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SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM: A TRIUMPH
Written by T.E. Lawrence; Michael Asher.
Stock no. 1828821
Published by Folio Society.
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Mustard pictorial cloth. Maps drawn by Reginald Piggott. B/w photos. Foreword by Wilfred Thesiger. Introduction by Michael Asher. Top edge mustard yellow. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed.
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- LITERATURE
THE HUNDREDTH STORY OF A.E. COPPARD
Written by A.E. Coppard.
Illustrated by Robert Gibbings.
Stock no. 1328448
Published by The Golden Cockerel Press.
1st
1931.
Very good condition.
Green leather spine with gilt title. White and green decorated boards. B/w engravings to text. Limited to 1000 copies. Spine slightly worn at top and tail and is lightly browned. Some slight browning to edges of covers. Endpapers are lightly browned. Foxing to textblock. Tiny booksellers sticker and ink stamp of binder (S & S, London) to front pastedown. This is copy no. 521.
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- LITERATURE
- PRIVATE PRESS
- ILLUSTRATED
- LIMITED EDITION
DO BUTLERS BURGLE BANKS?
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1328438
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.
1st thus
1982.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. 188 pages. ISBN: 0091496403. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper spine is slightly faded.
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SHORT SORTIES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1328405
Published by Latimer House Limited.
1st
1950.
Almost very good condition.
Blue cloth, black title to spine. A variety of stories for the older reader by Johns. 202 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine and cover edges slightly faded. Light scratch marks to the cloth on the front cover. Foxing to contents. Tiny piece torn from top corner of foreword page (no loss of text). Some page corner creases and some light marks to page margins. Lacking rear free-endpaper.
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- CHILDRENS
- LITERATURE
- ADVENTURE
CHARLES KINGSLEY: HIS LETTERS AND MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE
Written by F.E. Kingsley; Charles Kingsley.
Stock no. 1828489
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co..
1st thus
1883.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Cheaper Edition. Edited by his wife. Full leather binding, 5 raised bands to spine, gilt title and vignettes to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w portrait as frontis. 364 pages including index. Minor rubbing to lower edge of rear board. Contemporary gift inscription dated December 20 1883 to fly leaf. Very few age related marks. Overall a lovely copy.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- LITERATURE
- CHILDRENS
- LETTERS
- LEATHER BINDING
THE LAYS OF BELERIAND
Written by J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien.
Stock no. 1828474
Published by Guild Publishing.
1986.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The third volume of The History of Middle-Earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 393 pages. Second impression. Top edge of text block has minor foxing. Contents clean. Green dustwrapper is scuffed and faded to spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- FANTASY
- LITERATURE
THE BOOK OF LOST TALES PART I
Written by J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien.
Stock no. 1828472
Published by Guild Publishing.
1st thus
1986.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The first book in the series of Middle-Earth history. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Second impression. Minor foxing to top edge of text block, contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded at spine, lightly worn at edges, tiny split to top of spine, scuffed.
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- FANTASY
- LITERATURE
THE DUCHESS OF BLOOMSBURY STREET
Written by Helene Hanff.
Stock no. 1828375
Published by Andre Deutsch.
1977.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Dark orange cloth boards, blue title to spine. ISBN: 0233965092. Second impression. Light browning to text block. White pictorial dustwrapper is browned and a little scuffed.
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TWO TALES OF THE CONGO
Written by Joseph Conrad.
Illustrated by Dolf Rieser.
Stock no. 1828272
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1952.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Includes: An Outpost of Progress; and Heart of Darkness. Beige cloth boards, black title block to length of spine, black image to front. B/w Copper-engravings by Dolf Rieser. An early Folio Society publication - no slipcase, as issued. Text block & endpapers browned. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and is browned, particularly to rear panel.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- ILLUSTRATED
YOUNG RENNY
Written by Mazo De La Roche.
Stock no. 1828265
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1947.
Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Chronicles of the Whiteoak Family series. Adeline Whiteoak is at the height of her sway as a vigorous and domineering matriarch of eighty. Adeline's grandson, Renny, is in a feud between him and his grandmother and his Cousin from Ireland. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Boards mottled by damp (mainly rear board). Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots present. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and grubby.
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A GAME OF THRONES: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOLUME 1
Written by George R.R. Martin; Daniel Abraham.
Illustrated by Tommy Patterson; et al..
Stock no. 1327912
Published by Bantam Books.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
White boards, metallic red title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout, comic book style. ISBN: 9780440423218. 7th printing. Spine slightly bumped. Slight rubbing to spine and corners of dustwrapper.
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- GRAPHIC NOVEL
THE LAST MAN
Written by Mary Shelley; Sarah Hall.
Illustrated by Caspar David Friedrich.
Stock no. 1828130
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2012.
Nearly fine condition.
Introduced by Sarah Hall. Brown cloth spine with burgundy title label with gilt title. Pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and very lightly faded at edges (VG+).
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