McBAIN, ED

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Orion Publishing 2004

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CARTER, PAUL & LEWIS, RUARK

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PUBLISHER: NMA Publications 1999

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DERRIDA, JACQUES & RAND, RICHARD (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1984

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OWENS, CRAIG & BRYSON, SCOTT et al (Eds)

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PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1992

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PRIESTLEY, REBECCA

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TWIGGER, ROBERT

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PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2016

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LUNDE, MAJA

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PUBLISHER: Scribner 2017

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LEFTERI, CHRISTY

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PUBLISHER: Zaffre 2019

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AMBLER, ERIC

THIRD IMPRESSION, octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 320pp, VG (sl bruising & discolouration to spine & extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev, bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1950

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PAPE, RICHARD

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PUBLISHER: Odhams Press N/D (c.1956)

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FRASER, IAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 216pp illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown & prelims, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, sl foxing to prelims, light occasional foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & open tearing/loss to edges, light chafing & surface loss, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1957

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KEMP, WOLFGANG et al (Essays) & DURO, PAUL (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 322pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers with som elight chafing & soiling, prev, bookseller's sm label to rear cover & inside front cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to some gutters- some pgs loosened but still attached, moderate annotation in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1996

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LYONS, MALCOLM C. (Trans) & LYONS, URSULA (Trans) & IRWIN, ROBERT (Intro & Annotated)

HEAVY 3 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering & illus to cream cloth spines, blue gilt illus to boards, patterned eps, illus prelims, vol 1- xxv + 982pp, vol 2- xviii + 878pp, vol 3- xx + 855pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems of all 3 vols, light to moderate soiling to spines, internally sound & in near fine condition) in slipcase, VG+ (light scuffing & chafing, light bruising to corners)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2008

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DUBOIS, MARIE JOSEPH

TEXT IN FRENCH, super octavo, cream glossy light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine & front cover, xxiv + 815pp, VG+ (moderate tanning & curling/creasing to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges, sm ink stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: Reproduction des Theses, Universite de Lille / Librairie Honore Champion 1977

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McBAIN, ED

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 179pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fold to front flap, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Fingerprint / Hamish Hamilton 1977

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McBAIN, ED

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (light bruising & moderate discolouration to spine extrems & board edges, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1966

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McBAIN, ED

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 161pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton / Fingerprint 1975

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McBAIN, ED

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton / Fingerprint 1977

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McBAIN, ED

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light grey heavy boards, pink lettering to spine, top page edges stained pink, printed eps, 218pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to board edges & page edges, various sm ink markings & prev. owner's ink stamp to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Simon and Schuster 1961

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ELIOTT, E. C. & JOBSON, R. J. (Illus)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering & space illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, vii + 200pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light bend to front board, light occasional foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with som eminor loss, moderate tanning, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1958

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