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The reprieve
Hamish Hamilton
1947
Sartre's second novel, concerned with life in France during the eight days before the signing of the Munich Agreement.
The Saturday Evening Post stories 1952
Random House
1952
A selection of short stories from the Saturday Evening Post. From the library of Neil Gunn, one of whose stories is included.
The world is a wedding, and other stories
John Lehmann
1949
A collection of short stories by the American poet.
The widower
Hamish Hamilton
1961
The wife of Bernard Jeantet, a former prostitute, suddenly disappears after 8 years of marriage.
The girl in his past
Hamish Hamilton
1976
A murderer flees Paris and then gives himself up to the police in a village bar.
Carotid cornucopius ...
M. Macdonald
1964
A revised and extended edition of Smith's earlier satirical novel.
Seed on the wind
Morley & Mitchell Kennerley Jr
1931
A pre-Nero Wolfe psychological thriller. From the library of Neil Gunn.
Bayamus
Editions Poetry London
1949
A humorous novel about a three-legged man on a roller skate and the book that introduced the concept of semantic poetry.
Portrait de l'artiste en jeune chien
Editions de Minuit
1947
A collection of autobiographical pieces. Number 76 in a limited edition of 100.
Portrait de l'artiste en jeune chien
Editions de Minuit
1947
A collection of autobiographical stories. Number 76 in a limited edition of 100.
Botteghe Oscure
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
1952
Literary journal with numerous contributors including the first appearance of Llareggub by Dylan Thomas, the first part of Under Milk Wood.
A frost on my frolic
Victor Gollancz
1953
From the library of Naomi Mitchison with a gift inscription from Gwyn Thomas, plus bookplate of Naomi Mitchison.
Folios of new writing: Spring 1941
Hogarth Press
1941
A compilation of war-time prose and poetry.
