Narrativa e romanzi

In Hazard: A Sea Story

HUGHES, RICHARD · 1938 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)

London, Chatto & Windus. 1938, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. [iv] 273 pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt to spine. A nice first edition copy of Hughes's allegorical novel. Very Good.

Flowering Judas

PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE · 1936 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London, Jonathan Cape. 1936, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6) 288 (8 publisher's adverts) pp. Decorated cloth boards. Attractive bookplate to title page. Light scattered spotting. Uncommon UK first edition which contains the additional four new stories from the Pulitzer-wi...

The Victorian Chaise-Longue

LASKI, MARGHANITA · 1953 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

London, The Cresset Press. 1953, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 12mo. (8) 159 pp. Marbled boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. An excellent first edition of this scarce horror novel. Very Good/Very Good.

Midsummer Night and Other Tales in Verse

MASEFIELD, JOHN · 1928 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

London, William Heinemann. 1928, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition. Half-Vellum. Book, 8vo. [x], 207 pp. Blue-green boards. Half vellum with gilt to spine. Top-edge gilt. Uncut and mainly unopened. Original dustjacket. Signed and Numbered Limited Edition of 275 copies. [n.d....

April Twilights and Other Poems

CATHER, WILLA · 1923 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1923, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. (12) 66 pp. Illustrated boards with green cloth spine. Top-edge tinted red. Uncut edges. Original unclipped dustjacket with only minor chipping and toning to spine. Uncommon first edition of what amounts to ...

Harold Nicolson: A Biography (2 Volume Set)

LEES-MILNE, JAMES · 1980 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

London, Chatto & Windus. 1980, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xii, 429 pp.; xii, 403 pp. Blue boards with gilt to spines. Illustrated unclipped dustjackets designed by John Woodcock. A very fine first edition set of this excellent biography of Harold Nicolson, told 'with...

Kidnapped. Being the Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS · 1886 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€1,150.00 ($1,267.51 | £959.41 | ¥202,405)

London, Cassell & Company. 1886, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. viii, 311, (17 publisher's cat.) pp. with folding frontispiece engraved map. Original green cloth with gilt to spine. Coated endpapers. First edition, first issue with all first issue points: "name his business"...

A World of Love

BOWEN, ELIZABETH · 1955 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,960)

London, Jonathan Cape. 1955, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. 224 pp. Illustrated green cloth with silver to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. Top-edge tinted black. First edition of this quintessential work by the author who portrays 'life with the lid on and what happ...

The Apple Tree (Incl. The Birds)

DU MAURIER, DAPHNE · 1952 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,801)

London, Victor Gollancz. 1952, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 264 pp. Red boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket by Val Biro. A first impression in excellent dustjacket of Du Maurier's famous work featuring the first appearance of 'The Birds', inspir...

Bitter Lemons

DURRELL, LAWRENCE · 1957 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,800)

London, Faber and Faber / The Book Society Ltd. 1957, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6) 255 pp. Red cloth with gilt stamp to front and yellow panel and gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket with sl strengthening inside. A very good example of this prize-winning ac...

Sicilian Carousel

DURRELL, LAWRENCE · 1977 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

London, Faber and Faber. 1977, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (16) 223 pp. Red cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated clipped dustjacket. A very nice first edition of this literary travelogue in which Durrell gets to the heart of Mediterranean civilisation. Fine/Fine.

Sauve Qui Peut

DURRELL, LAWRENCE · 1966 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

London, Faber and Faber. 1966, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Bentley, Nicolas. Book, 8vo. (6) 82 pp. Pink-red cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. An excellent first edition of this third collection of Antrobus tales, accompanied throughout by the equally ...

Stiff Upper Lip

DURRELL, LAWRENCE · 1958 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)

London, Faber and Faber. 1958, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Bentley, Nicolas. Book, 8vo. (8) 94 pp. Blue cloth with yellow to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket with sl. strengthening. A very nice first edition of this second collection of Antrobus stories, accompanied thr...

Vega and Other Poems

DURRELL, LAWRENCE · 1973 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

London, Faber and Faber. 1973, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6) 54 pp. Grey cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated clipped dustjacket by Berthold Wolpe. An excellent first edition of this work by Durrell. As new. Fine/Fine.

Sebastian or Ruling Passions

DURRELL, LAWRENCE · 1983 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,960)

London, Faber and Faber. 1983, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [x] 202 pp. Yellow boards with black to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket by David Gentleman. A fine first edition of this metafictional narrative and the fourth volume in Lawrence Durrell's 'The Avignon...

Constance or Solitary Practices

DURRELL, LAWRENCE · 1982 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,960)

London, Faber and Faber. 1982, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [x] 393 pp. Blue boards with silver to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket by David Gentleman. A fine first edition of this metafictional narrative and the third volume in Lawrence Durrell's 'The Avignon Q...

Livia or Buried Alive

DURRELL, LAWRENCE · 1978 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,960)

London, Faber and Faber. 1978, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [vi] 265 pp. Green boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket by David Gentleman. A fine first edition of this metafictional narrative and second volume in Lawrence Durrell's 'The Avignon Quin...

Monsieur or the Prince of Darkness

DURRELL, LAWRENCE · 1974 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,960)

London, Faber and Faber. 1974, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. (4) 296 pp. Tan boards with black panel and gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket by David Gentleman. A very good first edition of this metafictional narrative and first volume in Lawrence Durrell's ...

Nunquam

DURRELL, LAWRENCE · 1970 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

London, Faber and Faber. 1970, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (10) 283 (2) pp. Green cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. An excellent first edition of the second book of Durrell's 'Revolt of Aphrodite' sequence. As new. Fine/Fine.

Tunc

DURRELL, LAWRENCE · 1968 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,040)

London, Faber and Faber. 1968, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (10) 316 (1) pp. Red cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. An excellent first edition with original 'Book Society Choice' belly-band. Book one of Durrell's 'Revolt of Aphrodite' sequence, and...