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Z-Car detective

PRENDERGAST William · 1964

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Readers Book Club first thus book club edition, DW has edge chipping and short clean tears, generally G+ apart from one large chip to lower edge of rear panel.. book VG with '175' in pen to fep otherwise no faults. Ex Detective Sergeant William Prendergast the inspiration for ...

In the Grip of the Hawk, A story of the Maori Wars

HORSLEY Reginald · 1920

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Nelson first reprint 1920 after 1907 original, green cloth decorated with black titling and a pasted on circular vignette. minor surface wear to boards, prize plate to fep dated 1927, some browning to prelims, 243pp + 5 b&w plates. closed edges foxed. H reprint No Jacket Lon...

Little Mother Meg

TURNER Ethel S ( H R Curlewis) · 1902

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Ward Lock red decorated cloth in gilt and blind, cover shows a father showing two dripping wet children to their mother!, rubbed to edges and corners especially the joints, spine faded slightly, corners rubbed through at tips, , fep and half title tipped back in, ink inscripti...

Holland over Zee, ons oost- en west-indie gedurende de laatste veertig jaren beschreven voor landgenooten, jong en Oud

FEITH Jan · 1941

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Hollandia Drukkerij "The Dutch overseas, in the East and West Indies during the last 40 years, described for compatriots young and old. " first edition. blue cloth with gilt title and motifs to cover and spine, spine mottled, small hole in upper joint, small holes in lower jo...

Das Kathe Kollwitz-werk mit einfuhrendem text von Arthur Bonus so wie 153 Bildtafeln

KOLLWITZ Kathe & BONUS Arthur · 1925

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Carl Reissner Verlag First trade edition (not the earlier limited edition). purple cloth boards with gilt signature to cover, spine sun faded and onto boards as well front and back, internally VG with very minimal scattered spots of foxing to prelims only. 38pp + 153 plates ...

Psychical Research

BARRETT W F · 1911

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Williams & Norgate small book, both hinges are cracked and loosening, pencil inscr to fep, free end papers browned, new revised edition, 255 + 8pp adverts. a volume in the Home University Library of Knowledge. Author Fellow of Royal Society, contents include, SPR / thoug...

Horse Under Water secret file no 2

DEIGHTON Len · 1963

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Thriller Book Club first thus book club edition, blue papered boards, DW same as original in basic design with skull and Nazi medal, DW flaps pasted to endpapers, rear flap trimmed to left edge with loss. front fep has pen owners name and library name in pen, rear fep library ...

Rings for the Finger

KUNZ George Frederick · 1973

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Dover Dover facsimile reprint of 1917 edition. sewn binding, illustrated soft card covers, 381pp, minimal scattered foxing to closed edges, light minor crease to cover. illustrated S reprint No Jacket New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Marine Auxillary Machinery (Marine Engineering Series)

FOX W J · 1968

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Newnes Fourth Edition, 492 pp heavy willincur extra shipping, DW minor wear to edges etc. Vert clean internally covers many asects of maritime engineering with plenty of diagrams. engine and boiler room arrangement / pipes and valves / pumping / corrosion / compressors, conde...

April Fools

MACKENZIE Compton · 1930

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Cassell Colonial edition stated on DW flap, the rare DW has light scattered foxing and some rubbing wear to the edges with some chipping loss to the endsof the spine, Book closed edges lightly foxed, , bookseller stamp at foot of fep, , some minor foxing to prelims. Scarce in...

Death of a stray cat

POTTS Jean · 1955

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Victor Gollancz closed edges lightly foxed, DW unclipped, , spine browned, minor edge chipping, some soiling. Second detective story after her Edgar award winning first tale. H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Heavens on Earth, Utopian Communities in America 1680-1880

HOLLOWAY Mark · 1951

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Turnstile some foxing to prelims and closed edges 240pp +plates. DW unclipped but with splits to the folds, sunned spinefaded to the background but not the title, a survey of various political and spiritual communities in America that can be roughly termed as Utopian. H Firs...

Fact and fiction

RUSSELL Bertrand · 1961

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

George Allen Unwin book VG and clean, DW unclipped and tidy but sunned to spine, minor rubbing to spine ends. 282pp + adverts, assorted essays on various topics by the pre-eminent moral philosopher of the twentieth century. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over...

The Frazer Acquittal

RANSOME Stephen · 1955

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Victor Gollancz dusty closed edges, small pencil stripe to top edge, DW unclipped, small splits at ends of spine folds, some minor soiling, the base of the rear panel has some sellotape to the reverse side which is likely to brown and discolour the wrapper. H First Edition Ver...

Set this house on fire

STYRON William · 1961

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Hamilton hinge weak at title page and opened slightly, booksellers label at foot of front paste down. closed edges browned, DW VG, price clipped, minor rubbing and chipping to head of spine, very bright colours etc. First UK edition. Title page has a crease running the lengt...

The Memoirs of an Erotic Bookseller

COPPENS Armand · 1973

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Panther assisted by his tired wife Clementine and her distant lover", old damp stain to rear cover and a few pages, some foxing, reading or better copy. 208pp interesting memoirs of the booktrade with an emphasis on curiosa and erotica and a fleeting reference to the erotic b...

Cloak without dagger

SILLITOE Percy · 1955

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Cassell second impression same month as first. DW complete and unclipped with mino edge rubbing and a few small splits and cips from the extreme edges. lower panel is soiled to the white surface. A career that commenced with the British African police, thru' the Colonial servi...

Mantle of the Skies the Southern Alps of New Zealand

TEMPLE Philip · 1971

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Whitcombe and Tombs Book VG, name and address stamp top corner of fep, tussock coloured buckram with kea design to upper board, photographic endpapers, 136pp many full colour full page plates as well as b&w and smaller images amongst the text. The author travels through the ...

Lenny the Lion annual 1964

1964

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Dean & Son minor wear to spine ends and corners, name in pen to paste down, one page small tear in fore edge margin, a few of the puzzles have been tidily completed, 79pp in colour and black and white. "from the television series". H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good...

Humours of Golf

ROBINSON Heath · 1975

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Duckworth reprint of 1923 original, introduction by Bernard Darwin. apart from small nick to fore edge of first seven leaves is VG/VG in tidy DW. x, 50pp humorous 1920s golfing cartoon images. H reprint Very Good London Very Good Heath Robinson Folio - over 12" - 15" tall