DOYLE, A CONAN

SCARCE FIRST EDITION (FIRST COLONIAL EDITION - WHICH USUALLY PRECEDES THE FIRST UK EDITION), SUITABLE FOR REBINDING using original boards as spine present but detached, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & blue decoration to spine - detached, blue lettering & illus to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 359pp, illus/plates- counted & all present but a few are in incorrect places from illus list page, G- (spine completely detached but loosely enclosed- binding exposed & heavily cracked and fraying, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board extrems, moderate chafing & light soiling/chafing to boards, sm pencil notation to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, v heavy cracking to gutters at rear- some pages partially detached but present, some plates/illus deatched but present, moderate scuffing/gouging & creasing to edges of plate opp. pg24, moderate foxing throughout, 2cm clean closed cut to base of pgs 207-210, minor marking to text block on pg234) an absolute must for any Sherlock Holmes fans, she's still a charming despite her condition!

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co 1902

KEYWORDS: modern first editions colonial library classic mysteries novels fiction literature Arthur Conan Doyle illustrated Sherlock Holmes

LA FONTAINE & RIPART, G (illus)

TEXT IN FRENCH 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Maurice Glomeau (n/d)

KEYWORDS: text in French fables La Fontaine literature

HOMER & FAGLES, ROBERT (trans) & KNOX, BERNARD (intro)

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PUBLISHER: The Softback Preview / Penguin 1997

KEYWORDS: Homer's Odyssey Robert Fagles translation ancient Greek literature epic poetry

DELILLO, DON

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Picador / Pan Macmillan 2003

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

GRAVES, ROBERT & SEYMOUR-SMITH, MARTIN (intro)

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1983

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

FORD, RICHARD

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PUBLISHER: Flamingo / Collins 1988

KEYWORDS: fiction literature

REEVES, JAMES & ARDIZZONE, EDWARD (illus)

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PUBLISHER: Books for Children / William Heinemann 1978

KEYWORDS: children's illustrated fiction short stories fairy tales literature Edward Ardizzone balck and white illustrations

SARKADI, IMRE

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PUBLISHER: Corvina Press 1967

KEYWORDS: Hungarian postwar fiction short stories literature

CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN & HOWARD, ALAN (illus)

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1977

KEYWORDS: Norse legends mythology folktales Kevin Crossley-Holland literature

JOHNSON, STANLEY

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PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1980

KEYWORDS: suspense fiction adventure literature

VONNEGUT, KURT JR.

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PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence 1974

KEYWORDS: Kurt Vonnegut essays reviews lectures literature

FISK, NICHOLAS

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PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books 1971

KEYWORDS: children's science fiction sci fi literature first edition

ANDERSON, POUL

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PUBLISHER: Nelson Doubleday 1975

KEYWORDS: science fiction sci fi literature

O'BRIAN, PATRICK (ed) & BURTON, JOAN (illus)

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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2013

KEYWORDS: Patrick O'Brian sea travel maritime history nautical literature

FORESTER, C S & WYETH, N C ( illus)

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PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 1967

KEYWORDS: Horatio Hornblower historical adventure fiction literature

HIGHSMITH, PATRICIA

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PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1977

KEYWORDS: first edition Patricia Highsmith short stories suspsense fiction literature

GALVAN, MANUEL DE JESUS & GRAVES, ROBERT (trans)

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PUBLISHER: Victor Gollacnz 1956

KEYWORDS: first edition Latin American fiction literature Enriquillo

COOPER, EDMUND

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PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stougton 1973

KEYWORDS: speculative science fiction sci fi literature

TYLER, ANNE

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1966

KEYWORDS: first edition literature modern first edition

TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1972

KEYWORDS: fiction short stories literature