BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE & ST JOHN, J ALLEN (Frontis)

Ex-library, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 296pp, G+ (spine cocked & moderately faded, moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor chafing & discolouration to boards, usual library markings- minor, moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps, vv heavy cracking to gutters- boards & binding v shaky, light wrinkling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: A C McClurg & Co 1919

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CARY, ELIZABETH (Plays) & LANYER, AEMILIA (Poems) & PURKISS, DIANE (Ed, Intro & Notes)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, lx + 338pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, occasional markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 1994

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FRANK, ARTHUR W

Octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon cloth spine, xviii + 213pp, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 1995

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CRONIN, JAN (Ed) & DRICHEL, SIMONE (Ed)

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, coloured lettering to spine, xxvii + 227pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Rodopi BV 2009

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EVANS, ANTONELLA SARTI et al (Eds)

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 224pp, illus, VG+ (light curling & scuffing to cover edges)

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FOREST, ANTONIA

Ex-library, octavo, green cloth boards, yellow lettering to spine, 206pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate tape staining to board edges & eps, usual library markings, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (usual library markings, taped into plastic cover with yellowing tape staining, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1974

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HOPKIRK, PETER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 274pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps, light tanning to half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate partial fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1982

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ALDISS, BRIAN W

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1965

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VIZINCZEY, STEPHEN

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1969

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JANSSON, TOVE & WARBURTON, THOMAS (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1958

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McGARRY, KEVIN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering & illus to spine, black Lady Penelope illus to front board, 161pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light fadin gto spien, light discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, mostly light tanning & foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters- boards still sound)

PUBLISHER: World Distributors 1966

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AUDEN, W H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 94pp, errata slip to prelims, VG+ (sl discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, minor rubbing to rear at spine, light foxing to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1966

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SCHMITZ, JAMES

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PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1974

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SIMAK, CLIFFORD D

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 188pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & discolouration to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1977

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ZELAZNY, ROGER

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1974

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AUDEN, W H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 91pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1960

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AUDEN, W H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 72pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, minor tanning/fading to spine, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1952

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FISHER, MARGERY

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PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1965

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THORPE, ADAM

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2007

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BARNET, MIGUEL & HATFIELD, CHARLES (Trans) & ELLIS, KEITH (Prologue) & MARTI, JOSE (Editorial)

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PUBLISHER: Instituto Cubano del Libro 2002

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