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Gas Light. A Victorian Thriller in Three Acts -
Patrick Hamilton
1939 - Constable and Company Ltd., London - First Edition
First edition of this highlight work, scarce in this condition.
‘A Broadway hit first produced in London under the title ‘Gaslight’, 'Gas Light' tells the story of the Manninghams who live on Angel Street in the 19th Century. The secret of the dimming gaslight and the mystery of the hidden rubies will captivate all.’ [Stageplays]
Vincent Price arranged the rights for the Broadway production renamed it 'Angel Street' and starred in it, closing after 1,295 performances.
'Gas Light' was also twice adapted for film, in Britain in 1940, and the 1944 American film which was nominated for seven academy awards, including best actress for Ingrid Bergman.
‘Gas Light’ gave rise to the term "gaslighting", meaning a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented to victims with the intent of making them doubt their own memories, perceptions and judgements.
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1939 - Constable and Company Ltd., London - First Edition
First edition of this highlight work, scarce in this condition.‘A Broadway hit first produced in London under the title ‘Gaslight’, 'Gas Light' tells the story of the Manninghams who live on Angel Street in the 19th Century. The secret of the dimming gaslight and the mystery of the hidden rubies will captivate all.’ [Stageplays]
Vincent Price arranged the rights for the Broadway production renamed it 'Angel Street' and starred in it, closing after 1,295 performances.
'Gas Light' was also twice adapted for film, in Britain in 1940, and the 1944 American film which was nominated for seven academy awards, including best actress for Ingrid Bergman.
‘Gas Light’ gave rise to the term "gaslighting", meaning a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented to victims with the intent of making them doubt their own memories, perceptions and judgements.
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Price HK$ 8,000
Cleek, The Master Detective -
Thomas W. Hanshew, Gordon Grant (illustrator)
1918 - Doubleday, Garden City - First American Edition
Fine example of this collection of short stories featuring Detective Hamilton Cleek, known as the man of forty faces for his masterful ability to disguise himself. Formerly the villainous ‘Vanishing Cracksman’ but now reformed chief riddle solver for Scotland Yard.
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1918 - Doubleday, Garden City - First American Edition
Fine example of this collection of short stories featuring Detective Hamilton Cleek, known as the man of forty faces for his masterful ability to disguise himself. Formerly the villainous ‘Vanishing Cracksman’ but now reformed chief riddle solver for Scotland Yard.
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Eustace and Hilda: A Trilogy -
L. P. Hartley
1958 - Putnam, New York - First Trilogy Edition
A finely bound trilogy in four parts – ‘The Shrimp and the Anemone’, ‘Hilda's Letter’, ‘The Sixth Heaven’, and ‘Eustace and Hilda’.
Preceded by an introduction by Leslie Poles Hartley.
“The three books gathered together as Eustace and Hilda explore a brother and sister’s lifelong relationship. Hilda, the older child, is both self-sacrificing and domineering, as puritanical as she is gorgeous; Eustace is a gentle, dreamy, pleasure-loving boy: the two siblings could hardly be more different, but they are also deeply devoted. And yet as Eustace and Hilda grow up and seek to go their separate ways in a world of power and position, money and love, their relationship is marked by increasing pain.
L. P. Hartley’s much-loved novel, the magnum opus of one of twentieth-century England’s best writers, is a complex and spellbinding work: a comedy of upper-class manners; a study in the subtlest nuances of feeling; a poignant reckoning with the ironies of character and fate. Above all, it is about two people who cannot live together or apart, about the ties that bind—and break” – New York Review of Books.
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1958 - Putnam, New York - First Trilogy Edition
A finely bound trilogy in four parts – ‘The Shrimp and the Anemone’, ‘Hilda's Letter’, ‘The Sixth Heaven’, and ‘Eustace and Hilda’.Preceded by an introduction by Leslie Poles Hartley.
“The three books gathered together as Eustace and Hilda explore a brother and sister’s lifelong relationship. Hilda, the older child, is both self-sacrificing and domineering, as puritanical as she is gorgeous; Eustace is a gentle, dreamy, pleasure-loving boy: the two siblings could hardly be more different, but they are also deeply devoted. And yet as Eustace and Hilda grow up and seek to go their separate ways in a world of power and position, money and love, their relationship is marked by increasing pain.
L. P. Hartley’s much-loved novel, the magnum opus of one of twentieth-century England’s best writers, is a complex and spellbinding work: a comedy of upper-class manners; a study in the subtlest nuances of feeling; a poignant reckoning with the ironies of character and fate. Above all, it is about two people who cannot live together or apart, about the ties that bind—and break” – New York Review of Books.
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Ancient Metrical Tales: Printed Chiefly from Original Sources -
Rev. Charles Henry Hartshorne
1829 - William Pickering, London - First Edition
Finely bound and with the engraved frontispiece ‘Poetry’ which is usually lacking.
A two hundred year old collection of of metrical (in poetic meters) romances, fables, and historical accounts written in Middle English that offer a fascinating glimpse into the storytelling traditions of the past.
Transcribed and edited by Charles Henry Hartshorne (1802-1865) from manuscripts held at the time in the libraries of the University of Cambridge dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries.
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1829 - William Pickering, London - First Edition
Finely bound and with the engraved frontispiece ‘Poetry’ which is usually lacking.A two hundred year old collection of of metrical (in poetic meters) romances, fables, and historical accounts written in Middle English that offer a fascinating glimpse into the storytelling traditions of the past.
Transcribed and edited by Charles Henry Hartshorne (1802-1865) from manuscripts held at the time in the libraries of the University of Cambridge dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries.
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The Old Man and The Sea -
Ernest Hemingway
1952 - Charles Scribner's Sons, New York - First Edition, First Issue
‘I am a strange old man’.
‘But are you strong enough now for a truly big fish?’
‘I think so. And there are many tricks’.
A bright first edition, housed in custom blue cloth clamshell box with swordfish design and navy spine label lettered in gilt.
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1952 - Charles Scribner's Sons, New York - First Edition, First Issue
‘I am a strange old man’.‘But are you strong enough now for a truly big fish?’
‘I think so. And there are many tricks’.
A bright first edition, housed in custom blue cloth clamshell box with swordfish design and navy spine label lettered in gilt.
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Darkey Ditties. Poems. -
Elliott B. Henderson
1915 - Self Published, Columbus - First Edition
Elliott Blaine Henderson’s ninth collection of African-American poetry.
Amongst the poems are such titles as ‘Cispus Attucks’, ‘De Bes’ State in de Lan’’, ‘A Plantation “Step-erbout”’, ‘Some Negro Characteristics’; ‘A Retrospection’, and ‘Sich an Itchin’ in Mah Shin’.
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1915 - Self Published, Columbus - First Edition
Elliott Blaine Henderson’s ninth collection of African-American poetry.Amongst the poems are such titles as ‘Cispus Attucks’, ‘De Bes’ State in de Lan’’, ‘A Plantation “Step-erbout”’, ‘Some Negro Characteristics’; ‘A Retrospection’, and ‘Sich an Itchin’ in Mah Shin’.
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Poems and Fables -
Robert Henryson
1933 - Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh - First Edition Thus
Finely bound definitive edition of the works of one of the most significant Scottish poets of the late medieval period.
Often referred to as the ‘Scottish Chaucer’, written in the Middle Scots language and demonstrating a mastery of various poetic forms, including the fable, pastoral elegy, and satire. Often blending humour and morality, reflecting the social and intellectual concerns of his time.
Published in 1933 to coincide with the founding of the Robert Henryson Society.
Illustrated with photographic plates of early manuscripts.
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1933 - Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh - First Edition Thus
Finely bound definitive edition of the works of one of the most significant Scottish poets of the late medieval period.Often referred to as the ‘Scottish Chaucer’, written in the Middle Scots language and demonstrating a mastery of various poetic forms, including the fable, pastoral elegy, and satire. Often blending humour and morality, reflecting the social and intellectual concerns of his time.
Published in 1933 to coincide with the founding of the Robert Henryson Society.
Illustrated with photographic plates of early manuscripts.
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The Northern Clemency - SIGNED -
Philip Hensher
2008 - Fourth Estate, London - First Edition
‘Hensher’s novel is tremendously adroit, reminding us of what it’s like to sink luxuriously into the great novels of an earlier era: all-inclusive, interconnected, and lavishly detailed…’ – The New York Times
Set between the quiet suburbs of Sheffield and the bustle of London, and spanning twenty years, Philip Hensher’s epic novel – which follows the lives of two not quite upper-middle-class families who first encounter one another living on the same Sheffield street overlooking the Yorkshire moors – revisits the dawn of Thatcher’s Britain of the 1970s, and traces the volatile confidence and despair of the 80s, all the way through to the awakening of a new Britain in the 1990s.
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2008 - Fourth Estate, London - First Edition
‘Hensher’s novel is tremendously adroit, reminding us of what it’s like to sink luxuriously into the great novels of an earlier era: all-inclusive, interconnected, and lavishly detailed…’ – The New York TimesSet between the quiet suburbs of Sheffield and the bustle of London, and spanning twenty years, Philip Hensher’s epic novel – which follows the lives of two not quite upper-middle-class families who first encounter one another living on the same Sheffield street overlooking the Yorkshire moors – revisits the dawn of Thatcher’s Britain of the 1970s, and traces the volatile confidence and despair of the 80s, all the way through to the awakening of a new Britain in the 1990s.
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