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  • Iris Murdoch – Sartre – First UK Edition 1953

    A first edition, first printing published by Bowes and Bowes in 1953. A near fine book without inscriptions in a very good unclipped wrapper with light browning to the spine…


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    £175.00
  • Noel Coward – Quadrille – First UK Edition – SIGNED and DATED 1952

    A first edition, first printing published by Heinemann in 1952. A near fine book SIGNED and Dated (1953) on the front endpaper. In a very good+ unclipped wrapper with some…


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    Original price was: £275.00.Current price is: £137.50.
  • Paul Brickhill – The Dam Busters – First UK Edition 1951

    A first edition, first printing published by Evans in 1951. A very good+ book without inscriptions. Some spotting to page edges. In a very good+ unclipped wrapper with some chipping…


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    Original price was: £400.00.Current price is: £200.00.
  • Patrick White – VOSS – First UK Edition 1957

    A first edition, first printing published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1957. A near fine copy with only slight creasing to the rear board and slight bumping to the head…


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    £150.00
  • Roland Camberton – Rain on the Pavements – First UK Edition

    A first edition, first printing published by John Lehmann in 1951. A very good book without inscriptions with a little sunning to the top edge. In a very good wrapper…


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    Original price was: £300.00.Current price is: £150.00.
  • John Masters – Bhowani Junction – First UK Edition 1954

    A first edition, first printing published by Michael Joseph in 1954. A near fine book (one small name to the head of the endpaper) in a very good+ unclipped wrapper…


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    £95.00
  • R. Prawer Jhabvala – To Whom She Will – First UK Edition 1955

    A first edition, first printing published by George Allen and Unwin in 1955. A near fine book without inscriptions – short crease to the front endpaper. Beautiful topstain still intact….


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    £75.00
  • Ian Fleming – Dr. NO – First UK Edition 1958

    A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1958. A very good book without inscriptions. Some bumping to the book corners. In a very good+ (or better) dust wrapper…


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    £1,250.00
  • Dr Seuss – The Cat in the Hat – First UK Edition 1958

    A first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1958. A very good+ book without inscriptions – wear to the corners and edges. Rubbing to the head and base of…


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    £285.00
  • Ian Fleming – Casino Royale – First UK Edition INSCRIBED

    A first edition, first printing of ‘Casino Royale’ by Ian Fleming, published by Cape in 1953. A near fine book without inscriptions. A little light pushing to the spine tips….


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    £115,000.00
  • Ralph Ellison – Invisible Man – First UK Edition 1953

    A first edition, first printing published by Gollancz in 1953. A very good+ book with one name to the front pastedown and to the corner of the ffep. Some browning…


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    Original price was: £450.00.Current price is: £225.00.
  • Paul Brickhill – The Great Escape – First UK Edition 1951

    A first edition, first printing published by Faber in 1951. A very good book with eraed name to the front pastedown – some fading to the boards and a little…


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    £475.00
  • Iris Murdoch – The Bell – First UK Edition 1958 + Band

    A first edition, first printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1958. A very good book without inscriptions in a very good+ unclipped wrapper with the rare wrap-around band.


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    £175.00
  • Ambrose Heath – Good Drinks – First UK Edition 1939

    A first edition, first printing published by Faber in 1939. A near fine book with illustrated boards. No wrapper.


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    £95.00
  • Dr Seuss – The Cat in the Hat [with[ The Cat in the Hat Comes Back – First UK Editions

    First UK editions, first printings. Published by Collins in London, 1958, 1961. These are near fine copies. Wrapped in a ‘custom’ clear laminate, they are both slightly worn at the…


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    £375.00
  • Richmal Crompton – William and the Witch – First UK Edition 1964

    A first edition, first printing of William and the Witch by Richmal Crompton, published by Newnes in 1964. An good book in original publisher’s green cloth boards with gilt title…


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    £65.00