Selections from our listings on ABEbooks

Kirkcudbright A Royal Burgh by Jessie M. King
Published by Gowans and Gray, 1934 in Glasgow. Original card wraps with pictorial tissue d/w. Some small damage to bottom of spine and some soiling to rear panel; otherwise near fine. £175

Mountains of the Mind by Robert Macfarlane
Published by Granta, 2003. Original cloth, unclipped d/w. Fine. Personalised inscription and signed by the author. £150

Otherland by Evelyne E. Rynd
Published 1907, first edition. Original cloth. Uniform wear to all edges and surfaces. £150

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
Folio Society, 1976, first edition thus. Publisher's deluxe binding. Light rubbing to spine. £300

Myth and Materiality in a Woman's World, Shetland 1800-2000 by Lynn Abrams
Published 2005, first edition. Signed by the author and in fine condition. £75

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Published Philadelphia, 1882. Reprint in original cloth, slight lean and wear. £450

Counter Clock World by Philip K. Dick
White Lion Publishers, 1977, first edition thus. Near fine - original cloth shows light wear to bottom of spine and the unclipped dustwrapper has some fading and rubbing to edges. £1200

Free Love by Ali Smith
Virago Press, 1995. Second printing. Original wraps. light shelf wear. Inscribed, dated and signed by the author to the title page. £198

A Leader in the Chalet School by Elinor Brent-Dyer
W.& R. Chambers, 1961, first edition. Original cloth with unclipped d/w - a little creased at base of spine. A very nice copy. £75