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What a decade, outbreak of the Second World War, The Great Depression gripped economies worldwide, leading to widespread unemployment and economic hardship. Political turmoil swept across Europe, with the rise of fascist regimes in Germany and Italy, while the Spanish Civil War divided nations. However, some superb works of fiction were created and some are included in our category
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Auden and Isherwood – The Dog Beneath The Skin – First UK Edition 1935
£65.00First edition, first printing. Published by Faber & Faber in London, 1935. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper, bright but with some slight browning and…
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Agatha Christie – Strand Magazine – January 1932 – Includes Agatha Christie’s ‘The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest’
£125.00London, UK: In very good condition. Strand Magazine January 1932. Monthly softcover single issue Published by George Newnes. Condition – Complete. Good clean copy. Some wear to spine. Short stories:…
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Jean de Brunhoff – Babar’s At Home – First Edition 1938
£150.00A first edition first printing, published by Methuen in 1938.
A very good copy with wear to the edges and corners of the book no inscriptions – some wear to the…
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The Cocktail Key 1930
£250.00Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1930. Small hardcover (13 x 9cm) in original cloth covered boards. Crease to right corner of the front panel. Some very minor shelfwear and one neat name…
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Eric Gill – Unemployment – First Edition 1933
£95.00First edition. Small book, pp32, in red card covers, string bound. Small bookplate to front flap. Scatttered gentle spotting, otherwise clean internally, covers in excellent bright clean condition.
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George Orwell – The Road To Wigan Pier – Left Book Club Edition 1937
£75.00A first edition, first printing of The Road To Wigan Pier by George Orwell, published by Victor Gollancz for the Left Book Club in London, 1937, illustrated with 32 plates….
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Irving Stone – Lust For Life – SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the Author – First Edition 1934
£975.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Lust for Life’ by Irving Stone, published by Longmans in 1934. Longmans, Green and Co, 1934. The Novel of Vincent Van Gogh. 489p, octavo….
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Eric Gill – 25 Nudes – First Edition 1938 – With SIGNED and Mounted Title Page
£2,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘25 Nudes’ published by Hague and Gill [Dent] in 1938. A near fine book without inscriptions – some darkening to the bottom edge and…
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Flora Thompson – Lark Rise – First Edition 1939
£875.00A first edition, first printing of Lark Rise by Flora Thompson, published by Oxford University Press, London in 1939. A near fine book, boards bound in publisher’s original light brown…
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Collinson Owen – The Riverton Wagers – First Edition 1931
£250.00A first edition, first printing published by Cassell in 1931. A good book with browning to the spine and general wear, some fraying. In the exceptionally scarce wrapper priced at…
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Daphne Du Maurier – Jamaica Inn – First UK Edition 1936
£4,750.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Jamaica Inn’ published by Gollancz in 1936. A very good book (a little wear to the edges and spine tips and browning to the…
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Noel Streatfeild – Tennis Shoes – First Edition 1937
£125.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Tennis Shoes’ published by Dent in 1937. A very good (or better) book without inscriptions. Some scattered spotting to the prelims and last few…
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Hilda Vaughan – The Soldier And The Gentlewoman – First Edition 1932
£95.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Soldier and the Gentlewoman’ published by Gollancz in 1932. A near fine book without inscriptions in a near fine unclipped wrapper with a…
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George Orwell – The Road To Wigan Pier – Left Book Club Edition 1937
£85.00A first edition, first printing of The Road To Wigan Pier by George Orwell, published by Victor Gollancz for the Left Book Club in London, 1937, illustrated with 32 plates….
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George Bernard Shaw [Frank Harris] – Bernard Shaw – An Unauthorized Biography – SIGNED and lined by Shaw
£1,350.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Bernard Shaw’ published by Garden City Publishing (Star) in 1931. A very good book without inscriptions, INSCRIBED on the title page by Shaw beneath…
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Damon Runyon – Guys and Dolls – First US Edition 1931
£17,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Guys and Dolls’ published by Stokes in 1931. A near fine book without inscriptions – a touch of wear to the head f the…
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