Biografia

Claude Dampier, Mrs Gibson and Me

CARLYLE, BILLIE · 1988 · The Glass Key

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Staines: Billie Carlyle, 1988. Second edition. Paperback. 2nd edition. Paperback. 206 x 145mm. Pp 116 + 20pp monochrome half-tone photographs. Some marking to printed wrapper else Fine. Near Fine .

Blood & Fire: William and Catherine Booth and Their Salvation Army

HATTERSLEY, ROY · 1999 · The Glass Key

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London, Little, Brown, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp viii + 471 + 16pp monochrome half-tone photographs. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Line indentation which ends in a small hole on back panel of dust-jacket and carries through to the ...

He Wrote Treasure Island

STERN, G.B. · 1954 · The Glass Key

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: William Heinemann, 1954. Hardcover. 1st edition. 190 x 123mm. Pp 176 + frontis and 4pp monochrome half-tone plates. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good in chipped and rubbed Good+ price-clipped dust-jacket. .

The Wolf at the Door

BARSLEY, MICHAEL · 1946 · The Glass Key

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London, Michael Joseph, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. Illustrated with line drawings by the author. Red cloth boards stamped in silver on the spine. One corner and head of spine slightly bumped else Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket. .

Pavlova: The Genius of Dance

HYDEN, WALFORD · 1931 · The Glass Key

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: Constable, 1931. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp viii + 199 + frontis & 14pp monochrome halftone photographs. Decorative cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine and upper panel. A number of date stampings on rear pastedown suggest this must be an ex-library copy, but...

The Life of the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone

SMITH, GEORGE BARNETT · 1880 · The Glass Key

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, nd (1880s). Hardcover. Illustrated serial edition. Six volumes in decorative red cloth stamped in gilt and black on thespines and upper boards. 4to. AEG. Vol 1 has 3 colour and 3 monochrome tissue-guarded frontispieces and pp vii + 248 illustr...

Autobiography

DOLIN, ANTON · 1960 · The Glass Key

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Oldbourne, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp 336 + frontis & 32pp monochrome halftone photographs. Blue cloth boards stamped in black on the spine. Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket. Very Good/very good.

Crowded Company

GIBBS, PHILIP · 1949 · The Glass Key

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Allan Wingate, 1949. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp 286 + 12pp monochrome half-tone illustrations of pictures by the author. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Some spotting to endpapers else Very Good in spotted dust-jacket with a 25mm chunk missing from...

I Like to Remember

RIDGE, W. PETT · 1930 · The Glass Key

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd (1930?). Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp ix + 308 + frontis & 5pp monochrome halftone plates. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Cloth rubbed else Very Good without dust-jacket. .

The Voyage Home

CHURCH, RICHARD · 1964 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, Heinemann, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp 223. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good in near Very Good price-clipped dust-jacket. Very Good/near very good.

Spender, Stephen: Journals 1939-1983

GOLDSMITH, JOHN (ED) · 1985 · The Glass Key

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Faber and Faber, 1985. Second impression. Hardcover. 2nd impression. Pp 510 + 16pp half-tone plates. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Paper yellowing else Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket. Very Good/very good.

Memoir of the Bobotes

CARY, JOYCE · 1965 · The Glass Key

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London, Readers Union, 1965. Book Club. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp 169 with illus by the author. Intro by Walter Allen. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine and upper panel. Page edges yellowed else Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket. Very Good/very good.

Young Betjeman

HILLIER, BEVIS · 1988 · The Glass Key

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

London, John Murray, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Pp xvii + 479 with 28pp of monochrome half-tone illustrations. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Inscription on the half-title and small stain on fore-edge else a clean, unmarked copy in a tight b...

A Half-Baked Life: My Story So Far

JENKS, CLAUDE · 1991 · The Glass Key

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Lime Tree, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp viii + 183. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Near Fine in near Fine dust-jacket. .

D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage

MADDOX, BRENDA · 1994 · The Glass Key

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp 620 + 32pp monochrome half-tone photographs. Black cloth spine stamped in gilt with sides of oatmeal flecked paper on boards. Very Good in near Very Good dust-jacket rubbed along the top edge. Ver...

Paul Scott: A Life

SPURLING, HILARY · 1990 · The Glass Key

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London, Hutchinson, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Pp. x + 438 with half-tone illustrations throughout the text. Fine in near Fine dust-jacket. Fine/near fine.

No Accounting for Paradise: An Autobiography

OXLEY, WILLIAM · 1999 · The Glass Key

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Ware: Rockingham Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp 232. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust-jacket. .

No Star Nonsense

COTES, PETER · 1949 · The Glass Key

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Rockliff, 1949. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp xii + 198 + frontis & 22pp monochrome halftone plates. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Spine sunned else near Very Good without dust-jacket. .

Elizabeth

WALKER, ALEXANDER · 1990 · The Glass Key

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 8vo. Pp 423 + 32pp monochrome halftone photographs. Purple cloth boards stamped in silver on the spine. Very Good in Very Good clipped dust jacket. Very Good/very good.

William Golding: The Man and His Books

CAREY, JOHN (ED) · 1986 · The Glass Key

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, Faber and Faber, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. A Tribute on his 75th Birthday. Black cloth boards stamped in gold on the spine. Pp 192 with 8pp half-tone illustrations. Paper browned at the edges else Fine in Fine dust-jacket. Near Fine/near fine.