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The sword in the stone

The sword in the stone

by White, T. H.

Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition
Reprint; Fourth Printing
Published
1945
Binding
Hardcover
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Collins. Good with no dust jacket. 1945. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in black cloth with faded gilt titles, marks to front board, cloth rubbed at edges, no inscriptions. 340 pages, illustrations in the text .
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£10.00
The sword in the stone

The sword in the stone

by White, T. H.

Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1938
Binding
Hardcover
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£250.00

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Collins. Good with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in black cloth with white titles, spine ends pulled, cloth worn at corners, bottom corners bumped, page edges foxed, name on front endpaper and bookplate on front pastedown. 340 pages, illustrations in the text .
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£250.00
The bridge of San Luis Rey

The bridge of San Luis Rey

by Wilder, Thornton Niven

Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Illustrated Edition
Published
1929
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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£8.00

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Longmans, Green and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with gilt titles, cloth bumped at corners, boards marked, spine sunned, pencil name and date on front pastedown. 140 pages, 15 woodcuts on plates plus frontispiece with tissue guard by Clare Leighton .
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£8.00
Heat lightning

Heat lightning

by Hull, Helen

Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Edition
First Edition Thus
Published
2013
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9781903155912
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£7.00

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Persephone Books Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2013. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 1903155916 . Very clean, tightly bound paperback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears unread, publicity bookmark laid in. Persephone book no.101, reprinted in the Persephone classics series .
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£7.00
Clouds of glory

Clouds of glory

by Moore, John

Condition
Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1937
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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£300.00

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J. M. Dent & Co., Ltd. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, boards rubbed at edges with a mark on the back board, spine lightly sunned, no inscriptions, in a photocopied dustjacket which is a little creased at the edges. 256 pages + 8 pages of publisher's… Read more about this item
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£300.00
The happy mountain

The happy mountain

by Chapman, Maristan

Condition
Used - Fair with no dust jacket
Edition
First British Edition
Published
1929
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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£6.00

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Philip Allan & Co. Ltd.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1929. First British Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with black titles, cloth rubbed at edges, some scribble on front board, seller's stamp on front pastedown otherwise no inscriptions. 312 pages .
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£6.00
Riceyman steps

Riceyman steps

by Bennett, Arnold

Condition
Used - Good in Good dust jacket
Edition
Reprint
Published
1945
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Cassell & Company Ltd. Good in Good dust jacket. 1945. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with a name and date under the front foldover, in an unclipped dustjacket which is tanned at the spine and rubbed at the edges. 318 pages .
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£6.00
A deal with the devil

A deal with the devil

by Phillpotts, Eden

Condition
Used - Fair with no dust jacket
Edition
New edition
Published
1928
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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£20.00

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Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1928. New edition. Hardcover. Clean, small format hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, boards rubbed at edges, spine sunned, pages tanned. 224 pages .
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£20.00
His monkey wife: or, married to a chimp

His monkey wife: or, married to a chimp

by Collier, John

Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition
New edition
Published
1957
Binding
Hardcover
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Rupert Hart-Davis. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1957. New edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with silver-gilt titles, no inscriptions. 186 pages, foreword by Osbert Sitwell .
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£7.00
Gup Bahadur

Gup Bahadur

by Mundy, Talbot

Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1929
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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£15.00

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Hutchinson. Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with black titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, fox-spotting to some pages, no inscriptions. 292 pages. No printed date, but this was never reprinted, so we are sure this is the 1929 first edition .
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£15.00
A husband for Kutani

A husband for Kutani

by Owen, Frank

Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Published
1938
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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£8.00

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U.S.A: Lee Furman, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with yellow titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. 200 pages. 4 short stories of goings-on in the Mysterious East .
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£8.00
The younger brother of Li-Tuan-Dinh

The younger brother of Li-Tuan-Dinh

by Edmond-About, Noele

Condition
Used - Very Good in Poor dust jacket
Edition
First English Edition
Published
1946
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Sampson Low, Marston & Company. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1946. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a very tatty unclipped dustjacket - badly torn with loss at the rear panel & spine ends. Book itself appears little used. 188 page novel, set in the Far East,… Read more about this item
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£15.00
Prince of Adventurers

Prince of Adventurers

by Savage, Henry

Condition
Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
Edition
First Edition Thus
Published
1930
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Readers Library. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1930. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which has minor chipping at the corners. A very well preserved copy, appears little used. 252 pages. Novel of the film, undated but the film came out in 1927, so around… Read more about this item
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Kan doktorn komma?

Kan doktorn komma?

by Wallquist, Einar

Condition
Used - Good
Edition
New edition
Published
1954
Binding
Softcover
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Sweden: Albert Bonniers vorlag. Good. 1954. New edition. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, spine creased, card covers rubbed at corners, but generally appears little used, no inscriptions. 230 pages. Text in Swedish .
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£7.00
Year before last

Year before last

by Boyle, Kay

Condition
Used - Good
Edition
Reprint
Published
1986
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9780860687528
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Virago. Good. 1986. Reprint. Softcover. 086068752x . Clean, tightly bound paperback, spine uncreased, card covers rubbed at edges,pages age tanned, page edges lightly foxed, no inscriptions. 330 pages .
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£6.00
The middle window

The middle window

by Goudge, Elizabeth

Condition
Used - Fair with no dust jacket
Edition
Reprint; Third Printing
Published
1949
Binding
Hardcover
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Thomas Nelson & Sons. Fair with no dust jacket. 1949. Reprint; Third Printing. Hardcover. Clean, small format, tightly bound hardback book, page edges and endpapers foxed, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is creased and chipped at the edges and has minor loss at the base of the spine. 310 pages .
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£15.00
Arctic air terror

Arctic air terror

by Jackson, G. Gibbard

Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1938
Binding
Hardcover
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£12.00

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Sampson Low, Marston & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, cloth is bumped & rubbed at corners, spine sunned, neat gift inscription on the front endpaper. vi + 250 pages, photo frontispiece. No date but Copac gives 1938 .
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£12.00
Maiden stakes

Maiden stakes

by Yates, Dornford

Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Published
1931
Binding
Hardcover
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£9.00

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Ward Lock. Good with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in olive green cloth with black titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, browning at closed page edges, fox spotting at closed page edges, no inscriptions. 320 pages, contains 10 short stories. No publishers date, but we think this is… Read more about this item
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Taglioni's grandson

Taglioni's grandson

by Shiraeff, Peter & Fremantle, Alfred (trans)

Condition
Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
Edition
First British Edition
Published
1937
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Putnam. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1937. First British Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed, water stain at spine. 292 pages .
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£10.00
In Chinatown: more stories of Limehouse nights

In Chinatown: more stories of Limehouse nights

by Burke, Thomas

Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition Thus; First Printing
Published
1921
Binding
Hardcover
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£25.00

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Grant Richards Limited. Good with no dust jacket. 1921. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with black titles, spine has been professionally rebacked, endpapers tanned, no inscriptions. 188 pages, 8 short stories .
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£25.00