literature modern 1st editions Books

: published by Cassell Peter & Galpin, London, no date [cia 1890?]. half bound in leather, marbled eps, 4to, viii,1160pp; engraved portrait plates; some foxing to the early and late pp else a good copy, casing well worn, spine splitting, extremes rubbed, spine faded with titling gone (more information)

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: published by C Arthur Pearson, London, 1917. blue decorative cloth, no d/w, 121pp; a war time adventure story set on board a naval ship; owner's name to fpdep, corners bumped, edges rubbed else a reasonable copy (more information)

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: published by Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, no date. pictorial green cloth, no d/w, 172pp; a collection of stories; edges rubbed, musty else a good copy (more information)

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: published by Bedford Books, Bedford, 1948. soft card, stapled booklet, unpaginated; 109 verses; inscribed ''with love from the author'' and dated Christmas 1948, New Year 1949; brief letter from the author inserted; covers dulled, some foxing (more information)

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: published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1965. black cloth, d/w, 256pp; a murder story set amongst the intrigues and practices of the espionage community; owner's name to ffep, slightly skewed else a good copy in protected d/w (more information)

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: published by Hutchinson, London, cia 1910?. staple bound pictorial card, 15x18cm, unpaginated; full page colour illustrations with the poems facing; age has caused some of the red ink to transfer onto the facing pages, circular marks to the front covers, edges furled & worn, staple starting to rust (more information)

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: published by Walker, London, 1994. breen cloth, d/w, 287pp; the story of Billy, his life, and of his dog; a fine copy in edge crinkled d/w (more information)

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: published by Doubleday, London, 1997. tan cloth, d/w, 349pp; one full page drawing showing Human Croquet being played; the author's second novel; owner's name plate to ffep else a very good copy in edge creased d/w with one small tear to the upper fore corner (more information)

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: published by Ravan Press, Johannesburg, 1980. paperback, 52pp; South-African poetry; some creasing to the upper fore, small stain to the lower fore [cup mark?], scaring to the lower rear else a good copy (more information)

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: published by The Ferry Press, London, 1977. soft card, d/w, 92pp; a collection of the author's poems printed on special paper in a limited edition; inscribed & signed by the author to the title page; edges rubbed and worn else a very good copy (more information)

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: published by John Langdon, London, no date. green cloth spine to green boards, d/w, 143pp; an artist is accused of murder - but is saved by the work of two private investigators; a good copy in tatty d/w with considerable loss to the fore (more information)

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: published by Michael Joseph, London, 1957. blue cloth, d/w, 222pp; four short novels - ''Death of a Huntsman'', ''Night Run to the West'', ''Summer in Salandar'', ''The Queen of Spain Fritillary''; a reasonable copy in chipped d/w with closed tear to the rear and to the fore edge (more information)

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: published by Ambit, London, 1983. white card, d/w, 104pp; a mix of art, poetry and other writings - Roger McGough, Adrian Henry, Brian Patten & co with many illustrations, including several Steadman portraits; a feast of Liverpool connections; a very good copy in edge rubbed d/w with a closed tear to the head of the spine (more information)

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: published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1965. black cloth, d/w, 154pp; the author's second novel; a very good copy in edge rubbed d/w with a closed tear to the lower fore (more information)

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: published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1965. black cloth, d/w, 173pp; what happens when a young man decides to become a rabbi in a small Scotish town; a very good copy in edge rubbed d/w (more information)

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: published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1964. blue cloth, d/w, 218pp; a novel set in the Glasgow of a returned son of a Jewish immigrant family; The author's first novel; a very good copy in edge rubbed & chipped d/w with a sunned spine (more information)

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: published by The Bodley Head, London, 1926. blue decorative cloth, no d/w, 317pp + publisher's adverts; an adventure story/ thriller; a scarce item; lower corners nicked off on some pp, owner's name to fpdep, edges shelf worn, foot of spine with small splits, pages yellowing else a good copy (more information)

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: published by Secker & Warburg, London, 1976. yelow cloth, d/w, 200pp; a collection of stories and parodies; a very good copy in edge creased d/w (more information)

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: published by Fasquelle, 1945. yellow cloth, d/w, 255pp; ''Les Meilleur Livres Français''; a good copy in chipped d/w with closed tears (more information)

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: published by Fact & Fiction, London, December 24th 1934. a fortnightly magazine of short stories; stories by Louis Golding, Marjorie Bowen, Frederick Grisewood, Neville Band; body loose from the covers, edges furled, staples rusting else a good copy (more information)

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: published by Fact & Fiction, London, February 1935. fortnightly magazine, 48pp; stories by Lord Dunsany, Anne Freemantle, Julia Littlewick, John Arrow, Reginald Moore, E M Campbell, A R Turpin & Adam Black; staples rusting, stain to the spine, furled (more information)

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: published by Fact & Fiction, London, 10th December 1934. fortnightly magazine, 48pp; stories by George Birmingham, Algernon Blackwood, C B Poultney, Anne Meredith, Jane Eyers, Edgar B Rushall, S H Kessels & Patrick Campbell; a good copy (more information)

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: published by Hurst & Blackett, London, no date. blue cloth, d/w, 208pp; a novel about the life and loves of its heroine, who's downfall and success is her attractiveness; a very good copy in edge worn d/w with intermittent loss to both the upper & lower edges (more information)

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: published by Big River Association, Missouri, 1981. small magazine, 13x21cm, 88pp; a magazine of poetry, photography and art; bowed else a good copy (more information)

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: published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1957. yellow cloth, d/w, top edge coloured, 478pp; a novel set in turn of the twentieth century China and in Berlin; gift inscription to ffep, faint foxing to the eps, else a good copy in edge rubbed d/w with a slightly sunned spine (more information)

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: published by René Julliard, Paris, © 1950. paperback printed on plain paper, 208pp; author's signature in ink to the half title; the pages are brittle and yellowing and the edges are crumbly; there is one closed tear to the rear and some minor loss to the foot of the spine, to the top left of the fore and to the front edge (more information)

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: published by René Julliard, Paris, © 1948. plain pb, 239pp; part of the author's autobiography; signed & dated by the author to the half title 1950; inscribed 'DEB London Nov 1949 to ffep, ffep detached, top of spine nicked, one small nick to top edge of covers, else a good copy (more information)

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: published by René Julliard, Paris, © 1946. plain pb, 275pp; part of the author's autobiography; dedicated & signed by the author to the title page; inscribed 'D E B, Newton, Aug 1948' to ffep, front covers becoming detached, edges frayed, furled and worn, spine cracked and flaking (more information)

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: published by René Julliard, Paris, © 1947. paperback, 241pp; part of the author's autobiography; author's inscription & signature to title page; dated in pencil to ffep 'Aug 1948', some soiling to the covers, spine rolled, some staining to rear covers, internally clean (more information)

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: published by Collins, London, 1949. yellow cloth, d/w, 255pp; a crime novel featuring Terence O'Day a private eye; ffep missing, foxing to rear eps else a good copy in price clipped, chipped & edge worn d/w (more information)

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