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THE LAND WITHOUT A SUN And Other Tales [SIGNED]
by M A Curtois
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1907
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€142.01
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London: A R Mowbray & Co, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Exceptionally scarce collection of four short stories from Margaret Ann Curtois, more so for being signed by her as a presentation copy to fep, dated Dec 4 1907. A well-regarded but non-prolific author, Curtois (1855-1932) covered various genres,… Read more about this item Item Price
€142.01
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Something To Answer For
by P H Newby
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€177.51
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London: Faber And Faber, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First impression of the first Booker Prize winner in VG, clean and bright internal order. Light dust spotting to top of block. No inscriptions. Smart orange cloth with crisp black titling to spine, lightly shelfworn. Rear board is… Read more about this item Item Price
€177.51
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Dignity & Purity
by Ian Jefferies
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1960
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€13.90
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second Sgt Craig novel from Jefferies, offering "a crazy and corrupt world as seen through the eyes of an exceedingly clever and cynical young man". Very minor spotting to block edge, but otherwise all is clean and bright throughout. No… Read more about this item Item Price
€13.90
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Anatomies Of A Murder
by Charles Cumming; R S Downie; Barry Eisler; Nicci French; Jilliane Hoffman; Jim Kelly; Chris Kuzneski; Kevin Lewis; Chris Mooney; Michael Morley; Tony Pollard; Caro Ramsey; Marcus Sakey; Daniel Silva; Nick Stone; Andrew Taylor; Dan Waddell
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2008
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- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€177.51
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London: Penguin Books, 2008. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Exceptionally scarce promotional volume issued by Pengiun in 2008 to promote its stable of crime writers. Not for commercial sale. Includes extracts from 17 volumes in its current (2008) crime list. Described in the foreword by Michael Jospeh fiction publisher Mari Evans as a "limited… Read more about this item Item Price
€177.51
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THE BARK TREE (Le Chiendent)
by Raymond Queneau
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€16.27
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London: Calder And Boyars, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First English language edition of Queneau's first novel, originally published in France in 1933 and translated here by Barbara Wright. Dust spotting to top of block, but otherwise all in VG clean and bright internal order. Smart brown boards with… Read more about this item Item Price
€16.27
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A World Of Difference
by Robert Conquest
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€177.51
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London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Better known as a poet and historian, this is Conquest's first novel, a sci-fi treat set in 2007 and described as "a fast-moving story of conspiracy and love among the planets." Light toning to endpapers, but otherwise all… Read more about this item Item Price
€177.51
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GEORGE A Story In Drab And Scarlet [3 vols]
by The Author Of 'Our Own Pompeii' [Samuel Middleton Fox]
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1890
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€207.10
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London: David Stott, 1890. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Complete in three volumes, Fox's second novel was, like his first, originally published anonymously and is now exceptionally hard to find. This first edition set has had its bindings carefully repaired and re-sewn using the original boards and spine strips… Read more about this item Item Price
€207.10
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A GAY ADVENTURER Being The Biography Of Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart, Known As "The Scarlet Pimpernel
by John Blakeney
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1935
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€142.01
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London: John Long, 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing of the fictional biography of The Scarlet Pimpernel, written under the pseudonym John Blakeney either by Baroness Orczy herself (who provides a forward taking the whole enterprise seriously) or by her son. Scarce in d/j, this copy is in good internal order, with spotting… Read more about this item Item Price
€142.01
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The Voice From Yesterday
by Frank Crisp
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1948
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€59.17
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London: Stanley Paul And Co, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ND. 1948 - WorldCat. "Even from beyond the grave, her husband's stony eyes turn her heart cold...Incredibly, Anthony proves to be a more resolute force in death than when he was alive. There is an eerie atmosphere in… Read more about this item Item Price
€59.17
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Ruth Park [SIGNED]
by Ruth Park
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€53.25
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London: Michael Joseph, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First UK edition, with Park's elegant signature tipped in to fep on deckle edged card. Second novel from the Antipodean author and, bar light toning to stock, in VG internal order throughout. Former owner's address embossed to fep. Smart black… Read more about this item Item Price
€53.25
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Strange Glory
by L H Myers
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1936
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€59.17
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London: Putnam, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First UK edition from February 1936, complete with E McKnight Kauffer designed jacket. Very light toning but in general book is in VG internal order. No inscriptions. Light shelfwear to smart green cloth with a little fading to spine. Good unclipped… Read more about this item Item Price
€59.17
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Aircraftwoman Grey
by Juliet Rhys Williams
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Published
- 1943
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€53.25
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London: Rich & Cowan, 1943. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Romantic adventure in the WAAF featuring "many strange and exciting incidents, all of which actually occurred during those historic summer months of 1940, when the threat of invasion was a grim reality". Despite being a second impression, still… Read more about this item Item Price
€53.25
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The Male Impersonator [SIGNED]
by E F Benson
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1929
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€106.51
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London: Elkin Mathews And Marrot, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and numbered by Benson to limitation page, this being no.372 from the edition of 530 copies. Bar some offset toning to endpapers, this is in fine internal order, crisp, clean and bright throughout. Very light wear only to printed paper-covered… Read more about this item Item Price
€106.51
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The Best Of Everything
by Rona Jaffe
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€118.34
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jaffe, "a New York girl in her middle twenties, speaks with the unabashed, fact-facing honesty of her generation" in this acclaimed debut novel of New York working life. Stock very lightly toned, but otherwise all is in VG+ crisp, clean… Read more about this item Item Price
€118.34
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BREAD AND LOVE [SIGNED]
by Betty Ross
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1930
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€59.17
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New York: Modern Books, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Saul Raskin. Remarkable and scarce novel of life on Jewish settlements in Russia by Ross, later set for a stellar career in journalism. This book is charmingly inscribed by Ross to Gabriel Costa, Jewish historian, journalist and father of… Read more about this item Item Price
€59.17
Norwood
by Charles Portis
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9780879517038
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€8.88
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Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first novel from Portis, described as "brilliantly inimitable and undeniably American". Neat former owner's signature to title page, but otherwise in fine, clean and bright internal order. Very light marking only to card covers. 8vo. 190pp
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€8.88
A Windjammer's Half-Deck
by Shalimar (F C Hendry)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1940
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€10.35
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Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1940. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Stock toned to page edges but otherwise all in VG internal order. Covers only lightly worn and a little dulled to edges and spine. A nice copy.12mo. 216pp + ads.
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€10.35
So The Struck Eagle
by Marjorie Stewart
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€17.75
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London: The Valentine Romance Club, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book club edition for Stewart's novel of youthful wrongheadedness and parental angst, first published by Hutchinson the previous year. Stock toned, commensurate with paper quality, but otherwise all in VG internal order. No inscriptions. Smart pale blue boards with pink decoration… Read more about this item Item Price
€17.75
Elizabethan Lover
by Barbara Cartland
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€14.79
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London: The Valentine Romance Club, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book club edition for the prolific Cartland's historical novel, first published by Hutchinson in 1953. Stock toned, commensurate with paper quality, but otherwise all in VG internal order. No inscriptions. Smart pale blue boards with pink decoration and titling. VG+ unclipped… Read more about this item Item Price
€14.79
Gringos
by Charles Portis
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9781585670932
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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€14.79
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Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The fourth novel from Portis, described as "truly brilliant and wonderfully bizarre". Neat former owner's signature to title page, but otherwise in fine, clean and bright internal order. Light marking to card covers, moreso to rear. 8vo. 269pp
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€14.79