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London: The Marvell Press. Very Good/No Jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8.5" x 5.5" Yellow/green, cloth-covered boards with rounded spine. One of the first print run of 700, 300 of which were initially bound (120 for subscribers), this is one of the second state bindings. The publisher used the leaves from the initial print run and then (confusingly) stated "Second Edition January 1956" on the verso of the title page. List of subscribers at the back of the book, after the poems. This copy contains the typographic error in conformity with first printing points. Bibliographic reference: Bloomfield A6(a). Loosely inserted is a newspaper cutting relating to Larkin. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper, minor wear at the extremities of the cover. The book is now protected by a clear, removable cover. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. .
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The Simple Art of Murder
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New York: Simon and Schuster. First hardback edition, first printing. Unpaginated; minor wear and ageing, a couple of small marks on the front cover, minimal repair using "invisible" archive tape to a small, closed edge-tear on one leaf. Originally published in 1938 as a magazine article by Story Magazine Inc. This had a significant impact when first published before the outbreak of world war two, alerting the world to the dire events unfolding in Germany, particularly with regard to the Jewish population. It takes the form of correspondance between a Jew living in America and a German living in Munich from 1932 to 1934. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1939.
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The Less Deceived
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The Less Deceived
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Quelques Optimistes.
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Manhattan Beach
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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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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients
by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)
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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions…
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Christopher Blake
by Hart, Moss
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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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Palmares
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Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.
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The Polynesian Triangle
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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