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London: Chatto & Windus, (1987). First edition, first printing. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper, boldly titled, has some light shelf wear. It has one closed tear to the bottom edge and very slight foxing to the top of the flaps. It has not been price clipped. The boards are sharp in the publisher's green cloth, with the gilt motif shining. The text blocks are clean throughout, as are the internals. Overall, this is a near fine copy of a seminal title.Set in the prior after the American Civil War.
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Beloved
by Morrison, Toni
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Billy Liar AND Billy Liar on the Moon
by Waterhouse, Keith
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London: Michael Joseph, (1959-1975). First editions, first printings. These are very near fine copies. Billy Liar's wrapper, designed by William Belcher, has some light handling marks to both panels and very light shelf wear. It has not been price clipped (13s 6d net) and is free from inscriptions. The text blocks are immaculate. Billy Liar on the Moon has very little wear to note, aside from some slight shelf wear. It is a touch sunned at the spine and has not been price clipped (£3.00 net). The author's signature is flat signed in black ink to the full title page. It is free from additional inscriptions and the text blocks are bright and white throughout. A very near fine pair. The semi-comical story is about William Fisher, a working-class 19-year-old living with his parents in the fictional town of Stradhoughton in Yorkshire. Bored by his job as a lowly clerk for an undertaker, Billy spends his time indulging in fantasies and dreams of life in the big city as a comedy writer. The sequel is a…
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Boy
by Dahl, Roald
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London: Jonathan Cape, (1984). First edition, first printing. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper has some light scuffing and light shelf wear. It has been neatly price clipped. The boards are fine in the publisher's blue cloth, slight bumped at the corners and tips. The text blocks are clean throughout. There is a previous owner's inscription to the verso of the front fly in blue ink. This copy is in very good (or better) condition.Tales from childhood.
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Brake-Pedal Down
by Bratby, John
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London: Hutchinson, (1962). First edition, first printing. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper, designed by the author, is generally clean throughout with some traces of shelf wear and wear at the corners. There is some foxing to the verso. It has not been price clipped showing the original 30s net price. The boards are free from notable wear but have a mild lean and light marking. The text blocks are clean, though with some light foxing at the top edge. Overall, this is a near fine copy.The third of Bratby's luridly autobiographical works.
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Break 50 Kill (Review Copy)
by Bratby, John
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London: Hutchinson, (1963). First edition, first printing. Review copy. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper, designed by the author, is generally clean throughout with some traces of shelf wear. It has not been price clipped showing the original 30s net price. The publisher's review slip is loosely inserted, showing the original publication date of 28.10.63. The boards are free from notable wear and the text blocks are clean, though with some light foxing at the top edge. Overall, this is a near fine copy.The fourth of Bratby's luridly autobiographical works.
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Breakfast of Champions
by Vonnegut, Kurt Jr.
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London: Jonathan Cape, (1973). First edition, first printing. This is a fine copy. The comical Grahame Berney dust wrapper has some light surface marking, but no further wear to note. It has been neatly price clipped but retains the original £2.25 net price. The boards are free from wear and the titling bright. The text blocks are free from foxing. The internals are free from previous owner's ink. This is a fine copy.The author's seventh novel.
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The Brynmor Jones Library 1929-1979
by Larkin, Philip; Dawes, Eddie
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Hull: The University of Hull, 1979. First edition, one of 600 copies. This is a fine copy. The laminate pictorial covers are without notable marks, though slightly toned at the top edge. The text blocks are bright and clean throughout. Without the errata slip. Loosely inserted is an invitation addressed to Professor Eddie Dawes from Richard Heseltine, the former Director of Academic Services and Librarian at the Brynmor Jones Library. The recipient, from whose library this copy comes, was, amongst other things, Chairman of the Library Committee from 1974 to 1987 (ten years of which were spent alongside Larkin); Eddie was also the founding chairman of The Philip Larkin Society. Overall, this is a fine association between text and recipient.Philip Larkin's short history of the University of Hull's Brynmor Jones Library, at which he was University Librarian from 1955 until his death three decades later.
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