PASCOE, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAPS, super octavo, red/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, 238pp, folding map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor staining to base of front pastedown, hand-typed presentation plate to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minro creasing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1939

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ROSS, Sir DAVID

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 250pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, sl foxing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1961

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ADKINS, ARTHUR W H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 380pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965

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CROMBIE, I M

2 VOL SET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- xii + 395pp, vol 2- x + 573pp, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown of vol 1, prev. owners' names in ink to ffeps & prelims of both vols, occasional pencil markings throughout)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1962-63

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MASCALL, E L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 278pp, VG+ (light bruising & tanning to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & tanning/foxing to spine, light soiling, pencil annotation to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Darton, Longman & Todd 1971

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ROBINSON, RICHARD

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 286pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor pencil annotation to text)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1953

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ELKIN, LAUREN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 391pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2024

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MAVIGLIA, JOSEPH

8vo, pp. xiv + 200; illus. light card covers; illus. tp; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges; light soilign to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Guernica 2014

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LOCKE, ELSIE; YOUNG, DAVID & AULT, DAVID (eds); LITHGOW, TREVOR (illus.); WADDINGTON, DAVID (design)

First editon. Signed by author. 4to, unpaginated; illus. heavy card bds; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to central gutters).

PUBLISHER: Pumpkin Press 1975

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DAVIES, ROBERTSON

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: Penguin 1991

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GUNN, JUDITH

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PUBLISHER: Lion 1990

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HANLEY, JAMES

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1983

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O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

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BOGAN, LOUISE

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PUBLISHER: The Ecco Press 1985

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CARR, J L

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PUBLISHER: The Quince Tree Press 2010

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CANETTI, ELIAS & UNDERWOOD, J A (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Marion Boyars 1982

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O'BRIAN, PATRICK

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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2006

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HAMID, MOHSIN

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 2018

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WHITE, TRUDY

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PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2000

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GIBBON, LEWIS GRASSIC

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PUBLISHER: Polygon 2015

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