GORDON, JAN and CORA J

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, coloured illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xii + 304pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to some pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light cracking sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1927

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LADY WARREN

FIRST EDITION IN SCARCE D/W, super octavo, beige buckram boards, blue lettering & rule to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with some minor loss to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1922

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CUST, Mrs HENRY & STORRS, Sir RONALD (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 364pp, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges/extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label & ink stamp to rear pastedown, light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1928

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HARRY, MYRIAM

FIRST EDITION, IN SCARCE D/W, super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine, black rule & sm illus to front board, frontispiece, 206pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1924

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DE WARZEE, DOROTHY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt sword-weilding lion illus to front board, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate discolouration & light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters of pgs 112-113)

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1913

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BLYTH, ESTELLE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 348pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & scuffing to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light tanning to eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1927

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DE NOGALES, RAFAEL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiii + 251pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading & soiling to spine, moderate chafing & fading to front board, 2cm closed tear- mended- to front board, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps with prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page & rear ep, moderate foxing thorughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Wright & Brown N/D (c.1920s?)

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LYALL, ARCHIBALD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus front eps, frontispiece, viii + 244pp + 8pp publisher's catalogue to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page & rear ep, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light cracking to gutters throghout, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- tidy archival tape repairs & minor loss, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1930

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GRAHAM, R B CUNNINGHAME

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 283pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading & scuffing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1933

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MARKLEY, ROBERT

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1988

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MILLER, JEFFREY

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to title plate of orange cloth spine, frontispiece, 323pp, illus, Near FINE (minimal library markings)

PUBLISHER: Black Sparrow Press 1986

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FRAZIER, HARRIET C

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 161pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional light pencil markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate soiling & tanning, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Mouton & Co 1974

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VAN TONGEREN, PAUL J M

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xiv + 322pp, VG (moderate wrinkling & soiling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl foxing to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Purdue University Press 1999

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THOMPSON, SAM

FIRST EDITION; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2012

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BLACKBURN, JULIA

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1999

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RUSHDIE, SALMAN

Super octavo softcover (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: Jonathan Cape 2015

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MISTRY, ROHINTON

FIRST U.S. 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: Alfred A. Knopf 2002

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BRUCE, MARY GRANT

Sm. octavo hardcover (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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1925

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BRUCE, MARY GRANT & MACFARLANE, J. (illus)

Sm. octavo hardcover (scruffy VG-, a few prelim. pages incl. frontispiece detached with attempted tape repairs by prev. owner); 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited n/d

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BRUCE, MARY GRANT

Sm. octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1949

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