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  • Paul Brickhill – Reach For The Sky – First UK Edition 1954

    First edition, first printing of ‘Reach for the Sky’ by Paul Brickhill, published by Collins in London, 1954. This is a very good copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound…


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    £95.00
  • Nevil Shute – In The Wet – First UK Edition – Double Signed by the Author

    A first edition, first printing of ‘In The Wet’ published by Heinemann in 1953. A good/very good book inscribed on the front endpaper ‘For Alec and Spiffy/from Nevil/May 1953’ and…


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    £850.00
  • Nevil Shute – The Far Country – First Edition 1952 – SIGNED

    A first edition, first printing of ‘The Far Country’ published by Heinemann in 1952. A near fine book SIGNED using his full name ‘Nevil Shute Norway’ by the Author to…


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    £750.00
  • Ian Fleming – Goldfinger – First UK Edition 1959

    First edition, first printing of ‘Goldfinger’. Published by Jonathan Cape in London, 1959. This is a very good (or better) copy. The Richard Chopping dust wrapper has chipping and toning…


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    £975.00
  • Nevil Shute – Requiem For A Wren – SIGNED First Edition 1955

    First edition, first printing. Published by Heinemann in London, 1955. This is a good to very good copy. The dust wrapper is nicely illustrated by Biro. It has some slight…


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    £975.00
  • Ian Fleming – Dr NO – First UK Edition 1958 – with SIGNATURE of Sean Connery

    A first edition, first printing of ‘Dr No’ published by Cape in 1958. A very good book without inscriptions. Some wear to the edges. This is the first issue without…


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    £2,000.00
  • Keith Waterhouse – Billy Liar – First Edition 1958

    A first edition, first printing of Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse, published by Michael Joseph, London in 1958. A near fine copy inscribed in blue ink to the front free…


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    £450.00
  • Vladimir Nabokov – Lolita – First UK Edition 1959

    A first edition, first printing of ‘Lolita’ published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1959. A very good book (light spotting to the top page edge) with topstain light, but present…


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    £375.00
  • Colin MacInnes – City of Spades – First Edition 1957

    A first edition, first printing of City of Spades by Colin Macinnes, published by Macgibbon and Kee, London in 1957. A near fine copy free from inscriptions, tarnished gilt titling…


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    £185.00
  • Patrick White – VOSS – First Edition 1957

    A first edition, first printing of Voss by Patrick White, published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1957. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions,pushing to head of the spine,…


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    £175.00
  • Keith Waterhouse – There Is A Happy Land – First Edition 1957

    A first edition, first printing of There is a Happy Land by Keith Waterhouse, published by Michael Joseph, London in 1957. A very good book without inscriptions, damp-staining to lower…


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    £125.00
  • Jocelyn Brooke – The Goose Cathedral – First Edition 1950

    A first edition, first printing of The Goose Cathedral by Jocelyn Brooke, published by The Bodley Head, London in 1950. A near fine book signed and dated in blue ink…


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    £95.00
  • Paul Bowles – The Spider’s House – First Edition 1957

    A first edition, first printing of The Spider’s House by Paul Bowles, published by Macdonald, London in 1957. A near fine book free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s…


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    £75.00
  • Lawrence Durrell – Mountolive – First Edition 1958

    A first edition, first printing of Mountolive by Lawrence Durrell, published by Faber & Faber, London in 1958. A near fine book inscribed and dated by a previous owner in…


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    £65.00
  • Patrick White – The Tree Of Man – First Edition 1956

    A first edition, first printing of the Tree of Man by Patrick White, published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, London in 1956. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, bumping…


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    £45.00
  • Laurie Lee – Cider With Rosie – First UK Edition 1959 – SIGNED by the Author

    A first edition, first printing of ‘Cider With Rosie’. Published by The Hogarth Press in London, 1959. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper is finely designed by…


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    £975.00