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Flamingo, London
1st printing. Heavy Octavo size (8vo). in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 493pp
An extremely well preserved AS NEW unread copy in an AS NEW complete Dust Jacket
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The Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Fine Prize Binding)

Oxford University Press, London
Octavo size (8vo) full bound in gilt ruled vellum, green leather panelled title and date labels (1959) to spine, rest of spine ornately panelled in gilt, grey marbled end-papers with ornate gilt tooling to cover edges, top edge gilt, 509pp. Engraved prize bookplate on the front paste-down end-paper but with no recipient name or other inscriptions
A well preserved FINE very clean and tight copy (two tiny spots of scuffing to leather date label at bottom edge of spine, covers very faintly dusty)
1st editionHardcover
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L' Aiglon

Librairie Charpentier et Fasquel, Paris
Octavo size (8vo) bound in green marbled paper covered boards with ornately gilt decorated green leather spine, matching marbled end-papers, top edge gilt, 262pp
Spine tanned from moderately sunning, pages slightly tanned else FINE an otherwise well preserved and very clean and tight copy
Hardcover
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Friends in Low Places

Anthony Blond, London
1st printing. Octavo size (8vo) in green faux cloth, white lettering to spine. 247pp
Very near FINE, a well preserved clean and tight copy with a hint of tanning to the spine and page-block edges (no dust wrapper)
1st editionHardcover
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The False Heir and The Grumbler (Two volumes bound together)

Harper & Brothers, New York
Both volumes Octavo size (8vo) bound in a single tome, 1/2 plain black leather with black cloth covered boards, plain yellow end-papers, both volumes printed in two columns. The False Heir: 1843, 157pp plus 3pp publishers ads at rear. (dated june 1843), this is the correct first US edition, published in the same year as the London edition. The Grumbler: 1848, 134pp plus 2pp publishers ads at rear (undated), a later printing, the first was 1843 in London and the first US 1846 by Harpers in New York
VERY GOOD (contemporary inscription on title-page of first volume, head of spine chipped, bottom edge of spine and cover corner tips rubbed, pages slightly tanned and a little foxed, small nick to front board at bottom corner, contents clean and tight)
1st editionHardcover
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The Queen's Mate

Scorpion Press, Lowestoft
Octavo size (8vo) in black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 33pp.
A well preserved FINE copy (top edge of page block slightly dusty) in a foxed and tanned but otherwise fine complete Dust Jacket
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The Month - September 1951 Vol CXCII No 1009

Longmans, London
Octavo size (8vo) in printed paper wrappers, approx 70pp. Includes 'The Electric Hare' by Edward Sackville-West and review of Graham Green's 'The End of the Affair' by Evelyn Waugh
Covers slightly dusty else FINE, an otherwise well preserved clean and tight copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Dr Ox's Experiment and Master Zacharius (Author's Illustrated Edition)

Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, London
Octavo size (8vo) in printed card wrappers, 190pp, 16pp publishers ads at rear (dated April 1876) plus advert end-papers. frontispiece, plus 12 other full page plates
GOOD+ (some loosening between sewn sections, grey cloth flour pasted (or similar) over spine as repair or strengthening with ink title to spine (examination under very bright light shows most of the original printed spine is still present below the tape), small defection to bottom corner tip of front cover, covers rubbed and dusty, aside from some very mild foxing the leaves are otherwise clean)
1st editionSoftcover
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Confidences et Causeries de Mademoiselle Mars (Tome Premier / Vol I)

Meline, Cans et Comp., Bruxelles
Octavo size (8vo) in 1/2 black leather, raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, black boards, 356pp. Volume 1 only (of 2)
A well preserved about FINE copy (some slight shelf rub to cover corner tips, end leaves slightly foxed, contents otherwise very clean and tight)
1st editionHardcover
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The Summer Party

Methuen (New Theatrescripts), London
Octavo size (8vo) in green printed card wraps 59pp, plates
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (top edge of page block faintly dusty)
1st editionSoftcover
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Shout Across the River

Methuen (New Theatrescripts), London
Octavo size (8vo) in stiff card covers, 56pp
A well preserved FINE very clean and tight copy
1st editionSoftcover
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The Spectator Vol I / Volume 1

David Niven, Edinburgh
Octavo size (8vo) in full brown calf, engraved frontispiece, 313pp plus 12pp index at rear
Near VERY GOOD (sliver of chipping to spine ends, lacks spine title label, mild wear to cover corner and edge tips, front hinge cracked but the strings are still strong and tight so the front cover holds well. Name on title-page dated 1799. Aside from some tanning the contents are clean and tight
Hardcover
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The Victorian Newsletter - includes Wilde's Gracious Enclosures - A Brief Tour (SIGNED COPY)

The Victorian Newsletter, Kentucky University, No. 91
A4 size card covered journal. Noon gives an interesting angle on Wilde's appreciation of social and class distinctions and barriers. Signed by Noon on title page
NEW unread copy
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Helen Comes of Age - Three Plays (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)

Fanfrolico Press, London
Quarto size (4to) in original red buckram, gilt lettering to spine, 221pp. Number 101 of 500 copies signed by Jack Lindsay
A well preserved FINE very clean and tight copy (hint of sunning to spine, barely noticeable mild faint'ish soil to bottom corner tip of front cover, page-block edges a little tanned)
Signed copy1st editionHardcover
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Rotunda - A Selection From the Works of Aldous Huxley

Chatto & Windus, London
1st printing. Thick, heavy Octavo size (8vo). in blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, 1081pp
A well preserved near FINE clean and tight copy (few tiny nicks and very slight shelf rub to spine ends, end-papers and page-block edges slightly tanned)
1st editionHardcover
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A Guide to Hellenistic Literature

Blackwell Publishing, London
Large Octavo size (8vo) in colour printed glossy boards, 261pp, bibliography, index etc
NEW unread copy
1st editionHardcover
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L'Oiseau Bleu - Feerie en Six Actes et Douze Tableaux (Leather Prize Binding)

Charpentier et Fasquelle, Paris
Octavo size (8vo), bound in 1/2 red leather, raised bands and gilt decoration to spine, gilt embossed armorial motif to front cover and prize bookplate on front fly-leaf (St Hugh's school), marbled end-papers and matching marbling to page-block edges, 273pp. Text in French
A well preserved near FINE clean and tight copy (three small spots of superficial wear to spine, pages tanned)
Hardcover
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A Bibliography of the Writings of William Somerset Maugham (One of 50 Signed Copies)

Unicorn Press, London
Octavo size (8vo) in blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers, 78pp. No 9 of 50 copies signed by Maugham. This copy with the engraved ornate armorial bookplate of Gregory Schapiro on the front paste-down end-paper
A well preserved FINE very clean, bright and tight copy (very mild sunning to spine, slight tanning to leaves)
Signed copy1st editionHardcover
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White Earth (Signed Copy of the 20th Birthday Edition)

Allen & Unwin, London
Octavo size (8vo) in decoratively black and white printed and blind embossed red cloth, 378pp. Signed by the author on a semi-opaque leaf adjacent to the title-page
AS NEW (covers very faintly dusty)
Signed copy1st editionHardcover
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A Lucid Dreamer - The Life of Peter Redgrove

Jonathan Cape, London
Large Octavo size (8vo) in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine., 341pp, plates, index etc
NEW copy in NEW complete Dust Jacket
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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The Golden Age

John Lane the Bodley Head, London
Thick Quarto size (4to) in decoratively red printed tan cloth, 244pp, colour frontispiece plus 18 other full page colour plates
A well preserved very near FINE clean and tight copy (slight fading to spine, pages a little tanned)
1st editionHardcover
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The Book As Instrument - Stephane Mallarme, the Artist's Book, and the Transformation of Print Culture

University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London
Thick, heavy Quarto size (4to). in red cloth backed boards 395pp, plates in colour and b/w, index etc
NEW copy in NEW complete Dust Jacket
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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Lies of Silence (SIGNED COPY)

Bloomsbury, London
1st printing. Octavo size (8vo) in blue faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 194pp. Inscribed 'For Bridget' and signed by the author on the title-page (no other inscription)
AS NEW copy (page-block edges faintly tanned) in an AS NEW complete Dust Jacket
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Kavanagh - A Tale

John Walker, Liverpool (and David Bogue et al, London, Edinburgh, Dublin)
1st printing. Octavo size (8vo) in publishers' original decoratively blind embossed red cloth, gilt lettering to front cover, 137pp, advert leaf at front (for 'Hyperion' & 'Poems Lyrical & Dramatic')
VERY GOOD- (lacks cloth spine, covers very slightly edge-rubbed, name on fly-leaf, contents are very clean and tight)
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Days of Absence - Autobiography (1929-55)

Michael Joseph, London
Octavo size (8vo) in brown faux cloth, black lettering to spine. 277pp, plates
A well preserved FINE copy (thin sliver of slight creasing to spine ends, page-block edges faintly dusty) in a very slightly edge-creased but otherwise FINE complete Dust Jacket (looks fine in its removable transparent protector)
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A Trumpet in Tekoa

Arthur H Stockwell, London
1st printing. Octavo size (8vo) in olive green cloth, black lettering to spine. 197pp
A well preserved FINE copy (page-block edges faintly tanned) in a lightly edge-rubbed VERY GOOD complete Dust Jacket just a little worn at head of spine panel (looks fine in its removable transparent protector)
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Poems

Peter Russell, Fairwarp
Octavo size (8vo) in colour printed stiff card covers 30pp plus 2pp publishers ads at rear
An extremely well preserved AS NEW copy (hint of tanning to leaves) in a slightly dusty but otherwise FINE complete Dust Jacket. An excellent copy
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Mask of Betrayal

Constable Crime, London
1st printing. Octavo size (8vo) in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 237pp
Pages slightly tanned else a NEW unread copy in a NEW priced complete Dust Jacket
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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The Steampunk Trilogy

Four Walls Eight Windows, New York & London
1st printing. Octavo size (8vo) in dark red boards, gilt lettering to spine, 352pp
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unread copy (thin sliver of very slight creasing to bottom edge of spine, top edge of page block slightly dusty) in an AS NEW complete Dust Jacket (faintly creased at spine panel ends, looks new in its removable transparent protector)
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The Kobra Manifesto

Collins, London
1st printing. Octavo size (8vo) in orange faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 244pp
A well preserved FINE unread copy (faint shelf-rub to cover bottom edges, hint of tanning to leaves) in an almost AS NEW publisher-price-clipped Dust Jacket with publishers price sticker to inner flap (rear panel slightly tanned and faintly dusty)
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