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Little Round House

LISTER Gladys · 1945

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New Century Press originally blue, the decorated papered boards are uniformly faded to grey, the titling and decoration is unfaded, minor chipping to head of spine, pencil gift inscription to paste down dated 1946, 115pp, illustrated in monotone line plus col. frontis. H First...

Isles of Despair

IDRIESS Ion L · 1955

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Angus & Robertson brown papered boards, dust jacket intact, unclipped, with some edge wear and some tears along folds etc, quite tidy, book tidy except name stamp to title pageand blank verso of rear map endpaper, 288pp illustrated in line H reprint Very Good Sydney Very Good ...

The Moods of Ginger Mick

DENNIS C J · 1916

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Angus & Robertson assumed first edition, dated 1916 to title with no other publication dates given, green cloth with black design of a rabbitter, light rubbing to edges, pictorial endpapers, mild foxing to prelims and closed edges, 143pp with a two leaf colour pictorial title...

The Glass Virgin

COOKSON Catherine · 1970

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

MacDonald first edition tidy used copy, price clipped DW with light wear, spine leans somewhat, VG copy showing some reading use and expected light cover wear, 416pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Angel of the Covenant

CORBAN J. MacLaren · 1898

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Methuen excellent copy, slight spotting to closed edges, frontis with tissue guard H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Wallace, The Hero of Scotland

PATERSON James · 1898

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell third edition, decorative cloth with 'The Evening Hour Library' to upper board, paste downs have some paper scars, 336pp + frontis port. one single Leith Valley Library stamp, a biography of the Scottish patriot William Wallace H reprint No Jacket E...

Prizzi's Honour

CONDON Richard · 1982

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Michael Joseph unclipped DW, tidy, minor handling, top edge dusty H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Such Sweet Thunder, Jazz Today

BALLIETT Whitney · 1968

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

MacDonald price clipped dust jacket has some tears to the folds, lightly soiled, closed edges lightly foxed, 366pp, covers US Jazz 1962-1966 from author's New Yorker contributions H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

A Dominie in Doubt

NEILL A. S. · 1920

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Herbert Jenkins closed top edge lightly soiled, small indentation to first few pages, A S Neill the friend of G B Shaw and pioneer educator, 256pp, undated but forward dated 1920, H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Queen's Awards Third Series

QUEEN Ellery Editor · 1950

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Gollancz the winners of the Third Annual detective short-story contest sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery magazine, foxed closed edges, slightly soiled closed top edge, includes a piece by Jorges Luis Borges, 358pp H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7...

The Years Between

KIPLING Rudyard · 1919

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

MacMillan colonial issue in The Dominions Edition, light blue cloth with dark blue titling and decoration, spine ends rubbed, small split to lower joint, handling soiling, 160+32pp adverts, poetry, closed edges dusty, text pages clean, the same as the UK standard first edition...

The Hidden Evil

CARTLAND Barbara · 1963

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Hutcheson, Bowman & Johnson unclipped dust jacket with some rubbing with a little chipping loss to edges, tear along fold, endpapers tape stain and a few stamps, includes stamp to half title page, spine leans, 192pp H First Edition Good London Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall Ex-...

Dimsie Carries on

BRUCE Dorita Fairlie · 1950

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Oxford University Press unclipped DW has splits at spine ends with some chipping loss, handling soiled, board edges rubbed, minor foxing to closed edges, 254pp H reprint Good London Very Good W. Bryce Hamilton 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Chopin and George Sand in Majorca WITH Winter in Majorca By George Sand

FERRA Bartomeu PLUS George SANDS · 1974

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Palma De Mallorca / Valldemosa Edition TWO BOOKS TOGETHER, Chopin and George Sand; sewn binding in paper wrappers, mild handling soiling, 87pp+ plates and folding map, plates foxed to edges, includes an extract from the Memoirs of Aurore Sand, 1974, assumed first edition WITH ...

Percy Popalong, the Little Aeroplane Who Flew By Himself

HAWKEN Pamela · 1953

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Ian Allan RARE, undated assumed first edition (1953), folded sheets stapled at spine, colour illustrated, stiff paper wrappers, published price 1/-, name to inside cover, 28pp+ wraps, wraps handling soiled S First Edition No Jacket Hampton Court Very Good Arthur W. Baldwin La...

English Country Crafts

WYMER Norman · 1946

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Batsford DW has a little soiling and a short tear at the head of the spine fold, and small split at the tail. 116pp + plates and col. frontis. The whole gamut of English country crafts are explored including agricultural, housing, transport and leisure related ones. Mens and ...

Memoir of the Bobotes

CARY Joyce · 1965

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Readers Union jacket with small chip to head otherwise VG with discolouration to white rear panel.. pages age toned, illustrations by Cary. 170pp. the forgotten Balkan War 1912-13 during which Joyce won the Montenegrin equivalent of the Military Cross as a stretcherbearer for ...

Battle Flag

CORNWELL Bernard · 1995

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Harper Collins excellent near fine in same DW. Map end papers , 356pp, by the author of the Sharpe books, third vol. in the series. US printing stated first edition. H First Edition Very Good New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Man and the sea, from the Ice Age to the Norman Conquest

BANBURY Philip · 1975

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Adlard Coles jacket price clipped, slightly sunned, VG. Book foredge soiled, 269pp B&W illustrations in text, VG. An archaeological and historical investigation of water borne navigation and travel. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

A Star to steer her by

JONES TRISTAN · 1985

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Bodley Head VG, spine a little sunned to DW, 275pp. An account of his voyage from San Diego through Central America and the Carribean and on to England with a crew of two. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall