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Above Suspicion

MACINNES Helen · 1941

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Harrap third printing of first edition of 1941, orange - red cloth lightly rubbed, white titling to spine flecked from the publishers name at the tail, gift inscription dated 1943 to fep, war era paper stock, 243pp, tidy but a little tired, early MacInnes H reprint No Jacket L...

Over Tyrolese Hills

SMYTHE F S · 1938

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Hodder fourth edition, Hodder 'Black Jacket' series, DW unclipped with light edgewear and minor chipping, 254pp, illustrated and with folding map at rear, a tidy copy, name dated 1938 to fep H reprint Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Black Beech and Honeydew an Autobiography

MARSH Ngaio · 1966

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Collins first edition, name to fep otherwise book VG, DW rubbed to joints and spine ends and corners with some splitting along the joint folds and light chipping at head and tail, price clipped, 287pp + plates H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Maigret Sets a Trap

SIMENON Georges · 1965

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Hamilton paper wrappers with title etc to cover, light wear to spine ends, original blue fading to tan, rear wrap has some impression marks, 144pp Advanced reading copy (but not designated as such) in wrappers of the first English translation by Daphne Woodward S First Edition...

Wings Over Kabul, the First Airlift

BAKER Anne & Sir Ronald Ivelaw - Chapman · 1975

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

William Kimber price clipped DW otherwise tidy, 191pp + plates, 1929 airlift of civilians from Kabul by the RAF, H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Caravans

MICHENER James A · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Secker price clipped DW light edgewear, rear panel surface soiled to the white, name and address to fep (over decorative endpaper map) and name at head of title page, 384pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Biggles in the Underworld

JOHNS W E · 1973

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Knight light wear to wraps, name to first page, tidy used copy, scarce title, second impression of the Knight paperback edition, 156pp S reprint No Jacket London Very Good 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall

The Pyrates

FRASER George Macdonald · 1983

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Collins unclipped DW slight fade to spine, age browning to closed edges, 413pp, pirate yarn by author of the Flashman stories H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Wing Leader

JOHNSON Johnnie · 1956

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Chatto & Windus second impression of first edition, very tidy in unclipped DW with slight edge wear, minor splits at corners, slight faint foxing to closed edges, 320pp + plates, Group Captain , DSO & 2 bars, DFC & bar, foreword by Douglas Bader, Johnson was the top Allied air...

The Menace of Socialism

WILSON W Lawler · 1909

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,927)

Grant Richards cloth rubbed and worn to joints and spine ends and corners with some chipping or fraying, hinges a little loose, name to fep, endpapers lightly browned, hinges cracked, xii 520pp + folding charts, traces Socialism from the Jacobins and the French Revolution to t...

A Romance of two Worlds

CORELLI Marie · 1910

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Methuen navy cloth with title in blind to upper board, gilt to spine, original printed endpapers with adverts for Methuen's Colonial Library (xxviii) 339 + 31pp adverts at rear for Methuem & Co February 1910, a tidy copy, thirtieth edition, long introduction by Corelli, A nov...

The Liquidator

GARDNER John · 1964

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Muller book is tidy apart from a pencil name to fep with one page light crease to corner where was once folded over, DW price clipped with lightly chipped head of backstrip with minor damage intruding to the first letters at the head, the lamination is peeling at the extreme e...

Commander of the Mists

MURRAY D L · 1938

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Hodder light wear to cloth extremities, unclipped DW has some large chipa at spine ends, a short tear along from top left corner into the front, still a nice copy on glassine paper by Bip Pares who also did the end paper maps, historical fiction set in the Scottish Highland i...

The Snail on the Slope

STRUGATSKY Arkady & Boris · 1980

$325.00 (€294.87 | £246.00 | ¥51,882)

Victor Gollancz excellent near fine book and DW, DW price clipped, translated by Aan Meyers, closed top edge foxed, 243pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Turquoise

SETON Anya · 1946

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Hodder unclipped DW rubbed to all edges and with short edge tears, chipped corners, front part detached where split along joint but this is held in place by old tape to the reverse, the tape is drying out and will be removeable, Book has small name to fep otherwise quite tidy,...

Jawaharlal Nehru an Autobiography, New Edition Containing Additional Chapter 'Five Years later'

NEHRU Jawaharlal · 1945

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

John Lane DW some wear to edges and spine ends, light foxing to endpapers, tidy but a little aged, xiii 623pp + plates, H reprint Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

New Zealand Alpine Journal 1997

New Zealand Alpine Club · 1997

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New Zealand Alpine Club light reading crease at joint, 128pp with colour and B&W photos S First Edition Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Pic, Jack Kerouacs Last Novel

KEROUAC Jack · 1974

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Quartet first UK paperback edition, light wear to wraps, name to first page, some age browning, 83pp S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Satori in Paris

KEROUAC Jack · 1973

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Quartet first UK paperback edition, light wear to wraps, name to first page, some age browning, 116pp S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Human Drift

LONDON Jack · 1919

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Mills and Boon first Mills and Boon issue with 'Published 1919' on reverse of title, blue cloth blind panelled upper board, backstrip lightly sunned, minor wear and rubbing to extremities, black marker covers an inscritption to the paste down, would be covered over by a book p...