HORACE & MICHIE, JAMES (Trans) & FRINK, ELISABETH (Illus)

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to black faux leather spine, top page edges stained green, 288pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to edges/corners)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1987

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PROUST, MARCEL; GRIEVE, JAMES (transl); PRENDERGAST, CHRISTOPHER (ed)

First US edition. Super 8vo, pp. xviii + 558; violet heavy card boards, black card spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; some pgs throughout folded at head extrems, 'dog-eared' as to bookmark); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Viking 2002

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PROUST, MARCEL; TREHARNE, MARK (transl); PRENDERGAST, CHRISTOPHER (ed)

First US edition. Super 8vo, pp. xx + 619; violet heavy card boards, black card spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Viking 2002

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REED, A W & WOODS, GEORGE (Illus)

Octavo, illus stiff boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus, G+ (v heavy scuffing & loss to spine- barely present, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges/eps, presentation plate to ffep, heavy separation/cracking at staples.gutters- boards & prelims quite gingerly holding on)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943

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SLATER, MONTAGU

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 108pp, VG (sl warping to boards, sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, date in ink (sm) to ffep, light to moderate highlighting to text) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & edges, moderate rubbing/chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1946

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DIREEN, BILL

Four volume set. Sm 8vo, pp. 130, 188, 125, 82; illus. light card covers; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to tps, prelims & terminals); in signed paper bag, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Titus Books 2008-2018

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PEAKE, MERVYN

FIRST EDITION IN 2nd IMP. D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 438pp, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board & spine edges/extrems, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946

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CHIANG, TED

Octavo softcover (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: Vintage Books

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FUSSELL, PEGGY M & BOWEN, JULIET (Illus)

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Peggy Fussell / Emeril Publications 1971 (?)

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ROWE, DENIS

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Broadleaf Books 1992

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LEWIS, C DAY

Octavo string bound light card covers (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: Oxford University Press 1951

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FINLAYSON, RODERICK

Octavo softcover (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: The Griffin Press 1988

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FENTON, JAMES

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1993

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BEECHING, SEAN Q & CHEATHAM, ROBERT R (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Public Domain / Fort Da 2009

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EDEN, ERIC et al & CORNWELL, BRUCE et al (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 1963

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GRIMSHAW, BEATRICE

FIRST EDITION, NEEDS REBINDING, super octavo hardcover (G-) very tatty copy; 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: George Bell & Sons 1907

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COOPER, JOHN R

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PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1968

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TAYLOR, E W (Compiled by) & OSMERS, H et al

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PUBLISHER: Guardian & Times Coy. Ltd (Printer) N/D

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CAELLA, TODD J

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PUBLISHER: To-Jo-Cas Publishing 1985

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CLEARY, FARRELL

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