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Christian Science in Germany

SEAL Frances Thurber · 1960

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Mary Finette Barber lacks fep, rubbed to tips, otherwise VG 83pp, facsimile of 1931 edition, cloth with gilt titling H reprint No Jacket Brooklyn Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Magician's Nephew

LEWIS C S · 1971

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Bodley Head green papered boards, spine leans, name and address in ballpoint to free end paper, some fingermarking to page edges, 163pp, illustrated in line by Pauline Baynes H reprint No Jacket London Good Pauline Baynes 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Morning Noon and Night, Poetry Magazine Supplement No. Two

MITCALFE Barry · 1965

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Poetry Magazine folded sheets stapled in stiff paper wrapper with DW pasted down over, minor edge wear and some light browning to spine, some soiling, wrapper design by Alan Howie, 50pp, 30 poems, uncommon S First Edition No Jacket Wellington Good Alan Howie 12mo - over 6? - 7...

Free Fire Zone, a Novel

RIGGAN Rob · 1984

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Norton Riggan was a medic in Vietnam in the late 60s and wrote this as a catharsis, with acharacter based on his experiences, the title has offset from the jacket to the boards, yet the wrapper is not sunned, 426pp, minor wear to jacket edges H First Edition Very Good New York...

633 Squadron; Operation Rhine Maiden

SMITH Frederick E · 1975

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Cassell unclipped dust jacket with lght sunfading to the spine, 286pp, Mosquitos and B17s operating together H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Man with the Golden Gun

FLEMING Ian · 1965

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Pan first thus paperback edition, minor paper browning, minor rubbing wear to covers, 5 leaves have a very small (1mm) tear at top of the fore edge, very minor, PAN X527 S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Invisible Helpers

LEADBEATER C W · 1917

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Theosophical Publishing House sunned spine, name to paste down, foxing to closed edges and margins, 128pp H reprint No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Big Country

HAMILTON Donald · 1958

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

Alan Wingate Proof Copy (undesignated) in red paper wrapper with printed text, glued over spine of the sewn sheets, no titling to spine, spine sun faded, short split tail of upper joint, ink name to inside front cover, some minor spotting to prelims and closed edges, First Imp...

Atlantic Convoy

WILLIAMS David · 1979

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Cassell VG+ VG+ tidy copy, unclipped DW, light wear extreme spine ends of DW, 304pp pages starting to age brown, novel about Atlantic Convoys. Closed top edge browned. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Alfred the King

WILLIAMS Patry · 1951

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Faber jacket has been trimmed along bottom edge so is about 5mm shorter than the boards, DW is price clipped, minor tape oxide stains to endpapers, owner details to fep, 336pp + folding chart, light foxing, historical novel of Alfred the Great , King of England. H First Editi...

The Dawn Attack

CALLISON Brian · 1972

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Collins DW price clipped, lightly sunned to spine, book VG and tidy 254pp. Story of a commando raid on a Norwegian fishing port in 1942 (fictional) H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The True Christian Religion Containing the Universal Theology of the New Church

SWEDENBORG Emanuel · 1873

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Swedenborg Society excess shipping outside New Zealand due to weight, blind embossed cloth boards, gilt titled spine, some surface rubbing to cloth, fep pasted down to hide an early inscription, half title has a book seller stamp, xx, 815pp + adverts, light stain to last few p...

Eros in the Country PLUS Eros in High Places

anon · 1988

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Headline two books, Eros in Country GUILD reprint 1988 , Eros in high places first edition 1991, each approx 280pp titles in the Eros... series of erotic fiction set in Victorian England. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

BETWEEN STATES AND MARKETS The Voluntary Sector in Comparative Perspective

WUTHNOW Robert · 1991

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Princeton University Press VG lacks DW 318pp H First Edition No Jacket Princeton Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

We Didn't Mean to go to Sea

RANSOME Arthur · 1949

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Australasian Publishing Company & Cape 1949 reprint but first edition thus, VG in green cloth a little sun faded at the edges where the light has crept under the DW edges and stolen away the colour, colour map end papers, 351pp with illustrations in the text. DUSTWRAPPER is un...

Long Ride to Vengeance

BLAINE Jeff · 1963

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

John Gresham ex lending library copy, DW pasted down to paste downs, small splits at bottom corner, stamps and labels etc to endpapers, stamp to half title, rest VG. British edition. western novel 160pp H First Edition Very Good London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall Ex-Library

A Time from the World

FARRE Rowena · 1962

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Hutchinson very tidy, DW small speck of lift to cover, short closed tear head of spine fold, unclipped, short neat tear top edge rear panel, 190pp + plates. British woman recounts her time amongst the gypsies of the British Isles. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo...

The Biggles Book of Treasure Hunting

JOHNS W E · 1962

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Max Parrish head of book spine has been damp in past and has offset some red dye to the REVERSE of the DW. small dampspot to top corner tip of first three pages, no discolouration to the boards, closed edges slightly dusty, 144pp. DW unclipped and with original sellers paper ...

The Resurrection Men

RANKIN Ian · 2001

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Orion near fine unclipped jacket under mylar sleeve, faint or erased bookseller pencil to first page, 440pp, UK publisher price on flap H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Birds from Moidart and Elsewhere

BLACKBURN Mrs. Hugh · 1895

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,890)

David Douglas Red cloth with sunfaded spine and minor flecking to covers, closed top edge gilt, internal hinges reinforced with archival tape, name to reverse of frontis., 87 plates accompanied by pages of descriptive text of Scottish birds. A tidy copy but a little aged. H Fi...