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David Attenborough – Zoo Quest For A Dragon – First Edition 1957
£350.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Zoo Quest For A Dragon’ published by Lutterworth Press in 1957. A fine book (small bump to the top edge) without inscriptions in like…
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William Goyen – The House Of Breath – First Edition 1951
£95.00A first edition, first printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1951. A very good book without inscriptions, some off-setting to the spine and a little spotting to the page…
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John Hunt – The Ascent of Everest – First UK Edition 1953 – SIGNED by Sir John Hunt
£475.00A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1953. A near fine book without inscriptions. In a near fine dust wrapper with some light fading to the…
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Clifford Simak – CITY – First UK Edition 1954
£185.00A first edition, first printing of ‘City’ by Clifford Simak, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London in 1954. A very good book free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in original…
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Hans Tanner – The Ferrari – First UK Edition 1959
£95.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Ferrari’ published by Foulis in 1959. A very good copy with one neat name and date to the front endpaper. Slight bumping to…
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W.E. Johns – Another Job For Biggles – First Edition 1951
£50.00A first UK edition, first printing published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1951. A very good book without inscriptions. Slight bumping to the head and base of the spine. Some…
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Hans Tanner – The Ferrari – First UK Edition 1959
£85.00A first edition, first printing published by Foulis in 1959. A near fine book without inscriptions. Some slight bumping to the head and base of the spine. Clean internally. In…
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Rosemary Sutcliff – The Lantern Bearers – First Edition 1959
£285.00A first edition, first printing published by Oxford University Press in 1959. Publisher’s original purple boards with silver titles to the spine. Original unclipped dust jacket showing the original price…
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Edward Osmond – A Valley Grows Up – First Edition 1953
£175.00A first edition, first printing published by Oxford University Press 1953. A very good without inscriptions, in like unclipped wrapper with wear and tear to the spine tips and corners….
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William Mayne – A Grass Rope – First Edition 1957 – Winner and the Carnegie Medal and with rare wrap-around band
£175.00A first edition, first printing published by Oxford University Press in 1957. A near fine book without inscriptions in a near fine wrapper with a closed tear to the front…
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John Hampson – A Bag of Stones – First Edition 1952 – SIGNED by the Author
£225.00A first edition, first printing published by Verschoyle in 1952. A near fine book with a neat gift inscription to the front endpaper. SIGNED on the title page without dedication….
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C.S. Forester – Mr Midshipman Hornblower – First Edition 1950 – with the rare wrap-around band
£275.00A first edition, first printing published by Michael Joseph in 1950. A very good book with heavy spotting to the page edges. In a very good unclipped wrapper which has…
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H.E. Bates – The Darling Buds of May – First UK Edition 1958
£325.00First edition, first printing. Published by Michael Joseph in London, 1958. This is a very good copy. The Broom Lynne dust wrapper is so slightly worn at the corners and…
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James Kenward – The Suburban Child – First Edition 1955 – in the Edward Ardizzone-designed dust wrapper
£45.00A first edition, first printing published by the Cambridge university Press in 1955. A near fine book with spotting to the page edges and to the prelims. In a near…
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Enid Blyton – Secret Seven Fireworks – First UK Edition 1959
£185.00A first edition, first printing published by Brock Books in 1959. A near fine book without inscriptions – some spotting to the page edges in like unclipped wrapper with wear…
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Nevil Shute – The Rainbow and the Rose – First UK Edition 1958
£50.00A first edition, first printing published by Heinemann in 1958. A near fine book without inscriptions. Some slight browning to the text block and offsetting to the front free end…
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