McClendon, Lise.

Painted Truth. An Alix Thorssen Mystery.

NY, Walker Publishing Company, 1995. 15 x 22 cm. 243 Pages. Dark Blue Boards. Excellent condition – Like new. Dustjacket in Mylar cover. Signed on title-page by author.

Sagan, Françoise.

Painting in Blood. Translated from the French by Anthea Bell.

Henley, Aidan Ellis Publishing Ltd., 1988. 15.5 x 24cm. 253 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

[Digby, Jane] Schmidt, Margaret Fox.

Passion’s Child – The Extraordinary Life of Jane Digby.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1977. 23.9cm x 16cm. XVI, 268 pages. With 28 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Montague, John.

Patriotic Suite / Tides / The Rough Field / A Slow Dance / Poisoned Lands.

First, First, Second, First & New Edition. Dublin and London, The Dolmen Press and Oxford University Press, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1975 and 1977. 16 pages / 63 pages / 87 pages / 64 pages and 64 pages. Some illustrations. Original trade paperbacks. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally clean copies.

Sanders, Lloyd.

Patron and Place-Hunter. A Study of George Bubb Dodington Lord Melcombe.

London & New York, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1914. 21 x 14 cm. xiv, 294 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Ex Libris and name of previous owner neatly inscribed. Otherwise clean.

Anon / Payne, Albert Henry (publisher) / Leutemann, H. (translator of Reynard the Fox).

Payne’s Orbis Pictus or Book of Beauty for Every Table & Reynard the Fox A Poem in Twelve Cantos. Two Books bound into One Volume.

Dresden, Leipzig & London, A.H. Payne & W. French, ND [c. 1852]. 27 x 20 cm. Orbis Pictus: Coloured Title Page, 240 pages of text and numerous Plates / Reynard the Fox: xii, 81 text pages plus 37 steel engravings. Full calf binding with gilt and blind decorations. Dentelles. Black spine label with gilt title. Decorated end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top of front joint starting to crack. Binding sound. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Moderate age darkening / browning. Internally clean.

Deeney, Daniel.

Peasent Lore from Gaelic Ireland. Collected by Daniel Deeney.

[First Edition]. London, David Nutt, 1900. 19 x 12.5 cm. xi, 80 pages. Original green stiff paper covers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Age darkened. Remnants of old tape on covers (see images). Rear cover dog-eared. Sections unopened. Age darkened and mildly foxed, otherwise clean.

Du Maurier, George.

Peter Ibbetson. With an Introduction by his Cousin Lady ***** (″Madge Plunket”). Edited and Illustrated by George Du Maurier.

London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1894. 19 x 14 cm. 381 pages with B&W Illustrations. New (2018) black cloth with gilt title on spine. New pale blue end papers. Original yellow front free end paper with signature of previous owner: ‘A.F. Brooke RHA’ [Royal Horse Artillery] bound in after new end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Text block dust dulled and occassionally mildly foxed.

[Sidney, Philip] Stewart, Alan.

Philip Sidney: A Double Life.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 2000. 16cm x 24cm. XI, 400 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

MacGrath, Harold.

Pidgin Island. Illustrated by Arthur William Brown.

Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1914. 12.5 x 19cm. 341 pages, with plates. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Very good condition, some shelf wear to spine. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.