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  • P.G. Wodehouse – Full Moon – First Edition 1947 In Slipcase

    First edition, first printing. Published by Herbert Jenkins in London, 1947. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper, bright and clean, is finely illustrated. It has not been…


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    £175.00
  • P.G. Wodehouse – Uncle Dynamite – First Edition 1948 In Slipcase

    First edition, first printing. Published by Herbert Jenkins in London, 1948. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper, bright and clean, is finely illustrated. It has not been…


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    £150.00
  • Bing Crosby – SIGNED Letter by Bing Crosby

    A typed letter with envelope. Dated July 29, 1948. Folded twice and discusses Corsby’s latest release, ‘Emperor Waltz’ with Joan Fontaine and his travelling to Nevada and Canada for ‘a…


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    £385.00
  • Elspeth Huxley – The Walled City – First Edition 1948

    A first edition in conjunction with the Book Society in 1948. A very good book in like wrapper with a small closed tear to the top of the front panel….


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    £75.00
  • Maurice Procter – The End Of The Street – SIGNED First Edition 1949

    A first edition, first printing of ‘The End of the Street’ by Maurice Procter, published by Longmans in 1949. A near fine book, SIGNED and Dated on the title page…


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    £285.00
  • Valentine Davies – Miracle On 34th Street – US Edition 1947

    A book club edition of ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ by Valentine Davies, published by Harcourt, Brace and Company in 1947. A near fine book without inscriptions, in a very good…


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    £275.00
  • Bertrand Russell – Human Knowledge – First Edition 1948

    A first edition, first printing of ‘Human Knowledge’ by Bertrand Russell in 1948. A very good without inscriptions and a little wear to the edges and corners. In the rare…


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    £185.00
  • Leslie Ford – Honolulu Murder Story – First Edition 1947

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    First edition, first printing of Honolulu Murder Story by Leslie Ford, published by Collins Crime Club in 1947. A near fine book in publisher’s original red cloth bound boards with…


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    £95.00
  • W E Johns – Biggles Defies the Swastika – First Edition

    A first edition, first printing of Biggles Defies the Swastika by Captain W.E. Johns, illustrated by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall, published by Oxford University Press in 1941. A near…


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    £600.00
  • Dylan Thomas – Deaths and Entrances – First Edition 1947

    A first edition, first printing published by Dent in 1947. A very good book with a neat gift inscription to the front endpaper. In the very good unclipped wrapper with…


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    £375.00
  • Christianna Brand – Green For Danger – First Edition 1945

    A first edition, first printing of Green for Danger by Christianna Brand, published by The Bodley Head in 1945. A very good book with gift inscription to the front free…


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    £750.00
  • H.E. Bates – The Tinkers Of Elstow – SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 1945

    First edition of The Tinkers of Elstow by H. E. Bates, privately printed for Lyons & Co. in 1945 with illustrations by Randolph Schwabe. One of 300 numbered copies on…


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    £125.00
  • Cecil Beaton – Far East – First Edition 1945

    A first edition, first printing published by Batsford in 1945. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper is finely illustrated by Beaton but suffers from rubbing at the…


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    £85.00
  • H.E. Bates – The Jacaranda Tree – First UK Edition 1949

    Published by Michael Joseph in 1949. A near fine book in a near fine wrapper with a closed tear to the head of the front panel.


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    £40.00
  • Arthur Rimbaud (Keith Vaughan) – A Season In Hell – First Edition 1949

    A first edition, first printing published by John Lehmann in 1949. A very good book without inscriptions, some bumping to the foot and head of the spine with a small…


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    £750.00
  • Enid Blyton – The Island Of Adventure – SIGNED First Edition 1944

    A first edition, first printing of ‘The Island of Adventure’, published by Macmillan in 1944. A very good book without inscriptions and no browning to the spine whatsoever. In a…


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    £750.00