catalogue

Catalogue

Ecat 209 March 2024

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Part One - New acquisitions and imminent arrivals of new publications.

Unless stated otherwise, all books are hardbacks or paperback originals, in fine condition and are first impressions of first UK editions. A fuller description will gladly be supplied on request. Most titles in this section are on view at timkcbooks.com

Entries with asterisks indicate that these titles are being shown for the first time, shown as signed for the first time or shown for the first time in Part One.

LIMITED EDITION - LONG ISLAND BY COLM TOIBIN

Tuskar Rock have announced a limited edition of Long Island to be published in May. The edition consists of 26 lettered copies each signed and pre-publication dated. The books will be bound on special paper and bound in full green leather and housed in a bespoke slipcase.

Further specification details are available on request. Price is to be confirmed, but probably about £410.00

Allen, Rachael: God Complex. Faber 2024. The poet's second full collection. £12.99

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***Burt, Stepanie & Schwabsky, Barry (contribute): Andrew Cranston - Waiting for the Bell. Ingleby Karma 2021. Effectively a substantial monograph of a talented Scottish artist. Out of stock at the publishers - they doubled the retail price for the last few copies.  £120.00

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***Caine, Michael: Deadly Game. Hodder & Stoughton 2023. The actor's first novel. Signed to the title page. £32.00

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Chan, Mary Jane: Bright Fear. Faber.  The poet's second full collection of poems. £10.99

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Chew-Bose, Durga (edits): Honor Titus. Anomie 2023. A combined exhibition catalogue and monograph. Still sealed. £26.00

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Clarke, Gill & Marshall, Steve: Parallel Lives - Eight Women Artists. Sansom & Company 2023. Featured artists are Gertrude Hemes, Enid Marx, Evelyn Dunbar, Ithell Colquhoun, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Barbara Jones, Prunella Clough and Monica Poole. £20.00

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Cranston, Andrew: Never a Joiner. Anomie 2023. Signed by the author to the title page. Fine hardback exhibition catalogue including the artist's notes on each page. £50.00 (see also Burt, Stephanie above).
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***de Freston - I Saw This. Anomie 2023. Still sealed paperback. A collaborative arts project. £30.00

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Enard, Mathias: The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Club. Fitzcarraldo 2023. A researcher gets more than he bargains for in Rural France. £16.99

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***Eng, Tan Twan: The House of Doors. Canongate. A new Malaysia set novel.  Signed and dated by the author to the title page.  £50.00

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Ernaux, Annie: Shame. Fitzcarraldo Editions 2023. A new instalment of the author's memoir. £9.99

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Ernaux, Annie: The Young Man. Fitzcarraldo Editions 2023. Another new instalment of the author's memoir. £6.99

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Golombok, Susan: Stories of Change. Paul Holberton Publishing 2023. Large format paperback exhibition catalogue.  £30.00

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Gombrowicz, Witold: The Possessed. Fitzcarraldo Editions Classics 2023. First English translation of the late author's novel. £12.99

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***Greenlaw, Lavinia: Selected Poems. Faber 2024. £14.99

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***Harsent, David: Skin. Faber 2024. A new collection of poems. £12.99

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***Heti, Sheila: Alphabetical Diaries. Fitzcarraldo 2024. A book based on the number of times each letter appears in English text. £10.99

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Hughes, Sian: Pearl. Indigo 2023.  Paperback original. Longlisted for the Booker Prize. £16.00

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Hutchinson, Ishion. School of Instructions. Faber 2023. A third collection of poetry. £12.99

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***Ishiguro, Kazuo: The Summer we Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent. Faber 2024. £17.99

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***Jahn, Wolf: Gilbert & George - The Meaning of the Earth. Hurtwood Press 2023. A biography. Signed by the author and artists on the front free endpaper and also by Gilbert & George on the bottom, fore and top edges. £65.00

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Kanai, Mieki: Mild Vertigo. Fitzcarraldo 2023. First UK edition of a Japanese novel written in 1997. £12.99

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Karam, Balsam: The Singularity. Fitzcarraldo 2024. The Sweden-based author's first novel to be translated into English. £10.99

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Keegan, Claire: So Late in the Day. Faber 2023. A new novella from one of the finest writers around. Signed by the author on a tipped in page. £30.00

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***Lanyon, Andrew: The Mist on the Moor behind the Hall. Andrew Lanyon 2023. One of 75 copies. Signed by the author. Oblong format paperback original. £20.00

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***Lanyon, Andrew: The Four Winds at Rowley Hall. Andrew Lanyon 2024. One of 75 copies. Signed by the author. Oblong format paperback original. £20.00

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***Lanyon, Andrew: The Fourth Wall at Rowley Hall. Andrew Lanyon 2023. One of 75 copies. Signed by the author. Oblong format paperback original. £20.00

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***Lanyon, Andrew: Fairies on TV. Andrew Lanyon 2023. One of 75 copies. Signed by the author. Small oblong format paperback original. £12.00

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***Lanyon, Andrew: More on Fairy TV. Andrew Lanyon 2023. One of 100 copies. Signed by the author. Small oblong format paperback original. £12.00

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LeGrove, Judith: Egon Altdorf - Poems + Images - Lyrik/Grafik/Skulptur. Sansom & Company. Paperback. £20.00

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***Lloyd-Barlow, Viktoria: All the Little Bird-Hearts. Tinder 2023. Longlisted for the Booker Prize. £20.00

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MacDonald, Helen & Blache, Sin: Prophet. Jonathan Cape 2023. A first novel from the renowned British writer, co-written with Sin Blanche. Signed and dated by both authors. £60.00

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Macmillan, Duncan: The Art of Elizabeth Blackadder. Lund Humphries 2023. Still sealed monograph. £30.00

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***Mallo, Agustin Fernandez: The Book of All Loves. Fitzcarraldo 2024. The author's fifth book to be translated into English. £10.99

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Matar, Hisham & Austen, David: The Boys: An Adventure. Ingleby Gallery 2023. A project started in lockdown whereby Hisham Matar responded in words to the drawings of David Austen. Two separate paperback books contained in a card slipcase with each book signed by the artist or author. £36.00

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***Matar, Hisham: My Friends. Penguin Viking 2024. Signed by the author to the title page. £35.00

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***McMillan, Andrew: Pity. Canongate 2024. The poet's well received first novel. Signed by the author to the title page. £14.99

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Moore, Thurston. Sonic Life - A Memoir. Faber 2023. Signed by the author to a tipped in page. £20.00

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Naomi, Katrina & Hudston, Sarah: An Alfoxden Journal. Hazel Press 2023. One of just 50 copies. Poetry and prose inspired by a three day residency. £20.00

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***Oyeyemi, Helen: Parasol Against the Axe. Faber 2024. The author's celebratation of her home city of Prague.  £16.99

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Pecknold, Robin: Wading in Waist-High Water - The Lyrics of Fleet Foxes. Faber 2023. Signed by the author on a tipped in page. £32.00

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***Penrose, Anthony: Lee Miller - Photographs. Thames & Hudson 2023. The author's book of his mother's photos. Signed by the author. Foreword by Kate Winslett who will play Lee Miller in the forthcoming film. £65.00

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***Pierse, Simon: Alannah Coleman. Arden 2022. A biography of the Anglo-Australian artist£20.00

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Pineiro, Claudia: A little Luck. Charco Press. 2023. Mary returns to Buenos Aires after an interval of 20 years. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. £25.00

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Price, Matt (introduces): Anomie Collections 1. Anomie 2023. The first of a series of books to promote contemporary British painters. £20.00

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Ralphs, Camille: Daydream College for Bards. Guillemot Press 2023. The author signs herself up for W.H. Auden's imaginary college. Four pamphlets in a slipcase. One of 75 sets. £25.00

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***Ralphs, Camille: After You Were, I Am. Faber 2024. The author's first full collection. £12.99

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***Rijneveld, Lucas: My Heavenly Favourite. Faber 2024. A new novel from the winner of the International Booker Prize. £16.99

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Robertson, Lorna: Thoughts, Meals, Days. Ingleby Anomie 2022. Still sealed, so assumed fine in boards as published. £28.00

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Ryan, Declan: Crisis Actor. Faber 2023. A first full collection of poetry. £10.99

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Sani, Elisa Paola: Italian Maiolica and Other Early Modern Ceramics in the Courtauld Gallery. Paul Holberton Publishing 2023. Large format. £50.00

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Ulrich, David: Oceano - An Elegy for the Earth. George F Thompson Publishing 2023. Still sealed oblong format in boards as published. £32.00

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***Williams, Fiona: The House of Broken Bricks. Faber 2024. A debut novel from the winner of the Bridport Prize. £14.99

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***Williams, Phillip B: Ours. Granta 2024. The story of a 19th Century community of freed slaves. £18.99

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***Wood, Jon: Michael Sandle - Works on Paper. Sansom & Co. 2023. A monograph looking at the sculptor's works on paper. £40.00

 


Part Two - Acquisitions of older titles in the last few weeks

Andreae, Christopher: Winifred Nicholson. Lund Humphries; 2009. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dustjacket. £160.00

Bell, Keith: Stanley Spencer. Phaidon; 2011. First edition, sixth printing. Very large and heavy paperback. Extensively illustrated. Near fine in near fine card dustjacket. £28.00

Birks, Tony: Lucie Rie. Alphabooks; 1987. First edition, first printing. Fine in near fine price clipped dustjacket. £50.00

Caddick, Arthur; Heath-Stubbs, John (translates); Morris, Guido; Wright, David; Welch, Noel; Bergonzi, Bernard;  Newton, Douglas and Hamburger, Michael (translates): Crescendo Poetry Series - 1) The Speech of Phantoms, 2) Aphrodite's Garland, 3)  Songs at High Noon, 4) Moral Stories, 5) Ten Poems, 6) Godolphin & Other Poems, 7) Metamorphoses of Violence and 8) Decline. The Latin Press ; 1951 -1952. First editions, first printings. A set of the 8 Crescendo Poetry Series pamphlets complete with a prospectus for numbers 7 & 8, plus number 9 which was planned to be an anthology of poetry and was not issued. Generally near fine. Printed on rough cut handmade paper and hand sewn binding. Some spotting and tears. £120.00

Hogben, Carol: The Art of Bernard Leach. Faber; 1978. First edition, first printing. Large format. very good with spotting to the edges in good dustjacket with general wear. £60.00

Jackson, Kurt: Ardnamurchan. Lemon Street Gallery; 2010. First edition, first printing. Exhibition catalogue. Fine paperback original. Price list and private view invitation laid in. £60.00  x

Karunatilaka, Shehan: The Seven Moons of Maali. Sort of Books; 2022. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Winner of the Booker Prize. Fine in fine dustjacket. £250.00

Kelman, James: God's Teeth and Other Phenomena. PM Press; 2022. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. Fine paperback original. £32.00

Leach, Bernard: Beyond East & West - Memoirs, Portraits & Essays. Faber 1978. First edition, first printing. Near fine with some spotting to the edges in near fine dustjacket with some spotting to the flaps. Signed and dated by the author to the front endpaper. £120

O'Casey, Breon: Linocuts. Hugh Stoneman; 1989. First edition, first printing. Number 64 from an edition of 200 copies signed by Breon O'Casey. Fine, square format with 35 illustrations of linocuts protected by tissue guards. Contained in original shipping box. £2000

Quiller-Couch, Arthur: My Best Book. Fowey Cottage Hospital Bazaar; 1912. First edition, first printing. No 276 from an edition of 300. Signed by the author. Very good in slightly scruffy cream boards with gilt titles to the front board. £50.00

Riley, Bridget and Moorhouse, Paul: Bridget Riley - From Life. National Portrait Gallery; 2010. First edition, first printing. Near fine large format hardback exhibition catalogue issued without dustjacket. Laid in is a contemporary double-sided hand written card from Bridget Riley. £160.00

Rogers, Mary: On Pottery and Porcelain - A Handbuilder's Approach. Alpha Books; 1979. First edition, first printing. Near fine in near fine, slightly rubbed dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page and dated 1982. Laid in is an invitation to a 1982 exhibition. £50.00

Tucker, Michael (introduces): Alan Davie - The Quest for the Miraculous. University of Brighton Gallery; 1993. First edition, first printing. Near fine paperback exhibition catalogue. £36.00


 Part Three - Soon to appear books

The following list is a round up of the main titles to be published in the UK in the next few months. Orders for these titles are now being taken. The books will be first printings, signed (when available) and sold at cover price where possible. However, I often have to buy in books at full price from reputable sources including literary festivals I attend, so please bear in mind that the prices below are for guidance and subject to confirmation. Additionally, the cover price and publication date may be changed by the publisher before publication. There may be a delay in obtaining signed copies of some titles, and in some cases copies may not be forthcoming.


April 2024

***Kay, Jackie: May Day. Picador. A collection of radical poems. £10.99 (signed copies may be available at a price to be confirmed)

***Muldoon, Paul: Joy in Service on Rue Tagore. A new collection. of poetry. Faber 14.99

***OBreht, Tea: The Morningside. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. A fable of things left behind for an uncertain future. £20.00 (signed copies may be available at a price to be confirmed)

***O'Hagan, Andrew: Caledonian Road. Faber. Middle Age hits Campbell Flynn. £20.00 (signed copies may be available at a price to be confirmed)

***Rushdie, Salman: Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder. Jonathan Cape. Tthe author's account of the events of August 2022. £16.00

***Shriver, Lionel: Mania. Borough Press. A tongue in cheek look at social policing.  £22.00

May 2024

***Boyt, Rosie: Naked Portrait: A Memoir of Lucien Freud. Picador. A daughter's biography of her father. £22.00

***Kunzru, Hari: Blue Ruin. Scribner. A struggling artist hits lucky. £20.00 (signed copies may be available at a price to be confirmed)

***McKenzie, Moses: Fast by the Horns. Wildfire. A novel set in near contemporary Bristol. £20.00 (signed copies may be available at a price to be confirmed)

***Messud, Claire: This Strange Eventful History. Fleet. £20.00

***Obioma, Chigozie: The Road to the Country. Hutchinson Heinemann. Two brothers divided by civil war. £16.99 (signed copies may be available at a price to be confirmed)

***Perry, Sarah: Enlightenment. Jonathan Cape. A generation gap between worshippers. £20.00 (signed copies may be available at a price to be confirmed)

***Roffey, Monique: Passiontide. Harvill Secker. Four women spark a revolution. £18.99

***Toibin, Colm: Long Island. Picador. A return to Brooklyn. See above for details of a limited edition. £20.00 (signed copies may be available at a price to be confirmed)

June 2024

***Barry, Kevin: The Heart in Winter. Canongate.  A novel set in the Wild West featuring Cornish miners. £16.99 (signed copies may be available at a price to be confirmed)

***Cusk, Rachel: Parade. Faber. Seemingly unrelated events add up.  £16.99

***Emezi, Alwaeke: Little Rot. Faber. A weekend changes much. £18.99

***Roffey, Monique: Passiontide. Harvill Secker. Four women spark a revolution. £18.99

July 2024

***Desai, Anita: Rosarita. Picador. The first new novel in a while. £12.99

August 2024

***Atkinson, Kate: Doubleday. Death at the Sign of the Book. A new Brodie title. £22.00

***Haddon, Mark: Dogs and Monsters. Chatto & Windus. A short story collection. £20.00

***Myers, Benjamin: Rare Singles. Bloomsbury. Dinah meets her hero. £18.99

***Peace, David: Munichs. Faber. A novel looking at Manchester United's recovery from the Munich aircrash. £20.00

***Shafak, Elif: There are Rivers in the Sky. Viking. A Victorian novel sent in London and Mesopotamia. £18.99

September 2024

***Antrobus, Raymond: Signs, Music. Picador. A collection of poems about fatherhood. £10.99

***Doyle, Roddy: The Woman Behind the Door. Jonathan Cape. A new novel featuring Paula Spencer. £20.00

***Powers, Richard: Playground Hutchinson Heinemann. Four characters come together in French Polynesia. £18.99

October 2024

***Kureishi, Hanif: Shattered. Hamish Hamilton. The author's account of his life changing accident.  £16.99

***Smith, Ali: Gliff. Hamish Hamilton. The first of two inter related novels. £18.99

 

* Entries with asterisks indicate that these titles are being shown for the first time or have been modified.

 

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