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  • THE WASP FACTORY. THE BRIDGE. ESPEDAIR STREET. by BANKS, Ian.
    BANKS, Ian.
    THE WASP FACTORY. THE BRIDGE. ESPEDAIR STREET.

    London: BCA, 1999. Softcover. Omnibus Edition. Presentation copy from Banks to his first wife, inscribed on the half-title: 'To Annie Love Ian.' Slight creasing to top outer corner; else very good – unread.

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  • THE WATER GYPSIES. by HERBERT, A. P.
    HERBERT, A. P.
    THE WATER GYPSIES.

    London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1930. 392, 8 catalogue pages. Original green cloth with black decoration & lettering. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Fore-edges a little browned; wrapper a little worn & head & heel & corners; else a very good copy,

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  • THE WATER-WITCH; or. The skimmer of the seas. With nine illustrations by W. A. Cranston. by COOPER, J. Fenimore.
    COOPER, J. Fenimore.
    THE WATER-WITCH; or. The skimmer of the seas. With nine illustrations by W. A. Cranston.

    London: John Dicks, No date. 169, [1 blank], [2 ad’s pages. Bound with, GRIFFITH, Gerald. THE COLLEEN BAWN; or, the Collegians. A tale of Garryowen. With nine illustrations by John Proctor. London. John Dicks. No date. 149, [1 blank], [2 ad’s] pages. Bound as one in publisher’s cloth gilt. Octavo. Spine a little faded; else a very good clean copy. The text is printed in the style of a Penny Dreadful with two columns of text to each page.

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  • THE WOMAN'S KINGDOM. By the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Copyright edition. In two volumes. Vol's 983 & 984. by [MULOCK, Dinah Maria. (Mrs G. L. Craik.)]
    [MULOCK, Dinah Maria. (Mrs G. L. Craik.)]
    THE WOMAN'S KINGDOM. By the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Copyright edition. In two volumes. Vol's 983 & 984.

    Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1868. 310; 296 pages. Both half-titles present. Bound as one volume in quarter calf gilt over marbled boards. Spine a little rubbed at head & heel; some light browning; else a very good, clean copy.

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  • THREE NOVELS. Vainglory. Inclinations. Caprice. With an introduction by Ernest Jones. by FIRBANK, Ronal.
    FIRBANK, Ronal.
    THREE NOVELS. Vainglory. Inclinations. Caprice. With an introduction by Ernest Jones.

    London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. First collected edition. Some light spotting at start and end; wrapper a little worn and chipped at head & heel of spine and corner; else a very good copy.

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  • MACINNES, COLIN.
    TO THE VICTORS THE SPOILS.

    London.Macgibbon and kee. 1950. 350pp. Original cloth, gilt. Pictorial unprice-clipped dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Touch of spotting on top edge. Tiny tear at head of wrapper. Gilt tarnished on spine. Slightly cocked. Else a very good copy

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  • TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEAS. Translated from the French of Jules Verne. by VERNE, Jules.
    VERNE, Jules.
    TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEAS. Translated from the French of Jules Verne.

    London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1873. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF VERNE’S CLASSIC. viii, [3], 4-303, [1], 8pp. ad’s dated 1872-73. Illustrated with 112 black & white plates. Original brown pictorial cloth, gilt. All edges gilt. Octavo. Contained in a modern morocco-backed folding box. First U.K. edition and the first edition in English (the first American edition being prepared from the English sheets). Inner hinges cracked and owner-repaired – though not clumsily. Binding a little rubbed with some bumping to the head & heel and slight wear to the corners, but a very good copy of a book normally found in a distressed state.

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  • TWO OLD MEN'S TALES. The Deformed, and The Admiral's Daughter. by [MARSH, ANNE.]
    [MARSH, ANNE.]
    TWO OLD MEN'S TALES. The Deformed, and The Admiral's Daughter.

    London: Richard Bentley, 1844. [4], 364 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Original decorative cloth, gilt. Very slight rubbing to head & heel of spine; else an excellent copy.

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  • ULSTER FIRESIDE TALES. by McCALLUM, William.
    McCALLUM, William.
    ULSTER FIRESIDE TALES.

    lONDON.Heath Cranton, Limited. No date. (1921.). 253pp. Original cloth. Pictorial dust-wrapper. First edition. Some foxing front and rear and on endpapers; folding reproduction of a review from The Times on front free endpaper; presentation inscription from the author on the half-title. A very good copy in a scarce wrapper that has some light marking and one short tear.

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  • URSULA'S LOVE STORY. A Novel. By the author of "Beautiful Edith," "Sun and Shade." Etc. Etc. New edition. by [PARSONS, Gertrude.]
    [PARSONS, Gertrude.]
    URSULA'S LOVE STORY. A Novel. By the author of "Beautiful Edith," "Sun and Shade." Etc. Etc. New edition.

    Ward, Lock and Co, No date [circa 1880's]. Yellowback. 397, [16 ad's] pages. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Octavo. Boards a little rubbed, and head of spine little worn; bookplate of Comte Louis de Segur on front endpaper; else very good.

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  • VILLAGE FANFARE or The Man from the Future. Illustrated by Fred Excell. by SUDDABY, Donald.
    SUDDABY, Donald.
    VILLAGE FANFARE or The Man from the Future. Illustrated by Fred Excell.

    London: Oxford University Press, 1954. 195 pages. Illustrated in black & white, Original green cloth with silver gilt; original unprice-clipped pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Wrapper a little worn at head of spine and with a very short tear in the upper panel and the spine is a little mellowed; else an excellent clean copy. Very scarce in dust-wrapper. £

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  • WINSTANSLOW. by YOUNG, Francis Brett.
    YOUNG, Francis Brett.
    WINSTANSLOW.

    London: William Heinemann, 1956. 157 pages. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Wrapper a little worn at head and with a short tear in the rear panel; else a very good copy. Presentation copy from the author’s wife, Jessica Brett Young. Inscribed on front end-paper, ’Francis wrote in a rough note-book:- “This book is about John Folliott. When I appear, it is only when I am so near that I cast a shadow.” J.B.J.’ Inscribed on the next end-paper: ‘For Dorothy and Harold Rogers remembering our very pleasant first meeting, & also I remember how gentle and patient Harold was when he made my tape-recording for “Friends and Contemporaries” at the Park Lane Hotel in London on January 29th. So…

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    London: William Heinemann, 1956. 157 pages. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Wrapper a little worn at head and with a short tear in the rear panel; else a very good copy. Presentation copy from the author’s wife, Jessica Brett Young. Inscribed on front end-paper, ’Francis wrote in a rough note-book:- “This book is about John Folliott. When I appear, it is only when I am so near that I cast a shadow.” J.B.J.’ Inscribed on the next end-paper: ‘For Dorothy and Harold Rogers remembering our very pleasant first meeting, & also I remember how gentle and patient Harold was when he made my tape-recording for “Friends and Contemporaries” at the Park Lane Hotel in London on January 29th. So this book comes to you both with every good wish from Jesica Brett Young, Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town. South Africa. February 8th 1963.’ Jessica Brett Young has also identified places on the front map endpapers, including the resting place of her husband’s ashes. Laid in is a full-page letter to Mr. Rogers, written from the Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town, on 15th February 1964, discussing an article by louis Golding, and various other articles concerning her husband. Also, loosely laid in is the article from ‘John o’London, by Louis Golding, that she has annotated. Jessica Brett Young died in 1970. A special copy.

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