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The Diaries of a Cosmopolitan 1918-1937. With an introduction by Otto Friedrich.

COUNT HARRY KESSLER. · 1971 · Clearwater Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1st Edition, First English-language edition (first printing). 8vo.xvi, 535pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at the spine. With fifty-five illustrations in the text contributed by Jean Cocteau, Eric Gill, George Grosz, Paul Klee, Vanessa Bell, &c. A sl…

The Book of Juniper. New poems by Tom Paulin, accompanied by ten full-page drawings by Noel Conner.

TOM PAULIN AND NOEL CONNOR. · 1981 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). Landscape 8vo. [24pp] stapled into glossy lettered and decorated wrappers (not issued in casebound format). In fine state. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]., Fine

Stephen Spender. The Authorized Biography.

STEPHEN SPENDER. John Sutherland. · 2004 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Viking, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 627pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with thirty-six photographs over sixteen plates. Three page references inked to the head of the front free endpaper. A very good copy in non-price-cli…

Gwen Raverat. Friends, Family and Affections. A biography.

FRANCES SPALDING. · 2001 · Clearwater Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

The Harvill Press, London 2001, 1st Edition, Second impression of the first edition. Large 8vo. ix, 438pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine. With thirteen plates of colour and monochrome reproductions and numerous illustrations in the text. A fine copy in virtually fine…

The Pangs of Love and Other Stories.

JANE GARDAM. · 1983 · Clearwater Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Hamish Hamilton Ltd., London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 156pp. Blue boards lettered in gold at the spine. Some toning to the paperstock. A very good copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with some fading to the spine panel, and a small rectang…

Venice. The Rise to Empire [and] Venice. The Greatness and the Fall.

JOHN JULIUS NORWICH. · 1977 · Clearwater Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Allen Lane, London 1977 & 1981, 1st Edition, First Editions (first printings). Individual volumes as follows: 'Venice. The Rise to Empire' (1977). First edition. 8vo. 319pp. Brown boards lettered in gold at the spine and upper board. Illustrated with twenty-five photographs and …

Round the Clock. A novel.

JAMES LEES-MILNE. · 1978 · Clearwater Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Chatto & Windus, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 150pp. Brown boards lettered in gold at the spine. A virtually fine copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper., Near Fine, Near Fine

Farewell Happy Fields, The Land Unknown [and] The Lion's Mouth. Raine's autobiography, complete in three volumes.

KATHLEEN RAINE. · 1973 · Clearwater Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Hamish Hamilton, London 1973-1977., 1st Edition, First Editions (first printings). Individual volumes as follows: 'Farewell Happy Fields. Memories of Childhood' (1973). First edition. 8vo. 173pp. Green boards lettered in silver at the spine, and with the publisher's vibrant red …

Mandrake Over the Water-Carrier. A Recital.

EDWARD SACKVILLE-WEST. · 1928 · Clearwater Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 315pp. Blue cloth lettered and ruled in gold at the spine. The top edge dust soiled, the backstrip cloth lightly toned, and with some quite light browning to the free endpapers. A touch of spotting…

Amulet. A novel. Translated from the Spanish of 'Amuleto' by Chris Andrews.

ROBERTO BOLAÑO · 2009 · Clearwater Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Picador, London, 1st Edition, First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 184pp. Purple cloth, lettered and decorated in cream. A fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. A short novel dedicated to Bolaño's friend Mario Santiago Papasquiaro, who appeared as 'Ulises Lima' in…

Catherine Foster. A novel.

H. E. BATES. · 1929 · Clearwater Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 256pp. Green textured cloth, lettered in gold at the spine. A faint trace of wear to the tips of two corners, and a hint of very light partial toning to the free endpapers. A very good copy. No dust wrapper…

A Shell Eye on England. The Shell County Guides 1934-1984. (INSCRIBED)

DAVID HEATHCOTE. · 2011 · Clearwater Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Libri Publishing, Oxfordshire, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing). This copy inscribed by the author on the half-title. Landscape 4to. 139pp. Glossy card wrappers (not issued in casebound format). Illustrated with hundreds of black and white phot…

The Flutes of Autumn.

PETER LEVI. · 1983 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Harvill Press, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 191pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Some toning to the lesser quality paperstock. Very good in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with same fading to the spine panel., Very Good, Very Good

The Search. A novel.

GEOFF DYER. · 1993 · Clearwater Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 148pp. Black boards lettered in silver at the spine. A virtually fine copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper, marred only by a hint of creasing to the head of the spine panel. The author's …

The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks. With illustrations by Clair Stewart and a new foreword by Sir Norman Birkett.

ROBERTSON DAVIES. · 1951 · Clearwater Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Chatto & Windus, London, 1st Edition, First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. vii, 248pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at the spine. The backstrip ends gently bruised, with a tiny indentation to the head of the upper board, and some light partial toning to the rear free endpaper. …

Eduardo Paolozzi. Writings and Interviews. Edited, with a lengthy introduction by Robin Spencer.

EDUARDO PAOLOZZI. · 2000 · Clearwater Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). Landscape 4to. xxiv, 367pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of photographs and reproductions, including twelve colour plates, and including some hitherto …

Writing & Illuminating & Lettering. With diagrams & illustrations by the author & Noel Rooke. 8pp. examples in red & black and 24pp. of collotypes.

Writing & Illuminating & Lettering. With diagrams & illustrations by the author & Noel Rooke. 8pp. examples in red & black and 24pp. of collotypes. · 1906 · Clearwater Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,096)

John Hogg, 'The Artistic Crafts series of Technical Handbooks', London, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. xxxii, 510pp including ten advertisement leaves. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards lettered in black at spine and upper board. Tissue-protected frontispiece. The boards l…

Goodbye to the Hill. A novel.

LEE DUNNE. · 1965 · Clearwater Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Hutchinson, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 192pp. Purple boards lettered in gold at the spine. The binding slightly sprung, the free endpapers very lightly toned, and with an inked former owner signature to the head of the front free endpaper. A nice c…

A Study in Scarlet. With illustrations by George Hutchinson and 'A Note on Sherlock Holmes' by Dr. Joseph Bell.

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. · 1893 · Clearwater Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.32 | ¥63,287)

Ward, Lock & Bowden Ltd., London, 1st Edition, George Hutchinson, First edition thus, essentially a reissue of the second English edition of 1891, replicating the George Hutchinson illustrations, but the first edition to include Dr. Joseph Bell's eight-page introductory essay (w…

As I Walked Down New Grub Street. Memoris of a Writing Life.

WALTER ALLEN. · 1981 · Clearwater Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Heinemann, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 277pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. A review copy, with the publisher's review slip laid-in, and with a series of neat discrete pencilled marginal ticks. A very good copy in very slightly rubbed …