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Paris: N.p. [Vendome Press/Obelisk Press], 1931 [1930]. 8vo, pp. 284. Original cream stiff paper wrappers, lettered in red and black to front panel and spine, uncut. A single small chip to top edge near spine, some edgewear to foot of spine, toning consistent with its age, otherwise a near fine copy. First edition, with the variant title page. Jam To-day, Marjorie Firminger's only novel, was published by Herbert Clarke at the Vendome Press. Clarke died shortly after publication, and rights to this title -- and to Firminger's next two books (never published) -- passed to Jack Kahane, who bought Clarke's operation and renamed it the Obelisk Press. There are two different title pages to the edition: one naming the Vendome Press and giving its address, and one merely stating 'Paris 1931'. Precedence has not been established, but the book, titillating and possibly libellous, had encountered legal problems on publication, attracting the attention of British Customs on grounds of… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. 8vo, pp. 274. Original orange boards, lettered in black to spine. Publisher's device in black to front panel. Illustrated dust jacket. Small yellow remainder mark to front free endpaper, gift inscription (from one Jefferson to another) to half-title, otherwise a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a little fading to spine. First US edition of this comedy thriller by Blaker, better known as a war novelist. HUBIN, p. 37.

London: MacMillan, 1903. 8vo, pp. 216, 4pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Spine ends split and worn, corners bumped, boards a little rubbed. Two ownership stamps to title page and final page of text. First edition, fourth printing. SPIKE MILLIGAN'S COPY, WITH HIS NOTE TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: 'I actually got the original fireplace from his home in 54 Hunter Street, Bloomsbury -- alas, as always in my family this treasure was lost. 1975/6. Spike Milligan'. John Ruskin was born at 54, Hunter Street on 8 February 1819. The street was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the Brunswick Centre development, so presumably the fireplace became available at that time. (Quite how you lose a fireplace, though, only Spike Milligan would be able to explain.)

London: Arthur Barker, 1939. 8vo, pp. 290. Original black boards, lettered in white on spine. Slight foxing to endpapers and text block, not affecting pages. Pictorial dustwrapper, the slightest chipping to head of spine, one very small chip to top edge of rear panel, mild edgewear. A near fine copy in an unclipped, near fine wrapper. First edition. Satirical romp through pre-war London nightlife. An unknown title by a forgotten author, in lovely condition. Perfect.