Letteratura

4 books - Bats fly up for Inspector Ghote; I. G. hunts the peacock; I. G. trusts the heart; I. G. breaks an egg.

Keating, H. R. F · 1974 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Penguin, 1974. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Four clean paperbacks, all are 1st printings in the Penguin crime series. Very Good.

Ending up.

Amis, Kingsley · 1974 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1974. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright dustjacket, clipped & repriced by the publisher. Appears little used. 176 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Saturday the rabbi went hungry.

Kemelman, Harry · 1966 · Aucott & Thomas

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

U S A: Crown Publishers, 1966. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright priceclipped dustjacket (British price 10/6d pencilled in) which is lightly chipped at the corners. Appears little used. 250 pag...

Little Red.

Piper, Roberta · 1965 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Methuen, 1965. First British Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges, has small chip at top edge of back cover and is tanned on the back page. 138 pages, illustrations in the text by ...

Beware of the vet.

Cole, Babette · 1982 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, landscape format hardback bound in glossy pictorial boards, spine pulled at both ends, boards worn at corners, name inside front board. 38 pages, colour illustrations in the text and on endpapers. Fair.

The documents in the case.

Sayers, Dorothy L. & Eustace, Robert · 1930 · Aucott & Thomas

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

Ernest Benn Limited, 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in original black cloth with orange titles, boards have minor creasing, new endpapers, page edges foxed and stained at top edge, no inscriptions. 288 pages. Good with no dust jacket.

The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club.

Sayers, Dorothy L. · 1928 · Aucott & Thomas

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly rebound in dark blue cloth with gilt titles, new endpapers, some internal strengthening, no inscriptions. Rebinder has cut pages excessively so that header partially cut through at top ...

The pageant.

Mackenzie, Kathleen · 1964 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Evans Brothers Limited, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a price clipped dustjacket which is creased and chipped at the edges. 176 pages, illustrations in the text by Violet Morgan. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

3 pony stories first published in the 1990s: The midnight horse in the Sandy Lane Stables series, with, Sweet Charity in the Perfect Ponies series, with, The Connemara whirlwind.

Bates, Michelle; Daniels, Lucy & Henning Ann · 1975 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Everest Books, 1975. Reprint. Softcover. 3 clean and tightly bound paperbacks, card covers rubbed, no inscriptions. Whrlwind has creased covers and rippling at top of last 40 pages.100, 120 & 200 pages. Good.

Japhet & Happy annual 1951 and 1952 (2 books).

Horrabin, J. F. & Starr, Kathleen · 1951 · Aucott & Thomas

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

News Chronicle Publications, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 1951: Clean, landscape format hardback bound in quarter red cloth with pictorial boards, boards rubbed at edges, name inside front board. 64 pages, colour illustrations in the text. First story is How does your garde...

Poetry & prose.

Browning, Robert & Milford, Sir Humphrey (ed) · 1941 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1941. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean, small format, tightly bound hardback book, endpapers tanned, edges foxed, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is marked and has loss at spine ends and foldovers. xxxii + 204 pages, frontispiece, note...

King John.

Shakespeare, William & Black, Ebenezer, Charlton (ed) · 1929 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

U.S.A: Ginn and Company, 1929. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean, small format hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, cloth has minor rubbing at corners and white mark (paint?) on top edge of front cover, name on front pastedown otherwise no inscriptions. 124 ...

Le roi des montagnes.

About, Edmond · 1904 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

France: Librairie Hachette, 1904. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in a prize binding [by Relfe Brothers of London] of dark green calf with gilt titles on a red panel, raised spine bands, marbled edges & endpapers, rubbing at corners, prize inscription on secon...

The Secret Seven, with, Well done Secret Seven [two books].

Blyton, Enid · 1965 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Leicester: Brockhampton Press Ltd. 1965. Reprint; Twelfth Printing. Hardcover. Pair of clean, tightly bound books, in bright unclipped dustjackets which are worn and chipped and creased at the edges. Reprints of the first and third Secret Seven adventures (1965 & 1973), illust...

The works of William Shakespeare gathered into one volume.

Shakespeare, William · 1934 · Aucott & Thomas

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press & Basil Blackwell, 1934. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in brown leather with gilt titles and embossed decoration, boards detached, leather is rubbed at spine & corners, page edges gilt, gift inscription on front endpaper dated 1936. 12...

The Pratchett portfolio: A compendium of characters from the Discworld.

Pratchett, Terry · 1998 · Aucott & Thomas

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1998. Reprint; Third Printing. Softcover. Clean, large format, tightly bound paperback, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 30 pages, illustrations in the text by Paul Kidby. Very Good.

Water gypsies or Tag, Rag and Bobtail.

Meade, L. T. · 1879 · Aucott & Thomas

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

John F. Shaw and Co. 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration, cloth rubbed & worn at corners and spine ends, repaired split at spine and backboard, prize inscription on front endpaper, dated midsummer 1880. 224...

Friends of Van.

Spender, Brenda E. · 1949 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Country Life Ltd. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, tightly bound hardback book with school prize label on front pastedown, endpapers foxed, in a price clipped dustjacket which is rubbed and chipped with small areas of loss at the edges and spine. 120 pages, illustrations...

School friend: no 321 July 7th 1956.

Melbourne, Ida; Armitage, Hazel et al · 1956 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

The Amalgamated Press Ltd. 1956. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound comic, stapled spine, pictorial covers chipped and tanned, pencil name at top of front cover and one competition scribbled on. 24 pages, illustrations in the text. The usual mix of strip cartoon...

They accused Stella Raven, with, Love's loneliness, with, Island Doctor..

Carr, Kathryn; Seymour, F. & Anon · 1955 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

Amalgamated Press, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. 3 clean, small format, tightly bound paperbacks, pictorial covers which are rubbed at edges and spine, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 64 pages. Stella is in the Lucky Star Library; Love's in the Glamour Library and Island ...