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A Shriek of Tyres

RUTHERFORD Douglas · 1961

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Collins ex lending library. tape residue to paste downs and about 20mm onto the top and bottom of the boards.stamp to fep, stamp and remainder of a label to rear fep. otherwise VG copy of the first reprint. DW is VG. a label has been removed from the price on the fold in fla...

Black Beauty the Autobiography of a horse

SEWELL Anna · 1617

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Whitcombe and Tombs story book No 441, at rear the publishers / printers # is G1617 68pp in stapled buff wrappers dec in red and black. 20mm split lower spine, general wear . S First Edition No Jacket Auckland Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Jubal Troop

WELLMAN Paul I · 1960

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Cardinal Pocket books Giant Cardinal GC-91. minor surface soiling, rear cover has light crease, minimal rubbing spine tail. original bookseller price stamp first page and 'R-16' in pen otherwise a very tidy copy 560pp + adverts at rear. 'From cowpuncher to oil baron- in an e...

The Undergrowth of Literature

FREEMAN Gillian · 1972

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Panther Panther Modern Society series. cover by Phillip Castle. Mass market paperback 220pp + plates. 1972 printing. contents incl; phantasma-orgia / mums and lovers / Wink, kink & co / Mein camp / the fladge market / TV times (transvestite) / our fettered friends (B&D) / hav...

Jeremy Mardells Secret

JASPER E M · 1950

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Wells Gardner Darton & Co pale blue cloth with title on an off white panel, some waterstaining to the corners and head of spine. inscr paste down, front hinge cracked but tight, edges dusty but content VG. DW unclipped but worn along all edges with some loss along top of rea...

The Thorn of Arimathea

SLAUGHTER Frank G · 1960

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Perma Books first edition thus Perma Book M5018, light reading crease to spine, very minimal surface soiling, small nick lower spine corner. R-16 in pen to first page, otherwise very nice copy S First Edition No Jacket New York Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Pal Joey

O'HARA John · 1960

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Panther first UK paperback edition, blue cover with painted representation of Sinatra and a cheesecake model. first page has bookseller stamp and small pen note. VG with minor rubbing to the spine edges. number on spine is 1115 S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo ...

Stan

GUILES Fred Lawrences · 1980

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Michael Joseph uncorrected proof in blue paper wrappers with dustwrapper. DW is rubbed and creased to the edges and spine ends where extends further than the underlying book. Two lines of the flap blurb underlined in pen. price clipped and with a price in pen to the reverse si...

What Katy Did

COOLIDGE Susan · 1968

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Dent pictorial cloth with dec eps. DW rubbed to edges and small tear at head of spine, price clipped. owners name and address to half title otherwise a tight and tidy copy. 181pp + plates and adverts. 24 b&w + 4 colour illustrations by Margery Gill. first edition thus of a cla...

The Sky and the Forest

FORESTER C S · 1948

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Michael Joseph DW unclipped, with wear and chipping to the spine ends with some loss. short tears to edges at top and bottom. pen inscription to fep, minor discolouration to spine ends where not covered by DW. top edge dusted red. H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - ov...

Conspiracy at Abbey

LEYLAND Eric · 1960

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Nelson red papered boards. book VG, DW is VG but seems a bit shorter than the boards as if trimmed at top and bottom edges, two short edge tears. 205pp illustrated in line. H reprint Very Good London Very Good Eric Tansley 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Things Men Do

MARSHALL Raymond (James Hadley Chase) · 1953

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Jarrolds red papered boards titled spine. a noose design on spine. bottom edge upper board rubbed and stained as is bottom edge of lower board. this extends about 5mm on to the covers. Some damp to the first ten and last ten approx pages at bottom margin only not into text. ...

The Wind-Up Doll

BROWN Carter · 1963

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Horwitz turquoise field with negligee airbrushed dame on cover. old pen price to cover and edgewear and splits at spine ends. bookseller stamp to inside cover, edges dusted red. "Did you hear about the murderus wind-up doll? Rick Holman found it was no joke when the spring sn...

Battleships with wings

SPRIGG T. Stanhope

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Collins illustrated paperd light card boards rubbed and chipped along the plain spine. corners and edges rubbed. 32pp with b&w photo illustrations. Covers Coastal Command and its aircraft a chapter on the capture of a U -Boat by an aircraft, rescue, the chase of the Bismarc...

The Bunnies Boarding School book one

BREARY G E

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

George Newnes small format green cloth faded to lighter colour, titled and with a 'boarding school bunny' on cover. DW has tears along folds and chipping to corners as well as some surface crease lines, generally still attractive. cover has a line of bunnies in red and white ...

Dark is the Sun

FARMER Philip Jose · 1981

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Granada 1st UK edition. slight spine lean. small circular patch on fep darkened by label now removed. DW VG and unclipped. 400pp yellow endpapers. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Mystics of Spain

PEERS E Allison · 1951

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Allen & Unwin dustwrapper a few short edge tears, chipped to top of spine. 130pp introduction, booklist plus extracts from Lull,de Cisneros,de Laredo, Loyola,de Osuna,St Peter of Alcantara,Juan de Avila, de Orozco,de Granada, Teresa of Jesus,de Estella,de Leon, de Cha...

The Land of Hearts Desire volume Two of Dublin Plays

YEATS W B · 1913

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

T Fisher Unwin slate grey card covers with vignette of woman restraining an Irish wolfhound (?). Lower half of spine strip missing. soiling and edge wear to wraps. inside cover and fep foxed and soiled, inscription dated Christmas 1916 to half title, 48pp text clean and ti...

Elements of Plant Biology

TANSLEY & JAMES · 1938

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Unwin olive cloth titled black cover and spine. blue paper dw with short splits at ends of folds, price clipped. Army Education Welfare Service plate to fep. copy of H J Relling Victoria University Coll. (New Zealand). 390 + 2pp adverts. offsetting to fep. diagrams in text. ...

Culture of the Chrysanthemum

LUXFORD Keith · 1938

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Luxford & co green cloth, 96pp +b&w and colour plates + ivpp adverts. DW chipped head of spine , surface sooiling, some short edge tears. owners name in pencil to paste down.Colour frontis. some pencil notation throughout. H revised Good Sawbridgeworth Good 8vo - over 7? - 9...