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MONSIEUR MALLÉT: or, My Daughter's Letter. A random record. Illustrated with six beautiful designs by Robert Cruikshank. Engraved by Bonner and Walker.
London.Thomas Griffiths, 1830. 32pp. + 4pp cat'. Illustrated with six full-page engravings. Original pink printed wrappers. First edition. Spine a little worn with a tiny piece of paper missing from the top inner edge of the upper cover. Else a very good copy.
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MRS. CAUDLE’S CURTAIN LECTURES. Illustrated by Charles Keene.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1866. xx,190, [10 ad’s] pages. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous black & white engravings within the text. Original decorative cloth gilt. All edges gilt. First edition thus. Head & heel of spine worn; cloth a little mellowed; else a very good, clean copy.
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New Readings of Old Authors MERCHANT OF VENICE. [no 6].
London.E. Wilson & C. Tilt. [ c.1830.]. Unpaged series of 10 engravings with tissue guards. Original pictorial paper covers. Minor chipping to lower fore-edge of front cover, and some paper loss to spine and to rear cover upper corner, some loss also to corner of tissue from first plate. Light, occasional interior spotting; else, a very good copy.
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NO SIGNPOSTS IN THE SEA.
London.Michael Joseph. 1961. 155pp. Original red boards, gilt. Original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. W.H.Smith & Son label stuck on the front endpaper; neat ownership name on front free endpaper; else a near fine copy in a like unprice-clipped wrapper.
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NORTHANGER ABBEY. With Illustrations by Charles E. Brock.
London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1922. vii, [1], 206 pages. Illustrated with 16 full-page coloured plates. Bound in half dark blue calf gilt over marbled boards. Octavo. Two small rubs at the head of the spine; else a very good, crisp copy in a very attractive binding.
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NOSTROMO A Tale of the Seaboard.
London; New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. [1], 2-480pp. Original cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. First issue with page 187 numbered as 871. Extremities a trifle bumped and showing some wear; lower outer corner showing some crease lines with a fracture line showing through on the front fixed endpaper; small wear hole in the lower spine edge; else a very good copy.Wise 15.
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NOTHING TO WEAR. An Episode of City Life. (From Harpers Weekly).
New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1857. 68 pages. Illustrated with 8 full-page plates by Augustus Hoppin. Title-Page printed in red. Original brown boards gilt, decorated in blind; dark green endpapers. Octavo. First edition. Front inner joint cracked; some light spotting; else very good. Butler was the son of Benjamin Franklin Butler, U.S. Attorney General and later Secretary of War. The author's brother was Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler, who led the Capture of New Orleans in 1862 and ran for President in 1884.
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NOVA EXPRESS.
London.Jonathon Cape. 1966. 187pp. Original black boards, gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First UK edition. A near fine copy in a like wrapper.
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NOVELS OF E.M. FORSTER. Illustrated in colour by Glynn Boyd Harte.
1996. Six volumes in pictorial card slipcase. A Passage to India. Howard's End. A Room with a View. Where Angels Fear to Tread. The Longest Journey. Maurice. The Folio Society. 1996. A fine set.
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OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN. A Novel by Evelyn Waugh.
London: Chapman Hall, 1955. Hardback. Dust-wrapper. Not price clipped. Octavo. First edition. A very good copy.
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ONCE UPON A TIME. Second edition. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts.
London: John Murray, 1859. Hardcover. xii, 531 pages. Near contemporary quarter sheep; calf label, over cloth. Octavo. A very nice clean copy.
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… one November day in 1980 the other Graham Greene burst through his shadow…
London: The Bodley Head, 1983. Edition of 225 copies. Original grey wrapper. Inscribed on half-title to Catherine Ardizzone, 'To Catherine With great Affection Noa.' Slight fading on spine edge, else very good.
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ORLEY FARM. New Edition.
London. Chapman and Hall, 1876. [4], 589 pages. Bound in contemporary half blue calf, gilt, over marbled boards. Octavo. Spine and corners a rather rubbed; splitting at head of lower joint; few marks here & there; else a very good copy.
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PAPERS FROM LILLIPUT.
Cambridge.Bowes and Bowes. 1922. vi, 236pp. Original cloth-backed boards with paper label to the spine. Original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Completely unopened and, therefore, unread copy. The dust-wrapper has some small chips from the head and heel of spine - not affecting any lettering - else a near fine copy in a very good wrapper.
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PERSUASION. With Illustrations by Charles E. Brock.
London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1922. v, [1], 216 pages. Illustrated with 16 full-page coloured plates. Bound in half dark blue calf gilt over marbled boards. Octavo. Two small rubs at the head of the spine; else a very good, crisp copy in a very attractive binding.
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PETRONIUS Leader of Fashion. Translation and Notes.
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1922. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Original buckram with paper title-label to spine. Octavo. Inner joints cracked, but firm; else a very good, clean copy in a like dust-wrapper.
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PILGRIM OF THE APOCALYPSE A Critical Study of D. H. Lawrence.
London.Martin Secker. 1934. Hardback. Octavo. First edition. A very good copy. From the library of Catherine Carswell, inscribed on the front endpaper, 'Catherine Carswell given to her by the Author 1934'.
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“PLAIN OR RINGLETS?” By the author of “Handley Cross,” “Sponges Sporting Tour,” “Ask Mama,” ETC. ETC. With illustrations by John Leech.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. 406 pages. Illustrated with a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 12 other hand-coloured engraved plates and engravings within the text. Bound in half red morocco over marbled boards with gilt devices to the spine by Bumpus. All edges gilt. Octavo. First edition. A very handsome, clean copy.
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POEMS BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Viz. The Traveller, The Deserted Village, The Hermit, Retaliation, Double Transformation, A New Simile, in the Manner of Swift, Songs, Elegies, Epitaphs, &c. Printed by G. Nicholson and Co. Palace Street, Manchester.
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POEMS. Second edition.
Bristol.N. Biggs, for Joseph Cottle. 1797. [viii], [6], 7-218 + 1pp ad'. Recently rebound in quarter calf gilt with red label, over marbled boards with vellum tips. Small octavo. A handsome copy.A second volume was added later in the same year.
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