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84, Charing Cross Road.
London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1971. Hardback. Price-clipped dust-wrapper. Octavo. First U. K. edition. Boards a sprung as is often the case; wrapper a little worn at extremities; else very good and without inscriptions.
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A BAFFLED OATH or The Cost of Deceit. New Magnet Library No. 1180.
New York: Street & Smith Corporation, No date [circa 1929]. Softcover. Text block browned; spine worn & head & heel with small loss of paper; else a very good copy.
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A DARK NIGHT'S WORK. Copyright edition. Vol. 657.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1863. 282 pages. Half-title present. Bound in quarter calf gilt over marbled boards. Spine marked and marbled paper rubbed; else a very good copy.
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A HERO OF LIÉGE. A Story of the Great War. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
London: Henry Frowde Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. [iv], vii, [viii], 9-250pp + 22pp adverts at rear. 4 colour plates including frontispiece. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Head and heel of spine a trifle rubbed; else a very good, clean and bright copy.
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A LIFE FOR A LIFE. By the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Copyright edition. In two volumes. Vol's CCCCLXXV & CCCCLXXXVI.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1859. 324; 320 pages. Both half-titles present. Bound as one volume in quarter calf gilt over marbled boards. Spine a little rubbed; some light browning; else a very good, clean copy.
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A Manchester Book; THE SONG OF THE CAT; illustrated with wood-cuts: A legend of the Chancery Court, not contained in any of the records: in three fits. With Notes and Annotations collected for the Rolls’ Office; Edited by A Master out of Chancery.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co, No date [1858]. 133 pages. Illustrated with a separate pictorial title and six full-page plates. Original red pictorial cloth gilt. All edges gilt. 19.2 x `12.4 cm. First edition. Very slight wear to head & heel of spine; else an excellent copy. Presentation inscription from the author on the front free endpaper: ‘Henry Austen Whitney Esq Sept11th 1866 from the author.’
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A MOST CONTAGIOUS GAME.
London.Macdonald and Co. 1967. 188pp. Identical black and white maps of the County of Calleshire on both endpapers. Original boards, silver gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Signed on the half- title by the author 'Catherine Aird'. The price-clipped dust-wrapper has some chipping at the head and heel of spine - not affecting text, also some creasing: else a very good copy.
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A Selection of Amusing and Entertaining IRISH STORIES, compiled from various sources. Price One Penny.
Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, 1850. 24 pages. Wood-engraving on cover/title. Stitched into late plain wrappers. Small bookplate; else near fine.
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A SIMPLE STORY.
Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1850. ix, [1], 264 pages. Bound in quarter cloth over marbled boards. Small water-stain at the lower margin of the first twelve leaves; spine dulled; lacks half-title; else a good plus copy.
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A THATCHED ROOF. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the second page of the prelim's: '"There are dreams we share, and dreams we keep to ourselves" Beverley Nichols.' Small address label on front endpaper; some very light spotting on endpapers front and rear; small white spot on front small; head of spine just a touch bumped; else very good.
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AFFECTIONATE DAUGHTER, Giving an account of Antony Molina, a rich and powerful Gentleman, who for some treasonable Offence against the state, was sentenced to be starved to death in a Dismal Horrible Dungeon! Showing how his life was most wonderfully preserv'd by the milk from his Daughter [sic] Breast.
Northampton: Printed & Published by G. Henson, No date [ circa 1845]. 8 pages, unstitched as issued. 17.5 x 10.7 cm. Slight browning to edges, else a fine copy of this scarce chapbook.
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ALMAYER'S FOLLY A Story of an Eastern River.
London.T. Fisher Unwin. 1896. [6], 7-272pp. Original cloth gilt. Octavo. Second edition. Spine and top of boards a trifle sunned; slight spotting to title page and fore-edges; book plate to front paste-down endpaper; else a handsome copy.
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AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. Translated by Geo. M. Towle.
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BASTARDS I HAVE MET. An ABC of Bastardry.
Auckland: Crump Productions Ltd, 1971. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. 152 pages. Illustrated. First edition. Fire-edges a little spotted and dusty; wrapper a little worn; else a very good copy.
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BLACK VENUS'S TALE with woodcuts by Philip Sutton.
Horsham.Faber & Faber Limited. 1980. [8], 9-35pp. Illustrated with woodcuts by Philip Sutton. Spiral bound with pictorial card wrappers. 23 x 16.5 cms. First edition. A fine copy.
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London: Jonathan Cape, 2010. Original pictorial boards with the printed glassine wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A fine/mint copy. Signed by the author o the title-page
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CHARLOTTE'S INHERITANCE. A Novel by the author of "Lady Audley's Secret," "Aurora Floyd," etc. etc. etc.
London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1868. iv, 414, 4 ad's pages. Frontispiece and pictorial half-title. Original blue cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Top outer corner of the front boards bumped; some light marking on boards; else an excellent copy.
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CROSSED WIRES or, A Tangle of Crime. New Magnet Library No. 1187.
New York: Street & Smith Corporation, No date [circa 1926]. Softcover. Text block browned; spine worn & head & heel with small loss of paper; else a very good copy.
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DONKEY BOY, A Novel.
London.MacDonald and Co. 1952. 400pp. Original green boards, gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Dust-wrapper lightly dust-soiled on rear panel, and edges of dust-wrapper are very slightly chipped at spine head & heel; fore-edges a little spotted and discoloured. Else a very good copy.
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EARLY ITALIAN LOVE STORIES Taken from the Originals by Una Taylor. Illustrated by Henry J. Ford.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1899. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 144 pages. Illustrated in black & white. Original blue cloth, gilt. 4to. First edition. Some light spotting; ownership inscription; else very good.
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