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  • ISHIGURO, Kazuo.
    THE REMAINS OF THE DAY.

    London Boston: Faber and Faber, 1989. Hardcover. Unprice-clipped dust-wrapper. First edition. Signed in full by the author on the title-page. A fine copy in a like first issue dust-wrapper.

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  • CONRAD, Joseph.
    THE ROVER.

    London.T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1923. [6], 7-317pp. Original cloth gilt with original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Some light foxing at start and to fore-edges; edges of dust-wrapper a little chipped with some tears and light soiling; else a very good copy.

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  • THE STARS, THE WORLD, AND THE WOMEN. with a Foreword by Liam O'Flaherty and an illustration by Frank C. Papé Being No. 4 of the Furnival Books. by DAVIES, Rhys.
    DAVIES, Rhys.
    THE STARS, THE WORLD, AND THE WOMEN. with a Foreword by Liam O'Flaherty and an illustration by Frank C. Papé Being No. 4 of the Furnival Books.

    London.William Jackson (Books) Ltd. 1930. [i-vi],7-56pp. Frontispiece illustration by Papé. Original black buckram gilt. t.e.g. Octavo. Presentation copy inscribed, ' Ivan Parker too weak am I at the moment (page 49) for anything but this R.D. Feb 28th 1930'. No. 112 of 550 signed limited first editions. Bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper and to rear paste-down endpaper. Some minor spotting and browning to interior. Else a very good copy.

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  • BANKS, Iain.
    THE WASP FACTORY.

    Japan: The English Agency (Japan) Ltd, 1988. Softcover. First Japanese Edition. Complete with wrapper and printed wrap-around band. Presentation copy from the author to his wife, the dedicatee, inscribed on the title-page: 'For Annie McPannie Love from Iain McPian. XXX 1/6/88.' A fine copy.

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  • NESBIT, E.
    THIRTEEN WAYS HOME.

    London.Anthony Treherne & Co., Ltd. 1901. [xii], [1], 2-306pp. Original pictorial cloth. Octavo. First edition. Extremities a trifle rubbed and bumped; two tiny nicks to head of spine; some loss of pigment to front board and spine; fore-edges untrimmed and a trifle browned; book-plate to front paste-down endpaper; else a very good copy.A scarce collection of thirteen short stories written for adults.

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  • WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND. A Modern Fable. Illustrations by Owen Edwards. by BELL, Mary Hayley.
    BELL, Mary Hayley.
    WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND. A Modern Fable. Illustrations by Owen Edwards.

    London. T. V. Boardman & Company Limited, 1958. Hardback in original unclipped pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Wrapper very lightly worn at head, heel and corners; else a very good copy.

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