ST AUBYN, EDWARD

FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 864pp., VG+ (light tanning and sl. creasing to spine) in d/w VG+ (sl. soiling fading & scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Picador 2014

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COUNT POTOCKI OF MONTALK

Numbered, limited pirated first edition; textured heavy cream boards with black lettering, grey cloth with black lettering to spine, 36pp, VG+ (a touch of scuffing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Shack Press 1972

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MARSHALL, OWEN

FIRST EDITION of the author's first book; octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 115pp, VG+ (light tanning and occasional light foxing) in d/w VG (heavy fading to spine, light scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus 1979

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CRUMP, BARRY

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 237pp., VG+ (light scuffing to boards, a touch of foxing here & there) in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Barry Crump Associates 1992

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LEWIS, WYNDHAM

FIRST EDITION, square super octavo green cloth boards, 379pp., illus,, VG (light scuffing and moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning and foxing to edges and within, lacks d/w)

PUBLISHER: Laidlaw & Laidlaw 1939

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SYME, RONALD & STOBBS, WILLAIM (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, lacks fep.; small octavo red cloth boards, black illus. to front, black lettering to spine, 190pp, illus., VG (light scuffing to boards, light tanning and foxing within) in d/w VG (light scuffing and chipping, with small closed tears (minor), light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1953

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CLARKE, ARTHUR C. & KUBRICK, STANLEY

FIRST EDITION THUS (1983 - based on screenplay by Clarke & Kubrick, with additional epilouge material by Clarke new to this editon); octavo cloth boards, lettering to spine, pp., VG- (tape stains to boards, moderate foxing and soiling within) in d/w VG+ (smart exterior, tape stains to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Inner Circle 1983

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MILNE, A. A. & SHEPARD, ERNEST H. (illus.)

FIRST EDITION THUS, square octavo blue cloth boards, gilt border and charming Christopher Robin design to front, gilt lettering to spine, illus., pp., VG (main 'detraction': 12 plates are in colour, but a large proportion of the black & white text decorations have been coloured by a prev. owner - generally, they have done so in a tidy manner; otherwise, light scuffing to boards - light tanning and occasional light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1932

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BERNE, ERIC ET AL.

FIRST EDITION THUS (revised & enlarged edition); octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 386pp, VG (light scuffing to boards, light tanning to edges and within, moderate foxing to edges and light foxing within, occasional soiling throughout) in d/w VG (sl. fading to spine, light soiling, light scuffing, moderate foxing and spoiling to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1969

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REED, LANGFORD

FIRST EDITION 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: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1937

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MORRIS, JAMES [JAN]

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: Faber & Faber, 1968

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STEPHENSON, NEAL

FIRST EDITION Imperial octavo (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: William Morrow, 2011

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VICINUS, MARTHA

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover, purple buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, xxxii + 314pp., illus, NEAR FINE in d/w NEAR FINE

PUBLISHER: University Of Chicago Press 2004

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MORTIMER, CHAPMAN

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971

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ARAX, MARK & WARTZMAN, RICK

FIRST EDITION, Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w with minor water stain (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: PublicAffairs, 2003

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TERRAINE, JOHN

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: Leo Cooper, 1989

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CORLE, EDWIN

FIRST EDITION Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-, very poor: flap detached, segments missing): 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: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1948

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HOBON, RUSSELL & BLAKE, QUENTIN (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, quarto hardcover, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to boards and spine, illus titlepage, frontispiece, unpaginated, VG (heavy scuffing and wear to edges of boards and spine, moderate creasing to hinges, moderate foxing to boards, mild tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (heavy foxing to faces, moderate scratching and soiling to faces, heavy curling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition illus childrens literature

BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 131pp, VG (moderate tanning and foxing to edges and within, light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1983

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GOLDEN, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, ADVANCED READING COPY; super octavo illus. light card covers, 394pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing, a touch of tanning within, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1997

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