OOKA, SHOHEI & MORRIS, IVAN (trans)

FIRST EDITION scruffy ex library. Octavo hardcover (VG-) with 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: Secker & Warburg 1957

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LEHMANN, ROSAMOND

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PUBLISHER: Reynal & Hitchcock 1945

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LESSING, DORIS

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PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 1997

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography modern first edition

BATES, H. E.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition memoir autobiography

MURAKAMI, HARUKI; OZAWA, SEIJI; & RUBIN, JAY (transl.)

FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix+329pp, VG+ (light soiling and scuffing to boards, light tanning to edges and within) in d/w nr. FINE (removable plastic cover)

PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2016

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MANAWATU, BECKY

FIRST EDITION SECOND IMPRESSION (no statement of earlier printing inside, but Steve Braunias quote on cover), super octavo white light card covers (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: Makaro Press 2019

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TREVELYAN, R. C.

FIRST EDITION. Imperial octavo, green light card covers, dark green lettering to spine, 92pp, VG- (moderate brusing to spine, dust jacket partially glued to spine at the bottom, sun light sun fading to cover and cover edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w VG- (sun fading to spine, covers and cover edges, moderate foxing and soiling throughout, 1cm tear to bottom of spine with loss, moderate chipping to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1941

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TODD, RUTHVEN & GALDONE, PAUL (illus)

VERY SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, no d/w, octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 87pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus 1956

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KWON, R. O.

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, grey heavy card boards with black lettering to spine, mustard yellow eps, 214pp, VG+ (light brusing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (moderate brusing to spine extrems and cover edges, dampstain upper spine and rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Virago / Little Brown Book Group 2018

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PATON, ALAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, oatmeal buckram, maroon lettering to spine and boards, lower page edges deckled, 269pp, VG+ ( moderate foxing to page edges) in illus d/w VG- (sun fading to spine and cover, light chipping to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1948

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FENTON, EDWARD

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Julia Macrae Books 1987

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MARITAIN, JACQUES

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PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Chapman 1968

KEYWORDS: modern first edition memoir autobiography

BARTLETT, NORMAN

FIRST EDITION Super 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: Andrew Melrose 1954

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SLADEK, JOHN

FIRST EDITION - the surpressed edition due to legal action by the Church of Scientology, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue heavy card boards with sliver stamp lettering to spine, light blue eps, 376pp, VG+ (usual library markings, very slight bruising to board corners, very slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (usual library markings)

PUBLISHER: Granada Publishing 1973

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MONSARRAT, NICHOLAS

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PUBLISHER: Cassel 1978

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KARLSSON, ELIS

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey cloth boards, quarter bound mustard cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 264pp, illus - 8 plates, VG (light soiling to spine and boards, light brusing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (light/moderate tanning to inside, moderate chipping to spine extrems, moderate wrinkling to front and back)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: Elis Karlsson modern first edition life at sea maritime sailing ships nautical expolration memoir

KEANE, MOLLY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black hevay card boards quarter bound in maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine and boards, deckled page edges, 245pp + 1pp advert, Near FINE (very slight soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (very slight curling to top edge, light soiling to front)

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch Ltd 1981

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IDRIESS, ION. L

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PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson, 1947

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HAMILTON, PETER F.

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan, 2014

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SEARLE, RONALD; HUBER, HEINZ & FITZ GIBBON, CONSTANTINE (transl.)

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PUBLISHER: William Heinemann, 1966

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