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Sad Cypress

CHRISTIE Agatha · 1960

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Collins Crime club reprint of the 1933 original, possibly the third hardcover printing. spine a little faded, some foxing to the endpapers and fore edge, dustwrapper tidy H reprint Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Other Voices Other Rooms

CAPOTE Truman · 1949

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Signet VG third printing July 1949 , upper cover a little curled, lamination not peeling, Signet 700, rear cover lamination chipped to the fore edge . 142pp S reprint No Jacket New York Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Conference at Cold Comfort Farm

GIBBONS Stella · 1949

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Longmans Green and co DW not price clipped, a clean tear down rear flap fold has detached the rear flap, apart from this and very minimal rubbing to spine ends is a VG DW, with a nice unfaded design to the front. book boards very slightly dust soiled otherwise book as well VG+...

My Left Foot

BROWN Christy & R Collis · 1954

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Secker & Warburg Dust jacket has large piece from bottom of spine, spine is faded and with a X marked to it, some short tears and smalll chips from various edges, front panel still good though. Former owner name to fep, 192pp + plates, scarce autobiography by severely handi...

Ellery Queen's Choice, 14th Series

QUEEN Ellery Editor · 1961

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Collins red boards, unclipped DW with some chipping at head of front panel, and some soiling / staining 256pp, 16 stories collected from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, internally clean H First Edition Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Shoot to Kill

MILLER Wade · 1957

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

W. H. Allen price clipped DW has tears and loss of top quarter of rear panel, book corners bumped, pen to fep includes date 1957 so book earlier than this, slight foxing to closed edges 192pp H First Edition Good London Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Tavern Knight

SABATINI Rafael

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Hutchinson assumed first, red cloth (not paper) boards with black titling, lightly rubbed boards, bookplate to fep, stationers stamp to title page reads ' N.NICKELS Railway Bookstall Dunedin Bookseller' in oval cartouche, 272pp, spine leans H First Edition No Jacket London Goo...

The Star Kings

HAMILTON Edmond · 1950

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Museum Press A Novel of the Future, black cloth, silver titled spine, clean copy, very minimal spotting or foxing to closed edges, first UK edition, undated but around 1950, 219pp H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Judith, a Play in Three Acts, Founded on the Apocryphal Book of "Judith"

BENNETT Arnold · 1919

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Chatto & Windus fabric cloth boards with paper title label to spine, 125pp+ 32pp publisher catalogue at rear, spare title label tipped in between final page and the catalogue, very minor age related faint scattered foxing, almost not worth mentioning as it is so minor H First ...

The Brown Satin Bomb

GODDARD Anthea · 1985

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Severn House near fine to fine in same unclipped DW, stated first world edition, 192pp H First Edition Fine London Fine 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

WILSON Angus · 1956

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Secker & Warburg lacks rear fep otherwise tidy, unclipped DW with Ronald Searle art with a few short edge tears and some chipping, 412pp H First Edition Good London Very Good Ronald Searle 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Carmina / Oden, Lateinisch Und Deutsch ( Erster Band Der Tusculum Bucher )

HORACE. Q. Horatius Flaccus. Ubertragungen Von Theodor Kayser Und F. O. Freiherrn Von Nordenflycht · 1923

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Ernst Heimeran name to fep ' Dr. Franz Neumann, Munchen', assumed first (trade) edition, 145pp (twice, once in Latin , once in German) paper stock browning, leaf at rear states; 'Dieser band tragt die nummer' but no number entered, (keine nummer), trade edition with halb-leine...

Liebeskunst, Drei Bucher, Ars Amatoria, Libri Tres, Lateinisch Und Deutsch ( Vierter Band Der Tusculum Bucher )

OVID. Publius Ovidus Naso Ubersetzung W. Hertzbergs · 1923

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Ernst Heimeran corners rubbed and frayed, spine ends rubbed, tidy inscription to fep 'Als Einleitung zur neuen Tanzsbunde u. zum Andenken an den 10 September 1933, von deinen Freunden Willy und Karl.' and former owner's name at foot ' Dr. Franz Neumann, Munchen' in a different...

Beau Sabreur

WREN P C · 1928

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

John Murray First cheaper edition blind dec boards with gilt spine, spine lightly sunned, name to fep, closed edges are lightly foxed, 342pp + 2pp adverts at rear H reprint No Jacket London Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Good Gestes: Stories of Beau Geste, His Brothers, and Certain of Their Comrades in the French Foreign Legion

WREN P C · 1929

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

John Murray First edition in the Imperial Library issue, rubbing wear to edges and joints, name and blind embossed stamp to fep, some foxing staining to spine cloth, book spine leans, corners frayed, minor spotting or browning to closed edges, part of the Bea Geste series, 332...

Christina Alberta's Father

WELLS H. G. · 1925

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Jonathan Cape red cloth with black titling to spine, endpapers toned, spine sunned, name to fep, 410pp, social commentary in form of novel with a post Great War spiritualist angle, facsimile of an unclipped DW which had trimming to four corners of the fold in flaps, small nic...

Sherlock Holmes the complete short Stories

DOYLE Arthur Conan · 1928

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

John Murray red cloth gilt titled spine sunned, cloth worn head and tail of spine, 20mm split at head of spine joint, old name stamp on end paper, top edge dusted red, subtitled "His Adventures, memoirs, return, His last bow & the case book" thin paper with occasional creasi...

At Bertram's Hotel

CHRISTIE Agatha · 1965

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

Collins near fine book in near fine unclipped dust jacket with slightest handling dust soiling to the wrapper, 256pp H First Edition Fine London Fine 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Instantaneous Personal Magnetism

SHAFTESBURY Edmund · 1954

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Psychology Publishing combining an absolutely new method with the best established teachings of the past. Now the standard work of the International Magnetism Club. 32nd edition enlarged. 397pp. Cover decoration a little dulled, foxing to prelims and title page. scattered fox...

Scarecrow

GOLDTHWAITE Eaton K

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Jarrolds mustard yellow cloth alittle bumped at spine ends, lacks fep, written by a US Marinewhile on duty in the Pacific during WWII, probably dates late 40s or early 50s (undated). DW is corner price clipped and has some chipping to spine ends and a bit at top left of cover,...