Arnold Bennett

The Old Wives' Tale

New York, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First US edition and scarce thus. In generally good internal order with some sporadic foxing, moreso to endpapers. One page opened roughly leaving tear, not affecting text. Attractive bookplate (dog and cityscape) of Edgar C Riebe to front pastedown. Red cloth with gilt titling a little faded and marked to edges and spine. 12mo.578pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010309

Catalogue: Fiction

E F Benson

The Male Impersonator [Signed]

London, Elkin Mathews And Marrot, 1929. Hardcover. London: Elkin Mathews And Marrot, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and numbered by Benson to limitation page, this being no.372 from the edition of 530 copies. Bar some offset toning to endpapers, this is in fine internal order, crisp, clean and bright throughout. Very light wear only to printed paper-covered boards. Near fine unclipped d/j, also clean and bright and now in removable protective sleeve. No 9 in Elkin Mathews' The Woburn Books series of limited editions. 8vo. 29pp . Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 104828

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: IOBA25

Nicholas Bentley

Third Party Risk

London, Michael Joseph, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Michael Joseph, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Bentley's third thriller in VG condition throughout. Light dust spotting to top of block, but otherwise all is clean and bright throughout. No inscriptions. Smart black boards with crisp silver titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j lightly worn to edges. 12mo. 240pp . Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 102825

Catalogue: Fiction

Günther Birkenfeld; Eric Sutton (tr)

A Room in Berlin (Dritter Hof Links)

London, Constable & Co, 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Constable & Co, 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Birkenfeld's well received first novel, subsequently banned (twice) by the Nazis. First English language edition, in VG, clean and bright internal order, with just a little spotting to top of block, not affecting pages. Smart black boards with gilt titling to spine. Front board leads with spine slightly cocked. 12mo. 217pp + publisher's ads. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010628

Catalogue: Fiction

George A Birmingham

Lalage's Lovers

London, Methuen & Co, 1919. 12th Edition . Hardcover. All in good internal order - stock toned throughout and front hinge just about starting to open but no issues with binding. Red covers a little marked and worn with spine discoloured. Smoke taint. A reading copy. 12mo. 216pp. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 102886

Catalogue: Fiction

Gilbert Bishop

The Beachcombers or Slave-Trading Under the Union Jack

London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hime Nisbet. Exceptionally clean, crisp and bright, likely unread. Attractive prize certificate to front pastedown. Smart red boards with bright gilt titling, lightly bumped to base of spine. A nice copy of a book scare in first edition. 12mo. 310pp + publisher's ads. Ill.: Hime Nisbet. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003612

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Hime Nisbet

Hermina Black

Strange Enchantment

London, The Romance Book Club, 1955. Hardcover. London: The Romance Book Club, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ND.c.1955 imprint of Black's Moroccan-based novel, first published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1952. Bar light toning to stock and a little spotting to rear endpapers, all in VG, clean and bright order throughout. Light wear only to smart blue boards. VG unclipped d/j, showing light wear only to edges and now in removable protective sleeve. 12mo. 254pp . Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 104010

Catalogue: Fiction

R D Blackmore

Lorna Doone a Romance of Exmoor

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1920. Hardcover. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1920. Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Charles E Brittan; Charles E Brock. Dulverton Edition. ND. c.1910. Hard to find in d/j. Larger format edition, with 16 colour illustrations, plus cover-mounted portrait, by Brittan and Brock. Cover design is as 1910 edition and clearly predates 1920 edition design. Roughcut pages toned to edges and occasional minor spotting, but in general all in good internal order. No inscriptions. Decorated boards lightly bumped and a little sunned to extremities with general fading to spine. Good unclipped d/j also with mounted colour portrait, dulled to edges and spine with some wear and vertical crease to front panel. Now in removable protective sleeve. 4to. x, 520pp . Ill.: Charles E Brittan; Charles E Brock. Good/Good.

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Book number: 104210

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Charles E Brittan; Charles E Brock

Kathryn Blair

The Fair Invader

London, The Romance Book Club, 1952. Hardcover. London: The Romance Book Club, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book Club edition issued in the same year as original Mills & Boon publication. Scarce in any edition with d/j. Light toning to stock, but otherwise all in VG clean and bright internal order. No inscriptions. Smart plum boards with black titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j, now in removable protective sleeve. 12mo. 224pp . Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 103483

Catalogue: Fiction

John Blakeney

A Gay Adventurer Being the Biography of Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart, Known As "the Scarlet Pimpernel

London, John Long, 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. First edition, first printing of the fictional biography of The Scarlet Pimpernel, written under the pseudonym John Blakeney either by Baroness Orczy herself (who provides a forward taking the whole enterprise seriously) or by her son. Scarce in d/j, this copy is in good internal order, with spotting to the block edge only occasionally intruding onto pages. No inscriptions. Plum cloth a little marked and worn with light fading to edges and spine. VG unclipped d/j, a little worn to edges and toned to spine, now in removable protective sleeve. Publisher's Spring 1935 catalogue to rear. 12mo. 286pp . Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 104852

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: IOBA25

Noel Blakiston

The Collected Stories of Noel Blakiston

London, Constable, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Constable, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good collection of Blakiston's short stories, in VG+, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. Smart black boards with bright gilt titling to spine. Front board leads very slightly. VG unclipped d/j, lightly faded to spine. 8vo. 332pp . Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009676

Catalogue: Fiction

Carey Blyton

Collected Short Stories and Summer in the Country

Petersfield, Fand Music Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Petersfield: Fand Music Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. With typed compliments slip from author laid in explaining publication. He being the nephew of Enid Blyton, better known as a composer, but here demonstrating the family felicity with words. Includes short stories and an autobiography. In fine/as new order throughout. 4to. 121pp . Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009745

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Biography

Rolf Boldrewood

Robbery Under Arms a Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia

London, Macmillan And Co, 1891. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Though presented in the guise of fiction, this chronicle of the Marston family must not be set down by the reader as wholly fanciful or exaggerated. Much of the narrative is literally true." says Boldrewood in his preface to this second edition (eighth printing). All in good order. Stock lightly toned. Red cloth boards lightly bumped and a little dulled, faded and worn to spine. 12mo. 413pp + 64pp publisher's catalogue. Good/no d/j.

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Book number: 005095

Catalogue: Fiction

David Bolt

The Man Who Did

London, J M Dent & Sons, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: J M Dent & Sons, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. All in VG order throughout. Smart orange boards with bright silver titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j lightly worn, toned to edges, spine and rear. 12mo. 216pp . Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 007866

Catalogue: Fiction

Michael Bond

Monsieur Pamplemousse Aloft

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. First . Hardcover. All in VG internal order bar toning to stock. Publisher's review copy note laid in. Brown boards with bright gilt tilting to spine have a number of small pinpricks top front, as does VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 160pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004167

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Book