Fiction & Poetry

The Poetical Works of Mrs. Hermans: With Prefatory Memoir Notes, Etc.

Ink inscription facing the title page. First few pages show some folds and small closed tears. Text clear and clean. Leather covered boards show some wear and some tearing, especially to the top of spine.

The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge.

Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine with corners bumped. Gilt page edges with ink inscription and date (1923) on fep. Some foxing to pages.

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Including Introduction and Notes

Binding shaken. Leather covered boards show wear and slight soiling. Previous owner’s name in ink to the title page. Leaves show significant age toning. Small closed tear to the top of the title page.

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

Contains numerous black and white plates. Random foxing throughout. Binding still tight. Boards show slight wear.

The Prince of the House of David: Or Three Years in The Holy City

Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine.

The Prisoner of Zenda : Being the History of Three Months in the Life of an English Gentleman

Binding slightly loose. Large tear on p.9. Cover shows wear, especially along the edges. Ink stains on cover.

The Pyramid

Jacket cover has slight shelf wear to top and bottom of spine.

The Red Hussar


Contains several colour plates. Pages darkened. Binding slightly loose. Slight foxing to pages.Cover shows wear, especially along the edges.

The Regal Phantasm Shakespeare and the Politics of Spectacle

In excellent condition.

The Rhymes of a Red-Cross Man

Clean sound copy with just a past owner’s name in ink on front fep and a slightly faded spine.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Introduction by Laurence Housman. Four tipped-in colour plates, decorative borders and decorated title page by Charles Robinson. Some pencil writing on front fep. Label torn off front endpaper. Library stamp on front fep, verso of half-title page and on p. 70. Three of the plates have small creases at one lower corner. Slight random foxing. Front endpaper split at hinge. Covers edge worn and corners bumped and worn. Back cover stained. Spine chipped top and bottom.

The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

Only light general wear to boards and a little browning to dw spine.

The Sacred River. An Approach to James Joyce

Slight wear to edges . Limited edition 332

The Scandal of Ulysses: The Sensational Life of a Twentieth-Century Masterpiece

In excellent condition

The Second Jungle Book


The South African Saturday Book

A treasury of writing and pictures of South Africa, old and new, homely and extrodinary . Diligently gathered from many strange places by Eric Rosenthal and fittingly arranged by Richard. F. Robinow. Green cloth cover with wear to edges . Signed by some of the contributors. Lawrence Green etc.

The South African Saturday Book: a Treasury of Writing and Pictures of South Africa, Old and New, Homely and Extraordinary

No date of publication, circa 1948. Clean text and firm binding, ink inscription on half-title page. Corners of boards and edges of spine frayed. DW badly torn with piece of upper back panel missing.

The Story of a Short Life

Foxing to pages, with damage to spine and boards.

The Story of an African Farm

Some insect damage to front paste down and fep. Text is clean and clear with colour plates throughout. Boards show very little wear and slight soiling.

The Story of Mrs Tubbs

Binding slightly shaken with some foxing to pages.