Byre Books

Mad Dogs and Cyclists - on two wheels through Northumbria

Rooney, Chris · 1990

£10.24 (€12.27 | $13.53 | ¥2,160)

Book Very Good Signed by Author(s) Coquet Editions Morpeth Cycling tales, originally broadcast on Radio Northumberland, illustrated by Peter Millen, signed by the author to the title page. Stapled booklet a little browned to the covers, VG.

Salad for the Solitary and the Social

Saunders, Frederick · 0

£21.07 (€25.26 | $27.84 | ¥4,444)

Book Good Richard Bentley and Son London 1885 HB The popular edition. A literary miscellany. Blue cloth sunned, marked and worn, grey eps, no inscriptions, pages yellowed, occasional pencil markings, tight and sound, good. 526pp 0

The Lost Letters of Flann O'Brien

Gerry McGowan and Andrew Sherlock, eds · 2021

£10.21 (€12.24 | $13.49 | ¥2,153)

Book Very Good The Pen and Pencil Gallery Spoof letters by real writers in the voice of other writers, perhaps. VG, no inscriptions.

Role Call: poetry and short stories

Paul Keens-Douglas · 1997

£9.29 (€11.14 | $12.27 | ¥1,959)

Book Good Keensdee Verse and prose, both serious and entertaining, in the vernacular of Trinidad. Illustrative covers rubbed and worn, name to ffep, clean and sound, good.

Catmint

Compton Mackenzie, photographs by Richard Herzenberg · 1961

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Good Barrie & Rockliff Fine black and white photographs face humorous text from Mackenzie. Light blue cloth marked and worn, internally clean and sound, good, no inscriptions, no DJ.

More Sketches from Herbert Farjeon's Little Review

Herbert Farjeon · 1940

£9.41 (€11.28 | $12.43 | ¥1,985)

Book Good Samuel French London Contains A Very Nice Paper; Cricket Vignettes; Winter in Torquay; Father and Son; How to Get There. Small booklet lightly worn, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good.

The Meed-Lothian Manifesto: bein' the true narrateeve of Mr Gledstone's Veesit to Mr Andrew Lyell

Andrew Lyell · 1880

£11.77 (€14.11 | $15.55 | ¥2,482)

Book Good William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh Political satire, in Scots (of sorts). A pamphlet, illustrative covers worn and marked, grubby marks to pages, generally sound, good.

The Gaelic Chair: Oor New Cawndidate: an adventure in the winter of '79

Andrew Lyell · 1880

£11.77 (€14.11 | $15.55 | ¥2,482)

Book Poor William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh Written in Scots (of sorts), this is a humorous skit on Edinburgh luminaries of the time. The illustrative covers are worn, chipped, and detached, internally a little creased but sound, poor.

Stories frae Aberdeen

Esslemont, Peter · 0

£9.41 (€11.28 | $12.43 | ¥1,985)

Book Good John Avery Aberdeen Undated - 1930s? Epigrams, quotations, jokes. Stapled booklet, tartan covers worn and marked, staples rusted and one of the worn through, pages yellowed, good only.

A Canny Countryside

Horne, John · 1896

£26.47 (€31.73 | $34.97 | ¥5,583)

Book Very Good Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier Edinburgh/London Anecdotes from Caithness. Decorative green cloth a little marked but lightly worn, no inscriptions, occasional minor foxing throughout, tight and sound, generally VG.

Scenes de la Vie Privee et Publique des Animaux

Grandville illus. · 1844

£117.66 (€141.03 | $155.45 | ¥24,815)

Book Good J. Hetzel Paris Exquisite steel engravings, anthropomorphic and satirical, illustrate essays on contemporary society by de Balzac, Baude, de la Bedollierre, Bernard, Janin, Lemoine, Nodier and George Sand, edited by P J Stahl. Text in French. Though not stated, this ...

A Feast of Fun - consisting of the first three numbers of the Pennyworth series

Macrea, David · 0

£23.53 (€28.20 | $31.09 | ¥4,963)

Book Good Morison Brothers Glasgow Undated. Examples of puns, parodies, blunders, queer epitaphs, chestnuts and repartee are on the menu of this curious book. Brown cloth worn and marked, front hinge weak, no inscriptions, good. 0

Drayneflete Revealed

Lancaster, Osbert · 1949

£9.44 (€11.32 | $12.47 | ¥1,991)

Book Good Good John Murray London Reprint. The transition of a fictional village to town, illustrated by the author. Light wear to boards, map end-papers, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good in worn, good DJ.

The Night Shift

Newton, Ian · 2005

£10.59 (€12.69 | $13.99 | ¥2,233)

Book Very Good RPM London A six-part comedy series designed for television. VG, no inscriptions.