OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramée] Puck, 1887. "I have studied life, I assure you; and widely too, though I am only a tiny Maltese ... though I never saw Malta." £150
OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramée] Cecil Castlemaine's Gage; or, The Story of a… 1879. "Cecil Castlemaine was the beauty of her county and her line..." £150
OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramée] Wanda, 1890. "But no lover was there. The Countess Wanda dismissed all lovers; she was wedded to the memory of her brother, and to her own liberty and power." £250
DICK (Philip K.) The World Jones Made. [bound tête-bêche with:] Agent… 1956. SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF DICK’S SECOND PUBLISHED NOVEL £2,000
HAYASHI (Fumiko). Omokage: boku no sobyo [My Face: a Sketch], 1933. Presentation copy, with rare reproductions of Hayashi’s paintings £750
KAWABATA (Yasunari). Izu no odoriko [The Dancing Girl of Izu], 1932. SIGNED BY JAPAN'S FIRST NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR LITERATURE £6,800
BARON L'ESTAT Lali et Sainval drame en trois actes en… 1784. WRITTEN & PERFORMED FOR CATHERINE THE GREAT £12,500
COLLUTHUS OF LYCOPOLIS. The Rape of Helen, 1731. “THIS POEM MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED A GREAT ADVANTAGE FROM THE MASTERLY HAND OF MR. POPE” A VERSE TRANSLATION OF THE STORY OF THE ABDUCTION OF HELEN OF TROY FROM THE ORIGINAL BY COLLUTHUS – “ONE OF THE WORST POETS TO COME DOWN TO US” £2,500
[ELECTIONEERING NOVEL]. Flagel: or a Ramble of Fancy through the… 1768. "IF SHORT CHAPTERS, ABRUPT DIGRESSIONS, ZIGZAG WRITING, LOW PHRASES, AND A LOOSE INNUENDO POINTED OUT BY TWO OR THREE ASTERISKS, BE ALL THAT ARE REQUIRED TO CONSTITUTE A TRISTRAM SHANDY, FLAGEL MAY BE THAT MAN" £2,500