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Signed, associated, and limited editions
This collection includes books signed by the author or illustrator, published in a numbered limited edition, or known to have been in the library of a person of note from an ownership inscription or bookplate.
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Voices: anthology of individualist writings
Opus Press
1944
A collection of poetry and prose. From the library of noted Scottish short story writer Fred Urquhart.
La Revue Musicale
Henry Prunieres
1930
A special issue celebrating the Russian Ballet of Serge de Diaghilew with numerous illustrations. From the library of supernaturalist R. Ogilvie Crombie.
Miss Bedell and other poems
Chatto and Windus
1924
Number 13 of 50 numbered and signed by the author as part of a special edition.
In shabby streets, and other verses
Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd.
1942
A collection of poems by the noted English educationalist, scholar and cleric. Gift inscription on the front cover from the author to Ada Shirlaw, the family nanny.
The writings of Stanley Morison: a handlist
Tony Appleton
1976
A bibliography of the writings of the influential British typographer, printing executive, and historian of printing. Number 358 in a limited edition of 600.
The lyric-epic of love : being love-sonnets divided into books according to the stages of love's growth and harmonised with the answering moods and phrases of nature
Eric Stevens
2001
A collection of poems by the Anglo-Indian writer and anarchist. A limited edition of 150 copies. From the library of Alan Anderson, of Tragara Press. With loosely laid in postcard from John Adlard to, and notes by, Alan Anderson.
India and Christian opportunity
Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions
1904
A discussion of missionary opportunities in India. Business card of Fennell P. Turner, General Secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, attached.
Bachelorland
Grant Richards
1899
Bell's first novel and with a gift inscription to Ethel Thompson Smith on the front free endpaper.
Descartes and the animals: poems 1948-54
Platform
1954
A collection of poems by the Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Warwick, and expert on T. S. Eliot. From the library of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
The collected poems of Earle Birney
McLelland and Stewart Limited
1975
A collection of poems from 1920 to 1971 including four never previously published.
Portraits of Alice
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
1998
A selection of poems inspired by Alice in Wonderland and the context of her creation. Number 186 in a limited edition of 200.
The dead side of the mike
Charles Scribner's Sons
1980
Charles Paris takes on a radio job and finds a young studio manager dead with her wrists slashed. Gift inscription from the author on title page.
Jennings again
Macmillan Children's Books
1991
The pupils at Linbury Court are desperate to help a recycling initiative. The twenty-third book in the series. Signed by the author on the title page.
Saint Mungo's bells, or, Old Glasgow stories rung out anew
David Bryce & Son
1888
A collection of stories about people, places, and events in old Glasgow. Gift inscription from the author on half-tile page.
The death cap: a detective story
Lomax Press
2013
An actress dies after eating deadly mushrooms. Limited and numbered edition of 300.
Take thee a sharp knife: a detective story
Lomax Press
2011
A night club customer is killed with a knife while alone at his table. Limited and numbered edition of 300.
Douthwaite: paintings and drawings 1951-1988
Third Eye Centre
1988
An introduction to the life and work of Pat Douthwaite. Limited edition of 600.
Sylvie and Bruno concluded
Macmillan and Co.
1893
From the library of Scottish writer and Gaelic revivalist, Ian McAllister Moffatt-Pender
The New Cumnock coal-field : a record of its development and activities
Privately printed by T. and A. Constable Ltd
1946
A history of the Ayrshire mining company and associated coal-field up to its nationalisation. Gift inscription from General manager John C. George on front free endpaper.
Passions and ancient days: twenty one new poems
Hogarth Press
1972
A collection of poems by the Greek writer, journalist, and civil servant. From the library of Alan Anderson, the noted printer for Tragara Press. With a loosley inserted review slip.
The rural tradition in the English novel, 1900-1939
Macmillan
1977
A survey of the principal writing in the heyday of novels about country life. Gift inscription from the author on the front free endpaper.
The mirror and other poems
Allan Wingate
1948
A collection of poetry by the English writer, editor, and educator whose work revolved mainly around Cinderford and the Forest of Dean. Signed on front pastedown and gift inscription (to Emma) on front free endpaper.
La difficulté d'être
Paul Morihien
1947
With a gift inscription to 'Collin' and drawing by Cocteau puzzlingly dated New York, 1946.
Le cap de bonne espérance: poème
Éditions de la Serene
1919
One of Cocteau's earliest collections of poetry. Number 242 of a limited edition of 500.
