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ABSE,DANNIE,  O. Jones,O. Jones.
. An amusing account of a Welsh medical student`s fumble for survival in the London metropolis. The creator of "Ash on a Man`s Sleeve",the author is himself a Doctor. Hutchinson, London 1970. 156pp.;bound in grey publ.cl. with gilt title on spine.D. w.;Good condition. First edition. Bound. [ first editions ].
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 004579
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DANNIE ABSE  O, Jones, O. Jones
. An amusing account of a Welsh medical student's fumble for survival in the London metropolis. Bound in green cloth. 2 dirty sellotape marks on the front flyend paper. Crease to the inside of the dj other wise book and dj vg condition +.
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 | JP¥ 1101] Book number: 021137
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ACHEBE, CHINUA,  Anthills of the Savannah.
. London, 1987; [vi], 233pp.; bound, d.w. First U.K. edition. bound vg/vg.
GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.12 | JP¥ 1247] Book number: 007637
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ACKROYD, PETER,  Chatterton. A Novel.
. Hamish Hamilton, London 1987. 234pp.; bound; D. w.; Fine. First edition. [ "first editions" ].
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 012502
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PETER ACKROYD  Milton in America
. What if John Milton, Cromwell's secretary, anticipating the King's return to London, had decided to flee England in order to avoid imprisonment or death? What if he had crossed the ocean and joined the Puritans recently settled in New England. Ackroyd takes this idea and from it creates an enthralling story of conflict, treachery, hypocrisy and greed. Bound. F/F.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 021138
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ADCOCK, FLEUR,  Tigers
0. London, 1967; 37pp; publ. cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dustwrapper; very good condition (cloth bright) in sl scuffed dustwrapper. First edition.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 030023
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ALDISS, BRIAN W. ,  Brothers of the Head.
. This tale of siamese twins who wrestle with popstardom, relationships, themselves, and above all, a third head who wants to live, has the kind of bizarre strangeness one comes to expect from Mr. Aldiss s. Pierrot Publishing Limited, London 1977. Illustrated by Ian Pollock. (11 x 11") Paperback; plastic protect. cvr. 119pp; fr. cvr. creased. Good condition. Scarce. First edition. [ sp 2 x ].
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 | JP¥ 3669] Book number: 002717
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ALDISS, BRIAN, .  Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith`S: A Writing Life.
. Aldiss takes us into the little room of his work and creativity, the place where writers display their ornaments, and bump into obstacles. Hooder & Stoughton, London 1990. 221pp. Bound. Dustjacket. Good condition. First edition.
GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 | JP¥ 5136] Book number: 006065
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ALDISS, BRIAN W.  Cracken at Critical: A Novel in Three Acts
. Kerosina Books, 1987. First edition, 192 pages, illustrated with black-and-white drawings. fine copy of the hardback in perfect dust jacket, signed by the author. [ DR-M].
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 | JP¥ 3669] Book number: F1032
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ALDISS, BRIAN,  Forgotten Life.
. Victor Gollancz, 1988; 284pp. First edition. v.g. hardback in v.g. d/j[ 2 x ].
GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.78 | JP¥ 1394] Book number: 012593
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ALDISS,  A Is for Brian. A 65th Birthday Present for Brian W. Aldiss from His Family,Friends,Colleagues and Admirers.
. Edited by Frank Hatherley, with Margaret Aldiss and Malcolm Edwards.Assisted by Mark Gilkes. Avernus 1990.128pp;22.5 x 19cm.;Features numerous p hotos,drawings anecdotes,verses,and other tributes to B.W.A.;SIGNED presentation by Aldiss on frontispiece:"A Souvenir for my dear friend Marshall Tymn,Affectionately Brian Aldiss July 1990."Includes separate photograph of Aldiss.Paperback.Near fine.Good condition.
   ¶ Family, friends, colleagues and admirers were invited to contribute to this secret 65th birthday present. From all over the world came fiction, memoirs, artwork, rare photographs, anecdotes, open letters celebrating the life and achievements of this unique writer, one of the world's leading story-tellers, one of the pillars of world SF, and clearly one of the major figures in the lives of the various contributors. The quality and range of the contributions is fascinating: - Specially written new stories from Robert Holdstock, Kit Reed, Colin Greenland, David Wingrove, Josef Nesvadba - Rare and Aldiss-inspired stories from Harry Harrison, Sam J. Lundwall, Robert Silverberg - Appreciations and memoirs from, among others, Kingsley Amis, J.G. Ballard, Ken Campbell, Doris Lessing, Michael Moorcock, Frederik Pohl, Christopher Priest - Artwork from Philip Morsberger and Patrick Eddington, plus the graphic alphabet from Joseph Reed that gives the book its name - Contributions from colleagues, school mates, teachers, army friends, academics, agents, publishers, the Aldiss family.. [DR-m].
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 | JP¥ 3669] Book number: 011184
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ALDISS, BRIAN, .  Moreau`S Other Island.
. Jonathan Cape, London 1980. 174pp. Bound. Dustwrapper. Good condition. First edition. [sp].
GBP 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 US$ 24.08 | JP¥ 2128] Book number: 006480
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ALDISS, BRIAN  New Arrivals Old Encounters
. Fine in fine dustwrapper.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 021135
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ALDISS, BRAIN  Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories
Gollancz. Victor Gollancz, : 1989, first edition, fine harback in fine d/j, text darkened. Cover illustration by Lanfranco. Marvellous collection of 26 stories .CONTENTS: Old Hundredth; Day of the Doomed King; The Source; The Village Swindler; The Worm That Flies; The Moment of Eclipse; So Far from Prague; The Day We Embarked for Cythera; Castle Scene with Penitents; The Game with the Big Heavy Ball; Creatures of Apogee; The Small Stones of Tu Fu; Just Back From Java ["The Man Who Saw Cliff Richard"]; A Romance of the Equator; Journey to the Goat Star; The Girl Who Sang; Consolations of Age; The Blue Background; The Plain, the Endless Plain; You Never Asked My Name; Lies!; North Scarning; The Big Question; The Ascent of Humbelstein; How an Inner Door Opened to My Heart; Bill Carter Takes Over. (ISBN: 0575042117) .
GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.12 | JP¥ 1247] Book number: F1344
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ALDISS, BRIAN W,  A Rude Awakening.
. A new Horatio Stubbs novel. Weidenfield and Nicolson, London 1978. 206pp.;bound in blue publ.cl.with gilt title on spine;d. w. Good condition. First edition. Bound. [ first editions ].
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 | JP¥ 1834] Book number: 012891
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ALDISS, BRIAN W., .  A Tupolev Too Far
. HarperCollins, 1993, 200pp. a fine hardback in fine dust jacket. pristine [ x 2 ].
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 | JP¥ 1834] Book number: F0543
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ALDISS, B.  The Twinkling of an Eye Or My Life As an Englishman
. Aldiss recalls the camaraderie of the army and the sobriety of post-war England; bookselling in Oxford: marital breakdown and financial improverishment; life as a struggling novelist and literary editor, when his chief source of income came from selling review copies of Harrods; the simenal role in the "new wave" of science fiction writing of the 1960s. Aldiss writes revealingly on many issues and experiences, from literary inspiration to childhood illness, from nental breakdown to the critical standing of science fiction. Little, Brown and Company, 1998. 484pp, black/white illustrations, as new condition, d/j, first edition.
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 | JP¥ 1101] Book number: 288
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KENT ALEXANDER  A Tradition of Victory
. Hutchinson 1981. 296pp, hardback. Richard Bolitho is now acclaimed throughout the world as the most popular herO in historical naval fiction created by a living writer. This, the fourteenth novel of the Bolitho series, is full of epic battles, powerful characterization and authentic period detail.First edition in d/j.
GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.14 | JP¥ 807] Book number: M340
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ANDREWES, GEORGINA  Behind the Waterfall
0. 1988. Novel set in contemporary Kenya; winner of the Betty Trask Award. Cloth, 201pp. First edition. Very good condition in d/w.
GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.12 | JP¥ 1247] Book number: 038101
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ANGELOU, MAYA, .  Wouldn`T Take Nothing for My Journey Now.
. In this selection of short pieces on the individual, the family, society etc. Maya Angelou endeavours to promote tolerance and understanding between peoples, to show that cultural differances are less glaring than our common humanity. Virago Press, London 1994. 141pp. Bound. Dustwrapper. good condition. 1st. UK edition. [ first editions ].
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 013124
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ARCHER, J  A Prison Diary By Ff 8282
. Author's daily record of the time spend in prison. 2002, 269pp, 2 black and white illustrations,fine hardback in d/j [sp].
GBP 8.95 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.87 | JP¥ 1313] Book number: F0380
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BARNES, TREVOR  Taped
0, 1992. Bound, 255pp. First edition. Very good condition in similar d/w.
GBP 9.95 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.53 | JP¥ 1460] Book number: 038106
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BARNHARDT, WILTON  Emma Who Saved My Life
0, 1989. Bound, 470pp. First Edition. Good condition in slightly chipped and torn d/w.
GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.12 | JP¥ 1247] Book number: 038110
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BARRETT, ANDREA  Secret Harmonies
0, 1990. Bound, 245pp. First edition. Slight nick to base of front board, otherwise good condition in d/w.
GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.12 | JP¥ 1247] Book number: 038107
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BELL GERTRUDE,  The Letters of Gertrude Bell. 2 Volumes.
. Ernest Benn , 1927. [ Vol.1 Xiii, 403pp.], [ Vol.2 Vii, 386pp.]. With 37 pages of black and white photographs, 13 in vol.1,and 24 in vol.2. Fold out map of "Persia and her surrrounding neighbours" in vol.2. Bound in green publ. cl. with gilt title on spine, both vols quarterbound in thin protective transparent polythene. spines faded and frayed at the tops, esp. vol. 1 ; . First edition [ sp ] ].
GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.78 | JP¥ 1394] Book number: 006756
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