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The Heart of the Matter. A novel. by GRAHAM GREENE - 1948

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The Heart of the Matter. A novel. by GRAHAM GREENE - 1948

The Heart of the Matter. A novel.

by GRAHAM GREENE

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William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1948. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 297pp. Blue boards lettered in silver at the spine and with the publisher's pinky-red top edge stain. A double crease to the corner of the upper board and just a touch of wear to one or two extremities. A minor ridge to the backstrip. Former owner name inked to the head of the front free endpaper, alongside a small area of surface abrasion where, presumably, a pencilled price was erased with a little too much vigour. A good copy in lightly faded and soiled non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with a little loss from the spine ends and corner tips and a single short tear to one natural fold. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Wobbe A21.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.
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  • Publisher William Heinemann Ltd., London
  • Date Published 1948

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A Season in Sinji. A novel.
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A Season in Sinji. A novel.

by J.L.CARR.

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Alan Ross, London, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of Carr's scarce second novel. 8vo. 192pp. Brown boards lettered in gold at the spine. Several miniscule blemishes to the top edge, else a virtually fine copy in price-clipped dust wrapper, fractionally chafed at the top edge and with a shade or two of fading to the spine panel. Carr's second novel, drawn from his own experiences as an intelligence officer stationed at RAF Bathurst in Gambia and featuring a wonderfully bizarre cricket match..
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The Poorhouse Fair. A novel.
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The Poorhouse Fair. A novel.

by JOHN UPDIKE.

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Victor Gollancz, London, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 185pp. Pink pebbled cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A small smudge to the front free endpaper, and three tiny instances of very light miscellaneous soiling to the fore edge. Very good indeed in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, somewhat tanned at the spine panel with five tiny enclosed areas of loss, and a little rubbed at extremities with two tiny closed tears and several further slivers of loss. The author's second book and first novel - extremely elusive in this UK edition (which was issued the same year as the more common US edition)..
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Black Mischief.
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Black Mischief.

by EVELYN WAUGH.

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Chapman & Hall, London, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 303pp. Original publisher's 'snakeskin' cloth, lettered in gold at the spine. With a frontispiece map, unaccredited but drawn by the author. Top edge lightly dust soiled and with a hint of wear to the backstrip ends, a tiny nick to the fore edge of the rear free endpaper and a pinprick or two of light occasional margin spotting. A very good copy in a good example of the uncommon dust wrapper: a little dust soiled, with several slivers of loss to the spine ends, and an additional small enclosed area of loss and some accompanying surface abrasion. A small area of miscellaneous red staining to the base of the rear panel, and the rear panel-spine panel join tender. The author's third novel. Davis, Doyle &c viii..
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Where Angels Fear to Tread. A novel.
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Where Angels Fear to Tread. A novel.

by E.M.FORSTER.

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William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1906. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second impression of the first edition, issued three months after the original impression. 319pp + lxiv publisher's catalogue at the rear. Original publisher's two-tone boards, lettered in gilt at the spine and in the black at the upper board. Top edge dust soiled and with a touch of light marking to the cloth in two or three places. Spine ends and corner tips a little rubbed, and with some browning to the endpapers and a touch of occasional marking to the leaf margins. A nice crisp bright copy. Forster's first book was originally published in October 1905 with a print run of 1,050 copies; this second impression followed three months later with a print run of 526 copies..
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Development. A novel.
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Development. A novel.

by BRYHER

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Constable, London, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 187pp. Brown cloth, lettered in black at the spine and upper board and with a black-stamped decoration. Top edge dust marked, and with just a touch of rubbing to the spine ends and corner tips. Newspaper clippings have been pasted to the rear pastedown and free endpaper, along with some pencilled notes (which could easily be erased), and a third clipping is pasted to a blank rear flyleaf, with a panel of offset browning to the adjacent verso page. A very good copy in tanned and chipped dust wrapper, with an inch of loss from the base of the spine panel, and several further slivers of edge loss. The front flap of the wrapper is detached but included. The author's extremely uncommon first novel, a semi-autobiographical narrative which she continued with her second novel, 'Two Selves' (1923)..
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A Season in Sinji. A novel.
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A Season in Sinji. A novel.

by J.L.CARR.

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Alan Ross, London, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of Carr's scarce second novel. 8vo. 192pp. Brown boards lettered in gold at the spine. Several miniscule blemishes to the top edge, else a virtually fine copy in price-clipped dust wrapper, fractionally chafed at the top edge and with a shade or two of fading to the spine panel. Carr's second novel, drawn from his own experiences as an intelligence officer stationed at RAF Bathurst in Gambia and featuring a wonderfully bizarre cricket match..
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The Poorhouse Fair. A novel.
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The Poorhouse Fair. A novel.

by JOHN UPDIKE.

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Victor Gollancz, London, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 185pp. Pink pebbled cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A small smudge to the front free endpaper, and three tiny instances of very light miscellaneous soiling to the fore edge. Very good indeed in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, somewhat tanned at the spine panel with five tiny enclosed areas of loss, and a little rubbed at extremities with two tiny closed tears and several further slivers of loss. The author's second book and first novel - extremely elusive in this UK edition (which was issued the same year as the more common US edition)..
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Black Mischief.
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Black Mischief.

by EVELYN WAUGH.

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Chapman & Hall, London, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 303pp. Original publisher's 'snakeskin' cloth, lettered in gold at the spine. With a frontispiece map, unaccredited but drawn by the author. Top edge lightly dust soiled and with a hint of wear to the backstrip ends, a tiny nick to the fore edge of the rear free endpaper and a pinprick or two of light occasional margin spotting. A very good copy in a good example of the uncommon dust wrapper: a little dust soiled, with several slivers of loss to the spine ends, and an additional small enclosed area of loss and some accompanying surface abrasion. A small area of miscellaneous red staining to the base of the rear panel, and the rear panel-spine panel join tender. The author's third novel. Davis, Doyle &c viii..
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Where Angels Fear to Tread. A novel.
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Where Angels Fear to Tread. A novel.

by E.M.FORSTER.

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William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1906. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second impression of the first edition, issued three months after the original impression. 319pp + lxiv publisher's catalogue at the rear. Original publisher's two-tone boards, lettered in gilt at the spine and in the black at the upper board. Top edge dust soiled and with a touch of light marking to the cloth in two or three places. Spine ends and corner tips a little rubbed, and with some browning to the endpapers and a touch of occasional marking to the leaf margins. A nice crisp bright copy. Forster's first book was originally published in October 1905 with a print run of 1,050 copies; this second impression followed three months later with a print run of 526 copies..
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Development. A novel.
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Development. A novel.

by BRYHER

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Constable, London, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 187pp. Brown cloth, lettered in black at the spine and upper board and with a black-stamped decoration. Top edge dust marked, and with just a touch of rubbing to the spine ends and corner tips. Newspaper clippings have been pasted to the rear pastedown and free endpaper, along with some pencilled notes (which could easily be erased), and a third clipping is pasted to a blank rear flyleaf, with a panel of offset browning to the adjacent verso page. A very good copy in tanned and chipped dust wrapper, with an inch of loss from the base of the spine panel, and several further slivers of edge loss. The front flap of the wrapper is detached but included. The author's extremely uncommon first novel, a semi-autobiographical narrative which she continued with her second novel, 'Two Selves' (1923)..
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The Heart of the Matter     A Novel
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The Heart of the Matter A Novel

by Graham Greene

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London : William Heinemann, 1948. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A first edition copy of this award winning novel by leading 20th century author, Graham Greene. With the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Heart of the Matter' draws on Greene's own experiences as a British intelligence officer in Freetown, British Sierra Leone. An award winning novel, this work won the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Graham Greene was a leading 20th century novelist. He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for Literature twice and wrote over 25 novels total. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Small tidemark to the bottom of front and rear board. Dustwrapper is sound. Sunning to the spine. Tidemark to the wrap, to the bottom of the spine and to the rear wrap. Tidemarks to the flyleafs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with just the odd spots to pages. Very Good
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THE TIE MAN’S MIRACLE.

THE TIE MAN’S MIRACLE.

by Schnur, Steven

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New York: Morrow Junior Books., 1995. First edition.. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Stephen T. Johnson. Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson. New York: Morrow Junior Books, (1995). First edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket. faint rumpling to the jacket, otherwise near fine. ISBN: 0688134645
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Gold
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Gold

by Eugene O'Neill

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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories

by Cohen, Leonard

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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

by Traven, B

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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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The Sky and the Forest
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The Sky and the Forest

by Forester, C.S

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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Samuel The Seeker

by Sinclair, Upton

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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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The Mudlark

The Mudlark

by Bonnett, Theodore

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Doubleday & Co., 1949. Used-very good. Hard Bound
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head

by Claire Huchet Bishop

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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Mr. Munchausen
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Mr. Munchausen

by John Kendrick Bangs

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Mr. Munchausen .Used. Noyes, Platt & Company, Boston, 1901 First Edition. ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL, . artist/author of the "Hole Book" series. Used. Very Good / No DJ if originally issued. Front cover illustration in good shape. All colour plates present and affixed to the binding. No dust jacket is included if issued. Tight binding, gutters intact. Pages are fairly bright. A nice copy. Readers should get a Bangs out of it. 180 pages plus adverts.
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