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Ermyntrude and Esmeralda: An entertainment. Introduction by Michael Holroyd
by STRACHEY, Lytton; ERT� (illustrator)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1969
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£175.00
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London: Anthony Blond, 1969. Cloth. Near Fine. FIRST UK TRADE EDITION, INSCRIBED BY ILLUSTRATOR. 4to. Original pink cloth, spine and upper board stamped in gilt. Pushing to spine ends, top edge spotted. Inscribed in black pen on title page: "To Lawrence Erté". Else, clean, bright and tight. In the original Erte-designed dust jacket: gentle soiling and wear.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mrs. Miniver
by STRUTHER, Jan
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- Used - Good+
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- 1939
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- Quarter cloth, paper boards
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£125.00
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1939. Quarter cloth, paper boards. Good+. FIRST UK EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Quarter pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt in blue title panel, patterned paper boards. Top edge pink (faded), bottom untrimmed. Lean to spine, heavy knocks to bottom corners, especially bottom board. Edges foxed. Signed and dated (18.11.39) by Struther in blue… Read more about this item Item Price
£125.00
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The Clown Jewels
by VINOGRAD, Julia; ZAHN, Al (cover photo)
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- Used - Good+
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- 1981
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- Stiff card wrappers
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£45.00
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San Francisco: Bound Together Collective, 1981. Stiff card wrappers. Good+. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Side-stapled booklet, pp. [44]. Buff card wrappers, printed in black. A little creasing, toned, soiled and some staining, signed flamboyantly in black marker pen to rare wrapper. Uneven toning to rear of text block, else, clean and tight. Good+ A good+… Read more about this item Item Price
£45.00
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The Open Air: An anthology of English country life
by [Nancy ASTOR]; BELL, Adrian; STONE, Reynolds (title page vignette)
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- Used - Good-only
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- 1936
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£100.00
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London: Faber and Faber, 1936. Cloth. Good-only. FIRST EDITION, NANCY ASTOR's COPY. 8vo, pp. [1-4], 7-368 (as usual). Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Spine cocked, cloth splitting at upper joint, rubbed, large stain to front board. "Nancy Astor" in brown ink to ffep, some foxing, esp. endpapers. Else, clean and tight. Good-only A well-handled… Read more about this item Item Price
£100.00
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My Galsworthy Story: Including 76 hitherto unpublished letters and an introduction by Marjorie Deans.
by MORRIS, Margaret; [LEACH, Edmund]
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- 1967
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£75.00
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London: Peter Owen, 1967. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, incl. b/w frontis and plates. Original turquoise cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Bruising to spine ends and bottom corner. Inscribed in blue biro and flamboyant hand to ffep: "To Edmund Leach, with admiration & appreciation from Margaret Morris, Jan 21 1968". Else, clean and tight. In the original… Read more about this item Item Price
£75.00
Jolly Super Collected pieces
by COOPER, Jilly; [CRUTCHLEY, Leigh]
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- Used
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- 1971
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£60.00
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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1971. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Original pink cloth, spine lettered in silver. Edges toned, top edge spotted. Inscribed in blue ink to title page: "To dear Leigh, Looking forward to next year's meeting. With love & get well [?], Jilly Cooper". One-page, undated, hand-written letter, on Associated Book Publishers Ltd-headed paper laid… Read more about this item Item Price
£60.00
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Elinor Barley. With illustrations in dry point by I. R. Hodgkins
by TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia; HODGKINS, I. R. (illustrator)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1930
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- Hardback
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£85.00
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[London]: The Cresset Press Limited, 1930. Hardback. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, no. 44/ 350 on mould-made paper (of 380). Royal 8vo, pp. vii, [i], 107, [1] + four dry point illustrations and title page vignette by Hodgkins. Quarter vellum, spine lettered in gilt, monochrome marbled paper boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Board… Read more about this item Item Price
£85.00
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The Complete Works of Thomas Otway: The third volume containing Venice Preserved; The Atheist; Poems; Love Letters (one volume only)
by [TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia]; OTWAY, Thomas; SUMMERS, Montague (editor)
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- Used - Good
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- 1926
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- Quarter cloth, paper boards
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£50.00
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Bloomsbury, London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Quarter cloth, paper boards. Good. FIRST EDITION, STW's COPY, 1 of 1250 on machine-made paper (1340 in total). Large 8vo. Quarter fawn buckram, paper title label lettered in black (chipped and toned), buff paper boards. Edges untrimmed. Spine darkened, head of spine and corners bumped and worn, chipped at edges, some soiling.… Read more about this item Item Price
£50.00
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Letters to a Friend; Last Letters to a Friend; Letters to a Sister; Rose Macaulay (four volumes)
by MACAULAY, Rose; SMITH, Constance Babington (editor & author); [Peter CARPENTER]
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- Used - Good+
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- First Edition
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- 1961
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£225.00
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FIRST EDITIONS, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR-EDITOR. 8vos, incl. b/w plates. Original red, green and blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Extremities bruised and bumped, foxed and toned. Inscribed by Smith in blue ink to ffep of each volume: "Inscribed for Peter Carpenter by Constance Babington Smith, 1986". Else, clean and tight. In the original dust jackets by John Woodcock and M.… Read more about this item Item Price
£225.00
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Anny: A life of Anne Thackeray Ritchie
by GARNETT, Henrietta; [Valerie GROSVENOR MYER]
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 2004
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- Hardback
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£25.00
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FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Large 8vo, incl. b/w sketches and plates. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Spine ends bruised, top edge toned. Inscribed by Garnett in blue biro to ffep: "Valerie, with love from, Henrietta Garnett", gently toned. Colour postcard addressed to Grosvenor Myers laid in. Clean, tight and bright. In the original illustrated dust jacket: light… Read more about this item Item Price
£25.00
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The Magnetic Mountain
by [BLOOMSBURY]; DAY LEWIS, C.[ecil]
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- Used
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- 1933
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£275.00
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London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1933. FIRST, LIMITED & SIGNED EDITION, no. 94/ 100. Slim 8vo, pp. 55, [1]. Original rose-brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Lean to spine, rubbed and soiled, pushing to spine ends. Gently toned, ffep spotted, signed and numbered by Day Lewis in blue ink to limitation page, a few marks… Read more about this item Item Price
£275.00
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Gardening for the Million
by PINK, Arthur; [Helen SCARLETT, LADY ABINGER]
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- Used - Good-only
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- 1910
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£50.00
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. Cloth. Good-only. 8vo, incl colour frontis. Publisher's navy pictorial cloth, lettered in white. Rubbed, bruised and soiled. Toned and foxed, inscribed in black ink to recto of frontis: "To P. Robinson from Lady Abinger", spine cracked in a number of places, but binding firm. Else, clean. Good-only An intriguing copy of… Read more about this item Item Price
£50.00
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Selected Short Stories
by JONES, Glyn; [Ian MICHAEL]
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1971
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£75.00
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London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1971. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in white and black. Spine ends bumped, extremities bruised. Inscribed by Jones in blue biro to ffep: "For Ian, Welcoming him back from the tierras del Cid. Gwyn ". Blue biro ticks to Contents page, plus… Read more about this item Item Price
£75.00
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Miss Marjoribanks. Chronicles of Carlingford. With an Introduction by Q. D. Leavis.
by LEAVIS, Q. D. (Introduction); OLIPHANT, Margaret; [RUTHERFORD, Andrew]
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1969
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£125.00
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London: The Zodiac Press, 1969. Cloth. Near Fine. FIRST THUS, INSCRIBED & INITIALLED BY Q. D. LEAVIS. 8vo. Attractive original mauve patterned boards, title panel blocked in blue to spine, lettered and decorated in gilt. Gentle pushing to spine ends. Inscribed in black biro by Leavis to ffep: "To Professor A. Rutherford/ With kindest regards from/ Q. D.… Read more about this item Item Price
£125.00
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[Pilgrimage] Interim
by RICHARDSON, Dorothy M.; [Alice THOMAS ELLIS/ Anna HAYCRAFT]
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- Used - Good+
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- 1919
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£135.00
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London: Duckworth & Co., 1919. Cloth. Good+. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's blue cloth, spine and upper board lettered and ruled in black. Spine and board edges faded, head of spine frayed and bumped, dints to top edge. Edges darkened and endpapers a little grubby, toned, "File" scored, decisively, in black pencil across title page, as was Duckworth's practice, else,… Read more about this item Item Price
£135.00
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Crash Kavanagh
by RICHARDSON, Anthony; KAVANAGH, Reg; [PARRISH, Max]
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- Used - Good-
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- 1953
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£50.00
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London: Max Parrish, 1953. Good-. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY KAVANAGH TO THE PUBLISHER. 8vo, incl., b/w frontis and plates. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Bumped, warped and creased, mottling to upper board, edges tanned and foxed. Endpapers toned, foxed, inscribed by Kavangh in blue ink to title page: "To Max, Best wishes. It is always grand… Read more about this item Item Price
£50.00
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Poems by Zalman Shazar. Translated by Joseph Leftwich
by SHAZAR, Zalman; LEFTWICH, Joseph (translator); [WINSLEY-STOLZ, Henry]
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1974
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£50.00
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South Brunswick and New York; London: A. S. Barnes and Company; Thomas Yoseloff Ltd, 1974. Cloth. Near Fine. FIRST US EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, incl. b/w frontis portrait of Shazar and Leftwich. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver. Endpapers tanned, inscribed, rather fuzzily, in black pen to title page: "For Dr. Winsley-Stolz/ A good doctor/ a… Read more about this item Item Price
£50.00
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[Montessori-interest] The Witness of Science: Being letters to my Sons about the Christian Faith
by MCNAIR WILSON, M.B, Ch.B., R.[obert]; [Claude A. Claremont];
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1942
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£75.00
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London: John Albemarle, 1942. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black. Pushing and fine bands of fading to spine ends, ink stain to top edge of upper board. Inscribed in blue pen to ffep: "To Claude A Claremont/ to whose writings I/ owe a permanent debt/ of gratitude as… Read more about this item Item Price
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LESLIE HURRY: SETTINGS & cOSTUMES FOR SADLER'S WELLS BALLETS: HAMLET, 1942, LE LAC DES CYGNES AND THE OLD VIC HAMLET, 1944
by HURRY, Leslie; BEAUMONT, Cyril W. (Introduction);
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1946
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£150.00
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London: Faber & Faber/ Ariel Books on the Arts, 1946. Cloth. Near Fine. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE THEATRE DESIGNER. 8vo. pp. 72, incl. colour frontis and b/w plates and line drawings by Hurry. Original beige cloth, spine and upper board lettered in brown. Inscribed by Hurry in blue-black biro to ffep: "To Robbie, with all my gratitude… Read more about this item Item Price
£150.00
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The Ballad of the Sad Young Men: And other verse
by LANDESMAN, Fran; [SMART, Elizabeth]
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- Used - Good+
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- 1975
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- Stiff card wrappers
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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£175.00
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London: Polytantric Press, 1975. Stiff card wrappers. Good+. FIRST UK EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. 59, [1]. Original fawn card wrappers, lettered in black, laminated. Well-handled: laminate lifting and a bit grubby at edges, creased, mark to front wrapper. Top edge foxed. Inscribed enthusiastically by Landesman to half title in black felt-tip: 'For Elizabeth, I loved "By… Read more about this item Item Price
£175.00