CHESNEY, MARION

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: St Martin's Minotaur 2005

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COETZEE, J M

FIRST US 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Viking Press 1984

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ROBINSON, MARILYNNE

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: Virago Press 2020

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HENTY, G A

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: Blackie and Son N/D

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HENTY, G A

LACKS FRONTIS, 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: Blackie and Son 1902

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HENTY, G A

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: Blackie and Son N/D

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HENTY, G A

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: Blackie and Son 1896

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VAN VOGT, A E

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PUBLISHER: Author's Co-op Publishing Co c.1978

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POSTORINO, ROSELLA & JANECZKO, LEAH (Trans)

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: Flatiron Books 2019

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HARRIS, CHARLES B

Super octavo hardcover (VG) some underlining & annotation in ink; 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: University of Illinois Press 1983

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WITONSKI, PETER (Ed)

4 VOL BOXED SET, very tidy ex-library- likley unread, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, gilt lettering & rule to front boards, top page edges stained yellow, 2396pp total, VG+ (minimal library markings, light staining & bruising to spines) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Arlington House 1971

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PRIOLEAU, JOHN & WORSDELL, G R (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, printed eps, vii + 503pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, light fading to spine, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1936

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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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WILLIAMS, JOY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 204pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 2021

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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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