Selections from our listings on ABEbooks

The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
Published by Orbit, 2004. Original cloth and unclipped dustwrapper with very light edgewear. Signed by the author. £120

Maoriland Fairy Tales by Edith Howes
Published 1913, first edition. Original cloth with oval colour pictorial on-lay to front board. Tissue-guarded colour frontis and 10 further colour & black and white plates. Light damp-staining to the top edges of both boards, otherwise particularly nice. £120

The Kilt and How to Wear It by Stuart Ruadri Erskine
Published 1901, square octavo. This large paper copy is much superior to the smaller ordinary edition. In excellent condition bar an inexplicable puncture in the upper spine. £220

Orain Dhomhnaill Ailein Dhomhnaill na Bainich by Donald Allan MacDonald
Published 1999. Original cloth and unclipped dustjacket in fine condition. £45

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

Half-Safe by Ben Carlin
Andre Deutsch, 1955. Original cloth. Price-clipped d/w, edge-worn with a few short tears to top edge. A decent copy and uncommon. £120