TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

SECOND IMPRESSION, VERY SCRUFFY EX LIBRARY, READING COPY ONLY, octavo hardcover (scruffy) in d/w (scruffy); 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1965

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CRANMER-BYNG, J. L.

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PUBLISHER: John Murray 1946

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EWING, BARBARA

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Company 1999

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BUTOR, MICHEL & HOWARD, RICHARD (trans)

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1969

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GOURJI, Professor ABU'L-QASIM

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PUBLISHER: Ansariyan Publications 1991

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CARPENTER, HUMPHREY & PRICHARD, MARI

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1984

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RUNDELL, KATHERINE

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PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2023

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KERR, JACOB

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PUBLISHER: Serpent's Tail 2022

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AL-RAMLI, MUHSIN & LEAFGREN, LUKE (trans)

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PUBLISHER: Maclehose Press 2017

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BUTLER, Capt W F

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PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle 1873

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RICHTER, CONRAD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 176pp, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1960

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FRAYN, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, red light card covers, black lettering tio title plate on front cover, 223pp, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, moderate foxing & light soiling to covers light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate staining to fore-edges of ffep)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1973

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CARROLL, LEWIS & FURNISS, HARRY (Illus)

REBOUND, sm octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling with raised bands, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece, xxiii + 400pp, illus, VG (moderate cracking to front hinge & gutter- board sl shaky, light to moderate rubbing to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate fading & tanning/soiling to page edges, light soiling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1899

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AUDEN, W H

OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR M K JOSEPH, octavo, beige buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, 124pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light foxing & chipping to edges moderate tanning & rubbing/loss to spine)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1946

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AUDEN, W H

OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR M K JOSEPH (DATED 1948), octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, 112pp, deckled page edges, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims to terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1946

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AUDEN, W H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 188pp, VG (minor tanning to spine, sl tanning/soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, has a lovely old book smell) in d/w, VG (all corners clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to spine & edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1941

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BAREA, ARTURO & BAREA, ILSA (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 332pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to rear ep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1946

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McGARRY, KEVIN

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PUBLISHER: World Distributors 1966

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ALDISS, BRIAN W

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 232pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, light foxing & soiling to covers & flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1966

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VAN VOGT, A E

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 192pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, lovely old book smell) in d/w, VG (light creasing & soiling to edges, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Dennis Dobson 1970

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