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We're Not Going to Do Nothing, a Reply to Aldous Huxley's "What are You Going to Do About it?"

LEWIS C Day · 1936

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

The left Review pink paper wrapper with black titling, well worn at edges with short tears and some chipping loss, 8 sheets folded once giving 31pp, stapled through at spine, staples are rusted, Lewis' refutation of Huxley's essay "What are you going to do about it?" Lewis c...

The Cruise of the Dazzler

LONDON Jack

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Mills and Boon third edition (?) from Mills & Boon's Shilling Cloth Library, hinges cracked, cloth tidy with faintest wear to spine ends, gilt titled, 288pp + 28pp adverts, tidy ciopy showing a few signs of age H reprint No Jacket London Very Good 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall

Again Sanders

WALLACE Edgar · 1928

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Hodder assumed 1928 first edition but undated, 37 other novels by Wallace listed at front, mustard yellow cloth with black titling to cover and spine and with red circle over Wallace's signature design to spine, joints rubbed and starting to split at ends, pencil signature to ...

The Erection Set

SPILLANE Mickey · 1972

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

W H Allen near fine in near fine unclipped DW but the backstrip is sunned showing the naked leg of the wrap around nude photo of Sherri Spillane as a greenish tinge, the titling is still bold black, 335pp, minor foxing to the fold in flaps at the top edge H First Edition Fine ...

The Novels of Charles Dickens, a Bibliography and Sketch

KITTON F G · 1897

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Elliot Stock bevelled olive cloth boards with gilt titling and a gilt medallion with an owl, minimal rubbing to proud edges, original decorative endpapers, old ink inscription to fep 'Frederick W Gale | Christchurch NZ | May 1898', tissue guarded frontis, ix + (i) 245pp + pla...

The World of Suzie Wong

MASON Richard · 1957

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Collins dust jacket not price clipped but has wear and tear to the fore edge folds, chipped at head and tail of jacket spine, minimal foxing to endpapers and closed edges, 383pp. H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Pyramid

GOLDING William · 1967

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Faber unclipped DW minimal light edge rubbing, small chip top edge of lower panel, excellent copy tight and tidy, no inscriptions bar booksellers pencil H First Edition Near Fine London Near Fine 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Appleby's Answer

INNES Michael (J I M Stewart) · 1973

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Victor Gollancz DW price clipped,small amount of adhesive residue to the publishers laminated DW should come off with cleaning agent, justa long the edges, faint pencil to fep otherwise tidy copy very tidy red boards, 192pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over...

Flash and Filigree

SOUTHERN Terry · 1958

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.46 | ¥79,818)

Andre Deutsch unclipped DW evenly lightly dust soiled, feps offset toned, faint pencil to fep, some light foxing from being dusty to top edge and fore edge DW fold, 204pp author was screenwriter for Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, Cincinatti Kid , Barbarella, and co-author of Eas...

Troubled Deaths

JEFFRIES Roderick · 1977

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Collins tidy ex library copy, boards a little bumped at spine ends, tape residue to paste downs and edges of flaps, stamp and lending rules plate to fep page, stamp to title, a few readers marks to rear fep and paste down, closed bottom page edge has a blacked out pen number,...

The Kindled Fire

SUMMERS Essie (signed) · 1969

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Mills and Boon unclipped DW has edge chipping and some loss to top edge of front panel, also top half of upper DW joint is split with some tape staining, fore edge fold of front fold is rubbed through, better than it sounds and the book is near fine with the AUTHOR'S SIGNATU...

Pigs Have Wings

WODEHOUSE P G · 1952

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Herbert Jenkins booksellers pencil to fep, minor scattered spots of foxing to closed edges, offsetting to feps, lacks DW, tidy first edition H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Bride in Flight

SUMMERS Essie · 1964

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Mills and Boon unclipped DW minor chipping or splitting to spine corners and corners, book and DW spine creased, 192pp, with slightly foxed top edge, romance novel set in New Zealand H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Forbidden Valley

SUMMERS Essie · 1973

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Mills and Boon price clipped jacket with short splits or chips at spine ends of joints and corners, book tidy H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Illyrian Spring

BRIDGE Anne · 1935

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Chatto & Windus mustard cloth lightly soiled, spine rounded, pencil name and address to fep, 353pp H First Edition No Jacket London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

S.O.S.the Story of the Life-boat Service

JOLLY Cyril · 1974

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Cassell gift inscription to fep otherwise excellent copy of the revised edition, sunned spine to the DW 146pp + plates H revised Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Phar Lap the Story of the Big Horse

CARTER I R · 1965

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Reed second impression after 1964 first, light edge wear to unclipped DW, one small area of tape stain to fep otherwise very tidy copy, 166pp + plates H First Edition Very Good Wellington Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Scourge of the Swastika, a Short History of Nazi War Crimes

LIVERPOOL Lord Russell of · 1955

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Cassell very tidy unmarked book in similar unclipped DW just with mild edge rubbing and slight sun fading to the yellow paper stock, xii 260pp + plates, includes piracy, treatment of captive civilian populations, partisans, slave labour, concentration camps and final solution...

Here Comes Thursday

BOND Michael · 1967

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Harrap dust jacket has large chip from top of front DW panel, small chip from bottom corner, price clipped, jacket states second impression, H reprint Very Good London Very Good Daphne Rowles 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Home is the Sailor

GODDEN Rumer · 1964

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

MacMillan price clipped dust jacket has light handling soiling, small water mark to top corner, small split at head of upper joint, book tidy, small three line owner inscription to fep, sewn sheets, 129pp with coloured line illustrations H First Edition Very Good London Very ...