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THREE MEN IN NEW SUITS.

Priestley, J. B., · 1945 · A Book for all Reasons

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

William Heinemenn Ltd., London, 1945, 1st edn., [vi], 170pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, publishers device blind stamped lower board, plain lettered dustwrapper (unattrib.), a short novel about three de-mobbed servicemen, cocked, a little rubbed and bumped at e...

THEY WALK IN THE CITY - The Lovers in the Stone Forest.

Priestley, J. B., · 1936 · A Book for all Reasons

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1936, 1st edn., [x], 515pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, publishers device blind stamped lower board, a novel, light bumps top cnr. upper bd. and lower cnr. lower bd., a little rubbed at spine ends and tips, two small marks upper ...

PARTICULAR PLEASURES - being a personal record of some varied arts and many different artists,.

Priestley, J. B., · 1975 · A Book for all Reasons

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1975, 1st edn., 192pp, half tone frontis port. by Michael Noakes, numerous in text line drawings, col'd and half tone ills., crimson cloth type paper covered boards lettered in gilt at spine, decorative headband, col'd monatge dustwrapper by G...

MIDNIGHT ON THE DESERT - A Chapter of Autobiography.

Priestley, J. B., · 1937 · A Book for all Reasons

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1937, 1st edn., [x], 312pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, publishers device blind stamped lower board, a little rubbed at extrems., light foxing to edges, eps. a little browned, foxing to prelims and light mainly marginal foxing th...

JOURNEY DOWN A RAINBOW.

Priestley, J. B. and Hawkes, Jacquetta, · 1955 · A Book for all Reasons

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

William Heinemann Ltd. / The Cresset Press, London, 1955, 1st edn., xii, 289pp, green cloth with black title panel lettered in gilt at spine, top edge col'd, col'd decorated lettered dustwrapper by 'Sag', travel, lightly bumped at head of spine and lower cnrs., gilding a lit...

JENNY VILLIERS.

Priestley, J. B., · 1947 · A Book for all Reasons

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1947, 1st edn., [viii], 190pp, head and tail pieces by M. Elaine Hancock, dark blue cloth with variant decoration, lettered at spine and decorated upper board in gilt rather than silver, blind stamped lower board, col'd decorated lettered dust...

DAYLIGHT ON SATURDAY.

Priestley, J. B., · 1943 · A Book for all Reasons

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1943, 1st edn., [viii], 306pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, publishers device blind stamped lower board, a novel of the workers in an aircraft factory during WW2 Britain, sl. cocked, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., gilding...

ALBERT GOES THROUGH.

Priestley, J. B., · 1933 · A Book for all Reasons

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,742)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1933, 1st edn., 75pp, full page and in text ills. by Edmund Blampied, dark blue cloth lettered in red at spine, lettered and decorated in red upper board, a short story, a little rubbed at extrems., a few faint marks to cloth, edges browned, r...

FESTIVAL AT FARBRIDGE.

Priestley, J. B., · 1951 · A Book for all Reasons

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

William Heinemenn Ltd., London, 1951, 1st edn., 593pp, dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, top edge coloured, yellow silk marker, a novel of the Festival of Britain, light spot fore-edge, recased in new binding, near fine, no dustwrappe...

FARAWAY.

Priestley, J. B., · 1960 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Heron Books, London, ND (c1960's), 568pp, frontis port., dark blue simulated morocco, lettered in gilt in panels at spine, gilt decorations spine and upper board, decorative head and tail bands, pale blue silk marker, dec. eps., light bump tail of upper joint, top edge sl. d...

JOURNEY DOWN A RAINBOW.

Priestley, J. B. and Hawkes, Jacquetta, · 0 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Heron Books, London, ND reprint, xiv, 289pp, frontis port, dark blue simulated morocco, lettered in gilt in panels at spine, gilt decorations spine and upper board, decorative head and tail bands, pale blue silk marker, dec. eps., travel, pencil date on first blank, no dustwr...

THEY WALK IN THE CITY - The Lovers in the Stone Forest.

Priestley, J. B., · 1936 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1936, 3rd imp., 515pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pub. device in blind lower bd., novel, cocked, bumped, well rubbed, cloth torn at top of lower joint, hinge broken at first blank, cracked at final blank, etc, no dustwrapper, re...

OUT OF THE PEOPLE.

Priestley, J. B., · 1941 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Collins in assoc. with William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1941, 2nd imp., 127pp, variant orange cloth lettered in black at spine, dealing with Britain's problems of reconstruction after WW2, a proposal for a new and better social order, lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, top edg...

OUT OF THE PEOPLE.

Priestley, J. B., · 1941 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Collins in assoc. with William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1941, 2nd imp., 127pp, light brown cloth lettered in black at spine, dealing with Britain's problems of reconstruction after WW2, a proposal for a new and better social order, lightly rubbed at tips, top edge dusty, 2 lin...

ANGEL PAVEMENT.

Priestley, J. B., · 1930 · A Book for all Reasons

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1930, 4th imp., 613pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pub. device in blind lower bd., a novel of London, rubbed at spine ends and lightly at tips, top edge dusty, edges tanned, ink date and 4 line inscr. front free endpaper, light ...

LET THE PEOPLE SING.

Priestley, J. B., · 1940 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Book Club, London, 1940, club edn., 346pp, red cloth lettered in black, top edge col'd, a humerous novel of the people, cocked, rubbed, bumped, foxed, browned, etc, but still tight with complete text, no dustwrapper, reading copy only,

WONDER HERO.

Priestley, J. B., · 1933 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1933, 3rd imp., 321pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pub. device in blind lower bd., a novel, sl. cocked, rubbed at spine ends and cnrs., lightly bumped top cnr. upper bd., top edge dusty, light foxing fore and lower edges, 3 line ...

THEATRE OMNIBUS (Time and the Conways - Priestley, Golden Boy - Odets, The Corn Is Green - Williams).

Priestley, J. B. , Odets, Clifford and Williams, Emlyn, · 1941 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Readers Union, London, 1941, 279pp, beige cloth lettered in red and dec. in blue at spine, RU was a book club but it is believed that this is the first publication in a collection thus, three plays, a little bumped and rubbed at extrems., spine and edges of bds. sunned, edges...

THEATRE OMNIBUS (Time and the Conways - Priestley, Golden Boy - Odets, The Corn Is Green - Williams).

Priestley, J. B. , Odets, Clifford and Williams, Emlyn, · 1941 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Readers Union, London, 1941, 279pp, beige cloth lettered in red and dec. in blue at spine, RU was a book club but it is believed that this is the first publication in a collection thus, three plays, a little bumped and rubbed at extrems., spine sunned, edges dusty, 2 line ink...

ANGEL PAVEMENT.

Priestley, J. B., · 1930 · A Book for all Reasons

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1930, 2nd imp., 613pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pub. device in blind lower bd., a novel of London, bumped at head of spine and top cnrs., lightly rubbed at tips, top edge sl. dusty, no dustwrapper, good plus,