ACKROYD Peter

Chatterton.

Hamish Hamilton,, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition, page edges browning as usual; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author's fourth novel, short-listed for the Booker Prize.

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Book number: 12060

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Chatterton. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Hamish Hamilton,, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The author's fourth novel, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize.

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Book number: 2283

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ACKROYD Peter

The Fall of Troy.

Chatto & Windus,, [2006]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 18150

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First Light. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Hamish Hamilton,, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE

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Book number: 2281

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ACKROYD Peter

The Life of Thomas More. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Chatto & Windus,, [1998]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 43038

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The Life of Thomas More. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Chatto & Windus,, [1998]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, inscription on half-title; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.

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Book number: 46222

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Milton in America.

Sinclair Stevenson,, [1996]. 8vo., First Edition; tan cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 20903

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ADAMS Douglas

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency [with] The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul [with] The Salmon of Doubt. [The Dirk Gently novels complete.]. DIRK GENTLY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Heinemann,, [1987-2002]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; cloth (blue/grey/black respectively), backstrips lettered in gilt or silver, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The much-loved sequence comprises: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987); The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988); The Salmon of Doubt (2002).

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Book number: 49711

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The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. DENT AND PREFECT IN FULL MOROCCO

Arthur Barker,, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark red 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, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.

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Book number: 32845

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Mostly Harmless. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1992]. 8vo., First Edition; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fifth volume of 'The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'.

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Book number: 46200

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The Salmon of Doubt. Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time. [Introduction by Stephen Fry.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Macmillan,, [2002]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper atwork by David Tran. The final Dirk Gently novel.

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Book number: 42932

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. The Hitch Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy 4. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Pan Books,, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition; original black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with hologram mounted on upper panel.

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Book number: 39284

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ADDISON Hilda

Mary Webb. A short Study of her Life and Work. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY

Cecil Palmer,, [1931]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 2 plates, endpapers lightly spotted; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, uncut, a very good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Uncommon in any condition.

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Book number: 8443

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AIKEN Conrad

Landscape West of Eden. 800 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Dent,, [1934]. Sm. 4to., First Edition, free endpapers faintly browned; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in dark red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with tiny loss (affecting first letters of author) at head of backstrip. EDITION LIMITED TO 800 COPIES. Dedicated to Paul Nash, Aiken's epistolary poem was limited to 1250 copies, 450 of which constituted the US edition issued a month later. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION

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Book number: 24998

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ALDINGTON Richard

Lawrence of Arabia. A Biographical Enquiry. NEAR FINE COPY

Collins,, 1955. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 11 plates on 9, and 3 full-page maps and full-page pedigree in the text; original black buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy. Arguably the most important of the early biographies, and the first really to begin to penetrate the myth. With extensive list of sources. O'Brien E192.

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