A first edition, first printing of Mount's first book: a wry and witty novel about an unspectacular Tory minister, his brigadier father, his daydreaming wife and merchant banker son. As the ... read more
From the library of Marguerite Littman.
Her third novel, set in Central America, pits innocence against evil, politics against self-determination. First edition, first impression in fine ... read more
Born in Russia, Poplavsky fled to Paris in the Revolution, where he become a literary and artistic enfant terrible of the emigré circles of Montparnasse. This novel, translated into English... read more
The latest in Penguin's handsome and imaginative anthologies of national literatures: a hundred years of stories from the colonial period to the present.
The first translation by a woman, using Arabic and French sources, with detailed notes and commentary. Beautifully illustrated with Arab and Persian works of art as well as many drawn from p... read more