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London: Hutchinson, 1988. 8vo, pp. 278. Original black boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just a little edgewear. Reprint in the year of publication, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HER NEIGHBOURS: 'June 1988 To Pat and Douglas with love from Ruth'. Additionally signed by the author to title page. The fourteenth Inspector Wexford novel. Douglas Brown [1917-2003] was the BBC's first religious affairs correspondent, and held that position until his retirement in 1977. He and his wife Pat were Ruth Rendell's neighbours in the village of Polstead, Suffolk. Much of her work is set in the county, and when made a life peer she chose the title Baroness Rendell of Babebergh, of Aldeburgh, in the County of Suffolk.

London: Odhams Press, 1933. 8vo, pp. 248. Original red boards, lettered in black to spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Spine faded, cloth a little variegated, a very good copy in a near fine dust jacket, rear panel a little marked, and with a very small chip to head of spine which has a single small piece of tape strengthening to reverse. First edition. A Lancelot Priestley title. Writing under the pseudonyms Miles Burton and John Rhode, the ridiculously prolific Cecil Street [1884-1965] produced four detective novels a year for thirty-seven years -- including more than seventy Priestley titles writing as John Rhode. This is number sixteen. An excellent copy. HUBIN, p. 344

Wellington: John Mackay, 1900. 8vo, pp. 445, foldout map bound in at rear. Patterned endpapers. Fading to spine, corners a little bumped, but a better than very good copy. Author's photographic frontispiece and b&w photographs throughout. First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: 'To Mrs. A. Saunders with the compliments of the author R.J. Seddon 1902'. Richard John Seddon [1845-1906] was Prime Minister of New Zealand, leading a Liberal government, from 1893 until his death. His Old-Age Pensions Act of 1868 is regarded as the beginning of New Zealand's welfare state, and women's suffrage was won during his time in office (although his party had to drag him to it.) A colonialist, he believed New Zealand should play the role of 'the Britain of the South Pacific': a year after this book was published, the Cook Islands came under New Zealand control. British-born, there is a memorial to Seddon in St. Paul's cathedral. A nice copy, and scarce inscribed.

London: Faber, 1968. 4to, pp. 60. Original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. Two brochures for the Sidney Nolan Trust laid in. Small bookplate of Kenneth Clark to front pastedown, later gift inscription to ffep., chipping to head and closed tear to foot of spine, some marking to rear panel. 24 illustrations, 8 in colour, all by Sidney Nolan. First trade edition, INSCRIBED BY SIDNEY NOLAN TO KENNETH CLARK: 'K + Jane, Love from Sidney + Cynthia 1968'. With the bookplate of Kenneth Clark to front pastedown. Kenneth Clark has long been credited with bringing Australia's foremost artist Sidney Nolan [1917-1992] to worldwide attention. Nolan had produced his famous series of paintings of Ned Kelly in the 1940s, but it was his landscapes that first captivated Clark, who first travelled to Australia in 1949, and who happened to be writing his book Landscape Into Art (1949) during the voyage. Nolan's work chimed perfectly both with Clark's current preoccupations and with his… Read More