COOKSON CATHERINE

The Nice Bloke

London, MacDonald. 1969, First Edition. (ISBN: 0356025586) Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. first edition tidy used copy, unclipped DW, light spine lean, VG copy showing some reading use and cover wear, 252pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006422

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: British Fiction Cookson Tyneside Twentieth Century 0356025586

HOMER TRANSLATED BY FRANCIS CAULFEILD

The Odyssey, Translated Into English, in the Original Metre

London, G Bell and Sons. 1923, First Edition. Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. (500 gram rate) first thus translation, gitl to spine dulled, school crest in gilt to upper board of Malvern St. James School Worcestershire, presentaion inscription on a card with the same school arms which is pasted to fep, reads " Miss Ridley - at the end of her "English Odyssey" - with love + gratitude from Winifred Barrows" , xii 411pp, tidy copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008370

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Odyssey Homer Ancient Greek Literature in English Translation Miss Ridley Malvern St. James School Worcestershire Winifred Barrows Presentation Inscription School Prize

ROBERTS CECIL

Bargain Basement

London, Hodder. 1939, reprint. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Tidy red cloth, minor surface dust soiling, top edge dusty, 320pp. DW VG minor wear to spine ends and corners, art deco style illustration to the house 'yellowjacket' wrapper. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012985

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Yellowjacket Early Edition Fiction Art Deco Cover

BROWN CECIL

The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger, a Novel

London, Barrie & Jenkins. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0214651541) Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped DW minor fade to titling to front panel, publisher's lamination starting to lift at hinges, minor short edge tears, UK first edition. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 008765

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Black American Afro-American Literature Modern First Edition 0214651541

BROWN CECIL

The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger, a Novel

London, Barrie & Jenkins. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0214651541) Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped DW minor fade to titling to front panel, short tears and spine ends and corners, top edge dusty, UK first edition. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 008766

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Black American Afro-American Literature Modern First Edition 0214651541

SALTEN FELIX TRANSLATED BY WHITTAKER CHAMBERS

Bambi a life in the Woods

London, Jonathan Cape. 1928, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: anon. teal green cloth a little sunned at spine. lacks DW. pictorial endpapers and chapter heads by unknown artist. foreword by John Galsworthy, a few pencil notes to pastedown (minor) at front and rear. very minor bit of label remains at foot of rear pastedown from a bookseller label. rear hinge a little loose but not split, 209pp tidy tight clean text. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012097

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Bambi First English Nature Wildlife Novel Fiction Anon

SALTEN FELIX TRANSLATED BY WHITTAKER CHAMBERS

Florian, an Emperor's horse

London, Jonathan Cape. 1934, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. orange cloth a little sunned at spine. lacks DW. minor handling soiling, name scribbled out to fep with pen, light foxing to closed edges and endpapers, 287pp tidy tight clean text, first UK edition. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010637

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Bambi First English Nature Wildlife Novel Fiction

DICKENS CHARLES

All the Year Round, a Weekly Journal, Volume 14, 1865 No 327-350

London, 1865, First Edition. Half-Leather, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (1500 gram rate) spine and corners rubbed, spine has five raised bands, gilt titling and decorations, marbled edges and boards, closed edges insect damaged, volume title missing, contents page creased and short tear, contains issues 327-350, double column parts bound into this 6 month volume, generally tidy, some minor foxing, corner folds etc. the first leaf of issue 348 has bottom corner torn off with loss of text, next leaf has a tear at the bottom but no loss, last few leaves a little bit more soiled or foxed, would benefit from new marbled paper to the boards and rejuvenation of the leather. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008066

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Charles Dickens First Edition Antiquarian Leather

WILLIAMS CHARLES

A Book of Victorian Narrative Verse

Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1927, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. joint split at top of upper joint, light edge rubbing, includes Goblin Market, Balder Dead, Morte D'Arthur, The Witch's Ballad, xii 325pp, backstirp foxed, generally tidy copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007188

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Victorian Poetry Verse Rhyming Literature Anthology Alfred Tennyson Robert Browning Longfellow Thackery Matthew Arnold George Macdonald Dante Gabriel Rossetti William Morris Swinburne

MERGENDAHL CHARLES

Call After Six

New York, Dell. 1964, First Thus. Mass Market Paperback, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. (200 gram rate) some minor water marking shows as discolouration to the dyed paper edges and light waviness, otherwise tidy used copy, 253pp + adverts. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006859

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Pulp Fiction Sex Exploitation Big City Small Town Girls Dell 0940

DICKENS CHARLES

A Child's History of England (The Works of Charles Dickens: Household Edition)

London, Chapman and Hall. First Thus. Decorative Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: J. McL. Ralston. tidy green cloth rubbed with black and gilt decoration and titling, tightly bound, minor surface flecking to inside edges where cloth folds over the boards, frontis, engravings in text as well as plates (engraved), 190pp in two columns. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007942

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Charles Dickens Household Edition Binding Copy Victorian Illustrated Edition J. MCL. Ralston

MORGAN CHARLES

The Fountain

London, MacMillan. 1932, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. light edge wear, very tidy used copy, 434pp + adverts. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007309

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Modern Frist Edition Fiction Literature

KINGSLEY CHARLES

Hypatia, or New Foes with an Old Face

London, MacMillan & Routledge. 1895, reprint. Decorative Boards, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. VG, blue ribbed cloth with gilt HYPATIA to upper board and gilt titling and dec to spine, top edge gilt, decorative endpapers intact and uncracked. half title browned and with old ink name Jennie Milligan. xvi, 345 + 6 pp adverts. Head and spine of tail crushed at extreme ends, spine has ROUTLEDGE rather than Macmillan. Historical novel about the great female Neo-Platonist philosopher murdered by a christian mob. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 013039

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: British Nineteenth Century Historical Fiction Philosophy Pagan Hypatia Classical

WHITING CHARLES (LEO KESSLER)

Lest I Fall

London, Cape. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Charles Whitings (also writes as Leo Kessler) second novel, set in 1950s post war Germany. A young English schoolteacher takes an appointment in Germany. Follows his The Frat Wagon. VG papered boards no inscriptions or faults. DW unclipped and tidy although a little dust soiled evenly across the surface, spine a bit faded, 20mm tear at foot of upper spine fold a little pen mark to front fold in, as well as a little pen mark to the rear fold in also. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000294

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Germany Post War 1950s

DICKENS CHARLES

Master Humphrey's clock / Old Curiosity Shop

London, Chapman and Hall. 1840, First Edition. Quarter-leather, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: George Cattermole & Hablot Browne. Two volumes bound in one being,; Master Humphrey's clock parts 1 & 2, second part being The Old Curiosity Shop. Internals excellent and clean, spine rubbed along joint with chip from the head losing 20mm, corners are rubbed also, spine has five raised bands, gilt title, 20mm split to lower joint at foot, marbled edges and andpapers, illustrated throughout with vignettes and headpieces iv 306 228pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001994

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Charles Dickens First Edition Antiquarian Leather George Cattermole & Hablot Browne