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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. CXLI January to June 1887
William Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh and London 1887 Half Leather Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Handsomely bound in half brown leather with gilt tooling to the spine, 5 raised bands, red title panel and black volume spine label. Some rubs to edges and corners. Marbled boards, endpapers and all edges. The binding is nice and firm. In very good condition. Joints and hinges all very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine was a long running monthly literary journal. It began in April 1817 and, when it moved HQ to London in 1905, it became simply Blackwood's Magazine. A number of notable authors published their novels and other writings in Blackwood's; for example, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, Margaret Oliphant, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, and many others. It ceased publication in 1980. This volume contains the first printing of part of the novel, Sarracinesa, by Francis Marion Crawford, probably the best known work of this prolific nineteenth-century author. pp. 1-876. HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to orders with a delivery address outside the UK mainland, as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO extra charges for delivery within the UK mainland; small charge likely for highlands, islands and N. Ireland. 105246
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57.00 GBP
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One Fat Englishman, A Novel
Amis, Kingsley Victor Gollancz Ltd London 1963 First Edition Hardcover Good Near Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original red boards. On the front pastedown is a date stamp sheet (as in a library book) with two dates stamped. Opposite, on the front endpaper is a short shelving number written in black pen. No other marks, labels or any other library signs. No other names or inscriptions. The yellow Gollancz dust jacket is bright and in very good condition. A small grey-ish mark to the spine of the dust jacket only. Front flap not price clipped. 192pp. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. 306741
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10.00 GBP
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. XCVII January to June 1865
William Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh and London 1865 Half Leather Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Handsomely bound in half brown leather with gilt tooling to the spine, 5 raised bands, red title panel and black volume spine label. Some rubs to edges and corners and a rub / abrasion to the marbling of the front board. The spine has darkened in places - has some slightly black marks. Marbled boards, endpapers and all edges. The binding is nice and firm. Joints and hinges all very good. Contemporary armorial bookplate on the front pastedown, for Evan Charles Sutherland-Walker. There is a pale brown stain to the outer closed textblock page edges, affecting most of the textblock; just visible to the page margins at the foredges (pale marks). Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine was a long running monthly literary journal. It began in April 1817 and, when it moved HQ to London in 1905, it became simply Blackwood's Magazine. A number of notable authors published their novels and other writings in Blackwood's; for example, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, Margaret Oliphant, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, and many others. It ceased publication in 1980. This volume contains the first printing of the first part of the novel, Miss Marjoribanks, by Mrs Oliphant, one of her best known and most successful novels. pp. 1-778. HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to orders with a delivery address outside the UK mainland, as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO extra charges for delivery within the UK mainland; small charge likely for highlands, islands and N. Ireland. 105247
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52.00 GBP
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Trouble At The Circle 'G'
Anderson, Ella Pickering and Inglis Ltd. London 1971 0720820693 / 9780720820690 First Edition Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback without dust jacket. 1st edition. Turquoise boards. Some light scratches to the front board and bruising to spine ends. Contents clean. No names or inscriptions. The binding is nice and firm. 93pp. 100737
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4.50 GBP
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Two Winters and Three Summers
Abramov, Fyodor ; translated from the Russian by Jacqueline Edwards and Mitchell Schneider ; with an introduction by Maurice Friedberg Harcourt Brace Jovanovich USA 1984 0151923000 / 9780151923007 First Thus Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. In very good, clean condition. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Dust jacket protected in a loose film sleeve. pp. xvii, 382. 309062
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15.00 GBP
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The Corinna of England, and a Heroine in the Shade; A Modern Romance (1809)
Anon. [attr. to Mrs E. M. Foster] ; edited by Sylvia Bordoni Pickering and Chatto London 2008 1851969241 / 9781851969241 Hardcover Fine No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback, no dust jacket (as published). Laminated boards. In excellent, fine condition; as new. pp. xxi, 155. Published in 1809, E M Foster's The Corinna of England was one of the earliest British responses to the publication of Germaine de Stael's widely-read Corinne, or Italy (1807). This edition will make available a novel of fundamental importance for a complete and thorough understanding of the British reaction to Corinne as well as of its cultural, social and gender implications. Chawton House Library series. 308065
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7.50 GBP
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Arabian Jazz
Abu-Jaber W. W. Norton & Company 2003 0393324222 / 9780393324228 Soft cover Near Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Second hand soft back in excellent, clean and tight, near fine condition. No names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. 374. 309006
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7.00 GBP
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Aunt Bell
Arden, Henley I. Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd [c. 1920] 1920 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Pictorial blue cloth. Hardback without dust jacket. Some foxing throughout. Bumps and rubs to the cloth at the spine ends. A slight forwards lean to the spine. A gift inscription written on the front endpaper (dated 1922). Publication date not stated but this edition is c. 1920. Black and white frontispiece and three further illustrations. 176pp. 105763
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5.00 GBP
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Superior Women
Adams, Alice Alfred A. Knopf New York 1984 0394536320 / 9780394536323 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
First edition. Original blue boards. Just lightly bruised at the spine ends. Deckled / untrimmed foredges. Clean and tight. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The dust jacket is torn at the spine - a couple of untidy tears at the top and there is a shorter tear at the top edge of the front cover. DJ not price clipped. 368pp. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 105141
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7.00 GBP
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There Was No Yesterday
Arey, John Stuart Eyre & Spottiswoode London 1944 Hardback Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"
Original green cloth binding. Slightly bumped corners. Lacks dust jacket. Second reprint; first published November 1943. The binding is firm and pages in clean condition. 208pp. 051803
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4.00 GBP
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The White Tiger
Adiga, Aravind Atlantic Books London 2008 1843547201 / 9781843547204 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
4th printing. Won the Man Booker Prize in 2008. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good, clean condition. Binding square and firm. Boards a little bruised at the head and tail of the spine. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Dust jacket not price clipped. 321pp. 306353
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5.00 GBP
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Draw The Teeth of a Dragon
Ashton, Mark Robert Hale Limited London 1979 0709170947 / 9780709170945 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Both the book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Some pale foxing spots to the top outer closed textblock edge. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Textblock tight and firm. Dust jacket not price clipped. A very short nick to the top edge of the dust jacket's front cover. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. 192pp. 303740
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6.00 GBP
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The White Tiger
Adiga, Aravind Atlantic Books London 2008 1843547201 / 9781843547204 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
4th printing. Won the Man Booker Prize in 2008. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Binding square and firm. Boards a little bruised at the base of the spine. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Dust jacket not price clipped. 321pp. 306352
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5.00 GBP
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Eve's Adventures: A Submarine Fantasy [Inscribed by the author]
Ashton, S. [pseud. of Eustace Fulcrand Bosanquet] ; illustrated by Dorothy Furniss Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd [1904] London 1904 First Edition Hardcover Fair No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Inscribed by Author(s)
Hardback. Blue cloth with gilt decoration. Publication date not stated but is 1904. Inscribed by the author at the top edge of the front endpaper. The inscription reads: Pamela, with the Author's love - [signed] EFB 10/9/4. The boards are bowed / bent and are rubbed at the spine and corners, with a short snag in the cloth at the spine, approx. 3cm from the base of the spine, fraying to the cloth at the spine ends and a short split of approx. 1cm in the cloth at the top of the spine / joint with front board and another at the bottom of the spine / joint with rear board. Some pale splash marks to the boards, which are also faded at the spine and edges. The binding is shaken in a few places but holds. Some bubbles to the pastedowns. Illustrated throughout with black and white line drawings by Dorothy Furniss, daughter of Harry Furniss; two of the illustrations have been coloured with watercolour paint (quite neatly though one has a smudge). A few minor grubby handling marks to pages. Overall an acceptable reading or reference copy of this scarce children's mermaid story. pp. 142. 106089
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15.00 GBP
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Novel With Cocaine
Ageyev, M. ; translated from the Russian by Michael Henry Heim Northwestern University Press 1998 0810117096 / 9780810117099 Soft cover Near Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Second hand soft back in excellent, clean and tight condition - very near fine but there is a bend / curve to the textblock, which may flatten out when the book has sat flat for a while. Otherwise unmarked and appears unread. pp. viii, 204. 309040
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6.00 GBP
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Transcription [Exclusive Independent Bookshop 1st edition with red edges]
Atkinson, Kate Doubleday London 2018 0857525883 / 9780857525888 First Edition Hardcover New New Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Brand new. Hardback with dust jacket. Exclusive first edition for independent bookshops with red tinted page edges. First impression. Red ribbon page marker and red endpapers. Comes with a promotional bookmark. pp. 336. This is NOT a signed copy. Brand new, in excellent fine condition. 308538
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20.00 GBP
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The Second Chair
Aitkin, Don Angus & Robertson Publishers Australia 1977 0207134952 / 9780207134951 First Edition Hardcover Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Previous owner's name written at the top edge of the front endpaper and there is a forwards lean to the spine. Some foxing spots to the outer closed textblock edges. 247pp. First edition of author's first novel. Spine of the dust jacket slightly faded. Some rubs to the dust jacket at the top of the spine and to the top corners. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. 303743
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6.00 GBP
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The House of the Prophet
Auchincloss, Louis Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1980 0297777653 / 9780297777656 First UK Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Original turquoise boards. A forwards lean to the spine. Clean condition. No names or inscriptions. Front flap not price clipped. Binding firm. 275pp. 049144
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4.00 GBP
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The Burn - A novel in three books (Late Sixties - Early Seventies)
Aksyonov, Vassily ; translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny Hutchinson London 1984 0091555809 / 9780091555801 First Thus Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original black boards are bumped at the spine ends. The binding is firm. Inner hinges are very good. No names, inscriptions or other marks. The pages have darkened / tanned at the edges, with some tiny, pale foxing spots to outer closed textblock page edges. pp. 528. Dust jacket not price clipped. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 309063
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10.00 GBP
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Northanger Abbey [Hamish Hamilton The Novel Library edition]
Austen, Jane Hamish Hamilton | The Novel Library London 1948 First Thus Hardcover Good Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. In the Hamish Hamilton pocket-sized Novel Library edition. Quarter black cloth, with lovely printed patterned paper sides and with matching dust jacket. Paper design is by Sarah Nechamkin, a Curwen Press paper. A lovely little edition. This copy has a significant / heavy forward lean, or slant, to the spine. The book is otherwise in quite nice, clean condition. The paper sides are bright as they have been protected by the dust jacket. Pages are clean and the binding firm. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Boards are just very light rubbed at the spine ends and to a couple of corners. The dust jacket is rubbed at the edges, with chips, nicks, short tears, a small snag in the middle of the spine, and some minor loss at the head of the spine. Front flap not price clipped. pp. viii, 236. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. (Books photographed without the film sleeve, due to reflection). 308577
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25.00 GBP
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Zayni Barakat
al-Ghitani, Gamal ; translated into English by Farouk Abdel Wahab ; with a foreword by Edward Said The American University in Cairo Press Cairo, Egypt 2006 9774248724 / 9789774248726 Soft cover Near Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Paperback. In excellent, very near fine, condition. Clean, tight and unmarked. Appears unread. 2nd printing of this edition. pp. xxiii, 241. 308189
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5.00 GBP
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Sense and Sensibility [Hamish Hamilton The Novel Library edition]
Austen, Jane Hamish Hamilton | The Novel Library London 1948 First Thus Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. In the Hamish Hamilton pocket-sized Novel Library edition. 1st edition thus. Quarter black cloth, with lovely printed patterned paper sides and with matching dust jacket. Paper design is by Sarah Nechamkin, a Curwen Press paper. A lovely little edition. The book is in quite nice, clean condition inside. The paper sides are bright as they have been protected by the dust jacket. Pages are clean and the binding firm. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks inside. Boards are just very lightly rubbed at the spine ends and to a couple of corners. There is a tiny pale grey mark to the top outer closed textblock page edge. The dust jacket is rubbed at the edges, with chips, nicks, short tears, and a little loss at the head of the spine. Front flap not price clipped. pp. viii, 374. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. (Books are photographed without the film sleeve, due to reflection). 308599
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35.00 GBP
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The Bird of Time
Albee, George Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd 1937 First Edition Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback without dust jacket. First edition [UK]. The blue cloth boards are rubbed at edges and have a few light marks. Previous owner's red ink name and address stamp on the front endpaper. 310pp. Pages are nice and clean and the binding is firm. 19.5cm. Old price written in pencil at the top corner of the front endpaper. A good copy. 100789
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15.00 GBP
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Emma
Austen, Jane ; with an introduction by Richard Church and wood-engravings by Joan Hassall The Folio Society London 1997 Hardcover Near Fine No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Hassall, Joan
Hardback. Lacks slipcase. A lovely copy in excellent, very near fine condition. There are just some very pale, very small specks to the bottom outer closed textblock page edge. Burgundy cloth spine with printed paper sides designed by Joan Hassall. The first Folio printing of this edition was in 1962, it was reset in 1975 and this copy is an 18th printing of 1997. pp. 382. 22.9cm tall. 309005
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12.00 GBP
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Ten Crowded Hours
Alington, C. A. Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd [1944] London 1944 First Edition Hardcover Fair No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Date of publication not stated [1944]. Red boards. The boards are quite bent. There is a pale stain to the top of the textblock edge, affecting about an inch of the textblock next to the spine and the very top of the margins of nearly all pages. It is very pale. Previous owner's red ink name and address stamp on the half-title and title pages and also on the last page. A perfectly good, clean copy for reference / reading copy. 152pp. 303742
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5.00 GBP
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Pride and Prejudice
Austen, Jane ; with an introduction by Richard Church and wood-engravings by Joan Hassall The Folio Society London 1997 Hardcover Fine No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Hassall, Joan
Hardback. Lacks slipcase. A lovely copy in excellent, fine condition. Burgundy cloth spine with printed paper sides designed by Joan Hassall. The first Folio printing of this edition was in 1962, it was reset in 1975 and this copy is an 18th printing of 1997. pp. 308. 22.9cm tall. 309004
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14.00 GBP
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Anthony Adverse
Allen, Hervey Victor Gollancz Ltd London 1934 First UK Edition Hardcover Fair No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Anthony was made into a film in 1936; the film won four Academy Awards. The novel was included in Life Magazine's 1944 list of the 100 most outstanding novels of 1924-1944. Original red boards. First published in the USA in 1933, this is the first UK edition of 1944. In fair to good condition.There is a full-length crease to the spine and a slight forwards lean to the spine. Small ink spot to the bottom outer closed textblock edge. Rubs to the board edges, with some fraying and short nicks to the cloth at the spine ends and corners. Previous owner's signature on the front endpaper. Small mark to the bottom margin of a couple of pages. Some erased pencil marks to the rear pastedown. The Times Book Club sticker on the rear pastedown. Binding is sound. Some foxing to endpapers. 1272pp. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 104355
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5.50 GBP
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The Colour of Rain
Aydy, Catherine ; dust jacket design by Osbert Lancaster Weidenfeld and Nicolson New Bond Street, London 1963 First Edition Hardcover Fair Fair Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback, with dust jacket. First edition. Original black boards. In fair condition only. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. There are quite a few marked passages in the text - marked with a line or a cross in the margin, in pen. Pages have age-toned but not heavily browned. pp. 144. The greyed and torn dust jacket has unfortunately been covered, by a previous owner, in a NON-REMOVABLE, clear sticky back plastic. An acceptable reading / reference copy of this scarce novel. 307312
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8.00 GBP
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Security
Amidon, Stephen Atlantic Books 2009 1843549026 / 9781843549024 First UK Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
First UK edition, first printing. Original blue boards. Both the book and dust jacket are in excellent, fine condition. Appears unread. 365pp. Security is a timely, wry, and riveting story of adults and children, secret lives and civic culture, suspicion and sexual hysteria. It confirms Stephen Amidon as a master of the art of the novel and one of the foremost chroniclers of modern life. 053237
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6.00 GBP
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One Summer
Ayres, Ruby M. Hodder and Stoughton Limited [c.1920-1930] London 1920 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Original red boards. Publication date not stated but is c. 1920-1930. A forwards lean to the spine. Binding is sound, hinges good. No names or inscriptions. A section of about 20 pages in the middle of the book has been bumped at the textbock edge, resulting in flattened creases to the top corners of the pages. 318pp. Ruby Ayres (1881-1955) was born in London. Her first novel Richard Chatterton V.C. was published in 1916, after which she produced almost 150 titles. Although Ayres was known primarily for her romantic novels, she also wrote serials for the Daily Chronicle and Daily Mirror, as well as motion pictures in the United States and England. Her play Silver Wedding, was produced in 1932. 304991
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10.00 GBP
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![Eve's Adventures: A Submarine Fantasy [Inscribed by the author], Ashton, S. [pseud. of Eustace Fulcrand Bosanquet] ; illustrated by Dorothy Furniss](shop_image/product/106089.jpg "Eve's Adventures: A Submarine Fantasy [Inscribed by the author], Ashton, S. [pseud. of Eustace Fulcrand Bosanquet] ; illustrated by Dorothy Furniss")
![Transcription [Exclusive Independent Bookshop 1st edition with red edges], Atkinson, Kate](shop_image/product/308538.jpg "Transcription [Exclusive Independent Bookshop 1st edition with red edges], Atkinson, Kate")
![Northanger Abbey [Hamish Hamilton The Novel Library edition], Austen, Jane](shop_image/product/308577.jpg "Northanger Abbey [Hamish Hamilton The Novel Library edition], Austen, Jane")
![Sense and Sensibility [Hamish Hamilton The Novel Library edition], Austen, Jane](shop_image/product/308599.jpg "Sense and Sensibility [Hamish Hamilton The Novel Library edition], Austen, Jane")
