DICKENS, CHARLES & CARDWELL, MARGARET (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lxxvi + 864pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to rear board, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional pencil marking to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light general soiling, minor annotation in ink to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1982

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DICKENS, CHARLES & SUCKSMITH, HARVEY PETER (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1979

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DICKENS, CHARLES & BURGIS, NINA (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lxxvi + 781pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges, occasional pencil markings to margins) in d/w, G- (front cover & front flap completely missing, spine detached but present- all just loosley enclosed in book, moderate rubbing & tearing to spine, annotation to rear flap, other heavy scuffing & tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981

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EGERTON, GEORGE [DUNNE, MARY CHAVELITA] & BEARDSLEY, AUBREY (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1893

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ELY, DAVID

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PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg Limited 1967

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VALERA, ALEJANDRO

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KUKAFKA, DANYA

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MORGAN, RICHARD K

US FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, [8] + 375pp + [1]; black card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine; VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, some sl scuffing & soiling to boards); in d/w, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to upper edge of rear flap).

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MORGAN, RICHARD K

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BOVBERG, JASON & WHITHAM, KIRK (eds.); PATRIDGE, NORMAN (introd.)

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MCEWAN, IAN

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2019

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MCCANN, COLUM

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PUBLISHER: Random House 2009

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HODGES, C WALTER

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PUBLISHER: G. Bell & Sons 1967

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HODGES, C WALTER

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red card boards, device in gilt to front board, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., illus.; viii + 197 pp.; VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to eps, light to moderate foxing to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light soiling, light to moderate tanning; light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: G. Bell & Sons 1964

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THOMAS, MICHAEL M

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PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1985

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BACON, R L & JAHNKE R H G (illus)

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TRAVERS, P L; BEWICK, THOMAS (illus.)

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PUBLISHER: Collins 1963

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GOULART, RON & PREISS, BYRON (Ed) & NINO, ALEX (Graphics)

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WEISS, DAVID

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WILLIAMSON, CHET (AND ROBERT BLOCH)

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