Pseudonymous Novels & Pen Names from Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller

Octavo, edges tanned and some pale staining to early leaves, original plum boards lettered in silver on spine with bright William Randell dustwrapper priced at 10s.6d. First UK edition. Scarce pseudonymous George Johnston novel. Out of print.

Octavo, minor foxing on edges, very good in bright original blue cloth lettered in black. First edition. Very scarce Melbourne novel.

Octavo, [5]pp. publisher's advertisements, very good in original brick red cloth (faded on spine). First edition. Very scarce. Described as an Australian Nat Gould, 'Aintree' was one of several pen names used by the Melbourne writer and publisher John Wallace.

Octavo, contemporary and discreet ownership details on title page, original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. First edition. Very scarce. Set in Melbourne ‒ author's first novel.

Demy octavo, pale foxing on edges and preliminaries, very good in bright original red cloth with Roy Dalgarno pictorial dustwrapper. Reprint. First published by the Endeavour Press in May 1933, 1260 copies were sold by the end of June and second & third editions were printed in January and December 1934. The novel won the 1933 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Very scarce… Read more about this item

Octavo, original plain oatmeal buckram with 3/6 "Cheap Edition" pictorial dustwrapper (bit chipped and sunned on spine). Sixth impression (May 1930). First printing with the rare publisher's paper dustwrapper ‒ replacing the 'transmatic' (clear cellophane with attached printed paper flaps) dustwrapper issued with the earlier 1930 impressions. Manning's Great War novel was issued by the publisher Peter Davies in two editions ‒ in… Read more about this item

Octavo, cheap paper browning and spotting, original pictorial wrappers (repaired on spine and a bit creased). Scarce paperback edition with fabulous pulp art wrappers. 'A Tough thriller…Murder…Drugs, and…...'

Octavo, usual paper toning, original blue boards with pictorial dustwrapper (few chips). First edition. Scarce. 'A typical Eric North situation—the pyjama-clad hero is walking down the corridor of the Kalgoorlie-Melbourne express when he bumps into the body of a dead man.'

Octavo, cheap paper browning, original blue decorated cloth with bright pictorial dustwrapper (bit chipped on spine). Mellifont Press reprint with W.J. Roberts pulp dustwrapper art. Scarce in any edition.