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$45.00
2i15a/17

Cat O'Nine Tales and Other Stories


ARCHER, JEFFREY; SEARLE, RONALD (illus.)

First edition, thus. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Super 8vo, pp. x + 262; purple heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; illus. eps, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & sl foxing).

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2006

KEYWORDS: Jeffrey Archer children's books juvenile literature modern first edition Ronald Searle

$95.00
2i15a/26

Amsterdam


MCEWAN, IAN

First edition. Signed by author. 8vo, pp. [8] + 178; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1998

KEYWORDS: Ian McEwan 20th century fiction modern first edition

$15.00
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Death and Chicanery: A Collection of Tales


MCDONALD, PHILIP

Ex-library. First edition. 8vo hardcover (VG-), lacking ffep, 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: Herbert Jenkins 1963

KEYWORDS: Philip McDonald modern first edition stories detection crime detective fiction

$24.50
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The Waiter


CHOWDHURY, AJAY

First edition. Super 8vo 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: Harvill Secker 2021

KEYWORDS: Ajay Chowdhury crime fiction detection detective modern first edition

$15.00
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Dry Ice


WHITE, STEPHEN

First edition. Super 8vo 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: Dutton 2007

KEYWORDS: Stephen White 21st century psychological fiction modern first edition

$17.50
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I am an Executioner: Love Stories


PARAMESWARAN, RAJESH

First edition. Uncorrected proof copy. 8vo 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: Bloomsbury 2012

KEYWORDS: Rajesh Parameswaran 21st century fiction love short stories modern first edition

$22.50
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The Bear Boy


OZICK, CYNTHIA

First edition. 8vo 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005

KEYWORDS: Cynthia Ozick 21st century fiction modern first edition

$25.00
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The Heavens


NEWMAN, SANDRA

First edition. 8vo 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: Granta 2019

KEYWORDS: Sandra Newman 21st century fiction modern first edition

$15.00
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Mimff: The Story of a Boy Who Was Not Afraid


KAESER, H J; ARDIZZONE, EDWARD (illus.); WILLIAMSON, KATHLEEN (transl)

Ex-library. First edition. 8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; 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: Oxford University Press 1947

KEYWORDS: H J Kaeser 20th century children's books juvenile fiction literature modern first edition

$15.00
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The Parasites


WILSON, T E

First edition. 8vo 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: Robert Hale & Company 1973

KEYWORDS: T E Wilson 20th century New Zealand fiction modern first edition

$12.50
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Corpse at the Carnival


BELLAIRS, GEORGE

First edition. 8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; 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: The Thriller Book Club 1958

KEYWORDS: George Bellairs crime fiction thriller mystery modern first edition

$55.00
2i15a/45

Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time


KASSABOVA, KAPKA

First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 380; white heavy card bds, spine lettered in black; illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; minor soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2023

KEYWORDS: Kapka Kassabova modern first edition 21st century Mesta valley Europe

$40.00
2i15a/49

The Odd Woman & the City


GORNICK, VIVIAN

Uncorrected proof copy. 8vo, pp. [6] + 173; white light card covers; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light cracking to front gutters).

PUBLISHER: Nero Books N.D.

KEYWORDS: Vivian Gornick fiction modern first edition

$45.00
2i15a/50

The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God and other stories


KERET, ETGAR

First edition. 8vo, pp. [10] + 182; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in green gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: Thomas Dunne Books 2001

KEYWORDS: Etgar Keret modern first edition 21st century fiction short stories

$15.00
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Small Great Things


PICOULT, JODI

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: Ballantine Books 2016

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novels fiction Jodi Picoult

$22.50
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Cat's Eye


ATWOOD, MARGARET

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: Bloomsbury 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novels fiction Margaret Atwood

$40.00
2e15a/2

Mother's Little Girl


TURNER, ETHEL; JOHNSON, A J (illus.)

First edition. 8vo, pp. 255; red cl boards, pine & front board lettered & decorated in gilt; frontis., plates; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front & rear hinge, bdg sloppy; moderate cracking to central gutters).

PUBLISHER: Ward Lock & Co. 1904

KEYWORDS: Ethel Tunrer A J Johnson 20th century fiction modern first edition

$45.00
2e15a/6

The Principle of Moments


JIKIEMI-PEARSON, ESMIE

First edition. Signed by author to tp. Super 8vo, pp. viii + 504; blue heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; all edges stained blue with illus., illus. eps; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrem); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Gollancz 2023

KEYWORDS: Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson modern first edition science fantasy science fiction

$40.00
2e15a/16

Porno


WELSH, IRVINE

First US edition. 8vo, pp. [10] + 484; red heavy card boards, yellow spine lettered in blue gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with minor chipping, esp to spine; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; lg line in black marker to ffep); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate creasing to covers & front & rear flaps; plastic tag pasted to rear flap).

PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton 2002

KEYWORDS: Irvine Welsh Trainspotting 21st century fiction modern first edition

$40.00
2e15a/19

Crimes Across the Sea: An anthology of short stories by the Mystery Writers of America


CREASEY, JOHN (ed); BREAN, HERBERT (pref)

First UK edition. 8vo, pp. xii + 235; red heavy card boards, black label to spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, foxing & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co. 1965

KEYWORDS: crime fiction 20th century literature modern first edition anthology American

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