The latest in Penguin's handsome and imaginative anthologies of national literatures: a hundred years of stories from the colonial period to the present.
Born in Russia, Poplavsky fled to Paris in the Revolution, where he become a literary and artistic enfant terrible of the emigré circles of Montparnasse. This novel, translated into English... read more
A first edition, first printing of Mount's first book: a wry and witty novel about an unspectacular Tory minister, his brigadier father, his daydreaming wife and merchant banker son. As the ... read more
The author is an artist, musician and poet. The fables are all his own, improbable and playful - a pair of cross-dressing vultures, a timorous elk, a parliament of quails, an irritable camel... read more
From the library of Marguerite Littman.
First published in 1958 by Gollanz, this 1974 edition was published by Michael Joseph to coincide with publication of Dundy’s The Injured Party. ... read more
First edition, first printing in fine condition with a near-fine dust jacket, which is faintly discoloured along the top edge and has minimal shelf-wear. Price-clipped. An excellent copy of ... read more
A signed first edition, first printing of de Botton's second novel. In fine condition with a minimal shelf wear and slight tanning to page edges. The dustjacket is clean and glossy, with no ... read more
From the library of Marguerite Littman.
An immense novel exploring love, pretension and frailties. First edition, first impression, in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Minimal shel... read more
Shortlisted for the Booker, this darkly humorous novel draws on Blackwood's dismal Anglo-Irish childhood. First UK edition, first printing, in fine condition with a near-fine dust jacket. So... read more