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Gunby Hadath · 1926 · Dodman Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,693)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1st Edition, ND. 1926 - WorldCat. All in VG if a little toned condition with some light spotting to interior edges and exterior of block. Blue pictorial boards have dulled gilt titling to lightly faded spine. Corners gently bumped corners. 8vo. 3...

Selected Poems

D M Thomas · 1983 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing, Second printing of first edition. Block in neat near fine condition with smart brown boards and bright gilt titling to spine. Clipped d/j is VG with price sticker to inner front flap. 8vo. xi. 130pp, Near Fine, Very Good, 8v...

The Hamish Hamilton Book of Kings

Eleanor Farjeon, William Mayne (eds) · 1964 · Dodman Books

£22.50 (€26.97 | $29.73 | ¥4,748)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, All in VG+ smart internal order with blue tint to top of block. Bump to base of spine has left some internal creasing. Some light spotting to front and rear endpapers and small bookshop sticker to front pastedown. Neat black ...

OUTPOSTS Number 71 Winter 1966

Howard Sergeant (ed) · 1966 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Outpost Publications, Literary journal with contributions from Thomas Blackburn, D M Thomas, Philip Hobsbaum and Dannie Abse among others. All in good internal order with clean and bright pages and thick card covers, these a little grubby with light wear to edges. 8vo....

Return Of the Fast Gun

John Kilgore · 1961 · Dodman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Robert Hale, 1st Edition, Ex-library copy, but bar labels etc.to endpapers, no further markings. All in general good internal order with some spotting/toning to edge of block, but this not intruding onto pages. Light wear only to smart red boards with crisp black titli...

Marie Taglioni (1804-1884)

Andre Levinson; Cyril W Beaumont (tr) · 1930 · Dodman Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Imperial Society Of Teachers Of Dancing, Unnumbered copy from the limited edition of 425. Foxing throughout, occasionally heavy. Otherwise all in VG internal order. No inscriptions. Cream cloth with bright gilt decoration and titling, dulled towards foot of spine. 8vo....

The Year Of The Horsetails

R F Tapsell · 1967 · Dodman Books

£37.25 (€44.66 | $49.22 | ¥7,861)

London, Hutchinson, 1st Edition, "Gloriously old-fashioned blood and thunder historical novel", set in the middle/dark ages on the Eurasian steppes. Hard to find in this first UK edition. All in VG+, crisp, clean and bright internal order, bar a small nick to upper edge of fir...

The Hired Baby / The Merry Men

Marie Corelli / Robert Louis Stevenson · 1891 · Dodman Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, Two Tauchnitz editions bound as one, being: The Hired Baby With Other Stories And Social Sketches, by Corelli, and The Merry Men And Other Tales And Fables, by Stevenson. Nos. 2722 and 2755 respectively in the publisher's Collection of British Auth...

The Gold Bug

Edgar Allan Poe · 1960 · Dodman Books

£16.75 (€20.08 | $22.13 | ¥3,535)

London, Digit Books / Brown, Watson, ND. 1960 (World Cat). Poe story collection with dramatic cover artwork from Robert A Osborne. Stock toned but otherwise all in VG internal order. Light wear only to card covers. Hard to find in this edition. 12mo. 160pp, Very Good, No Jacke...

AFKE'S TEN Told From The Dutch Of Ninke Van Hichtum

Marie Kiersted Pidgeon · 1945 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, First Penguin edition. Spotting to block edge, but this barely intruding onto pages which remain clean and bright throughout. Light wear only to card covers. 12mo. 119pp + publisher's ad, J M Kupfer, Very Good, No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall...

The Creaking Door

Hilda Bridges · 1950 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London, T V Boardman And Company, Australian-set mystery in Boardman's Red Arrow Books series. Stock toned, but otherwise all in good internal order. Paper covers a little creased, moreso to leading edge. 12no. 128pp, Good, No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall, 128

The Crew Of The Anaconda

A G Macdonell · 1950 · Dodman Books

£14.75 (€17.68 | $19.49 | ¥3,113)

London, Pan Books, First Pan edition and, bar light toning to page edges, in VG order throughout. Light wear only to smart covers with some minor toning to rear. 12mo. 250pp + publisher's ads, Very Good, No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall, 250

Brief Loves That Live Forever

Andreï Makine; Geoffrey Strachan (trs) · 2014 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, MacLehose Press, Gift inscription to title page, signed by translator. All in VG+ crisp and clean internal order. Light wear only to card covers. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 176pp, Signed by Author(s), Very Good, No Jacket, ...

The Woman Who Waited

Andrei Makine; Geoffrey Strachan (trs) · 2006 · Dodman Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

London, Sceptre, Gift inscription to title page, signed by translator. A few minor spots to edge of block, but internally all is in VG+, crisp, clean and bright order. Plum boards with crisp white titling to spine. VG+ unclipped d/j a little faded to spine. This is a charity s...

The Dramatic Student's Approach To His Make-Up

Charles Thomas · 1951 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, J Garnet Miller, 1st Edition, In which Thomas, staff tutor at the British Drama League, rather reluctantly answers students' questions on aspects of stage make-up. Spotting to block edge, but internally all is in VG clean and bright order. Smart red boards with black t...

PROSPICE Volume One

J C R Green, Michael Edwards, Martin Booth (eds) · 1973 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Shirley, The Aquila Publishing Company, 1st Edition, First issue of well regarded literary journal with contributions from Adrian Henri, George Macbeth and Douglas Dunn among others. All in VG order bar some light marking to front and rear covers. Aquila Spring Titles list lai...

Death In High Provence

George Bellairs · 1957 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, The Thriller Book Club, All in good internal order with some spotting to edges of block. No inscriptions. Pale blue boards lightly worn with a little fading to extremities. Unclipped d/j well worn with extensive tape repairs. 12mo. 224pp, Good, Fair, 12mo, 224

PENGUIN MODERN POETS 13 Charles Bukowski, Philip Lamantia, Harold Norse

Charles Bukowski; Philip Lamantia; Harold Norse · 1970 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing, All in VG internal order condition with former owner's name to title page and sticker to ifc. Pictorial card cover in good condition with a little surface rubbing and wear to edges. 12mo. 176pp, Very Good, No Jacket, 12m...

The Gilbert & Sullivan Book

Leslie Baily · 1953 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Cassel & Company, 3rd Edition, "With 10 colour plates and 400 illustrations in the text". Block in VG internal order with pages neat throughout with red tint to upper edge. Smart boards have gilt titling to spine and some fading to foot and head where d/j missing. Unc...

The Late Mrs D

Hillary Waugh · 1965 · Dodman Books

£11.25 (€13.49 | $14.87 | ¥2,374)

London, Pan Books, Well crafted Fred Fellows detective story in first UK paperback edition. Bar light toning to stock, all in VG crisp clean and bright internal order. Minimal wear to smart card covers. 12mo. 188pp + publisher's ads., Very Good, No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾"...