KENNEDY, RICHARD & HILLIER, BEVIS (intro.)

FIRST LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED & NUMBERED at rear; quarto illus. green cloth boards, purple endpapers, complimentary slip loosely enclosed, illus. w/ folding illus. at rear, VG+ (sl. soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (sl. fading to spine, prev. owner's clear tape repair to closed tear reverse of jacket (unobtrusive))

PUBLISHER: Whittington Press 1972

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MAGUIRE, GREGORY

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PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press 2014

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WYETH, BETSY JAMES & WYETH, JAMIE (illus.)

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PUBLISHER: Farrar, Strous, & Giroux 1979

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BELLOC, HILAIRE

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PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1951

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LEHMANN, ROSAMOND

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PUBLISHER: Reynal & Hitchcock 1945

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ENDO, SHUSAKU

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PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1979

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LESSING, DORIS

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PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 1997

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BATES, H. E.

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PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1971

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MURAKAMI, HARUKI; OZAWA, SEIJI; & RUBIN, JAY (transl.)

FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix+329pp, VG+ (light soiling and scuffing to boards, light tanning to edges and within) in d/w nr. FINE (removable plastic cover)

PUBLISHER: Harvill Secker 2016

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MANAWATU, BECKY

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PUBLISHER: Makaro Press 2019

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TREVELYAN, R. C.

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PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1941

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TODD, RUTHVEN & GALDONE, PAUL (illus)

VERY SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, no d/w, octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 87pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus 1956

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KWON, R. O.

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BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD

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PUBLISHER: Four Seasons Foundation 1970

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PATON, ALAN

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1948

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FENTON, EDWARD

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PUBLISHER: Julia Macrae Books 1987

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MARITAIN, JACQUES

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PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Chapman 1968

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SLADEK, JOHN

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PUBLISHER: Granada Publishing 1973

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MONSARRAT, NICHOLAS

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PUBLISHER: Cassel 1978

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KARLSSON, ELIS

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1964

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