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THE LIFE AND WORKS OF MANET.

Harris, Nathaniel, · 1994

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Parragon Book Services Ltd., UK, 1994, 1st edn., 79pp, full colour ills. of 50 works, 8 x 8", laminated pictorial bds., matching dw, a selection of works and brief biography of the French impressionist, Edouard Manet, neat ink name/date front free endpaper, dustwrapper: ligh...

THE LIFE AND WORKS OF CEZANNE.

Swinglehurst, Edmund, · 1994

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Parragon Book Services Ltd., UK, 1994, 1st edn., 79pp, full colour ills. of 50 works, 8 x 8", laminated pictorial bds., matching dw, a selection of works and brief biography of the French impressionist, Paul Cezanne, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems and surface lower pa...

BEYOND THE BLACK STUMP.

Shute, Nevil, · 1956

£8.40 (€10.07 | $11.10 | ¥1,772)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1956, 1st edn., [vi], 297pp, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper with wraparound design by Val Biro, the clash of cultures of oil drilling and sheep farming in Australia, slightly cocked, a little rubbed at spine ends and...

THE BUDDING MORROW.

Bell, Adrian, · 1946

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1946, 1st edn., 170pp, blue cloth gilt, col'd decorated lettered dustwrapper, an account of farming of the period and an appreciation of the changes in farming from the horse to the tractor, slight sunning to spine ends, dustwrapper: rubbed ...

THE BUDDING MORROW.

Bell, Adrian, · 1946

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1946, 1st edn., 170pp, blue cloth gilt, col'd decorated lettered dustwrapper, an account of farming of the period and an appreciation of the changes in farming from the horse to the tractor, very slight sunning to cloth of upper bd. in desig...

BRONZE EAGLES.

Selby-Lowndes, Joan, · 1946

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Collins, London, 1946, 1st edn., 192pp, plan and in text line drawings by author, lemon yellow cloth lettered in red, lower edge uncut, pictorial dw, the author's 2nd book, set in Caesar's Rome and Boadicea's England, two Roman brothers set out to uncover a plot and right the...

ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER.

Christie, Agatha, · 1975

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 160pp, #3930, pictorial upper wrapper by Tom Adams, an Hercule Poirot story, sl. slant to spine with faint vertical crease, lightly rubbed at extrems. with short nick. tail of upper hinge, light diag. crease lower cnr. upper w...

THE CLOCKS.

Christie, Agatha, · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1971, 9th imp., paperback, 221pp, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an Hercule Poirot storysl. roll and slant to spine with light vertical creasing at spine and hinges, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good,

SAD CYPRESS.

Christie, Agatha, · 1981

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan, London, 1981, 7th printing, paperback, 189pp, [iii] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, an Hercule Poirot story, v. sl. rubbed at tips, edges tanned, 5 line inscr. half title, very good plus,

NEMESIS.

Christie, Agatha, · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, #3458, pictorial upper wrapper by Tom Adams, a Miss Marple story, sl. slant to spine with light vertical crease, light crease upper wrapper, edges tanned and small ink mark upper edge, light foxing to edges and prelims,...

DARK RIVERS OF THE HEART.

Koontz, Dean, · 1995

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Headline, London, 1995, paperback, fine,

GRAINS OF SAND.

Harris, A. M., · 1969

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Mayflower Paperbacks, London, 1969, 1st in imprint, paperback, 158pp, [ii] blank and ad., pictorial wrappers, a commando rescue mission into North Korea, sl. creased at spine, sl. rubbed at extrems, edges browned, very good,

THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott, · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1974, paperback, sl. spine roll and creasing, v. sl. rubbed at extrems, very good,

THE LAST TYCOON.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott, · 1974

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1974, paperback, v. sl. rubbed at extrems, near fine,

TENDER IS THE NIGHT.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott, · 1974

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1974, paperbackv. sl. rubbed at extrems, near fine,

CLAYHANGER.

Bennett, Arnold, · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1976, paperback,first volume of Clayhanger trilogy, black crayon mark lower edge, crease lower wrapper, good plus,

GIGGLING IN THE SHRUBBERY.

Marshall, Arthur (ed.), illus. by Tim Jaques, · 1985

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1985, 1st edn., 198pp, line drawings by Tim Jaques, green cloth type paper covered bds. gilt, memories and experiences of some of those who attended English girls' boarding schools, lightly bumped at top cnrs., 4 line ink inscr. ffep., dustwrapper: price clip...

FIRST WORLD WAR.

Gilbert, Martin, · 1995

£10.80 (€12.95 | $14.27 | ¥2,278)

Harper Collins, London, 1995, 1st in imprint, large format paperback, 616pp, 40pp half tone poto ills., 31 maps in text, illustrated paper wrappers, 'magnificent history of this terrible conflict charts week by week the events and horrors of the battles on the Eastern and Wes...

HMS MARLBOROUGH WILL ENTER HARBOUR.

Monsarrat, Nicholas (ill. James Holland), · 1952

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Cassell, London, 1952, 1st thus, 93pp, double pictorial title and 18 two colour in text illustrations by James Holland, large format about 10 x 8 inches, purple cloth covered bds. lettered in white at spine, decorated in white upper bd., wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Ho...

VIAN SMITH'S PARADE OF HORSES.

Smith, Vian, · 1970

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Longman, London, 1970, 1st edn., 140pp, frontis port and 8pp half tone photo ills., many in text line drawings by Michael Charlton, deep ochre cloth gilt, dustwrapper by Michael Charlton, the author's tribute to working horses, from the farm to the barge, the steeplechaser to...