Fiction from Dodman Books

London: Oxford University Press, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. ND, but publisher's catalogue bound to rear is dated 9/26. This is the less common leather bound/de luxe edition of this title in the long running World's Classics series, with gilt to top edge of block, blind embossed leather to front and… Read more about this item

London: Collins & The Book Society, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Issued by The Book Society to coincide with first publication by Collins. All in VG internal order. Uniform light toning to stock. Some sections printed on slightly different stock (presumably reflecting post-war paper shortages). No inscriptions. Red cloth very lightly shelfworn. Good unclipped Barbara Jones d/j, toned… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Interesting psychological novel of life and death from March Cost, aka Margaret Mackie Morrison. Surprisingly hard to find given numerous reprints, this copy being from the fourteenth impression. A little toning, occasional spotting and one page rather finger-marked, but otherwise all in good internal order. Purple… Read more about this item

Cardiff: Penmark Press, 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Thirteen short stories offering "great variety, rural comedy and tragedy alternating with grim or pathetic stories of the industrial region of South Wales". Some foxing to edge of block, but this rarely intruding onto pages, which are clean and bright.… Read more about this item

London: A R Mowbray & Co, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Exceptionally scarce collection of four short stories from Margaret Ann Curtois, more so for being signed by her as a presentation copy to fep, dated Dec 4 1907. A well-regarded but non-prolific author, Curtois (1855-1932) covered various genres,… Read more about this item

London: Faber And Faber, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First impression of the first Booker Prize winner in VG, clean and bright internal order. Light dust spotting to top of block. No inscriptions. Smart orange cloth with crisp black titling to spine, lightly shelfworn. Rear board is… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second Sgt Craig novel from Jefferies, offering "a crazy and corrupt world as seen through the eyes of an exceedingly clever and cynical young man". Very minor spotting to block edge, but otherwise all is clean and bright throughout. No… Read more about this item

London: Penguin Books, 2008. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Exceptionally scarce promotional volume issued by Pengiun in 2008 to promote its stable of crime writers. Not for commercial sale. Includes extracts from 17 volumes in its current (2008) crime list. Described in the foreword by Michael Jospeh fiction publisher Mari Evans as a "limited… Read more about this item

London: Calder And Boyars, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First English language edition of Queneau's first novel, originally published in France in 1933 and translated here by Barbara Wright. Dust spotting to top of block, but otherwise all in VG clean and bright internal order. Smart brown boards with… Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Better known as a poet and historian, this is Conquest's first novel, a sci-fi treat set in 2007 and described as "a fast-moving story of conspiracy and love among the planets." Light toning to endpapers, but otherwise all… Read more about this item

London: David Stott, 1890. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Complete in three volumes, Fox's second novel was, like his first, originally published anonymously and is now exceptionally hard to find. This first edition set has had its bindings carefully repaired and re-sewn using the original boards and spine strips… Read more about this item

London: John Long, 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing of the fictional biography of The Scarlet Pimpernel, written under the pseudonym John Blakeney either by Baroness Orczy herself (who provides a forward taking the whole enterprise seriously) or by her son. Scarce in d/j, this copy is in good internal order, with spotting… Read more about this item

London: Stanley Paul And Co, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ND. 1948 - WorldCat. "Even from beyond the grave, her husband's stony eyes turn her heart cold...Incredibly, Anthony proves to be a more resolute force in death than when he was alive. There is an eerie atmosphere in… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First UK edition, with Park's elegant signature tipped in to fep on deckle edged card. Second novel from the Antipodean author and, bar light toning to stock, in VG internal order throughout. Former owner's address embossed to fep. Smart black… Read more about this item

London: Putnam, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First UK edition from February 1936, complete with E McKnight Kauffer designed jacket. Very light toning but in general book is in VG internal order. No inscriptions. Light shelfwear to smart green cloth with a little fading to spine. Good unclipped… Read more about this item

London: Rich & Cowan, 1943. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Romantic adventure in the WAAF featuring "many strange and exciting incidents, all of which actually occurred during those historic summer months of 1940, when the threat of invasion was a grim reality". Despite being a second impression, still… Read more about this item

London: Elkin Mathews And Marrot, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and numbered by Benson to limitation page, this being no.372 from the edition of 530 copies. Bar some offset toning to endpapers, this is in fine internal order, crisp, clean and bright throughout. Very light wear only to printed paper-covered… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jaffe, "a New York girl in her middle twenties, speaks with the unabashed, fact-facing honesty of her generation" in this acclaimed debut novel of New York working life. Stock very lightly toned, but otherwise all is in VG+ crisp, clean… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Books, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Saul Raskin. Remarkable and scarce novel of life on Jewish settlements in Russia by Ross, later set for a stellar career in journalism. This book is charmingly inscribed by Ross to Gabriel Costa, Jewish historian, journalist and father of… Read more about this item

Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first novel from Portis, described as "brilliantly inimitable and undeniably American". Neat former owner's signature to title page, but otherwise in fine, clean and bright internal order. Very light marking only to card covers. 8vo. 190pp