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A STRAIGHT DEAL or The Ancient Grudge.

Wister, Owen, · 1928

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Macmillan, London, 1928, Caravan Library edn., 275pp, ii ads., red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, blind stamped upper board, sl. cocked, rubbed and a little bumped at extrems., spine sunned and a little damp stained at tail, top edge dusty, all edges browned, ...

THE WOODEN HORSE.

Williams, Eric, · 1949

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1949, 5th imp., 256pp, several line drawings in text, red cloth lettered and ruled in gilt at spine, fictionalised account of the true events of 1943 at Stalag-Luft III involving the escape of British airmen, including the author (in the text as 'Peter Howard...

THE BRIGAND.

Wallace, Edgar, · 1927

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND (1927), 1st edn., 312pp, [i] detachable ads., yellow ochre cloth lettered in black at spine with facsimile signature and 'crimson circle' motif, lettered upper bd. with vignette illustration, 26 titles in list from 'The Traitor's Gate' to 'The...

MR. JUSTICE MAXELL.

Wallace, Edgar, · 1946

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ward Lock, London, ND (c1946), reprint, 251pp, green cloth lettered in black, smaller format, a little rubbed at tips, spine and top 1/2" upper board sunned, some fox marks in places, no dustwrapper, good plus,

WONDER HERO.

Priestley, J. B., · 1933

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Heinemann, London, 1933, 4th imp., 321pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pub. device in blind lower bd., a novel, sl. cocked, covers well rubbed with colour loss, all edges foxed, ink signature half title, foxing to prelims and occasionally to margins of all pp th...

THREE MEN IN NEW SUITS.

Priestley, J. B., · 1945

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Heinemann, London, 1945, 2nd imp., 170pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pub. device lower bd. in blind, a short novel about three de-mobbed servicemen, a little bumped at extrems., lightly rubbed at tips, all edges sl. dusty, several marks top edge, heavy pencil ...

THREE MEN IN NEW SUITS.

Priestley, J. B., · 1945

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Heinemann, London, 1945, 2nd imp., 170pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pub. device lower bd. in blind, a short novel about three de-mobbed servicemen, lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., 2 sl. ripples to cloth on upper bd., edges dusty, no dustwrapper, good p...

THE SHAPES OF SLEEP.

Priestley, J. B., · 1963

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

The Book Club, London, 1963, club edn., 250pp, green cloth type paper covered bds. lettered in black at spine, described by the author as a 'Topical Tale' rather than a novel, sl. cocked, spine and top edges a little sunned, paste residue and ink name ffep., no dustwrapper, g...

SATURN OVER THE WATER.

Priestley, J. B., · 1962

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Companion Book Club, London, 1962, club edn., 255pp, yellow cloth type paper covered bds. with maroon title panel lettered in gilt, top edge col'd, an adventure novel, spoilt by the covers which have a number of ring marks on both upper and lower, contents very good, no dustw...

FESTIVAL AT FARBRIDGE.

Priestley, J. B., · 1951

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Heinemann, London, 1951, 2nd imp., 593pp, dark blue cloth gilt and blind stamped, top edge col'd, the second impression was from the original plates but on smaller size and thinner paper, a novel of the Festival of Britain, sl. cocked, rubbed and bumped at extrems., several s...

DAYLIGHT ON SATURDAY.

Priestley, J. B., · 1943

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Heinemann, London, 1943, 1st edn., 306pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pub. device in blind lower bd., a novel of the workers in an aircraft factory during WW2 Britain, heavy bump lower edge upper bd. resulting in quarter inch tear in cloth and bd., otherwise li...

TRAVELLER FROM TOKYO.

Morris, John, · 1945

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

The Book Club, London, 1945, club edn., 152pp, magenta cloth with black title panel lettered in magenta at spine, pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.), the author spent 4 years in Japan from 1938, lecturing in English Literature at a Tokyo university and acting as adviser to the...

TIGER MOUNTAIN.

MacVicar, Angus, · 1952

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Burke, London, 1952, 1st edn., 192pp, line drawings in text by Jack Matthew, light grey cloth lettered in navy blue at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at tips, upper edge sl. dusty, all edges tanned, front endpapers replaced, dustwrapper a little rubbed at extrem...

CASTLES.

Oman, Charles W. C., · 1978

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Beekman House, New York 1978 reprint, , reprint, xii, 232pp, frontis and 104pp half tone photo ills, 2pp map, half tones and coat of arms, numerous in text line drawings and plans, beige cloth backed blue/grey paper covered boards, large format 11 x 8 inches, facsimile reprin...

ENGLISH SOCIAL HISTORY Chaucer to Queen Victoria.

Trevelyan, G. M., · 1973

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Book Club Associates, London, 1973 , club edn., 628pp incl. 11pp maps, blue cloth gilt, a comprehensive study of six centuries by the former Master of Trinity College, Cambridge and regius professor of modern history, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., fine in a very g...

ENGLISH SOCIAL HISTORY Chaucer to Queen Victoria.

Trevelyan, G. M., · 1958

£13.80 (€16.54 | $18.23 | ¥2,911)

Longmans Green, London, 1958, 5th imp. of 3rd edn., 628pp incl. 11pp maps, coloured maps at eps., dark green cloth gilt, a comprehensive study of six centuries by the former Master of Trinity College, Cambridge and regius professor of modern history, gilding a little dull, 2 ...

ENGLISH HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE.

Little, Bryan, · 1964

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

B. T. Batsford, London, 1964, 1st edn., 256pp, incl. frontis numerous half tone photo plates, some line plans in text, red cloth gilt, a pictorial history of British buildings from Saxon times to 1914, a little rubbed at spine ends, ink scribble front free endpaper, dustwrap...

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE LABOUR PARTY.

Pelling, Henry, · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Macmillan, London, 5th edition 1976, 180pp, 8pp photo ills., ex public library, usual marks, stamps, etc, dustwrapper: laminated to boards, reading copy only,

THE ROMANCE OF THE ENGLISH THEATRE.

Brook, Donald, · 1952

£9.40 (€11.27 | $12.42 | ¥1,983)

Rockliff, London, revised edition 1952, 222pp, frontis and 3 col'd plates, 96pp half tone ills., red cloth gilt, a history of the english theatre, rubbed at extrems., gilding rubbed, ink name/date front free endpaper, eps browned, no dustwrapper, good plus,

CROME AND COTMAN - An Exhibition Catalogue.

Hawcroft, Francis W. (biographical note), · 1958

£13.20 (€15.82 | $17.44 | ¥2,785)

Thomas Agnew, London, 1958, 52pp, 8 half tone plates, mounted half tone frontis port. of John Crome, originally issued in wrappers, now bound in new green cloth covered boards with title labels at spine and upper bd., front wrapper illustration mounted as frontis, a catalogue...