MITCHELL, DAVID

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: Random House 2003

KEYWORDS: novels fcition literature David Mitchell

THOMAS, ANGIE

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: Walker Books 2019

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Angie Thomas

JOHNS, Capt W E

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 179pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & discolouration to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate crack to gutter of pgs 76/77) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1969

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BALLANTYNE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 239pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top spine edge, light tanning to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1963

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HOURANI, GEORGE F (Ed)

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 261pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1975

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MARMURA, MICHAEL E (Ed)

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, illus heavy boards, teal lettering to spine & boards, viii + 339pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1983

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REHATSEK, EDWARD (Trans) & ARCHER, W G (Ed & Preface) & WICKENS, G M (Intro)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, 265pp, VG (light fading & rubbing ot spine & board edges, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep neatly detached/missing, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, light fading to edges)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964

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GILBERT, R A & WATKINS, GEOFFREY (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (single library label to spine, light creasing & sl chipping to egdes, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Aquarian Press 1983

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BASFORD, TERRY K

FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library, octavo, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 182pp, VG (minimal library markings, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges, heavy accidental creasing to edges of pgs 85-108 by prev. owner)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1990

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DICKENS, CHARLES & HOUSE, MADELINE et al (Eds)

12 VOL SET, HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering with pale cream title patches to spines, frontispiece to all vols, individual pagination, Near FINE (minor tanning & sl soiling to page edges of some vols) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spines, occasional light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press / The Pilgrim Edition 1990s-2000s

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WALLIAMS, DAVID & ROSS, TONY (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, white & gilt lettering to spine & front cover, illus prelims, unpaginated prelims + 422pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing to spine & covers/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2017

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BUTLER, JOAN

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (light foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul and Co 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first editions fiction novels literature Joan Butler

HUNT, SAM

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY SAM HUNT, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 259pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2008

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CAVE, NICK

EARLY EDITION, sm octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 161pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & soiling to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & rubbing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Black Spring Press 1991

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NOZICK, ROBERT

Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 226pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: reason philosophy literature Robert Nozick

SAID, EDWARD W

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 109pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light to moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1991

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LAMB, JONATHAN

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus title page, xii + 345pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to covers with minor chafing also, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2001

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HOWES, EDITH & CHALMERS, AUDREY (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light green iridescent patterned boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, top page edges stained black, frontispiece, x + 246pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning/fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional light foxing & cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chiping/closed tearing to edges- light tidy archival tape repairs to internal sides, light soiling to spine, light creasing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1929

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DONNE, JOHN

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising to spine, light to moderate discolourtion & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, some page edges uncut)

PUBLISHER: Noel Douglas 1926

KEYWORDS: John Donne literature 17th seventeenth century Noel Douglas replicas series

BERLIN, ISAIAH

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 86pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1953

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