FAITHFUL RUSLAN: THE STORY OF A GUARD DOG
Written by Georgi Vladimov; Michael Glenny.
Stock no. 1831594
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a guard dog from a Gulag labor camp, told from the point of view of the dog itself. According to the author, the purpose of the novel was "to see the hell through the eyes of a dog who assumes it is a paradise". Originally published in Russian under the title Ernyi Ruslan in 1975. This edition translated to English by Michael Glenny. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 220 pages. ISBN: 022401689X. Boards clean. Text block very slightly dusty, small foxspot to top of vertical edge. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher and has publisher's price sticker to front flap, is lightly edge creased across top edge of front panel with a small closed tear (no loss), scuffed to rear panel.

WAR AND PEACE (VINTAGE CLASSICS)
Written by Leo Tolstoy; Richard Pevear; Larissa Volokhonsky.
Stock no. 1831519
Published by Vintage. Circa 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

This epic novel weaves together the stories of five aristocratic families against the backdrop of the French invasion of Russia during the Napoleonic Wars. Translated, annotated and introduced by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Grey cloth boards, white & red titles. xx and 1273 pages. ISBN: 9780099512233. Third printing. Spine is very slightly browned with a couple of minor marks. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents fine.

SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1331343
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few small dents to cover edges. Spine is foxed and has a small worn patch to rear edge with slight loss of cloth. Front joint is cracked. There is some light foxing to the contents. Some of the tissue-guards are creased but all plates are present and in fine condition.

THE FLIGHT FROM THE ENCHANTER
Written by Iris Murdoch.
Stock no. 1831449
Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd. 1979. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A group of people have elected ambiguous and fascinating Mischa Fox to be their god. But his alter ego, Calvin Blick, is inspiring fear, and Rosa Keepe is swept into the battle between sturdy common sense and dangerous enchantment. Peach cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 316 pages. ISBN: 0701109769. Seventh Impression with a sixth impression dustwrapper illustrated by Edward Bawden. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut by the publisher and is ligthly browned to spine. A lovely copy.

JONATHAN SWIFT: A SHORT CHARACTER (MASTERS OF WORLD LITERATURE)
Written by Nigel Dennis.
Stock no. 1831416
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1965. Very good condition.

In this book, attention is focused as much on the complex personality of Swift as on his works, relating him to his age and to his time. Here is the bitter moralist, the restless politician, the rigid churchman, the great satirist. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. 160 pages including index. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Rear board lightly marked. Foxing to top edge of text block, endpapers and last page of index. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

THE COMPLETE PROSE OF WOODY ALLEN
Written by Woody Allen.
Stock no. 1831404
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Contains Without Feathers; Getting Even; Side Effects. Grey pictorial cloth. 245 pages. Still in original shrinkwrap. This book would make a wonderful gift.

JUVENAL: THE SIXTEEN SATIRES
Written by Juvenal; Simon Callow. Illustrated by David Hughes.
Stock no. 1831403
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2014. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Simon Callow. Black cloth spine with gilt and red title. Pictorial paper boards. Bizarre colour illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap which is a little creased on one side. This book would make a wonderful gift.

ELIZABETH GASKELL: A HABIT OF STORIES
Written by Jenny Uglow.
Stock no. 1831316
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of the author, Elizabeth Gaskell. This is the story of a woman and a writer, not a matron, who had a compulsive 'habit of stories', and 'could write anywhere, under any conditions'. And what she wrote of “political and industrial unrest, crime and illegitimacy, a tribe of Amazons making do without men in Cranford, a tragic and scandal-tinged biography of Charlotte Bront“ was far from women's proper literary sphere of domestic realism, though Gaskell explored this too in her last novel, Wives and Daughters. Green cloth boards, cream title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xiii and 690 pages including index. ISBN: 0571151825. Light vertical reading crease to spine. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned and a small mark to lower edge. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light page browning. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, slight sunning/fading to spine, light scuffing to rear panel.

UNTOLD STORIES
Written by Alan Bennett.
Stock no. 1331191
Published by Faber & Faber; Profile Books. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of prose. xv + 658 pages. Colour and b/w photos. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0571228305. Spine bumped. Cover edges slightly faded. Some light fingermarks to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear to top of spine.

ALDEBURGH ANTHOLOGY
Written by Ronald Blythe.
Stock no. 1331188
Published by Snape Maltings Foundation Ltd; Faber Music. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful and ingenious and out-of-the-way miscellany. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine (black title label). 456 pages. B/w photos throughout and b/w photo endpapers. ISBN: 0571100031. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Dustwrapper is browned on verso, faded to spine and slightly edge rubbed.

NEVER SURRENDER
Written by Michael Dobbs.
Stock no. 1331186
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A novel of one man's defiance and a nation's courage. Grey boards, silver title to spine. 343 pages. ISBN: 0007107250. Spine bumped at head and tail. Book leans to one side a little. Pages lightly browned else clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge worn.

CHURCHILL'S HOUR
Written by Michael Dobbs.
Stock no. 1331185
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The extraordinary story of a leader's courage and a country's survival. Black boards, metallic orange title to spine. 357 pages. ISBN: 0007183046. Spine bumped. Book leans to one side a little. A few light marks to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.