetry by the English singer-songwriter and social activist. Grey boards with turquoise lettering on spine. (xvii) 151 pages.

Hachette Audio, 2006. As New. Read by David Oyelowo, 6 CD's new in shrinkwrap. (5.80" x 5.30" x .8".)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 16th century historical fiction set at the Danish Court by the author of 'Restoration' and 'The Way I Found Her'. Winner of the 'Whitbread Award'. 485pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very slight shelfwear on DJ.

London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine +/Near Fine +. The sixth of John Gardner's 007 adventures. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Color pictorial jacket illustrated by Trevor Scobie. Housed in protective paper / mylar cover. 240pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine +. Fifth novel in the John Gardner series of 007 adventures. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Color pictorial jacket illustrated by Trevor Scobie. 192pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine condition except for a few tiny dots of foxing on upper page block tight to the spine. Protected in Brodart wrap.

Aberdeen, Scotland: Keith Murray Publications, 1989. Card Covers. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. Green card covers with gilt lettering and bird on cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: VIKING CANADA, 2005. First Canadian . Soft cover. Near Fine. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction. Uncorrected and Unpublished Proofs. Third novel by the acclaimed young British author of "White Teeth" & "The Autograph Man". 415pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor curling to covers.

Toronto: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 1992. Card Covers. Being an exhibition of the works of Boz, and containing some account of his trials and tribulations with publishers and illustrators, his sojourn in the far-flung colony of Canada, and sundry descriptions of his books. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, November 9th, 1992 - February 12th, 1993, issued to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Dickens' visit to Canada in 1842. White, illustrated cards covers. 67 pages with illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight, light soiling of front cover & small jagged closed tear on an inside page at vertical edge.

Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 2007. First Canadian . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. Advance Reading Copy. A disturbing new novel of supernatural suspense by Britain's 'Queen of Fear' First published in London by Bantam in 2006. 353pp. Very light edgewear to covers

London: Maggs Bros., 1959. Soft cover. Very Good. Catalogue of 490 listings. Card covers with orange front with illustration & white backcover. Frontispiece is a 1948 postcard from George Bernard Shaw suggesting an appropriate title which was eventually used by the publishers. 78 pages plus 12 B&W plates. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor cover rubbing. Pages clean, tight & unmarked

Ireland: Gallery Press, 1998. Soft cover. Near Fine. Revised Edition 69 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tallVery slight corner wear.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1969. Revised Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Writers and Their Work Series, No 22 Published for The British Council and the National Book League. First edition published in 1952 and revised in 1958. Reprinted here with minor amendments and additions to the bibliography Yellow. laminated, illustrated hardcover with brown lettering. 48 pages including sepia- toned B&W frontispiece. In excellent unread condition for an ex-library book with several internal stamps and card cover, o/w approaching Near Fine condition.