Fiction & Poetry

The Great Siege

Slight foxing to DW and page edges.

The Happy Return

Slight fading to greenboards and bottom right corner bumped. This first edition has toned antique-wove paper made by John Dickinson and was bound by James Burn.

The Harmless People


The Harrow (South Africa, 1900-1902.)

Some foxing to pages with shelf wear to top and bottom of spine. Front board is slightly loose, but intact. Some red pen markings on fep.

The Home of Mankind

Includes illustrations and three-dimensional maps, drawn by the author.

The House of Atreus, being the Agamemnon, Libation-Bearers, and Furies of Aeschylus

Usual age toning of boards, with page edges untrimmed. Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine, with corners bumped.

The Hunter and the Whale


The Invisible Ghetto

Lesbian and gay writing from South Africa.

The King of the Golden River

A very nice copy with some minor foxing and age toning. Neat name on the fep. 4 col plate and numerous line drawings in true Rackham style.

The King’s Mirror


The Letters of J. E. Flecker to Frank Savery

A limited edition numbered 81-390 of which this is number 234, printed on handmade paper. vellum spine, decorative boards. Minor browning to back and front feps. 126 pages.

The Log from the Sea of Cortez: The Narrative Portion of the Book ‘Sea of Cortez’ with a Profile About Ed Ricketts

Clean whole copy; spine sunned.

The Lying Days

Age toning to spine and boards with slight foxing to fep. Previous owner’s name on fep.

The Lying Days: a Novel

On dw: Second edition; on verso of title page: Second impression.Text clean and unmarked, binding tight. Past owner’s neat stamp on both front endpapes. Small nick at bottom of front board and prelims. DW has browned spine and tears top and bottom with pieces missing at edges of spine.

The Magic Tree: South African Stories in Verse

Text clean and binding tight. Edges very slightly worn.