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London: Macmillan & Co Ltd. Octavo (printer's signatures each eight leaves). Lightly tipped in to the front free endpaper is a letter with a Devon, UK address from the author, dated 11-5-32 to a Miss Rose trying to arrange a meeting in Devon. Apparantly a letter from Miss Rose had gone to her previous address in Gayfere Street, London. Although normally residing in Canada, clearly the author was living in the UK at this time. (the present owner acquired the book in Devon). Bookplate of N. V. Davey on the front pastedown. The dust jacket is protected, has minor wear and is not price clipped. . Fine. Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing. 1940.
Impromptu in Moribundia by Hamilton, Patrick - 1939
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Impromptu in Moribundia
by Hamilton, Patrick
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London: Constable & Co. Octavo. Black, cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Previous owner's name with date on the front free endpaper together with some small ghost marks of what might have been a bookplate adhesive. not particularly noticeable. Some minor wear at the extremities, protected by a clear, removable cover of archival quality. One of the author's scarcest books, a fantasy and unlike any of his other work. Weysprings Books is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and subscribes to the Association's Code of Ethics. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 1st Printing. 1939.
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Whiteoak Heritage
by De La Roche, Mazo
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Gently Down the Stream
by Hunter, Alan
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London: Cassell & Co, Limited. Octavo (printer's signatures at each eight leaves). Black, cloth-covered boards with no bumps; bright silver lettering and fingerprint on the spine. Browning panels on the endpapers, a few foxing spots on the front free endpaper, no inscriptions. The dust jacket has a top-edge crease, otherwise minor wear only, not price-clipped and now protected by a clear, removable cover. Third in the Chief Inspector Gently series. Weysprings Books is a professional member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). . Very Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing. 1957.
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The Wind Singer; Slaves of Mastery; Firesong
by Nicholson, William
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London: Egmont. First editions, first printings of the thee books comprising The Wind on Fire Trilogy, contained in an illustrated slipcase. Each book signed by the author on the title page. A matched set with no faults. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . As New. Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing.
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The Simple Art of Murder
by Chandler, Raymond
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HINDHEAD, Surrey, United Kingdom
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London: Hamish Hamilton. Star Editions "To be sold on the Continent of Europe only" stated on the front cover and dust jacket. Stiff, card covers with green dust jacket. Small chip at the top of the spine. Rubbing with chip at the top of the dust jacket and approx. 1" loss at the foot, now protected by a clear, removable cover. No inscriptions. Very scarce. Weysprings Books is a professional member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). . Very Good. Card Covers, Perfect Bound. First Thus. 1950.
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The Hampdenshire Wonder
by Beresford, J. D.
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London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Blue, cloth-covered boards, blind-stamped boarders, gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. No inscriptions, minor wear and natural ageing only. The book is protected by a clear removable cover of archival quality. Author's first novel and a landmark book in the development of the super-human genre of fantasy and science fiction. Weysprings Books is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and subscribes to the Association's Code of Ethics. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 1911.
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Whiteoak Heritage
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London: Macmillan & Co Ltd. Octavo (printer's signatures each eight leaves). Lightly tipped in to the front free endpaper is a letter with a Devon, UK address from the author, dated 11-5-32 to a Miss Rose trying to arrange a meeting in Devon. Apparantly a letter from Miss Rose had gone to her previous address in Gayfere Street, London. Although normally residing in Canada, clearly the author was living in the UK at this time. (the present owner acquired the book in Devon). Bookplate of N. V. Davey on the front pastedown. The dust jacket is protected, has minor wear and is not price clipped. . Fine. Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing. 1940.
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Gently Down the Stream
by Hunter, Alan
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London: Cassell & Co, Limited. Octavo (printer's signatures at each eight leaves). Black, cloth-covered boards with no bumps; bright silver lettering and fingerprint on the spine. Browning panels on the endpapers, a few foxing spots on the front free endpaper, no inscriptions. The dust jacket has a top-edge crease, otherwise minor wear only, not price-clipped and now protected by a clear, removable cover. Third in the Chief Inspector Gently series. Weysprings Books is a professional member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). . Very Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing. 1957.
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The Wind Singer; Slaves of Mastery; Firesong
by Nicholson, William
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London: Egmont. First editions, first printings of the thee books comprising The Wind on Fire Trilogy, contained in an illustrated slipcase. Each book signed by the author on the title page. A matched set with no faults. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . As New. Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing.
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The Simple Art of Murder
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HINDHEAD, Surrey, United Kingdom
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London: Hamish Hamilton. Star Editions "To be sold on the Continent of Europe only" stated on the front cover and dust jacket. Stiff, card covers with green dust jacket. Small chip at the top of the spine. Rubbing with chip at the top of the dust jacket and approx. 1" loss at the foot, now protected by a clear, removable cover. No inscriptions. Very scarce. Weysprings Books is a professional member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). . Very Good. Card Covers, Perfect Bound. First Thus. 1950.
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The Hampdenshire Wonder
by Beresford, J. D.
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London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Blue, cloth-covered boards, blind-stamped boarders, gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. No inscriptions, minor wear and natural ageing only. The book is protected by a clear removable cover of archival quality. Author's first novel and a landmark book in the development of the super-human genre of fantasy and science fiction. Weysprings Books is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and subscribes to the Association's Code of Ethics. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 1911.
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Impromptu in Moribundia
by Hamilton, Patrick
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by Hammond, John,Hamilton, Patrick
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Trent Editions, 1999-07-19. Paperback. Good. 0.5512 8.0315 5.7480. Excessive markings / hilighting.\r\n
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Impromptu in Moribundia
by Hamilton, Patrick; Hammond, John
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Trent Editions, 1999. Paperback. Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise, this is a clean, tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK.
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Impromptu in Moribundia
by Patrick Hamilton
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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Abacus is reissuing all of Patrick Hamilton's novels, to bring them to a new audience. Impromptu in Moribundia is the most political work from this master novelist of society.
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Impromptu in Moribundia
by Patrick Hamilton
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Impromptu in Moribundia
by Hamilton, Patrick
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Abacus, 2024. Paperback. New. 208 pages. 7.80x4.96x0.90 inches.
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Impromptu in Moribundia
by Hamilton, Patrick
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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London: Constable, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Constable 1939). First UK edition in First Issue dustwrapper priced 7/6 net to the inside flap. Publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. A small newspaper clipping of the Author to the front paste-down, faint offsetting to both sets of end-papers and a slightly dusty top-edge overall a near fine copy (with NO inscriptions). The near fine dustwrapper is complete with a touch of toning to the spine and a tiny bit of rubbing/miniscule loss to the tip and tail of the spine. A stunning anomaly within the literary oeuvre of Patrick Hamilton. One of the Author's scarcest works. A much nicer copy than normally seen. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Bloody Sunrise
by Spillane, Mickey
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- first
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Townsend, Jacinda
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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke
by Kenneth Ewing Bailey
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This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and there is no wear on the edges of the cover boards.There is some bumping on the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are white, crisp and claen of any markings. "William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement; Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A…
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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The Merry Month of May: A Novel
by Jones, James
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New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Ex-Lib w/ Usual Markings and Expected Imperfections. dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; black boards; 361 pgs.; illust. dj. From the Critically Acclaimed Author of From Here to Eternity. a very clean copy of this classic.
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The Authentic Life Of William McKinley: Our Third Martyr President; Together With A Life Sketch Of Theodore Roosevelt The 26th President Of The United States
by Alexander K. McClure & Charles Morris, LL.D
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This book is an antique and is in fair condition. The binding is loose and cracked on the inside of the front board. Dark green cloth covered boards that have significant wear on the edges, spine and corners. The previous owners signature is written on the inside of the front board. The pages are tanned and yellowed, but are still readable.Also a Life Sketch of Theodore Roosevelt and "memorial tributes by statesmen, ministers, orators and rulers of all countries"; profusely illustrated with photos, drawings and "special pictures of the Family by Express Permission from the Owners"
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Cottonwood; A Novel
by Phillips, Scott
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New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 292pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author on half-title page. Book has a complete number line from 1-10 and is a stated First Edition: February 2004. Book is straight, bright, unmarked, unclipped, unread, and has a Brodart jacket protector. Author also wrote "The Ice Harvest" and "The Walkaway.
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Quelques Optimistes.
by Sempe
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- 9782207238615
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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Manhattan Beach
by Jennifer Egan
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- 9781501184321
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- 1501184326
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Tomball, Texas, United States
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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Christopher Blake
by Hart, Moss
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Temecula, California, United States
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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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