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ERIC LINKLATER.
WHITE MAA'S SAGA. 1929. Proof Copy in original wraps frayed and torn. £20.00
WHITE-MAA'S SAGA. 1952. Orkney Edition. Personal inscription from the Author on front end paper. £10.00
A DRAGON LAUGHED. 1930. Dw. TLS review laid in. £25.00
JUAN IN AMERICA. 1931. J Cape. Advance copy -- not for sale, in original drab printed wraps. Author's third novel. £30.00
JUAN IN AMERICA. 1931. Dw. Author's highly regarded third novel. A little fore-edge foxing otherwise very good. £20.00
BEN JOHNSON AND KING JAMES. 1931. A biography and a portrait. Dw a little chipped. £12.00
THE CRUSADER'S KEY. 1933. The White Owl Press. Illus by N Kirkham. Original pictorial paper covered boards. Slightly string mark on spine otherwise a very good. Review copy with review slip laid in. Illustrations. £15.00
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. 1933. Frontis/portrait. £8.00
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. nd. Daily Express. Name on front end paper. £5.00
ROBERT THE BRUCE. 1934. Some foxing of prelims. Name on front end paper. £10.00
THE REVOLUTION. 1934. White Owl Press. Edition Limited to 130 copies signed by the Author. Original protective tissue covering. £28.00
THE REVOLUTION. 1934. White Owl Press. Dw internally strengthened but defective at the base of spine. £12.00
THE DEVIL'S IN THE NEWS. 1934. Very slightly foxing of prelims. £15.00
RIPENESS IS ALL. 1935. Proof copy in original wraps frayed with the price on the upper wrap. Publication date on half title page. £20.00
THE POOR SAILOR. 1937. Proof copy in original wraps marked, "Duplicate Proof Does not contain Proof Reader's marks". Published under the title "The Sailors Holiday". £22.00
THE SAILOR'S HOLIDAY. 1937. Dw. £20.00
JUAN IN CHINA. 1937. Dw badly sunned otherwise very good. £15.00
JUAN IN CHINA. 1950. Orkney Edition. Presentation inscription from author for Nick Roughead on front end paper. £10.00
THE IMPREGNABLE WOMEN. 1938. Dw chipped at head of spine and small paste mark on inner flap otherwise very good copy. £12.00
THE IMPREGNABLE WOMEN. 1938. Proof copy lacking upper wrap. Prelims lightly foxed. £8.00
THE IMPREGNABLE WOMEN. 1938. Ex libris bookplate signed by author. £10.00
JUDAS. 1939. £8.00
THE CORNERSTONES. 1941. Dw. The first of the five "conversations in Elysium" later broadcast by the BBC, dealing with events and issues arising from the War. Includes a second later dw the flap of which details the five dialogues. £16.00
THE CORNER STONES. 1941. Dw. £12.00
THE DEFENCE OF CALAIS. 1941. Original wraps. £10.00
THE NORTHERN GARRISONS. 1941. Original wraps. £6.00
THE MAN ON MY BACK. 1941. NY. An Autobiography. Name erased on front end paper. £8.00
THE GREAT SHIP AND RABELAIS REPLIES. 1944. Dw. End papers very slightly foxed otherwise very good. Conversations in Elysium dealing with issues arising from the War. £12.00
CRISIS IN HEAVEN. 1944. Dw. An Elysian Comedy. Characters appearing include Voltaire, Proust, Lincoln, Frederick The Great, Pushkin, Florence Nightingale, etc. The play was produced by Gielgud. £15.00
PRIVATE ANGELO. 1946. Dw. £18.00
PRIVATE ANGELO. 1957. Illustrated by D Gentleman. One of 2, 000 copies privately printed for Sir Allen Lane & Richard Lane. Loosely inserted presentation card signed by Allen Lane explaining that "It is believed to be the first book produced in England entirely without the use of metal type.. ". £25.00
THE ART OF ADVENTURE. 1947. Dw a little chipped and torn. Revised versions of Lectures given in Scandinavia on behalf of the British Council. Subjects include Evelyn Waugh, Richard Hilary, James Bridie & War Episodes. £12.00
A SPELL FOR OLD BONES. 1949. £15.00
MR BYCULLA. 1950. Spine slightly sunned. Some foxing of prelims and fore-edges. Corners lightly bumped. £6.00
LAXDALE HALL. 1951. Dw. Front end paper foxed. £15.00
THE HOUSE OF GAIR. 1953. Dw. Presentation inscription from the Author on front end paper. £20.00
THE HOUSE OF GAIR. 1953. Dw. £15.00
THE HOUSE OF GAIR. 1953. Green cloth probably reissue. £6.00
A YEAR OF SPACE. 1953. Edition limited to 40 copies, one of 40 copies specially printed & bound for the author, this numbered and signed by him. Cutting of a letter by Linklater dealing with fishing in the Harray Loch tipped onto front end paper. Good association with the ownership signature of W N Roughead on the front end paper. £65.00
A YEAR OF SPACE. 1953. Dw. A Chapter in Autobiography. £12.00
THE FAITHFULL ALLY. 1954. Dw. The dw differs from that of the one issued on first publication by the Book Society Ltd in association with Cape, Oct 1954. top edge red. £15.00
THE FAITHFUL ALLY. 1954. Dw. Book Society issue published simultaneously with the trade publication. Inscription on the paste-down. The dw differs from the one issued with the trade edition & top edge is white. £10.00
THE SULTAN AND THE LADY. 1954. 1st USA. Dw chipped and defective along the top of the upper panel. English title, The Faithful Ally. Faint inscription on front end paper. £6.00
THE ULTIMATE VIKING. 1955. Uncorrected proof copy in original drab wraps with printed label giving provisional publication date and price. £15.00
THE ULTIMATE VIKING. 1955. Dw. Inscribed presentation inscription from the Author "To Nick in friendship...". £20.00
THE ULTIMATE VIKING. 1955. Dw chipped and frayed and defective at the head of spine. Illustrated. £12.00
THE DARK OF SUMMER. 1956. Dw slightly soiled. £12.00
A SOCIABLE PLOVER. 1957. Wood engravings & jacket by Reynolds Stone. Dw internally strengthened at head of spine. Inscribed presentation copy "to my very dear Nick... " signed by the Author. £20.00
A SOCIABLE PLOVER. 1957. End papers & reverse of dw lightly foxed. Wood engravings & jacket by Reynolds Stone. £15.00
BREAKSPEAR IN GASCONY. 1958. Dw. A three act play with a 15 page introduction by author. £12.00
POSITION AT NOON. 1958. Dw glassine. Edition limited to 250 copies, (200 of which only are for sale), signed by both the Author & Artist-Hans Tisdall; this one being a presentation copy. £30.00
POSITION AT NOON. 1958. Dw. Illus by Hans Tisdall. Edition limited to 250 copies, signed by the Author & Artist of which only 200 were for sale. £25.00
POSITION AT NOON. 1958. Dw. Illus by H Tisdall. £12.00
THE MERRY MUSE. 1959. Uncorrected proof copy in original wraps. £16.00
THE MERRY MUSE. 1959. Corrected Proof copy in original wraps. £16.00
THE MERRY MUSE. 1959. Dw. Presentation inscription from the Author on front end paper. £20.00
THE MERRY MUSE. 1959. Dw. £15.00
EDINBURGH. 1960. Dw. Map end papers. In line illustrations by Don Pottinger & 24 pages of plates. £12.00
ROLL OF HONOUR. 1961. Proof copy in original wraps giving the probable publication date and price. £15.00
ROLL OF HONOUR. 1961. Dw. Author's headed note-paper tipped onto front end paper with a friendly holograph presentation inscription signed," Eric". The poetic styled narrative commemorates "they who died young at Alamein and Matapan, at Cassino and on the Normandy beaches" seen through the memories by their teacher. £22.00
ROLL OF HONOUR. 1961. Dw a little chipped. Contains many long war poems. £15.00
HUSBAND OF DELILAH. 1962. Uncorrected proof copy in original wraps. £12.00
HUSBAND OF DELILAH. 1962. Dw. £12.00
A MAN OVER FORTY. 1963. Dw. Inscribed presentation copy from the Author. £20.00
A MAN OVER FORTY. 1963. Dw. £12.00
THE PRINCE IN THE HEATHER. 1965. Dw. Photographs in colour & b/w by Don Kelly. Inscription on half title page. Map end papers. The story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's escape. £12.00
ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. 1965. Dw a little chipped and torn. Bookplate on front end paper. Lower leading corner bumped with maps & halftone illustrations. Uncommon. £18.00
A TERRIBLE FREEDOM. 1966. Dw. Presentation copy inscribed, "Nick(Roughead) from Eric with his blessing." £20.00
A TERRIBLE FREEDOM. 1966. £12.00
THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND. 1966. Dw. Map end papers. Illustrated. The author "places the conquest in the context of the Norse achievement." 318 pp. £15.00
REDUNDANT MIRACLE. 1967. Original wraps. 8pp story chosen by the Author as his favourite with a brief note as to why he chose this story. £12.00
THE STORIES OF ERIC LINKLATER. 1968. Uncorrected Proof Copy in original wraps. £12.00
FANFARE FOR A TIN HAT. 1970. Dw. Third Essay in Autobiography. Illustrated. Includes the author's experiences in World War11. £10.00
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SCOTLAND. 1970. Ex library copy with discard stamp on issuing label on rear end paper, in very good condition but the dw lacks the inner flap & the rear flap has been fastened on the paste-down. Illustrated. £4.50
THE ROYAL HOUSE. 1970. USA. Author's presentation inscription for Nick (Roughead) on the half title page. £15.00
LINKLATER, Eric & Andro. THE BLACK WATCH. 1977. Dw. The History of the Royal Highland Regiment. Illustrated in colour and black & white. 240pp. Linklater was a private in the regiment in the first World War. £26.00
SHEET-ANCHOR by EVE STUART. 1944. Dw. War Poems with a 17pp foreword by Eric Linklater reminiscing about his wartime friendship with the subject of the poems, a naval officer who died on duty late in 1940. " In the anonymity of the poem I found a bitter reminder that very many who have died in this war and all wars, are nameless now except in official records and the brief remembrances of their friends ". £12.00
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE'S TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT by Basil ASHMORE. 1948. Introduced by E Linklater. Frontis by F Topolski. Very good in slightly marked dw with a few nicks at head of spine. £8.50
SCOTS IN SWEDEN. 1962. Sweden. Booklet published for the Exhibition, "SCOTS IN SWEDEN" at the Royal Scottish Museum. Translated by R Patrick & A Hort from the Swedish of Hoans BERG & Bo LAGERCRANTZ. 4pp introduction by Linklater & an essay on Robert Monro by Frank Bengtsson. Illustrated. Pictorial wraps. £10.00
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