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O' SULLIVAN, Seumas. AN EPILOGUE TO THE PRAISE OF ANGUS AND OTHER POEMS. Maunsel And Company, Dublin / London, 1914. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 30. Uncut. Poetry. Neat inscription on front end paper, one page carelessly opened, slight foxing otherwise VG+ in VG+ dust jacket. A12486 £20

O. C. S. FRATER L. Z. I. RITUAL AND TALISMANIC MAGIC. The Order Of The Cubic Stone, Wolverhampton, 1970. Reprint- First Edition Was 1968. Wraps. 8vo red card folder with 44 pages loosely inserted (formerly stapled but with staples now removed). Tables, figures. Qabalah and Ceremonial magic. Very good. A45900 £45

O' BRIAN, Sean. THE INDOOR PARK. Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle- Upon- Tyne, 1983. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. Paperback original. pp 64. Poetry. ISBN 0906427495. About fine. A54774 £20

O' BRIEN, Conor Cruise. KING HEROD EXPLAINS. A CHRISTMAS CHARADE. Stapled foolscap type script. 38pp. With the name of his agents on title page: Edwards/ Mac Liammoir, and also the inked figure '3', possibly indicating this is the third copy. Handwritten note on cover says: 'please return to N. V. Graham' with an address in Elizabeth Bay. Covers slightly marked, slightly soiled and slightly creased otherwise near VG. A58681 £60

O' BRIEN, Edna. THE COUNTRY GIRLS. *SIGNED* Hutchinson, London, 1960. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 224. Signed on title page: 'Edna O' Brien/ April '94.' Slightly bumped at one corner otherwise VG+ in slightly nicked, slightly rubbed and slightly chipped VG- dust jacket. A38184 £55

O' BRIEN, Edna. THE LONELY GIRL. (SIGNED) Jonathan Cape, London, 1962. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 254. Signed on title page. Fiction. NF/NF. Excellent condition. A37475 £55

O' BRIEN, Flann. DUBLINOISERIES. Jean- Cyrille Godefroy, No Place Noted- Possibly Saint Amand Montrond (Cher), 1983. First French Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. Softback. First French edition of 'The Best of Myles.' Translated from the English by Bernard Genies and Patrick Reumaux. ISBN: 2-86553-019-1 Pages: 165 VG+. Bon etat. A56107 £22

O' BRIEN, Glenn. A SIX PACK FOR JOHN BALDESSARI FROM GLENN O' BRIEN. Cornerhouse, Manchester, 1995. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 24. 2 illustrations. John Baldessari post card loosely inserted. Fine. A38380 £30

O' BRIEN, Henry. (Joachimo Laurentio Villanueva). PHOENICIAN IRELAND. Joseph Robins, London, 1837. Second Edition: ' With A Biographical Introduction By His Brother.' Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's dark green moiré cloth with printed spine label. Prelims have reviews of Henry O' Brien's The Round Towers of Ireland.' pp xii, xvi, xxxii, xxxiv, 35-361. Unopened. One folding map. Spine label quite faded and slightly chipped, some bumping at spine and corners, covers slightly marked, otherwise sound VG. A45165 £125

O' BRIEN, Robert. C. Z FOR ZACHARIAH. Voctor Gollancz, London, 1975. First U. K. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 192. Juvenile science fiction novel. ISBN 0575018909. VG+/VG+. A54165 £23

O' BRIEN, Katherine (Edits). Contributors Include Frithjof Schuon, Huston Smith, René Guénon, H. R. H. The Prince Of Wales, Ananda Coomarswamy, Jennifer Doane Upton, Seyyd Hossein Nasr, Gai Eaton, And An Interview With His Holiness The Dalai Lama By Ramin Jahanbegloo. SOPHIA. The Foundation For Traditional Studies, Oakton, Va, 1995- 2007. First Edition. Wraps. 24 8vos and 1 envelope containing 5 issues in newsletter format (4tos). Volume 1, No. 1, Summer 1995 to Volume 13, No. 1, spring/summer 2007. Missing Volume 11, No. 2, autumn/ winter 2005. Illustrated. Circa 4600+ pages in all. Contributors include Frithjof Schuon, Huston Smith, René Guénon, H. R. H. The Prince of Wales, Ananda Coomarswamy, Jennifer Doane Upton, Seyyd Hossein Nasr, Gai Eaton, and an interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama by Ramin Jahanbegloo. All VG+. A47861 £180

O' BRINE, Manning. THE HUNGRY KILLER. Hammond, Hammond And Co., London, 1956. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 221. Thriller set in Italy. Sound Boots Library binding, VG-. A55233 £18

O' CASEY, Sean. THE SILVER TASSIE. Macmillan, London, 1928. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Green paper covered boards, beige cloth spine with printed spine label and title label onset to cover. pp viii, 140. Uncut. Frontis portrait of author by Evan Walters. Tragi-comedy in 4 acts. Slight browning to endpapers, very slight wear otherwise VG+. A57108 £18

O' CONNELL, Sheldon. DICK TODD: KING OF THE JUKEBOX. Olb Jazz, Providence, Ri., 1987. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/paperback. pp 155. 18 illustrations. Very slight scuffing and creasing otherwise VG+. Neat name on front endpaper. Corner of title page clipped, not affecting text. A44218 £18

O' CONNOR, Armel. (Mrs) (Violet Bullock - Webster) PLEASE PASS IT ON. Mary's Meadow Press. Ludlow, Uk (1930) First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 234.Original publisher's blue buckram lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. An attractive copy with a slight mark on the prelims at edge o/w vg+. Signed by author as Violet O'Coonor underneath a tipped in picture of her. Novel with home front WW1 background."Inspiring.' Rare. A33034 £40

O' CONNOR, Brendan. FROCK OFF. LIFE FROM BEHIND THE PULPIT. Paul Harris Publishing, Edinburgh, 1978. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 106. Frock Off is a story of drunkenness and debauchery, dishonesty and deception, sexual excess and gambling of a Catholic priest. VG+ in slightly soiled (white) VG dust jacket. A58321 £20

O' CONNOR, Dermot. THE EYE OF THE EAGLE. John Long, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 184. Thriller. VG+ in VG dust jacket a little faded at spine and slightly rubbed. A23112 £30

O' CONNOR, Flannery. THE ARTIFICIAL NIGGER AND OTHER TALES. Neville Spearman, London, 1957. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 251. Short stories. Rear top edge and front edge very slightly faded o/w VG+ in scrappy good - d/w about complete at front showing black male head in green and red but with large loss at rear panel. A25573 £90

O' CONNOR, Patrick. IN A MARMALADE SALOON. Hutchinson, London, 1974. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. Uncorrected proof copy. pp 222. Novel. Very good indeed. A56003 £20

O' CONNOR, Philip. THINKING OF LI PO. Ink Sculptors/ Cult Productions, No Place Noted, 1995. First Edition. Wraps. Small square (ish) 4to (20 cm x 19.5 cm). Illustrated wraps. pp 53. 10 illustrations by Monika Duda. 200 copies only. Presentation copy: 'For Stephen/ hopefully/ P O' C.' 2 corrections by author. Scarce work by the bohemian writer whose portrait is on the cover. Printed in Poland Very light wear, rear wrap sl creased otherwise very good. A58632 £60

O' CONNOR, Philip. (Patrick B. De Mare- Introduction). SELECTED POEMS 1936- 1998. Tuba Press, Tunley, Nr. Cirencester, 2003. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 96. Poetry. Introduction by Patrick B. de Mare. Posthumous selection. Philip O' Connor (1916-1998) spent his last 30 years in France. Very good indeed. A31606 £20

O' CONNOR, T. P. T. P.'S WEEKLY. VOLUME ONE. 1902 - 1903. T. P. O' Connor, London, 1902 -1903. First Edition. Hardback. 4to. pp 976. Many illustrated ads., Volume 1. 1-30. 30 issues well bound in original publisher's green cloth which is a little soiled and sl rubbed but sound vg. A23385 £60

O' D., E. (I.e. Eimar O' Duffy.) (Illustrated Frederick Carter.) NATIONAL CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR. THE BOARDING-HOUSE LADY OF THREADNEEDLE STREET. Blue Moon, London, 1931. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo.4pp. Illustrated wraps. One page Blue Moon poem for Christmas 1931. Illustrated cover by Frederick Carter. Very slight. slight creasing else VG+. A36797 £25

O' DONNELL, Elliott. (Eliot, Elliott, Elliott, Eliott). GHOSTS OF LONDON. Philip Allan, London, 1932. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth lettered green on spine. pp vi, 280. Ghosts in the Tower of London, Spring-Heeled Jack, club hauntings, etc. Very slight foxing to prelims; VG+. A40490 £28

O' DONNELL, William H. (edits). THE SPECKLED BIRD BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL, WITH VARIANT VERSIONS. NEW EDITION, INCORPORATING RECENTLY DISCOVERED MANUSCRIPTS. Palgrave / Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2003. New Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xxiii, 250. Fine in fine dust wrapper. A52078 £35

O' DONOGHUE, Edward Geoffrey. BRIDEWELL HOSPITAL, PALACE, PRISON, SCHOOLS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE END OF THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH. The Bodley Head, London, 1923. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xi, 262. 43 plates, 7 illustrations in text. Fine in VG+ dust jacket. Exceptional condition. A43951 £50

O' DONOVAN, Joan. SHE, ALAS! Victor Gollancz, London, 1965. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 192. Novel. Signed presentation from the author: 'Another secondhand one- but there's nothing secondhand/ about my gratitude/Joan/15.4.1986.' With good signed typed letter about her book to one 'Rivers.' Spine a little faded otherwise about VG. A26972 £25

O' DONOVAN, Joan. SHE, ALAS! Victor Gollancz, London, 1965. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 192. Thriller. VG+ / VG. A14178 £22

O' DONOVAN, Joan. THE MIDDLE TREE. Victor Gollancz, London, 1961. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 192. Signed presentation from the author: ' Gay- with love- Joan.' Fiction: ' This is a novel of high seriousness, the work of a scrupulous artist...' VG+ in slightly worn VG- dust jacket. A54308 £18

O' DRISCOLL, Dennis. THE BOTTOM LINE. Dedalus, Dublin, 1994. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 31. Poetry. Limited edition of 350 copies. Loosely inserted typed letter signed to Alan Ross, 'it's all about office life..' Very slightly soiled otherwise VG+. A57304 £20

O' DUFFY, Eimar. BRICRIU'S FEAST. Martin Lester, Dublin, No Date (1919?). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Blue wraps printed black. pp 52. Comedy in three acts, with epilogue. Slightly chipped at head of spine, very slight edgewear otherwise near VG. A57261 £18

O' FAOLAIN, Sean. AND AGAIN? Constable, London, 1979. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 287. Novel with fantasy elements- man growing younger. ISBN 0094628009 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A56706 £18

O' GORMAN, Ned. (Herbert Read.) ADAM BEFORE HIS MIRROR. Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1961. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 48. Loosely inserted is a good 1961 letter from Herbert Read to Alan Ross. Herbert Read is trying to get Ned O'Gorman's poems published and asks Alan Ross's help. Also included are 4 typed pages of poems with O' Gorman's New York address and a pencilled note on one by Read. The letter is on Stonegrave House notepaper- the house in which Read spent his last years. VG+ in VG dust jacket slightly nicked at edges and head of spine. A17956 £33

O' HARA WOOD, A. H. CUP WEEK AND OTHER VERSES. TOGETHER WITH TWO SHORT FAIRY TALES AND TWO ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALEK SASS AND AN END- PRICE BY A. H. O' HARA WOOD. The Speciality Press, Melbourne, 1912. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 94. Poetry. 2 illustrations by Alek Sass. Wraps a little worn, rear wrap slightly loose. VG-. A57471 £20

O' HARA, David. POEMS. ***SIGNED*** Privately Printed, No Place Noted (Uk), 1980. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 56. Signed presentation copy: 'David O' Hara/ 15/8/80/ I wish the world would stop turning.' Includes a poem to Nietsche and 'A Dubliner's Funerary Lament.' Slight wear, soiling and creasing otherwise sound near VG. A59452 £30

O' HIGGINS, Michael. HAIKU. *SIGNED* Woodbury Press, Wells, Somerset, 1985. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 12. Illustrated throughout by Dick Boulton. Poetry. Signed presentation copy to Edward Lowbury. ISBN 0948605006. Very good indeed. A53452 £18

O' HIGGINS, Michael. SCHIZOPHRENIA. Lobby Press, Somerset, 1988. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 72. With afterword by Robin Seager. ISBN 0906547318. VG+ (slightly bumped). A few light penciled notes (by Edward Lowbury). A20260 £26

O' HIGGINS, Michael. WELLS AND OTHER POEMS. *SIGNED* Arthur H. Stockwell, Ilfracombe, Devon, 1984. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 47. Poetry. Signed presentation copy to Edward Lowbury. ISBN 0722319002. F in VG dust jacket (couple of closed tears). With some light pencil markings presumably by Edward Lowbury. A53457 £20

O' HIGGINS, Michael. (Robin Seager). AN ADVENTURE OF THE MIND. A LONGISH POEM. *SIGNED* Woodbury Press, Wells, Somerset, 1985. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 8. Afterword by Robin Seager. Signed presentation copy. ISBN 0948605006. Very good indeed. A53455 £16

O' HIGGINS, Michael. (Robin Seager). AN ADVENTURE OF THE MIND. A LONGISH POEM. *SIGNED* Woodbury Press, Wells, Somerset, 1985. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 8. Afterword by Robin Seager. Signed presentation copy to Edward Lowbury. ISBN 0948605006. Very good indeed. A53456 £18

O' KANE, Paul (Foreword). PAINTING 1997. The Royal College Of Art, London, 1997. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps. pp 48 (unpaginated). Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Exhibition catalogue. About fine. A38247 £40

O' KELLY, Seumas. A LAND OF LONELINESS AND OTHER STORIES. Gill And Macmillan, Dublin, 1969. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp [x], 193. Edited by Eamon Grennan with a good introduction on Seumas O' Kelly's life and works. Short stories. Seumas O'Kelly (1881 - 1918) was an Irish author and writer. Endpapers slightly foxed otherwise VG+ in slightly soiled and used near VG dust jacket. A24901 £28

O' MAHONY, Patrick J. INVESTMENT: A BLESSING OR A CURSE? Mayhew - Mccrimmon, Great Wakering (Essex), 1979. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Hardbound by library from paper wraps book using original wraps as covers. pp 248. Tables. Analysis from Catholic point of view of South African companies. ISBN 0855972793. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A17322 £20

O' MAHONY, Patrick J. INVESTMENT: A BLESSING OR A CURSE? Mayhew - Mccrimmon, Great Wakering (Essex), 1979. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 248. Tables. Analysis from Catholic point of view of South African companies. ISBN 0855972793. Very good. A26170 £22

O' NEILL, Eugene. A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN. Jonathan Cape, London, 1953. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 156. Play. VG+/VG+. Nice clean copy. A53156 £18

O' NEILL, Eugene. (Athol Fugard). THE EMPEROR JONES, THE STRAW, AND DIFF'RENT. Jonathan Cape, London, 1965. Reprint. Hardback. Dustjacket. 8vo. pp viii, 282. Three plays. Athol Fugard's copy with his ownership signature on front endpaper. VG+ in slightly used and worn VG- dust jacket. A17960 £20

O' NUALLAIN, Sean. BEING HUMAN: THE SEARCH FOR ORDER. Intellect Books, Bristol, 2002. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Small 4to. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. pp vi, 209. 'emerging science of consciousness.' ISBN 1841500259. About fine. A19347 £26

O' REILLY, Camille C. (edits). LANGUAGE, ETHNICITY AND THE STATE. 2 VOLUMES. *BOTH VOLUMES* Palgrave / Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2001. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 2 volumes. 8vo. Volume I: Minority Languages in the European Union, ppx, 183. Volume II: Minority Languages in Eastern Europe post - 1989, ppxii, 228, tables. Linguistics, ethnic identity. ISBN:033392925X BOTH VOLUMES Fine in very slightly used dust jackets. A16424 £45

O' REILLY, Bishop Colm (Foreword). GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME. The Faith And Mission History Committee, Longford, 2000. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp xxvi, 172. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. A Millennium Memoir of the Longford parish of Templemichael and Ballymacormack. VG+/VG+. Excellent condition. A57331 £25

O' SULLIVAN, J. B. CASKET OF DEATH. Pillar Publishing Company, Dublin, No Date (1940). First Edition Thus. Wraps. 8vo. Colour Illustrated wraps. pp 80. Murder mystery. A Steve Silk story. Sensational colour illustrated wraps showing dead man falling out of casket. Name on cover and title page, printed rear cover somewhat mottled and worn otherwise sound near VG. A31044 £25

O' SULLIVAN, J. B. (Richard B. Fitzsimons.) CHERRY IN THE WINEGLASS. Grafton Publications, Dublin, No Date (Late 1940s.) First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 48. 'An Abbott and Bishop Thriller' with short story at end 'Double Double Cross' by Richard B. Fitzsimons. Colour illustrated wraps pulp style. VG. A22100 £24

O' SULLIVAN, Vincent. FIFTEEN LETTERS TO SEUMAS O' SULLIVAN. Tragara Press, Edinburgh, 1979. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 36. Introduction and notes by Alan Anderson. One of 100 numbered copies. Letters written between 1928 - 1939. VG+. A14445 £20

O' SULLIVAN, Vincent. MARCEL SCHWOB. MEMORIES AND LETTERS. The Tragara Press, Loanhead, 2004. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 37. One of 15 lettered copies from an edition of 75 bound in marbled wraps on Zerkall mold made paper. The 'real' Marcel Schwob by one who knew him well. Fine. A24049 £40

O' TOOLE, Peter. LOITERING WITH INTENT. Macmillan, London, 1992. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 198. 6 illustrations. Signed presentation from the author to Corinne Gotch, a former book trade executive who organised book signings for Books Etc., and was well- known and respected by many authors. Autobiography. ISBN 0333537971. Fine in about fine dust jacket slightly creased at head of spine. A22426 £65

'O'. (Margaret Wade Deland). THE KAYS. Jonathan Cape, London, 1926. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Proof copy in plain wraps with handwritten title on cover. pp 320. Novel. Covers worn and slightly stained and browned, sound but good only. A34575 £40

O'BALLANCE, Edgar. AFGHAN WARS, 1839-1992: WHAT BRITAIN GAVE UP AND THE SOVIET UNION LOST. Brassey's, London, 1993. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 11 maps. ISBN: 0080407226 Pages: 259 VG+/VG+. A39420 £24

O'BOYLE, Reverend Philip, P. P. CENTENARY DAY AT LOURDES. (SIGNED) Donegal: The County Donegal Printing Co. Ltd., No Date. First edition. 25pp. Small crown 8vo. Paper covers. Fading to covers and a small damp stain at centre fold o/w about vg.. A signed presentation copy from the author. (1963). A thin pamphlet describing a visit to Lourdes in 1958. A28882 £16

O'BRIEN, Charles. MUTE WITNESS. Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, Az 2001. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp 325. Signed by the author on the title page. ISBN: 1890208620 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A43208 £18

O'BRIEN, Edna. TIME AND TIDE. *SIGNED* Viking, London, 1992. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Signed on title page. ISBN: 0-670-84552-3 Pages: 326 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A37627 £30

O'CONNOR, . OFFICERS AND LADIES.. Doubleday & Co., New York 1958., . First edition. Hardback. Very good indeed in very good dust jacket. 276pp. end-paper maps. Novel set in the Phillipines in 1898. A4466 £16

O'CONNOR, Dónal, Caroline Shaw And Stephanie Veitch. Niall Macmonagle (Editor). LIFELINES NEW AND COLLECTED: LETTERS FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR FAVOURITE POEM. Town House, Dublin 2006. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp xix, 361. ISBN: 1860592546 Covers slightly bumped otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. A45248 £36

O'CONNOR, T. P. SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN. Hodder & Stoughton. London, 1908. First Edition. Hardback. Small 8vo. 167pp. Bookplate and signature of Lord Fraser of Kilmorack. Very good. A8940 £22

O'D, (O'DONNELL.) E. NATIONAL CHRISTMAS. Ulysses Bookshop (Lahr) Although Not Noted, London, First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. 4pp. Folded sheet with illustration on cover showing ‘The Boarding-House Lady of Threadneedle Street.'. One of 100 Blue Moon series poems produced for Christmas 1931. Very good indeed with some very slight wear. A11144 £16

O'DONALD, Peter. THE ARCTIC SKUA: A STUDY OF THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF A SEABIRD. Cambridge University, Cambridge, 1983. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Tables, figures. ISBN: 0-521-23581-2 Pages: 324 Fine in fine dust wrapper (glossy white dust jacket very slightly browned). Excellent condition. A32422 £40

O'FAIRCHEALLAIGH, Ciaran. HOST COUNTRIES AND MULTINATIONALS: CASE STUDIES FROM IRELAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AND ZAMBIA OF NEGOTATIONS WITH MINING CORPORATIONS. Dept. Of International Relations, Canberra 1982. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. ISBN: 0-86784-078-1 Pages: 106 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings otherwise sound about VG. A35821 £30

O'FLAHERTY, Liam. ALL THINGS COME OF AGE; A RABBIT STORY. Wolfhound Press. Dublin, 1977. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. 15pp. Illustrations by Terence O'Connell. White laminated boards, slightly soiled; very good. A7927 £16

O'GORMAN, Francis (Edits). Contributors Include Catherine Seville, Alison Chapman, Jane Moody. VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND FINANCE. Oxford University Press, New York 2007. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Review copy with publishers printed review slip loosely inserted. 4 figures. Contributors include Catherine Seville, Alison Chapman, Jane Moody. ISBN: 0-19-928192-0 Pages: 201 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A34065 £36

O'GRADY, Ken. THREE MODERN DRAMAS: PUNK AT WAR WITH JOHN WAYNE AND HAMLET/ NEW TROJAN WAR/ FIRST REAL PEOPLE BORN. Privately Published. London, No Date (1984). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 110. Some illustrations. Drama. Slightly soiled; about VG. A55059 £20

O'HAGEN, Thomas. INTIMACIES IN CANADIAN LIFE AND LETTERS. (SIGNED) Graphic Publishers, Ottawa N.d. (1927.), . First edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. Royal 8vo. Half cloth, decorated boards, spine label. Signed presentation from the author boldly inscribed for the library of The Author's Club, London. pp xx, 84. Boards sl soiled, title label darkened else vg copy with the club's bookplate on front pastedown. Together with ‘The Tide of Love' Ryerson Press, Toronto, n.d. (1928.) Blue pictorial wraps, issued in Ryerson's Poetry Chap Book series. Inscibed ‘with the compliments of Thomas O'Hagen...' Small fragments of paper adhering to spine (evidence of disbinding?) else vg copy. The pair: A4690 £26

O'KEEFE, Timothy. EPICURUS ON FREEDOM. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. ISBN: 0-521-84696-X Pages: 185 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A27009 £34

O'KELLY, Eve. THE RECORDER TODAY. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Illustrated throughout, ISBN: 0-521-36660-7 Pages: 179 Fine in near fine dust wrapper. A47705 £25

O'LEARY, . WELKIN'S RIFT.. Ollavian Press, Masham North Yorkshire 1974., . First edition. Hardback. Very good indeed in very good dust jacket. 285pp. Doomwatch school conspiracy thriller. A5778 £24

O'NEILL, Con. BRITAIN'S ENTRY INTO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: REPORT BY SIR CON O'NEILL ON THE NEGOTIATIONS 1970-1972. Whitehall History Pub. In, London; Portland, Or 2000. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 2 illustrations. ISBN: 0-7146-5117-6 Pages: 464 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG/VG. A47138 £48

O'NEILL, Judith. SO FAR FROM SKYE. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1992. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 204 with 4 maps. Novel set in Victoria, Australia and Skye. Very good indeed. A10309 £15

O'NEILL, Michael. THE ALL-SUSTAINING AIR: ROMANTIC LEGACIES AND RENEWALS IN BRITISH, AMERICAN, AND IRISH POETRY SINCE 1900. Oxford University Press, Oxford; New York 2007. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. ISBN: 0-19-929928-5 Pages: 208 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A47338 £30

O'NEILL, William. THE RUSSIAN PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS AND THE APPROACH OF THE TIME OF THE END. F. W. Allen, London, No Date (Late 1890s.),, .. 1st ed. pp 24. Level headed piece where the author expresses his shock at the barbarities perpetrated against the Jews in Russia, talks of Laurence Oliphants efforts and discusses various prophecies 'The Time of the End' and the 'Millennium Kingdom.' Wraps/ pamphlet , clean, very good indeed. A2333 £30

O'RIORDAN, Michelle. IRISH BARDIC POETRY AND RHETORICAL REALITY. Cork University Press, Cork 2007. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. ISBN: 1-85918-414-6 Pages: 482 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A43037 £30

O'SULLIVAN Michael (Compiles, Introduces). (Stephen Spender- Introduction). W. H. AUDEN. 1907- 1973. KATALOG. Lower Austrian Society For Art And Letters, Vienna, 1984. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 74. 35 illustrations. Signed presentation: 'Michael/ for C. Disly Jones/ Gentleman and/ Scholar of the / Old School/ Dublin 18th Aug '89.' Exhibition catalogue. Texts in German and English. Introduction by Sir Stephen Spender. Slight rubbing, slight wear, corners slightly bumped otherwise VG. A31059 £22

O'SULLIVAN, Deirdre And Robert Young. BOOK OF LINDISFARNE: HOLY ISLAND. English Heritage/ B. T. Batsford, London 1995. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Uncommon fine in hardback. ISBN: 0-7134-7307-X Pages: 128 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A45196 £65

O'SULLIVAN, Sue (Compiles). TURNING THE TABLES: RECIPES AND REFLECTIONS FROM WOMEN. Sheba Feminist Press, London, 1987. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. Recipes, including Angela Carter's 'potato soup.' Other contributions include Julie Christie's 'London Particular Soup', Zoe Fairbairn's 'Fresh Raspberry Icecream', Michelene Wandor's 'Soup of the Evening', Miriam Margolye's "Grilled Plaice.' ISBN: 0-907179-37-1 Pages: 202 From the working library of novelist Angela Carter (1940 - 1992) with her posthumous bookplate. This small, attractive bookplate reads 'From the Library of Angela Carter' and was designed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press and was authorised by the executors of her estate, from whom we bought the major part of her considerable collection. Very good indeed. A34919 £18

O'SULLIVAN, Vincent. THE NEXT ROOM. Tragara Press, Edinburgh, 1988. First Edition Thus. 8vo. Wraps. pp 22. One of 145 numbered copies. Weird tale- first published in ‘The Dublin Magazine,' 1928. Fine. Wraps. A11188 £20

OAKELEY, E. M. (Editor) CLIFTON COLLEGE REGISTER. A LIST OF CLIFTONIANS FROM SEPTEMBER, 1862, TO JULY, 1880, WITH ALPHABETICAL INDEX. Rivingtons, London, 1880. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp viii, 219. Neat name on front endpaper. Original publishers lettered gilt on spine and cover spine slightly split, parish copy but complete otherwise VG-. A81156 £18

OAKESHOTT, Michael. THE VOICE OF POETRY IN THE CONVERSATION OF MANKIND. Bowes & Bowes, London, 1959. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 63. Essay on the place of poetry in civilized life. Fine in slightly sunned VG+ dust jacket. Excellent condition. A47984 £48

OAKLEY, David J. PASTORAL MINISTRY: AN ESSAY IN PASTORAL THEOLOGY. The Pentland Press, Durham 2001. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. ISBN: 1-85821-896-9 Pages: 252 Very good indeed. A44053 £30

OAKLEY, E. R. And C. E. Holland. LONDON TRANSPORT TRAMWAYS 1933-1952. The London Tramways History Group, Bexleyheath, Kent, 1998. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. pp 464. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout and one folding map at rear. Slightly bumped at corner otherwise about fine. A60112 £28

OAKLEY, G. T. VERBEIA. GODDESS OF WHARFDALE. Norlonto, London, 2000. Third Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 39. 12 figures. Geomythologies, Romano-Celtic altar stone. About fine. A56259 £20

OATES, Leslie Russell. POPULIST NATIONALISM IN PREWAR JAPAN. A BIOGRAPHY OF NAKANO SEIGO. Allen & Unwin, London, 1985. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xii, 135. Biography. ISBN 0868611115. Allen & Unwin file copy with their neat 'File Copy' stamp otherwise VG+/VG+. A20482 £20

OATES, Stephen B. THE FIRES OF JUBILEE: NAT TURNER'S FIERCE REBELLION. Harper & Row, New York 1975. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Frontis illustration. Review copy with publishers printed review slip loosely inserted. ISBN: 0-06-013228-0 Pages: 187 VG+/VG+. A47465 £18

OBERHOLSTER, A. G. DIE MYNWERKERSTAKING, WITWATERSRAND 1922. Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, Pretoria, 1982. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Illustrated boards. pp [x] 223. Illustrated endpapers, 17 illustrations. Text in Afrikaans. ISBN: 0869659081 Very good. A60306 £24

OBERHUBER, Oswald And Peter Weibel. OSTERREICHS AVANTGARDE 1900-1938. EIN UNBEKANNTER ASPEKT. Galerie Nacht St. Stephan, Wien, 1976. First Edition. Wraps. 4to, pp 176, illustrations. Very good indeed. A80093 £26

OBERTYNSKI, Z. (Edits). THE CRACOW PONTIFICAL. Henry Bradshaw Society, Manchester, 1977. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xii, 143. 4 plates. Latin text (forewords in English). Liturgical text. Very good. Neat name on front endpaper. A56756 £18

OBEYD, Nezaameddin. (Mas' Uud E Farzaad Translates). RATS AGAINST CATS. Priory Press, London, No Date (1947). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 23. Translated by Mas' uud e Farzaad. 14th century Persian satirist. Bookplate of Anne and F. G. Renier, slightly dusty otherwise VG+. A56091 £24

OCASIO, Rafael. A GAY CUBAN ACTIVIST IN EXILE: REINALDO ARENAS. University Press Of Florida, Gainesville, 2007. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 191. ISBN: 0813030897 Fine. A45935 £30

OCKENDEN, J. M. And K. E. Bodenham. FOCUS ON MEDICAL COMPUTER DEVELOPMENT. A STUDY OF THE SCOTTISH SCENE BY SCIENTIFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS LTD. Oxford University Press. London, 1970. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp xii, 121. Computers in medicine. Very good. (slight wear). A10364 £20

ODEGARD, Peter H. PRESSURE POLITICS: THE STORY OF THE ANTI- SALOON LEAGUE. Columbia University Press, New York, 1928. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xi, 299. Frontis illustration, tables. US history, prohibition, etc. Slight wear, rear cover slightly marked and scuffed otherwise VG sound copy. A47925 £36

ODOEVTZEVA, Irina. (Donia Nachshen). OUT OF CHILDHOOD. Constable, London, 1930. First Edition In English. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Green patterned boards gilt. pp viii, 252. Uncut. Unopened. Translated and 28 illustrations in text (6 plates) by Donia Nachshen. Fiction. VG+ in worn and soiled good only dust jacket. A18253 £18

OESTERLEY, W. O. E., H. Loewe And Erwin I. J. Rosenthal (Editors). JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY. THREE VOLUMES: THE AGE OF TRANSITION; THE CONTACT OF PHARISAISM WITH OTHER CULTURES; LAW AND RELIGION. The Sheldon Press, London, 1937-1938. First Edition. Hardback. 3 volumes, 8vo, pp xii, 304; xxii, 371; xiv, 248. Times Book Club labels to pastedown, otherwise VG. A82348 £48

OFFER, Avner. THE CHALLENGE OF AFFLUENCE: SELF-CONTROL AND WELL-BEING IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN SINCE 1950. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Tables, figures. ISBN: 0-19-820853-7 Pages: 472 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A59258 £18

OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES MUSEES. MOUSEION. RUN FROM 1931 TO 1937 (VOLUMES 13/14- 39/40). ONLY ONE MISSING- VOLUME 20. Office International Des Musees, Paris, 1931- 1937. First Editions. Wraps. 15 volumes. Wraps. Small 4to's. Approximately 100pp each volume. Illustrated in black and white throughout each volume. Museum studies, restoration, archaeological techniques etc., Reasonable copies some sl soiled or browned at spine, some sl marked but overall sound vg copies. French with English summaries at rear of periodical A24082 £225

"OFFICER." SMITH OF THE SHAMROCK GUARDS: THE "RAGGED" LIEUTENANT. Greening And Co., London, 1903. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's red cloth lettered black at spine and cover with a shamrock motif. pp 132. Play about the army, a protest against 'hazing (ragging) rituals.' A good introduction on the Standford case and an introduction to ragging. Banned on publication by the Lord Chamberlain. Irish literature. Some soiling and marking, VG- sound copy, endpapers slightly marked. A42564 £80

OFFIT, Sidney. ONLY A GIRL LIKE YOU. Coward, Mccann And Geoghegan, New York, 1972. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 126. Novel of first love. Signed presentation from the author:' To Perdita Kark because/ your mother speaks/ of you so warmly and / I believe you may/ "feel tar" Sam!!/ Sidney Offit/ New York City/ 10/9/1972.' F/VG+. A54996 £24

OGDEN, Brother Daniel. OF VALIANT MEN; A CHRONICLE OF THE CONGREGATION OF ALEXIAN BROTHERS. The Novitiate Press. Gresham, Wisconsin, 1957. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. 101pp. bibliography. Brother Ignatius Wiegers Edits and revises. Paper folder with metal fastenings like a typescript and printed typewriter style. Slight rustiness to fastening else VG. A7717 £40

OGDEN, David And Neville Gabie. CABOT CIRCUS CANTATA. Insite Arts, London, 2008 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp (56), Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Includes CD. ISBN: 0954730054 Fine. A45125 £48

OGDEN, George W. SHEEP LIMIT. Hodder & Stoughton, London, No Date (Circa 1930). First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp vi, 7-314. Fiction. Very good in very good dust wrapper. Complete bright dust jacket showing woman on horse. A60456 £22

OGDEN, J. W. (Sigismund Goetze.) DESPISED AND REJECTED OF MEN. AN APPRECIATION OF GOETZE'S PICTURE. Mawson Swan & Morgan, Newcastle - Upon - Tyne, No Date (1920'S). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp28. Frontis portrait of Sigismund Goetze. An appreciation by Rev. Ogden of Goetze's painting , ‘Despised and Rejected of Men' set on the steps of St. Pauls Cathedral instead of the usual Palestinian setting. Rev Ogden refers to the painter as an ‘artistic prophet' and looks upon the work as a sermon in the form of a great picture. Wraps, slight wear otherwise VG. A12671 £23

OGG, David. CARDINAL DE RETZ. Methuen, London, 1912. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's blue/purple cloth lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. pp xi, 282 with 31pp publishers catalogue at rear. Frontis portrait. VG+ in VG dust jacket (slightly tanned at spine, slight edgewear). Excellent condition. A45880 £40

OGILBY, John And William Morgan. (Ralph Hyde- Introduction). THE A TO Z OF RESTORATION LONDON: (THE CITY OF LONDON, 1676). H. Margary In Association With The Guildhall Library, Lympne Castle, Kent 1992. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Including the 20 map sheets by John Ogilby and William Morgan published in 1676. The index (compiled by John Fisher and Roger Cline)is based on Ogilby and Morgan's 1677 Explanation, but is 'considerably improved.' ISBN: 0-903541-46-7 Pages: 93 F/VG+ (complete clean dust jacket with short closed tear). A44054 £32

OGILVIE, John. POEMS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN ESSAY ON THE LYRIC POETRY OF THE ANCIENTS. Garland Publishing, New York, 1971. Facsimile Of 1762 Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Red woven cloth boards. pp lxxxvi, 156. 5 illustrations. Poetry. Slight fading otherwise VG+. A23444 £30

OGWU, U. Joy. NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY. ALTERNATIVE FUTURES. Nigerian Institute Of International Affairs / Macmillan Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria, 1986. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Hardbound from wraps preserving covers. pp x, 206. Tables. Nigeria domestic affairs, external relations, etc. ISBN 9781328126. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A51851 £22

OHRT, Karsten, Henrik Wivel. IAN MCKEEVER ASSEMBLY: MALERIER/ PAINTINGS 2002-2007. Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, 2007. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Texts in Danish and English. ISBN: 9788777660153 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A43626 £45

OI, D. Joseph. REFLEXOES SOBRE A VAISADE DOS HOMENS, OU DISCURSOS MORAES SOBRE OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE EFFEITOS DA VAIDADE. Francisco Luiz Ameno, Lisbon, No Date (1952?). First Edition Thus. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. Facsimile copy of 1852 edition. 1,000 copies printed. Portuguese text. Slight marks but sound clean VG copy. A30336 £30

OK, Yu Sang (Foreword). IMAGE THEATER. Coreana Museum Of Art, Seoul, 2006. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated wraps. pp 116. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Texts in English and Korean. Contributors include Bae Myung Ji and Park Shin Eui. Artists include Kwon Yong Man, Cheon Jong, Kim Young Jin, Kim Moon Hwan. Fine. A32716 £35

OKADA, Tetsuzo. THE WINGED ROSE AND OTHER POEMS. Seikanso, Tokyo, 1939. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Cream wraps. pp 27. Poems, including 'An Assassin's Song', 'Mount Myogi revisited', ' The Isle of Sado.' Slight even soiling; VG or better. A57472 £20

OKAMOTO, Ken'ichi (Edits). GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT REMOTE SENSING (WAVE SUMMIT COURSE). Ohmsha / Ios Press, Tokyo / Burke/ Amsterdam, 2001. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. Tables, figures, illustrations (4 in colour). ISBN: 1-58603-101-5 Pages: 320 Fine. A27393 £35

OKE, Richard. (James Elroy Flecker.) THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY DRAMATIC SOCIETY PRESENTS ‘HASSAN.' Oxford University Dramatic Society, Oxford, 1931. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. pp 20, adverts, text, illus etc.,Wraps illustrated in pink, black and yellow by Richard Oke who also designed the sets and costumes for the play. There is a photo of a fogeyish Oke in the text with congratulations on the success of his novel ‘Frolic Wind.' The play's cast list makes interesting reading--Peggy Ashcroft, Terence Rattigan, Giles Playfair -under the direction of Basil Dean. Light wear otherwise very good. A14556 £25

OKRAFO-SMART, Victor S. Weeks. OKRAFO-SMART FAMILY: OVER A CENTURY IN THE LIVES OF A LIBERATED AFRICAN FAMILY: 1816-1930. Palm Tree Publications Uk, Nottingham, 2007. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 0-9554724-0-7 Pages: 233 Very good indeed. A36490 £40

OKSAAR, Els. MITTELHOCHDEUTSCH. TEXTE KOMMENTARE SPRACHKUNDE WORTERBUCH. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm, 1965. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 542. German text. Fine. A51115 £18

OKUDZHAVA, . THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF SECRET AGENT SHIPOV IN PURSUIT OF COUNT LEO TOLSTOY, IN THE YEAR 1862.. Abelard- Schuman, London 1973., . First edition. Hardback. Very good in good/very good dust jacket chipped at corner and with slight wear. 214pp. Epilogue. Translated by Heather Maisner. A5764 £16

OLANO, Edorata Kortadi, Juan Mari Lekuona, Helena Elbusto, Julian Ugarte. JULIAN UGARTE. Donostia Kultura, San Sebastian, 2003. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps. pp 101. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Texts in Spanish and Basque (?). Exhibition catalogue. About fine. A40568 £60

OLBRICH, . THE ACCOUNT OF MARTIN BRON.. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1987., . First edition. Hardback. Fine in fine dust jacket. 182pp. Map. Novel set in post war Germany about a stateless Jew from Sudetenland. Author's second book. A5756 £18

OLBRICH, Freny. SWEET AND DEADLY. Heinemann, London, 1979. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 214. Detective novel set in India. Fine in fine dust wrapper. A20282 £24

OLDFIELD, Brenda M. And Others (edit). CONTEMPORARY CASES IN RETAIL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT. Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2000. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp xxxi, 343. Tables, figures. Retail, marketing, management. ISBN 0333764803. Fine in fine dust wrapper. A15358 £28

OLDHAM, Eliza S. THE HAUNTED HOUSE. S. W. Partridge, London, No Date (About 1862.) First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 79, frontis + 3 other illus and several vignettes. 32 page catalogue at rear from 1862. Heart rending tale with a temperance message and no real ghosts merely a house that was always known as the ‘Haunted House.' Uncommon. Green blind patterned cloth with gilt decoarative title. Sl wear at spine ends, contemporary inscription on yellow pastedown, prelims browned, o/w vg. A16548 £35

OLDHAM, W. J. THE ROLLS- ROYCE 40/50 HP: GHOSTS, PHANTOMS AND SPECTRES. G. T. Foulis, Sparkford Yeovil, Somerset, 1974. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Small 4to (21.5 cm x 23cm). Rebound. pp 271. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 0854291628 Ex Library copy with the usual markings, stamps, pockets, etc. otherwise sound VG-. A60561 £30

OLDKNOW, Antony. POSITIVE POEMS FOR TWENTIETH CENTURY ANGLO- SAXONS. Scopcraeft Press, Fargo, 1968. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled wraps. pp 32. Poetry. Signed presentation from the author: 'To David and Mary/ from/ Tony.' Very good indeed. A43575 £40

OLDKNOW, Antony. TOMCATS AND TIGERTAILS. Poetry North, Fargo, 1968. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled wraps. pp 20. Poetry. No. 25 of 50 copies. Very good indeed. A43576 £30

OLDMAN Gary And Jack English. NIL BY MOUTH. The Se8 Group, No Place Noted (London), No Date (1996). First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large oblong 4to (34cm x 27cm). pp 64 (unpaginated). Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. From the library of the late film director Anthony Minghella whose Hampstead library we bought in December 2008. Loosely inserted is a C. V. from the photographer Jack English with note at top: 'For Ant & Carolyn' on agent Charlie Varley's note paper with a second C. V. (the same but with no writing). Fine in about fine dust jacket (very slight creasing). A45821 £90

OLINTO, Antonio. OS MOVEIS DA BAILARINA / THE DANCER'S FURNITURE. Nordica, Rio De Janeiro, 1994. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 141. Story in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and German. Novelette. Signed presentation from the author with good signed typed letter to Christina Foyle. ISBN: 8570072465 About fine. A29369 £30

OLINTO, Antonio. TEMPO DE PALHACO. Nordica, Rio De Janeiro, 1989. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 237. Signed presentation copy to Christina Foyle. Story of a Brazilian clown trying to make people laugh. Very good. A10900 £23

OLIPHANT Mrs [ Margaret] LADY WILLIAM. IN THREE VOLUMES. Macmillan, London, 1893 First Edition. Hardback. 8vos. pp. 288; 287; 283. Mrs Oliphant, a prolific nineteenth century Scottish novelist, biographer, essayist, reviewer and prominent voice on the 'woman question' is best known for her portraits of small-town life. Book labels of Victorian lady traveller and author Mrs Cuthell. Contemporary half red calf, mauve cloth, raised bands, gilt lettered spines, leather labels. Joints scuffed, minor marks to lower covers. Sound VG. A26572 £110

OLIPHANT, John Christison. SOME RAMBLES ROUND EDINBURGH. Macniven & Wallace, Edinburgh, 1892. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Small 8vo (10.5cm x 16 cm). Linen spine printed paper covered boards. Edinburgh walks. Foxing to prelims, slight soiling but pleasing VG copy. Neat name on front endpaper. A20550 £30

OLIPHANT, Lancelot. AN AMBASSADOR IN BONDS. SIGNED Putnam, London, 1947. Second Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp xv, 231. Signed on title page and presentation copy. Very good. A82150 £20

OLIPHANT, Laurence. ALTIORA PETO. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1883. First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Small 8vo (11.5 cm x 16 cm). Full contemporary vellum lettered gilt at the spine on red lettered label. Marbled endpapers. pp 288 & 271. Slight spotting to vellum otherwise VG clean sound copy. Neat name and date opposite title page. A32600 £45

OLIPHANT, Mrs And F. Tarver. MOLIERE. William Blackwood, Edinburgh / London, 1879. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 192. From the ‘Foreign Classics for English Readers' series. Biography. Original dark green decorated cloth. Endpapers browned, neat name from 1880, spine very slightly rubbed at head otherwise VG+. A12683 £20

OLIPHANT, Mrs. HE THAT WILL NOT WHEN HE MAY. Macmillan, London, 1892. Reprint. Hardback. 8vo, pp 494. Lean at spine, soiled worn but reasonably sound complete copy; good only. A80870 £20

OLIPHANT, Mrs [ Margaret] THE MYSTERY OF MRS. BLENCARROW. Spencer Blackett, London, N.d. [1890.] First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp. 186. Sadleir [1880]. Mrs Oliphant, a prolific nineteenth century Scottish novelist, biographer, essayist, reviewer and prominent voice on the 'woman question' is best known for her portraits of small-town life. 'The Mystery of Mrs. Blencarrow' is a later novel that draws on Oliphant's exposure to Windsor gossip. It contains parallels with Queen Victoria's own penchant for relationships likely to incur the disapproval of the court. Some thriller elements - in Hubin. Contemporary half red calf, mauve cloth, raised bands, gilt lettered spine, leather label. Upper cover lightly worn with very slight loss on lower edge, joints a little scuffed. Title page has skillfull repair at blank top edge where(possibly) a signature has been excised. VG. A26666 £80

OLIVEIRA, A. Ramos. (intro.) CATHOLICS AND THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN. National Council Of Labour, London, 1936. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 16. Facts and speeches including a piece from Don Enrique Moreno, Spanish Catholic And Lecturer In The University Of Oxford. Pictorial wraps, sl wear o/w vg. A9636 £16

OLIVEIRA, Nicolas De, Nicola Oxley And Michael Petry. Michael Archer (Text). INSTALLATIONS. L'ART EN SITUATION. Thames And Hudson, Paris, 1997. First French Edition. Paperback. 4to. ISBN: 2878111192 Pages: 208 Fine. A35698 £35

OLIVER, . MALTA AT BAY; AN EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT.. Hutchinson & Co., London 1942., . First edition. Hardback. Slight wear and fading to covers- Close very good. No dust jacket. 108pp. 16 illustrations, map. A5217 £16

OLIVER, George. THE ROVER. Cassell, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Many black and white illustrations. ISBN: 0-304-93817-3 Pages: 232 Lacks front endpaper, one library stamp otherwise VG/VG. A59278 £20

OLIVER, Jane And Ann Stafford. CUCKOO IN JUNE. Chatto & Windus, London, 1935. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 280. 30 illustrations in black and white and colour. A 'pleasant and light-hearted affair' from the Services Library. Slight offsetting to front endpaper otherwise fine in VG+ dustjacket very slightly chipped at corners. A57260 £20

OLIVER, Marilene. INTIMATE DISTANCES. Beaux Arts, London, 2003. First Edition. Wraps. 4to, pp 16, illustrations. Very good indeed. A80958 £25

OLIVER, Marina. HIGHWAYMAN'S HAZARD. Robert Hale, London, 1983. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 190. Thriller/ romance. ISBN 070900947X. F/VG (slight rubbing and slight edgewear but clean and bright). A55257 £18

OLIVER, Mark. YOUNG PLANTS AND POLISHED CORNERS. Victor Gollancz. London, 1964. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 192pp. Signed presentation copy to Angus Wilson dated 2 months before publication. Novel about an English writer in Southern Italy. F/Vg. A7356 £25

OLIVER, N. T. THE WHITECHAPEL MYSTERY. A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM. "JACK THE RIPPER." No Publisher Noted, No Place Noted (Uk?), No Date (1990'S?). Facsimile Of The Very Scarce 1889 Chicago Printing. Wraps. 8vo. Nicely done in thin printed card wraps and black tape cloth spine. pp 232. Jack the Ripper mystery. About fine. A24761 £30

OLIVER, Paul. THE VILLAGE GREEN: A CATALOGUE. Arts Council Of Great Britain, London, No Date (1980). First Edition. Wraps. Small oblong 8vo (21 cm x 15 cm). Illustrated throughout in black and white. Exhibition catalogue. Scarce. ISBN: 0-7287-0220-7 Pages: 48 About fine. A56108 £25

OLIVER, Revilo Pendleton (Translates). THE LITTLE CLAY CART: A DRAMA IN TEN ACTS. The University Of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1938. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 250. Drama attributed to King Sudraka. Lacks front endpaper, spine faded, slight wear otherwise sound VG-. A60249 £22

OLIVER, Roland. SOME CRIMINAL CURIOSITIES. Privately Printed, London, 1930. First Edition. Wraps. 12mo. Wraps. pp 30. No. 89 of the privately printed opuscula issued to members of the Sette of Odd Volumes. One of 199 copies (unnumbered) presented to 'Edmund' from 'Roland'. Cover slightly marked, slight foxing to text but overall a pleasing VG copy. A27817 £36

OLIVER, Kenneth. CHAPLAIN AT WAR Angel Press, Chichester, West Sussex, 1986. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Signed presentation copy: 'Juliet Pannett/ with many happy/memories of/ Christ's Hospital/ with all good/ wishes/ Kenneth Oliver.' Loosely inserted are obituary of author from the Times, the order of service for his funeral ,and a photo of a painting, possibly of the author. ISBN: 0-947785-12-4 Pages: 126 Near fine in VG+ dust jacket very slightly marked but with no chips or nicks. A57567 £18

OLIVIER, . THE TRIUMPHANT FOOTMAN; A FARCICAL FABLE.. Martin Secker, London 1930., . First U.K. edition. Hardback. Slight wear and soiling; Very good or better. No dust jacket. 303pp. Title page by Rex Whistler. A3644 £16

OLIVIER, Edith. (Rex Whistler .) IN PURSUIT OF RARE MEATS. Tate Gallery Publications And Information Department, London, No Date (1954). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 28. The story of the Rex Whistler murals in the Tate Gallery restaurant. Very good indeed. A40068 £16

OLIVIER, Gillian. THE BROOMSCOD COLLAR. Heinemann, London, 1930. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 238. Frontis and 5 plates. Signed presentation copy from John Drinkwater to Tanya Moiseiwitsch: ' Tanya from Big John, Christmas 1931.' 'Imaginative biography' of Richard II. Stained and soiled at edges of boards, sound but good only copy. A20311 £20

OLLERENSHAW, Kathleen. THE LORD MAYOR'S PARTY. E. J. Morten, Didsbury, Manchester, 1976. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 25 with 29 illustrations by the author. Author was Lord Mayor in Manchester in 1976 and held a party in the Town Hall for children. ISBN 0859720322. Very good indeed. A55431 £16

OLMSTEAD, Earl P. BLACKCOATS AMONG THE DELAWARE: DAVID ZEISBERGER ON THE OHIO FRONTIER. Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio 1991. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 13 illustrations. ISBN: 0-87338-422-9 Pages: 283 Fine/near fine. A47466 £18

OLOWSKA, Paulina. ALPHABET. Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, 2005. First Edition. 26 colour plates of Paulina Olowska (15cm x 21cm) and 4 black and white cards, 3 of which are poems by Paulus Mazur, Frances Stark, and Josef Strau, in white vellum illustrated box. No. 69 of 100 copies, signed and hand numbered by Paulina Olowska. Fine in white illustrated box which is faintly used. A36522 £60

OLPHIN, H. K. GEORGE TIERNEY. Allen & Unwin, London, 1934. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 252. Frontispiece. Biography. Price crayoned on spine, slight fading, slight soiling, slight marks otherwise sound near VG. A60230 £40

OLSEN, Erik J. CIVIC REPUBLICANISM AND THE PROPERTIES OF DEMOCRACY: A CASE STUDY OF POST-SOCIALIST POLITICAL THEORY. Lexington Books, Lanham, Md 2006. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. ISBN: 0-7391-0890-5 Pages: 325 Fine. A36305 £28

OLSEN, John. MY COMPLETE GRAPHICS. 1957-1979. Australian Galleries/ Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1979 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Original publisher's dark red cloth covered boards stamped & lettered in gilt. 4to, pp248, col. endpapers, b/w plates, index of prints ISBN 0908131259 Limited edition of 1000 copies this being number 596. Signed by the artist John Olsen. Light wear, covers sl mottled but otherwise very good, sound clean copy in v sl browned and v sl chipped vg d/w. A35742 £150

OLSEN, Thomas. TASTE OF DEATH. A SUBMARINE FRAGMENT. Macdonald, London, 1942. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 220. Novel of World War Two. Minor fading and rubbing else near VG. A15653 £22

OLSEN, John. THE LAND BEYOND TIME. A MODERN EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA'S NORTH-WEST FRONTIERS. *SIGNED* Macmillan, Melbourne, 1984. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 4to. pp 312. John Olsen, Mary Durack, Vince Serventy and Alex Bortignon and Geoffrey Dutton on Australia's North West in prose, drawings, paintings, illustration, photographs. Some material on Aborigines and Aboriginal art etc., Signed presentation copy to Ann and Gordon Getty from John Olsen, Mary Durack, and Alex Bortignon. Bortignon is an Australian art dealer / collector and the book is signed by his wife and other mebers of the Bortignon family +Philip and Cynthia Playford all in Kalamunda 1987. Very good in very good dust wrapper with small hole at top of spine. A14605 £50

OLSHAN, Joseph. A WARMER SEASON. (SIGNED) Bloomsbury, London 1987. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Signed presentation from the author: 'With all/ best wishes/ Joseph Olshan.' ISBN: 0-7475-0003-7 Pages: 252 NF/NF. A43913 £20

OLSON, Alison Gilbert. MAKING THE EMPIRE WORK: LONDON AND AMERICAN INTEREST GROUPS, 1690-1790. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1992. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Review copy with publishers printed review slip loosely inserted. ISBN: 0-674-54318-1 Pages: 261 Fine. A47339 £35

OLSON, David R. And Michael Cole (Edit). Contributors Include Rosaire Langlois, Patricia Ebrey, Esther N. Goody, Ruth Finnegan. TECHNOLOGY, LITERACY AND THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIETY: IMPLICATIONS OF THE WORK OF JACK GOODY. Lawrence Erlbaum, Mahwah, N.j. 2006. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. 11 plates. Contributors include Rosaire Langlois, Patricia Ebrey, Esther N. Goody, Ruth Finnegan. ISBN: 0-8058-5402-9 Pages: 358 Fine. A42402 £36

OLSON, Charles. (R. B. Kitaj.) PROPRIOCEPTION. Four Seasons Foundation, San Francisco, 1965 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 18. Published as "Writing 6." Slight sunned else VG+. Ownership signature of American artist R. B. Kitaj something of a fan of Olson. A40884 £30

OLSSON, Erik J. AGAINST COHERENCE: TRUTH, PROBABILITY, AND JUSTIFICATION. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2005. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Figures. ISBN: 0-19-927999-3 Pages: xiii, 232 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A26101 £26

OLSSON, Erik J. AGAINST COHERENCE. TRUTH, PROBABILITY, AND JUSTIFICATION. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 232. Figures. Philosophy. ISBN 0199279993. Fine in fine dust wrapper. A27435 £26

OLUMIDE, Jill. RAIDING THE GENE POOL. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF MIXED RACE. Pluto Press, London, 2002. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xii, 212. Race, social aspects. ISBN 0745317650. Fine. A51207 £16

OLYMPIA PRESS. Alexander Trocchi, Georges Bataille Etc., THE STRIPTEASER / THE TEASER PURE AND SIMPLE. Olympia Press, Paris, 1953 / 54. First Edition. Wraps. 2 volumes 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. Each title 62pp. Illustrated throughout with nude and french lingerie erotic photographs. Prose writings include Frances Lengel(i.e Alexander Trocchi - Young Adam),Pierre Angelique (Georges Bataille) Robert Desmond, de Sade and extracts from forthcoming Olympia Press publications (including an extract from Miller's Plexus in The Stripteaser). Not recorded by Kearney. VG+ copies. A31825 £36

OLYMPITIS, Manoli And Raymond Lewis. BY VICTORIES UNDONE. Quartet Books, London, 1988. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. F/F. 8vo. Signed presentation from the author: 'For Kathryn/ And all her future victories/ best wishes/ Manoli/ London August 1998.' Kathryn= Kathryn Skoyles who  ran the London mystery bookshop 'Crime in Store'. Novel praised by Norman Mailer. Fine in fine dust wrapper. A36404 £30

OMAR, C. A. Shariff. KISIWA CHA PEMBA: HISTORIA NA MASIMULIZI (HISTORY AND TRADITINS OF THE ISLAND OF PEMBA). The Eagle Press, Nairobi/ Dar Es Salaam/ Kampala, 1951. First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo (16cm x 21cm). Wraps. pp 27. 7 illustrations. Text in ? (Swahili?) Slight soiling, slight creasing otherwise near VG. A45859 £45

OMAR, Pangeran Osman Bin O. K. K. Pangeran Haji. G. C. Woolley (Translates). DUSUN CUSTOM IN PUTATAN DISTRICT. North Borneo Government Printing Office, Jesselton, 1962 Reprint. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled wraps. pp 55. Colony of North Borneo Native Affairs Bulletin No. 7. Slight browning, slight creasing otherwise VG. A44847 £26

ONDAATJE, Michael. COMING THROUGH SLAUGHTER. Marion Boyars Publishers, London, 1979. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Signed on title page. One illustration. ISBN: 0-7145-2671-1 Pages: 160 Fine in fine d/w (dust jacket price-clipped but completely unfaded at spine). A38231 £50

ONE WHO KNOWS THEM. MAKERS OF THE NEW WORLD. Cassell And Company, Ltd, London, 1921. Reprint. Hardback. 8vo, pp 184, frontis, illustrations. Neat name on front endpaper. Original publishers brown cloth lettered gilt on spine VG+. A80217 £26

ONIONS, Oliver. A CASE IN CAMERA. J. W. Arrowsmith / Simpkin. Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Bristol / London, 1920. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 319. Novel. Covers slightly soiled, endpapers browned, cheap paper browned at edges, overall VG or better. A18612 £25

ONIONS, Oliver. A CERTAIN MAN. Heinemann, London, 1931. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 360. Straightforward novel. Spine slightly faded, some wear; VG-. A20049 £30

ONIONS, Oliver. ARRAS OF YOUTH. Michel Joseph, London, 1949. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 336. Signed presentation copy to barbara Wilson:' To barbara with every fond wish from O. O. (" Oliver Onions.") August 1949.' Novel. Abrasion and wear to rear cover, slight soiling, overall good+. Small owners label on front endpaper. A18584 £30

ONIONS, Oliver. DRAW IN YOUR STOOL. Mills & Boon, London, 1909. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 320. Short stories. Covers slightly stained at spine and on tops of front endpapers. Label on pastedown with signed presentation copy to John Arlott. VG-. A20129 £36

ONIONS, Oliver. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EVIDENCE. Martin Secker, London, 1912. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 297 with 22pp publishers ads at rear. Uncut. Fiction. Endpaper stuck to paste down, inner hinge starting, prelims slightly foxed, spine slightly faded, one page loose, overall near VG. A18671 £22

ONIONS, Oliver. THE ITALIAN CHEST AND OTHER STORIES. Martin Secker, London, 1939. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's off-white cloth lettered and lined in black. pp 415. 16 short stories including Apollo in the Pub; John Willie O' the Wisp; Pandora, etc. Slight soiling, one slight mark on cover, neat initials on endpaper, ex-libris bookplate on pastedown; VG. A43124 £65

ONO, Yoko. THE BLUE ROOM EVENT. Gallery Interform / Masaya Yamaguchi / Yuka Nishiyama, Osaka, 1996. First Edition. Wraps. Small oblong 8vo. Wraps. 32pp (unpaginated). Japanese text. Very good. A20976 £28

ONSELEN, Charles Van. STUDIES IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, 1886-1914. VOLUME 1: NEW BABYLON. Ravan Press Johannesburg 1982. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp xvii, 213. ISBN: 0869752103 Very good. A82278 £18

OPHIR, Jacqueline (Edits). THE SONG OF THE CANE. A K S Books, Hastings, 1998. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps. 7 illustrations. Anthology of writings about the use of the cane, either as punishment or a sensual pleasure. ISBN: 1899861173 Pages: 120 Fine. A39363 £28

OPPE, . HAMPSTEAD, A LONDON TOWN.. Privately Published, London Nw3 1951., . First edition. Wraps. Very good indeed. 48pp. 6 illustrations. A3888 £16

OPPELL, . THE CHARM OF THE RIDDLE. (A PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAY.). Maclehose, Jackson And Co, Glasgow, 1920.. Slim 8vo. First edition. Hardback. Very good. No dust wrapper. PP 34. VG. METAPHYSICS. A3275 £30

OPPENHEIM, E. Phillips. FOR THE QUEEN. London Mail, London, No Date (1917). Reprint Of Ward Lock 1912 Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Small 8vo. Original publishers red cloth lettered gilt on spine. pp 192. 8 short stories. Very good. A59425 £30

OPPENHEIM, E. Phillips. THE COLOSSUS OF ARCADIA. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1940. Reprint. (First Edition Was 1938). Hardback. Dust Jacket. Small 8vo. pp 316. Novel. Beautiful girl/ Monte Carlo/ Espionage. Very attractive VG+/VG+ copy in bright pictorial colour dust jacket. A23386 £40

OPPENHEIM, Phillips. JENNERTON & CO. Hodder & Stoughton, London, No Date (1929). First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Green triangle on spine, yellow cloth lettered black. pp 314. Short detective stories. Clean VG+. A56167 £20

OPPERMAN, D. J. DIGTERS VAN DERTIG. Nasionale Boekhandel Beperk, Kaapstad, 1953. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 408. Text in Afrikaans. Ownership signature of Roy Macnab. From the library of the South African writer, poet, TLS critic and diplomat Roy Macnab, editor of Oxford Poetry in 1946 and author of 'The Story of South Africa House' (1983.) Very good. A60447 £18

OPPERMAN, D. J. PERIANDROS VAN KORINTHE. SIGNED Nasionale Boekhandel, Beperk, 1955. Second Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp 124. From the library of the South African writer, poet, TLS critic and diplomat Roy Macnab, editor of Oxford Poetry in 1946 and author of 'The Story of South Africa House' (1983). Very good indeed. A82064 £28

OPSOMER, Carmelia (Edits). XXTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE. LIEGE (BELGIUM) 20-26 JULY 1997. BOOK OF ABSTRACTS-SCIENTIFIC SECTIONS. Centre D'histoire Des Sciences Et Des Techniques, Universite De Liege, Liege, 1997. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 632. Many contributors. VG+. A28920 £40

ORAGE, A R. CONSCIOUSNESS: ANIMAL, HUMAN AND SUPERMAN. Samuel Weiser, New York, 1974. First American Paperback Edition. Small narrow 8vo (10.5 x 18 cm). Illustrated wraps/paperback. ISBN: 0-87728-251-X Pages: 86 Very good. A43283 £30

ORAISON, Marc. STRANGE VOYAGE; THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A NON-CONFORMIST. Doubleday & Co.. New York, 1970. First U.s. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 236pp. Translated by J. F. Bernard. Catholic thinker. F/VG+. Nice copy. A7868 £20

ORBELIANI, Sulkan- Sabi & Sarant Pansamurs. (Samuel Amico.) SIX TALES BEING OF THE BOOK OF LIES AND WISDOM. Middle Earth Books / Cowell Press, University Of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, 1982. First Edition Thus. Hardback. 8vo. Glassine dust jacket. Unpaginated (30 pages.) Based on the 1894 English translation by Oliver Wardrop from a classic of Georgian literature ‘The Book of Wisdom and Lies'. Beautifully produced private press book designed by Samuel Amico and printed on heavy handmade paper with the colour ‘mixed in moonlight'. 39 copies only printed of which this is No 6 and although not called for in his mystical colophon is signed by Samuel Amico . Bound in handmade pictorial boards with black, red and gold lettering. Fine. A20828 £90

ORBELL, John And Jane Waller (Compile). THE ART OF ING BARINGS. Baring Brothers, London, 2000. First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Wraps. pp 118 (unpaginated). Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Corporate art collection. Very good indeed. A59319 £20

ORCZY, Baroness. UNTO CAESAR. Hodder & Stoughton. London, (About 1918.) 8vo. Early reprint in the ‘Scarlet Pimpernel Series'--neat inscription on fep dated 1921. Striking d/w of a white clad woman bowing to some unseen presence. Slight blotchy fading to covers but a clean and sound copy in remarkable, bright colour pictorial d/w which has a few tiny chips at extremities but is o/w very good. A8660 £25

ORD- HUME, Arthur W. J. G. THE HARMONIUM. THE HISTORY OF THE REED ORGAN AND ITS MAKERS. David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1986. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Small 4to (19 cm x 25cm). Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 0-7153-8885-1 Pages: 256 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A59132 £28

ORD, Hubert. CHAUCER AND THE RIVAL POET IN SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS. A NEW THEORY BY HUBERT ORD. J. M. Dent And Sons, London, 1921. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 65. Presentation copy to the critic Anthony Hartley: ‘A. A. Hartley with the author's kind regards. Christmas 1940.' A study of Shakespeare's sonnets and Chaucer, in the attempt to establish the identity of the ‘Rival Poet.' Green decorated cloth; very good indeed. Clean copy. Page of press notices pinned to rear endpaper. A10743 £16

ORDONEZ, Sedfrey A. ARAYAT. COLLECTION OF POEMS. KALIPUNAN NG MGA TULA. Summer Institute Of Linguistics, Metro Manila, 1990. First Edition. Wraps. Wraps. 8vo. pp 144, 8 illustrations. Foreword by Dr. Alfredo T. Morales and Virgilio Almario. Signed presentation copy to Sir David Hammay. Poems in Filipino and English, and a musical score. Sedfrey A. Ordonez was Ambassador to the United Nations. Small Foreign Office stamp otherwise VG+. A13326 £25

ORDWAY, Peter. THE BLOOD ORANGE TREE. R. Hale, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Signed presentation from the author: 'To the Mcnabs and/ the memory of many long/ days at sea/ Peter Ordway.' ISBN: 0709132786 Pages: 222 From the library of the South African writer, poet, TLS critic and diplomat Roy Macnab, editor of Oxford Poetry in 1946 and author of 'The Story of South Africa House' (1983.) Very good indeed. A60344 £24

ORE, L. N. CAPTIVES IN THE FORTRESS OF DESPAIR. Protestant Truth Society, London, No Date. Second Edition (First Was 1912). Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 32. Story of two sisters trapped in convent life. Some soiling and general wear; VG-. Neat name on cover. A57250 £18

ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY 1926 - 27. Published In London For The Oriental Ceramic Society By Ernest Benn. London, 1928. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. pp 30, 8 black and white plates. 120 copies only. Articles include 'A Plea for Lead Glazes of the Sung Dynasty', 'Chinese Porcelain Fragments from Aidhab, and some Bashpa inscriptions', 'An Account of the Examination of some Specimens of Ying Ch'ing Porcelain.' Oriental art. Sound VG or better copy with slight darkening and slight soiling. A18837 £80

ORIGO, Iria. (Robin Mcewen). GIOVANNA AND JANE. Jonathan Cape, London, 1950. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 136. Illustrated from drawings by Robin McEwen. Juvenile fiction. Non-authorial Christmas inscription on front endpaper, spine slightly frayed at spine ends, spine slightly stained; sound VG-. A40609 £48

ORLAN, Pierre Mac. MONTMARTRE SOUVENIRS. Les Editions De Chabassol, Brussels, 1946. Second Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 157. Illustrations by Robert Sterkers. French text. Sound with slight edgewear; overall VG. Bon etat. A54666 £24

ORLINSKY, Harry M. And Norman N. Snaith. STUDIES ON THE SECOND PART OF THE BOOK OF ISAIAH. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1967. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's yellow cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 264. Featrues 2 separate articles: The So-called "servant of the lord" and 'Suffering servant" in second Isaiah, by Orlinsky, and Isaiah 40-66, a study of the teaching of the second Isaiah and its consequences, by Snaith. Slight sunning otherwise VG+. NOT ex-library. A40492 £35

ORME, Andy. BARBEL MANIA. The Crowood Press, Swindon, 1990. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout, and 14 colour. ISBN: 1-85223-436-9 Pages: 144 Clean VG/VG. A27276 £50

ORMEROD, Roger. CART BEFORE THE HEARSE. A MALLIN & COE STORY. Robert Hale, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp 160. ISBN: 0709179243 Fine in very good indeed dust jacket. A82092 £20

ORMSBY, H. (Hilda.) LONDON ON THE THAMES.A STUDY OF THE NATURAL CONDITIONS THAT INFLUENCED THE BIRTH & GROWTH OF A GREAT CITY. Sifton Praed And Co., London, 1924. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp xiv, 189, 34 illus.With good bibliography. Presentation from the author 'To F.L. Ormsby with the author's love, thanks for valuable help and criticism. 1.1.24.' Author's own copy with press cuttings of reviews and 2 letters to her from friends and 2 photos loosely inserted.Red cloth covers sl stained o/w sound vg. A30442 £40

ORR, Iain, Moray Stewart And Andrew Lothian (edit). (C. P. Snow). THE INSTALLATION OF SIR CHARLES SNOW AS RECTOR (THE 1962 RECTORIAL). St. Amdrews University, St. Andrews, Scotland, 1962. First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Wraps. pp 17. 16 illustrations. About fine. A24039 £22

ORR, John Boyd. FOOD HEALTH AND INCOME. REPORT ON A SURVEY OF IN ADEQUACY OF DIET IN RELATION TO INCOME. Macmillan, London, 1937. Second Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 4to. Original grey cloth backed printed boards. pp 83. Tables, figures. Health and income. Very good. A16058 £18

ORR, Lord Boyd & Peter Townsend. WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHINA? Doubleday & Co.. New York, 1959. First U.s. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. xii,159pp. 14 b/w plates from photographs. Printed in Britain. VG+/VG. A7472 £16

ORR, Mary. FLAUBERT'S TENTATION: REMAPPING NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH HISTORIES OF RELIGION AND SCIENCE. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp xi, 352. ISBN: 0199258589 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A47263 £30

ORR, Peta. EIGG: THE STORY OF ONE FAMILY'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH AN ISLAND. The Pentland Press, Edinburgh, 2001. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. The island of Eigg in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. ISBN: 1-85821-904-3 Pages: 126 About fine. A57151 £18

ORSZAG- LAND, Thomas. ANTARTIC TESTIMONY. Tern Press, No Place Noted (Market Drayton). 1982. First Edition. Wraps. Small oblong 8vo (7 and 3/4 inches x 6 and 1/4 inches). Wraps. 4 illustrations. Poetry. ISBN: 0906057183 Small ink price on rear otherwise about fine. A57429 £18

ORTEGA, Julio. UNA POETICA DEL CAMBIO. Biblioteca Ayacucho, Caracas, 1991. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp xiii, 346 and 12pp catalogue at rear. Spanish text. ISBN: 9802761508. Neat name on front endpaper otherwise VG+. A20418 £23

ORTIZ-PATINO, Jaime. VALDERRAMA: THE FIRST TEN YEARS, 1985-95 - THE MAKING OF SPAIN'S RYDER CUP COURSE. Jaime Ortiz- Patino, London, 1995. First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 4to (30cm x 21cm). Colour illustrated wraps. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. ISBN: 0-9526131-1-5 Pages: 136 About fine. A40476 £30

ORTIZ, George. CATALOGUE OF THE GEORGE ORTIZ COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AND OCEANIC WORKS OF ART. Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 1978. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Small 4to. pp 211. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Auction catalogue. VG+/VG+. A47418 £60

ORTON, D. A. (Wilson Stephens,- Foreword). HAWK WATCHER: ADVENTURES AMONG BIRDS OF PREY IN THE WORLD. Unwin Hyman, London, 1989. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 0-04-440140-X Pages: 232 Publisher's file copy with the small neat Unwin Hyman library copy stamp on title page otherwise VG+/VG+. No other library markings. A36155 £25

ORTON, Iris. WITH MUSIC IN MIND. MOTIVE AND METHOD. AN ESSAY IN TWO PARTS WITH A SUPPLEMENT OF 14 POEMS. Early 1960s. Tall narrow 4to. TYped manuscript of 2-part essay, with supplement of 14 poems. 19pp typed recto only. The poems are dedicated to 'three guitarist - singers ' Johnny Martin, Wally Whyton & Nick Thacher, she also thanks these musicians who have shared in 'the experiments descibed "Long John', Wally Whyton, Marian Gray & Frank Coldwell. Very good. A39879 £48

ORTON, Joe. ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE. Queen's Theatre, London, 1964. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 12. Programme for the first performance at the Queen's Theatre, starring Peter Vaughan, Dudley Sutton, Charles Lamb and Madge Ryan (all pictured.) Very slight wear, otherwise very good. A36712 £30

ORTON, William. THE LAST ROMANTIC. Cassell, London, 1937. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Black cloth gilt. pp 325. Author was intimate friend of Katherine Mansfield- their joint diary quoted from in this book (p. 269-286). See Alpers "Katherine Mansfield", p. 136, etc. Very slight rubbing otherwise VG. A54817 £24

ORTON, Harold & Dieth, Eugen. SURVEY OF ENGLISH DIALECTS: THE SIX NORTHERN COUNTIES AND THE ISLE OF MAN. E.j. Arnold & Son Ltd. For The University Of Leeds, 1962. First Edition. Hardback. 355pp. Crown 4to. A very good very sl marked copy in olive green cloth backed boards. This volume comprises The Basic Material (B) , Volume 1, Part 1. A27781 £21

ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. A FAIRY STORY. Secker And Warburg, London, 1945. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo., pp. 92. Original publisher's green cloth lettered white at spine. Very slight wear spine a little sunned otherwise very good. From the library of the South African writer, poet, TLS critic and diplomat Roy Macnab, editor of Oxford Poetry in 1946 and author of 'The Story of South Africa House' (1983) with his ownership signature and neat Chelsea address on fep. A45716 £300

ORWELL, George. NINETEEN EIGHTY - FOUR. Secker And Warburg, London, 1949. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Recently rebound in half green leather with green clothboards and new endpapers. Gilt lettered and gilt decorated spine with raised bands. pp 312. Fine. A44999 £250

ORWELL, George. SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT AND OTHER ESSAYS. Secker And Warburg, London, 1950. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 212. Essays include 'Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool', 'Reflections on Gandhi', and 'I Write as I Please.' Ownership signature of Secker and Warburg director Roger Senhouse otherwise VG+ in clean VG or better dust jacket. A40672 £90

ORWIN, . BACK TO THE LAND.. P. S. King & Son., London 1935., . First edition. Hardback. Rebound with 2 labels of a club library. Very good. No dust jacket. viii,93pp. 11 charts. History of attempts to re-settle the land, small holdings etc. A5619 £18

OSADCHYY, Mychaylo. CATARACT. Ukranian Publishers, London, 1975. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 111. 12 illustrations by an expressionist artist (A. N.) who spent over 10 years in the Mordovian concentration camps. An autobiographical outline in two parts. An underground publication from Ukraine re-published in the West in the magazine "Liberation Path," 1972. F/VG+. A24876 £25

OSARAGI, Jiro. HOMECOMING. Secker & Warburg, London, 1955. First U.k. Edition. D/W. 8vo. pp xii, 273. Translated from the Japanese by Brewster Horwitz. Introduction by Harold Strauss. Post-war Japanese novel. Slight offsetting to front endpaper otherwise vg+/vg+. Sharp copy. A10319 £15

OSBORN, Gordon. LINES IN PLEASANT PLACES. Patricia Osborn, Olney, Buckinghamshire, 1993. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp (xii), 162. Frontis and 20 illustrations. Memoirs of the Master Butcher in the town of Olney. Slightly soiled, notes of friends, etc on endpaper otherwise VG. Some underlining and notes in text in pen by the presentee Jack Burbery, evidently a friend of the master Butcher. A22555 £20

OSBORN, Jeremy. THE FUTURE OF THE PAST: THE BOSTON, MELBOURNE, OXFORD CONVERSAZIONI ON CULTURE AND SOCIETY. The Boston, Melbourne, Oxford Conversazioni On Culture And Society, 1998. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 99. Very good. A82075 £18

OSBORN, Bryan. CAPTAIN EROS Eagle Feather Richmond, Surrey, 1996. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. Somewhat gay/ erotic boarding school novel. ISBN: 0-9523322-1-3 Pages: 218 Very good indeed. A57581 £20

OSBORNE, D. G. (I. E. Sir D'arcy, Duke Of Leeds). VIEW FROM THREE STORIES. Privately Published. Rome, 1964. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 106. Three essays written at different periods of the author's life. Very good. A40644 £30

OSBORNE, John. A SENSE OF DETACHMENT. Faber And Faber, London, 1973. First Pamphlet Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. Signed. ISBN: 0-571-09877-0 Pages: 86 Very good indeed. A26865 £25

OSBORNE, John. THE RIGHT PROSPECTUS. Faber And Faber, London, 1973. First Pamphlet Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. Signed. ISBN: 0-571-09877-0 Pages: 48 Very minor discolouration to rear; VG+. A26866 £28

OSBORNE, John. VERY LIKE A WHALE. Faber And Faber, London, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. Signed. ISBN: 0-571-09689-1 Pages: 54 Very good indeed. A26858 £28

OSBORNE, John. WEST OF SUEZ. Faber And Faber, London, 1971. First Pamphlet Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. Signed. ISBN: 0-571-09877-0 Pages: 86 Very good indeed. A26859 £32

OSBORNE, Kenan B. PRIESTHOOD: A HISTORY OF ORDAINED MINISTRY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Paulist Press, Mahwah, New Jersey, 1988. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/paperback. ISBN: 0-8091-3032-7 Pages: 388 Very good indeed. A48011 £25

OSBORNE, Mabel. HORS- D' OEUVRES FOR HAY DIETERS. LIGHT LUNCHEON OR SUPPER DISHES. George G. Harrap, London, 1938. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 95. Cookery, recipes, dieting. Clean VG condition. A54064 £18

OSBORNE, Marian. SAPPHO AND PHAON. A LYRICAL DRAMA. Macmillan, Toronto, 1926. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 68. Uncut. Drama. Signed presentation copy: 'To my friend Evan Hayward with the remembrance of the author, Marian, Ottawa, Xmas 1926.' Spine slightly faded, tiny stain on cover otherwise VG or better. A53135 £22

OSBORNE, Sidney. GERMANY AND HER JEWS. The Soncino Press, London, 1939 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 8vo. Blue buckram. viii,358pp. bibliography, appendix, index. Solid, VG+. A6535 £30

OSBORNE, Sidney. THE SAAR QUESTION - A DISEASE SPOT IN EUROPE... George Allen & Unwin, London 1923.,, .. First edition. Hardback. pp 384. 22 x 14 cm. Much information about Saar, Saarbrucken, Saar Basin, Saarlouis etc. Covers blotchy but otherwise clean and solid in faded good/very good dustwrapper. A2822 £24

OSBOURN, James. THE LAWFUL CAPTIVE DELIVERED; OR, THE LIFE AND EXPERIENCE OF THE AUTHOR. Houlston And Stoneman, London, 1848. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xviii, 19-372. Uncut. Original boards a little worn, paper repaired spine with inked title rubbed at corners. Decent sound reading copy. Ocasional erasable pencilled markings in text, 6 pages have some crosses in margins, text completely and legibility completely unaffected. A35253 £30

OSHIMA, Shotaro. POEMS: JOURNEYS AND SCENES. (SIGNED) The Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1968. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Original publisher's brown wraps. pp 16. Signed presentation from the author on front wrap to '...Mr. & Mrs. Norman Brittain, with all good wishes from S. Oshima February 25 1969.' Shotaro Oshima, poet and scholar, was a friend of W. B. Yeats; he wrote a number of works about Yeats, including 'W. B. Yeats and Japan' and is acknowledged in Wade (i.e. W. B. Yeats bibliography). Limited to 300 copies. The first poem in the booklet is 'To the Land of the Ever-Living: a tribute to W. B. Yeats.' Fine. A36833 £25

OSIA, Kunirum. ISRAEL, SOUTH AFRICA AND BLACK AFRICA. A STUDY OF THE PRIMACY OF THE POLITICS OF EXPEDIENCY. University Press Of America, Lanham, Md, 1981. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Hardbound from wraps preserving covers. pp xi, 117. Tables. International relations. ISBN 0819119385. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A51687 £26

OSMOND, Warren G. FREDERIC EGGLESTON. AN INTELLECTUAL IN AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Allen & Unwin, Sydney / London / Boston, 1985. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xiii, 357. 12 plates. Biography. Sir Frederic Eggleston, Australian Minister to China at Chungking etc., Price and number on front end paper otherwise VG+ / VG+. A14359 £24

OSORIO, Antonio. (Carlo Vittorio Cattaneo.edits.,) DECIMA AURORA. A CURA DI CARLO VITTORIO CATTANEO. Edizioni Florida, Rome, 1986. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 107. Poems in his native Portuguese with Italian translations. Signed presentation from Osorio to the British poet Edward Lowbury with sentiment in Portuguese dated 1987, Lisbon. Front wrap v sl creased o/w vg+. A22141 £35

OSPOVAT. Henry. (Oliver Onions.) THE WORK OF HENRY OSPOVAT. WITH AN APPRECIATION BY OLIVER ONIONS. Saint Catharine Press, London, 1911. First Edition. Hardback. 4to. pp. ix, 41. 3 tipped-in colour plates inc portait frontis, 60 monochrome and duotone plates. Brown buckram, publisher's leather spine label. Clean VG copy. Signed presentation copy from the artist's widow Zaska to publisher Herbert Jenkins. Henry Ospovat, a Russian immigrant to Britain, died in 1903 at age 26. A16216 £60

OSSORGIN, Michael. MY SISTER'S STORY. Martin Secker, London, 1932. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth with printed label on spine. pp 238. Translated by Nadia Helstein and Gwen Harris. Small bookplate with arts and crafts style lettering reading ' C. R. and J. F Ashbee.' Clean VG. A45671 £48

OSSORGIN, Michael. Nadia Helstein (Translator). A QUIET STREET (SIVTZEV VRAZHEK). Martin Secker, London, 1930. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp 366. Original publisher's green cloth, slight creasing at spine otherwise VG+. A45472 £40

OSTERHOUT, . SOME FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY.. Yale University Press, New Haven 1927., . First edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. VG. 52pp. tables, index. With the ownership stamp of G. P. Wells and some of his brief notes and marginal linings in text. A6208 £30

OSTERMANN, Matthias. THE NEW MAIOLICA: CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO COLOUR AND TECHNIQUE. A & C Black, London 1999. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 0-7136-4878-3 Pages: 160 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A47903 £40

OSTERVALD. J. F. DOUZE SERMONS SUR DIVERS TEXTES DE L' ECRITURE SAINTE. Fabri And Barrillot, Geneva, 1725. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Full leather lettered gilt at the spine and on cover.The lettering on the cover reads 'Presente a Monsr ames Stonhouse M.D. Par Son Ami Jean Swan M.D. pp 444. French text. Heraldic style bookplate of (Doctor) James Stonhouse on pastedown. Covers slight scuffed, slight splitting at spine hinges, lettering at spine dull else vg. J F Ostervald was the pastor at the church at Neufchatel. A36732 £90

OSTIN, Bob. FINGERTIP FANTASIES. A Goodlife Publication, No Place Noted, 1968. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp v, 88, illustrations. Covers very slightly spotted otherwise VG+. A39687 £25

OSTLER, Mark. WALTZING CARPET JULIETTE. (SIGNED) Bangzap Publishing, Seattle, 2003 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated stapled wraps/paperback. pp 16 (unpaginated). No .120 of 153 copies. Signed. Book one of The Lost Journals of Johnny Apocalypse. Book Release Party Edition. Fine. A44152 £30

OSTRY, Sylvia, Alan S. Alexandroff And Rafael Gomez (edit). Contributors Include Jeffrey L. Gertler, John D. Langlois Jnr., Sarah Biddulph. CHINA AND THE LONG MARCH TO GLOBAL TRADE. Routledge, London, 2002. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. pp xiv, 239. Tables, figures. Published at $95. Contributors include Jeffrey L. Gertler, John D. Langlois Jnr., Sarah Biddulph. China, economic policy, World trade organisation, legal reform. ISBN 0415233615. About fine. A19146 £32

OSTWALD, Wilhelm. LEBENSLINIEN. EINE SELBSTBIOGRAPHIE. ERSTER TEIL. RIGA - DORPAT - RIGA 1853 - 1887. (WILHELM OSTWALD,.) Klasing, Berlin, 1926. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. 1/4 morocco. pp viii, 268. German text. One volume only covering 1853-1857. Biography. Some edgewear and rubbing to cloth boards; sound near VG. Bookplate on front pastedown. A16780 £23

OSUNTOKUN, Akinjide. NIGERIA IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. Longman, London 1979. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. ISBN: 0-582-64652-9 Pages: 336 Ex Foreign and Commonwealth Office library with their label and stamps (lightly applied); VG. A47539 £30

OSWALD, Adrian. ANCIENT AMERICA. THE AMERICAN COLLECTIONS OF THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY. The City Of Birmingham Museum And Art Gallery, No Date (1953). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 23. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Fine. A80494 £20

OSWALD, Arthur. CHETHAM'S HOSPITAL AND LIBRARY, MANCHESTER. Reprinted From Country Life, London, 1935 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. pp 36, illus. Originally appeared in 2 issues of Country life (Aug 25 & Set 1 1935), here appearing as a single booklet. Blue thin card wraps with printed label on cover. VG+. Emphasis on the furniture and fixtures of the building. A30454 £18

OSWALD, Peter. THE STORM OR 'THE HOWLER': AN APPALLING MISTRANSLATION OF A ROMAN COMEDY BY PLAUTUS. Oberon Books London 2006. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 92. ISBN: 1840025859 Fine. A81377 £22

OSWELL, M.A. OXON, VIACR OF STRATTON AUDELY. The Rev. W. H. (Family Of Of Shrewsbury.) PEDIGREES AND GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA RELATING TO THE FAMILY OF OSWELL OF SHREWSBURY, ETC. [REPRINTED FROM THE 'MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA ET HERALDICA'] Mitchell Hughes And Clarke, London, 1906 First Edition. Wraps. Sm 4to. Offprint. Grey wraps, sl splitting and wear at spine o/w clean vg copy. pp 26--mostly a family tree. A12976 £26

OTCHIE, Bee. MOVIE STAR. D & K Enterprises, Dallas, 1990. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Oblong 8vo. pp 18. Illustrations by April Whalen. Very good indeed. A17333 £20

OTT, Ernst Hermann. GRUNDZUGE DER HERMENEUTISCH - PRAGMATISCHEN PADAGOGIK IN DEUTSCHLAND. Alfred Kummerle, Goppingen, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stiff wraps. pp 169. Thesis / dissertation - education. German text, with one page English summary. Very good. A13813 £22

OTTAWAY, Patrick. ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITISH TOWNS: FROM THE EMPEROR CLAUDIUS TO THE BLACK DEATH. Routledge, London; New York 1992. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 0-415-00068-8 Pages: 249 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A44644 £25

OTTLEY, C. R. CREOLE TALK (TRINIBAGIANESE) OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. WORDS, PHRASES AND SAYINGS PECULIAR TO THE COUNTRY. C. R. Ottley, No Place Noted (Trinidad), 1971. First Thus, All-In-One Edition (First Published In Four Volumes 1965-67). Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 95. Language in the West Indies. Scarce. Small price sticker on pink printed covers. Cover very slightly marked and faded, overall decent VG copy. A25818 £35

OTTLEY, C. R. EAST AND WEST INDIANS RESCUE TRINIDAD. Crusoe Publishing House, Diego Martin, 1975. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp ix, 121. 11 illustrations. Trinidad history. Ex Foreign and Commonwealth Office library with their label and stamps (lightly applied) rebound from the original paperback / pamphlet in boards, preserving the original wraps as the hardbound covers. VG. A48076 £24

OTTLEY, C. R. (Carlton). THE STORY OF SAN FERNANDO. Privately Published. No Place Noted (Trinidad), 1971. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xv, 177. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. No. 544 (signed) of 800 copies. Trinidad (Tobago) history 1595-1956. Ex Foreign and Commonwealth Office library with their label and stamps (lightly applied); VG. A47226 £80

OTTO, Gertrud. ODE, EKLOGE UND ELEGIE IM 18. JAHRHUNDERT. ZUR THEORIE UND PRAXIS FRANZOSISCHER LYRIK NACH BOILEAU. Herbert Lang / Peter Lang, Bern/ Frankfurt, 1973. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 51. Thesis / dissertation. German text, with poetry in French at rear. VG+. A14144 £20

OTTO, Rudolf. KANTISCH-FRIES'SCHE RELIGIONSPHILOSOPHIE UND IHRE ANWENDUNG AUF DIE THEOLOGIE. ZUR EINLEITUNG IN DIE GLAUBENSLEHRE FÜR STUDENTEN DER THEOLOGIE Mohr, Tubingen, 1909 First Edition. Hardback. Large 8vo. pp xiv, 200. Ownership signature and a few notes in text by F.W. Dunlop. Francis (Frank) W. Dunlop (1874-1932) was professor of philosophy at Otago, N.Z. where he knew the British philosopher and Hegelian John N. Findlay who succeeded him there in 1931. He bequeathed part of his vast library to Professor Findlay. Dunlop studied under Rudolf Eucken at Jena and published his dissertation on Hegel there in 1903 'Hauptomente in Hegel's Begriff der Personlichkeit.' Slight browning and sl rubbing at spine, otherwise very good. A23990 £35

OTTO, Rudolf. NATURALISM AND RELIGION. Williams And Norgate, London, 1907. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xi, 374. Religion, science, Darwin, etc. Covers slightly spotted and mottled; VG-. A60246 £28

OTTOKAR SCHLECHTA-WSSEHRD Firdussi (Firdausi / Firdusi) JUSSUF UND SULEICHA. ROMANTISCHES HELDENGEDICHT VON FIRDUSSI (FIRDUSI). AUS DEM PERSISCHEN ZUM ERSTEN MALE ÜBERTRAGEN V. OTTOKAR SCHLECHTA-WSSEHRD. Gerold Carl Sohn, Wien / Vienna 1889 First Edition Thus. 8vo. pp xiii, 267. Half marbled boards, black cloth lettered gilt at the spine, corners and spine ends rubbed, slight edgewear o/w sound VG. A35734 £40

OTTOLENGHI, Astolfo C. DEM GEDACHTNIS MEINER LIEBEN MUTTER. Astolfo C. Ottolenghi, Davos, Switzerland, 1957. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large oblong 4to (41cm x 31cm). Vellum spine lettered gilt at the spine. pp 60 (unpaginated). Copiously illustrated in colour throughout, and 2 black and white photos pasted in. German text. Spine slightly bumped and mottled, slight wear otherwise sound VG. A35853 £40

OTWAY, Thomas. VENICE PRESERV'D: OR A PLOT DISCOVER'D. C. Bathurst & A. Strahan, London, 1754. Reprint. Small 8vo. pp 84. Plain brown wraps with some wear and chips at spine o/w near vg sound copy. A few contemporary notes in the text in sepia ink. A17723 £18

OTWAY, Travers. THE HIDDEN YEARS. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. Faber & Faber, London, 1948. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 126 with 15 black & white plates. Play on the theme of a forbidden friendship between an older and younger boy. Well received in London's West End in its' time. Lower spine rubbed else very good in worn and chipped dust jacket. A11653 £16

OUGHTON, Frederick. BREAKOUT. Neville Spearman, London, 1959. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 255. Prison escapes. Very good. A58101 £18

OUIDA. SYRLIN. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1890. First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Small 8vo. pp 856. Three volumes in one. Fiction. Rebound in green cloth lettered gilt. Bookplate and neat owners signature. Slight wear but sound very good copy. A12564 £36

OUIDA. THE MASSARENES. Sampson Low, Marston And Company, London, 1897. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's olive green cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 574. Fiction. Endpapers a little foxed otherwise VG+. Excellent condition. A34632 £40

OULD, Hermon. TIME'S NEMESIS. The Porch, Tring (Herts), 1942. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 36. Signed presentation copy: ‘For Mollie Calder from Hermon Ould with all good wishes for Xmas 1943.' Poetry. Slightly soiled otherwise VG. A13792 £18

OUSPENSKY, P. D. A NEW MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE. PRINCIPLES OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL METHOD IN ITS APPLICATION TO PROBLEMS OF SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND ART. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1931. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xv, 554. Esotericism, tarot, yoga, dreams, mysticism, the laws of Manu. 2 short neat inscriptions on pastedown. Black cloth slightly marked and slightly rubbed else about VG. A29020 £40

OVCHAROV, Nickolay. TEN PEARLS FROM THE CROWN OF BULGARIA. Natl Museum Of Bulgarian Boks And Polygraphy, Sofia 2004. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. 10 'monuments' in Bulgaria, including the Caryatids in the Sveshtari Tomb; Nessebur- the Byzantine Gem; Starossel- the Bured Temple; Perperikon- Dionysus's Oracle; and the Boyana Master. ISBN: 9549308197 Pages: 62 Very good indeed. A42224 £35

OVED, Mosheh. FOR THE SAKE OF THE DAYS. (SIGNED). Faber & Faber, London, 1940. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 72. Signed. Some even soiling to covers otherwise sound VG. A59817 £18

OVENDEN Graham (Introduction). (Lewis Carroll). A LIDDELL FAMILY ALBUM. (SIGNED) The Hillingdon Press, Uxbridge, 1973. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 20 (unpaginated). 16 illustrations. With pencilled signed presentation from Graham Ovenden: 'For my dear/ friend Graham/ love from/ Graham/ 1st Jan.' About fine. A38650 £90

OVENDEN, Graham (Edits). THE ILLUSTRATORS OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS; EDITED BY GRAHAM OVENDEN; WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN DAVIS. Academy Editions; New York, London 1972. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout, 7 in colour. ISBN: 0-902620-25-8 Pages: 103 Some (decent) hand colouring otherwise near fine in near fine dust jacket. A42426 £35

OVENDEN, Graham And Robert Melville. VICTORIAN CHILDREN. Academy Editions, London, 1972 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to, pp 130, Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 0902620630 Gilt numbers '65' and long inscription to Charles Ray on his 65the birthday, otherwise fine in tatty dust jacket. A48181 £35

OVENDEN, John And David Shayer. THE WRECK OF THE STELLA. TITANIC OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. Guernsey Museums And Galleries, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, 1999. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 112. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Channel Island steamer. ISBN 1871560. Fine in slight soiled near fine dust wrapper. A19045 £22

OVENDON, Graham. THE MARBLE MIRROR. The Einna Press, Cornwall, 1984. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 35. Poetry by erotic Brotherhood of Ruralists artist. Slight shelfwear otherwise VG. A29127 £30

OVERSTREET, Cleo. THE BOAR HOG WOMAN. Doubleday & Co.. New York, 1972. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 182pp. Mythical novel by black author. VG+/VG (slightly creased at head of spine). A7877 £20

OVERSTREET, H. A. INFLUENCING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. Jonathan Cape, London, 1926. First U. K. Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth lettered gilt on spine. pp 286. Psychology in business, chapters include The Key Problem: Capturing Attention; Making Ideas Stick; The Building of Habits: Associative Techniques; Diagnosing the Public. Slightly bumped otherwise handsome VG+ copy. A60176 £30

OVERTON, G. L. Overton, & H. P. Spratt. HANDBOOK OF THE COLLECTIONS ILLUSTRATING MARINE ENGINES. H. M. S. O, London, 1935-1938. First Editions. Wraps. 8vo. Part I.- History and Development; Part II.- Descriptive Catalogue. 96pp & 132pp. Frontispiece., 34 plates. Paddle and turbine engines, propellers etc. History of marine engineering. Science Museum 'official use' stamps, light wear, slight chip to rear of 1st volume and slight soiling otherwise very good. A10041 £22

OVERY, R. J. WAR AND ECONOMY IN THE THIRD REICH. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995. 1st Paperback Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp xiv, 390. Tables, figures. Germany, economy, history. ISBN 0198205996. Clean VG copy. A18938 £25

OVERY, R. J. WAR AND ECONOMY IN THE THIRD REICH. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1994. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Tables, figures. ISBN: 0-19-820290-3 Pages: 390 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A42674 £50

OVETTE, Jos. KANDLE MAGIK. Jos. Ovette, Carlsbad Springs, Ontario, No Date. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled wraps. pp 33. Many illustrations. Magic with candles, or, appearing and vanishing flame. Very slight wear, otherwise very good or better. A59916 £35

OWEN, Colin C. THE GREATEST BREWERY IN THE WORLD: A HISTORY OF BASS, RATCLIFF AND GRETTON. Derbyshire Record Society, Chesterfield 1992. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 0-946324-14-X Pages: 272 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A44001 £25

OWEN, Douglas J. J. ABSOLUTE PACIFISM. 'THE CASE AGAINST PACIFISM' (BY DR. JOHN LEWIS) EXAMINED. Published By The Author, For The Manchester Friends Peace Committee. Manchester 1941. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 12. Orange printed wraps; vg. Manchester Quakers. A13005 £20

OWEN, Elias. A SELECTION OF WEATHER SIGNS MADE FOR THE COUNTY OF MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Gregynog Press (Gwasg Gregynog), Newtown, Powys, 1981. First Edition This. Wraps. A selection of weather signs made in the late 1870's by the folklorist Revd Elias Owen, reprinted by Gwasg Gregynog in 1981. One illustration. One sheet of handmade paper (41 cm long) folded into 4 (pp. 8).Ephemeral Greynog item, slight but very attractive and in fine condition. A32320 £24

OWEN, Elias. WELSH FOLK - LORE: A COLLECTION OF THE FOLK - TALES AND LEGENDS OF NORTH WALES. Norwood Editions, Norwood (Pa), 1973. Facsimile Reprint Of 1896 Revised And Enlarged Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xii, 359. Folk-tales. Very slight rubbing otherwise VG+. A16078 £35

OWEN, Frank And R. J. Thompson. HIS WAS THE KINGDOM. Arthur Baker, London, 1937. Second Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 102. Abdication of Edward VIII. Slightly soiled, near VG. A53658 £23

OWEN, Gareth And Oliver Bayan. ROGER MOORE: HIS FILMS AND CAREER. Robert Hale Ltd, London 2002. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 0-7090-7039-X Pages: 336 Fine in near fine dust jacket very slightly creased at edges. A43452 £30

OWEN, George A. A TREATISE ON WEIGHING MACHINES: A GUIDE TO THE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE CONSTRUCTION OF WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS. Charles Griffin, London, 1928. Second Edition. Revised. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xii, 208 with 175 illustrations (5 fold - out). Bright clean close VG+ copy. A12231 £18

OWEN, John. EVERARD BRINGLE. (SIGNED) Victor Gollancz, London, 1934. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 287. Signed presentation: ' Irene Platt with best wishes from John Owen. February 1934.' Historical novel. Black cloth very slightly mottled otherwise VG+ in a slightly faded VG dust jacket. A21807 £22

OWEN, Lena. BORN TO BE HATED. The Pentland Press Limited, Edinburgh, 2000. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp 137. ISBN: 1-85821-818-7 New Zealand author. From d\w blurb:-'Born to be hated is the true story of an only child and the merciless psychological abuse she suffered at the hands of depraved, insane parents.' Fine in fine dust jacket. A34025 £40

OWEN, Louise. THE REAL LORD NORTHCLIFFE. SOME PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF A PRIVATE SECRETARY 1902 - 1922. Cassell & Company, London, 1922. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 52. Frontis. Presentation copy: ‘To Lord Riddell with the author's compliments. October 27. 1922.' Memoirs. Press Club Ex-Libris bookplate on paste-down, slight wear at spine ends, white covers slightly soiled but VG copy. A50897 £24

OWEN, Robert. THE LIFE OF ROBERT OWEN: VOLUME I & IA. WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS WRITINGS & CORRESPONDENCE; A SERIES OF REPORTS, ADDRESSES, MEMORIALS & OTHER DOCUMENTS. Frank Cass, London, 1967. First Edition. Hardback. Facsimile Reprint Of The 1857 Edition. Hardback. Two volumes, 8vo, pp xliv, 390; (viii), 359. Very good indeed. A82084 £36

OWEN, Rodric. THE DESERT AIR FORCE. (SIGNED) Hutchinson, London, No Date (1948) First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's pale blue cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 275. Frontis portrait, 13 illustrations. Signed presentation from the author: 'In memory of San Danieli, Terry/ Rodric Owen/ 12th Sept. 1948.' Stain on cover (edge of coffee ring?), some rubbing, spine slighty dull otherwise sound near VG example. A44986 £40

OWEN, Sidney Cunliffe. STEPHEN MACONI. Richards. London, Nd. (Circa 1930). First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. 187pp. Novel of the coming of the Renaissance featuring Saint Teresa of Avila (Siena). Some wear, soiling and rubbing but sound good copy. A9294 £20

OWEN, Sri. THE RICE BOOK. THE DEFINITIVE BOOK ON THE MAGIC OF RICE COOKERY. Doubleday, London, 1993. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Signed: 'To Judy and Henry/ with best wishes/ Sri Owen.' With photo of author loosely inserted. ISBN: 0-385-40181-7 Pages: 389 F/NF. A29410 £25

OWEN, Wilfred (Edmund Blunden). THE POEMS OF WILFRED OWEN. Chatto & Windus, London, 1931. First Complete Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Small errata slip tipped in. Ownership signature of Bloomsbury figure Rosemary Beresford, daughter of Saxon Sydney Taylors colleague J. D. Beresford. Slight fraying at spine ends, some differential fading at spine and covers otherwise VG. A39741 £180

OWEN, William R. (Edits). TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD OF WALES. Isaac Foulkes, Liverpool, 1885. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp lxx, 674. English and Welsh text. Spine ends slightly nicked, minor shelf-wear; good VG (neat inscription on front endpaper). A40348 £110

OWEN, D. D. R. A CHAT ROUND THE OLD COURSE. Sportsprint Edinburgh, 1990. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps. Illustrated in black and white. Golf- St. Andrews. ISBN: 0-85976-311-0 Pages: 112 Clean, very good indeed. A56645 £18

OWENS, Agnes. PEOPLE LIKE THAT. (SIGNED) Bloomsbury, London, 1996. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 176. Signed presentation from the author: 'To Colin/ Best Wishes/ Agnes Owens', Also signed by Alasdair Gray who illustrated the jacket. ISBN: 0747525226 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A38460 £45

OWENS, David F. CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL FINANCES. Whittlesey House, London, 1937. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. ppxi, 331. 26 figures. Title page has label of McGraw-Hill over original publisher (Whittlesey House). Financial independence, life insurance, wills and trust plans, etc. VG+ in slightly soiled and slightly used complete VG dust jacket. A60171 £60

OWST, G. R. PREACHING IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND: AN INTRODUCTION TO SERMON MANUSCRIPTS OF THE PERIOD C. 1350-1450. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1926. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered gilt on spine . pp xviii, 381. Uncut. 2 plates, 12 illustrations in text. Endpapers slightly browned and slightly marked otherwise VG+ in used and soiled complete VG- dust jacket. A60136 £38

OXELHEIM, Lars And C. Wihlborg. MACROECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY: INTERNATIONAL RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CORPORATION. Wiley, Chichester [West Sussex]; New York 1987. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. Tables, figures. ISBN: 0-471-91480-0 Pages: 251 About fine. A34347 £22

OXENHAM, John. MARY ALL ALONE. Methuen, London, 1913. Third Edition- March 1913 (First Was January 1913). Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publishers red cloth lettered gilt on spine and cover. pp 315. With 30pp publishers' catalogue at rear. Signed presentation copy: Miss N. Bartlett/ With all good wishes/ from/ John Oxenham.' Colour frontispiece by P. B. Hickling. Fiction. Cover faintly spotted at front bottom, very slight fading otherwise excellent VG+. A58148 £24

OXFORD. (Atobatele). CAN SELF-GOVERNMENT LIVE WITH CORRUPTION & INJUSTICE? Laniba Press, Ibadan, No Date (1956). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled wraps. pp 31. An attack on self government written in a sort of Nigerian English, a vehement published piece. Very good. A55810 £28

OXLEY, Brian. POEMS. Poetry And Audience, Leeds, No Date (1969?) First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Stapled wraps. pp 16 (unpaginated). Poetry. First in a series of 'Poetry & Audience' pamphlets. Slight rust marks otherwise near VG. A57064 £16

OXLEY, William (Edits). Contributors Include Martin Booth, John Comino- James, Bruton Conors, Mabel Ferret, Roy Fuller, Julian Nangle, Stuart Mills. NEW HEADLAND POETRY MAGAZINE. DOUBLE ISSUE NOS. 1 AND 2. AUGUST 1972. William Oxley, Epping, Essex, 1972. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 52. Poetry magazine. Contributors include Martin Booth, John Comino- James, Bruton Conors, Mabel Ferret, Roy Fuller, Julian Nangle, Stuart Mills. Covers slightly marked otherwise VG. A56899 £20

OXLEY, William. OPERA VETERA. *SIGNED* The Iconoclast Press, Manchester, 1973. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 108. No. 60 of 100 copies signed. Poetry. Very good. A38061 £30

OXLEY, William. PASSAGES FROM TIME. POEMS OF A LIFE. The Ember Press, Esher, Surrey, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 40 (unpaginated). 17 illustrations. Loosely inserted is a long typed signed letter from William Oxley to Frank Lissauer. Poetry. Very good indeed. A55844 £20

OXLEY, William. (Rigby Graham Illustrates). THE MUNDANE SHELL. Uldale House, Egglescliffe, Cleveland, 1975. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 16 (unpaginated). 5 illustrations by Rigby Graham. Poetry. Very slight creasing otherwise VG+. A55845 £20

OYEWESO, Siyan. JOURNEY FROM EPE. BIOGRAPHY OF S. L. EDU. West African Book Publishers, Ilupeju, Lagos, 1996. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xi, 346. 30+ illustrations. Biography of Chief Edu, Nigeria. ISBN 9781530308. VG+/VG+. A25672 £25

OYVED, . THE BOOK OF AFFINITY.. Coward- Mc Cann, New York 1935., . First edition. Signed presentation copy:- 'To Mrs. Ivor Phillips my latest friend-- and all my friendships do last, Moysheh Oyved, 31/3/38'. Hardback. Very good. No dust jacket. 4to. vii,111pp. Frontispiece in full colour and six b/w reproductions of water colours by Jacob Epstein. Ministered by Ahaviel. A5524 £22

OZ, . TO KNOW A WOMAN.. Chatto & Windus, London 1991., . First U. K. edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. F/F. 265pp. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange. Novel. Fine in fine dust wrapper. A6134 £16

OZ, Tahsin. TURKISH TEXTILES AND VELVETS, XIV-XVI CENTURIES. Turkish Press. Ankara, 1950. First Edition. Hardback. Tall 4to. xi,120pp. With 12 coloured plates and 24 b/w drawings. Presentation copy:- ‘hommage de l'auteur...' Slight wear to back cover but excellent clean copy. A8453 £60

OZAL, Turgut. TURKEY IN EUROPE AND EUROPE IN TURKEY. K. Rustem And Brother, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, 1991. Revised English Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp xiii, 376. European history, Anatolia, Kemal Ataturk, etc. Very good indeed. A56704 £16

OZTURK MODELMAKERS. UNBUILT MACKINTOSH. Ozturk Modelmakers, Glasgow, No Date (2003?) First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 4to (29.5cm x 21cm). Colour illustrated rung-bound wraps/ paperback. pp 34 (unpaginated), printed recto only. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. With CD at rear. Architecture (Rennie Mackintosh related). Very good indeed. A44240 £45

P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. INTERIM REPORT. (REGARDING SHRI BANSI LAL). Controller Of Publications, New Delhi, 1978. First Edition. Hardback. 4to. pp 343. Report. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A13187 £22

P...GUY, Charles. CHARLES P...GUY: OEUVRES EN PROSE COMPL...TES. VOLUME II. Gallimard, Paris, 1988. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Small 8vo. pp xli, 1596. French text. From Bibliothéque de la Pléiade. Fine in acetate dust jacket and slip-case. A couple of pages slightly creased at edge. A36160 £36

PÖGGELER, Otto. MARTIN HEIDEGGER'S PATH OF THINKING. Humanities Press International, Atlantic Highlands, 1995. Reprint. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. Philosophy. ISBN: 0391036165 Pages: 293. Fine. A60485 £20

PAASILINNA, Arto And Terho Ovaska. BUSINESSMAN'S GUIDE TO THE FINNISH SAUNA. Uusi Suomi Oy/ Business Books, Helsinki, 1984. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. pp 71. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. ISBN: 9519434046 Very good indeed. A56985 £18

PACCHIONI, Anna. GIACOMO MANZU. Edizioni Del Milione, Milan, 1948. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. pp 47 (text) and 79 plates. From the library of sculptor Astrid Zydower with her ownership signature (R. C. A. 1953) and a postcard with a Manzu sculpture from her loosely inserted. Somewhat rubbed at corners, top strip of spine slightly damaged but repaired complete with good text; VG-. A26488 £60

PACHECO, Ana Maria. DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL. Pratt Contemporary Art, Sevenoaks, Kent, No Date. First Edition. Wraps. Large oblong 4to (14.75 inches x 11.25 inches). Illustrated wraps. 15 pages of colour photographs of work by this Brazilian sculptor. Very good indeed. A27730 £30

PACKE, Michael St. John. (F. A. Hayek, John Stuart Mill). THE LIFE OF JOHN STUART MILL. Secker And Warburg, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xvi, 567. Frontis piece and 9 plates. Pencilled ownership signature of historian F. R. Cowell author of 'Cicero and the Roman Republic' 'The Athenaeum' and 'Leibniz Material for London' and many other works on ancient history, horticulture, economics and bibliography. Handsome VG+ copy with complete VG dust jacket which is slightly soiled. A60190 £36

PACKHAM, John R., R. E. Randall, R. S. K. Barnes And A. Neal (Edit). Contributors Include Sally L. G. Gemmell, Helena M. Granja, Helen Jay, Julie Richards. ECOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY OF COASTAL SHINGLE. Westbury Academic & Scientific Publishing, Otley, 2001. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout (some colour). Contributors include Sally L. G. Gemmell, Helena M. Granja, Helen Jay, Julie Richards. ISBN: 1-84103-007-4 Pages: 460 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A31471 £36

PACOLET, Jozef And Others. SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR DEPENDENCY IN OLD AGE. A STUDY OF THE FIFTEEN EU MEMBER STATES AND NORWAY. Ashgate, Aldershot, 2000. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xvii, 337. Printed laminated boards, probably issued without dust jacket. Tables, figures. Aged studies. ISBN 075461266X. Near fine. A50426 £18

PADFIELD, Peter. HIMMLER: REICHSFUHRER-SS. Macmillan, London, 1990. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp xii, 656, illustrations. ISBN: 0333404378 Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. Excellent condition. A82049 £28

PADILLA, Heberto And Luis Suardiaz (edit). CUBAN POETRY 1959 - 1966. Book Institute, Havana, 1967. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp 788. Anthology of poems in Spanish and English. Neat price on endpaper otherwise VG in plain grey boards with chipped and nicked VG- dust jacket. A51715 £28

PAENSON, Isaac. ENGLISH-FRENCH-SPANISH-RUSSIAN MANUAL OF THE TERMINOLOGY OF THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICTS AND OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS MANUEL DE LA TERMINOLOGIE DU DROIT DES CONFLITS ARMES/ MANUAL DE LA TERMINOLOGIA DEL DERECHO DE LOS CONFLICTOS ARMADOS. Martinus Nijhoff, Brussels 1989. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Text in French, English, Spanish and Russian.Presentation from the author: 'To my old friend, Mrs Ruby Deverson, as/ token of a friendship which lasted over half/ a century.' ISBN: 2-8027-0372-2 Pages: 844 Very good in very good dust wrapper. A33525 £85

PAEZ, Elena De Santiago, Pilar Gomez Bedate And Ignacio Gomez De Liano (Text). DEL AMORE Y LA MUERTE. Fundacio Caixa Catalunya, Barcelona, 2001. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 326. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout, many folding. Spanish text. Love and death in art. Fine in fine dust wrapper. A30795 £50

PAGAN, Isabella M. (Charles Dickens). THE GENTLEMAN IN THE NEXT HOUSE. J. M. Dent, London, 1900. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Small 8vo (11cm x 17cm). pp 64. 6 illustrations. A farcical comedy in 3 scenes, adapted from Nicholas Nickleby. Endpapers very slightly browned, spine faintly tanned otherwise VG+. A47478 £25

PAGE, . MATTHEW PARKER'S LEGACY; BOOKS AND PLATE.. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1975., . First edition. Signed presentation copy. Wraps. Very good. 61pp. 41 plates, (3 coloured). A5495 £22

PAGE, Frederick. J. M. Thomson & Janet Paul (edit). FREDERICK PAGE. A MUSICIAN'S JOURNAL. 1905-1983. John Mcindoe, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1986. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 200. 56 black and white illustrations, 8 colour. Bookplate and address label of the assiduous book collector J E Davies. Very good in very good dust wrapper. A21919 £20

PAGE, Frederick. J. M. Thomson & Janet Paul (Edit). (David Farquhar.) FREDERICK PAGE. A MUSICIAN'S JOURNAL. 1905-1983. John Mcindoe, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1986. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 200. 56 black and white illustrations, 8 colour. Contemporary American composer Lou Harrison's copy with signed Christmas card from New Zealand composer David Farquhar to him talking about the book: '...Also Freddie Page's book is odd and idiosyncratic, but has interesting sidelights on New Zealand musical and cultural history, and lovely illustrations- mostly of his wife's paintings and drawings.' VG+/VG+. A21778 £28

PAGE, Kenneth Calvin. A JOURNEY TO NINEVEH, AND OTHER POEMS. Noel Douglas, London, 1932. First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Blue card wraps. pp 59. Poetry, some set in ‘Drizzlecombe.' Blue card wraps. Clean, very good. A9799 £20

PAGE, Leo. THE PROBLEM OF PUNISHMENT. A NOTE FOR MAGISTRATES. The Clarke Hall Fellowship, Helmsley, York, 1946. First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Wraps pamphlet. pp 24. Signed presentation copy o Sir Malcolm fraser signed on cover in neat red ink:' Sir malcolm Fraser/with every kindest/ wish from/ Leo Page.' Foreword by J. Chuter Ede. Advice on first offenders, fines, probation, motoring offences, juvenile courts, etc. Clean VG. Some neat pencilled notes presumably by Sir Malcolm Fraser (1878-1949), Conservative party chairman. A55824 £25

PAGE, Martin. THE FIRST GLOBAL VILLAGE: HOW PORTUGAL CHANGED THE WORLD. (SIGNED) Editorial Noticias, Lisbon 2002. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/paperback. Signed presentation from the author: 'For Tony [Lancaster]/... all my lasting gratitude/ Martin/ March 2002.' ISBN: 9724613135 Pages: 277 Very good indeed. A44923 £60

PAGE, William (Edits). INDEX TO THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF SURREY. Constable, London, 1914. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. Original publishers red cloth lettered gilt on spine and cover. pp 104. Uncut. Ornamental bookplate on pastedown, slight rubbing, slight stain at rear board otherwise about VG. A39497 £35

PAGEL, Walter. HARVEY AND GLISSON ON IRRITABILITY WITH A NOTE ON VAN HELMONT. Privately Printed, Bulletin Of The History Of Medicine, No Place Noted, 1967. Reprinted From Bulletin Of The History Of Medicine, Vol. Xli, No. 6, Nov-Dec, 1967. Wraps. 8vo.pp 18. Stapled wraps. pp 497- 514. Signed presentation from the author on cover. Offprint from Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Slight wear, otherwise very good. A32294 £16

PAGET, Reginald. (Signed) THE HUMAN JOURNEY. Davis - Poynter, London, 1979. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 365. Signed presentation copy: ‘ To Dennis affectionately Reginald Paget.' History, faith, man as social animal, etc. ISBN 070670231X. VG+/VG. Clean copy. A50928 £17

PAGET, Stephen. I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE... Macmillan, London 1921.,, .. 1st ed. Hardback. No dust jacket. Essays and cultured musings, some mention of WWI, Catch Words, the Water Babies and Mrs Grundy. The printed dedication reads:- 'These essays are not worth dedicating to anybody.' Modest wear otherwise very good tight copy. A2516 £16

PAGET, Walburga Lady (edits). COLLOQUIES WITH AN UNSEEN FRIEND. Philip Wellby, London, 1907. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Bound (presumably rebound) in half vellum with patterned boards with new endpapers. pp 305. Uncut. Spiritualism, psychic communication. Somewhat rubbed at spine ridge, some soiling; sound near VG copy. Neat name on front endpaper. A21088 £50

PAGINTON, Kevin Ivor. THE SWORD OF BATH: THE PROFESSIONAL SALESMANSHIP RESOURCE ORGANISATION'S "MILLENNIUM COMPENDIUM OF SALESMANSHIP". P. E. E., Bath, 2001. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 193. ISBN: 189779407x About fine. A82287 £30

PAIGE, Glenn D. NONKILLING GLOBAL POLITICAL SCIENCE. Xlibris Corporation, No Place Noted (Usa), 2002. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Signed presentation from the author: 'For Jim Clarke/ In memory of Tolstoy, Ghandi/ Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Martin/ Luther King, Jr., and Petra Kelly/ and nonviolent heroes and heroines/ unknown, for a nonkilling human/ future./Respectfully/ Glenn Paige/ Honolulu, Hawai'i/ August 1, 2002.' ISBN: 0-7388-5744-0 Pages: 268 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A32645 £25

PAIGNTON, John (Edits). MAN- IFIQUE! FALL ISSUE 1956. Paignton Publishing Company, Richmond, Surrey, 1956 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/paperback. pp 31. Physique magazine. Includes illustrations by Quaintance of Arizona. Very good indeed. A44427 £20

PAIGNTON, John. OUT OF SICKNESS. Neville Woodbury, London, 1950. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 267. Novel set in London about a lovable psychopath/ schizophrenic young man. Very good in slightly stained and sl faded else vg illustrated dust jacket. A somewhat risque d/w showing nude couple on a balcony. A11332 £16

PAIK, L. George. THE HISTORY OF PROTESTANT MISSIONS IN KOREA 1832-1910. Yonsei University Press, Seoul, 1970. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 470. One map. Early Protestant missions. Ex Foreign and Commonwealth Office library with their label and stamps (lightly applied); VG. A47281 £40

PAIN, . DUMPHRY.. Ward, Lock & Co., London 1930., . First edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. Covers slightly marked but a presentable vg copy. 256pp. Novel with some criminous elements. A6085 £35

PAIN, . WILHELMINA IN LONDON.. John Long, London 1906., . First edition. Hardback. Covers faded, slightly bowed and slightly soiled else close VG. 200pp. Novel. A6246 £20

PAIN, Barry. CONFESSIONS OF ALPHONSE. T. Werner Laurie, London, No Date (1917). First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 106. With 22pp publishers catalogue at rear. 21 illustrations by George Whitelaw. Fiction. Soundly rebound with facsimile of illustrated title page onset to cover. Text browned, prelims slightly creased and slightly nicked else VG. A42438 £60

PAIN, Barry. ME AND HARRIS. T. Werner Laurie, London, No Date (Circa 1916). Reprint (Laurie's Shilling Reprints). Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 127.Soundly rebound in brown cloth lettered gilt on spine. Illustrated. Humorous stories. Very good. A58238 £22

PAIN, Barry. WILHELMINA IN LONDON. John Long, London 1906. First edition. Hardback. Pictorial Covers bright and clean, slight evidence of wear--near vg+ copy. 200pp. Novel. A40157 £28

PAIN, Mrs Barry. SHORT PLAYS FOR AMATEUR ACTING. James B. Pinker, London, 1910. Second Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Small 8vo. pp 120. 6 short plays. Very good. A51917 £22

PAIN, Jean. SO YOU THINK YOU NEED THERAPY? SIGNED Discovery Books, Woking 1997. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 109. Signed presentation copy. ISBN: 0951851187 Very good indeed. A82036 £16

PAINE, Lincoln P. DOWN EAST: A MARITIME HISTORY OF MAINE. SIGNED Tilbury House Publishers Gardiner, Me, July 2000 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp xii, 180, illustrations. Signed presentation copy to Felipe Fernandez-Arnesto, the historian. ISBN: 0884482227 Fine. A81963 £16

PAINSEL, Joan. THE BEAST OF JERSEY. Robert Hale, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 190. 16 illustrations. Edward Painsel, the Jersey child attacker. ISBN: 0709136293 VG+ with faint sellotape marks to endpapers in VG+ dust jacket with inner flaps sellotaped to covers. A60488 £22

PAINTER, George D. GUTENBERG AND THE B36 GROUP. A RE-CONSIDERATION... Pressler, Mainz 1970.,, .. 1st ed. 4to. Offprint from 'Essays in Honour of Victor Scholderer.' 10 pages. Signed presentation from the author (the biographer of Proust) with a holograph letter to the author's mother. Wraps--a few tiny marks else very good. A2761 £25

PAINTER, George D. GUTENBERG AND THE B36 GROUP. A RE-CONSIDERATION... Pressler, Mainz 1970.,, .. 1st ed. 4to. Offprint from 'Essays in Honour of Victor Scholderer.' 10 pages. Signed presentation from the author (the biographer of Proust) to the author's mother. Wraps--a few tiny marks else very good. A40220 £18

PAINTER, Gregg. STRANGELY FAMILIAR. No Publisher Noted, Glenview Road, St. Louis, Mo 1979. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 40. Artists's book. Gregg Painter has cut up 3 ‘mundane' Victorian textbooks into various illustrations and stray sentences. He says in his intro that - ‘... the cut-up technique used here can be seen as a marriage between the poetry/automatic writing of the Surrealists and the cut-up experiments of William Burroughs and Byron Gysin ...' Signed in red ink by Gregg Painter . Illus wraps. Very good with some v slight wear and creasing. A34110 £55

PAINTER, Raymond. FORTUNES TO BE MADE. Barker London 1970. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp 156. ISBN: 0213001071 Fine/fine. A81849 £16

PAISNEL, Joan. THE BEAST OF JERSEY. New English Library, London 1975. First Edition Thus. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps. ISBN: 0-450-02624-8 Pages: 176 Very slight rubbing at top edge else VG+. Excellent condition. A40288 £28

PAJOT- VILLERELLE, Germaine. (Roger Besus- Introduction). PIERE JULES CAVALIER 1814-1894. No Publisher Noted, Paris, 1979. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Wraps. pp 30 text, 31 plates, colour frontis portrait. French text. Signed presentation from the author to Norman St John-Stevas (Baron St John of Fawsley): 'A the hon. Norman St John-Stevas, M. P. / hommage deferent/ de l' auteur/Germaine Pajot- Villerelle.' Slight soiling to white covers, one corner slightly bumped otherwise VG. Bon etat. A35599 £40

PAKENHAM, Frank. FIVE LIVES. (SIGNED). Hutchinson, London, 1964. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 280. Frontis portrait. Signed presentation from the author. Very good indeed. A60393 £18

PALADINO, Mimmo. LANDSCAPES. Waddington Graphics, London, 1994. First Edition. Wraps. Small oblong 4to folder with 10 colour plates inside (23 cm x 16cm). Plates fine, slight bump at one corner otherwise VG+ or better. A37542 £36

PALAZZINI, Pietro Card. (Foreword). Mario Logli. Contributors Include Enrico Baj, Carlo Bo, Raffaele De Grada, Marco Rosci, Marco Vasecchi, Paolo Volponi. MARIO LOGLI. RACCONTARE ILLUSTRATED FUTURO. Rockwell- Rimoldi International, Milan, 1988. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. pp 70. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Contributors include Enrico Baj, Carlo Bo, Raffaele de Grada, Marco Rosci, Marco Vasecchi, Paolo Volponi. Very good indeed. Excellent condition. A31999 £22

PALEN, Lewis Stanton. Prince Serge Cantacuzene-Speransky (Illustrator). THE LOST SWORD OF SHAMYL. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1925. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp ix, 130, illustrations. Slight nick at head of spine, very slight browning, very slight wear at hinge otherwise VG or better. A80725 £30

PALEY, F. A. THE ODES OF PINDAR. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE. Williams And Norgate, London, 1868. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp xxx, 262. Original publisher's green cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Neat name on front endpaper. Slight rubbing, slight wear otherwise VG. A45359 £26

PALEY, F. A. (W. M. Fawcett- Additions). A MANUAL OF GOTHIC MOLDINGS: WITH DIRECTIONS FOR COPYING THEM AND FOR DETERMINING THEIR DATES. Gurney & Jackson, London, 1891. Fifth Edition With Numerous Additions And Improvements By W. M. Fawcett. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's dark brown cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp xii, 100. 21 plates and many illustrations in text. Rubbing at spine, neat stamped name on half-title; VG. A47611 £32

PALEY, Grace. LATER THE SAME DAY. Farrar Strauss Giroux, New York, 1985. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. Proof copy. pp 211. From the working library of novelist Angela Carter (1940 - 1992) with her posthumous bookplate. This small, attractive bookplate reads 'From the Library of Angela Carter' and was designed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press and was authorised by the executors of her estate, from whom we bought the major part of her considerable collection. With typed letter from publishers to Angela Carter looking for a review. Very slight creasing, slight coffee ring on cover; VG. A34749 £45

PALEY, Maggie. BAD MANNERS. Clarkson N. Potter. New York, 1986. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 198pp. Signed presentation copy to Margaret Drabble. Novel. . Fine in fine d/w. F/F. A7508 £22

PALGRAVE, . THE VISIONS OF ENGLAND.. Macmillan And Co., London 1881., . First edition. Hardback. Dark green cloth lettered gilt. Slight wear at head and tail of spine, else very good indeed. No dust jacket. xx,353pp. Poetry anthology with extensive notes, appendices etc. A4531 £35

PALGRAVE, Trancis Turner. THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM OR EROS AND ANTEROS. Peter Davies, London, 1926. First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xi, 256. Uncut. Originally published in 1858 under the pseudonym Henry J. Thurston. Spine slightly faded, edges slightly faded; sound about VG. A56757 £18

PALIN, Michael. MICHAEL PALIN'S HEMINGWAY ADVENTURE. (SIGNED) Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1999. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Tall 8vo. pp 256. Sumptuously illustrated, mainly colour. Photographed and designed by Basil Pao. Signed by Michael Palin. Travel, Hemingway - a book compiled from notes & diaries kept before, during and after the filming of the T V series. Fine in fine dust wrapper. A40530 £30

PALLIS, A. A. GREEK MISCELLANY. A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN GREECE. A. A. Pallis, Athens, 1964. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 187. Frontis and 21 illustrations. Signed presentation copy with authors signed visiting card. Greece, history, etc. Slight soiling, rear cover slightly stained, overall VG. A53585 £20

PALLIS, Marco. THE ACTIVE LIFE. WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT. John M. Watkins, London, 1947. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 44. Essay on spirituality, philosophy, etc. VG-. A54307 £20

PALLMANN, Ludwig F. UFO CONTACT FROM ITIFI-RA: THE CANCER PLANET MISSION. Ufo Photo Archives, Tucson, 1986. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Copiously illust