BAKER Carlos

Hemingway. The Writer as Artist. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ,, 1952. 8vo., First Edition; grey cloth, backstrip blocked in red and black lettered in white, red top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed and creased at edges. A valuable study. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.

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BAKER] [Denys Val

[Pre-review of] 'How Dear is Life' [in] John O' London's Weekly. Vol. LXIII. No. 1,571. 20 August 1954. A RARE SURVIVAL

John O' London's Weekly,, 1954. Roy. 4to., First Edition, large section clipped from front page; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers browned and frayed at edges, a working copy. Denys Val Baker's pre-review of Williamson's forthcoming 'How Dear is Life' appears between pp. 837-8 and provides an insightful survey of some of his work to date.

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BALCHIN Nigel

Seen Dimly Before Dawn. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [1962]. 8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Harry Toothill.

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BALCON, ed. Jill

The Pity of War. Poems of the First World War. Selected with an Introduction by Jill Balcon. Preface by Edward Carpenter. Calligraphy by Rosemary Grossman. Illustrations by Barrington Barber. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Shepheard-Walwyn,, [1985]. 8vo., First Edition, text in red and black, with illustrations in the text; green cloth, backstriplettered in orange, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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BANKS Lynne Reid

One More River. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Vallentine Mitchell,, [1973]. 8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps in blue; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed and browned at upper edge, and with one small loss at upper edge of rear panel. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Includes glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish words.

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BANKS Lynne Reid

The L-Shaped Room. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Chatto & Windus,, 1960. 8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped at edges and with minor loss (just affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. The author's first novel, a literary landmark of sixties Britain, and the basis of Bryan Forbes' feature film (1962) starring Leslie Caron.

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BARBER, ed. D.F.

Concerning Thomas Hardy. A Composite Portrait from Memory. Edited by D.F. Barber and based on Material researched and collected by J. Stevens Cox. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Charles Skilton,, [1968]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates, full-page illustration in the text, folding pedigree and endpaper maps; green faux-morocco cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, yellow top, a very good, bright, copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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BARBUSSE Henri

Le Feu. (Journal d'une Escouade). GREATEST FRENCH NOVEL OF WWI: IN FULL MOROCCO

Flammarion, Paris,, 1916. 8vo., First Edition, text in French; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With the index at end as is proper. First edition of the greatest French novel of the Great War and winner of the Prix Goncourt. 'No war book in any language, with the exception of 'All Quiet on the Western Front', has had the sale of 'Le Feu'' (Falls, 'War Books').'Under Fire' is the spirit of the infantry war in France, the letter and the spirit of reality' (Henry Williamson, referring to the title of the English edition). It was published simultaneously in three states: two private limited issues (33 copies on Japon and 165 copies in holland) and the trade edition as here. The fact that the trade edition was issued as a flimsy paperback means that it is scarcely ever found in really good condition. Here it is complete and preserved in an elegant binding. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Falls, p.263.

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BARING Maurice

The Coat without Seam. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Heinemann,, [1929]. 8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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BARING Maurice

Darby and Joan. NEAR FINE COPY

Heinemann,, [1936]. 8vo., First Edition, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy.

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BARING-GOULD S.

Grettir the Outlaw. A Tale of Iceland. With Illustrations by M. Zeno Diemar. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PICTORIAL CLOTH

Blackie,, n.d. [c.1904]. 8vo., with frontispiece and 5 plates; blue pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in rose and cream, brown endpapers, upper hinge starting (but binding wholly sound), top lightly dust-soiled else a bright, clean copy. With colourful prize certificate dated 1904 on front free endpaper and 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. As often, the plate called for at p.40 has been placed as frontispiece. Bright copy of an uncommon title by the author of Mehalah and many other works.

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BARING Maurice

Hildesheim. Quatre Pastiches. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Heinemann,, 1924. Sm. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper with a decorative title, endpapers very lightly spotted; original boards, vellum back lettered in black, uncut and largely unopened, a very good, clean copy.

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Book number: 4321

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BARING Maurice

In My End is my Beginning. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

Heinemann,, 1931. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece and plate in photogravure (original tissue guards present); blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Baring's account of the last period in the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. Includes a bibliography.

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BARING Maurice

Maurice Baring. Letters. Selected and edited by Jocelyn Hillgarth and Julian Jeffs. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Russell, [Wilby,, 2007]. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. ALREADY SCARCE

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BARING Maurice

Robert Peckham. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1930]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, moderately age-browned dustwrapper. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.

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