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Pumpkin Palace

POWELL-PRICE Evelyn · 1949

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Frederick Warne blue cloth spine, illustrated papered boards, offset toning to feps, 75pp with colour and monotone illustrations. DW unclipped, scuff hole to spine near bottom 30mm long and just nicked the spine cloth underneath, a little rubbed to edges and some surface dust ...

Italian Contemporary Art

GHILARDI Claudio & MELANI Vanni · 1977

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Tellini 266pp in white wraps printed with title and in a DW over this. DW is split to the spine fold upper half of upper joint, peice chipped from bottom lower corner also. book has some waterstaining to top corner at the rear of the book not affecting text or illustrations. a...

Pet Sematary

KING Stephen · 1983

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Hodder UK first edition, small dent to top edge of upper board, front hinge slightly opened at title page, rear hinge tender, 368pp, LACKS dustwrapper H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Gallipoli

MASEFIELD John · 1928

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Heinemann joints rubbed, spine cloth darkened, small surface insect marks to lower board, inscriptions dated 1928 to fep, new edition fourth impression January 1928, xvi 183pp + plates, maps (including folding), the Dardanelles campaign focused on the botched Gallipoli land...

The Economy of Literature

SHELL Marc · 1993

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Johns Hopkins Press near as new copy,176pp acid free paper etc S reprint No Jacket London Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

I the Jury

SPILLANE Mickey · 1947

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Dutton black boards with orange titling to cover and spine ( a bit yellower to the spine) , faint signs of wear to edges, top edge dusty and some foxing , other edges untrimmed, very tidy copy, maybe the occasional faint finger mark to a margin, some minor bookseller pencil to...

Role of Honour

GARDNER John · 1984

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,927)

Cape near fine in near fine price clipped DW with Chopping style design by Scobie, another official instalment in the Bond corpus H First Edition Fine London Fine Trevor Scobie 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Wayland's Keep

BULL Angela · 1966

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Collins DW unclipped with edge wear and corner rubbing, short tear at top left of front panel with associated creasing, no loss to DW but surface wear and soiling, short tear rear lower corner fold, 191pp, illustrated in line by Shirley Hughes H First Edition Good London Very ...

South Col, One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953

NOYCE Wilfrid · 1954

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Heinemann dark blue cloth, gilt spine, endpapers illustrated with portraits of the expedition members, 303pp+plates and maps. some plates in colour, line drawings in text. top edge dusted blue. minor foxing to top edge, frontis glue not holding at bottom half. Windmill blind ...

Scorched Earth Hitlers War on Russia Volume 2

CARELL Paul Trsl Ewald Osers · 1970

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Harrap name whited out to fep, DW clipped with chipping to spine ends and corners, rubbed to edges, 556pp + plates and folding map. Massive work on the German conflict against Bolshevism on the Eastern front. Taken from many German and Russian sources. Heavy book. Extra shippi...

The Danger

FRANCIS Dick · 1983

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Michael Joseph excellent copy, near fine, unclipped pristine DW, book has very minor lean to the spine, top edge slightly dusty, light pencil notation to fep, very small and minor pale blue surface mark at bottom of closed fore edge of a few pages, overall excellent copy H Fir...

Down There on a Visit

ISHERWOOD Christopher · 1962

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Methuen spine slightly sunned, contents unmarked, DW unclipped and VG, lamination holding well, red titling to spine sunned but still visible and readable, some surface specking to the spine but should be removable from the (publishers) lamination. H First Edition Very Good Lo...

Matterhorn Centenary

LUNN Arnold · 1965

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

George Allen Unwin 144pp + plates, col frontis, DW price clipped otherwise VG. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Hurricane

SALKEY Andrew · 1964

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Oxford University Press book cloth small area sunned tail of spine and onto upper board, name to fep, minor foxing to prelims, 118pp line illustrations in text by Papas. a hurricane in a Jamaica village. DW unclipped but rubbed to the corners with minor chipping to spine ends...

The Dream Millenium

WHITE James · 1974

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Michael Joseph VG, DW has small nick to top corner, very slightly surface soiled, unclipped, DW and book spine tail slightly bumped, 222pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Ace Of Knaves

CHARTERIS Leslie , KING Rufus, ELLISON Harlan, JAKES John, MERRIL Judith, WHIPPER Leighla · 1938

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Hodder blue cloth rubbed to joints, fraying at corners and spine ends, lightly soiled, social club stamp to paste downs and the final text page in blank part at the foot, number to paste down and fep in blue pencil, light foxing to closed edges and prelims, good solid copy 316...

Judaism and Hellenism, Studies in Their Encounter in Palestine During the Early Hellenistic period (two vols in one)

HENGEL Martin · 1981

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Fortress Press first one volume edition combines Text plus Notes and Bibliography, bound in soft card wrappers, sunned spine otherwise near fine condition, 314 + 335pp S First Edition No Jacket Philadelphia Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Rationalist Annual 1950

WATTS Frederick ( GDH Cole, Gilbert Murray, JBS Haldane) · 1950

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Rationalist Press near fine in same DW, includes 'An anthropological view of mysticism' by Raymond Firth, 'A Rationalist approach to the problem of sexual relations' by JBS Haldane, 100pp (500 gram rate) H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Diseases of Marine Fishes + Textbook of Fish Diseases

SINDERMAN Carl J & AMLACHER Erwin

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

TFH Publications two separate books sold and shipped together, Amlacher is an English translation, pictorial boards, 89 + 302pp name stamp to endpapers, marine biology and fish diseases H No Jacket Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Existentialism, Marxism and Anarchism, Chains of Freedom

READ Herbert · 1949

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

FREEDOM Press papered boards soiled and lacks backstrip, former owner inscription to free end paper being the philosophy professor [Denis Dutton | Santa Barbara 1971] 56pp uncommon work on existentialist political theory, Denis Laurence Dutton (9 February 1944 - 28 December 20...