Letteratura

Bloomsbury: A House of Lions

EDEL, LEON · 1979 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

London, The Hogarth Press. 1979, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 288pp. Brown boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket designed by Will Carter. A very nice first edition of this insightful work of the Bloomsbury Group by the great literary biographer and Pulitzer P...

A Survey of Modernist Poetry

RIDING, LAURA AND GRAVES, ROBERT · 1927 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.26 | ¥16,720)

London, William Heinemann. 1927, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 12mo. 296pp. Decorative paper-covered boards with gilt to brown cloth spine. Scarce first edition of this landmark work on modernist poetry. One of only 1000 printed copies. Very Good.

Gaudete

HUGHES, TED · 1977 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,440)

London, Faber & Faber. 1977, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 200pp. Black boards with red and gilt to spine. Original illustrated dustjacket designed by Leonard Baskin. A splendid first edition in an excellent price-clipped jacket (with new price ticket). The culmination ...

Andrina and Other Stories

BROWN, GEORGE MACKAY · 1983 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

London, Chatto & Windus - The Hogarth Press. 1983, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 155 pp. Green boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped paper dustjacket. An excellent first edition of Mackay Brown's fourth collection of stories, several of which concern his native Orkney Is...

Empire of the Sun

BALLARD, J. G. · 1984 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,440)

London, Gollancz. 1984, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xiii, 278 pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Original unclipped dustjacket with photograph of author to rear flap by Fay Godwin. First impression jacket with two reviews to rear. True first edition of Ballard's aut...

The Life of a Long-Distance Writer

BRADFORD, RICHARD · 2008 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

London, Peter Owen. 2008, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 390 pp. Plum-coloured boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket.The authorised biography of Alan Sillitoe, published to coincide with his eightieth birthday in 2008. One of the original Angry Youn...

Storm

SILLITOE, ALAN · 1974 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

London, W.H. Allen. 1974, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 80 pp. Brown boards with gilt to spine. Price-clipped dustjacket designed by David Sillitoe, son of the author. Fine first edition of this collection of poems by Alan Sillitoe, well-known to the reading public for ...

William Golding: The Man and His Books

CAREY, JOHN (ED.) · 1986 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

London, Faber and Faber. 1986, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 191 pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket with photograph of Golding by Phil Sayer. A splendid first edition copy, published as a tribute to the man behind the novels on his seventy-fifth b...

William Golding: A Critical Study

KINKEAD-WEEKES, MARK & GREGOR, IAN · 1967 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

London, Faber and Faber. 1967, Review Copy. Cloth. Book, 8vo. 257pp. Red boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket. A very good pre-publication Review Copy of this first full-length study of Golding work to date, with typed review slip announcing publication on 20th Apri...

The Double Tongue

GOLDING, WILLIAM · 1995 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)

London, Faber and Faber. 1995, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 165pp. Black boards with red to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. A fine first edition of Williams Golding's psychological novel, published after his death in 1993. Fine/Fine.

A Moving Target

GOLDING, WILLIAM · 1982 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

London, Faber and Faber. 1982, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xii, 202pp. Green boards with gilt to spine. Pictorial dustjacket with photograph of Golding to front. A excellent copy of William Golding's second collection of nonfiction containing critical observations and...

The Paper Men

GOLDING, WILLIAM · 1984 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

London, Faber and Faber. 1984, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 191pp. Black boards with silver to spine. Clipped dustjacket with price ticket. Jacket illustrated by Paul Hogarth. A really fine first edition of William Golding's novel, the first publication following his w...

Fire Down Below

GOLDING, WILLIAM · 1989 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)

London, Faber and Faber. 1989. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [iv] 313pp. Black boards with white lettering to spine. Decorative unclipped dustjacket illustrated by Paul Hogarth. The concluding part of Golding's great 'Sea Trilogy', completing a gripping masterpiece of contemporary fic...

Close Quarters

GOLDING, WILLIAM · 1987 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London, Guild Publishing. 1987. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 281pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Original dustjacket designed by Paul Hogarth. A very good copy of the second part of Golding's 'Sea Trilogy' and sequel to Rites of Passage. Very Good/Very Good.

Perspectives on Cormac Mccarthy

ARNOLD, EDWIN T. & LUCE, DIANNE C. · 1999 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Jackson, University Press of Mississippi. 1999. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. vi, 256 pp. Illustrated card wraps. Collection of critical essays, 'praised as the best handbook for an understanding of McCarthy's great works. Revised edition. As new. Fine.

No Country for Old Men

MCCARTHY, CORMAC · 2007 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 2007. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [viii], 311 pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket designed by Chip Kidd. An unblemished copy of McCarthy's 'profound meditation on the corrosive effects of greed and the nature of honour in an increasin...

The Shipping News

PROULX, ANNIE · 1999 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,960)

New York, Scribner. 1999. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [xii] 339pp. Creme boards, silver to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. An excellent copy of the Scribner Classics edition of Annie Proulx's celebrated Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning novel. Fine/Fine.

Accordion Crimes

PROULX, ANNIE · 1996 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

New York, Scribner. 1996, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 381pp. Paper-covered boards with brown cloth spine and copper gilt lettering. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. A very nice first edition of this masterpiece of storytelling spanning a century and a continent. Fine...

That Old Ace in the Hole

PROULX, ANNIE · 2002 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

New York, Scribner. 2002, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xvi, 363 pp. Blue boards, brown spine with gilt lettering. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket designed by John Fulbrook III. Pulitzer winning novelist Annie Proulx's fourth novel set in the wide spreading landscape o...

Fine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3

PROULX, ANNIE · 2008 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

New York, Scribner. 2008, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [xii] 223 pp. White boards, black spine with gilt lettering. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket designed by John Fulbrook III. The final installation of Annie Proulx's collection of Wyoming Stories. The nine stories ...