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Biggles Buries a Hatchet

JOHNS W E · 1958

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Brockhampton Press VG, small pen name top of fep, foxing spotting to closed edges, DW unclipped, rubbed to edges, minor surface soiling, and tiny chipping or rubbing to spine ends. prelims are a little browned or foxed, asnd dust jacket a little soiled to surface from dusty r...

Worrals in the Wilds

JOHNS W E · 1947

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Hodder VG lacks DW, bookseller label to foot of paste down, minor handling wear to boards, some foxing discolouration to closed edges, light browning to page margins. H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good Leslie Stead 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Biggles in the Gobi

JOHNS W E · 1953

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Hodder VG but lacks dust jacket, internally clean, minor handling signs to boards. slight browning or minor foxing faint and sparse. minor spot of sunning head and tail of spine (500 gram rate) H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good Leslie Stead 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Biggles and the Black Mask

JOHNS W E · 1964

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Hodder excellent copy, minor spotting to closed edges, dust jacket price clipped otherwise VG with minor crease wrinkles to the edges and some faint light watermarking along the top edge mainly seen from the reverse side H First Edition Very Good London Very Good Stead 12mo - ...

Licence Renewed

GARDNER John · 1981

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Cape excellent in an excellent price clipped DW with Chopping design. The DW spine is sunfaded to the background only, the text is vibrant and dark. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good Richard Chopping 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Mahatma Gandhi a Biography

NANDA B R · 1958

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Unwin very tidy, unclipped DW a little darkened to spine, 542pp biography H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

A Biography of Dracula, the Life Story of Bram Stoker

LUDLAM H · 1962

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Quality Book Club first thus book club edition, black papered boards with red and gilt title panel to spine, 200pp interesting biography of Stoker, with much emphasis on the sucess that Dracula brought him, both as a novel and a stage act, tidy copy, small spot of waterstain t...

The Hound of Earth

BOURJAILY Vance · 1955

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Scribners first edition with A code, black cloth with a little surface rubbing, some light browning or dust marking otherwise very tidy, unclipped DW has browned spine and some minor wear and chipping to the head and tail, minimal wear to corners, 250pp H First Edition Very Go...

In the Northern Mists, a Grand Fleet Chaplains Note Book

HAINSSELIN Montague T · 1916

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Hodder cloth boards lightly faded and rubbed, spine sunned, gift inscription dated 1916 to fep, feps browned, some foxing throughout, errata slip to half title recognising original publication in The Saturday Westminster periodical, 242pp, recollections of a chaplain with the ...

Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Edited By William Archer 5 Volumes

IBSEN Henrik Edited By William ARCHER · 1890

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Walter Scott 5 vols, vols 1, 2 &4 are uniform green cloth with bevelled edges and gilt titling to covers and spines, spine ends and corners of rubbed and with short edge splits, top edge gilt; vols 3 & 5 are undated and the cover titling and publisher name at foot of spine is...

Sebastiano the Adventures of an Italian Priest Sebastiano Locatelli 1664-1665

BLUNT Wilfrid · 1956

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

James Barrie red cloth, map endpapers, unclipped DW chipped to edges, short tears to spine ends, travels of Seventeenth century Italian priest from Bologna to Paris and back 1664-1665, Italian travel writing from the period, xiv 296pp + plates H First Edition Good London Ver...

The Man in Charge

JESSUP Richard · 1957

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Secker dust jacket is VG+ unclipped, light wear at head of spine, lower fore edge dust soiled, lower panel dust soiled, book closed edges foxed with slight foxing into a few margins, 196pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Moving Finger

CHRISTIE Agatha · 1943

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Collins first New Zealand issue printed for Collins New Zealand, undated (1943), blue cloth with black titling, light wear to joints, name blacked out to paste down, sewn binding, clean pages, 251pp small red finger mark to lower board H First Edition No Jacket Auckland Very G...

My Hero

HUTCHINS Maude · 1953

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Neville Spearman 1st UK edition, unclipped DW faded spine, a browning to spine and edges, browned feps, slightly foxed edges, 218pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Victorine

HUTCHINS Maude · 1959

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Neville Spearman 1st UK edition, unclipped DW faded spine, a little soiling to lower panel, short edge tear lower panel, top edges dusty, offset browning to feps, slightly musty 191pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Adam's Breed

HALL Radclyffe · 1949

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Falcon Press first thus edition, blue cloth, light lean to spine, unclipped DW, 384pp part of the Falcon Press uniform edition of Radclyffe Hall H reprint Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Unlit Lamp

HALL Radclyffe · 1949

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Falcon Press first thus edition, blue cloth, light lean to spine, unclipped DW with minor chipping to head of spine, 340pp part of the Falcon Press uniform edition of Radclyffe Hall H reprint Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Three Gentlemen

MASON A E W · 1932

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Hodder blue cloth with black titling to upper board and gilt to spine, short tear head of contents page, lacks half title, name to fep, otherwise tidy, unclipped DW complete, short tears along the four corners of the spine at the joint ends, chipped to head and tail and some l...

The Seven Sisters

CHAPMAN Robert · 1945

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

John Crowther assumed first edition, unclipped DW with chipping to corners and spine ends as well as a tear and some chipping to head of lower panel, "A 1945 Spy Thriller", lacks fep, 144pp, some minor rubbing or fading to the cloth, light soiling or foxing of closed edges H F...

Mantissa

FOWLES John · 1982

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Jonathan Cape unclipped DW slightly faded to spine, light rubbing, heraldic bookplate to fep reads "AVISE LA FIN, ex libris Kennedy " 192pp VG tidy copy H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall