Modernist Firsts from Quair Books

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1925. FIRST EDITION. Oblong 4to (20 x 26 cm), pp. 47, [1], incl. map of the world and nineteen striking line drawings by M. D. Cole, coloured in yellow and red. Quarter blue cloth, grey paper boards, lettered in black. Dappled fading to cloth, scuffed, edgewear, corners bumped and worn. Later gift inscription in blue… Read more about this item

London: Picador/ Pan Books, 1988. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo, pp. 227, [5], incl. Acker's own b/w line drawings. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver. Bruising to spine ends. Uneven tanning to edges, toned. Else, clean and tidy. In the original illustrated dust jacket: gentle creasing and wear to edges, gently toned on reverse. Very good/ very good Acker dedicated… Read more about this item

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1945. Good. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. With frontis and photographic plates by Cecil Beaton. Blue cloth, lettered in dark blue to spine, top edge blue: all faded, spine cloth bleached of colour, uneven sunning to boards. Feps and final page lightly spotted, else, pleasingly clean and tidy. Good+ Stein's immersive account… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1958. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Black cloth, silver lettering to spine. Slight lean to spine. Dusty top edge, else, clean and tight. In the original dust jacket: price-clipped, light edgewear, rear panel a little shelf-soiled. Near fine/ near fine. A pleasing copy of the double Oscar and Booker Prize-winning author's third novel.

London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1929. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY STW, no. 3 of 530. Small 4to, pp. [32]. Illustrated buff and lavender paper boards, with matching endpapers. Edges rough trimmed. Lightly soiled, hair line crack to head of front joint, wear and bruising to extremities, loss and short closed tear to heel of spine. Offsetting… Read more about this item

London:: Grant Richards Ltd, 1913. Good. First UK edition. 8vo, pp. + b/w frontis of Strindberg from an etching by Zorn, plus facsimile letter from Strindberg authorising Velma Swanston Howard to undertake the translations. Olive green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, single blind rule to boards. Top edge green. Wear to extremities, pen mark to front board. Foxing… Read more about this item

Paris: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane, 1929. First Paris Edition (in English). Large 8vo, pp. [218], [2]. Quarter cream linen lettered in black over patterned paper boards. Corners bruised and worn, edgewear, esp. to bottom edges. Boards toned. Occasional foxing, faint bookseller's stamp to rear pastedown, a bit shaken. Else, clean. A good+ copy. With a scathing… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1952. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo.. First edition. Burgandy cloth, black lettering to spine. Lean to spine, slight bow to front board. Dusty top edge, tanned edges, light offsetting to endpapers, very occasional spotting. Else, clean and tidy. In the bright original DJ - staining to spine, small losses to top edge and head of… Read more about this item

Faber and Faber, 1940. Good. First edition, first printing. 8vo, pp. 80. Brown paper boards with black lettering. Wear to head of spine, bruising to heel and top corners. Browning, as expected, to endpapers, else clean and tight. Dressed in contemporary peach DJ with blue lettering and design - soiled, small losses to head and tail of spine,… Read more about this item