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The Old Fairy Tales

MASON James & J Moyr Smith · 1883

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Cassell Petter Gilpin & Co Twenty-fifth thousand. Blue papered boards with dark blue and gilt decoration of a fairy with a shield riding a bat. backstrip detached at upper joint but holding along lower joint, some edge wear, corners rubbed through to boards, internally VG bu...

Americaville

WATTS Minor · 1969

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Olympia first thus edition. blue cloth with elaborate gilt scrolling to cover. red endpapers. 249pp. DW rubbed to surface and edges, price clipped. Top edge dusty. "not so much satire as what one might be tempted to call 'magic realism' "."A small resortish town with its lande...

By Seashore Wood and Moorland, Peeps at Nature

STEP Edward · 1900

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Partridge blue cloth with green and white decorative cover and gilt titling, rubbing to the edges and joints. Fep removed neatly, Newbolds Bookshop label to paste down, frontis and tissue guard half detached, rubricated title page. 320pp + 32pp publishers catalogue. Engraved ...

Through the Serbian Campaign, the great retreat of the Serbian Army.

GORDON-SMITH Gordon · 1916

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Hutchinson red cloth faded to top part of upper board, edges rubbed and worn, split to upper part of upper joint, spine faded, lower joint starting to split at head. boards lightly soiled, LACKS THE FOLDING MAP, , hinge opening before the title, xvi, 319 +1pp + plates and ...

Nebula Award Stories 7

BIGGLE Jr Lloyd · 1972

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Victor Gollancz (500 gram rate) excellent copy in unclipped excellent dust jacket, a few tiny spots of foxing to closed fore edge H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

New Writings in SF19

CARNELL John edited · 1971

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Dobson (500 gram rate) some spots of foxing to top edge and the DW folds. , unclipped DW. includes John Rackham, Christopher Priest, Michael G Coney, Kenneth Bulmer, Joseph Green, Vincent King, David Coles. Book excellent copy DW VG- H First Edition Very Good London Very Good ...

The Mark of Merlin

MCCAFFREY Anne · 1980

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Futura remainder stamped to closed bottom edge of pages, light wear, no inscriptions, first thus British paperback edition by Futura's Troubador romance division, 180pp EMAIL FOR REDUCED SHIPPING S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The MG Magnette (mark 3 III) Drivers Handbook

BRITISH MOTOR CORPORATION · 1959

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

BRITISH MOTOR CORPORATION third edition, blue printed covers detached and soiled, 60pp stapled, key numbers written at head of title in pen, text is still quite tidy and clean, the manual that was sent out with the new automobile. EMAIL FOR REDUCED SHIPPING S reprint No Jacke...

Half-ton Van and Pick Up Drivers Handbook BMC

BRITISH MOTOR CORPORATION · 1963

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

BRITISH MOTOR CORPORATION undated but code at rear has 8/63 so assuming 1963, red and white printed covers stapled sheets, 62pp, diagrams etc, covers a little soiled from greasy fingers but not too bad and internally quite clean. rear cover publication number AKD 3907. handbo...

A Zoo in My Luggage

DURRELL Gerald · 1960

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Hart-Davis unclipped dw has split at bottom half of lower joint, a few short edge tears, chipped spine ends, gift inscription to fep, light foxing to prelims and closed edges, 205pp with 41 line illustrations, author relates how he set up a zoo / wildlife park with much humour...

Pylon

FAULKNER William · 1935

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.15 | ¥43,900)

Chatto & Windus DW has peice missing from head of spine losing all of the title but authors name is present, browned backstrip, minor chipping or splitting to spine ends and corners, front and rear panels and fold in flaps complete and intact, not price clipped, a little offse...

Pure Poetry an Anthology

MOORE George Editor · 1924

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Nonesuch vellum spine, papered boards slightly soiled, untrimmed fore edges, foxed endpapers, numbered limited edition #562 / 1250 copies, laid watermarked paper, anthology of famous poetry, ix 128pp including 43pp of Moore's 'Thesis' H First Edition No Jacket Soho Very Good ...

Hunter, the Adventurous Life of One of the Last and Greatest of Africa's White Hunters

HUNTER J A · 1958

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Hamilton unclipped Dw with little signs of wear apart from mild surface dust soiling, a little offset tape rust to free endpapers from a plastic sleeve that was on the DW, some minor foxing to closed edges, 242pp + plates, eleventh impression in unusually tidy condition, 'gre...

Where is Jenny now?

WEES Frances Shelley · 1958

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Herbert Jenkins red papered boards, small name and adress to fep, DW unclipped, light rubbing to joints, short tear to corners of upper front fore edge fold, minor chipping to other corners and head of spine, one short closed edge tear at head of front panel, 192pp H First Edi...

How to Relax and Revitalize Yourself

MACDONALD-BAYNE Murdo · 1966

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Fowler tidy gilt titled boards, tidy price clipped dust jacket, 212pp, thirty lessons in self awareness, positive thought, relaxation, occupational therapy all from a spiritual / metaphysical standpoint H reprint Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Tales of Daring and Danger

HENTY G A · 1927

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Blackie blue cloth with green and orange foliage and fruit design to cover and spine, light edge rubbing, prize plate to free end paper awarded to William Pearce from Washdyke school (NZ) dated 1927, bookseller stamp at foot of fep, old transfer decals or the remains of erase...

The British Search for the Northwest Passage in the Eighteenth Century

WILLIAMS Glyndwr · 1962

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Longmans uncorrected proof copy in pink paper wrappers with black text to cover and a pasted on slip with intended publication date and price, light wear to wraps with sunned spine (blank), published for the Royal Commonwealth Society by Longmans, xvi 295pp sewn sheets, lacks ...

Story of the Niger, a Record of travel and Adventure from the Days of Mungo Park to the Present Time

RICHARDSON Robert · 1893

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Thomas Nelson blue cloth with black and gilt decoration, light rubbing to joints and edges, corners slightly frayed, decorative endpapers, name and address to fep, contents page has pen ticks to it, engraved extra title page, frontis, 357pp + adverts and plates, African explo...

Take a Girl Like You

AMIS Kingsley · 1960

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Victor Gollancz fourth impression of first edition, very tidy in unclipped DW, faint small cup ring to front DW panel, lightly spotted backstrip, some marks to rear panel, book corners slightly bumped, 320pp quite clean throughout the text H First Edition Very Good London Very...

Corpus of Joe Bailey

HALL Oakley · 1954

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Max Reinhardt second printing of the first UK edition, January 1954, unclipped jacket with mild wear including short tears to folds and mild edge chipping, 481pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall