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London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Turquoise blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on front endpaper. Some light foxing to edges of textblock. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, generally lightly shelfworn with a small… Ler mais sobre este item

Joiner and Steele Ltd. (formerly William Jackson (Books) Ltd.), 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition. Pale red buckram with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown.… Ler mais sobre este item

Southampton: Ashford Press Publishing, 1987. Book. Illus. by Esdaile Hudson. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Cream hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Signed and inscribed by the illustrator, Esdaile Hudson (b.1937) to the previous owner on the title page. Also tipped in onto… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1942. Book. Illus. by Reynolds Stone. Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. White canvas hardcover with title in gilt on spine and a gilt vignette to front cover. Top edge gilt. Condition: Good, with some general light soiling to canvas covers. Binding sound. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. 191pp.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1943. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Navy hardcover with title in silver on spine. Printed to War Economy standards. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners name, address and a short inscription in blue ink on front endpaper. Very faint browning to pages throughout. Dustjacket condition:… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Folio Society , 2015. Book. Illus. by Kate Baylay. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Decorative paper-covered boards with title in gilt on black cloth spine (housed in slipcase). Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Slipcase condition: Fine, with a few very light scuff marks. 204pp. Vile Bodies was first published in Britain by Chapman and Hall… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pale red hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with a hint of sunning to spine. Some foxing to inner flaps of jacket.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Eleventh thousand. First edition, probably second printing. Buff colour cloth with black decoration to front and rear covers and title in black on spine and front cover. All edges gilt. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear, light sunning and soiling to covers. Previous… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Journal of Modern Literature, 1980. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Card-covered journal. Condition: Fair to good, covers are generally lightly browned and foxed to edges. Internally in very good condition. No inscriptions. 336pp. Several b/w illustrations. The journal includes several essays on The Magus as well as the transcript of an… Ler mais sobre este item

Cowelo, California USA: The Yolla Bolly Press, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: Not signed. Softcover. Condition: Very good. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. Previous owners bookplate on front inner flap of dustjacket. No inscriptions. 99pp. One illustration by Aaron Johnson. The essay "The Nature… Ler mais sobre este item

Shaftesbury: The High House Press, 1931. Book. Illus. by John Reginald Biggs. Fair. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Patterned paper-covered boards (pattern designed by Edward Bawden) wtih title in gilt on off-white spine. Condition: Fair to good, covers have general light shelfwear with some rubbing to cover corners, browning and sunning to paper-covered boards and… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1932. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: No dustjackets. Blue marbled paper-covered boards with titles within paper labels on blue cloth spines. Condition: Fair to good, both volumes have general shelfwear to covers, more so to cover corners which are quite rubbed. Faint water splashmark to front… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1959. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers and light crease to spine. Slight lean to spine. Signed and inscribed "To Cleggy, with love and respect" by Elspeth Huxley on front endpaper. Loosely… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on front endpaper. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 290pp. .

London: Faber & Faber, 1934. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Third impression, September 1934 (first published May 1934). Grey paper-covered boards with title in blue on spine. Condition: Good, covers are generally lightly shelfworn. A couple of pages have light foxing. Front endpaper has some light browning to inner edge of the front endpaper. Inscribed… Ler mais sobre este item

Horam, East Sussex: Tartarus Press, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is the Tartarus Press edition publised in 2000 (first published by Chatto & Windus in 1932). Blue hardcover with title in pale mauve colour gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Peter Haring Judd, 2012. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on rear of front cover.The image of Valentine Ackland is not included on the front cover of the book (see image), so this may be a pre-publication copy. The previous owners name… Ler mais sobre este item

Norwich, Norfolk: Black Dog Books, 2012. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate to rear of frontcover. 418pp. Sylvia Townsend Warner(1893-1978) was one of the most remarkable writers of the last century. The selection of her writings in this book are both… Ler mais sobre este item

Oakham, Rutland: The Smallest County Press, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. One of a limited edition of 333 numbered copies, this is no.93. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear and a small… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. Book. Illus. by Osbert Lancaster. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8th impression. Dark blue hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock edges. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear, together with some light… Ler mais sobre este item