Letteratura

The Gourmet, and Other Stories

LU WENFU · 1987 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York & London, Readers International. 1987, First edition this Translation. (ISBN: 0930523385) Hardcover. Book, Near Fine/Very Good.

The Queue

VLADIMIR SOROKIN · 1988 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

New York & London, Readers International. 1988, First English Language Edition. (ISBN: 093052344x) Hardcover. Book, Slight tanning to page edges. Very Good/Near Fine.

Doctor Sally

P. G. WODEHOUSE · 1959 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Harmondsworth, Penguin. 1959, First Penguin Edition. Soft cover. Book, Covers worn and split at edges, lower part of spine missing. Good/No Jacket.

Sweet Fanny Adams

C. K. JAEGER · 1953 · Marion Pitman Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Grey Walls Press. 1953, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Name on flyleaf, slight discolouration of front cover, slight foxing of endpapers; dustwrapper price-clipped, worn and slightly split on edges. Good/Good.

Opera

P. VERGILI MARONIS · 1953 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Oxonii, Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1953, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Edited Fredericus Arturus Hirtzel. Some marks on binding, front hinge weak, text appears clean and sound. Foyles bookshop label. Text entirely in Latin. Good/No Jacket.

The Great Gatsby

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD · 1958 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

Harmondsworth, Penguin. 1958, Reprint. Soft cover. Book, Covers a little worn, spine darkened, page edges brown. Good/No Jacket.

The Pole Star Family

ENID BLYTON · 1961 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Lutterworth Press. 1961, Fourth Impression. Hardcover. Ill.: Ruth Gervis. Book, Coloured frontispiece. Dustwrapper rather generously price-clipped, creased and worn on edges. Very Good/Good.

The Blue Woman and Other Stories

MARY FLANAGAN · 1994 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747517096) Hardcover. Book, Very slight creasing to top edge of dustwrapper. Near Fine/Near Fine.

The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium

GERALD DURRELL · 1979 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, William Collins Sons & Co. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 000216731x) Hardcover. Book, Six short pieces, including at least one supernatural horror story. Edges of dustwrapper a little marked and discoloured. Near Fine/Good.

Ragnarok: the End of the Gods

A. S. BYATT · 2011 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Edinburgh, Canongate. 2011, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781847670649) Hardcover. Book, one small dent in front cover and jacket, scarcely noticeable. Near Fine/Near Fine.

The Queen Elizabeth Family

ENID BLYTON · 1965 · Marion Pitman Books

£18.50 (€22.18 | $24.45 | ¥3,904)

London, Lutterworth Press. 1965, Fifth Impression. Hardcover. Ill.: Ruth Gervis. Book, Green boards, no marks, dustwrapper creased and a very little frayed on edges, price intact. Very Good/Good.

Akin to Poetry, Observations on Some Strange Tales of Robert Aickman

PHILIP CHALLINOR · 2010 · Marion Pitman Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Baton Rouge, Gothic Press. 2010, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780913045190) Soft cover. Book, Few very slight marks on cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Robert Aickman: An Introduction (Gothic Chapbooks)

GARY WILLIAM CRAWFORD; ROBERT AICKMAN · 2003 · Marion Pitman Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

Baton Rouge, Gothic Press. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0913045101) Soft cover. Book, very slight marks to back cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Man Who Understood Women

LEONARD MERRICK · 0 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

London, Hodder & Stoughton. Hardcover. Book, Dark blue cloth water damaged, some damp staining on inner margins and hinges weak; text ok. Introduction by W J Locke. Fair/No Jacket.

Meddling with Ghosts: Stories in the Tradition of M. R. James

RAMSEY CAMPBELL, SELECTED & INTRODUCED · 2001 · Marion Pitman Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Boston Spa and London, The British Library Publishing Division. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712311254) Hardcover. Book, Some very slight creasing to dustwrapper. Stories from James's precursors, contemporaries and successors; bibliography by Rosemary Pardoe. Near Fine/Very Good.

The Lovecraft Letters Vol 1: Mysteries of Time & Spirit: Letters of H.P. Lovecraft & Donald Wandrei:

H. P. LOVECRAFT; DONALD WANDREI · 2002 · Marion Pitman Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

San Francisco & Portland, Night Shade Books. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1892389509) Soft cover. Book, Edited by S T Joshi and David E Schultz. Very small mark fore-edge, very small crease one corner. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

PAUL GALLICO · 1979 · Marion Pitman Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London, Pan with Macmillan. 1979, First Edition Thus. (ISBN: 0330258311) Soft cover. Book, Front cover scraped, edges bit brown. Good/No Jacket.

Notes of a Dirty Old Man

CHARLES BUKOWSKI · 1973 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

San Francisco, City Lights Books. 1973, First Edition Thus. (ISBN: 0872860744) Soft cover. Book, Slight curl to corner of front cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Methuen's library of Humour - W. W. Jacobs

W. W. JACOBS, ED. E. V. KNOX · 1933 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Methuen. 1933, First Thus. Hardcover. Book, Brown cloth, black decoration. Eight stories. Very slight spine lean, name on flyleaf. Very Good/No Jacket.

Connie Burt

GUY BOOTHBY · 0 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Ward, Lock. Hardcover. Ill.: Oscar Wilson. Book, Dark blue cloth gilt, very worn; hinges cracked; some foxing; a little damage to page edges. Decent reading copy. 317 pages + 2 page catalogue; b/w frontispiece and two other plates. No date, edition, or list of illustra...