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Wild Goose

WiBBERLEY Mary · 1977

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Mills and Boon price clipped dust jacket sunned to spine, paper stock age browning, 187pp + adverts, jacket slightly worn to edges, romance fiction H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Beyond the Windy Place, Life in the Guatemalan Highlands

OAKES Maud · 1951

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Victor Gollancz dust jacket chipped with some loss to edges, soiled, name stamp to fep and closed top edge, 338pp, author searched out and lived with the descendents of the Maya, the Mam Indians of Guatemala H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The New Legions

DUNCAN Donald · 1967

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Victor Gollancz price clipped dust jacket lightly handling soiled, book clean, US military hero and veteran speaks out against a war he believes is wrong (Vietnam conflict), also gives accounts of his Special Forces activities and training, special missions etc, 274pp H First ...

London Magazine April 1969 Vol. 8 No. 11 (New Series)

ROSS Alan · 1969

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

some handling soiling to wraps, 100pp + plates S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Messengers in Blackface

BRUNTON Alan · 1973

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Amphedesma Press 20pp A5 size in black and white photo designed wrapper by Will Benfield, poetry by New Zealand born author S First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall Booklet

Accident for Inspector West

CREASEY John · 1957

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Hodder unclipped dust jacket with light chipping to head of spine, lightly soiled closed edges, 191pp, jacket has rubbed fore edge folds H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The 13 Clocks

THURBER James · 1951

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Hamilton first UK issue, head of spine split, small gift inscription to half title, 124pp, illustrated in colour H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good Mark Simont 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

West Midland, A Railway in Miniature ( G S Troup 's Copy with Original Photos Slipped in )

BEAL Edward · 1952

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Percival Marshall cloth slightly discoloured, unclipped dust jacket heavily rubbed with edge tears some creases and loss to spine, 'Troup' in pen to fep, 164pp + plates, very faint scattered foxing, rear paste down has an envelope attached by its gummed edge, this is addressed...

The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians Volume VI 6 Six

ROLLIN M. · 1838

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Thomas Tegg volume six ( of six ) only, spine ends and corners rubbed back, hinges cracked, Frank G Glen's poorly designed bookplate pasted at front, a rules plate for Compton House Library to fep, pagination = title, vi, 1-494pp includes index, this volume is books XX-XXIV, s...

The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians Volume IV 4 four

ROLLIN M. · 1838

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Thomas Tegg volume four ( of six ) only, spine ends and corners rubbed back, hinges cracked and open with tape rust, Frank G Glen's poorly designed bookplate pasted at front, a rules plate for Compton House Library to fep, pagination = title, v, 1-445pp + folding map of Alexa...

The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Being the Authorised version Set Forth in 1611 Arranged in Parallel Columns with the Revised Version of 1881 ASSOCIATION COPY BETWEEN Dr. Millen Coughtrey and Rev D M Stuart of Dunedin

COUGHTREY M. & D. M. Stuart · 1882

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

University Press (2kg postal rate, double standard charge) full black leather with blind decorated boards, all edges gilt, spine titled in gilt, spine, ends and corners rubbed, front paste down bears a pasted down sheet being a thank you note from D M Stuart to Dr Millen Cough...

Red Sky at Morning, a Novel

BRADFORD Richard · 1969

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Hodder and Stoughton unclipped dust jacket has one small edge tear at top of rear panel, bright red end papers, the author's first novel in the British printing, 256pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good Neville Dear 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Children of the Law of One and The Lost Teachings of Atlantis

PENIEL John · 1997

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Network Publications the author stumbles across a hidden Himalayan monastery and learns great secrets and mysteries. USED copy with some wear etc, still good and with no markings etc.vi 371pp S Second Printing No Jacket Fort Lauderdale Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Sword of Honour Trilogy (Everyman's Library 173)

WAUGH Evelyn with Frank Kermode · 1994

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Knopf clean tidy used copy, light former owner pencil name to fep, no dust jacket, acid free paper and silk ribbon, nice binding, xlv 710pp, critical edition with 45 pages of notes etc. Introduction by Frank Kermode H First Thus No Jacket New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? ...

The Tower Treasure ( The Hardy Boys )

DIXON Franklin W. · 1951

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Harold Hill edgewear to decorative cloth, sun fading to spine and lower board, light dust soiling to closed edges, no dust jacket, first UK edition, 224pp H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Gentleman Jim: The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS and Special Services

WINDMILL Lorna Almonds · 2001

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Constable unclipped DW, excellent copy, 296pp + plates and prelims, Jim served with David Stirling with the first of the SAS in North Africa, written by his daughter and utilising his diaries and his own input. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Mostly Harmless

ADAMS Douglas · 1992

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Heinemann unclipped DW, Australian printing, 219pp, some age toning to pages, Fifth book in the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

ADAMS Douglas · 1987

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Heinemann unclipped DW has stationers label to bottom corner of front fold in flap, page has some age toning as per usual, 247pp small former owner ink name to fep H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Philosophy of the Good Life Gifford Lectures 1929-30

GORE Charles · 1930

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

John Murray fep removed, tiny ink initials to paste down rubberstamp name to half title and title, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, white ink shelf mark to spine, xiii, 346pp + 6pp adverts, broad survey of 'the good' and ethics etc as posited by major philosophical fai...

Over the White Wall, Poems SIGNED COPY

LAUDER Hugh · 1985

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

The Caxton Press softbound, sunned spine, signed presentation copy from author, 56pp S Signed by Author First Edition No Jacket Christchurch Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall