JAMES, CLIVE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 373pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to spine & covers, light tanning to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1988

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WAUGH, EVELYN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt cherubian motif to front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, illus half title page, 51pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, sm teeth marks to upper spine extrem, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership markings in ink to front eps, sl foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG-/tatty (v heavy chipping & loss to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, ligth soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1953

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CURNOW, ALLEN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, brown lettering to title plate on front board, 40pp, VG (moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1949

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ROTH, H. O.

Octavo, beige light card covers, brown lettering to spine & covers, 110pp, VG (light scuffing & curling to cover edges, light soiling & creasing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink stamp to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1977

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CHALLONER, H. K. & NORTHOVER, ROLAND

SOME UNDERLINING TO TEXT IN INK, sm octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 216pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, aforementioned ink underlining to text & margins throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, roughly price clipped, moderate tanning to spine, light foxing to covers & flaps)

PUBLISHER: The Theosophical Publishing House 1967

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BEHAN, BRENDAN

FIRST EDITION small octavo hardcover (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Theatre Workshop 1958

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AIKEN, CONRAD

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PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1951

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CLEARY, FRANCES

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PUBLISHER: Collins 1975

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CLEARY, FRANCES

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PUBLISHER: Collins 1971

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KAYES, ANNE

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PUBLISHER: Scholastic 2017

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MITCALFE, BARRY

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PUBLISHER: Seven Seas 1975

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COETZEE, J. M.

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PUBLISHER: Text Publishing 2016

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DONALDSON, STEPHEN

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PUBLISHER: Gollancz 2004

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ALLUM, TOM

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PUBLISHER: Staples Press N/D

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DOYLE, RODDY

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1996

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'SEA-LION'

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PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1960

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LEAL, SUZANNE

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PUBLISHER: Scribe Publications 2006

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NORRELL, MARJORIE

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PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon Ltd 1963

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WOODWARD, GERARD

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PUBLISHER: Picador 2010

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Gerard Woodward

WOODWARD, GERARD

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PUBLISHER: Picador 2018

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