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New York: Random House, 1990. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Pp. xx, 553. Illustrated: (8) pp. of plates. Index.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Boards. Pp. (xii), 404. Illustrated: (16) pp. of plates. Index. Ayer (1910-89) was an English philosopher who from his position at Oxford University and much exposure on radio and television had an important impact on British society. He was also, late in life, President of the British Humanist Association and the Homosexual Reform Society.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1972. Fifth edition, revised. Hardcover. Bookplate pasted to first free end-paper; some foxing; else near fine copy/several small tears repaired with tape. 8v0. Cloth. Pp. 212. A very useful reference for book collectors, with definitions of such things as fore-edge paintings, hard-grain morocco, india paper, and tree calf.

London: Macmillan, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Corners worn. Very very good copy. Large 8vo. Cloth-backed boards with printed label. Edges untrimmed. Pp. xii, 272. Spare label. One of 200 large-paper copies signed by the author.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Small 4to. Boards. Pp. 288. Illustrated. Index. Translated by Graham Edwards, Nicholas Elliott, Elizabeth Nash, and Molly Stevens. With many individual references to the most notable photographers of the past.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/price-clipped. 8vo. Cloth. Pp. x, 246. Illustrated. Checklist. Index. This is a celebration of the many British writers who have gone abroad and written about their experiences

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Two-tone boards. Pp. (vi), 456, (ii).

Cloth with envelope pasted on front cover. Pp. 336. Illustrated. Index. Apparently issued without a dust-wrapper. Extra postage charge for this book because of its weight and size.With listings of all winners, in all categories, up to the year 2002.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Pp. 432. Illustrated: 32 pp. of plates. Index.

New York: Bantam Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Originally published in Great Britain as "Expensive habits".

Blairgowrie: Perth and Kinross Fabian Society, N.d.. First edition. Broadside. Very good copy. 20 pp. stapled into paper wrappers. Inscribed by the author and dated in November 1974.

BBC Video, 1992. DVD Movie. Fine copy/fine. DVD movie. 4:3 format. 102 minutes. Closed captions. Fine copy with original liner notes. Based on the novel by George Eliot. Adapted by Maggie Wadey. Directed by Giles Foster. Starring Iain Glen, Patsy Kennit, Susannah Harker. BBC Video. 2007.

London: Heinemann, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/slightly frayed. 8vo. Boards. Pp. (vi), 218.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1984. First American edition. Hardcover. Cloth a bit soiled, else fine copy./Fine. 8vo. Pp. viii, 456. Index. Translation of "La cérémonie des adieux" by Patrick O'Brien.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Pp. xii, 340. Frontispiece photograph. Index.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near fine copy/very good (torn in several places). 4to. Leatherette boards. Pp. 304. Illustrated. Dictionary. Index Dj torn in several places, else near fine copy Originally published in Britain .

Fox Lorber Films, 2000. DVD Movie. Fine copy. DVD with widescreen format. 95 minutes. In French with English subtitles. Starring Sami Bouajila, Patachou, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Charly Sergue, Philippe Garziano, Maurice Bénichou.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Back-strip faded; edges foxed; else very good copy. 8vo. Red cloth. Pp. (x), 330. Frontispiece portrait by Dame Laura Knight. Includes 8 pp. of photocopied expurgations in the author's hand. Also laid in is a 12-page Davis & Orioli booksellers' catalogue of first editions, undated but probably from the late 1930s. Pino Orioli (1884-1942) was a friend of Norman Douglas, Richard Aldington, and D. H. Lawrence. In 1928 he undertook to publish in Italy the first edition ofLady Chatterley's Lover, in an unexpurgated edition of 1000 copies. Later, he had a bookshop at 30 Museum Street, London. This memoir had included various imprudent comments about his experiences as a gay man. But because such activities were illegal in Britain in the 1930s, discretion forbade them to be published and so they were excised. However the manuscript still exists, and these photocopies show what was expurgated: "Mr. Bartlett … offered me a drink, asked what… Read More

Paramount, 1981. DVD Movie. Fine copy/fine slip-case. 4 disc set with three films: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and The Last Crusade, plus a generous 3 hours of bonus material. Widescreen format.

DVD movie. Starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. 119 minutes. Color. Widescreen format. With optional audio commentary by singer Marni Nixon and by film historian Joseph McBride. English subtitles available. Fine copy with original liner notes.