Bentley, Ursula.

PRIVATE ACCOUNTS. A Novel.

Secker & Warburg, 1986. 1st UK Ed. [vi] + 261pp. + [v]. Original gilt lettered cloth very lightly faded to spine, lower leading corner of upper board sl. bumped, good in d/w.

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Borges, Jorge Luis.

BORGES LABERINTOS DUMELIC. Prologo de Jose Edmundo Clemente.

Ediciones Joraci, Buenos Aires, 1977. 1st Spanish Ed. Sm. slim landscape 4to. [78]pp. 20 colour illus. by Zdravko Ducmelic. Spanish text. E.ps. and t.p. lightly spotted, booksellers label, good in lightly browned d/w. very sl. chipped to corners and head and tail of spine.
¶ No. 2161 of a Limited Edition of 3000 Copies.

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(Brenan). Gathorne-Hardy, Jonathan.

THE INTERIOR CASTLE. A Life of Gerald Brenan.

Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. xii + 660pp. 54 ills. Some light browning, dec. e.ps., chipped and sl. creased d/w.
¶ Inscribed ‘Francis Partridge’ to title page (friend of Brenan and important member of the Bloomsbury group).

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(O’Brian). Cunningham, A.E. (Editor).

PATRICK O’BRIAN. Critical Appreciations and a Bibliography.

The British Library, 1994. 1st Ed. 175pp. + [i]. Colour port. frontis., 8 ills., 4 poems, text devices. Marbled e.ps., bound by Cedric Chivers in blue crushed morocco with blue cloth boards, gilt lettered green patch label to spine, a.e.g., enclosed in matching blue slipcase with colour pictorial title laid down to side of case.
¶ No. 28 of a Limited Edition of 50 Copies signed by Patrick O’Brian. Published in April 1994 in a printing of 1,300 copies of which 1,000 copies comprised the trade edition, 250 copies the collectors’ edition; and 50 copies the limited edition, bound by Cedric Chivers of Bath.

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Buchan, John.

THE ADVENTURES OF RICHARD HANNAY. The Thirty-Nine Steps and The Power House. Greenmantle. Mr Standfast. The Three Hostages. The Island of Sheep. Introduction by Andrew Lownie.

Folio Society, 2003. 5 vols. Colour frontiss., numerous ills. by Nick Hardcastle. Very good in original gilt lettered coloured pictorial cloth, together in sl. rubbed gilt lettered slipcase with 2 sm. indents to back of slipcase.

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Book number: 281426

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Burroughs, William.

RUB OUT THE WORDS. The Letters of William S. Burroughs 1959-1974. Edited and with an Introduction by Bill Morgan.

Penguin Classics , 2012. 1st UK Ed. Large 8vo. [xxxvi] + 444pp. Illus. title page, 16 pages of b/w. ills. from photos. Some very minor spotting to edges of leaves, otherwise very good in d/w.

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Book number: 288632

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Capote, Truman.

IN COLD BLOOD. A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences.

Hamish Hamilton, 1966. 1st UK Ed., 4th Imp. [xii] + 284pp. Frontis. Some spotting to edges of leaves, sl. selotape marks to head and tail of f.e.ps., original silver lettered green cloth with sm. selotape mark to head and tail of both boards, very lightly soiled price clipped d/w. very lightly faded to spine, t.e.yellow and sl. faded.

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Book number: 287348

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Cecil, Henry.

TELL YOU WHAT I’LL DO.

Michael Joseph, 1969. 1st Ed. 216pp. Lower leading corner of lower board sl. bumped, good in lightly browned chipped and sl. water stained d/w.
¶ Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed.

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Book number: 280111

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Chesterton, G.K.

THE COLOURED LANDS. Illustrated by the Author.

Sheed & Ward, 1938. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. 238pp. Profusely ills. including 18 pages in colour. Some light marginal browning, e.ps. sl. browned, original cloth backed dec. boards, lightly soiled with sl. wear to corners, head and tail of spine sl. bumped, in lightly soiled sl. torn and chipped d/w. lacking all of spine.

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(Chesterton). Dorsett, Lyle W. (Editor).

G.K.’S WEEKLY. A Sampler. Edited with an Introduction by ...

Loyola University Press, Chicago, 1986. 1st Ed., Thus. 4to. 552pp. Ills. Corners bumped, original gilt & green lettered green boards with white title patch to upper board and spine, spine lightly browned and sl. rubbed at head and tail.
¶ Thirty issues of the journal published by G.K. Chesterton from 1925 to 1936.

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Book number: 284941

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Cheyney, Peter.

YOU CAN ALWAYS DUCK. A Novel.

Collins, 1943. 1st Ed. 192pp. Edges of leaves lightly spotted, original green lettered yellow cloth faded to edges, lightly soiled and very sl. chipped d/w. with a couple of closed tears repaired to verso.

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Book number: 285395

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