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PSMITH IN THE CITY a Sequel to "Mike" � with twelve full page illustrations by T.M.R.Whitwell
by Wodehouse, P.G
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- Used - Good
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- 1910
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- Hardcover
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£280.00
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London: Adam & Charles Black First edition, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated by 12 full page plates printed one side only by T.m.R. Whitwell.. 8vo blue pictorial cloth to cover and spine, spine with gilt title. Coloured cover shows Psmith being shouted at by his boss for his buffoonery and on the spine the young man is working on… Read more about this item Item Price
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FRAGMENTS OF ANCIENT POETRY. Collected in the Highlands of Scotland and Translated from the Galic or Erse language.
by Macpherson,James
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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£15.00
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Edinburgh: James Thin/ the Mercat Press second edition, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo blue cloth silver lettered with silver lion rampant on a shield on the cover and spine. From a print run of 500 copies this No.258. Half title + James Thin title + titlepage of the 1760 second edition title +77pp +[3pp]Neat pencil name to free… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CLICKING OF CUTHBERT
by Wodehouse,P.G
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- Used - Good
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- 10th edition
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- Hardcover
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£15.00
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London: Herbert Jenkins, 10th edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo green pictorial cloth in black silhoutte [corners sl.worn/1cm split to lower hinge and similar to head of spine] viii [includes halftitle, titlepage, dedication and "fore" [which is an amusing foreword alluding to his taking up of the sport of golf etc] +[2p=contents] + 256pp. The halftitle and the last… Read more about this item Item Price
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NOVELS, ROMANCES, AND TALES containing The Pilot + The Spy + The Pioneers + The Last of the Mohicans + Lionel Lincoln + The Prairie + The red Rover + The Water Witch + Imagination. Complete in One Volume.
by Cooper, J.F. [James Fenimore Cooper](1789-1851)
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- Used - Good
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- 1844
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- Hardcover
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£106.00
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London: Bruce and Wyld, 1844. Hardcover. Good. Large Octavo half tan leather on 4 raised wide gilt decorated bands & black title label. Sides with marbled paper on boards, one-inch split to head of spine, worn and peeled, boards edge rubbed. All edges marbled. General titlepage + individual titlepages 102pp 97-500pp. The Pilot titlepage dated 1844. The Spy… Read more about this item Item Price
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A SECRET SERVICE, being Strange tales of a Nihilist.
by Le Queux, William (1864-1927)
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- Used - Good
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- 1896
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- Hardcover
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£56.00
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London: Ward, Lock & Bowden 1st edition, 1896. Hardcover. Good. Frontispiece with tissue guard. . Octavo, blue cloth pictorially illustrated in green & red (tips worn/spine sl frayed to head and foot) 320pp, some pages loose/some edges worn, text & illustrations clean and book largely unused. *Le Queux was an Anglo- French journalist, a notable writer of "invasion… Read more about this item Item Price
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ADVENTURES OF MR. VERDANT GREEN an Oxford Freshman ...with numerous illustrations designed and drawn on the wood by the author.
by Bede, Cuthbert (pseudonym of Rev. Edward Bradley)
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- Used - Good
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- 1860s by impression)
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- Hardcover
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£39.00
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London: James Blackwood 90th thousand, 1860s by impression). Hardcover. Good. Frontis + Pictorial Titlepage + text illlustrations by Edward Bradley. Three parts in One volume. Octavo half leather on 4 raised bands. Spine with gilt red title to spine plum pebbled cloth sides (hinges and corners rubbed/spine gilt rubbed). Frontis + Titlepage + vi +112pp +108pp +112pp Name… Read more about this item Item Price
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COMEDIES
by Shakespeare, William
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1946
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- Hardcover
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£15.00
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London Everyman's Library No. 153: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. New York E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo light green blindstamped cloth, gilt title to spine (slightly faded). Half title + series title + titlepage + contents & chronology +848pp + 8pp list of Everyman's Library titles, 3 tickets from many years ago for… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE AMBASSADORS [on cover "complete and unabridged"]
by James, Henry (1843-1916)
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- Used - Very Good-
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- 1992
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- Softcover
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- 9781853260346
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London: Wordsworth Classics, 1992. Softcover. Very Good-. Cover after a detail of painting by John Singer Sargent.. Paperback card covers (edges rubbed) half title + titlepage + introduction +380pp + booklist. Clean tight and no loose pages or tears. Item Price
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PATTERNS IN THE DUST
by Grant-Adamson, Lesley
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- Used - Good
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- Good+
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- 1985
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- Hardcover
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- 9780571134489
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London: Faber and Faber 1st edition first pinting, 1985. Hardcover. Good/Good+. Octavo black boards silver titled to spine in dust jacket (1" of tape residue to boards where jacket secured but jacket complete with minimal wear to tips) 191pp includes half title, titlepage & dedication. Ex library with round stamp to verso of titlepage only. *This is… Read more about this item Item Price
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TRAGEDIES
by Shakespeare, William
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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London Everyman's Library No. 155: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. New York E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo green blindstamped cloth, gilt title to spine (slightly faded). Half title + series title + titlepage + contents & chronology +982pp including index. Tickets from many years ago for Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford laid in. Book… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE LITTLE BOOK OF MODERN VERSE chosen by Anne Ridler with a preface by T.S. Eliot
by Ridler, Anne (1912-2001) preface by T.S. Eliot
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- Used - Good
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- None
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- 1941
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- Hardcover
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London: Faber and Faber 1st edition first impression, 1941. Hardcover. Good/None. Octavo beige cloth, black lettered to spine (covers bit foxed tips worn some edge fading but sound) 160pp includes half title and titlepage. Endpapers with minor foxing but all other pages clear, paper bit tanned but not brittle, clean and supple. *Starting with Gerald Manley Hopkins and… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM Done into English by Edward Fitzgerald Written and embellished by Bernard Way
by Fitzgerald, Edward (translator)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1904 approx but n.d.
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- Hardcover
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£34.00
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London: Simpkin, Marshall Hamilton, Kent & Co Ltd., 1904 approx but n.d.. Hardcover. Very Good. Colour frontis tipped onto vine & grape borders by Bernard Way.. 182x135mm brown cloth brightly gilt to cover and spine (slight wear to tips & hinges). Printed in red and black in 75 verses by McLagan & Cumming Chromo-Lithographers & Printers Edinburgh. Gift… Read more about this item Item Price
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LA NOUVELLE HELOISE ou Lettres de Deux Amants habitants d'une petite ville au pied des Alpes, Recueillies et publi�es par J.J. Rousseau .. Nouvelle Edition, orn�es de six figures. Tome Second (vol. II of 3 only).
by Rousseau, J.J. (1712-1778)
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- Used - Fair
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- 1808
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- Hardcover
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Paris: Bossange etc, Lefevre etc new edition, 1808. Hardcover. Fair. Plates (2 as required in this volume). . Volume II (of 3) only, 12mo half calf (spine split 2/3rds and label chipped with major loss/tips worn) 464pp. Plates offset onto text opposite, paper slightly toned but neat, tight copy. Item Price
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JULIE, ou la Nouvelle Heloise Tome Second (vol. II only)
by Rousseau, J.J. (1712-1778)
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- Used - Good
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- 1823
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- Hardcover
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Paris: Mme Veuve Dabo, 1823. Hardcover. Good. Volume II (of 2) only, 12mo original marbled paper over boards with white vellum spine label but without title on it (corners & edges worn/spine label lightly soiled) 412pp which include index to this volume. Some pale foxing at beginning and end with damp mark not affecting legibilty. No torn, no… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS edited for the use of Students..
by Shakespeare, William edited by A.W. Verity
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- Used - Good
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- 1905
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- Hardcover
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Cambridge: at the University Press 1st edition, 1905. Hardcover. Good. Octavo red cloth gilt bust of Shakespeare to cover (spine worn edges rubbed tips worn) xxxvi + 308pp +[4]pp & 8pp publisher's lists. A few notes and minor pale foxing, school stamp and ownership Zoe Brooks, Midsomer Norton to pastedown with Sold stamp. Item Price
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THE SPOILS OF POYNTON
by James, Henry (1843-1916)
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- Used - Good
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- 1964
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- Softcover
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Harmondsworth Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1964. Softcover. Good. Cover illustration by Philippe Julian.. Paperback in Penquin Modern Classics (tips rubbed and 1cm split to foot of spine) 192pp. Neat tight copy, no marks and no loose pages. Item Price
£15.00
LEMPRIERE'S DICTIONARY
by Norfolk, Lawrence
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1996
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- Softcover
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London: Minerva, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Thick paperback [8]+627pp +publisher's booklist. A very neat copy. *Historical fiction ..engrossing ..comic brilliance are just some of the reviews of this novel of the East India Company, the siege of La Rochelle and the eponimous classical dictionary. A neat copy no inscriptions, bright and tight.. Item Price
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A WARWICKSHIRE TESTIMONY
by De Angelis, April
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1999
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- Softcover
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- 9780571203550
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London: Faber & Faber 1st edition, 1999. Softcover. Very Good. Cover design by Pentagram.. Paperback grey pictorial card covers [xiv] +75pp. A play on the changing ways of life based on "living memories" gathered from local interviews of villagers of Clifford Chambers in Warwickshire. The play was premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Other Place Theatre in… Read more about this item Item Price
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RUMPOLE FOR THE DEFENCE
by Mortimer, John (1923-2009)
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- Used - Good
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- 1984
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- Softcover
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- 9780140060607
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London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1984. Softcover. Good. Paperback (tips sl.rubbed) 186pp +[6]pp publisher's book list. One ink spot to margin of 9 leaves never touching text. Slight edge tanning else neat and clean. *Seven stories of courtroom drama. Item Price
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THE HASH-KNIFE OUTFIT
by Grey, Zane (1872-1939)
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- Used - Good
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- 1950
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- Softcover
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London: Hodder & Stoughton 1st yellow jacket edition, 1950. Softcover. Good. Cowboy silhouette to titlepage. . Octavo paperback (crease to cover/spine rubbed & bit wrinkled/dusty) 256pp. Paper edge browned, slightly cocked but no loose pages and no tears or marking. Blue endpapers. Item Price
£15.00