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Shank


ANSCOMBE, RODERICK

Advance Uncorrected Typescript, preceds the prrof copy and includes manuscript corrections. 471pp, thick 8vo in white wrappers, VG (sl.cocked, wrappers sl.soiled, small pen notation at top front corner)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury London 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof

$16.73
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The Man Who Rode His 10-Speed Bicycle to the Moon


FISCHMAN, BERNARD

First edition 93pp, tall 8vo, green paper boards with cerise cloth spine and edges blue, FINE in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton London 1979, printed USA

KEYWORDS: modern first edition

$11.15
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Beyond the Fall of Night


CLARKE, ARTHUR C. & BENFORD, GREGORY

First edition 298pp, black cloth spine/blue paper boards, VG+ (sl shadowing of title to front board) in VG+ d/w (rubbing, v.sl.wear to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ace/Putnam New York 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first edition science fiction sf

$33.46
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The Secret Life of Laszlo, Count Dracula


ANSCOMBE, RODERICK

First edition, proof copy, 550pp, in white and green wrappers, VG+ (small scuff at foot of spine, v. light smudging to wraps)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbuty London 1994

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy

$12.50
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The Inscrutable Charlie Muffin


FREEMANTLE, BRIAN

First edition, 192pp, 8vo, blue with gilt to spine and top edge tinted red, FINE in VG+d/w (sl.glue residue to front, price clipped with price sticker also at front flap)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1979

KEYWORDS: modern first edition

$36.25
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The Sleep of Reason


MILLER, WARREN

First edition, 163pp, small 8vo, yellow w. brown title to spine, VG (light spotting/discoloration to boaards, small bookseller's sticker at front paste-down, endpapers & half title sl.browned with average foxing to edges) in VG- d/w (price clipped, browning to rear, corners rounded, sl wear to upper edge and spine head)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg London 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition

$10.00
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High Stakes


FRANCIS, DICK

First edition, 238pp, small 8vo, black w. silver title to spine, VG+ (sl.bruise to lower front corner, a few faint spots to head edge and rear fep) in VG+ d/w (price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph London 1975

KEYWORDS: modern first edition dick francis

$16.73
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Dead Man's Bay


A Crime Club Novel.

ARLEY, CATHERINE

First edition, 160pp, small 8vo, red w. black title to spine, VG+ (previous owner's name on ffep, slight to moderate browning/ foxing to endpapers & prelims.) in VG d/w (moderate wear to spine head & foot, rear cover somewhat sopiled with a small chip to upper corner)

PUBLISHER: Collins London 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first edition collins crime club

$33.46
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Pursuit Through Time


BURKE, JONATHAN

First edition, 186pp +3pp adverts, VG (owner's lengthy inscription on ffep, upper corners sl.bruised, bookseller's stamp at front paste-down, sl.browning to ep's with light spotting to edges) in VG- d/w (sl.wear to edges with moderate wear to spine head & foot, corners rounded)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co. London 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition

$22.30
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The Ring in Meiji


BUTLER, WILLIAM

First edition, 464pp, thick 8vo, sage green w. gilt to spine, VG (spine foot sl. turned, endpapers & edges moderately browned) in VG- d/w (rubbing, spine sunned and scuffed with sl.chip to foot, corners rounded, sl.wear/creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen London 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition

$41.83
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Waterfront


SCHULBERG, BUDD

First edition, 284pp, 8vo, red w. gilt to spine, VG+ (slightest cocking, owners name ffep, v.sl.foxing to endpapers/half title & title) in VG- d/w (partially open 3/4 tear to upper front edge with small chip from spine head, spine sunned with some sl.wear to extrems., corners rounded, front flap creased)

PUBLISHER: Bodley Head London 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition

$11.00
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A Story for Europe: A Bloomsbury Quid


SELF, WILL

First edition, 50pp, 18mo, illus light card covers, NF

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury London 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first edition

$82.62
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Let There be Lite


In the beginning there was laughter and God it was good

MORGAN, RUPERT

First edition, only UK hardcover limited to 75 copies; otherwise only published in trade paperback, SIGNED by author on title page. 349pp, tall 8vo, burgundy cloth w. gilt title to spine, FINE in FINE d/w.

PUBLISHER: Bantam London 2000

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed shops

$72.50
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The Grass


SIMON, CLAUDE

First UK edition, proof copy, 216pp in green illust.wrappers, VG+(v.sl.cocked with a sl.creased spine) otherwise a very clean and tidy copy.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy

$16.50
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Idioglossia


BAILEY, ELEANOR

first edition SIGNED by author on title page, brand new, FINE in turquoise w. gilt to spine, in FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: Doubleday London 2000

KEYWORDS: modern first edition

$11.15
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May Wine on Brooklyn Heights


LEARY, ROBERT

first edition proof copy, 214pp in green wrappers, VG- (sl.cocked with light soiling to wrappers and a few small scuffs, ffep has large piece cut from it, some wear at foot of spine)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode London 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy

$19.52
2311ji1

The Hotel New Hampshire


IRVING, JOHN

first UK edition 401pp, 8vo, black/gilt to spine, VG+ (owner's inscription on ffep, small scuff to foot-edge of front board) inVG+ d/w (flaps lightly spotted, sl.creasing to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first edition

$39.04
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The Bat-Poet


JARRELL, RANDALL& SENDAK, MAURICE

first UK edition 42pp, tall slim 8vo, green/gilt to spine, VG+ (extrems, of boards sl.sunned, paper sl.browned at edges, owner's name at ffep) in VG+ d/w (light foxing, small closed tear to upper rear edge, spine sl.rubbed, small mark from removal of price label)

PUBLISHER: Kestrel Books UK 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first edition

$27.89
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The Shadow of the Sequoyah


Social Documents of the Cherokees 1862-1964

KILPATRICK, J & A (editor & translator)

first edition 129pp, ex-library (unissued & withdrawn) with stamp at half title and pocket and slip at rear, in excellent condition, FINE if not for library markings. In VG+ d/w (call number at spine which is sl.sunned, 1/2 closed tear to upper rear edge)

PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press Norman 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition cherokees american indian history

$41.83
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The Lost Perception


GALOUYE, DANIEL F

first edition 189pp, small 8voin red with gilt title at spine, VG/ VG (sl.buckled boards, head edge sl.browned, some light foxing and browning to fore edge and endpapers) d/w (price clipped, moderate wear to spine head, upper front corner has 1/2 tear)

PUBLISHER: Gollancz London 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science fiction

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