Mare, Walter de la.

LOVE.

Faber and Faber, 1956. 7th Imp. Large 8vo. Colour frontis., vignette title page and many decorations by Barnett Freedman. Marbled e.ps., inner gilt ruling, bound by Hatchards in full dark red crushed morocco with gilt initial J.B.B. to lower leading corner of upper board, some sl. indentations towards head of upper board, gilt ruled edges, gilt filleted raised bands gilt ruled compartments and gilt title to spine, a.e.g.

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Book number: 285373

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Masefield, John.

GOOD FRIDAY. A Play in Verse.

Published by John Masefield at Lollingdon, Cholsey, Berkshire Printed at Letchworth by the Garden City Press Ltd., 1916. 2nd English Ed. Sm. Slim 8vo. 77pp. + [iii]. Light marginal browning, e.ps. lightly spotted, uncut, original blue cloth with paper title label to upper board and spine, in browned and sl. chipped glacene d/w.
¶ Errington A31(b).

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Mason, A.E.W.

[A SELECTION ONLY OF THE NOVELS IN PRIZE BINDINGS]. At the Villa Rose; The Winding Stair; The Broken Road; The Four Feathers; The Watchers; Miranda on the Balcony.

Hodder and Stoughton, c.[1924-1930]. 6 vols. Crown 8vo. Rubric title pages. Light age toning, marbled e.ps. and edges, Prize bookplates awarded to R. Brocklebank of St Piran’s on the Hill, navy prize calf bindings with gilt armorial shields and mottos to upper boards, some sl. fading with ‘The Watchers’ with faded strip to lower board, intricate gilt compartments with gilt lettered labels to spines, a.e. marbled faded to top edge, several corners bumped.

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Maurier, Daphne du.

THE KING’S GENERAL.

Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1946. 1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. 298pp. + [i]. E.ps. and edges of leaves spotted very occasionally intruding onto inner margins, in lightly spotted sl. faded and d/w. browned and chipped to spine.

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Book number: 290214

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Maxwell, William.

THEY CAME LIKE SWALLOWS.

Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1937. 1st US Ed. [viii] + 267pp. + [v]. Light marginal browning, original cloth very sl. faded at tail of spine, in chipped and sl. torn d/w. browned to spine with sl. loss at head and tail.

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McDonald, Gregory.

CONFESS FLETCH. A Novel.

Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1977. 1st UK Ed. 192pp. Some light very minor browning to e.ps., good in d/w. browned to spine and sl. to edges.
¶ Gollancz Thriller. Sequel to ‘Fletch.’

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McDonald, Gregory.

FLYNN.

Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1978. 1st UK Ed. 255pp. + [i]. Good in d/w. browned to spine and sl. to edges.
¶ Gollancz Thriller.

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Miller, Caroline.

LEBANON. A Novel.

Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., New York, 1944. 1st Ed. [vi] + 234pp. Some very light marginal browning, e.ps. very lightly browned, lower edge of several leaves shaved, t.e.green fore-edge uncut, ‘Evelyn Myers christmas, 1944’ inscribed to verso of title page, in lightly soiled and chipped d/w. browned to spine with sl. loss at tail.

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Book number: 281092

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Mitchell, Gladys.

WINKING AT THE BRIM.

Thriller Book Club, 1975. Reprint. 192pp. Minor spotting to edges of leaves, original gilt lettered cloth, sm. ownership inscription, very minor soiling, lower leading corners sl. bumped, binding sl. cockled, good in lightly browned and very sl. chipped David Harris d/w.

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Morice, Anne [Pseudonym of Felicity Shaw].

DEATH OF A GAY DOG.

Macmillan, 1971. 1st Ed. 192pp. From the library of Anthony Lejeune, with review slip loosely inserted, some sporadic very minor marginal spotting, good in lightly browned and very sl. chipped d/w.

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(Murdoch). Morley, Elaine.

IRIS MURDOCH AND ELIAS CANETTI. Intellectual Allies.

Legenda/Modern Humanities Research Association and Maney Publishing, 2013. 1st Ed. Tall Slim 8vo. 162pp. Very good in original pictorial white lettered dark green boards, sl. scratch to lower board.
¶ Studies in Comparative Literature, No. 29.

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Book number: 287830

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Nabb, Magdalen.

DEATH OF AN ENGLISHMAN.

Collins, 1981. 1st Ed. 172pp. Faint remains of pencil annotations and blind embossed stamp to lower pastedown, corners top edge of upper board and spine sl. bumped, in lightly soiled and chipped d/w.
¶ Collins Crime Club. Author’s first novel.

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Obaldia, Rene de.

THE CENTENARIAN. A Novel. Translated from the French by Alexander Trocchi.

Calder & Boyars, 1970. 1st UK Ed. 192pp. Upper leading corner of p.117-8 sl. creased, original silver lettered cloth very sl. bumped to corners and head and tail of spine, binding very sl. cockled, in lightly soiled sl. rubbed and chipped Charles Marriott d/w.

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Book number: 287937

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Olsson, Fredrik T.

CHAIN OF EVENTS.

Sphere, 2014. 1st UK Ed. Large 8vo. [vi] + 425pp. + [i]. Very good in original white lettered coloured pictorial boards.
¶ Signed by the Author ‘Fredrik T. Olsson’ to title page.

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Book number: 286616

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Orlovitz, Gil.

ICE NEVER F. A Novel.

Calder & Boyars, 1970. 1st Ed. 333pp. + [iii]. Original black and blue lettered cloth with some very minor soiling and light fading to edges of upper board, head and tail of spine lightly browned and sl. bumped, in lightly soiled sl. rubbed and chipped d/w. lightly browned to spine.

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Book number: 287945

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