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THE 27TH DAY.

Mantley, John, · 1958

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Beacon Books / Odhams Press, London, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 256pp, #B 26, pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), sl. slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

WHEN THE EARTH DIED.

Mannheim, Karl, · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Five Star Paperbacks / PBS Ltd., Manchester, 1972, 1st edn., paperback original, 128pp, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

THE MAN WHO OWNED THE WORLD.

Maine, Charles Eric, · 1963

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Panther, London, 1963, 1st in imprint, paperback, 123pp, [v] ads., #1610, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), priced for Australia, sl. slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

COUNT-DOWN.

Maine, Charles Eric, · 1961

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Corgi Books, London, 1961, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, [iii] ads., #SS971, pictorial upper wrapper (Richards?), very sl. slant to spine, faint crease upper hinge, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

BEAST - Biological Evolutionary Animal Simulation Test.

Maine, Charles Eric, · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hodder Paperbacks, London, 1967, 1st in imprint, paperback, 190pp, pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), lightly rubbed at tips, small stab corner of spine/upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

Agent of T.E.R.R.A. #3 - THE EMERALD ELEPHANT GAMBIT.

Maddock, Larry, · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ace Books, New York, ND (copyright 1967), paperback, 158pp inc. 1pp Author's Note, [ii] ads., #G-644, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), edgfes coloured, added UK price label upper wrapper, sl. slant to spine, very faint creases spine and upper wrapper, a little rubbed at e...

THE DEADLY SUN.

MacGregor, Richard, · 1964

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Digit Books, London, 1964, 1st edn., paperback original, 158pp, #R856, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), lightly rubbed at extrems., binding very slightly rippled and very faint crtease upper hinge, edges tanned, original fore-edge trimming at oblique angle, very good,

PLANET OF THE DREAMERS.

MacDonald, John D., · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Viking Press, London, ND, paperback, 189pp, [iii] ads., #S.F.228, pictorial wrappers by 'RWS', edges coloured, sl. slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing upper wrapper, good plus,

THE SCREAMING FACE.

Lymington, John, · 1970

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Macfadden-Bartell, New York, 1970, 1st in imprint US, paperback, 144pp, pictorial upper wrapper, edges coloured, added UK price label upper wrapper, crease across centre of spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., good plus,

THE GREY ONES.

Lymington, John, · 1962

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi Books, London, 1962, 1st in imprint, paperback, 126pp, [ii] ads., #SS1227, pictorial upper wrapper by 'Kirby', lightly rubbed at tips, light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

THE COMING OF THE STRANGERS.

Lymington, John, · 1963

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi Books, London, 1963, 1st in imprint, paperback, 142pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Josh Kirby, faint crease in spine, a little rubbed at extrems. esp. tail of spine, edges tanned, very good,

ALICE'S WORLD.

Lundwall, Sa. J., · 1975

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow Books, London, 1975, 1st edn. UK, paperback original, 112pp, wraparound pictorial cover art by 'Bergen', sl. slant and sunning to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

IT WAS THE DAY OF THE ROBOT.

Long, Frank Belknap, · 1963

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Belmont Books, New York, 1963, 1st in imprint US, paperback, 141pp, [iii] ads., pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), edges coloured, lightly rubbed at tips, faint creasing to wrappers, very good,

THE CARETAKER.

Pinter, Harold, · 1960

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Samuel French, London, ND (copyright 1960), acting edition, trade paperback, [iv], 50pp, [ii], stage plan in line, blue paper wrappers lettered in maroon, a play in three acts, the acting edition with furniture and property list, lighting and effects plots, and details of fir...

THE CANTERBURY TALES.

Chaucer, Geoffrey (translated by Nevill Coghill), · 1961

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1961, reprint, paperback, 521pp, [i] blank, [vi] ads., lettered wrapper with vignette in line upper wrapper, in 'The Penguin Classics' series, sl. slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing and soiling to wrappers, edges tanned, old se...

VOLPONE or The Fox.

Jonson, Ben (edited by David Cooke), · 1962

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Methuen, London, 1962, new edition, 256pp, decorated and lettered cloth, in the Methuen's English Classics series, edges sl. dusty, old sello stains to endpapers, ink name front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good,

THE REASON WHY.

Woodham-Smith, Cecil, · 1960

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1960, reprint, paperback, 287pp, [1] blank, 128pp, decorated orange and white wrappers, an account of the charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, with details of the events and peronalities involved, tiny ni...

SELECTED POEMS.

C. Day Lewis, · 1951

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1951, 1st in this selection, paperback, 128pp, lettered and decorated wrappers, in 'The Penguin Poets' series, a selection of poems made by the author, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, ink name/date insie upper wrapper, very good,

PLAYS : ONE - Blood Wedding; Dona Rosita the Spinster; Yerma.

Lorca, Federico Garcia (intro Gwynne Edwards), · 1991

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Methuen Drama, London, 1991, reprint, paperback, 208pp, pictorial wrappers (detail from Guernica), three plays from Spain's most celebrated dramatist - a casualty of the Civil War in 1936 - translated into English, a little rubbed at extrems., very good,

THE ROSE TATTOO and CAMINO REAL.

Williams, Tennessee (intro. and edited by E. Martin Browne), · 1958

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 233pp, [i] blank, [vi] ads., coloured lettered wrappers, in the 'Penguin Plays' series, includes cast details for the first New York production of The Rose Tattoo and the first London production of Camino Real, a ...