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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Mahatma Gandhi: Essays and Reflections on His Life and [Edited by S. Radhakrishnan] – First Edition 1939 – with wrap-around band
£285.00A first edition, first printing published by George Allen and Unwin in 1939. A near fine book with one neat name to the front endpaper. In a very good unclipped…
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Christopher Isherwood – Goodbye To Berlin – First Edition 1939
£2,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Goodbye To Berlin’, published by The Hogarth Press in 1939. A very good/near fine book with one neat name to the front endpaper, spine…
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Robert Graves – Count Belisarius – First Edition 1938 – With wrap-around band
£485.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Count Belisarius’, published by Cassell in 1938. A near fine book with some light spotting to the text block. A very good wrapper with…
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Robert Graves – Claudius The God – First Edition 1934
£375.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Claudius The God’, published by Arthur Barker in 1934. A very good book without inscriptions with no foxing whatsoever. In a very good unclipped…
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J.B. Priestley – Angel Pavement – First Edition 1930
£85.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Angel Pavement’ published by Heinemann in 1930. A near fine book without inscriptions – some fading to the spine. In the near fine unclipped…
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Stella Benson – Tobit Transplanted – First Edition 1931
£65.00A first edition, first printing published by Macmillan in 1931. A fine without inscriptions. In a fine unclipped wrapper – a lovely copy.
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Neil M. Gunn – Morning Tide – First Edition 1931
£45.00A first edition, first printing published by The Porpoise Press in 1931. A very good book without inscriptions in a very good unclipped wrapper with a little spotting to the…
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Jean-Richard Bloch – “…& Co.” – First Edition 1930
£45.00A first edition, first printing published by Gollancz in 1930. A very good book (or better) with a neat previous owner’s bookplate to the front pastedown. In a near fine…
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Winifred Holtby – South Riding – First Edition 1936
£285.00A first edition, first printing of ‘South Riding’ published by Collins in 1936. A very good book with rough cut pages to the bottom edge. No inscriptions. Some stains to…
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Agatha Christie – Why Didn’t They Ask Evans – First UK Edition 1934
£975.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans’ published by Collins [The Crime Club] in 1934. A very good book with two small initials to the front…
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Agatha Christie – Death In The Clouds – First Edition 1935
£975.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Death in the Clouds’ published by Collins in 1935. A near fine book with spotting to the top edge. Binding is square and firm…
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Agatha Christie – Murder In Mesopotamia – First Edition 1936
£950.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Murder in Mesopotamia’ published by Collins in 1936. A very good book without inscriptions with spotting to the page edges. Internally very clean -…
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Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot’s Christmas – First Edition 1939
£950.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Hercule Poirot’s Christmas’ published by Collins in 1939. A near fine book without inscriptions – a touch faded to the spine – some spotting…
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Sidney Rogerson – Twelve Days – First UK Edition 1933
£1,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Twelve Days’ published by Barker in 1933. A near fine book with one neat name and date to the front endpaper, with a little…
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Agatha Christie – The Agatha Christie Omnibus of Crime – First Edition 1932
£675.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Agatha Christie Omnibus of Crime’ published by Collins in 1932. Containing: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), The Mystery of the Blue Train…
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E.M. Delafield – Diary Of A Provincial Lady – First Edition 1930
£385.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Diary of a Provincial Lady’ published by Macmillan in 1930. A near fine book with mottling to the boards. Small previous owner’s bookplate to…
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