ADAMS Douglas

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. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER: EDITION LIMITED TO 800 COPIES

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 letter of author) at head of backstrip. 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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ALDINGTON Richard

Portrait of a Rebel. The Life and Work of Robert Louis Stevenson. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Evans Brothers,, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, grey top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 46998

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ALDRIDGE James

The Last Exile. A Novel. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hamish Hamilton,, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition; red tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned and neatly reinforced at backstrip. Wide-ranging novel set in Egypt during the Suez crisis.

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Book number: 30863

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ALDRIDGE James

The Sea Eagle. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [1944]. 8vo., First Edition, small signature on front free endpaper, endpapers lightly spotted; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip and lightly nicked at extremities. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 29130

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ALDRIDGE James

Signed with their Honour. [Third Impression].

Michael Joseph,, [1942]. 8vo., Third Impression, tiny contemporary signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head of backstrip and lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. With the trade ticket of City Book Agency of Johannesburg on front free endpaper. Published a month after the first edition.

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ALLEG Henri

The Question. Translated from the French by John Calder. Preface by Jean-Paul Sartre. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

John Calder,, [1958]. 8vo., First English Edition, some light offsetting from front fold-in to front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, uncut, fore-edges a little spotted else a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.

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ALLEN Grant

Strange Stories. A New Impression. [Illustrated by George Du Maurier]. IN FULL MOROCCO

Chatto & Windus,, 1908. 8vo., with frontispiece [by Du Maurier]; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, fore-edge lightly dust-soiled else a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. This classic collection of sixteen short stories was first published in 1884. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Bleiler 13; Tymn 3-2 (both recording the first edition).

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Book number: 31036

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ALMEDINGEN E.M.

The Unnamed Stream and other Poems. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Bodley Head,, [1965]. 8vo. First Edition; olive cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 27686

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AMIS Kingsley

The Biographer's Moustache. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Flamingo,, [1995]. 8vo., First Edition, small neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 26010

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AMIS Kingsley

Collected Short Stories. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hutchinson,, [1980]. 8vo., First Edition; yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 26011

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AMIS Kingsley

Difficulties with Girls. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hutchinson,, [1988]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, pattered endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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AMIS Kingsley

The Green Man. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Jonathan Cape,, [1969]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at folds.

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Book number: 26004

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