Biografia

Journals 1939-1983

SPENDER, STEPHEN · 1985 · The Glass Key

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Faber and Faber, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Edited by John Goldsmith. First impression. Pp 510 + 16pp half-tone plates. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust jacket. Near Fine/near fine.

Dancing to the Precipice: Lucie de la Tour Du Pin and the French Revolution

MOOREHEAD, CAROLINE · 2009 · The Glass Key

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xiv + 480 + 16pp b&w plates. Black cloth boards stamped in silver on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust jacket. .

Travels with a Typewriter: A Reporter at Large

FRAYN, MICHAEL · 2009 · The Glass Key

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,742)

London, Faber and Faber, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. 8vo. Pp vi + 281. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust jacket. Near Fine/near fine.

At War with Waugh: The True Story of Scoop

DEEDES, W. F. · 2003 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, Macmillan, 2003. Later printing. Hardcover. 2nd printing. 8vo. Pp 134. Burgundy cloth boards stamped in white on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust jacket. Near Fine/near fine.

Little Wilson and Big God: Being the First Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess

BURGESS, ANTHONY · 1987 · The Glass Key

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,375)

London, Heinemann, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. 8vo. Pp ix + 460. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust jacket. The dust jacket is a touch rubbed at the top edge. Near Fine/very g...

In Character

MORTIMER, JOHN · 1983 · The Glass Key

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1983. First printing of this edition. Paperback. First printing of this mass market paperback edition. Pp 205. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Very Good .

My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor

GUINNESS, ALEC · 1997 · The Glass Key

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1997. Later printing. Paperback. 2nd printing of this 8vo paperback edition. Preface by John Le Carré. Pp x + 211. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. A touch of spotting to the book block edges. Very Good .

My Three Mothers and Other Passions

FREUD, SOPHIE · 1988 · The Glass Key

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

New York, New York University Press, 1988. Second Impression. Hardcover. 2nd printing. 8vo. Pp xix + 351. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Previous owner's initials neatly in ink on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and uncl...

Under My Skin: Volume of My Autobiography, to 1949

LESSING, DORIS · 1994 · The Glass Key

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London, Flamingo, 1994. Later printing. Paperback. 3rd printing of this trade paperback edition. Pp 419 + 12pp b&w photographs. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Very Good .

The Torch in My Ear

CANETTI, ELIAS · 1990 · The Glass Key

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

London, Picador, 1990. First printing of this edition. Paperback. First printing of this trade paperback edition. Translated from the German by Joachim Neugroschel. Previous owner's initials neatly in ink on the half-title else a clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Very ...

My Fathert and Myself

ACKERLEY, J.R. · 1968 · The Glass Key

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Bodley Head, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 8vo. Pp 219 + frontis and 8pp photographs printed in sepia. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and unclipped dust jacket. The protected dust jacket is a ...

The Young Freud: The Origins of Psychoanalysis in Late Nineteenth-Century Vienna

ZANUSO, BILLA · 1986 · The Glass Key

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Basil Blackwell, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Translated from the Italian. 8vo. Pp 202. Black cloth boards stamped in silver on the spine. Previous owner's initials neatly in ink on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and unclipped...

Très Riche Heures: A Memoir

CHAMBERLIN, LYDIA · 1992 · The Glass Key

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Lanham, Maryland, Madison Books, 1992. No edition stated. Paperback. 8vo paperback>. Pp xii + 205 + 32pp b&w photographs. Gift inscription by the author on the half-title else a clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Laid-in is a printed Aftword which draws attention to the...

Letters of Thomas Mann, 1889-1955

MANN, THOMAS · 1975 · The Glass Key

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York, Vintage, 1975. First printing of this edition. Paperback. First printing of this 8vo paperback edition. Selected and translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Introduction by Richard Winston. Pp xlv + 482 + xviii. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrap...

Goethe: His Life and Times

FRIEDENTHAL, RICHARD · 1993 · The Glass Key

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, Weidenfeld, 1993. First printing of this edition. Paperback. First printing of this 8vo paperback edition. Pp 561 + 8pp b&w plates. Previous owner's initials neatly in ink on the half-title else a clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers . Very Good + .

Finding Connections

KAVANAGH, P.J. · 1990 · The Glass Key

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London, Hutchinson, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 8vo. Pp xiv + 216. Brown cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and unclipped dust jacket. Very Good/very good.

Blood on the Walls

HAMILTON, WILLIE · 1992 · The Glass Key

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

London, Bloomsbury, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp 218 + 8 pp b&w photographs. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust jacket. Very Good +/very good +.

John Constable, 1776-1837: The Man and His Mistress

FRASER, JOHN LLOYD · 1976 · The Glass Key

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Hutchinson, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 8vo. Pp 253 + colour frontis and 16pp b&w plates. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt on a black panel on the spine. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding an...

Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch

BAYLEY, JOHN · 1999 · The Glass Key

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Duckworth, 1999. Later printing. Hardcover. 7th impression. 8vo. Pp 189 + 16pp monochrome halftone photographs. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and unclipped dust jacket. Very Good +/very good +.

With Love: An Autobiography 1938-46

FITZGIBBON, THEODORA · 1983 · The Glass Key

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London, Pan, 1983. First printing of this edition. Paperback. First printing of this mass market paperback edition. Pp 233 + 8pp b&w photographs. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Paper a little age-browned. near Very Good .