Item 327AN ACCIDENTAL MAN.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1971. Octavo. Plum gilt cloth boards. First edition. Fine, in a fine pictorially literal dust jacket designed by John Sergeant.
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Item 326THE SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE MACHINE.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1974. Octavo. Spring green gilt cloth. First edition, first impression. Fine, in fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket designed by John Sutcliffe.
Item 325THE BOOK AND THE BROTHERHOOD.
London: Chatto & Windus, [1987]. Octavo. Pale grey gilt cloth. About fine, in a fine highly pictorial, unclipped dust jacket designed by Tom Phillips whose remarkable portrait of Dame Jean Iris Murdoch hangs in London's National Portrait Gallery. First edition, first impression. Murdoch's twenty-third novel, and considered to be one.....
Item 324THE MESSAGE TO THE PLANET.
London: Chatto & Windus, [1989]. Thick octavo. Emerald green gilt cloth. First edition. Signed by author on half-title. Some foxing to top edge, else about fine in a fine highly pictorial dust jacket designed by Tom Phillips whose portrait of Dame Jean Iris Murdoch hangs in London's National Portrait Gallery.....
Item 323NUNS AND SOLDIERS.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1980. Pale blue gilt boards. Fine, in a fine dust jacket printed in red and black. First edition. Twenty-first novel by the prolific Oxford don who nonchalantly starts this novel that is sometimes referred to as a romance for highbrows, with, "'Wittgenstein -- ' 'Yes?' said.....
Item 322THE GOOD APPRENTICE.
London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, [1985]. Teal blue gilt cloth. First edition. Murdoch's twenty-second novel. Fine, in a fine dust jacket designed by Tom Phillips, who painted the portrait of Murdoch hanging in the National Portrait Gallery.
Item 321SIMPSON A LIFE.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1931]. Green gilt cloth. First edition. Bookplate removed inexpertly from front pastedown, light foxing to rear endsheets and fore-edge, front inner hinge cracked but sound; a good copy, lacking the dust jacket. This fourth novel by Sackville West won the "Femina Vie Heureuse" prize in 1931.....
Item 320THE WIMSEY FAMILY A FRAGMENTARY HISTORY COMPILED FROM CORRESPONDENCE WITH DOROTHY L. SAYERS.
New York: Harper & Row, 1978. Printed wrappers. Heraldic drawings by Scott-Giles (though not all were printed). Title label across bottom edge, staple in upper wrapper, but a very good copy, and of particular interest to Lord Peter Wimsey devotees. Uncorrected page proofs of the first U.S. edition. From the.....
Item 319THE MAN BORN TO BE KING. A PLAY-CYCLE ON THE LIFE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST WRITTEN FOR BROADCASTING.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1943. First edition. Gilt cloth. A very good copy of this cheaply made wartime book in lightly soiled dust jacket with tiny dots on upper panel and a small loss at crown of spine. First edition. From the dust jacket: "The text of Miss Sayers' famous series.....
Item 318LADDERS TO FIRE WITH ENGRAVINGS BY IAN HUGO.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1946. First edition. Gilt cloth. Illustrations by Ian Hugo. Private ownership stamp on pastedown, else a very good copy in dust jacket with minor darkening and small nick to rear panel. First edition, first printing. Author's first full-length novel, the first in what.....
Item 317UNDER A GLASS BELL AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1948. First edition. Gilt cloth. Rockwell Kent designed bookplate over an earlier ink name on endsheet, else fine in good, somewhat edgeworn dust jacket with chip at crown of spine. First edition thus, including two stories for the first time in book form.....
Item 316PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSCENITY.
London: Faber and Faber Ltd:, [1929]. First edition. Hand sewn card wraps with typographical dust jacket. Laid in is an order form for a terrifically cranky "Inquiry" into the philosophies of four well-known contemporary authors. Criterion Miscellany №. 5. Near fine with minor bumps to edges. First edition, wherein "Mr.....
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Item 315A GLAD DAY [with Autograph Typescript Poem].
Norfolk: New Directions:, [1938]. First edition. Gilt red cloth. Minor darkening at edges of cloth, tiny rub to lower edge, otherwise fine in good, moderately chipped dust jacket with mends on verso. First edition, limited to 500 copies printed at the Rydal Press. Accompanied by a 6pp. clean typescript of.....
Item 314THE SEAGULL ON THE STEP.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. First edition. Yellow cloth. First edition. Slight foxing to endsheets at gutters, else a very good copy in edgeworn dust jacket. Dust jacket designed by Harry Ford.
Item 313THIRTY STORIES.
London: Faber and Faber Ltd:, [1948]. First edition. Gilt cloth. Foreword. Offsetting to endsheets, old label mark to front free endsheet, else very good in two-color dust jacket with some bumps along top and bottom edges, smudges to both panels. First UK edition. Dedicated, in gratitude, to her friend Caresse.....
Item 312A FRENCHMAN MUST DIE.
London: Faber & Faber, [1946]. First edition. Gilt blue cloth. First British edition. Hunting love and the elusive fascist in post-war France. A near fine copy in a very good, lightly nicked and foxed typographic dust jacket.
Item 311HIS HUMAN MAJESTY.
New York: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill, [1949]. First edition. Gilt green cloth. Pale stain at fore-edge, edges lightly rubbed, else very good, in a full-color pictorial dust jacket by Adolf Dehn, with a tanned spine and a few nicks. First edition. Men training in the mountains of Colorado as members of the.....
Item 3101939.
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1948]. First edition. Original orange cloth, titles in black, signature block to front board in black. Pastedowns slightly darkened at gutters, lower edges a trifle shelf-worn, else a very good copy in a lightly edgeworn, hand-soiled pictorial dust jacket. First edition. A topic Boyle often.....
Item 308COLLECTED POEMS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. First edition. Red cloth. Typography, binding, and dust jacket designed by Vincent Torre. Fine, in near fine dust jacket. First edition. This volume includes seventeen new poems, a selection of poems written in the 1920s and 30s, and an excerpt from her long wartime.....
Item 307MONDAY NIGHT.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1938]. First edition. Cloth. Discreet bookseller's label tipped in, cloth faded at the edges and head and toe of spine, but a good copy in a very worn, soiled and chipped dust jacket. First edition. A departure for Boyle, she serves up a kind.....
Item 306DEATH OF A MAN.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1936]. First edition. Pale green cloth, stamped in silver. Ownership signature and stamp of Boyle's publisher, James Laughlin [New Directions]. Tiny Gotham Book Mart label affixed to rear pastedown (upside down, as you would expect it to be). Spine sunned, else a near fine.....
Item 305THE WHITE HORSES OF VIENNA AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1936]. First edition. Blue cloth. Ownership inscription of Boyle's occasional publisher, James Laughlin on the front free endsheet. Boards and spine heavily sunned, else a very near fine copy, without the dust jacket. Seemingly scarce. First edition. A fine collection of short stories featuring.....
Item 304MY NEXT BRIDE.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1934]. First edition. Pale green cloth. Ownership signature of her future publisher, James Laughlin on front free endsheet. Spine and extremities of cloth faded, else very good, lacking the jacket. First edition. Epigram: "Knife will be my next bride." -- Laurence Vail. Dedicated to.....
Item 303WEDDING DAY AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, [1930]. First edition. Cloth, and decorated boards, matching endsheets. The ownership signature of her occasional publisher, James Laughlin appears on the first free endsheet. Spine faded, light wear to corners and edges, but a good or better copy, lacking the dust jacket. First.....
Item 302YEAR BEFORE LAST.
New York: Harrison Smith, 1932. First edition. Red cloth, stamped in gilt. Ownership inscription, dated the year of publication, of her future publisher James Laughlin [New Directions] on first free endsheet. Spine faded, else very good, lacking the jacket. First edition. Boyle's second novel, dedicated to the Italian-American poet Emanuel.....