SAMSON, ALAN

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PUBLISHER: Writers Ink 2021

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SOUTHALL, ANDY

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PUBLISHER: Amapur Press Ltd. 2018

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BLAND, J. O. P.

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PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1920

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SHIPTON, ERIC & BIRO (illus)

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PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

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Lord WOLSELEY & PRESTON, ADRIAN (ed)

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PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd 1967

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VINING, ELIZABETH GRAY

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PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph Ltd 1961

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DEAVOLL, GINNEY

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PUBLISHER: Aries Publishing 2013

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TAYLOR, MERLIN MOORE

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PUBLISHER: Robert M McBride & Company 1926

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FOSTER, HARRY L

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PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1927

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YOUNGHUSBAND, Captain FRANCIS

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PUBLISHER: SN Books World ( Originally John Murray 1898)

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LOTI, PIERRE & BAINES, W P (Trans) & LAMPLOUGH, A (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: T Werner Laurie N/D (c.1920s?)

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KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOS & KAZANTZAKIS, HELEN (Epilogue) & PAPPAGEOTES, GEORGE C (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Bruno Cassirer 1964

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FRASER, JOHN FOSTER

Octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering & illus to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 296pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1915

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GALTON, FRANCIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, xviii + 320pp + 4pp catalogue to rear, VG- (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter- front board shaky, light foxing to prelims, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock and Co 1889

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SYME, RONALD

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PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1975

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GORDON, JAN and CORA J

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, coloured illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xii + 304pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to some pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light cracking sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1927

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LADY WARREN

FIRST EDITION IN SCARCE D/W, super octavo, beige buckram boards, blue lettering & rule to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with some minor loss to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1922

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CUST, Mrs HENRY & STORRS, Sir RONALD (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 364pp, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges/extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label & ink stamp to rear pastedown, light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1928

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HARRY, MYRIAM

FIRST EDITION, IN SCARCE D/W, super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine, black rule & sm illus to front board, frontispiece, 206pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1924

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DE WARZEE, DOROTHY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt sword-weilding lion illus to front board, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate discolouration & light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters of pgs 112-113)

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1913

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