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James H. Heineman, London., 1982. First edition. No. 2 in a series of monographs on P.G. Wodehouse. Tall octavo. 44 pages. Wrappers.Out of a total edition of 500 copies this is one of 100 signed by both authors.Fine.

Martin Secker & Warburg, London., 1993. First edition. Octavo. pp [vi], 282. Book Prize winner.Inscribed by the author on the title-page: ''Per Otto Lövstod - Roddy Doyle 15/11/'94''.Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Harper and Brothers, New York., 1957. First edition. Octavo. pp [x], 241. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper a bit rubbed and nicked at the edges.

J. Walcot Burton., 1934. First edition. No place. Two folded sheets and six etchings in cloth-backed folder with internal flaps. Produced to celebrate the tercentenary of the production of Milton's Comus at Ludlow Castle. The six etchings illustrate that masque. Introduced by John Drinkwater - the introduction is followed by comments on each of the six plates and a list of subscribers. Three etchings by Frank Brangwyn and three by William Walcot. All the etchings are signed. Unprinted tissue guards. A woodcut of Ludlow Castle is printed on the largest of the inner flaps of the portfolio. There were fifty-one subscribersTissue guards creased. One tissue guard missing. One or two of the plates are slightly creased at the edges. One of the inner flaps of the portfolio has a closed tear. Very good indeed. Very scarce: Library Hub lists only the copy in Oxford.

The Workshop Press, Thaxted., 1990. First edition. Royal octavo. pp viii, 47. Illustrated with specimens of types and engravings, some tipped in and folding. Quarter cloth with patterned boards. Hand printed and bound by the author. One of 175 copies numbered and signed by the author.Fine. Not issued in dustwrapper.

Heinemann, London., 1925. First UK edition, second issue, first state, with cancel title-page, added Author's Note, eight novels and eighteen plays listed on verso of half-title, and various pages cancels. The author was threatened with libel and had to shift the scene of the story to the imaginary colony of Tching-Yen. Contemporary (1925) ownership signature on front free endpaper. Free endpapers lightly tanned. A bit of spotting to edges and top margins of prelims. Some rubbing to joints. Very good. No dustwrapper.

Thames and Hudson, London, in association with The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas., 1995. First edition. Quarto. 216 pages. Copiously illustrated in colour and in black-and-white.Presentation copy, inscribed in a shaky hand by the artist on the half-title: "For Susan from Howard." Presentation copies from Hodgkin are very rare. Occasionally he signed books with his full name but more often with "H.H." Bearing this in mind it is tempting to speculate on the identity of "Susan". Fine in fine dustwrapper.

A.J. Combridge, Bombay., 1914. First edition. Octavo. pp [iv], 237, [5] adverts. Adverts also on front endpapers and in a few places in the text. Cloth-backed boards. Hundreds of recipes for European and Indian dishes, preceded by a section of advice on how to run a household in India including treatment of the servants (e.g. on the Ayah: ''Unlike the other servants who are not fed, this lady demands bread and tea in the morning and in the afternoon. She is generally very lazy and is seldom virtuous.''). Inside the front cover is the small ticket of Selfridge's in London which suggests the book was originally purchased before the voyage to India.Covers rubbed and tanned with some loss to the paper on the front board. Good, internally very good. Very scarce.

Köneman, Cologne., 2000. First English language edition. Various translators. Quarto. 324 pages. Almost every page has a colour illustration. Fine in very near fine duswrapper.

Collins, London., 1961. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with one tiny nick. An exemplary copy.

Heinemann, London., 1923. First edition. Octavo. pp xvi, 278. Frontispiece photograph of the author with Lord Allenby and the Governor of Jerusalem. In his hugely influential role as city planner Ashbee was responsible for saving and restoring much of Jerusalem's vernacular architecture. Here, he approaches attitudes towards British rule through the voices of, among others, ''an intrepid Zionist, an intelligent Moslem, an impartial British official, and an impertinent freelance''.Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Free endpapers tanned. Some mottling of the cloth, mainly at rear cover. Head and tail of spine slightly snagged. Very good. No dustwrapper. Very scarce.

His Majesty's Stationery Office, London., 1938. First edition. Royal octavo. 310 pages. Thirteen maps, the first being opposite page 53, the next ten folded and tipped in at the rear, the final two folded and tipped onto rear endpaper. Originally issued in blue wrappers with the last two maps in a pocket. Recently rebound in blue cloth, not retaining the original wrappers. This report was commissioned by the Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to supersede and thereby bury the Peel Report which had found the Mandate to be unworkable and had set out partition boundaries. Woodhead duly dismissed the idea of partition.Staining (tea?) to inner margins of first 20 pages. Some creasing to edges and corners of maps. Very good.

Yale University Press, New Haven and London., 1994. First edition. The scarcer hardbound issue. Quarto. pp x, 280. Numerous illustrations, many in colour. Fine in fine dustwrapper and card slipcase.

Faber and Faber, London., 1952. First edition. Octavo. A 119-page novel, the Nigerian writer's first book and the first African novel published in English outside of Africa.Free endpapers partially and lightly tanned. Tail of spine slightly bumped. Very near fine in very good indeed dustwrapper, designed by Barnett Freedman, slightly rubbed at the edges.

Tinsley Brothers, London., 1882. First edition. Octavo. pp xii, 371. Preface by Edwin Arnold. Frontispiece and title-page drawing. Original turquoise blue cloth gilt decorated spine.Covers a little scuffed and darkened at spine. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Short tear at outer edge of front free endpaper. Very good.

Mermod, Lausanne., 1946. New edition. Octavo. 156 pages. Wrappers. Frontispiece. One of 1000 numbered copies. Pages unopened.Presentation copy from Roger Senhouse to Eddy Sackville-West, inscribed on the first blank: ''Eddy from Roger 15.9.46. On ne sort pas parce que l'on se croit déjà dehors, but not in Gide's sense''.Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Very good indeed.

The Morrigu Press, North Tawton, Devon., 1979. First edition. Broadside poem measuring 39.5 x 26 cm. Hand-printed by the author's son Nicholas and with an illustration of two scorpions by his daughter Frieda.Number 41 of 60 copies signed by the author. In addition there is a pencilled inscription: ''For Alan Xmas 1987 from Ted''. The recipient is his friend Alan Hancox, the antiquarian bookseller who directed the Cheltenham Literature Festival during the 1980's. Under his guidance it grew sevenfold.Some faint creasing. Very good indeed.

The Hand and Flower Press, Aldington, Kent., 1951. First edition thus: Introduction and Notes by Montague Summers. Octavo. pp xxviii, 191. The original title-page and frontispiece are reproduced. Also includes two poems by Bovet. The main work announces itself as ''Proving the Existence of Witches and Spirits''. Burgundy buckram covers with a memorable design to the front cover. One of 1000 numbered copies printed in pure rag paper.Head of spine a bit bumped, otherwise fine in very good indeed, slightly nicked and creased dustwrapper.

High House Press, Shaftesbury., 1933. First edition. Octavo. 15 pages. Two wood-engravings by Claire Leighton. Parchment-backed patterned paper boards. A story.One of 225 numbered copies, this being signed and dated on the limitation page by one of the printers, James E. Masters, on 12 May 1934.Free endpapers lightly tanned. Fine.

Privately printed., [1920?]. First edition. Quarto. 16 pages. Wrappers.Presentation copy from the author's widow, inscribed by her on the title-page: ''For dear Marie from Pamela in remembrance. Xmas 1922''. Among the Glenconners' five children were Stephen Tennant and the war poet Edward Wyndham Tennant.Staples rusted. Covers spotted. Very scarce: Library Hub lists only the copy at Edinburgh University.