KOESTLER, ARTHUR & HARDY, DAPHNE (Trans) & BUKOVSKY, VLADIMIR (Intro) & BUDAY, GEORGE (Wood-Engravings)

IN SLIPCASE, octavo, grey & black buckram boards, gilt lettering to black buckram spine, gilt/illus to front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, 267pp, illus/wood engravings, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light fading & chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1980

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CLARK, KENNETH

Sm folio, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontipsiece, 218pp, illus, VG+ (minor foxing sporadically throughout- mostly to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & scuffing/chipping to edges, moderate fading & light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1976

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TOSCHES, NICK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp publisher's initials to front board, unpaginated prelims + 387pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Company 2012

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FRANZEN, JONATHAN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, maps to prelims, 517pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, moderate peeling/surface wrinkling, moderate chafing)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1989

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BAXTER, JAMES K & WEIR, JOHN (Ed & Intro)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, illus front boards, peach coloured spine & rear boards, black & purple gilt lettering to spines, printed front eps, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, moderate fading to spines, sl soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG (moderate cracking & bruising of seams, clear tape repair/reinforcement to top edge)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2015

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TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 255pp, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, minor rubbing & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light ink residue to ffep, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, minor foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1912

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STOTT, R TOOLE & DISHER, M WILLSON (Fore)

THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 185pp + illus/plates to rear, VG (usual library markings- minimal, light to moderate bruising & soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor patches of soiling to some terminal pages)

PUBLISHER: Harpur & Sons 1958

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RAHIMI, ATIQ & MAGUIRE, SARAH (trans) & YARI, YAMA (trans)

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PUBLISHER: Vintage Books 2007

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TIDHAR, LAVIE

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DE GUERRY SIMPSON, HELEN & EDMUNDSON, MELISSA (ed)

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MORDAUNT, ELINOR & CLOWES, EVELYN MAY & EDMUNDSON, MELISSA (ed)

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KAHO, SIMONE

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NESBO, JO & BARTLETT, DON (trans)

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SMITH, WILBUR & CHADBOURN, MARK (with)

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JANES, PHIL

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PUBLISHER: Millenium 1993

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NESBO, JO & SMITH, NEIL (trans)

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DE GOLDI, KATE

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COOK, DIANE

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MILLER, ALEX

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