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Dylan Thomas – In Country Sleep – First Edition 1952 – featuring the poem ‘Do not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’
A first edition, first printing of ‘In Country Sleep’ published by New Directions in 1952. A very good book without inscriptions. In a good unclipped wrapper with a paper repair…
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L.P. Hartley – The Go-Between – First UK Edition 1953 – SIGNED by Val Biro
A first edition, first printing published by Hamish Hamilton in 1953. A near fine book without inscriptions – a superb copy with a full, rich red topstain. In a very…
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Richard Curtis – Four Weddings and a Funeral [Collected Shorter Poems by W. H. Auden] – 1994/1950
A first edition, first printing of the Corgi paperback. With a first edition of W H Auden’s ‘Collected Shorter Poems’ 1930-1944. The book includes the poem, XXX on page 258….
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Michael Bond – The Paddington Bear First Edition Set – All First Printings 1958-74
A complete run of all the UK first edition, first printings published by Collins between 1958-74. Consisting: A Bear Called Paddington, ink gift inscription on front free endpapers, cloth spine…
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Jim Laker – Spinning Round The World – First UK Edition 1957 – SIGNED
A first edition, first printing published by Muller in 1957. A near fine book SIGNED on the portrait of Laker (Best wishes) in a near fine deeply square clipped wrapper….
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Ian Fleming – From Russia With Love – First Paperback Edition 1959 – PAN
First edition, first print of the PAN paperback From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming, published by PAN Books Ltd., London, 1959. This is a near fine copy free from…
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Gerald Durrell – The Bafut Beagles – First Edition – SIGNED and ILLUSTRATED by Durrell
A first edition, first printing of ‘The Bafut Beagles’ published by Rupert Hart-Davis in 1954. A very good book with patches of fading to the spine tips. No inscriptions. Signed,…
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Ian Fleming – Full Set of James Bond Paperbacks – All First Printings Including Rare Unpriced OHMSS and Thunderball with Letter
The complete run of first edition, first printings of the Pan editions of James Bond adventures: (1) Casino Royale: A first edition, first printing published by Pan in 1955. The…
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Pat Reid – The Colditz Story [with] The Latter Days – First Edition Books
A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1952. A very good book without inscriptions. In a very good clipped wrapper with chipping to the spine tips…
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Nevil Shute – A Town Like Alice – First UK Edition 1950
A first edition, first printing of ‘A Town Like Alice’ published by Heinemann in 1950. A near fine book without inscriptions. A lovely example. In a very good dust wrapper…
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Gerald Durrell – My Family and Other Animals – First UK Edition 1956
A first edition, first printing published by Rupert Hart-Davis in 1956. A very good book without inscriptions with some sunning to the spine tips and browning to the spine -…
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Graham Greene – The London Magazine – A Visit To Morin – with wrap-around band
A separate edition in London Magazine Vol. 4, no.1. January, 1957. Wrappers with original wrap-around band. Near fine. Includes the short story ‘A Visit to Morin’. Also, Jocelyn Brooke, Colin…
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Nancy Mitford – The Nancy Mitford Omnibus – First UK Edition 1956
A first edition, first printing published by Hamish Hamilton in 1956. A very good book with one gift inscription to the front endpaper, in a very good unclipped wrapper. Some…
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P.L. Travers – Mary Poppins In The Park – First Edition 1952
A first edition, first printing published by Peter Davies in 1952. A very good book with spotting to the page edges and to the first ten pages and a few…
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Margery Sharp – The Rescuers – First US Edition – Signed and Inscribed by the Illustrator Garth Williams
A first edition, first printing published by Little, Brown in 1959. A very good book with some fading to the boards in places, SIGNED by the illustrator Garth Williams (famed…
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Raymond Toole Stott – The Writings of William Somerset Maugham – A Bibliography (with Supplement 1961)
A first edition, first printing published by Bertram Rota ltd in 1956. A near fine book with off setting to the rear free end paper. Clean internally. In a like,…
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