Recent Arrivals from Arrygarrybooks

London, Jonathan Cape, 2012, first edition, first printing. Book basically looks unread, though it has been half-read, once, by me, and been on my shelves ever since. There is a charity shop price-sticker on the back which I haven't attempted to remove.

London, Secker and Warburg, 1989. First edition, first printing. Book tight, pages yellowing, no inscriptions. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the inside page, but it's rather a cute. A Georgina Barrett Bindle, apparently. Dustwrapper, not priceclipped, some small signs of wear to the top and bottom.

London, Collins, 1986. First edition, first printing. Book tight, pages yellowing. Dustwrapper bit grubby, one inch tear to the top back cover.

London, Wiedenfeld and Nicholson, 2003. First edition, first printing. Book tight and fine, except for some dustmarks to the top of the book, and pages yellowing. Dustwrapper fine. The book looks unread actually, has been on my shelves for years.

ACL and Polar Publishing, 1994, first edition. Paperback. Slight crease to spine and top right of front cover, and a little dustwear to top of book. A ghost-written biography of the great Frank Worthington (RIP). A rollicking good read. Birds, booze and football. Dodgy celebrities from the 70s and 80s. Half-remembered footballers on every page. Frank signed to Leicester as… Read more about this item

London, Thames Hudson, 2010, First edition. Book tight, looks unread, no inscriptions. Strange small mark to the bottom of the book block. Dustwrapper bright, unclipped, some creasing to the top of the spine. Otherwise fine.

London, Virago, 1999. First edition, first impression. Book tight, no inscriptions, slight dust markings to the top of the book. Dustwrapper bright, unclipped and with only minimal shelfwear.

London, Doubleday, 1999. First edition, first impression. Book tight, no inscriptions, pages yellowing. Dustwrapper bright, slight edgewear. Interesting book.

London, Sceptre, 2000. First edition, first impression. Book tight, no inscriptions, slight dust markings to the top of the book. Dustwrapper bright and unclipped, no obvious shelfwear.

London, Picador, 1997. First edition, first impression. Book tight, no inscriptions, quite a lot of dust markings to the top of the book. Dustwrapper bright and unclipped, some edgewear, particularly to the bottom of the spine.

London, Bloomsbury, 1996. Uncorrected Proof Copy issued in advance of the first edition. Paperback, bright, tight, unread, with only slight edgewear. Couldn't decide whether I should point out this is, in fact, a rather good novel by a rather underrated author, or hope for someone with rather different tastes to stumble on it, expecting something else. Maybe Lesley hoped to… Read more about this item

London, Andre Deutsch, 1998. Uncorrected Proof Copy, issued in advance of the first edition. Paperback, bit grubby, light stain to front cover and someone's phone number in biro on the rear. I've just re-read The Boy Looked at Johnny, (prior to posting for sale on here), Tony Parsons' and Julie Burchill's searing take down on the birth and death of… Read more about this item

London, Virago, 1984. Uncorrected Proof Copy issued in advance of the first edition. Paperback, bit grubby and faded, and light stains, plus a cryptic note written to the title page, otherwise fine. A collectable copy of her second novel.

London, Viking, 1993. Uncorrected Proof Copy issued in advance of the first edition. Paperback, looks read, which is unusual for a proof, with some edgewear and a bit grubby, not helped by being predominately white. The second book of her acclaimed Regeneration trilogy.

London, Profile, 2004. Uncorrected Proof Copy, in advance of the first edition. Paperback. Looks unread, tight and clean with only minimal edgewear.

London, Picador, 2001. Uncorrected Proof Copy, in advance of the first edition. Paperback tight, looks unread, some edgewear.

London, Penguin, 2000. First edition, first printing. Paperback, read once and on my shelves ever since. Minimal shelfwear. 12 stories issued to raise money for the Treehouse Trust for Autistic Children. Authors include Zadie Smith, Dave Eggars, Robert Harris, Roddy Doyle, Irvine Welsh and Helen Fielding. A bargain.

London, Pluto Press, 1978. First edition, first printing. Paperback. Some creases,and wear, but tight and intact, no inscriptions, The music of my adolescence as described by Julie Burchill and Tony Parsons, Back then the NME seemed the cutting-edge of art, life and particularly writing. And this book exemplifies that as it rails against the old and is fairly ambivalent about… Read more about this item

Methuen, 1980, first edition, first printing. Book tight and bright, no inscriptions, slightest dust marking to the top of the book. Dustwrapper, intact, unclipped, a fair bit of edgewear, particularly to the top, but a nice copy of a nice book, which seems set far earlier than 1980, or at least it does to me, someone the same age as… Read more about this item

Scholastic Press, 1995, paperback. A reading copy of a very hard to find book, one of the Lone Pine series, all of which celebrate Shropshire and casual xenophobia equally.