BECKETT, SAMUEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, string bound light card covers with jacket affixed at flaps, 22pp, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to covers, 2-3cm closed tearing to top & bottom edges of spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (glued to booklet covers at flaps, spine completely torn & covers flapping free with moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1958

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HUXLEY, ALDOUS & SMITH, GROVER (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 992pp, VG (usual library markings, light foxing & discolouration to board edges, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, moderate tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate tape staining/residue to edges & flaps, flaps heavily clipped, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1969

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BUICK, T. LINDSAY

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 153pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing with loss & archival tape repairs to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons 1936

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SOUTHERN, A. C. & EVENNETT, H. O. (Fore)

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxv + 553pp, illus, VG (moderate discolouration & tape residue to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, usual library markings, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional underlining in pencil) in d/w & plastic protective wrapper- affixed, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate foxing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Sands & Co N/D (c.1950)

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DUNCAN, JANE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 152pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1975

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PRIESTLEY, J. B.

LIMITED NUMBERED SIGNED FIRST EDITION #50, imperial octavo, blue leather boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, aeg, gilt decoration to board edges, marbled eps, xii + 156pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, minor rubbing to gilt on boards, sm gift inscription in ink to prelims- below author's signature)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1974

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FORD, MARK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxviii + 312pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 2000

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ISRAEL, JACOB

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PUBLISHER: Gatekeeper Press 2021

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SOUTHGATE, LAURA

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PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2019

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CAMUS, ALBERT & THODY, PHILIP (Trans, Intro & Notes by)

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PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1966

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WINTON, TIM

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PUBLISHER: Pan Macmillan 1994

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HARRIS, STEF

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PUBLISHER: Quentin Wilson Publishing 2023

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MANDELSHTAM, OSIP & GREENE, JAMES (Trans) & MANDELSHTAM, NADEZHDA (Fore) & DAVIE, DONALD (Fore) & RAYFIELD, DONALD (Intro)

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PUBLISHER: Angel Books 1989

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TAYLOR, CLIFF

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PUBLISHER: Quentin Wilson Publishing 2023

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RADCLIFFE, ROBERT

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PUBLISHER: AudioGO Ltd 2011

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HOLLINGHURST, ALAN

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PUBLISHER: Picador 2017

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JOSEPH, MK

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PUBLISHER: Atuanui Press 2020

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RAPATAHANA, VAUGHAN

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PUBLISHER: Proverse Hong Kong 2011

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DE MASIREVICH, CONSTANCE & CAMPBELL, ROY (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Vincent Stuart 1965

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GREENE, GRAHAM

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PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1982

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