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Diary of a Spaceperson

CHRIS FOSS · 1990 · Marion Pitman Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Limpsfield, Surrey, Paper Tiger (Dragon's World). 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 1850280487) Hardcover. Ill.: Chris Foss. Book, A few slight creases to dustwrapper. Large format, many colour illustrations. Near Fine/Very Good.

Very Ordinary Seaman

J. P. W. MALLALIEU · 1948 · Marion Pitman Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Victor Gollancz. 1948, Seventh Impression, First Cheap Edition. Hardcover. Book, Spine dull, some browning edges and ends, dustwrapper bit discoloured and frayed. Good/Good.

Imaginary Biographies

VARIOUS AUTHORS · 1936 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, George Allen & Unwin. 1936, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Few spots of foxing; some fading to edges of boards; stamp of Royal Naval War Libraries on flyleaf; dustwrapper discoloured, and frayed at ends of spine. Arthur Bryant, T. R. Glover, Helen Simpson, Hilaire Bel...

Breaking Point

JACOB PRESSER · 1958 · Marion Pitman Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

London, Frederick Muller. 1958, First UK Edition. Hardcover. Book, Binding and dustwrapper waterstained, not really visible on front of wrapper, but binding is sound and text clean; wrapper price-clipped. Translated by Barrows Mussey from De Nacht der Girondijnen. Set in Weste...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

JOHN BUCHAN · 1927 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood. 1927, Thirteenth Impression. Hardcover. Book, Spine damaged - detached at back edge and bits missing top and bottom; edges worn; small address label on flyleaf. Contents good. Fair/No Jacket.

A Many-Splendoured Thing

HAN SUYIN · 1954 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Jonathan Cape. 1954, Fifth Impression. Hardcover. Book, Green cloth, gold titles on spine. Parts of dust-wrapper a bit darkened. Very Good/Very Good.

The Altar on Asconel / Android Avenger

JOHN BRUNNER / TED WHITE · 1965 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

New York, Ace. 1965, First Edition ?. Soft cover. Book, Ace Double. Pages brown, some wear to edges and spine. Good/No Jacket.

The Coils of Time / Into the Alternate Universe

A. BERTRAM CHANDLER · 1964 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

New York, Ace. 1964, First Edition ?. Soft cover. Book, Ace Double. Pages brown, some wear to corners and edges. Good/No Jacket.

Target: Terra / The Proxima Project

LAURENCE M. JANIFER & S. J. TREIBICH / JOHN RACKHAM · 1968 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York, Ace. 1968, First Edition ?. Soft cover. Book, Ace Double. Pages brown; Proxima Project cover has a small nick, and very small tears edges three pages. Good/No Jacket.

The Long Tomorrow

LEIGH BRACKETT · 1955 · Marion Pitman Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

New York, Ace. 1955, First Thus. Soft cover. Book, Pages brown, some creasing to cover, edges of spine worn. F-135. Good/No Jacket.

The Lost Giants

ALAN SCHOLEFIELD · 1989 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1989, First UK Edition. (ISBN: 0241124727) Hardcover. Book, Very slight marks on flyleaf, edges a little brown; dustwrapper has two tears of an inch or so to top edge at back. Set in Colorado in the 1860s; the giants are trees. Very Good/Good.

Betjeman

A. N. WILSON · 2006 · Marion Pitman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Hutchinson. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0091797020) Hardcover. Book, Very light spine lean, very slight wear to end of spine, small dent top edge back board. Dustwrapper price-clipped, with small tear at base of spine. "Betjeman Centenary 2006" sticker on front. Early ...

Supersozzled Nights, or, Htuoy's Backward Youth

JOHN RETY · 1953 · Marion Pitman Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London, Rubicon Press. 1953, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: John Addyman. Book, Yellow boards slightly discoloured in places; dustwrapper frayed, with bits missing but no serious loss to artwork. Author's first book. Good/Fair.

No Wind of Blame

GEORGETTE HEYER · 1952 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

London, Heinemann. 1952, New Edition. Hardcover. Book, Red cloth, gilt titles. Page edges brown, slight spine lean, slight wear to corners. Dustwrapper frayed and worn, half of spine missing; front cover artwork ok (A. J. Yates). Good/Poor.

Young Man with a Horn

DOROTHY BAKER · 1953 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

New York, Signet / New American Library. 1953, Second Printing. Soft cover. Book, Covers worn at edges, cracking between pages in a couple of places, generally sound. Nice cover art, signature blurred, might be Zuckerberg. Novel about a jazz musician. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

The Death of the Gods

DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI, TRANS. HERBERT TRENCH · 1904 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Archibald Constable & Co. 1904, Third Edition. Hardcover. Book, Green cloth, rather worn and faded, spine discoloured, corners bruised; name on flyleaf. Translated from the Russian. Good/No Jacket.

Three Loves for Cecily

FRANCES DEAN HANCOCK · 1964 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York, Lancer (Valentine). 1964, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Covers worn, some tears, page edges brown. Romance set in New Orleans, with largely irrelevant psychic investigator. Fair/No Jacket.

Hudson Rejoins the Herd

CLAUDE HOUGHTON · 1947 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, The Albatross. 1947, New Edition. Soft cover. Book, Glue has given way at spine and covers are only attached at back; some wear to covers; previous owner's name on half title; text clean and sound. Modern Continental Library no. 570. Good/No Jacket.

Roscoe Makes Good

HYLTON CLEAVER · 0 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. 9999, Reprint. Hardcover. Ill.: H M Brock. Book, Spine faded, few spots of foxing on edge. Boy's Pocket Library, no date, early 20th century. Frontispiece by H M Brock. Small format, embossed red cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

Dollar Covenant

MICHAEL SINCLAIR · 1973 · Marion Pitman Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

London, Victor Gollancz. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0575016124) Hardcover. Book, Near Fine/Very Good.