Browse by Subject Category—Fiction
Psmith Journalist
1915 first edition, in the very rare original dustwrapper
P G Wodehouse, with twelve full-page illustrations from drawings by T M R Whitwell
A & C Black, London, 1915
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The History of Arsaces, Prince of Betlis
1775, an early printing of volume one only, but a poor copy
Charles Johnston, as 'By the Editor of Chrysal'
W Sleater et al, Dublin, 1775
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The Box of Delights
A lovely 1957 edition of John Masefield's modern classic of childrens literature
John Masefield
William Heinemann, London, 1957
£120.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
The Bride Regrets
1951, first UK edition of a New England thriller
Marjorie Carleton, dustwrapper by Barbara Bradley
Michael Joseph, London, 1951
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Sparkling Like Snow (Signed copy)
Signed by Katharine E Smith, book 8 of the Coming Back to Cornwall series
Katharine E Smith
Heddon Publishing, Shrewsbury, 2021
£12.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Over Sea, Under Stone
1965, the first UK printing of the first book in Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising sequence
Susan Cooper, illustrated by Margery Gill
Jonathan Cape, London, 1965
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Odd—But Even So
15 Queer and Quaint stories from P C Wren
P C Wren
John Murray, London, 1942
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
The Semi-Detached House & The Semi-Detached Couple
1928, Emily Eden's two novels
Emily Eden, with introductions by Anthony Eden and John Gore
Elkin Mathews & Marrot Ltd, London, 1928
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
The Brackenford Story (Signed copy)
Signed by Michael Home, pseudonym of crime writer Christopher Bush
Michael Home, pseud. Christopher Bush
Macmillan, New York, 1952
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Room with a View
1909, a lovely copy of the second impression of E M Forster's third novel
E M Forster
Edward Arnold, London, 1909
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Midnight Tales
1946, twenty uncanny tales including The Beast with Five Fingers
William Fryer Harvey
J M Dent, London, 1946
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Murder at Mt Fuji
First US edition of Shizuko Natsuki's Japanese crime classic
Shizuko Natsuki, translated by Robert B Rohmer
St Martin's Press, New York, 1984
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Vera
A very good 1921 first edition of Elizabeth von Arnim's novel
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Macmillan, London, 1921
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Adventures of a Pretty Woman
1927, a romance from Florence Warden
Florence Warden
Benman's, London, 1927
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
The Woman in Black (Signed copy)
Signed by Susan Hill, first printing in the Vintage Classics paperback range
Susan Hill
Vintage, London, 2018
£25.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First thus
The Never-Ending Road and Other Sketches in War-Time
1916, a selection of writings from J E G De Montmorency, some of a supernatural flavour
J E G De Montmorency
C North, The Blackheath Press, London, 1916
£50.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A 1947 edition of Oscar Wilde's only novel
Oscar Wilde
Unicorn Press, London, 1947
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
Bruno, Chief of Police
The first printing of the first book in the series
Martin Walker
Quercus, London, 2008
£50.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Bessie Cotter
A 1946 edition of Wallace Smith's novel of a prositute's life in Chicago
Wallace Smith
The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1946
£12.00
Fiction | Soft Cover
Strait is the Gate
1924, the first UK edition of Andre Gide's classic novel
Andre Gide, translated by Dorothy Bussy
Jarrolds, London, 1924
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Ramage, and Ramge and the Drum Beat
1965 & 1967, first printings of the first two Ramage adventures
Dudley Pope
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1965
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Folio Society's illustrated edition of Ken Kesey's classic
Ken Kesey, introduction by John Sutherland, illustrations by David Hughes
The Folio Society, London, 2015
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus | Slipcase
Euphues, The Anatomy of Wit (1579)
and Euphues and his England (1580), published 1868 in Arber's English Reprint series
John Lyly, carefully edited by Edward Arber
Alex Murray & Son, London, 1868
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
Rainbow Fish, Four Short Novels
Rainbow Fish, Death of a Virgin, The Other Land, and Dead End of the Sky
Ralph Bates
Jonathan Cape, London, 1937
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Miraculous Horde and other stories
Ralph Bates's short stories from the Spanish Civil War
Ralph Bates
Jonathan Cape, London, 1939
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
