O'BRIAN, PATRICK

STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP, super octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering & gilt decoration to spine, in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Folio Society (Date Unknown)

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O'BRIAN, PATRICK

STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP, super octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering & gilt decoration to spine, in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Folio Society (Date Unknown)

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O'BRIAN, PATRICK

STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP, super octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering & gilt decoration to spine, in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Folio Society (Date Unknown)

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O'BRIAN, PATRICK

STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP, super octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering & gilt decoration to spine, in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Folio Society (Date Unknown)

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KNICKERBOCKER, DIEDRICH (IRVING, WASHINGTON)

Sm octavo, quarter leather bound black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, illus title page, xxx + 368pp, VG (sl rubbing to board corners, light to moderate rubbing/crackling to leather spine, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate 'ghost'lettering & tanning/foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's historic ink stamp to base of title page, sm numerals in purple pencil to copyright page, text block very clear & binding tight)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Tegg, 73 Cheapside; Rodwell and Martin ... 1824

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HARROP, A J

Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 187pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minor cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923

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Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, folding maps throughout, 258pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges & corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl cracking at gutters, occasional closed tearing to some maps with minor foxing also)

PUBLISHER: R Farnell & Co 1912

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NIXON, RICHARD MILHOUS & MARGOLIS, JACK S (Compiled by)

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PUBLISHER: Cliff House Books 1974

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QUIRKE, STEPHEN

Quarto, blue glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 226pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to spine & covers/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm annotation in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Golden House Publications 2004

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ROWLING, J K & MINALIMA (Design & Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2020

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WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 183pp, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light staining to spine)

PUBLISHER: New Directions 1966

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FRAME, JANET

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PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1958

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MUIR, PERCY

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PUBLISHER: Portman Books 1989

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MAHY, MARGARET (author) and GARDINER, DEIDRE (drawings)

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PUBLISHER: School Publications Branch, Department of Education, Wellington 1977

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DICKENS, CHARLES & CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE (illus) & 'PHIZ' & HOLME, THEA (intro)

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1982

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PRIESTLEY, J B

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ANTSEY, F

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PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894 (?)

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PRIESTLEY, J B

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PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd. in association with Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1937

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SPARK, MURIEL

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PUBLISHER: The Reprint Society 1965

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GAMMAGE, NICK (ed)

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