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CLAY Henry · 1960

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Boardman very tidy, minimal rubbing front fold at fore edge of DW, minimal rubbing spine ends, slight fading to top of upper board, price clipped DW , extremely bright copy, 191pp no inscriptions H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Lions and Shadows

ISHERWOOD Christopher · 1953

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Methuen light soiling to book spine with offset dye stain to the reverse (only) of the DW, DW unclipped but rubbed with some chipping to spine ends, backstrip lightly faded and soiled, some light foxing to DW, 312pp Isherwood's litearary biography, first thus issue after the v...

Flustern Der Seele

TAGORE Rabindranath · 1921

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Kurt Wolff Verlag 1-10 tausend, aus dem englischen ubertragen von Helene Meyer-Franck, sewn sections in paper wrappers title in green, some foxing to covers, small piece from corner of first text page missing, 109pp untrimmed edges S First Edition No Jacket Munchen Good 16m...

Blood Money

LEWIS Roy · 1973

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Collins DW price clipped, minor edge wear, slight adhesive soiling to the extreme edges of the rear panel, book has had top edge of fep trimmed off, otherwise excellent tidy copy H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Maigret Loses His Temper

SIMENON Georges · 1965

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Hamilton apart from offset toning to the feps book is near fine, DW is unclipped and tidy but for minor insect damage showing as holes to the fore edge folds only, tiny area to front fold, and 35mm at the top of the rear fold, a little soiling to the extreme edges of the rear ...

The Long Farewell

INNES Michael (J I M Stewart) · 1958

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Victor Gollancz DW price clipped, small scar with hole to blank part of backstrip, light edgewear and rubbing, light surface scar to blank part of front panel, blacked out name to fep with [Queenstown] underneath it, very tidy red boards, 206pp H First Edition Very Good Lond...

At Rest Among the Mighty Dead, Travels of a Tramp

CALLAGHAN Tom · 1994

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Newcastle Upon Tyne City Libraries & Arts gift inscriptions to half title otherwise tidy copy, 144pp reminiscences of a british tramp in first half of the twentieth century S First Edition No Jacket Newcastle Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Case of the Hesitant Hostess

GARDNER Erle Stanley · 1959

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Heinemann book is VG with no marking (apart from bookseller pencil), lightly foxed closed edges, DW is unclipped but has a large chip with loss from bottom corner near the spine, some creasing, chip from head of spine, some closed tears to rear panel, some light soiling, it...

Supreme Persian Carpets

AMIR M K Zephyr · 1972

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Oriental Carpets white boards with gilt title and design , shows some adhesive offsetting from the DW sleeve protector, DW sunned spine, a label pasted to title shows that the author recieved a 'specially minted gold medal by her Imperial Majesty the Shahbanou of Iran' for hi...

English Sporting Prints with 95 Colour Plates

WILDER F L · 1974

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Thames & Hudson DW lightly sunned spine otherwise near fine copy, 224pp quality printing and binding, English Sporting Prints covering among others; Hunting Shooting Angling Fishing Boxing Coursing Fencing Archery Steeplechase Billiards H First Edition Very Good London Very G...

James Bond 007 Moonraker Special (annual)

FLEMING Ian · 1979

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

World & Whitman covers VG but some indentation marks show up when held to the light and the corners are rubbed at the tips, complete but a few pages are loose at the rear, 63pp, unclipped, no isncriptions H First Edition No Jacket Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

The Monkees Annual

THE MONKEES · 1967

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Century 21 covers VG no chipping etc, fep has two lots of former owner details in pen at top corner, 92 pp a full page advert at rear for the Lady Penelope (Thunderbirds) comic for girls, full colour photos and comic strip as well as biographies etc of the band members, monkee...

Bradman the Illustrated Biography, Using the Private Possessions of Sir Donald Bradman

PAGE Michael · 1983

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

MacMillan 368pp as new, large heavy item, unclipped DW, profusely illustrated in b&w photos and sketches etc a full and complete biography of the world's greatest test cricketer H First Edition Very Good Melbourne Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Peter Gowland's New Handbook of Glamour Photography

GOWLAND Peter · 1988

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Crown minor damp spotting at top edge of boards with dye transfer to the fep and tiop edge of the rear of the DW, small area of lamination peeling from top edge of DW front panel, ix 214pp fully illustrated throughout in b&w and colour, nude photography for the serious amateu...

Ascent Volume 2 Numbers 1 & 2 July 1973 & 1974 ( Sierra Club Mountaineering Journal )

SIERRA CLUB

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Sierra Club number 1= 65pp well illustrated with b&w photos; number 2= 97pp, covers detached due to perished glue, text block is sewn and glued so easily reglued to the stiff card wraps, some stunning photography, two issues sold together S First Edition No Jacket Oakland Ve...

Ascent Volume 1 Number 6 June 1972 ( Sierra Club Mountaineering Journal )

SIERRA CLUB · 1972

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Sierra Club 65pp well illustrated with b&w photos S First Edition No Jacket Oakland Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Mental Healers, Franz Anton Mesmer, Mary Baker Eddy, Sigmund Freud

ZWEIG Stephan · 1938

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Cassell gilt titled spine, corners lightly bruised, ink inscription to fep, xxvi 363pp three sections one on each of the characters mentioned in the title, translated by Eden and Cedar Paul H reprint No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Art of the Soluble

MEDAWAR P B · 1967

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Methuen DW minor tear bottom edge front panel (10mm), faint rubber stamp to fep, band of offset toning to feps, unclipped DW, 160pp, scientific essays on creativity in the sciences with reference to the authors studies of Teilhard De Chardin, Arthur Koestler, D'Arcy Thompso...

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke ; with a Memoir

BROOKE Rupert · 1918

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Sidgwick & Jackson black buckram, both boards have minor areas of light discolouration from splashed liquid long dried out, corners bruised, paper label to spine neat and tidy with mild discolouration, rubber stamp to paste down and fep [ DUNROBIN MOSSBURN], December 1918 fo...

The Abbey Girls go Back to School

OXENHAM Elsie J · 1926

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Collins assumed first edition, undated but a presentation plate to fep is dated 1926, blue cloth with black and white and blue picture of two schoolgirls on a motorbike and sidecar to the cover, a girl riding a motorbike to the spine, well rubbed to joints, small split tail of...