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  • Enid Blyton – House-at-the-Corner – First Edition 1947

    A first edition, first printing of ‘House-at-the-Corner’ published by Lutterworth in 1947. A very good book with spotting to the page edges – neat owner’s name and address to the…


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    £125.00
  • Enid Blyton – The Children’s Life Of Christ – First Edition 1943

    A first edition, first printing published by Methuen in 1943. A very good book with a neat owner’s inscription, in a very good edge worn dust wrapper.


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    £50.00
  • Enid Blyton – The Magic Faraway Tree – First UK Edition 1943

    A first edition, first printing of ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’, published by Newnes in 1943. A very good book with fading associated to the loss on the spine ends of…


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    £4,500.00
  • W.E. Johns – Biggles In The South Seas – First Edition 1940

    A first edition, first printing of ‘Biggles in the South Seas.’, by W.E. Johns, published by Oxford in 1940. A very good book – neat name to the front endpaper….


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    £485.00
  • Otto Strasser – The Gangsters Around Hitler – First Edition 1942

    A first edition in pamphlet form of ‘The Gangsters Around Hitler’ by Dr. Otto Strasser, published by W H Allen in 1942. An excessively fragile production, the cover is very…


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    £375.00
  • 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
  • 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 book without inscriptions and a little wear to the edges and corners. In the…


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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 near fine book without inscriptions, in original green cloth bound…


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    £850.00
  • 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
  • Agatha Christie – Taken At The Flood – First Edition 1948

    First edition, first printing of ‘Taken at the Flood’. Published by Collins Crime Club in London, 1948. This is a very good (or better) copy. The very good dust wrapper…


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    £750.00