HOBON, RUSSELL & BLAKE, QUENTIN (illus.)

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1974

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BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 131pp, VG (moderate tanning and foxing to edges and within, light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1983

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GOLDEN, ARTHUR

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PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1997

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BANKS, RUSSELL

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION (ADVANCED READING COPY); super octavo white illus. light card covers, 758pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing, a touch of tanning within, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: HarperFlamingo / Harper Collins 1998

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WELSH, IRVINE

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O'FAOLAIN, SEAN

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PUBLISHER: Constable 1980

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CRICHTON, MICHAEL

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo white cloth boards, black lettering to spine, xi+399pp, VG (moderate tanning and light foxing within, light foxing and scuffing to boards) in d/w VG (light soiling and scuffing, light fading to spine)

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MORGAN, RICHARD

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HASTINGS, JOHN P.

FIRST EDITION, c. 1936 (Bagnall H461); octavo green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front, xi+360pp, VG- (light creasing to spine, light scuffing rubbing and moderate soiling to boards, light tanning and foxing within, occasional underscoring by prev. owner with newspaper clippings taped in)

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AMIS, MARTIN

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; octavo red light card covers, black lettering to front, 127pp, nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1987

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NEPIA, GEORGE & MCLEAN, TERRY

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PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1963

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CAPOTE, TRUMAN

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PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1967

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MAGUIRE, GREGORY

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MAGUIRE, GREGORY

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EVANOVICH, JANET

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FEKETE, GYULA

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PUBLISHER: Corvina Press, 1965

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NAPIER, WILL

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape, 2005

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ADCOCK, FLEUR

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PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1964

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BINSWANGER, OTTI

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PUBLISHER: Walter Brookes 1945

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IDRIESS, ION L.

ARCHIVAL REPAIR TO D/W, FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 221pp., VG- (moderate rubbing to boards and spine, moderately heavy scuffing to board and spine extrems, heavy splitting to front gutter, moderate tanning to page edges and interiors, moderate splitting to binding) in d/w, VG- (archival repair, 5x3 open tear to base, 2x1 open tear to top of spine, heavy creasing, moderate rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1941

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