ALMON, BERT

Mind the Gap

Victoria, Ekstasis Editions. (ISBN: 0-921215-97-5). 1996, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 94pp. 8vo. Illustrated front cover, author's portrait and bio to rear.

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Book number: 114042

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Canadian Poetry, Canadian Poetry, Poetry 0921215975

ALMOND, LINDA STEVENS

Peter Rabbit's Holiday

New York, Platt & Munk. 1935. (24mo) Near fine in very good dust jacket. 58pp. Frontispiece, illus. - colour. Wrapper shows soiling, some staining, and closed tears. Wee Books for Wee Folks. Illustrations by J.L.G.

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Book number: 203215

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Juvenile

ALSTON, R.C.

An Introduction to Old English

Evanston, Row, Peterson and Co.. [1961?], 1st American Edition. (Cloth) Very good. 167pp. Frontispiece, illus. maps - plates. Light shelf wear. Former owner's name to pastedown. There is a little, very little, marginalia.

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Book number: 203631

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Literature, Britain, Old English

ALVAREZ, A.

Hunt

New York, Simon and Schuster. 1978. (Cloth) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 287pp.

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Book number: 200039

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Literature-British

ALVERSON, CHARLES

Fighting Back: A Black Bat Mystery

New York, Bobbs-Merrill. 1973. (Cloth) Very good in very good dust jacket. 177pp.

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Book number: 200040

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Literature-American, Mystery

AMABILE, GEORGE

The Presence of Fire

Toronto, Mclelland and Stewart. (ISBN: 0-7710-0735-3). 1982, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Very good plus. 112pp. 8vo. Illustration to front, author's portrait to rear. Clean, white and tight. Amabile has won both the Hunter Prize and the Anna Von Helmholz Phelan Prize.

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Book number: 114114

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Poetry, Canadian Literature, Canadian Poetry, Poetry 0771007353

AMIS, MARTIN

Einstein's Monsters

London, Jonathan Cape Ltd.. (ISBN: 0-224-02435-3). 1987, 1st UK edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 127pp. 8vo. Inscribed by Amis to the title page. First UK edition. Five stories, with a powerful introductory essay, written over the course of 2 years. A fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose protective mylar sleeve.

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Book number: 129240

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: British Literature, Collectible Books, First Editions, Literature - British, Signed 0224024353

AMIS, MARTIN

Einstein's Monsters

New York, Harmony Books. (ISBN: 0-517-56520-X). 1987, 1st US edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 149pp. 8vo. Signed. First US edition. Five stories, with a powerful introductory essay, written over the course of 2 years. A fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose protective mylar sleeve.

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Book number: 129241

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: British Literature, Collectible Books, First Editions, Literature - British, Signed 051756520X

AMIS, MARTIN

Einstein's Monsters

Jonathan Cape Ltd.. (ISBN: 0-224-02435 3). 1987, uncorrected bound proof. (Mass market paperback) Fine in fine dust jacket. 127pp. 8vo. Signed. Uncorrected bound proof (UK). Chestnut brown card wrappers. Five stories, with a powerful introductory essay, written over the course of 2 years. A fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose protective mylar sleeve.

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Book number: 129242

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: British Literature, Collectible Books, First Editions, Literature - British, Signed 0224024353

AMIS, MARTIN

God's Dice

London, Penguins 60s. (ISBN: 9780146000546). 1900 edition, 1st UK edition. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 55pp. 24mo. Signed. Includes 'The Little Puppy That Could. A Penguin 60s book published on the occasion of Penguin's 60th anniversary. Fine copy.

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Book number: 129250

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: British Literature, Collectible Books, First Editions, Literature - British, Signed Editions 9780146000546

AMIS, MARTIN

Heavy Water and Other Stories

London, Jonathan Cape 0-224-0526-1. (ISBN: 0-224-0526-1). 1998, 1st UK edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 231pp. 8vo. Signed. First UK edition. Nine stories, one of which was first published in 1975 (Denton's Death), and the rest of which is more recent work. A fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose protective mylar sleeve.

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Book number: 129245

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: British Literature, Collectible Books, First Editions, Literature - British, Signed Editions 022405261

AMIS, MARTIN

Heavy Water and Other Stories

New York, Harmony Books. (ISBN: 0-609-60129-6). 1999, 1st US edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 208pp. 8vo. Signed. First US edition. Nine stories, one of which was first published in 1975 (Denton's Death), and the rest of which is more recent work. A fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose protective mylar sleeve.

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Book number: 129247

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: British Literature, Collectible Books, First Editions, Literature - British, Signed Editions 0609601296

AMIS, MARTIN

House of Meetings

New York Toronto, Alfred A. Knopf 978-0-676-97787-5. (ISBN: 978-0-676-97787-5). 2007, 1st US edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 242pp. 8vo. Signed. First US edition. Novel, a love story, gothic in its nature, triangular in shape, with Amis as always, brilliant. Deckled fore edge. A fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose protective mylar sleeve. There is a single (tasteful) paper sticker at the front that reads 'autographed copy'.

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Book number: 129243

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: British Literature, Collectible Books, Collectible Books, First Editions, Literature - British, Signed Editions 9780676977875

AMIS, MARTIN

House of Meetings

London, Jonathan Cape. (ISBN: 0-224-07609-4). 2006, 1st UK edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 198pp. 8vo. Signed. First UK edition. A novel, a love story, gothic in its nature, triangular in shape, with Amis as always, brilliant. A fine / fine copy. Jacket, pink, with black and red titles to front and spine, in loose protective plastic sleeve.

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Book number: 129351

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: British Literature, Collectible Books, Collectible Books, First Editions, Literature - British, Signed Editions 0224076094

AMIS, MARTIN

The Information

London, Flamingo / An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. (ISBN: 0 00 225356 9). 1995. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 492pp. 8vo. Signed. A comedy that takes the reader to places comedy does not normally venture, into those territories abandoned by romance, by satire and by tragedy. Amis has said that comedy is the only genre with any future: it is all that's left. A fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose protective mylar sleeve.

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Book number: 128836

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: British Literature, Collectible Books, First Editions, Literature - British 0002253569