ALDRIDGE, James

Signed with Their Honour: Zephyr Books. A Library of British and American Authors. Vol. 101.

Stockholm, Zephyr Books. The Continental Book Company, 1945. Original printed wrappers, 392 pp. In poor-fair condition. Upper cover detached but present, lacking small piece to low corner, backstrip starting, faint number stamp to fore-edges and lower cover, generally a little thumbed. However, internally tight and complete, pages unmarked. One of some 200 paperback titles published by The Continental Book Company (Bonniers) in Stockholm between 1942 and 1950. The intention, apparently, was to replace the, by then defunct Tauchnitz and Albatros publishing houses with works in English for a continental public. Some titles were colour coded in the manner of Albatross Books before them, and, of course, Penguin.

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Book number: 37951

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ASZLÁNYI, Karlo

Sep Vangofrapoj (Esperanto Version) El la Hungara Lingvo Esperantigis Ladislao Spierer. La "Epoko" Libro-Klubo. Vol. VII.

Rickmansworth, The Esperanto Publishing Co. Ltd. Anglujo, 1943. P/b. 148pp. A very nice bright copy. Clean and tight. Usual browning of paper. Used; Very Good Aszlányi in Esperanto published by the 'Epoko' Esperanto book club. Vol. VII . Paperback.

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Book number: 32246

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Keywords: Esperanto|Translation|Featured|Artificial Language

BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice

Princino de Marso. Tradukis El la Usona Originalo K.R. C. Sturmer. La "Epoko" Libro-Klubo. Vol. V.

Rickmansworth, The Esperanto Publishing Co. Ltd. Anglujo, 1938. Original card covers, 190pp. Covers showing light wear, spine tail chipped, paper browning but tight and clean. Not dated but presumed 1938 (see COPAC).

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Book number: 37418

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Keywords: Esperanto|Translation|Featured|Artificial Languages

CHEYNEY, Peter (Peff)

Another Little Drink: Unabridged. Great Pan. G108.

London, Pan Books, 1960. 3rd printing. Original illustrated card covers by Peff (Samuel Peffer), 191 pp. In very good condition, clean and tight. Spine tail snagged.

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Book number: 37958

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Keywords: Britain|Featured|Fiction|Literature|Book-Cover-Design

CHEYNEY, Peter.

Dance without Music:

London, Fontana Books, Colllins, 1961. First thus. Paperback in original illustrated card covers, 192 pp. Cover art by John L. Baker. A little usual browning of paper else a very good, clean tight copy. First published in 1947.

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Book number: 37961

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CHEYNEY

Ladies Won't Wait. A Novel. This Is a Book Club Edition.

London, The Book Club, n.d. Reprint. Small 8vo. 192 pp. original illustrated dust-wrapper. In good condition despite post-war quality paper. Dust-wrapper pulled at spine tail, slightly chipped at spine head, a little damp staining to upper board, paper browning. But tight and clean, no loss, unmarked. Advertisement to back for William Foyles' other Book Clubs, of which he founded many in the 1940s.

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Book number: 38007

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CHRISTIE, Agatha

The Big Four: A Poirot Mystery. Unabridged. Pan Books X269.

London, Pan Books, 1963. 4th printing. 189 pp. Original illustrated covers by W Francis Phillipps. A very good copy, clean and tight. A little usual browning to paper.

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Book number: 37959

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Delafield, E.M.

Tension. Hutchinson's "Pocket Library". No. 20. 36th Thousand

London, Hutchinson, n.d. Original decorated covers, 287 pp. In fair to good condition. No tears and complete. Covers a little damp marked, usual browning to paper, book slightly cocked. Early Hutchinson's "Pocket Library" published in mid 1930s. First edition 1920.

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Book number: 37403

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ELLIS, G. A.. (Edited by)

The Handy Reciter.

London, Frederick Warne and Co. n.d. Crown 8vo. original red printed cloth. With lists of Chandos Classics and other Warne publications to endpapers. Pears Soap advertisement to lower cover. Covers showing signs of use and handling, a little darkened. Internally tight and clean. Some usual foxing. Anthology of potentially popular Victorian prose and verse chosen for public recitation.

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Book number: 38094

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GRAVES, Robert

I, Claudius & Claudius the God. The Albatross Modern Continental Library. Volumes 266 and 290. Copyright Edition. 'Extra' Volumes.

Hamburg, Leipzig, The Albatross, 1936. Reprints. Two volumes, original yellow covers, 445 pp. 501 pp. Albatross lists to rear pages. Baskerville type, Bautzen paper mill, Hegner Department of Oscar Brandstetter. Generally both volumes in good condition. A little damp staining to volume one upper edge, volume two spine tail chipped, inner joint cracked. Both otherwise tight and clean. Third impression, Hamburg of I, Claudius, 2nd impression, Leipzig of Claudius the God. The Albatross publishing house had a remarkable history in the 1930s (linked to the popular Tauchnitz editions). These colour-coded paperbacks with their albatross symbol influenced Allen Lane in the design of Penguin Books. The name Albatross was chosen as it was similar in many languages. See "Strange Bird" p. 95. (Michele K Troy, 2017).

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Book number: 37402

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Keywords: Featured|Classics|Latin|Literature

HARTLEY, L. P..

Eustace and Hilda: Faber Paper Covered Editions.

London, Faber and Faber, 1971. Reprint. P/b. 310 pp. In good condition, clean and tight. Crease down upper cover. With usual striking Berthold Wolpe design to cover. First published in this edition in 1965. Connolly 178p.

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Book number: 38038

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HARTLEY, L. P..

The Shrimp and the Anemone. Faber Paper Covered Editions.

London, Faber and Faber, 1971. Reprint. P/b. 190 pp. A very nice bright, clean copy. Small crease to lower leading edge otherwise excellent. With usual striking Berthold Wolpe design to cover. First published in this edition in 1963.

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Book number: 38037

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HERBERT, A. P.

The Water Gipsies. Methuen's Sixpennies.

London, Methuen, 1939. Original wrappers in blue and white. 320pp. Spine ends chipped, detaching inside, paper browned, covers damp spotted, small hole to last page (loss of one word). Tight and clean. Number one of this series with its strikingly designed image and lettering. By 1960 the paperback Water Gipsies was published by Penguin 'with' Methuen. Paperback.

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Book number: 33364

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Keywords: Literature|Gypsies|Featured

JACOB, Naomi.

Four Generations: Hutchinson's Sixpenny "Pocket Library". No. 63. 69th Thousand

London, Hutchinson, n.d. Paperback in original blue and white decorated covers, 287 pp. 3pp. Hutchinson list and two ads. ('Seagift' shaving foam and Oxo) to back. Flap from dust-wrapper listing Sixpenny Pocket library 64 titles loosely inside. Gwyneth Skinner's name in ink dated 1939 neatly inside. A sound copy. Good - very good. Paper a little browned, spine ends pulled slightly, very tight, not marked. Lacks full dust-wrapper. Early Hutchinson's "Pocket Library" edition. Probably published about 1939. "Miss Jacob was renowned for her collar-and-tie appearance and shingled hair." (NYTimes obit 1964) on Naomi Jacob 1884 - 1964 - suffragette, political activist, actress and prolific author.

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Book number: 37953

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KOESTLER, Arthur

Arrival and Departure. A Novel of Modern Europe. Guild Books No. A1

The British Publishers Guild, n.d. Reprint. Original covers with white on brown design. 216 pp. Printed in Vienna by Waldheim-Enerle. Text in English. In fair to good condition, ink annotation to half title, inner joints cracked. Clean, no tears. No dust-wrapper. First published in 1943 by Jonathan Cape. The paperbound Guild Books series (published between 1941 and 1955) was intended to compete with Penguin Books using 'collective' publishing. The British Publishers Guild, initially led by George Harrap, consisted of publishers banding together to publish cheaply in a popular format. This copy is possibly 'Guild Books Austria' from their Continental series.

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Book number: 37404

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Keywords: Literature|Judaica|English|Europe|Featured