Letteratura

Arriving Tomorrow

DON TAYLOR · 1971 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Hamish Hamilton (Antelope). 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0241020719) Hardcover. Ill.: Robert Micklewright. Ex-Library, Ex-library - stamps, flyleaf missing, one page loose, dustwrapper sealed in plastic. Good reading copy. Fair/Good.

The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel

BARONESS ORCZY · 1935 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1935, 3/6 Edition. Hardcover. Book, Corners of spine faded, dustwrapper torn on spine and corners, small piece missing from back. Yellow cloth with red titles and decoration. Good/Good.

Faust Among Equals

TOM HOLT · 1994 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Orbit. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 185723197x) Hardcover. Ill.: Steve Lee. Book, Page edges slightly tanned, and the flyleaf, which reproduces a piece of Heironymous Bosch, has remains of a hard pencil annotation in margin. Very Good/Very Good.

Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, 15 & 16 American

EDITED J. A. HAMMERTON · 1920 · Marion Pitman Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

London, Educational Book Company. First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Few spots of foxing, slight wear to spine. Dark blue leatherette, gilt titles,768 pages. Frontispiece O. Henry. 38 stories. Authors include Ambrose Bierce, Francis Bret Harte, Frank R Stockton, Thomas Bailey Ald...

Blues, Ballate e Canzoni

BOB DYLAN · 1972 · Marion Pitman Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Roma (Rome), Newton Compton Italiana. 1972, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Covers worn and there is writing on the flyleaf, half title, reverse of title pae and index pages, but the actual text seems to be clean. English on the left, Italian translation on the right. Fairly ...

Stylistique Comparee Du Francais et De l'Anglais

J.-P. VINAY & J. DARBELNET · 1960 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London / Paris, George G. Harrap / Librairie Marcel Didier. 1960, Nouvelle Edition Corrigee. Hardcover. Book, Some dents on front cover. Text in French. Very Good/No Jacket.

Inspector Hanaud's Investigations - the A. E. W. Mason Omnibus

A. E. W. MASON · 1931 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1931, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Binding worn, spine faded and badly torn at top; front and rear hinges cracked; name on flyleaf; portrait (of Hanaud?) has been cut from dustwrapper and stuck to half title; few spots of foxing. Blue cloth, red ...

The Case of the Calendar Girl, Violence, Sight of Death (three books in one)

ERLE STANLEY GARDNER, CORNELL WOOLRICH, JEREMY YORK · 1958 · Marion Pitman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

New York, Detective Book Club / Walter J. Black. 1958, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Three books in one. Very Good/No Jacket.

Eyes That Watch You, Downbeat for a Dirge, Look Behind You, Lady (three books in one)

WILLIAM IRISH (CORNELL WOOLRICH), BRANDON BIIRD, MARGARET ERSKINE · 1952 · Marion Pitman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

New York, Detective Book Club / Walter J. Black. 1952, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Cloth bit worn and marked, slight spine lean, few thumb marks. Good/No Jacket.

Shakespeare: The Final Plays

FRANK KERMODE · 1965 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. For British Council and National Book League. 1965, Reprint with Additional Bibliography. Soft cover. Book, Slight wear to edges. Writers and their Work no. 155. Very Good/No Jacket.

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

CORNELL WOOLRICH AS GEORGE HOPLEY · 1949 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Harmondsworth, Penguin. 1949, First Penguin Edition. Soft cover. Book, Front cover very spotted, cover edges worn, spine split, page edges brown. Good/No Jacket.

Two Little Parisians (Caillou and Tili)

PIERRE MILLE, TRANSLATED BERENGERE DILLIEN · 1913 · Marion Pitman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, John Lane Bodley Head. 1913, Edition not stated, presumed First Thus. Hardcover. Book, Spine faded, corners bit bruised, cloth a little bubbled. Green cloth 238 pages. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Man with My Face

SAMUEL W. TAYLOR · 1954 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Harmondsworth, Penguin. 1954, First Penguin Edition. Soft cover. Book, Wrappers worn edges and ends, small crease, edges browned. Man in California comes home from the office to find he has been replaced by a double. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

Behind That Curtain

EARL DERR BIGGERS · 1930 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

London, Harrap. 1930, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Spine faded and almost completely split down front joint. Boards bit marked, corners knocked; few spots of foxing. Red cloth, 303 pages. Charlie Chan. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

Tales of Adventure and Medical Life, printed in the Advanced Stage of Pitman's Shorthand

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE · 0 · Marion Pitman Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman. 9999, New Era Edition. Soft cover. Book, Small format, card covers cloth spine, 94 pages - 4 short stories. No date or edition given. Very Good/No Jacket.

Nothing Can Rescue Me

ELIZABETH DALY · 1951 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Harmondsworth, Penguin. 1951, First Penguin Edition. Soft cover. Book, Covers and first and last leaves foxed, back cover torn but complete, edges brown. Classic green Penguin. Henry Gamadge investigates. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

The Drive-in

JOE R. LANSDALE · 1989 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Kinnell Pubns. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 1870532155) Hardcover. Book, Spine of dustwrapper and bottom end of spine charred, otherwise very good. "A B-movie with blood and popcorn, made in Texas". Very Good/Good.

Summer Lightning

P. G. WODEHOUSE · 1949 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Pan. 1949, New Edition. Soft cover. Ill.: Pollack (cover). Book, A little wear,, creasing to spine, page edges a little brown. Good/No Jacket.

Scar Tissue

MICHAEL IGNATIEFF · 1993 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Toronto, Viking. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0670850489) Hardcover. Book, Gift inscription on flyleaf. First edition but incomplete number line so assume later printing. Very Good/Very Good.

The Ghosts of Kerfol

DEBORAH NOYES · 2008 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Cambridge, Mass. Candlewick Press. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780763630003) Hardcover. Book, Collection of short stories riffing on a story by Edith Wharton. Very Good/Very Good.